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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1940
Page
6
Edward C. Wayne presents analysis on current events in a weekly column. The piece reflects the analyst's viewpoint and is distributed by the Western Newspaper Union.
Britain braces as self-propelled barges stand at French ports for a potential invasion of England. Churchill calls a secret parliament session while London endures near nightly bombing. Big Bertha shells strike the capital as casualties mount and evacuation is ruled out. Nazi tactics face weather and air resistance as Italian push in Egypt presses Britain’s defenses.
President Roosevelt signed the measure creating a peacetime draft ahead of a nationwide registration on October 16. About 16.5 million men aged 21 to 36 will register, local boards will assign numbers, and a Washington drawn sequence will determine service priority. Classes 1 through 4 will classify deferments and eligibility. Quotas by district will guide intake, with exams and possible extensions if emergencies arise. Base pay starts at 21 dollars monthly for four months, rising to 30 dollars thereafter.
The first cadre of 75,000 will be called to camps about November 15 with successive calls for about 100,000 men, bringing training totals to about 400,000 by January 1. By that date the army expects 1,000,000 under arms, including regulars and National Guardsmen.
President Roosevelt spoke at the Teamsters union convention in Washington emphasizing collective bargaining gains social security and wage protections while pledging to keep war away from US shores. Willkie toured to rally support in the West including Coffeyville Oklahoma Texas and California amid claims of a looming third term dictatorship.
The United States faces strict Nazi control of diplomatic communications in parts of Europe. Messages to Paris must route through Vichy, with Berlin and Stockholm handling other routes, while Slack communications to Oslo go via Stockholm. The article notes a record volume of Latin American chatter despite tighter censorship.
birthday Gen John J Pershing at 80 expressed cautious optimism England can hold out and offered no special US message. Leonor F Loree 82, a late railroad titan of Harriman era, dies in New Jersey estate. Lester P Barlow, inventor of an oxygen carbon bomb, wins patent claim worth 592 719 dollars with taxes on the sum totaling 412 817 dollars.
A petition in bankruptcy was filed in federal court by Perry county in eastern Kentucky, believed to be the first county in the nation to take such action.
General Johnson pays tribute to Speaker Bankhead and the Bankhead family noting four men across generations as courteous brave loyal and kind. He reflects on Bankhead's opposition accommodations and public service while critiquing drafting provisions and government power on wartime manufacturing orders and porters wages.
A column critiques public schooling's shift from outdoor play to classroom life and questions if education emphasizes the right aims. It cites France under Petain urging respect for family and nation, laments secular trends, and jokes about modern trivia for students while noting veterans’ parades and cultural figures.
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