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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1942
Page
6
Western News reports that Stalin presses the Allies to meet obligations as records show U S war planes superior and wartime economic controls stabilize wages food rent and profits under the anti inflation program as analysts note editorial perspectives.
President Roosevelt assigns Associate Justice James F. Byrnes as director of economic stabilization and moves to curb inflation. Leon Henderson orders rent freezes and a plan to enforce national rent regulation. The OES sets wage and salary stabilization with no raises below the peak 1942 levels unless correcting inequities.
Rugged Australian bush soldiers infiltrate and recapture Nauru in the Owen Stanley range then advance north to Menari. Allied air strafing and bombing hinder Japanese forces retreat toward Port Moresby. In the Solomons Marines bolster Guadalcanal defenses as bombers target Japanese shipping. War Production board diverts distillery output to industrial alcohol, with a remaining whiskey stock of about three and a half years.
Stalin reiterates demand for a second front to ease pressures on Russia while Soviet forces report success in Stalingrad and west of Moscow. Five German counterattacks are repelled, and a major daylight US raid targets Meaulte and St Omer. Allied air power, including Mosquito sorties, dominates in Europe.
Edouard Herriot former president of the defunct French chamber of deputies was arrested in his château near Lyons for challenging Vichy policy toward the Axis. He warned against drawing France into war with the Allies and resigned from the Legion of Honor, signaling defiance of Laval’s collaboration regime.
Washington civilians are asked to conserve meat and heat to aid the war effort. Officials urge limiting weekly meat to two and a half pounds per person, prepare for rationing, and cut fuel use by weatherizing homes and switching from oil to coal where possible.
Donald Nelson, chairman of the War Production Board, told the House Agriculture Committee there will be enough food to eat for the duration. He acknowledged the labor shortage and said the nation will meet the problem. A large loan program for farmers to boost production was being considered to aid small farmers with tools machinery livestock and other items.
The National Safety Council warns that hoarding gasoline to beat rationing is unpatriotic and highly dangerous. Storing gas can release vapor, which is explosive and can ignite from a spark, risking a house explosion and serious injuries. The advice is simple: do not hoard gasoline.
Price Administrator Leon Henderson froze all used tires and tubes in current owners. Dealers and consumers cannot transfer used tires or tubes. Cars with used tires can be sold, and dealers may move mounted tires between stock cars. Repairs and recaps are allowed for owners who qualify.
The first step toward rationing was announced as a government order reducing civilian meat supplies by about 20 percent. It directs meat packers to limit distributions to non-military distributors.
Brief notes discuss government employment in Britain and call for reopening Staf ford Cripps talks in India. Statements estimate 300000 American service members belong to the American Legion. A pessimistic view advocates teaching civilians guerrilla warfare for possible invasion per William B. Ziff in The Coming Battle of Germany.
A home front article describes updating dining chairs with slip covers in medium blue cotton rep and bias binding. It explains upholstery steps including button covers or snaps, corner ties, and suggests Book 5 patterns and Book 7 conservation ideas available by mail order.
A reflective adage states that self crafted bitterness harms the bearer more than it harms others. It notes that a man’s venom poisons himself as much as his targets.
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