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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1942
Page
1
U S moves to ration gasoline nationwide with a 35 mile per hour limit. Government bans double-time pay for duration of rationing. Britain renews occupation of Madagascar as part of wartime strategy.
President Roosevelt orders swift action on the rubber shortage with nationwide gasoline rationing and draconian driving limits. The plan includes a 35 mile per hour speed limit, annual car mileage caps, tire inspections, and temporary tire conservation measures to curb civilian driving amid scarce rubber.
The British, with U.S. approval, will carry out further military operations in Madagascar as war aims include suppressing refueling of Japanese submarines in secret harbors and Nazi espionage linked to Vichy agents. The State Department says full occupation benefits the Allied war effort and United Nations goals.
President Roosevelt signed an executive order abolishing penalty double time for Sundays Saturdays and holidays for millions of workers. The move voids contracts requiring extra pay for holiday or Saturday work within the five day week and follows understandings with AFL and CIO leaders. The order came near a CIO deadline set by the United Auto Workers to avert labor tension.
Moscow dispatches report the German air force controls almost all air activity over Stalingrad, a key Volga industrial hub, as von Bock drives armored and infantry forces at the city. Russian defense fights to delay the fall. Further setbacks report fighting near Novorossiysk in the Caucasus, threatening the Black Sea naval base.
More than 4,000,000 service members gain the right to vote in upcoming November elections under a new law approved by Congress. The legislation allows absentee voting for army and navy personnel abroad, including Army and Navy nurses and women's reserve corps, creating a wartime voting precedent.
Japanese forces press southward through the Owen Stanley range toward Port Moresby, 375 miles from Australia, using infiltration and flanking tactics. In the Solomon Islands, Allied forces resume offensive after General MacArthur urges each American to destroy one Japanese. Marines’ positions are solid enough to serve as a springboard for further strikes.
London. Sir James Grigg disclosed in the house of commons that 77,190 British war prisoners were in Axis hands to date. He noted that figures exclude prisoners captured in Malaya and most Far Eastern theaters, whose totals had not been determined.
The exiled Luxembourg ministry in London reports a general strike in German occupied Luxembourg, the first in a Nazi controlled country. Authorities declared a state of emergency, threatened workers with death, and imposed repressive measures as sabotage and railroad derailments spread from Schifflingen to other towns.
The Office of Defense Transportation announced that by November 15 all 5,000,000 commercial trucks 150,000 buses and 50,000 taxi cabs will be placed under government control. Passenger cars and motorcycles are exempted. Operators must obtain a certificate of war necessity and face fuel tire and part limits. Certificates will cover trucks built for property transport and public rental vehicles like ambulances and hearses.
Edouard Herriot and Jules Jeanneney, leading figures from the last Third Republic parliament, issue a blunt warning to Marshal Petain and Pierre Laval. They say France may convulse if Vichy drifts toward war with its Allies, asserting continued obligations under wartime treaties despite defeat and armistice.
Robert P. Patterson announces in Cleveland that American tank production has reached an impressive figure and that the United States is producing more planes than Germany, Japan, and Italy combined. He asserts U S medium tanks, the M-3 or M-4, are superior to the best German tanks and notes combat records proving the Curtiss P-40 better than the Japanese Zero.
Survivors of the burned naval transport Wakefield were landed at an Atlantic coast port after a severe fire. Formerly the Manhattan, the ship once led the U S merchant fleet with more than 1,600 passengers and crew aboard. most were removed safe, though no logs of life were kept.
Washington coverage links Japanese strikes on Dutch Harbor to late 1941 Navy Army co operation gaps at Umnak. Senate inquiry details Brewster Buckner Alaska trip, Umnak air base delays, and late 1942 completion amid bold price ceiling push by Henderson. Also notes Hoover FBI training Naval intel and Grillo Rubber Workers resignation plus Ann Rutherford bond tour feats.
A wartime morale piece argues Americans must sacrifice beyond economic comforts. It links civilian surrender to national soul, praising those who risk life, citing Captain Colin Kelly and Marines. Emphasizes liberty over luxury, warning costly peace bought with profits.
Notes by John Mason Brown describe his naval commission prep and a stunt where he fell into audience chairs. The piece also notes Gilbert Gabriel, once a dramatic critic, serving in Alaska and facing War Department inquiries into his character. A humor line about Saratoga gamblers and a Selznick Goldwyn exchange conclude with humor on writers.
Zeppo Marx, once the youngest in the Marx brothers, grew from a playful chorus runner to a Hollywood agent and founder of agencies. He later owned his own agency and, amid brotherly fortune and jokes, invested in mechanical projects at home and now reportedly owns a West Coast defense plant.
Rumors swirl around Bing Crosby reportedly headed to Washington to enlist though not eligible for service. Ty Power to train for gliders wearing a Marines boutonniere. Darryl Zanuck leaves 20th Century Fox with $5,000 weekly pay relief, Hazel Scott nets MGM bonus, Burgess Meredith and Welles linked to 1 2 3 dame hunt, Myrna Loy dubbed Myrna Lisa.
A garbled OCR brief lists nightlife spots in New York and quotes from Horace Greeley about staying in New York and getting rich. It references venues like Reuben’s Mother Kelly’s Park Central Cocoanut Grove and Toots Shor’s with fragmentary lines about punching and checks.
Pattern details describe Barbara Bell Pattern 1634 for sizes 4 6 8 10 12 years with fabric yardage guidance and contrast trim options. Send your order to the supplier.
The text notes that Shouldered Arms Rifles are carried on the right shoulder by soldiers of the United States Soviet Russia China Eire France Italy and Japan and on the left shoulder by soldiers of the British Empire Spain and Germany.
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