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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1941
Page
6
Opinion column note states that expressed views are those of the news analyst and not necessarily the newspaper. The release is by Western Newspaper Union.
A historical national debate on aiding Great Britain and the President’s lend lease plan. Isolationists oppose quick action while administration and Senate leaders push for immediate powers to supply munitions and economic backing as Europe confronts Axis threat. The piece compares past crises and notes timing challenges ahead of March 1.
The National Automobile Manufacturers Association will skip the national show in New York this year due to defense production. New models roll out as usual but yearly exhibits at Grand Central Palace and other venues are canceled. Strikes in isolated areas affect output, though the labor department calls stoppages minor.
Washington reports a nationwide push for defense production with governors from many states urging manufacturers to register facilities. A Saginaw Michigan plant stoppage at Eaton Manufacturing tied to a CIO strike, while San Diego Ry an Aeronautical faced a threatened walkout. Federal mediation and rapid action followed as draft and labor officials grappled with exemptions and rapid return to operation. Sidney Hillman, CIO VP, remained ill in Baltimore as Washington watched for his return.
The article describes parallel 1940 conferences between Roosevelt and Wendell Willkie in Washington, and Hitler and Mussolini in Germany. It notes consensus for aiding Britain to defeat Germany, the secrecy of the German meeting, and hints at a 1941 putsch plan for England. It mentions economic experts joining German military aid and questions who issued orders.
The piece notes slang shifts in wartime enlistment as veterans and notable figures join the military. Among those called yard birds are Daniel R. Topping husband of Sonja Henie, Yehudi Menuhin, Arthur Victory Christman born November 11 1918, Wendell Grove, Frank B. Thompson and Winthrop Rockefeller. Leo pold Stokowski directs a Third Coast Artillery band while civilian workers expand the army. The Federal Communications Commission rules that stations must present unbiased information and WAAB Boston is rebuked but keeps its license. A daughter is born to Mr and Mrs Thomas Corcoran amid inaugural excitement.
Advisers say Roosevelt shifted on aid to Britain and a more aggressive stance toward Japan. He previously rejected convoying British ships and oil embargo plans, though later consideration of U S naval convoys grew amid Mediterranean battles and damaged British ships. A forthcoming Senate report on campaign literature reveals widespread anti Roosevelt material with racial and religious prejudice.
General Johnson praises Roosevelt as a national leader while arguing against the lease lend bill as a move toward military dictatorship. He urges readers to conduct their own Gallup-style polls and push representatives to limit aid to Britain to a defensive role.
Dick Con don and Joe Heppner of the New York Walt Disney staff wrote a skit for Crazy With the Heat accepted by the producer. They joined the Dramatists Guild for 8 dollars each and earned 50 cent checks after a brief Boston run. A string of city vignettes follows from Madison Avenue parrots to 49th Street subways and Broadway chatter.
President Roosevelt eyes a plan to pool state unemployment insurance reserves. Barcus Kindred reports a $70,245,400 rise in state and municipal financing last year, totaling $1,168,849,865 versus $1,098,604,265 the prior year, with the growth seen mainly in year end. Farm groups urge a U S demand of Britain for food and American orders to match defense material allowances.
The piece recounts George Baxter agreeing to appear on We the People with funds to aid Leonard Weisberg the cabbie who was shot, amid doormen and cabbies raising hospital money. It includes dialog about radio misquotes and a quip from Kaltenborn.
A 1970s gambling house shows a ritual where tea and cake on a hall tray precede entry. Drinking tea before cake leads to the roulette and dice area, while cake with tea grants access to a dance floor with hostesses. tea with cake appears to bar entry.
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