Weekly News Analysis by Edward C Wayne
British forces resist heavy Japanese pressure as grim fighting continues. A proposed price control bill nicknamed Joker could curb farm prices and influence wartime economics.
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12 Feb 1942
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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1942
Page
1
Miracle Menon Luzon and the Fall of Singapore
The piece lauds General MacArthur's rugged stand on Luzon describing his force as a smoke covered army holding firm against overwhelming odds. It notes Japanese advances in Malaya and the swift Allied retreat to Singapore, portraying Singapore as the Gibraltar of the Far East and urging defense bond purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
Bataan
Luzon
Homma
Malayan
Singapore
Gibraltar
Far East
Wedgewood
Gay Blades
Goebbels
Stork
Enduro
la Martinique
Broadway
Strand Billiard Academy
Clark Gable
Myrna Loy
Peter Arno
Sue Bosley
CHECKMATE ON FARM PRICES AND ASIA WAR MOVEMENTS
The administration faces a Price Control bill snag as Wickard defends government powers to stabilize farm prices with parity targets for cotton wheat and tobacco while corn and other feeds would be held near parity with possible payments. Separately, Japanese pincers close on Rangoon Singapore Bornéo and Amboina as Singapore endures bombings and the siege tightens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wickard
Senate Agriculture Committee
ABDA
East Indies
Rangoon
Singapore
Burma
Bornéo
Java
Sumatra
Bismark
Cape York
Australia
Amboina
Ceram
New Zealand Leader Urges U S Pacific Command Shift
Washington reports Walter Nash calls for an American naval officer to take supreme command in the Pacific. In Bermuda survivors of a torpedoed British freighter recount a German sub attempting to capsize life boats. London notes Norway’s Quisling has taken the post of Prime Minister of State equivalent to dictator. Belfast radios Americans in the British Isles seek to enlist in American units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Walter Nash
New Zealand
United States
Pacific
London
Quisling
Norway
Bay Defense
Belfast
British Isles
AELP
Star Maker at Philadelphia Depot Frames Army Flags
A man operates a machine cutting white stars for army flags at the Philadelphia quartermaster depot. He is one of many workers producing banners and battle streamers in the%-miscellaneous factory setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Plan to Train 2500 Pilots Monthly at Four U S Universities
Secretary Knox unveils a plan to repurpose four large American universities as navy air force training centers for a 2 billion wartime program. The aim is to train 2,500 naval flying cadets per month with a yearlong course ending in navy wings, starting by May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Frank Krox
Washington, D. C
John W. Studebaker
America
U. S. Navy
Artemus Gates
Bureau of Aeronautics
Knox
Navy Air Force
New York Heartbeat and Hollywood Defense Bond Flight
A packed update blends wartime sacrifice with homefront virtue. Celebrities like Edward Arnold, Dorothy Lamour, Katharine Hepburn, and Olivia de Havilland are tied to the defense bond drive and FDR birthday events. The column riffs on war costs, Navy needs, and Broadway gossip, ending with a brisk note on civilian life and military restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Colin Kellys
Edward Arnold
White House
Hollywood
Dorothy Lamour
Stork Club
Carole Lombard
Katharine Hepburn
Butch’s
Sam Craig
Olivia de Havilland
Vth Avenue
Dr. Splint
N. Y. State Guard
Brian Donlevy
Navy Relief Fund
58Th
Vth
Broadway
W. R. Hearst
Joynt
Miss Soundso
Miss Boandso
Three Piece Sweater Set For You To Knit
Warm as toast outfit for 3 to 5 year old children includes sweater cap and mittens. Directions for knitting stitches and detailed steps are provided on pattern sheet Z9447. Also crochet directions for a Jack Tar bib in red white and blue are offered on the same pattern sheet. Order details follow.
Beyond in Evil and Good Imitation Lesson
A concise aphorism attributed to Gicciardini cautions that replicating evil leads to excess while emulating goodness results in shortfall. It contrasts moral aspirations with human frailty and places imitation at the center of ethical judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gicciardini
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