16 Apr 1942
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1942
Page
1
Edward C Wayne analyzes the looming Bataan defeat as the heaviest reverse for the war effort and notes labor leaders presenting a united front to sustain production at a high peak. Published by Western Newspaper Union.
The piece recounts the fall of Bataan and the heavy losses endured by American and Filipino forces. It notes 36,583 defenders overwhelmed, shifting command from MacArthur to Wainwright, and details Japanese advances from December through April with emphasis on the broader Burma and India theater and weakened Allied air power.
The AFL and CIO leaders united on stage at Pittsburgh pledging a complete war effort to produce for victory. Roosevelt proposed a 48 hour week with wages frozen at current levels and overtime for a fifth day, while preventing seventh day work. William Green endorsed the plan amid labor negotiations. Allied air and ground actions across Europe showed heavy German losses and mounting Allied pressure. The New Deal pushed back gains in taxation and profits, with profits from war contracts being taxed to curb excess.
The article outlines India's indecision on postwar governance with Cripps, Nehru, and Jinnah debating dominion status and autonomy. It notes Wavell’s proposed Indian war cabinet, Nehru’s stance against invasion, and Jinnah’s demand for separate freedom, set against wartime trade routes and Roosevelt's fiscal plans including opposition to a sales tax.
Washington reports the War Production board reduced gasoline deliveries to filling stations on the East and West coast curtailment areas from 80 percent to 66 percent of prior amounts. In New York, President Roosevelt’s Navy lieutenant son Franklin Jr. was treated for bronchitis at a naval hospital.
A Washington Merry-Go-Round column exposes Standard Oil’s A-1-C steel priority for Venezuela and the lobbying effort led by John N Bohannon to press naval and War Production officials. It also corrects payroll figures for John L Lewis's relatives, detailing nine kin with combined earnings of about 70 500 annually, plus a further 40 000 in commissions through Floyd Bell. Wayne Coy is named for promotion to assistant budget director while cotton consumption rises to 13 600 000 bales for the year.
The pattern offers a pampered style set for a youngster with a smock full cut, round collar, bright red apple appliques that become pockets, and sturdy brief romper pieces. Size 3 fits 2 to 6 year olds, requiring about 14 yards of 32 inch fabric for the top and 15 yards for the overalls.
Thomas Jefferson urges restoring social intercourse to sustain liberty and life. He warns against political intolerance even after ending religious persecution, noting that despotic bias can cause bitter persecutions.
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