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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1942
Page
2
Diplomats and newspaper men recount internal Axis tensions and war era shifts. The report notes armored American Expeditionary Forces arriving in Ireland and WPB suspending war plant construction, with editor's note on opinion vs. editorial.
Diplomats and journalists detailing five months in German and Italian prisons describe exchanged internees in Lisbon. Observers foresee Germany risking everything in a spring drive with 300 divisions, 210 on the Russian front, while Mussolini and Italy face unpopularity at home and the army remains loyal to the throne.
The War Production Board cancels nonessential war plant contracts due to material shortages and shifts focus to arms and munitions. Officials say 60 000 planes 45 000 tanks and eight million tons of shipping are planned for 1942 with 1943 decisions pending. President Roosevelt directs aviation assets under military control and transfers flight equipment to the Army Air Forces.
Reported shiploads of American soldiers arrive in Northern Ireland to reinforce garrisons. British observers note potential for offensive operations on the European continent with thousands of troops and tank units now deployed. The debarkation occurs swiftly at secret bases prepared in advance.
Reports say Kharkov front saw heavy Soviet gains with 300 towns taken and 12 000 Nazis slain while Kerch in street fighting as Germans withdraw. Separately US shipyards raise wages eight cents an hour for 500 000 workers to curb inflation.
Laval rejects six U S demands on Martinique and denounces them as a grave blow to French sovereignty. The State Department may shift to direct talks with island officials while rationing plans spark motorist questions on essential status and June fuel cards.
New regulations approved by the army and navy implement a city wide floodlight screening program. Mayor LaGuardia orders a system to monitor floodlighting in railroad yards plants docks shipyards and terminals to comply with blackout rules.
In Pittsburgh actress Katharine Hepburn smashed a news photographer's camera after he photographed her without consent. A Stockholm dispatch reported Reinhard Heydrick named Gestapo commissar general over all German occupied territories.
Director Hershey outlined a post June 15 change in the draft system. Men pass the physical, are inducted then moved to the Enlisted Reserve Corps and receive 14 days to settle personal affairs before active duty. Government covers transport and meals to examination and reception centers. Hershey estimated up to 10 million U.S. men under arms by late 1943 or early 1944.
President Manuel Prado of Peru visited the United States and reviewed West Point cadets in his honor alongside Maj. Gen. Francis Wilby. Churchill addressed 25,000 Yorkshiremen urging resolve and promising Britain will retaliate for wartime torments.
The piece discusses looming scrutiny of maritime waste, shipbuilding delays, and labor management in U S shipyards. It links torpedoed vessels near the coast to questions about production shifts, oil pipelines, and government actions. It notes the need to boost ship output and questions about industry cooperation with wartime goals.
Brief items note an amphibian army jeep able to travel on water, remarks from Commissioner Elizalde about Filipino resolve, Fort Benning hosting Chaplain Raymond S Hall as a paratrooper, and a new Office of Education chart Job Training for Victory listing programs to prepare workers for war industries and services.
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