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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1942
Page
2
Experts call U S attacks on Solomons upset to Jap strategy in the Pacific and Nazis pay dearly for new advances as Russians succeed in blasting oil wells. The column notes reflect editor’s opinion and do not represent the newspaper.
Aerial support from land based airfields aided U S Marines as they extended their Solomons footholds in a campaign to drive Japan from the southwest Pacific. Key objectives included Tulagi Guadacanal and Rabaul while MacArthur’s planes hit Jop holdings near Australia and targets on New Britain New Guinea and Salamaua.
A Russian communique says Maikop has fallen to German forces but oil plants were ruined and supplies evacuated. It notes the Germans lost 369 planes to 241 Soviet planes last week and describes new tactics at Stalingrad with self propelled guns. Soviet forces report gains near Kotelnikovo repelling attacks and routing a Romanian regiment.
Eisenhower told a press conference that training must be intensive because time is short. He cited the need for ultimate in trained personnel and physical toughness to endure rigorous operations. The remarks fed speculation that a second front is needed at the earliest moment and that British forces face a tough campaign.
Mohammed Ali Jinnah, head of the All-India Moslem League, warns that British concessions to the Hindu dominated Congress endanger Muslim-British cooperation in the India independence effort. He notes Muslims’ wartime contributions and accuses Congress of repeatedly refusing to cooperate while receiving more government offers.
Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn, head of the navy general board, says Japanese naval losses since the war began may be five times U S losses. He notes Japanese tonnage may be up to five times ours, including Pearl Harbor damage. He asserts U S claims are conservative and when a ship is sunk it is sunk.
Defense Transportation Chief Joseph B. Eastman warned that fall school openings will push local transit to record strain. He said mid-September will bring about 40 percent more riders than last year due to less private car use and rising war worker travel.
The War Department redefines the chief of staff role under Gen George C Marshall making him the executive through whom the President exercises wartime strategy and operations. Observers speculate Marshall may relay presidential orders to abroad forces while field commanders like Eisenhower MacArthur Emmons DeWitt and Drumm are already appointed.
Six British commission merchant ships totaling 61 000 tons and two U S destroyers launched from Portland yards in one day. Ships named for Pur chasing commission included two built in 48 days and four in 61 days. Rear Admiral Emory S Land urged Axis to sink ships faster than they are built.
Nazi Gestapo executions killed five prominent Dutch citizens in reprisal for a train wreck believed to hinder the second front. The killings echo Gestapo methods seen in France and Czechoslovakia and reflect Dutch resistance as Allied landings loom. Weitere reprisals threatened as hostages remain jailed.
Nazi radio reports claim U S ships disembarked troops at ports in Iraq but official dispatches offered no confirmation. A noiseless propeller for submarines is reported by a Scottish scientist. New York faces hot water rationing with a plan to restrict supply to certain hours and encourage only warm water during those times.
A joint communique says United States army airmen flew a long raid over France with a Canadian squadron and the British Royal Air Force. The operation served as an educational flight ahead of future independent Allied raids by U S fliers.
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