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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1940
Page
2
Editor Farnham F. Dudgeon reports on the president’s request for a billion dollars to fund a national defense program while Nazis continue to assault along the Maginot Line, as analysis notes that opinions are those of the columnist and not the newspaper.
War observers say spring fighting has arrived as German forces push through The Netherlands Belgium and France. Nazi air and ground offensives target munitions plants and communications while Britain F air raid defenses reply with heavy bombing near Rhine targets.
Quotations from Robert Ley and Viscount Gort frame a global war perspective. Dutch East Indies rubber stock concerns loom as Sen Capper advocates Brazilian rubber, while a Sedan sector German bid threatens key French defenses near Paris.
President roosevelt addressed a joint session seeking an immediate 896 million dollar appropriation to expand the army navy and air forces with future authorizations totaling 286 million dollars. He called for rapid air power growth and boosted aircraft production from 6000 to 12000 annually aiming for 50000 planes yearly. General Pershing praised preparedness as essential amid changing warfare.
Nylon hailed for months as a superior stocking material by DuPont chemists arrives in stores. It is described as tough yet sheer and spun from air water and coal according to reports.
Farley forecasts higher postal returns this year amid war pressuring foreign markets and shifted demand for war supplies. Analysts note a general business upswing while stock markets show volatility as debates over Roosevelt's third term and party chances heat up in Washington.
A farmer named Bill Moray and a prison guard stand watch in an outlying field as No 6780 sweeps hay. The scene shows the guard with a rifle and Moray raking, near a farm prison with towers in the sunset.
A dramatic prison tale follows Morag a convict on the farm with two years to serve and a wary guard O Dowd. He wrestles with escape thoughts then shoots himself after a moral exchange with Warden Barney who vows to shape men and offers a parole if Morag stays.
Doctors in Durham report using estrogen injections for 14 patients with atrophic rhinitis. After nasal membrane sampling and 27 to 216 days of treatment, 21 of 22 who started therapy benefited, with crusts and odor largely resolved and membrane color returning toward normal.
Paramount arranges to feed 12 elephants from now until next summer as filming for Moon Over Burma begins. The Hagenbeck Wallace Circus stock stays on the West Coast under rental terms, with Mandalay and Rangoon scenes slated.
Medical note explains that emotional upset weakens resistance to infection by drying the nasal lining. Dr J Kent Leasure cites the nose’s mucus barrier as the first defense against colds, warning that even short disruption can allow cold organisms to invade the body.
A health column notes daily use of Epsom salts may cause minor weight loss and cleanse poisons in the blood but can deplete iron and other minerals. It warns Epsom salts work when needed but may exhaust the system if overused and could affect blood pressure indirectly.
If you go to New York for the World’s Fair this summer visit Metro’s Information Centre on the island at Forty sixth street between Broadway and Seventh Avenue. Attendants provide city and fair info free guidebooks in 11 languages and a visitors registry to share your New York address. Del Sharbutt of Lany Ross fame was hit on the head by a wild throw during a CBS staff softball game, a mishap that drew ribbing from friends.
Truman Bradley, Burns and Allen announcer, lands a lead in RKO's Millionaires in Prison. Paramount wheels Aloma of the South Seas with Dorothy Lamour filling Gilda Gray's role. Oscar Levant from Information Please appears in Ghost Music, Bing Crosby's next.
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