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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1941
Page
2
Edward C. Wayne reports on Rome revealing a plot to kill Mussolini as part of a broader revolt. The piece also notes Soviet gains in harsh fighting and a stalled British Libyan campaign as part of ongoing global conflict analysis.
Official Rome admitted a long running fifth column sabotage network tied to Britain and Russia, with 11 perpetrators at large. In Trieste, 450 pounds of high explosives and dozens of grenades and weapons were seized, while Italy claimed 60 leaders were arrested. British Libya operations faced Rommel's Fifteenth in a split tactic that regrouped into a single advance.
President Roosevelt announced details of a settlement that ended a rail strike affecting 1.2 million workers. The deal increases basic pay for 350000 operating employees by 75 cents a day and 850000 non operating workers by 80 cents daily, retroactive to September 1. Extra retroactive wages total about 67000000, with monthly payments around 22500000, and future monthly increases expected to rise about 25000000 after December 1.
Soviet communiques tout a major victory around Rostov with General Von Kleist’s forces retreating toward the Sea of Azov. Germany concedes a southern front withdrawal, calling it a diversion while focusing on Moscow defenses. Kuibyshev notes Von Kleist’s rearguard fleeing west as a second Russian force blocks escape by sea.
President Roosevelt formally pressed Japan to explain why it has mobilized large military, naval and air forces into Indo China. The move followed reports that troop concentrations exceeded agreed limits and that reinforcements were being sent, while tensions in the Pacific grew.
Tokyo warns of potential invasion, Britain moves with Axis prelude. Cleveland braces for rivetless welded M4 tank production this month. Chicago welcomes Sun, a Marshall Field III venture. Meriones grounded off the English coast is found and destroyed by Nazi bombers.
The first British capital ship Prince of Wales leads a large Far East fleet with another capital ship and a sizeable force. Washington reports November naval launches exceed one per day, with Indiana and Cleveland among new American ships plus lays for nine destroyers and three submarines. Churchill notes renewed Far East reinforcements aided by increased U.S. aid in the Atlantic.
Churchill outlines plans to draft 3,000,000 more men and require single women aged 20 to 30 for uniformed service with voluntary combat roles for women. He proposes raising conscription age to 51 and revising overseas sending rules for women under 20. In Washington, disputes over promised aid to Russia surface amid ship shortages and doubts on delivery timing.
The column recalls Thornton Wilder visiting London and a witty remark by Max Beerbohm after a luncheon. It notes FBI scrutiny of a Chicago psychiatrist tied to Mussolini, and Horvath’s Berlin links. It also covers Women’s Business and Professional Group’s Friendship Dinner, defense inspection talk, Chinatown memories, and assorted radio and stage notes in bright, anecdotal style.
Washington whispers that Britain should clean up its diplomatic service after barring Russian ambassador Litvinoff on a U.S. bound plane. The piece notes tensions at the British embassy, contrasts old rituals with current politics, cites interactions between Sen. Wheeler and Undersecretary Forrestal, and reports friction in Europe with Finnish resistance to Nazi occupation and rising telegraph costs.
The National Resources Planning Board led by Frederic A. Delano outlines postwar job guarantees for 60 million workers, projecting a 1944 national income of 105 billion dollars and high wages. It warns that financing such a shift could require state capitalism, risking the American system of free competition and prompting calls for practical industry experience over theory.
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