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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1942
Page
1
The Associated Press reports a vast Soviet drive on the southern front from the Sea of Azov toward Kharkov and Orel, with 1.5 million men and 90 divisions involved. German lines around Staraya Rus sa and Lake Simen show strain, while Axis claims cite heavy Allied shipping losses and Mediterranean naval actions.
The War Today notes Britain may be pressed by the India situation and Gandhi’s followers to grant independence after the war. Churchill’s dominion status offer, tied to postwar self-government, could be eclipsed by urgent wartime needs as India faces threat of invasion. The piece questions whether immediate action is feasible amid crisis.
Vermillion March 12 A district court jury found George Williams 65 guilty of second degree manslaughter for the shotgun slaying of Joe Gray along a highway near Vermillion last April. Williams claimed Gray had threatened him and fired at him twice. The six hour verdict now goes to Judge C C Puckett for sentencing next Monday. The maximum for second degree manslaughter is four years.
SAN JUAN Puerto Rico March 12 United States Naval District headquarters announced the arrival of two United States ships with 83 survivors from a British tanker and a Swedish freighter torpedoed and sunk in the Caribbean last Thursday and Friday nights The Idaho landed 49 officers and crew from the tanker while the Ipswich brought in 34 survivors from the Swedish freighter No lives were lost in the sinkings the incidents occurring about 20 miles apart Capt A Henney commander of the tanker and Capt Sven Cronberg commander of the freighter had previously survived sinkings under a new Navy policy which withholds names and tonnages of ships sunk by enemy action from disclosure
Havana dispatch reports the steamship Oregon registered in Wilmington Delaware and owned by West Indies Fruit Company shelled and sunk recently off Puerto Rico. Sixteen survivors were landed at Puerto Plate, with ten rescued at sea and two killed in the attack. Authorities confirm the incident and casualties amid Caribbean tensions.
Austin March 12 A minister seeking new tires turned to scripture to justify his request and was met with a stamped refusal from rationing administrator Mark McGee who quoted biblical lines in reply.
Senator Stewart of Tennessee told reporters he would press for a Senate vote on a motion to delay the Langer seating contest until thousands of pages of election committee evidence are printed. He suggested limiting exhibits and testimony already deemed inconsequential, and said printing could take two to three weeks, not months, despite opposition estimates. The issue centers on prior seating of North Dakota Senator Langer and charges of moral turpitude. Stewart emphasized the matter is important for the people of North Dakota.
Prime Minister Hideki Tojo told a special Diet session that Japan has captured more than 210,000 prisoners since the Pacific war began. He claimed the main U.S. and British fleet had disappeared, that Southwest Pacific strongholds were in Japanese hands, and Japan’s defense was solid along its northern frontier. Admiral Shimada cited high Japanese losses and vast Allied casualties and ships sunk.
New York March 14 two soldiers, an army sergeant and a private, were charged with felonious assault and violation of the anti firearms law on a complaint by Negro patrolman James Sloane. He said they attacked him with a blackjack when he urged them to leave Harlem. Sloane, injured, has been on light duty since a scuffle near the Pennsylvania station in 1940.
A high level Allied operation may target the top of Europe from the North Cape to Murmansk. Major air and naval forces are said to be assembling with German and British assets and UN convoys. Analysts weigh whether a spring west offensive could pierce upper Scandinavia and link with Russia to strike Germany, potentially shifting the war’s northern balance.
American action in the opening days of the battle for Australia will center on long range heavy bomber attacks on Japanese invasion forces. A report lists seven Japanese ships knocked out at no cost to the American force. Admiral Hart said enemy attrition concerns Nippon for the future as Japanese losses reach 138 ships. Major Richard H L Carmichael led eight heavy bombers to raid Japanese shipping in Jamaua Harbor New Guinea dropping 18 tons of bombs leaving two ships sinking four burning and one beached. The planes returned undamaged. Naval action in the first three months shows Japanese air superiority aiding gains, with higher American and allied losses noted and navy compilations indicating ship losses and limited replacements for the enemy.
Heavy U S Army bombers crippled at least part of a Japanese invasion armada off New Guinea toward Australia. Tokyo boasted Allied sea power crushed. Eight bombers hit ships. two sunk, four in flames. Port Moresby raid caused slight damage. reports of another convoy movement. Australia vowed counter blows and food aid for Singapore prisoners.
The Evening Huronite launches a weekly farm page this Friday, continuing through spring planting. It will cover new reading on agriculture in South Dakota and the northwest, featuring farmer views and experts from South Dakota State College in Brookings.
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