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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1940
Page
6
Editor notes opinions of the columnist. Report describes 1,000 Nazi bombing planes launching a mass air raid. Aliens in the United States begin registration. Aircraft bottleneck slows defense as coverage notes wartime mobilization.
Allied and axis powers clash as great air raids sweep Britain with massed German bombers. Mussolini pushes into British Somaliland while the United States orders mass fingerprinting and alien questionnaires ahead of December deadline.
WPA commissioner F C Harrington reports 429 work reliefers discharged for refusing affidavits denying Bund or Communist membership. Francis Biddle weighs ruling on membership questions while post offices plan to distribute questionnaires and fingerprints in six months under Earl Harrison. forms printed in multiple languages.
The American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers confronts a revolt with the National Association of Broadcasters over rising royalties. ASCAP earns about 95 percent of music broadcast revenue and aims for 8.75 million dollars in 1940, six to seven percent more next year. Broadcasters may switch to Broadcast Music Inc if the dispute remains unresolved, risking widespread loss of popular tunes and potential singer theme songs. EMI holds only a few tunes but expects relief, while iconic composers like Berlin Gershwin Kern Herbert Porter and others remain ASCAP staples.
In Des Moines Willkie defend his candidacy amid boos and cheers while Wallace taunts photographers asking to look like an eminent scholar. Wallace hints at debate doubt and urges Willkie to back the Democratic ticket on social security and WPA policy. Willkie proposes amending the Hatch Act to require White House financial disclosures. Roosevelt replies that public service left him poorer yet wiser.
The duke and duchess of Windsor arrived in Bermuda on their way to the former king’s new role as governor of the Bahamas. Mrs Hastings Brooke and Lady Kennedy Purvis curtsied to the duke while the duchess received a nod, no curtsy.
George Bernard Shaw mocks meatless rations while Herbert Hoover backs Belgium relief if embargo lifts. Rear Admiral Ghormley to London as observer, highest peacetime rank. Manuel Quezon gains virtual dictator powers in Philippines assembly. Lady Byng arrives in the United States as a refugee and comments on German bombing.
The national defense commission orders 24 hour operation at arsenals and shipyards as contracts for arms and ships pour in. Production chiefs say planes can hit 18,000 a year by next January, but Stimson notes only 33 of 4,000 planned fighting planes have contracts signed. Guardsmen lack equipment. trucks and logs are used as stand‑ins for tanks and cannons. Stimpson cites tax concerns slowing contracts, while some airplane firms push to begin production now and store planes until tax laws pass.
Talks between Britain and the United States consider granting Britain destroyers and small boats in exchange for island possessions and basing rights in the Western hemisphere. The plan, welcomed by Roosevelt aides, faces hesitation from the President. Separate notes discuss polling unreliability during wartime, antitrust probes into I G Farben and Aluminum Corp, and recent congressional printing costs and a 14 year old senator author.
The piece surveys Willkie’s Colorado Springs visit and contrasts his appeal with Landon and Roosevelt. It notes Willkie’s public image, the need for clearer issues, and potential political handicaps including Hoover’s speeches and Knox Mills language gaps. Also comments on German air raid theories and CPR training efforts for young pilots.
Jim Farley resigns as National Democratic chairman to run the Yankees amid talk of Miami training ties. The piece compares his political past to baseball, notes Cox as backer, mentions possible DiMaggio stamp and Babe Ruth card, and ends with sport and political quips and boxing round descriptions.
Mrs. Alice Cornelius of Glen Head New York reported a missing car after shopping. She found the police station damaged with a wrecked interior and her car wedged halfway up to the chief’s desk, creating a dramatic scene at the foot of the street.
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