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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1942
Page
3
Analysis notes an envisioned international court and police force for the postwar era, with quotes attributed to Hull. It also reports on Nazi pressure increasing danger for Russia and Rommel blocked by Allied air power as Western Newspaper Union releases a summary note.
Cordell Hull urged a United Nations led peace after victory with goals to win the war decisively, control aggressor states, settle disputes peacefully, and remove economic shackles. Meanwhile British air power expanded the El Alamein line, striking Rommel’s supply routes and eroding Axis positions as Allied forces push along the North African front. In Hampton, Va., 29 German submarine crew were buried with full honors, reflecting wartime rituals for the fallen on American shores.
The Russian front details a grim Soviet assessment as Rostov falls and German forces smash southeast along the Don valley. Red Star urges courage, recalling Moscow’s 1941 defense and 28 soldiers who died facing a tank charge. A northern counteroffensive near Voronezh shows a slight Russian reversal that could ease the Rostov pressure.
OWI figures show navy losses since Pearl Harbor at 12,143 versus 871 in World War I, with 3,420 killed 1,051 wounded and 7,051 missing. Army losses total 19,767, including 902 killed and 17,452 missing. Philippine Scouts report 479 killed 754 wounded and 11,000 missing. FEMININE ARMY: WAAC trains at 5:45 am daily, 800 cadets from Fort Des Moines Iowa for 9 months, spreading to 19 forts to free troops for combat.
London reports nearly 7.5 million women in full time war production, 870 thousand disabled, 5.5 million caring for families, with many in military auxiliaries. Washington notes a $100 million fish industry pivotal to wartime food supply as President Roosevelt appoints Harold Ickes as fisheries coordinator to boost sustained production.
Japanese land an invasion at Buna in New Guinea while U N planes sink a transport and barge. Chinese forces recapture Kientsan south of Hangchow and US bombers sink two Japanese naval craft on the Fu river. Guerrillas harass Nipponese along the Hangchow Nanchang railway and farmers are armed in Chekiang provinces.
Price Administrator Leon Henderson received 120 million dollars to combat inflation as the House and Senate conference committee adopted recommendations. Henderson gained 45 million more than the initial vote but 75 million less than his original request, seen as a classic give and take compromise.
The House of Representatives moved to curb wartime profiteering by outlawing commission fees on government contracts after Chairman Carl Vinson accused agents of fleecing American taxpayers. Testimony to the naval committee showed three Washington firms earned nearly 2 million dollars in commissions on government contracts in the prior six months.
Admiral William Daniel Leahy, retired from the Navy and former naval operations chief, is appointed chief of staff to the Commander in Chief. Roosevelt calls him his eyes and legs to handle details while denying Leahy supreme command of Allied or American forces.
Brig. Gen. Harold L. George announced that giant airplanes will increasingly carry men and materials for the world war fronts. The army will rely on commercial airlines to operate vastly more transport planes as air transport forces expand their role in Uncle Sam's supply service.
In Washington a professor routed and a Navy pilot eyed a Nazi submarine during a Caribbean flight, depth charges ready but unused. A phony eye test shows how a doctor’s shot aided answer to pass physicals. Nazi food shortages spark plan for community feeding and rationing. Mixed items note Senate prayer by a senator, Walter Winchell jab, and curb on recappers. Northrop unveils a welding process for magnesium planes.
A fragmented column mentions Harlem planning a monument to Pvt Joe Louis, Rockefeller protection of produce in a Victory Garden, and Dry Dock Savings Bank enabling thumbprint signing for untrained writers while noting a reporter disappeared after covering a trial. The piece previews wartime nerves and literary fault finding.
A lively collage recalls Gable without a undershirt in the era’s cinema, Fonda and Cooper film lore, and Letty O’Doul teaching Lou Gehrig. It lampoons war pictures, B pictures, vaudeville fading, radio debates, and Broadway’s dimout era while skimming New York social scenes and stars like Holden, Garbo, Garbe, and Hopkins amid Midtown chatter.
A home improvement feature describes updating a living room with a comb ining flying and bedroom layout. It explains a plywood bedding compartment built into a redesigned couch with padded fronts, painted lid, and unpainted book cases at the ends. A new slipcover lamp shade and curtains are suggested.
Medical officers note tobacco aids morale among troops and surveys show soldiers favor it as a gift. A pound can of Prince Albert tobacco is touted by local dealers as an ideal present for men in the Army Navy Marines or Coast Guard who smoke a pipe or roll their own.
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