12 Nov 1942
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1942
Page
1
Heavy artillery and aerial assaults dominate the front as British forces strike Rommel's positions. The report notes 104 percent of wartime income in 1943 and mentions a suggestion to Baruch for a manpower study, with the Western Newspaper Union releasing the piece.
Navy officials described the Guadalcanal action as the largest Solomons battle to date. The United States lost destroyer Porter and an aircraft carrier, adding to the earlier loss of Wasp. U S forces damaged two carriers two battleships and three cruisers while over 100 enemy planes were destroyed. Land based US planes continued attacks on Buin Faisi Rabaya and supplied relief to Marines and soldiers on Guadalcanal. Forty Jap ships were reported hit in ten days as diversions slowed Japanese efforts to seize the Solomons and sever supply lines to Australia.
Allied forces along the Alamein line in Egypt push sledgehammer blows against German and Italian positions aided by massive gun support and a dominant Allied air umbrella. Rommel’s counterattacks surge, while heavy artillery and American fliers bolster the advance, trapping Axis troops in a pocket west of Alamein near the Mediterranean.
The Agriculture Department projects 1942 net farm income at 9.6 billion with 10.5 billion expected in 1943, citing record production and rising prices. It notes corn may exceed 1920's record on 12 percent less land. Roosevelt discusses women workers registration, denying a labor draft, and AFL-CIO cabinet alignment. Baruch committee urged to study manpower shortages as war demands grow.
Office of Price Administration reiterates approval of a plan allowing retail Brucers to punch holes in vacuum packed coffee cans to discourage hoarding. Twenty six Germans and five Italians deported from Nicaragua to the United States over alleged Nazi and Fascist activities. Lieut Robert H Gill of the U S Army Air Forces first to drive a jeep over the new Alaska highway covering 1450 miles from Edmonton to Whitehorse in five days. Malta reports its first day without daylight air alerts in months.
Russian communiques claim repulsed Nazi attacks and Soviet counter advances while German forces press in the Caucasus. Observers note the main thrust shifting to the Caucasus as heavy losses are reported by the Nazis before retreating. Treasury and Federal Reserve officials warn against money hoarding as wartime spending drives currency in circulation to new highs.
Washington notes report President Roosevelt is studying an urgent proposal to appoint an overall administrator to stabilize the nation’s confused food situation. The recommendation by Donald M. Nelson WPB chairman, with approval from Secretary Wickard, names no specific candidate. Frequent names like Milo Perkins and Lee Marshall are mentioned in connection with the idea.
Foreign Minister T. V. Soong told Chungking that China needs five to ten billion dollars in foreign credits for postwar reconstruction. He warned that India’s independence, linked to China’s future, concerns Beijing. Soong predicted Allied victory in Europe and Pacific, Japan’s evacuation from Manchuria Korea and the Liukiu Islands, and the emergence of sovereign states in better areas.
Andrew J. Higgins has disclosed a contract to construct 1,200 army cargo planes in the same shipyards where his 200 freighter contract was to be built last summer. Washington officials had blasted the canceled freighter project.
A radiophono describes British infantry charging through dust and smoke to strike Gen. Erwin Rommel's advance posts in the Egyptian desert as World War II action intensifies.
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