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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1940
Page
2
Weekly analysis by Farnham F. Dudgeon notes Senate moves to call National Guard as global conflict widens. Discusses Africa and Far East fighting, England granting self rule to India, and U S armed forces starting war games. Editorial note indicates opinions are the analyst's.
U S defense coverage notes peacetime maneuvers with 310000 servicemen, Roosevelt seeking national guard training for a year, and push for peacetime conscription. Senate approves Burke Wadsworth bill with 21 to 31 age registration. House debates taxes and defense orders amid industry concerns and Navy contracts for trawlers. Alien registration set for August 27. wire tapping bill passes House.
Information from unoccupied France indicated large German troop concentrations moving toward the French channel ports. Germany shut all travel and communications with occupied areas. England offered India self rule after the war if it would aid the British effort.
Wendell Willkie met Midwestern governors in Des Moines to hear wheat and corn belt concerns that shape his agricultural lines in the acceptance speech. He says he will advocate no change to the current farm program. Senator Wheeler’s bid to learn Willkie’s conscription views failed, and Wallace backs off plans to stay in office if nominated.
German claims of heavy destruction of British shipping trigger alarm as Britain warns 29 of 183 destroyers sunk with fewer than 100 likely in operation. U.S. 238 destroyers lead global navies. Public pressure grows to sell 60 overage destroyers to Britain. Pershing backs sale, Lindbergh warns of Europe dominated by Germany, sparking Senate debate.
In Los Angeles a sewing process for aluminum alloy parts accelerates warplane manufacture by replacing many rivets with spot welds. The technique cuts costs and time, aiding a push toward 50,000 planes yearly while plants gradually remove bottlenecks during a period of limited emergency.
Senator Hiram Johnson faces re election scrutiny as Roosevelt labels him liberal and not Progressive. J R McCarl, former comptroller general, dies in Washington. Lord Beaverbrook joins England's war cabinet with potential ministry of information role. Neville Chamberlain undergoes surgery amid retirement speculation. Harriet Eliot of the National Defense committee warns of staggered procurement to curb price rises.
Nine British trade leaders and journalists were arrested in Tokyo amid reports of an espionage plot break up. One journalist died after leaping from a window. Four Britons released. arrests of Japanese in England sparked further tensions. Ambassador Shigemitsu protested to Viscount Halifax, while Tokyo claimed retaliation.
G men boosted by President Roosevelt to unite governors and representatives in a common front against Fifth Columnists. FBI investigations rose from 35 yearly before 1938 to 250 in 1938 and 1,651 last year. this year totals 16,855.
The duke and duchess of Windsor scrap plans to come to America on the way to the governor general post in the Bahamas. Rumors persist they may visit for an unannounced plastic operation in the near future. Meanwhile Carlisle barracks trains officers in tropical diseases as France seeks rebel leaders. De Galle, Blum, and Daladier await fate while Game lin remains at large.
Dr. Frank Blair of the University of Michigan argues that nature’s camouflage outmatches human efforts. His three month study near Alamogordo shows brown pocket mice, lizards, and white burros changing color to blend with white sands, lava beds, and red deserts, suggesting rugged natural camouflage beats painted military schemes.
STATE COLLEGE PA More collegians pursue education beyond the four year curriculum in a Penn State survey. Penn State awarded more advanced degrees last year than in the entire six year period 1923 to 1929. The 1938 39 term saw 11 times as many graduate degrees as 1923 24, with over 100 of 298 advanced degrees in education, while only four M E degrees were awarded in 1931.
A Bowery YMCA penny cafeteria serves three meals for 23 cents, funded by the Wilhelm Lowenstein Memorial fund. Most patrons are unemployed men. breakfast 7 cents, luncheon 5, dinner 11 with a la carte options from 1 to 21 cents. Sirloin tops at 21 cents. beverages 4 cents. ice cream 5 cents.
The health column warns against living only on fruits and salads in warm weather. It stresses the need for daily meat, fish, or eggs to rebuild tissue, and offers sample menus combining fruit and dairy with lean protein across breakfast, luncheon, and dinner.
The article explains how to remove specks or cinders from the eye using tearing to help move the object, methods for locating it by directing the patient’s gaze, and gentle removal with soft gauze or a clean handkerchief. It notes on upper lid anatomy and advises cautious handling and avoiding hard objects.
San Francisco veteran Robert Murphy a 48 year old World War I hero was jailed for 60 days after expressing gratitude to the court He was wounded in the Argonne forest on November 9 1918 and had 20 pieces of metal removed from his right leg He later received care that freed him to use his artificial leg once more expressing thanks for the sentence and treatment
Repeated colds may result from dust or pollen irritating the nasal lining or from a chronic sinus infection. For a large hernia and 250 pounds weight, consult a physician as injection treatment is unlikely suitable.
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