04 Mar 1942
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1942
Page
1
Allied forces face severe losses as Japanese units push toward Batavia and Soerabaja. Dutch leadership reports major scorched earth actions completed while stands stiffen at multiple fronts. British dispatches cite a counteroffensive but Japanese superiority persists.
Vice Admiral Helfrich handed a special mission and confined duties as Acting Rear Admiral J. J. A. Van Staveren succeeds him as commander of the Netherlands Indies naval forces. Lieut. Gen. Hein ter Poodten to lead land forces after Wavell departs. Governor General van Starkenborgh Stachouwer maintains civil authority. Guerrilla resistance orders issued if cut off. Dutch East Indies forces, about 50,000 allied troops, face 85,000 Japanese invasion on Java.
Commodore Roberto Gomez Marqueo said Mexico is shifting reinforcements to army, navy, and aerial detachments guarding California against any axis operation against the United States. The move aims to strengthen protection near Gower California amid wartime tensions.
General MacArthur’s air force struck Subic Bay destroying a 10 000 ton ship and an 8 000 ton vessel, plus two 100 ton motor launches. Docks at Olongapo and Grande Island scorched as fires and explosions followed. no ground activity reported in Bataan.
Sydney reports a new Japanese air raid on Darwin with enemy fighter planes, damaging waterfront and R A A F installations. The attack follows two earlier assaults on the Australian mainland. Broome and Wyndham also noted fighter raids with limited casualties and one enemy shot down.
Washington reports that income tax hikes for individuals and corporations drew an unexpectedly favorable response from house ways and means committee members. Some feared the increases are too steep and suggested a general sales tax as a cheaper alternative while the committee plans to draft its own bill.
Lieutenant General Joseph W. Stilwell, military attaché, arrives in Washington for a conference with Chiang Kai-shek and President Roosevelt to discuss allied war efforts and strategic planning.
A broad stock index covering 60 stocks posted a 36.8 point gain yesterday, signaling a partial reversal of earlier declines. Traders cite improved sentiment and bargain buying as drivers of the uptick.
In Vermont s Green mountains a massive windmill, like an 18 story building, undergoes tests over four months and shows definite hope for commercial electric power. MIT professor John B. Wilbur says it has intermittently supplied power to central Vermonters this winter, aiding cooking and reading while noting the project remains experimental.
Moscow reports the offensive on the Leningrad front continues with about 50 centers of enemy resistance destroyed and 650 officers and men killed. It says Soviet forces shot down 3,400 enemy personnel in two zones near Moscow within 48 hours and bombarded an aerial supply base serving the encircled 16th German Army.
The first set of sugar rationing books arrived in Marshall Texas on March 4 but none will be issued yet. They arrived by express and cost $6 C.O.D.
Paris radio reports at least 1500 people killed and hundreds injured in a night raid by the Royal Air Force on Paris suburbs. Vichy says Renault Salmson and Farman plants were badly hit. Petain declares national mourning for civilian victims.
Wakarusa township officials vow to oppose a county plan to assume control of 720 miles of township roads. They cite cost savings and better local management, and pledge protest petitions if the proposal reaches the petition stage. Kanwaka board backs the opposition and other townships may join.
President Roosevelt marks ten years in the White House amid war strain. Navy physician Rear Admiral Ross T. McIntire credits his health to calmness under trials. The war reduces his rest trips and interrupts his White House pool swims.
A Vichy regime statement expressed astonishment at reports that the United States had accorded limited recognition to the Free French authorities in the French Pacific possessions and said instructions had been sent for a protest to Washington.
Free French report from London quotes Parisians in the Nazi zone wishing RAF attacks on Paris area factories aiding Germany. The声明 notes workers and families fear exposure. two American ex‑ambulance volunteers named Donald and Frank, with Frank linked to the Somua factory, say Paris workers would rather be killed by British bombs than keep producing for the Germans.
Thousands of American soldiers land at a Northern Ireland port to reinforce the forces in Ulster. The arrival includes 16 nurses and Red Cross staff, with officers and veterans from prior World War service, greeted by British and U S commanders as they disperse to six counties. Master Sergeant Dorrance Mann recalls Liverpool 1917.
End of the quarterly grading period at Haskell Institute with six day week. Grades are being collected and will be sent to parents along with a letter from each student.
National drive to grow vegetables and war crops continues with emphasis on flax soybeans and tomatoes. Officials note weather limits planting now but preparations speed ready planting. Roosevelt Wallace and Wickard to address nation by radio next Monday night. Farmers plan increased acreages and canning capacity to meet demand and stabilize prices. Local growers expected to plant over 1000 acres for vegetables with tomato contracts offering higher prices.
A Senate military pay bill cleared by a subcommittee would double initial enlisted pay and raise non commissioned officers. The plan would cost about 255 million dollars annually and equalize pay across services with six higher categories. Second lieutenants and ensigns would rise from 1500 to 1800 dollars per year and brig General pay would lift from 7500 to 8000 dollars.
Dr. O. O. Wolf of the Kansas Farm Bureau told the Kansas delegation that farmers in Kansas welcomed little the idea of using Japanese evacuees from the west coast for Midwest farm labor. He cited meetings across the state where understanding and racial prejudice limited support. Senator Clyde Reed offered to push necessary legislation if farmers favored the plan. A labor shortage remains a growing Midwest issue.
Japanese diplomatic and consular officials held in Hot Springs Virginia may be moved to another location. State department officials declined comment while sources said the axis diplomats were told they would be returned home before the new season. The new internment site has not been chosen.
About 125 residents met at the Chamber of Commerce to discuss improving Lawrence's industrial prospects and protecting homeowners. They heard of a friendly University stance toward rooming and boarding houses and urged deferment of dormitory expansion during the war. A committee will contact Senators Capper Reed and Representative Guyer for help locating a war industry.
Kansas storms shift back to cold unsettled conditions with light drizzle in Topeka and forecasts of 25 to 30 degrees in the east and 20 to 25 in the west. Farmers await drying conditions while early seeded oats suffer damage and some eastern wheat may be abandoned due to wet weather.
Local merchants began distributing tickets for a $25 defense bond drawing to be held at 9 p.m. on March 11 at the Ninth and Massachusetts intersection. Tickets come with each purchase and more forms are available at the Chamber of Commerce. Window guessing blanks were also handed out to store owners for unveiling event.
The Harriet Tubman League postpones its grab box entertainment from February 17 to Thursday night March 5 at 8:80 at the center. County civil defense committee representative L. B. Read Jr. will be the guest speaker.
Only 215 ballots were cast in the city primary, about 2.7 percent of the 7,931 registered voters. All council incumbents were nominated unopposed, with limited Democratic write ins in wards south of the river. The April 7 city election will open independent candidacy filings through March 27 and registration remains open evenings March 18 to 27.
Bern reports Axis newspapers condemn the Riom war guilt trials as an international scandal. German foreign ministry officials question why France declared war and claim the trials aim to prove French guilt while Italian papers echo that Vichy mirrors the Third Republic.
Justice F Dickinson Letts denied a defense motion for a directed verdict of acquittal for George Sylvester Viereck, the registered German agent charged with failing to provide the State Department with legally required information.
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