No resolution was found that week in 1940, but it wouldn’t be long after. “I am distinctly in favor of a selective service training bill and I consider it essential to adequate national defense.” Roosevelt “was not so hot about conscription,” which prompted the president to permit a direct quotation to the press: As the week wore on, rumors circulated that President F. The bill also contained modifications exempting conscientious objectors.
Another pitch was for men ages 21 to 31 in age.
Throughout the week, it became increasingly clear there was majority support for compulsory conscription, but the ages of men required to register was the sticking point. From that amount, it was expected 8.8 percent would be chosen, or 5,700. This number was based on a population of 1,840,000, with about 167,000 men ages 21 to 30 years, of those and estimated 39 percent or 65,100 men fit and free for immediate service. “If the present conscription bill passes Congress and becomes law, Kansas will send approximately 5,700 young men to army camps this fall for training.” The Associated Press, in a report “Kansas to provide 5,700 young men,” broke down the numbers. With Great Britain’s stand against the Nazi’s precarious, many saw passage of some sort of conscription act inevitable. Meanwhile, the Senate military committee was also working on a draft of a similar bill, and called for “the registration for military service of all men in the nation between the ages of 18 and 64.” He suggested boys age 18, high school graduates, “should be trained first, to prevent dislocation in industry, widespread demands for exemption, and hardships for dependents.” He said high school graduates should be permitted to take their training before, during, or after college so that there would be a minimum of interference with higher education. “But those two (unnamed) are not going to attack us if we are prepared.” “We know exactly what countries are going to attack us unless we are prepared, New York Mayor La Guardia told the House military committee early in the week. Because of copyright, we can’t show you what the revamped Elmer looks like here, but you can check him out by searching “Elmer Fudd” on your internet browser.Īlso happening this week, Congress was considering a peacetime conscription bill eyed at becoming a major part of the national defense effort. Warner Media hasn’t commented on the reason for no guns. Elmer Fudd, as a result, now carries a scythe, rather than a double-barrel shotgun. Warner Media, through HBO, is releasing the “New Looney Tunes”, which will feature all the old favorite characters, including Bugs and Elmer Fudd, as well as most of the old cartoony violence of dropping anvils and exploding dynamite. You can see some of “Wild Hare” on YouTube at.
PICTURES OF ELMER FUDD MOVIE
We checked that week’s motion picture listings, and found no billing for it at The Strand, The Kansan, nor The Plaza, all Great Bend movie houses at the time.Įventually, Great Bend got its first look at Bugs and Elmer, but probably not for at least a couple of months. film Ladies Must Live, a romantic comedy starring Wayne Morris and Rosemary Lane. Cartoons created by the studio were released along with films back in the day, and this one was first released with the film Ladies Must Live, a romantic courtship comedy.Īccording to Warner Media, the cartoon was first theatrically released with the Warner Bros. Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd appeared together in the cartoon classic, “Wild Hare,” created by Tex Avery and Bob Givens who also worked together on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series. On Saturday June 27, 1940, movie goers got their first look at a newly minted cartoon pair, courtesy of Warner Bros.
PICTURES OF ELMER FUDD UPDATE
We’ll reacquaint you with what went into creating the Great Bend of today, and do our best to update you on what “the rest of the story” turned out to be. Each week we’ll take a step back into the history of Great Bend through the eyes of reporters past.
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