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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1941
Page
6
Edward C Wayne presents a weekly analysis outlining editorial perspective on current events and national issues. The column reflects the opinions of the author as syndicated by the Western Newspaper Union.
Congress debated Roosevelt's lend or lease proposal to Britain as Wheeler led a GOP opposition while Hoover Landon backed him. Willkie pressed for limits and explicit beneficiary naming. Willkie and allies moved to London during February. Navy expansion announced, Ford GM and Chrysler to build 1200 planes each amid aluminum shortages and a new three fleet structure. The NC battleship to be commissioned April 11 and a high speed 620 mph dive test plane demonstrated.
The text describes German forces joining Italian efforts in the Mediterranean off Catania, the destruction of British shipping, and a historic clash between aircraft and warships as Axis pressure grows in the Mediterranean theater.
The British see Germany's Italy based force as a real challenge to the Near East campaign and fear an attack on England. They expect Hitler may seek to sever England Cairo communications while awaiting a direct assault on the homeland. German bombing of Irish cities is viewed as training for this objective as Britain conducts nightly bombings of invasion ports in Germany, Holland, Belgium, and France.
At the twenty seventh annual meeting of the Association of American Colleges educators condemned present day methods as inadequate for democracy. Princeton philosopher Dr Theodore M Greene and Swarthmore president Dr John M Mason led the discussion with Villanova president Rev Edward V Stanford concurring.
Farm Secretary Claude Wickard proposes cutting the 12 million bale target for 1941 as export demand falls due to war. He offers $25 million in free cotton goods via stamps redeemable at retail stores for each acre not planted. Stamps equal 10 cents per pound of cotton not produced on the unplanted portion. Voluntary cuts would not change 1942 allotments. The aim is to curb surpluses, boost cotton mill employment, and allow planting of garden and feed crops.
Influenza that began on the West coast moves east by mid January with 100000 victims east of the Mississippi. Boston reports 20000 children absent from school and Texas 32000 cases while Memphis records 45000. Schools close in the Carolinas and Tennessee as St Louis sees 5000 ill.
Washington reports Ed O Neal head of the American Farm Bureau bluntly rebukes the President for not prioritizing agricultural interests in defense policy. He presses for full parity loans and acreage controls to curb surpluses while Roosevelt cites defense spending lifting crop prices.
General Johnson argues that two man control Knudsen and Hillman in the new War Industries Board is debated but not fatal. He recalls Baruch and Wilsons setup of 1918 and credits decisive leadership, especially Knudsen, with driving rapid mobilization across auto and aircraft industries in Detroit and Washington. He notes cooperation over competition, with manufacturers aligning to support tanks shells guns and engines under Office of Production Management.
A collage of commentary on radio delivery by FDR critics and public figures. It lampoons broadcasts and editorials praising or skewering wartime messaging and propaganda from figures like Mackay Berlin and Verne Marshall, with sharp jabs at Look and The Saturday Review.
Verne Marshall offered to take on all comers at Town Hall with two bodyguards. Eve Curie slated for another lecture tour. Wm. P. Lear of Dayton injured near Jacksonville and now at St. Vincent's hospital with eight teeth missing and a broken jaw. Slapsie Maxie’s in Miami proves a crowded overnight smash. Singapore Sadie’s paid off a publicity agent with a bounced check. Page 35 Radio Guide shows Hal Kemp photo and latest recording Got a Date With an Angel.
Administration reveals plans to align foreign air travel with steamship routes. Six major firms will place American aviation across the globe. An embassy attaché checks Luise Rainer's new heart in Washington.
The Windsors definite Sept visit to New York follows an August stay at the Calgary ranch. Axel Wenner-Gren is overseeing a Nassau harbor project large enough for the world’s biggest battleship and a landing field for planes with about 300 workers. chatter ties Biddle to Attorney General post if Jackson moves up, with Cahill of New York named as a possible replacement.
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