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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1940
Page
2
Edward C. Wayne reports Europe faces intensified air raids as autumn storms arrive. Italy advances into Egypt while Britain braces for continuing bombardment. Draft registration day set for October 16.
London endured near constant bombing as Churchill called a secret parliament session. German invasion plans persisted while Big Bertha guns shelled the capital. Craters dotted key streets and rail yards, with thousands dead or injured in ten days.
President Roosevelt authorized the October 16 registration for 16,500,000 men aged 21 to 36. Local boards will assign numbers, draw them in Washington, and issue questionnaires to determine Class 1 through 4 deferments. Base pay starts at $21 monthly, with a possible extension of service in emergencies.
First cadre of 75 000 called to camps about November 15 with successive calls to 100 000 men brings about 400 000 into training by January 1. By that date the army expects 1 000 000 under arms including regulars and National Guards. On signing day 60 000 National Guardsmen in 26 states reported for one year of active service and 35 700 more to be called October 15. Roosevelt asks Congress for 1.6 billion to fund first year of draftee training. He signs a 5.35 billion defense appropriation and aviation orders for 21 manufacturers to build 14 000 planes at 900 monthly, with production to double in a year.
General John J. Pershing, aged 80, offered no special US message but expressed hope that England could hold out. Leonor F. Loree, 82, a railroading pioneer linked with Harriman and Hill, died at his Jersey estate, having led Delaware and Hudson until 1938.
Lester P. Barlow, inventor of a liquid oxygen carbon bomb tested for goats, won a patent award of 592,719 from the government for a World War invention. His income tax on the sum totals 412,817, and he promised to rock the capital before paying. The new oxygen bomb reportedly had greater force than existing explosives.
In eastern Kentucky Perry county filed a petition in bankruptcy in a federal court. It is believed to be the first county in the nation to take such action.
President Roosevelt spoke at the Teamsters union convention in Constitution Hall Washington highlighting gains in collective bargaining hours and wages and social security. He pledged to keep war away from American shores as Willkie tours the West across Coffeyville Oklahoma Texas and California. Bankhead died after overwork during the New Deal era and Tallulah Bankhead is his daughter. Sam Rayburn became fourth speaker under Roosevelt after entering Congress in 1913 at age 31.
Hundreds of workers brought to Philadelphia navy yard live in automobile trailers near the gates drawing protests from nearby housewives over sanitation and health hazards. Similar conditions are reported in Bremerton Newport and Mare Island. Frank Walker as postmaster general approves three new defense stamps with a national defense motif. First day sale set for October 12 in Washington. The 1c depicts farmer and laborer the 2c army and navy and the 3c security education and conservation. A plan to transfer some of the army flying fortress planes to England is expected to test the super American air fighter in combat conditions.
The U S state department cannot directly contact some diplomats in parts of Europe. Messages must go through Berlin or via Vichy and Stockholm, with routes varying by country. The note highlights heavy censorship and strategic limitations amid wartime communications.
General Hugh S. Johnson praises Speaker Bankhead and Bankhead family as models of courtesy bravery and loyalty. He critiques New Deal policy on Pullman porters wages and railroad passenger fares, and opposes compulsory government orders for manufacturing plants as poorly defined and impractical.
A reflective column critiques renewed schooling focus, laments wasted exams and modern distractions, and questions whether American schools teach patriotism and civic values. It sketches social habits, mentions France’s education shift, and quips about celebrities, public life, and a playful U.S. cultural beat.
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