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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1940
Page
5
Edward C Wayne offers analysis on current events in a weekly column released via the Western Newspaper Union. The piece presents opinionated context aimed at readers seeking interpretive coverage rather than straight news.
The article reports escalating tension as Japan and Italy push Axis aims against the United States. It notes threats from Japanese officials, calls for Americans to return from the Near East, and press campaigns urging concessions or military withdrawal. The navy expands to meet ahead of schedule, and officials warn of a critical hour of decision.
Mrs. Florence Reville Gibbs, a 100 pound brown eyed grandmother with a southern drawl, is seated in the house to fill her late husband’s Georgia seat, as the ninth woman in congress. The article notes draft preparations for 700,000 of 16.5 million men to register, reception centers processing 1,000 to 1,500 daily, and possible unit formations with varied equipment. It also mentions 105 U. S. army tanks en route to Canada and the first parachute battalion training, with Latin American military chiefs touring U. S. defenses and Panama Canal facilities aboard.
Report describes Hitler and Mussolini meeting in a guarded railroad car at Brennero and Germany moving troops into Romania after the talk. It notes Japan’s stance toward the US, rumors of an English invasion, and London air raids including strikes on Krupp works. Chamberlain exits the war cabinet, Bevins succeeds. Nightly Allied raids target Cologne to Hamburg and beyond.
In the month leading to November 5 candidates speed across states. Wendell Willkie visits New York Ohio Illinois and Missouri with defense and labor themes critiquing the New Deal on defense. Roosevelt tours Western Pennsylvania Ohio dedicates a housing project and cites a Rome dispatch about Axis plans to affect the vote. Wallace and McNary campaign together in Minnesota.
Dr Nicholas Murray Butler, 78, at Columbia University urged limiting academic freedom to accomplished scholars during wartime. He said teachers only, not students, have free speech in this emergency and invited dissenters to withdraw. Reactions ranged from praise to protest bands. Congressional figures criticized the stance while other news items from Washington and a California kidnap case also appear.
The plan calls for 12 000 doctors and 2287 dentists by July 1 1941 drawn from Medical and Dental Reserve and mobilized National Guard. Nurses will come mainly from Red Cross, with warrant officer status and pay 60 dollars monthly.
In Washington a columnist critiques modern polls as private profit driven, unregulated and potentially biased. He notes margins of error, undecided counts, and shifting forecasts between Gallup and American Forecasts while praising the Dunn Survey as more scientific and timelier.
A mosaic of city scenes captures shoeshiners, cinema crowds, and club scenes through a nocturnal lens. From 57th Street boutiques to Radio City skaters, the piece contrasts glamour with loneliness and the hum of Broadway lights against the city’s quieter, fading edges.
A cub reporter reflects on journalism’s perishability and the craft’s modest glory. The piece cites Lawrence Barrett Brander Matthews and Jimmy Young while recounting a Shanghai puppet show with Japanese officials, a puppet mayor, and mixed musical moments before a crackdown days later.
War in Europe halts Mediterranean red squill shipments, the most effective rat poison. The bulb is sold powdered or liquid and mixed with raw meat. rats eat it once and die. The agriculture department urges use despite interrupted supplies.
Oscar Levant encountered Jimmy Petrillo, head of the musicians union, aboard a train. Petrillo reportedly advised Levant to marry a working girl, quipping that a rich wife would only value his piano skills.
A group of club owners discuss persuading rivals to elope on Mondays to cut costs. They aim to consolidate expenses and coordinate shifts for waiters, offering limited opportunities for staff to earn extra spots.
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