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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1942
Page
3
Analysis notes a proposed U S Russia pact aimed at creating a second front and long lasting peace. It reports on warship cooperation with Britain and a new oil pipeline for eastern supply, framing these moves within a broader wartime strategy.
President Roosevelt announced a full understanding with Russia for a 1942 second front in Europe. Eden announced a 20 year Britain Russia alliance pledging peace and renouncing territorial greed. Molotov’s visit framed a joint US Soviet British front with boosted lend-lease and post war cooperation.
A powerful U S naval task force under Rear Admiral Robert C. Giffen has joined the British Home Fleet to blockade Germany, protect Allied convoys, and hunt Axis submarines. King George VI visited an English port and observed the fleet, signaling closer Allied naval coordination amid growing Axis activity in Atlantic waters and Norwegian seas.
Following Heydrich’s death, Gestapo killed the village’s male population of Liditz, banished women and children, and burned the town near Prague. The Prague radio claimed the villagers harbored his killers, as about 150 men were shot from a 483-person population.
Navy denial disputed Axis claims of Japanese footholds in the Aleutians as Admiral Nimitz disclosed Midway battle losses. He indicated a large invasion fleet suffered heavy ship and transport losses with thousands in manpower casualties. Tokyo prepared the public for mixed battle news.
Omaha reports that rich beet steaks may vanish from American tables this fall due to price ceiling rules. National Live Stock Advisory Council secretary Guy Scudder notes unregulated feed prices prevent raising animals to market quality and force liquidation after short feeding.
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill announce two combined boards to coordinate Anglo American arms production and food distribution for the United Nations. The move aims to speed war material output, optimize shipping, and lay postwar plans to distribute resources, uplift living standards, and reduce international competition.
The agriculture department forecast all-time farm production may be exceeded if weather stays favorable. Winter wheat production was seen at 646,933,000 bushels and spring wheat at 221,128,000 bushels, volumes that would surpass U S needs and bolster war and peacetime food stockpiles.
Donald M. Nelson, head of the War Production Board, told University of Missouri graduates that America is achieving what seems impossible by exceeding estimates in war goods output. He predicted 60,000 airplanes this year and faster production later, insisting postwar opportunities grow from wartime gains and new techniques. He argued poverty can be reduced as global output rises with industrial development and resources.
Thousands of women push to join the WAAC as officers limit intake. Maj Oveta Culp Hobby and aides face a bottleneck with only about 500 officer candidates needed now and up to 25,000 WAACs this year after four weeks training. Recruitment teams in nine corps areas must select the viable registrants amid tough aptitude tests.
Ambassador William D. Leahy argues for maintaining diplomatic relations with Vichy France praising Laval as a pragmatic ally while most Americans view Petain as less tied to Nazism and see Laval as a traitorous puppet.
excerpts recall John Barrymore lamenting a Jap valet family and Chaplin's spies among Japanese staff while Eugenia Flatta hosts a convention with a German gardener. Roosevelt anecdotes include corned beef gifts for ambassadors and temperance quips. Hollywood salaries, taxes, and diets of stars are noted with humor.
Modern Americans reportedly believe more myths about Hollywood than the ancient Greeks about Mount Olympus. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce promotes a mythic mecca while no Hollywood City Haley exists, with the vague area tied to the northwest Los Angeles city sector.
From 36 inch wide cottons to 11% yards for a 54 inch bed, this guide covers cutting center portions, 18 inch side pillow pieces, 10 inch strips for pillow and spread, and 26 inch side ruffles. It also details seam welting and bias cord covers, referencing Book 1 with orders for copies.
Surveys of soldiers sailors marines and Coast Guardsmen show tobacco tops gift lists. Local dealers feature Prince Albert in the pound can as a popular option among service men, touted as the world's largest selling smoking tobacco.
An advertisement from Standard Brands Inc invites home bakers to request a free cook book filled with yeast raised bread and cake recipes by sending a postcard with name and address to 691 Washington St New York City.
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