29 May 1942
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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1942
Page
1
Diplomats and newspaper men reveal inside stories of Axis unrest. Armored AEF arrives in Ireland amid war news. WPB cancels war plant construction as steel and resources shift during the war.
An editor's note states that opinions in these columns reflect the news analyst and are those of the newspaper. It clarifies that the Western News released content represents the paper's stance and not official positions of other entities.
Reports from Lisbon recount internment experiences of Axis and Allied nationals, with exchanges underway. Observers predict Germany’s spring drive, allocating 210 of 300 divisions to the Russian front. war fortunes seen shifting if the offensive succeeds. Mussolini and King Victor Emmanuel face unpopularity in Italy as the army remains loyal to the throne. WPB shifts production toward arms, cutting steel plants, while aiming for 60,000 planes, 45,000 tanks, and eight million tons of shipping in 1942. Roosevelt’s war footing moves airlines to the Army Air Forces, converting ships to cargo carriers and granting priority to military missions. New York faces stricter dim-out rules to protect wartime operations, with LaGuardia mandating screening of floodlighting in key urban sites.
United States soldiers fully equipped for mechanical warfare land in Northern Ireland to reinforce the American garrison. Observers say the buildup enables planning for continent offensive operations on a scale of about 20 divisions. The U S communique notes larger contingents, including tank units, arriving as debarkations are carried out swiftly and bases prepared.
In Pittsburgh the actress Katherine Hepburn smashed a photographer's camera after being photographed without permission. A Stockholm dispatch reports Reinhard Heydrick, aide to Himmler, named Gestapo commissar general for all occupied territories.
The Vichy leader Pierre Laval rejected six U S demands on Martinique and nearby territories as a grave blow to French sovereignty. The U S pressed to immobilize warships and curb Nazi submarine activity while Washington argued with Laval, who refused any surrender of rights over the Caribbean possession. Gasoline rationing sparked driver worries as Oregon and Washington set June 1 fuel card distribution and officials clarified work travel allowances.
Selective Service Director Hershey announced a post June policy to induct men immediately after physicals, transferring them to the Enlisted Reserve corps with 14 days to settle personal affairs before active duty. Government funding will cover transport to exam sites and reception centers. Hershey predicted up to 10,000,000 U.S. men may be under arms by late 1943 or early 1944. Churchill told 25,000 Yorkshiremen that victory is in sight and Britain would respond firmly to German actions, including potential use of poison gas against Russia.
Ex Washington reporter Macon Reed, now a private, praises the American army’s power and unity while Henry Wallace drafts a landmark postwar speech on world freedom and a just peace. The Justice Department tightens enemy alien moves as Biddle and Hoover pursue Fascists. U.S. farmers surge in mortgage relief and the Marines drop star-athlete recruitment due to medical grounds.
The wartime committee on conservation at New York State College of Agriculture urges greater yields per acre to meet production goals while conserving soil. It favors expanding tilled land only as a last resort and promotes contour planting on sloping land, use of demonstration farms, contouring new orchards and vineyards, and contingency practices to prevent soil waste seen in World War I.
Florence C Weed outlines beet sugar as a growing industry in the western states. Napoleon's research spurred sugar extraction from beets, now worth about 63 million dollars annually. Beet sugar, protected by the 1937 Sugar Act, competes with cane sugar and supports by products like beet pulp for animal feed and beet tops for livestock.
G R Shier of Ohio State University warns that improper metal roof laying and paints cause future trouble and expense. He notes corrugated metal is stiff enough to span over slats, while other metals need solid sheathing. Nailing every eight inches along side taps is advised, even with cut strips to aid nailing. Flat-topped sheds attached to barns are especially prone to leaks.
United States scientists report that tree tobacco, once a worthless weed in Mexico and the arid American Southwest, may yield a valuable insecticide called anabasine. The natural product was first discovered in the tree tobacco in 1935, six years after it appeared synthetically and in an Asiatic plant.
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