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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1942
Page
2
Weekly analysis notes major Allied losses as Corregidor and other Philippine forts surrender after continued Japanese bombardment. It contrasts with Allied control of Madagascar securing eastern supply routes.
American and Filipino defenders on Corregidor capitulated after a two day assault by Japanese forces. General Wainwright reported surrender of Corregidor and forts within Manila harbor, ending a crucial siege following the fall of Bataan. Allied advances and naval maneuvers were cited as shifting the Pacific front.
British troops landed on Madagascar to forestall a suspected Japanese coup. The Laval Vichy government hosted Japanese officials en route to Berlin, making French retaliation unlikely. The United States and Britain framed the move as protecting sea lanes and pledged to return Madagascar to France after the war.
Reports from the front say Russian soldiers swear to breaking Hitler’s power this year while Marshal Timoshenko’s drive into the Donets basin threatens the Nazi Caucasus oil line. In Washington, draft age reductions face opposition as Hershey urges calls for broader groups and Pepper proposes pre draft training for under age twenty.
Report from Istanbul indicates Nazi units are being diverted to Jugoslavia to counter Gen Draja Mihailovic’s Serbian forces. Guerrilla warfare and sabotage have escalated as winter ends, aiding the Russian view of German spring plans.
Chairman Paul V. McNutt of the War Manpower commission estimates total workers in war industries may reach 17.5 million by end of 1942, up from 1.5 million at start of 1941. He says labor will be redirected as needed but no draft or forced regimentation is planned.
During wartime the government seeks stenographers and women may find more job openings. A 32 page booklet offers 18 simple lessons to self teach Pitman shorthand with rules reading and writing exercises and short forms.
Maj. Gen. Charles Bonesteel of the U. S. Army has assumed command of all American and British forces in Iceland. Most of the troops stationed there are American.
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