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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1942
Page
4
A lively, opinionated column discusses film reviewers secrecy on surprises in comedies like My Favorite Blonde, mentions Bing Crosby, Noel Coward, Brenda Frazier Kelly, and George Shaw, and notes cultural observations from Broadway to Fort Dix broadcasts. It includes playful jabs at fashion rules and record collectors.
A Melbourne dispatch by Time correspondent Robert Sherod praises Dutch and Allied troops in Java and the Pacific. It lauds their grit despite equipment shortages, notes high morale under General MacArthur, and mentions American war production and Australia as a strategic seat of destiny.
A wartime briefing stresses Hitler's planned offensive daring and the Allied resolve. It notes American naval air power, Japanese losses, and bomber blows while Chiang Kai Shek envisions meeting in Tokyo. The United Nations intend to strike the war home with determination and vengeance.
The piece notes that while average civilian car tires may last about 7500 miles more, this does not help treadless or worn tires. It highlights that some drivers will still face failures, mocks optimistic plans to rely on divine or external aid, and condemns wartime tire shortages and measures as irrelevant to normal civilian supplies.
Ruth Millett argues women should wear long dresses after army dances to please soldiers. She says femininity, not latest fashion, matters to men. urges keeping a few feminine outfits for dates with soldiers, claiming it boosts morale and appeal in wartime and peacetime.
Remarks from Navy and diplomatic figures stress defending democracy and skins. Leaders including Rear Admiral John Downes and Carleton J. H. Hayes condemn fascism, while Lessing Rosenwald and S A Lozovsky critique war claims. Nehru vows no evacuation as American industry mobilizes for war production. William L Batt forecasts a push to victory.
An editorial excerpt from exchanges files discusses Laval's reentry as vice premier to Marshal Petain in unoccupied France. It warns of renewed collaboration with Nazi Germany, potential transfer of the French fleet to Berlin, and likely pressure on Petain, with London and Washington Brace for decisive action. De Gaulle's movement gains momentum as Laval's role destabilizes Vichy.
Walter Lippmann argues that price ceilings cannot curb inflation on their own. He urges a general policy staff to coordinate money supply and goods while using rationing, taxes, and savings to control money. Prices should rise where beneficial to production, with rationing only for essential shortages.
CALCUTTA April 16 Raymond Clapper reports Japan uses wiles to win Indian support by courting Burma’s populace and exploiting food insecurity. Native stooges in Burma press natives to work and eat, while refugees seek aid and are turned away, fueling apathy toward British rule. The piece links Japanese methods to Cripps’ India strategy and notes contrasting Indian industrialist views and editorials urging allied aid to avert danger.
Central War Time listings from New York show a dense schedule of radio programs across CBS NBC and Blue networks for Thursday and Friday April 16 17. Highlights include India China and the War Youth and the War Rep E Celler Fanny Brice Bing Crosby The Henry Aldrich Family Major Bowes Easy Aces Les Boulevards and Fulton Lewis War and production for victory analyses plus Nightline and propagandafocused segments with Lanny Ross Lucille Manners and Kate Smith among others.
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