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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1942
Page
6
The report surveys new frank attacks by sympathizers on Nazi targets and observes escalating peril abroad. CIO President proposes a peace plan while cargo planes receive qualified approval, signaling evolving wartime logistics.
Soviet troops conducted flank attacks along the 300 mile Don river line while Moscow radio touted a 1942 second front. Voronezh held firm as Germans pressed toward the Caucasus, with officials warning of a perilous center break and large Fifth Columnist rings uncovered behind Soviet lines. International calls mounted in Britain and the United States for the second front to avert a potential UN setback.
Navy spokesman says not more than 10000 Japanese troops are in the Aleutian chain with Pribilofs unoccupied. Japs have footholds confirmed on Attu Agattu and Kiska since June 3. Dimond had claimed 20000 to 25000. Pribilofs include St Paul St George Otter Walrus.
AFM president James C. Petrillo declines Elmer Davis request to cancel the ban preventing union members from making new phonograph records or radio transcriptions for commercial purposes. The rejection preserves the strike against such recordings.
Philip Murray CIO president urged in a letter to AFL chief William Green the immediate start of talks toward organic unity. He proposed a joint committee with an impartial arbitrator to settle jurisdiction disputes and named a three member negotiating panel including himself R J Thomas and Julius Emspak.
President Roosevelt cites three main causes for the beef shortage the off season higher purchasing power and 4 000 000 men under arms consuming more meat. Agriculture Secretary Wickard says relief may come this fall as more cattle come off the range but experts doubt the impact on spring markets.
Unofficial WPB approval may back Henry Kaiser to convert nine shipyards on both coasts to produce 5000 flying boats annually. Plan envisions 100 ton craft modeled after Mars with engines and parts released by military. Kaiser seeks support from Glenn Martin, Tom Girdler and others while Cromwell urges Kaiser as air transportation czar.
Washington aviation engineers described two massive craft in a Senate briefing. Dr. W. W. Christmas outlined a 1 120 000 pound plywood carrier with 60 000 horsepower, 400 foot wings, 350 mph speed, capacity for 3000 men and 20000 pound torpedo racks. The second design was an amphibian flying cargo carrier with helium lift, air tunnels, and a 200 foot deck supporting 12 fighters, capable of lifting 70 tons, 36 ton helium, and 200 mph.
The Navy creates its Waves, the female auxiliary to the WAAC, with a goal to enlist 10,000. Miss Mildred McAfee of Wellesley College will head the unit as lieutenant commander. A first call seeks 1,000 bachelor volunteers, with limited marital constraints during training.
The President may use executive power to stabilize wages, avoiding new legislation. The War Labor Board plans to allow premium wages in below-ceiling plants, with aircraft as a prime example, while shipyards face labor migration. Ground crews, not pilots, are highlighted as the war’s unsung backbone.
Herbert Hoover and Hugh Gibson project a postwar food program calling for 30 million tons of food to feed Europe Asia and beyond. It requires bumper crops, sustained rationing, and global cooperation with American farms leading supply efforts.
New York genealogist Conklin Mann revealed Roosevelt and Churchill are eighth cousins once removed. He also found Roosevelt is a sixth cousin once removed of Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Farmers in 1942 sold to markets about 5.77 billion dollars of products, up from 4.01 billion in 1941.
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