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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1942
Page
8
Edward C. Wayne outlines a global war analysis noting Japan's invasion pressure on Australian outposts. He highlights U S production acceleration and strategic pressures worldwide as war escalation continues.
Roosevelt outlined a global, joint effort against the Axis with production, transport, and troop deployment coordinated by allied nations. He cited progress strengthening Pacific forces as British and Dutch units strengthen positions, with new invasions in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, and Burma threats from Siamese support. Japan extended attacks in Tavoy, Moulmein, and Rangoon, prompting allied responses.
The OPM ends after months of wartime effort with Donald Nelson replacing it by a War Production Board. Nelson creates five divisions, with Leon Henderson leading civilian supply and Sidney Hillman handling labor. Ernest Kanzler rises as automobile production czar guiding auto factory output. Knudsen becomes a lieutenant general overseeing overall Army procurement speed.
General MacArthur disclosed that American Filipino forces are fighting on Mindanao near Davao, contradicting Washington’s earlier doubts about the island. Luzon battle efforts persist as Japan concentrates 300,000 troops to strike the Luzon front while communications remain unreliable. A dual critique on wartime profiteering accompanies congressional reports from Truman and Vinson, highlighting war production costs and profit limits.
Intensified submarine actions along the U S East Coast prompt reports of strong navy countermeasures and secret deployments while attacks near Japan and the Philippines claim several vessels. Lieutenant Bulkeley’s 77 foot PT boat heroics and a Japanese cruiser sinking add to wartime drama as Congress stalls price controls and warns of sugar shortages.
German rationing reduces men to three cigarettes daily with women facing stricter limits in Bern. In Paris a German soldier was shot outside a nightclub and a witness girl was made to identify the shooter. Dutch admit logs from Minahassa in Celebes as revisions aim to revive scorched areas of Soviet Russia while Sir John Russell is named advisor to marshal Russian production with Allied help.
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