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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1940)
Yultee Plant Resumes Warplane Output Returning to work after a 12-day strike at the Vultee Aircraft plant, at Downey, Calif., workers are shown engaged in production of an army trainer. The workers won raises and signed a 16-month no-strike clause. Before getting back to the plant each employee was given as careful an examination and re-check as he was subjected to before he was hired. Rescue Texas Flood Victim Torrential rains caused much havoc and heavy damage throughout Texas, where many concrete roads and bridges were destroyed. After sitting in a tree for 12 hours awaiting rescue, Jerry Zaskoea, of Sealey, Texas, was rescued by searchers who had been combing the flooded dis trict. The picture shows Jerry being rescued from a tree. Undersecretary Wayne Chatficld Taylor, of Chi cago, buckles down to work In Wash ington after being sworn in as under secretary of commerce, succeeding Edward Noble. Injured in Riot Comdr. W. M. Dillon, U. S. naval attache to the embassy in Mexico, beaten in riot of Almazanists as Henry Wallace, vice president-elect, arrived in Mexico City. Plumber’s Helper Nation’s First Draftee John E. Lawton, 21-year-old Everett, Mass., plumber’s helper, shak ing hands with Maj. Gen. James A. Woodruff, at the armory in Boston, after winning the signal honor of being the first man in the U. S. to be accepted for the army under the selective service program of 1940. tie passed the stern physical examination with flying colors. Desert Fort Now in British Hands Somewhere in Africa . . . These British soldiers are shown occupying the ruined Italian fort which was captured by the western forces of Great Britain while fighting Mussolini’s army in Africa. A fierce shelling reduced the fort to so much rubble. This official photograph was ap proved by the British censors. Here From Orient More than 200 American evacuees from the Orient arrived in San Fran cisco on the “President Pierce.” These youngsters from Hong Kong and Shanghai were aboard. Escape Nazi Bomb Mrs. Ann Haltrecht and her son, (shown on arrival in New York) who had narrow escape in their Eng lish home when a bomb pierced the cot in which the boy was sleeping, ’ continued through the floor, and ex ploded in the basement. New West Point Head Reviews Cadets Brigadier General Robert L. Eichelbergcr, newly appointed superintendent of the military academy at West Point, N. Y., reviews the corps of cadets for the first time since taking over his duties at the academy. On the general's right is Lieutenant-Colonel Ryder, commander of the cadets. Night Shift on the Grand Coulee When the day's work is done on the Grand Coulee dam on the Columbia river, in eastern Washington, the night’s work begins under the glare of powerful lights that make a striking picture against the surrounding black hills. The dam, which is now nearing completion is being built by the Bureau of Redamation. It will be the greatest man-made structure on earth. Japanese Buddhism Shingon Anniversary Shown in Seattle celebrating the 1,160th anniversary of the founding of their sect, the Japanese Buddhism Shfngon, are (I. to r.) Bishops S. Hasu, and T. Ohiro, and Vice Archbishop Jisho Matsuhashi, all of Japan. Vice Archbishop Matsuhashi spent 35 years in holy seclusion atop Mt. Koya in Japan, and is one of Japan’s most revered religious characters. Inspecting Indo-Chinese Guard of Honor Hajime Matsumiya (right) Japan’s special envoy to French Indo china, in company of French officials. snd Ilokuro Suzuki (left), Jap consul-general at Handi, inspecting an Indo-Chinese guard of honor, upon his arrival at Haiphong. Matsumiya was appointed to this diplomatic post in the French colony shortly after the Vichy government capitulated. Boy King King Ananda Mahidol of Thailand (Siam) is shown here with his moth er when he was at school in Lau sanne, Switzerland. Today the coun try ruled by the young king is at war with France, according to an announcement issued in Vichy. Thailand had made territorial de mands on the government of the French colony. King Ananda suc ceeded King Prajadhipok when the latter abdicated in 1935. Thailand is ruled by a regency until the young man comes of age. Youngest Mayor Mayor William 0. Kelly of Flint, Mich., 32, believed to be the young est mayor in the United States. May or Kelly is pictured at the piano, which he plays well. I NATIONAL AFFAIRS Reviewed by CARTER FIELD Make-up of new Senate is surprise to Senators themselves. Republicans have tricky problem in cementing effective op position. (Bell Syndicate—WNU Service.* WASHINGTON.—The new senate in January is going to be a very different group of men from what most of the senators themselves would have predicted, confidentially, last spring. There were quite a few surprises in the primaries, but the election added to them. One of the biggest surprises of all is not that any particular senator was defeated, but that one of them was re-elected. This is Joseph F. Guffey of Pennsylvania. Most of his colleagues had thought that Joe would run so far behind Roosevelt that he would certainly be retired to private life. When you add to this the fact that privately most of the Democratic senators had thought, following the 1938 election, that Pennsylvania would probably go Re publican all the way down the line, the surprise is even greater. Another big surprise was the de feat of Sen. John G. Townsend of Delaware. Townsend is a fruit grow er down in the southern part of bis little state, has remained a “farm er" despite being a senator, and was thought to be well liked by his constituents. His absence will be highly gratify ing to the New Deal, and to the Silver state senators, for his con stant attacks on the administration’s silver-buying policy have been very annoying to both. Sen. Francis T. Maloney of Con necticut is, like Senator Guffey, one of those whose continued presence will confound the predictors. LA FOLLETTE STAGES UPSET Still another of these is Robert M. La Follette. Most of the political forecasters misred the boat rather badly in Wisconsin. One of them, who happened to be a great admirer of La Follette, was convinced after a careful study of the state that the electoral vote would be too close to forecast, but that La Follette was certainly beaten. A majority of the political scouts were sure that Will kie would carry Wisconsin, and agreed that La Follette could not win on account of the soreness oc casioned by his endorsement by the New Deal. Return of Sen. Peter Goelet Gerry of Rhode Island was not a surprise, even to those who had predicted that the electoral votes of this state would go for Willkie. Illinois leaders themselves were surprised that Sen. James M. Slat tery made such a good showing. Even those who thought Roosevelt would get the 29 electoral votes did not think Slattery had much chance of beating ‘‘Curly" Brooks. There were those also who pre dicted trouble for Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg, especially after the polls began to show how close the state was on the presidency, and how weak the Republican governor was. Vandenberg actually made one of the most spectacular races of any Republican in the country, though pressed closely for this honor by Gov.-elect Dwight H. Green of Illi nois. Gov. Harold E. Stassen of Minne sota, on the other hand, while he led the national ticket handily, made a much poorer showing than the po litical wiseacres had expected. PROBLEMS FACE REPUBLICANS All politics is peculiar, but the problem confronting the Republican party in cementing an opposition to the administration under the leader ship of Wendell Willkie is rather tricky when one considers President Roosevelt’s caustic references to ’’Martin, Barton and Fish” during the campaign. Bruce Barton is no longer in con gress, of course. He was defeated trying to win a seat in the senate from James M. Mead. But Hamilton Fish is still in the house, represent ing the President’s own district, and he is the ranking Republican mem ber of the house foreign affairs com mittee. Further, Rep. Joe Martin, whose record on votes affecting foreign af fairs were such a campaign target i for administration orators from the President down, is still Republican leader in the house. Over on the senate side Sen. Ar thur H. Vandenberg of Michigan, who opposed repeal of the arms em bargo, and took an almost precisely opposite view on foreign affairs in all respects from that taken by Wen dell Willkie, was re-elected by a thumping majority in Michigan. So Vandenberg can say to him self, with some logic, that the peo ple of Michigan are for HIS poli cies, rather than those of Willkie. Then there is also in the senate Robert A. Taft of Ohio, who can look over the record of his electorate in his state in 1938 and 1940 and assume that the people of the Buck eye state are more inclined to his views than those of Mr. Willkie. It is unlikely that these men will readily agree with Mr. Willkie now that the election is past