09 Apr 1942
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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1942
Page
1
An editorial report notes Japan failing to overwhelm Australia prompting Pacific timetable revisions. It also covers antiwar sentiment in Bulgaria as the government negotiates with Nazi demands.
Recounts on the war fronts show Japan facing delays in Australia invasion plans as American and allied forces bolster New Guinea. India’s Cripps mission to Grant dominion status triggers Gandhi Nehru and Jinnah rifts. British commandos raid St Nazaire to thwart Nazi infrastructure, using a rammed destroyer as a bold tactic.
An opinion piece discusses how war appends tighter supply chains and the need for rural retailers to adapt. It highlights lockers for perishable goods, reduced emphasis on canned items, and a push toward local production. It features quotes from Fletcher Rawls and Earl Sproul about returning to American ingenuity and smaller scale commerce. It also muses on culture and reading among servicemen, promoting the Victory Book Campaign.
The Public Health Service says the common cold accounts for about a quarter of school absences. Observers note that Russians gained only a fifth of conquered territory in their counter offensive. After the war, government business will grow as 50 percent of wartime production shifts to peacetime drugs. Easter lily supplies will be tight with Japan supplying eighteen million of the annual twenty three million plants.
A reader quiz lists camel water intake from 15 to 20 gallons, the Ib abbreviation from libra, Congress meeting at least once a year, the pelican storing food in its bill, Columbus as the first to reach entanglement in the Sargasso weeds, and the chief quality of an opaque substance is lack of light passage.
A quoted aphorism from John Lubbock extols nature as rewarding lovers with inner riches. It emphasizes bright thoughts, contentment, and peace of mind over material wealth or status.
A historical note frames Abraham Lincoln as saying that men may die or fade politically, but the principle of democracy endures beyond individual lives, preserving the idea of democratic government.
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