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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1942
Page
2
Weekly analysis notes Japanese air strikes targeting Alaska and Midway as retaliation for the Doolittle Raid, while the United States declares war on Balkan nations. The RAF reports dramatic destruction of German war industries.
Japan's air and naval onslaught against Dutch Harbor Alaska signals a northern flank attack. Attacks came within hours, fighters with bombers imply carrier origins. The strike aims to disrupt American bases and supply to Russia while opening a route for future Nipponese offensives. Roosevelt seeks wartime unity with allies as U.S. arms and salvage efforts intensify at home.
RAF raids on Cologne Essen and Bremen hit industrial targets and ports, aiming to disrupt munitions plants, railways, and civilian morale. In daylight over northern France, over 1,000 RAF planes sparked French resistance. Secretary Morgenthau urged Americans to buy war bonds, warning spending harms the war effort and inflation risk.
The $20.452 billion naval expansion emphasizes aircraft carriers and fast ships to counter submarines, with over 500 new fighting vessels planned beyond the two ocean navy. Vinson says 190 ships join this year and the two ocean navy should finish in 24 months.
Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wichard secured War Production Board approval to build farm bins from lumber and nails to store 218 million of the 1.441 billion bushels of wheat expected this summer. With elevators full and transport strained the plan aims to avert shortages by storing surplus on farms.
Washington unveiled a permanent gasoline rationing system for the East coast authorizing about 2880 miles per motorist per year or roughly 55 miles a week. It would take effect July 15 and may become a nationwide model if rubber tire conservation becomes necessary, replacing the controversial X cards.
Phillip Murray CIO president denounces John L. Lewis as hell bent on national confusion and disunity and accuses him of trying to sabotage the defense program. Murray says Lewis proposed to confront the CIO convention in Detroit last fall to challenge Roosevelt's foreign policy, a move Murray calls treasonable. Lewis pledges full support for the war effort and rejects claims his policies hinder victory.
News reports describe reprisal killings in Nazi occupied areas following the wounding and death of Reinhard Heydrich. The executions and mass shootings target Czechs suspected of involvement as resistance grows.
A collection of witty toasts and quips about F D Roosevelt Henry Mencken Paderewski Voltaire Einstein Coolidge and others illustrates sharp timing and clever comebacks. The piece also recounts Marie Dressler and Louis B Mayer near the end of her life.
Nazi announcements declare no beer may be manufactured from malt, the base ingredient for food tablets for the army. The order follows a decision to suspend dining car operations as part of wartime measures impacting civilian and military supply.
Price Administrator Leon Henderson warned a House committee of looming inflation due to higher purchasing power and limited consumer goods. He noted 11 billion excess spendable money, a 69 billion supply, and a 17 billion gap to curb to prevent a price spiral, predicting worse conditions in 1943 and urging stringent government controls despite risks of shortages and bootlegging. He cited England as having black market resentment, with calls to shoot traders. Harold Ickes praised big business cooperation, detailing railroads shifting freight to trucks to free tank cars, boosting long-haul efficiency. He described 8,000 gallon tank cars vs 7,500 gallon trucks, and noted 650,000 barrels a day moved by railroads. The war department sought a $10 monthly raise for West Point cadets, while the Marine Corps seeks Japanese translators for field ops.
A humorous tale about Horace Greeley of the New York Tribune: at work he reportedly leaked pipe heat onto his boots and failed to notice. One Sunday he sat before heat registers at the office, and a janitor warned him the boiler was fixed, prompting Greeley to retort with a sharp rebuke.
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