Weekly News Analysis of Nazi Drive in Russia and Africa
The article analyzes the German push into Soviet territory aiming at Stalingrad and the Caucasus oil fields, notes Soviet resistance, and reports German and Soviet losses. It covers Rommel’s advance in North Africa, the El Alamein counteroffensive by British and Australian forces, and Allied air and naval actions in the Pacific, including new policy shifts in China under Chennault and Stillwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Rommel
Egypt
U. S
China
Moscow
Soviet
Don River
Stalingrad
Hitler
Volga
Caucasus
Moscow-Hostov
Rostov
Germany
Berlin
Bengali
Tobruk
Eh] Alamein
el Alamein
Cairo
Ater
Suez
Gandhi and wartime tradeoffs drive bold India push for freedom
Gandhi presses a plan at Wardha after six days of talks to step up moral pressure on Britain for immediate independence while Nehru remains a key ally for the United Nations in India. Price controls, rationing, and war finance dominate policy notes as OPA and WPB adjust ceilings, spread relief, and monitor compliance during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Wardha
Gandhi
All-India Congress Party
Great Britain
India
New Delhi
Pandit Jaweharlal Nehru
Nehru
United Nations
Britain
U S Bond Purchases Seen As Superior to Forced Savings
The column argues that voluntary bond buys are preferable to compulsory savings, with discussions of Morgenthau's tax plans, the aim to fund war debts, and warnings that money in banks may be exposed to loss. It notes Americans’ readiness to cooperate in emergencies and explores inflation control ideas including wage adjustments and nonnegotiable war bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WNU
H Street
N. W
Washington
D. C
Capitol
Senate
Senator Z
Senator 2
Morgenthau
Joe Doaks
Joe Doak
Joe
Henry Morgenthau
America
Senator X
P. P
Phil Murray
Roosevelt Hints Tire Requisition If War Worsens
President Roosevelt tells reporters that if the war situation worsens the government may requisition every automobile tire in the United States. Maj. Gen. Carl Spaatz is named commander in chief of U S forces in the European theater. Agriculture continues to operate despite Congress wrangling over its monthly funding. Technical Training command to house trainee radio aviation operators occupies Chicago’s Stevens Hotel and the Congress Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
WPB
Antarctica
Pan American Airlines
Africa
Roosevelt
United States
U.S. Army Air Forces
Carl Spaatz
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Technical Training Command
Stevenis
Chicago
Bold gains in wartime output spark new record aircraft plans
Bankhage American aircraft manufacturing has boosted annual warplane production nearly tenfold in two years. 1942 output will exceed all planes shipped from 1909 to the start of this year. Farmers expect hog sales to rise sharply from October through next April. A new medical base mascot at Orlando air base is a cat named Leukocyte Lymph Maemophylia III, nicknamed Here Pussy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Bureau O Aeronautics
Jim
Billy Mitchell
Germany
China
India
Burma Road
Burma
Pope
Orlando Air Base
Florida
Pattern No 29463 Bed Room Linen Transfers
Elegant embroidery transfer offers motifs for nilrow slips dresser scarf and vanity set. Includes outline lazy daisy blanket stitch and French knots. Pattern No 29463 15 cents provides all motifs and directions for reuse. Send your order to: Graceful baskets of brown with colorful flowers enhance the designs.
Flies Found Carrier of Infantile Paralysis Virus
Yale researchers Dr John L Paul and Dr James D Trask report that common house flies may carry poliomyelitis virus from sewage. The discovery suggests the intestinal tract as well as spinal cord involvement and highlights danger to children from flies in homes and communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Paul
James D. Trask
Yale University Medical School
Drs. Paul and
Trask
Learth
Also Mentioned on This Page
Editor's & Western New
OTS
Theo
Saper Union
Western Newspaper Union
Bafme
Washington, D. C
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
U. S. Army
Hankow
Canton
Claire L. Chennault
Joseph Stillwell
Chungking
Linchwan
Kinangsi Province
Nanchang
Crete
Mediterranean
Pacific
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Commerce
Jesse Jones
Congressional
U.S
War Production Board
WPB Bureau of Finance
Baukhage
English Channel
Bankhage
Army
St. Jooks
Ok E
Martha Bor
Kandis City
Prush
Wes Hervous
Lydia B. Pinkham
Pinkham
Weil
Dee Dean
Dean
Doans
Bureau OF Standards
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