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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1941
Page
6
Edward C. Wayne reports that seven billion dollars is the initial grant under the Lease-Lend Act to aid Britain. The piece notes England’s admission that a spring blitz has begun and cites recent severe raids on London as context for the commitment.
The White House presses a seven billion dollar aid bill for Britain with swift action in Congress. The House accepted Senate amendments 317 to 71 after Martin of Massachusetts received a rare standing ovation. British aviation losses rise as London raids continue and Buckingham Palace is struck.
A nationwide rise in labor unrest hits defense and non defense plants with 27 percent more strikes in the last 30 days. Key sites include Allis Chalmers in a long stalemate and International Harvester plants, while John R Steelman labors to avert a draft takeover. Monthly man days lost reach 625000, above five year January average.
The Bulgarian former envoy George W. Rendel survives a hotel lobby bombing in Istanbul with several aides wounded and two killed. A second bomb on a train failed to detonate. Nazis deny planting it while British sources report an unexploded device. FBI arrests two men in New York linked to a Nazi news service.
Washington report recalls Henry Wallace as vice president elect works with Avila Camacho to ease U S Mexican ties while warning of Nazi influence in Mexico. It notes a 2 million dollar Nazi propaganda flow, increased Capitol security, and other wartime curiosities in Washington.
The column compares Napoleon’s Europe to Hitler’s conquest, arguing both show weak controls over conquered states and the danger of a compulsory United States of Europe. It notes how Britain and France repeated past mistakes post Versailles and discusses mobilization debates, defense prep, and nostalgia for World War II methods.
A collage of notes from Lindy and Krock on Balkan fronts and Moscow diplomacy. Also peruses Rob Minor at the Daily Worker, George Ryall on Tropical Park, Hoff man at Hollywood, Shirer in Atlantic Monthly, Jan Waltin records, Benny Goodman comment, and La Guardia on typewriter ribbons.
A rare female newspaper interviewer, Mrs Maybelle Manning of Miami, pressed a question at a Mrs Roosevelt press conference. While speaking, she began powdering her nose and dropped a red white and blue compact bearing the inscription We Want Willkie. Naval authorities report five American pilots in the Eagles over Norway returned safely to London after shooting down forty five Messerschmitts, led by Commander Taylor.
Philadelphia observers note booming alarm clock sales blamed on the draft. Soldiers report taking clocks to camp to wake before reveille. In Los Angeles Fred B. Cody seeks divorce alleging his wife hid black widow spiders in their bed and attempted to run him down with the family car.
Leopold Stokowski, after 29 years at the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, resigns claiming a wish to be free to serve government and country. In London, Canadian Erland Echlin, once associated with Newsweek and Time, is jailed under a defense regulation.
The article notes sleuths studying soldiers and sailors who frequent Yorkville grills while an assistant Navy secretaryship rumor circles Thomas G. Corcoran, possibly moving to Warner of Pure Oil. Secretary Knox reacts to Life magazine features on Jack Alexander with a jocular remark about his wife viewing the photos.
The FCC orders fingerprinting for all workers in foreign newsrooms and requires display of US citizenship records. Yamanaka & Co on Fifth Avenue shipped significant stock to the Orient. Reports question Japan’s expectation of no immediate trouble with the United States. Joan Crawford reportedly converts to Unity rather than Christian Science, with a Unity secretary described as High Priestess.
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