The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 1940 Page: 2 of 8
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Opens Up as Jckes
to WiOkie Acceptance Speech;
-U. S. Defense Board Formed;
Fierce Nazi Bombing Raids Continue
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Special chairs were reserved for Hitler and Mussolini at the Empire |
tea party held recently in London by the Overseas league to celebrate j
the then "NOn-Arrival of the Dictators." Highlight of the evening '
was the scene pictured above when a telegram was received by the
marquess of Willingdon, purporting to have come from Hitler and Musso- i
linl, apologizing for their reticence on this day of days, which, inci-
dentally, was "Victory Day," the first day Hitler said he would be in |«
London. I
Thai's Not True!
James Cagney, popular film
star, strikes this political pose
during an interview with the
press in which he denied
charges of affiliation with the
Commytrijist party. Cagney was
*4 HaU&M>and-
motion picture personalities
against whom the accusation
was made, tn New York at
the time, Cagney made his
first plane flight to the coast
to appear voluntarily before
Congressman Dies and differ
ivith his accuser, John Leech,
emphasizing that he believes
in the present form of U. S.
government and has always
upheld it.
Newly Formed 'Green .Guards of America'
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If the "blitz" strikes this country the women of Washington will be prepared to do their bit in the way
of defense. Several hundred have already been enrolled in Camp No. 1 of the "Green Guards of America," an
organization which will take up first aid and ambulance corps duties in time of war—duties for which they have
started training. Members of the newly formed "Guards" are shown here in their dark green uniforms and
over-seas caps.
175,000 Hear Willkic's Acceptance Speech
TREND
-tioiv the Wind Is
Blowing . . .
ACCEPTS:
And Takes Stand -~
In flag-bedecked El wood. Ind.,
WendeU Lewis Willkie accepted the
Republican presidential nomination
and gave "an outline of the political
philosophy that is in my heart."
Mr. Willkie stated his belief in la-
bor's right of collective bargaining,
old-age pensions, unemployment in-
surance, regulation of security mar-
kets, banking and interstate utili-
ties, rural electrification, -minimum
wages and maximum hours, and the
existing farm program.
Of his foreign policy he said:
"I would do everything to defend
American democracy and I would
refrain from doing anything that in-
jured it ... I trust 1 have made
it plain that in defense of America
and our liberties, I would not hesi-
tate to stand wpy of
life is in competition with Hitler's
way of life."
defense, he said:
"Some form of selective service is
the only democratic way in which
to assure the trained and competent
manpower we need. The first task
of our country . . . is to become
strong at home."
He challenged the President to
meet him in face-to-face debate.
Wild Harold
In what was declared before de-
livery to be the administration an-
swer to the Willkie speech. Secre-
tary of the Interior Harold Ickes,
original third termer, said the Pres-
ident could not adjourn the battle of
Hritain, on which American tradi-
tions may depend, to ride the cir-
cuit with Mr. Willkie.
Said "Wild Harold":
"If Mr. Willkie is so eager for a
debate, I suggest he challenge his
running mate. Senator McNary, with
whom he is at greater variance on
domestic and foreign issues than his
speech of acceptance shows him to
be with President Roosevelt"
DEATH:
In the Afternoon
Without a combat soldier being
landed on her shores, England feels
the threat of invasion for the first
time since William the Conqueror.
Thousands of German planes, in dar-
ing daylight raids, bomb British air-
fields and munitions factories. Ger-
mans bombed London In 1918-18 but
never with invasion as the objec-
tive.
Whether England can keep the
Nazi fliers from her industrial de-
fenses is the real test, Maj. Alexan-
der P. deServersky, American plane
designer, believes. He says Eng-
land Will win or lose in the air. If
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NAMES
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MSSkMha
in the news
Johnson, who resigned as
t secretary of war when
Henry Stimson became secretary,
■r
ten a higher job,
Bouse secretariat as po-
ol national defense. '
[J. Noble, Connecticut Re-
who has been associated
New Deal as assistant sec-
I commerce, resigned "to
time to national de-
followingday he joined
'
life as a
cabled a
Germany gains the mastery in the
air over England, the American ex-
"pert believes it will be insignificant
from a military standpoint whether
it then decides to land troops or
lay waste to England by Systematic
raids.
He believes the test will come
when the Germans begin to inflict
serious damage in the interior of
Efiftand in daylight raids with rela-
tive immunity.1
And at Night
Meanwhile the royal air force is
paying nightly visits to Germany
and German-held territory. Norwe-
gian and channel ports, the Ruhr
antjfairfields in France and Belgium
r-° augataag In one month, the
R. A. F. dumped 40,000 tons of ex-
plosives in the industrial- Ruhr.
Waiting at channel ports areseverpl
^rmies of Nazi soldiers ,Fith faces
turned west. " \
/ talianx Victory
Overwhelmed by a superior Ital-
ian force, British troops evacuated
British Somaliland, vast desert of
North Africa. It is not the first time
British surrendered ground there.
In 1910 when the Mad Mullah led
a native uprising, they retreated to
the coast. In the World war ineited
insurrections proved too trouble-
some and they retreated again.
WASHINGTON:
The Cabinet
Fourth recent change in the cab-
inet came with the resignation of
Farm Secretary Henry A. Wallace,
who is the Democratic candidate for
vice president. An Indiana dirt
farmer, Claude R. Wickard, who
was undersecretary, was elevated
to the department head. Paul H.
Appleby, who has been assistant to
Wallace since 1933, becomes the un-
dersecretary.
Meanwhile Jim Farley's resigna-
tion as postmaster general is effec-
tive as of August 31, and there is a
well-placed rumor that Harry Hop-
kins may resign as commerce sec-
retary to become business manager
of the Roosevelt library, at Hyde
Park. s
The Army
Proposals for changes in the con-
scription law leave army brass-hats
with wry faces. Navy Secretary
Knox told a house committee: "It
Is later than you think.*' Assistant
War Secretary Patterson said: "A
year is a luxury we may never en-
joy."
Passage of the National Guard
mobilization bill started the military
training ball rolling. Units of the
militia which are marked to be
called for a year's service will be
permitted to return home for about
a month following the present
maneuvers. Efforts to limit their
service to continental U. S. were
defeated.
Original plan was to call 400,000
men into service September 1 and
in additional 400,000 November 1.
Best plans now call for 900,000 in
service by January 1, none before
October 1, due to long debate in con-
gress. '
This force, however, is not regard-
ed anything but a minimum. Ger-
many Jias 5,000,000 under arms and
Jappn 2,000,000. But we are not
aiming at so large a standing army.
War department hopes for a peace-
time regular army of but 400,000,
6t "beTITI expinded to
806,000.
This, however, swould only be a
skeleton force. Hawaii, Philippines,
Puerto Rico, Alaska and Canal Zone
require 100,000 regular troop*. The
air force would need 180,000. Ah-
ether jfeQOO are needed tor harbor
, -
Manufacture—Electrical power for
-the week of Aegust 3 reached second
highest all-time peak, representing
a gain of 12 per cent over same
week last year.
Building—The Federal Reserve
board announced that defense or-
ders have pushed construction con- !
tracts to the highest level in 10
years. j
Agriculture—Farm land sales are
picking up, both to investors and to •
teoant-operators, a survey of farm
realty sales organizations by the
Northwestern National Life Insur- :
ance company indicates. Investors
seem to be turning back to the land
as a "good bet" in a war-conscious
business world.
BASES:
Nat at Home
Ni'zl Air Marshal Hermann Goer- i
ing, writing, in "Facts in Reyiew." \
official and free publication of the
German Library of InformatiGn, 17^
Battery Place, New York, said:
"If American defenses are what
they should be, particularly if
American air force is property de-
veloped, built up, organized and
strategically based, America can
defy any group of powers."
Less than a wetk after the pub-
lication was circulated. President
Roosevelt announced he was holding
conversations with Great Britain for
acquisition of naval and air bases
on British possessions in this hemi-
sphere.
Later Prime Minister Winston
Churchill told-the house of commons
that Britain had decided to offer
"suitable sites" to the United States
in Newfoundland and the West In-
dies on 99-year leases. He said Eng- :
land was not asking for any advan-
tage in return. "Naturally," he
said, "no transfer of sovereignty is
involved."
Faces North
Meanwhile President Roosevelt
met Prime Minister Mackenzie King
of Canada. In a joint announcement
they revealed a permanent board of
joint military defense-bad been set
up. The board will survey problems
by air, land and sea; as well as
material and personnel. Personnel
may mean a commandor-in-chief al-
ready is being selected in case Can-
ada is Invaded and the armies of
the two nations are called to act as
one.
Agreement for a military link sets
a definite departure from established
policy for both nations. America
never before has made such an
agreement, even during the World
war being only an "associate" of the
Allies.
MISCELLANY:
It's a Pleasure
«. In Elizabeth, N. j., the city as-
sessor'got a letter from Philip Woolf,
Jeweler. Woolf said that since the
assessor's last visit his business had
.improved and he felt his personal
estate now rated a higher valuation.
VI will filadly pay the additional
taxes," Woolf said. "It is a pleas-
ure." The assessor said the 1940
taxes could not be raised but he
will be glad to oblige in 1941.,
C Patrolman Thomas Moran, who
has been on the Cleveland police
force since 1905, surprised a burglar
in a store near his home. He there-
upon made his first arrest in 25
years. Moran was off duty at the
time. .. _
4 Stamp collectors who spend mil-
lions each year to get letters on
new, fast air mail routes, have an-
other to seek. Cy WiUianuw city en-
gineer of Miami, Fla., left for the
New York World's fair on a bicycle
with 1,000 envelopes bearing the
cachet, "First Flight-Bicycle Mail,
Miami to New Yorj^*'
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Wendell L. Willkie, Elwood, Indiana's most famous son, (indicated by arrow) comes home to accept the
Republican presidential nomination. A crowd estimated at more than 175,000 heard his speech of acceptance
at the notification ceremonies in Callaway park. Formal notification of his nomination was made by National
Chairman Joseph Martin of Massachusetts.
Running Mates in Shirt Sleeves
A picture of informality, President Roosevelt and Secretary of Agri-
culture Henry A. Wallaee? Democratic vice presidential nominee, greet-
ing women Democratic party workers assembled at Mrs. Roosevelt's
Val-Kill cottage in Hyde Park, N. Y. The President drove over from the
family home to introduce Wallace as his 1940 running mate.
Paints Call to Arms for Uncle Sam
Thomas B. Woodburn at Governors Island, New York, with his
latest poster for the U. 8. army, completed with the collaboration of his
wife, Margaret (shown) also a well known artist. The poster Is en
"Defend Tear Coaatry."
'Blitzkrieg Bob'
Private William Hanyak of the
Eleventh Infantry, takes time out
from the "Battle of the St. Lawrence
Valley," at Ogdensbnrg, N, Y., to
have his crowning glory pruned.
Hanyak hails from Philadelphia.
This Is The Nuts'
Dressed for sultry weather, aeven-
month-old Carole Russell ot Miami
i *n ">« Inside with coco-
iWlert mfiT milk direct fiJSm the «h |, a
larra aiaala does Hi trUh. , .
v BRITISH BO*-— • «
The long-discussed
American-made bomfi£I?L
lan<Lby flying theT.c^
lantic Anally wiU get un^
a couple of weeks.
The exact date, route u
of ships is a secret But
will be two-motor Locfchc
in England as Hudson m
bombers, and they will
the big airport at Bot
fpundland, which was „
pressly for this purposed
Also, the first flights willr1*1*
by British crews who alrs«B
in Canada. These men
transport pilots and an
trained in celestial nav
American flyers, accustomei. ■ «l
lojjng on radio beams, witt% i.
llse<1 unti] later._aa«!rtKfr
fore spring. Th^wiU hawrJal
dergo training on the route.. 7-
England is seriously deflei^ks
long-range bombers, as it hmS
to concentrate wholly on wT
planes, pursuits, intercept*!^!
divers, in order to keep contht!!
the air over its islands. TMrhft
of powerful offensive p'«Mr |S
handicapped Britain both in laufe
ing at vital German areas to]
crippling Italy, the weak lister g
the Axis. One factor ^
British is the lengthening of the
night. This made possible tbst
ccnt raids on northern Italy's fefe.
trial centers, and as the mghtiflu
still longer these attacks will bsfc
creased.
Youth training *m1
With the- conscription bHTuii|B,
Xtiing heavy attack on Capital^
the President himself is undo
on another phase of national fe
fense.
In this case the criticism wnV
from his own advisers, who denaoi
that he act. They want him tcr.^A
through the non-combative phstNt
defense which he outlined laft Mty.
The program, as describe
Roosevelt himself, consists at'
parts, one devoted to triitifjt
mechanics, cooks, and othef'ilKB'
combative craftsmen; the seconiHs
training fighting men for phoep,
tanks and guns.
To date all efforts have be« con-
centrated on the second part <jTJ^i
program. Nothing tangible has yet
been done about the first, the M*
combative part.
The U, S. office of education, CCJC
ar\d National Youth administfstkh
have prepared complete blueprfttt
for training hundreds of thornu^
of youths in the many crafts i
by a modern army. The three)
cies are ready to swing into
at once on these programs.
All they need is the money. m
although mt'iaubcrs of congress It-
pea tedly have urged Roosevelt to
get busy, nothing has happened In
conferences he has readily agrwSto
the necessity for this training, to
beyond that—zero.
Insiders blame the deadlock •
two men, Harold D. Smith, pattf-
pinching budget director, and Sid-
ney Hillman, labor member of U*
national defense commission.
Roosevelt instructed Smith to pre-
pare budget estimates and HfllmiB.
to submit plans. But neither tv
complied. Smith, whose function*
are wholly administrative, tes
raised policy objections thstafen®*
of his affair; while Hillman, timM
about possible A. F. of L. andCL
O. protests, has backed and
Congressional leaders, under fe*
over the conscription bill, are so*
at the delay on the non-combstiie
training plan. They feel thst H
had been submitted simultsOWW
it would have considerably *sy
the way for the military prifW®-
Note—-CCC, NY A, and Educsto
office chiefs estimate the cost
the non-combative program ^
around $500,000,000. This
train 230,000 youths in the CCC, 3*/
000 in the NYA, and 225,000 in ***
tional schools supervised by the «-
flee of education, during an enow
year. ; t _
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fib CONE
Sen. Charles McNary's pl«« W
to Oregon, for his vice presidenW|
acceptance ceremonies, .will
first time he has traveled W « *
Also it will be the first time tone*
ly a year that he has visited
beloved ancestral home.
Located a few miles from
on the Mission Bottom rosd.
McNary farm was homestead
by his pioneering Now '
grandfather, James McNar7.
years ago. At that time ,
dense primeval forest and nj
the giant old trees still remam.
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WILLKIE BIT* ibout
Two outstanding oddites
Wendell Willkie are that he
drive a car, does not own •
and doesn't cany a wateri . •
Everybody know* h®
ana university: few I0*0"*
attended Oberlin college la
(1916). :* _ „ '
He still thinks the IXmO
form of 1982, which l*« -
is«>ne of the best aver wrwg*^
Salary which Russell Da**"*
Fortune sacrificed to J°B
was,178,000.
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Curry, W. M. The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 1940, newspaper, August 30, 1940; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth243183/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Crosby County Public Library.