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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1940
Page
1
Congress sent the Burke Wadsworth bill to the President, enacting universal male registration for military service aged 21 to 36. The law, signed two days later, schedules October 16 1940 as the registration date with 400000 trainees planned by year end and draft boards to cover 16500000 men.
Speaker William B Bankhead aged 66 died from an internal hemorrhage after a week long illness. Dr Glenn Frank former president of the University of Wisconsin and 62 died in an auto crash near Greenleaf Wisconsin. Frank's son Glenn Jr 21 a newspaper reporter also died in the crash. Bankhead had served as speaker since 1938 and was among Roosevelt era speakers. Frank had been a Republican adviser educator and policy committee chairman seeking the senatorial nomination.
The Duke of Windsor now Bahama governor sent congratulations to his brother George for surviving German bombs. Canada’s Mackenzie King echoed the sentiment. Reichsmarshal Goering reportedly piloted a Junkers during a London raid. France’s Vichy regime put ex-generals and Mandel on trial, seen as a conservative purge dating to the Dreyfus affair era.
A wartime column uses the hammer and anvil metaphor to discuss England and Germany. It weighs whether Britain can counterattack while London endures daily bombing and invasion threats. It ponders if Allies like Russia could act as the hammer and if Germany’s grip will ease.
British aviators over Berlin gutted the local Jewish Home for the Aged but caused no casualties. The same raid narrowly missed Joseph Goebbels’s residence, while hitting Jewish property overall. The remark underscores the paradox of modern air warfare as hit and run in the dark.
In Kenvil New Jersey a series of blasts at the Hercules Power company destroyed 66 000 tons of smokeless powder causing close to 60 deaths and 200 injuries. The FBI rushed to the scene with claims of sabotage and Nazi sympathizers blamed. The Dies committee members were sent to investigate as authorities raided a nearby camp at Andover about 12 miles away. The event dominated headlines and drew comparison to London and Berlin air raids.
In 1940 Wendell Willkie toured Chicago amid a half million crowd near the Democratic convention site. He aimed his criticisms at the New Deal in four speeches to diverse audiences including stockyards workers, African Americans, Western Electric workers, and South Chicago residents. He warned that if elected, no American boys would be sent to European trenches and suggested penalties for opponents. Critics accused him of wavering on issues after endorsing conscription and the destroyer deal with Churchill.
Czech commissioner general George Janacek refuses Baron Von Neurath’s order to send Czech arms exhibits to the German controlled Czechoslovak pavilion. He says selling the displays would protest occupation and notes Czech firms are under pressure from 300000 German troops and 50000 Gestapo officers.
Behind the scenes talks between the U S State Department and Russian Ambassador Duminsky seek a balance in relations and possible joint action over Japan while Soviet progress alarms or reassures Hitler’s camp. Cripps presses Moscow to tilt toward Britain as warnings mount about a potential Soviet stance in the Balkans.
A fragmentary column surveys cultural quips and public figures from the 1930s era, noting quotes by Ely Culbertson and Jan Steuther, references to Hitler and Mussolini, tax enforcement methods, and magazine mentions. It mixes cultural commentary with brief anecdotes about public figures, entertainers, and political tensions in the United States and abroad.
The piece laments returning students, critiques public school aims, and cites France’s claim that public schools were a lie while urging a return to traditional values and early 20th century instruction focused on patriotism and foundational studies. It mixes social commentary with miscellany items on culture and theatre.
George Bernard Shaw urged Britons to woo Russia quickly. He noted Winston Churchill long opposed Russia and red-baiting, but now acknowledges Churchill’s claim that Lenin was a very great man.
The piece riffs on Bob Hope, Cholly Chaplin, Dorothy Lamour, and Cary Grant with tongue in cheek barbs about motion pictures. It quips on audience interest in actors and their eating habits, reflecting lighthearted celebrity commentary of the era.
This Barbara Bell pattern No 1233-8 features a tailored jacket and flared skirt with a nipped waist and three pockets for sizes 6 10 12 14 and 18. It suggests fabrics like flannel wool crepe homespun or thin tweed and notes the outfit works as a suit or with accessories for versatile school wear.
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