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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1941
Page
2
Edward C Wayne notes the globe’s shift as Germany Italy and Japan declare war on the United States. Democracies unite to confront the Axis in a sweeping wartime alignment. The piece frames a historic realignment and calls for unified resolve.
The United States declares war after Japan's Pearl Harbor strike as Congress swiftly recognizes a state of war and authorizes troops. Germany and Italy also declare war, triggering a sweeping global conflict across six continents. Japan launches across the Pacific, Philippines, Malaya, and around Singapore, with initial American losses and naval actions reported.
President Roosevelt stressed war production increases and signaled a push for seven day weeks and 24 hour operation. Minor labor difficulties faded as the war effort grew, while reluctant groups faced disfavor and internal union trouble.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt framed war aims as victory in war and peace, earning broad support after Japan’s attack. Latin American nations rallied, Mexico prepared defense through California, Cuba and others backed the U S, Argentina stayed neutral, and Pan American ministers planned a united hemispheric front. Canada and the United Kingdom declared war, reflecting broad global alignment.
President Avila Ca macho calls for maximum Mexican output as the best way for Mexico to help the United States. Washington considers a bill to send an American Expeditionary Force to the Far East for immediate service, possibly lowering the draft limit from 21 to 18. New York reports record enlistments across services after war declaration, while Wake Island evacuees reach the mainland. Bangkok notes Siam’s capital under Japanese control with no resistance. Army says Christmas leaves will not be canceled. soldiers must return by January 4.
Washington reports a massive seizure plan by the Economic Defense board to requisition 20 25 thousand carloads of steel bars sheets ship plates tin plate copper wire and other materials once held for Poland Czecho Slovakia Holland and Belgium The move follows prior smaller seizures and aims to mobilize a revolving fund of 200 000 dollars.
A sprawling column surveys cultural bits from S Spewack and Woollcott to Life magazine jests. It recalls editorials on FDR, Evacuees, Mrs. Roosevelt anecdotes, and a humorous gunfight with a bank robber story involving a $600 cash handout.
Four Japanese cherry trees near the Potomac basin were felled during a blackout as power crews worked on circuits. The parks superintendent said the act destroyed beauty in Washington, and a stump bore the inscription To Hell With Those Japanese.
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