15 Oct 1942
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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1942
Page
1
The column argues Stalin presses Allies to fulfill obligations while wartime air power is shown superior. It notes U.S. war plane dominance and cites stabilization of wages food rent and profits under an anti inflation program, with editorials reflecting postwar aims.
President Roosevelt names Associate Justice James F. Byrnes as head of the new Office of Economic Stabilization to curb inflation. Byrnes resigns from the Supreme Court to run the stabilization effort while the OPA freezes rents and enforces wage and salary rules and farm price ceilings.
Rugged bush soldiers infiltrate and retake Nauru in the Owen Stanley range, advancing north with limited enemy contact. Allied air strikes slow Japanese progress as Marines fortify Guadalcanal and raids hit Javanese shipping. War board shifts distillery output to industrial alcohol amid whiskey stock remaining.
Stalin renews demand for a second front to relieve Russia as Soviet forces report gains near Stalingrad and west of Moscow. The Moscow bulletin notes relentless German attacks, while Allied air forces raid targets in northern France and Belgium. A U S war committee report praises American airpower advantages and the P-40’s combat edge over the Zero.
War Production Board chair Donald Nelson told the House Agriculture Committee that there will be enough food to eat for the duration despite a looming coffee shortage and plans for meat rationing. He acknowledged farm labor shortages but said the nation would meet the problem and a vast loan program for farmers was being considered to boost production with tools machinery livestock and other items for small-income farmers.
The National Safety Council urges motorists not to hoard gas to beat rationing. They warn vapor leaks are highly explosive and a spark can cause fatal fires. The restraint mirrors broader wartime limits including a Price Administrator freeze on used tires and tubes to be held until normal rationing resumes. Edouard Herriot, former French leader, is arrested for challenging Vichy policies and resigns from the Legion of Honor amid accusations Laval ordered the move.
The Office of Civilian Defense urges Americans to cut fuel use and limit meat intake to support fighting forces. It outlines heat saving measures, such as weather stripping and shifting from oil to coal, and sets a weekly meat limit of two and a half pounds per person. It cautions on rationing timing and highlights distribution challenges for hogs and pork.
The government ordered a about twenty percent cut in civilian meat by directing meat packers how much to distribute to non military distributors. This step follows long standing expectations of rationing to about 24 pounds per person per week.
War brief notes strong demand from some American officials to reopen Staf ford Cripps talks in India. It cites pessimistic views and urges civilians to train for possible invasion, while noting 300000 American Legion members among the armed forces.
Pattern 423 provides directions chalk diagrams and necessary pattern pieces for nine rugs with materials required. Send your order to the address provided for purchase and delivery.
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