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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1942
Page
2
Weekly analysis reports Japanese losses at Macassar as Dutch and U S forces unite. It notes compromise on price control passes and forecasts additional food rationing. Edward C Wayne provides opinion on wartime actions and policy.
The report credits American and Dutch forces with trapping and decimating a large Japanese convoy in the Macassar straits, yielding air supremacy and heavy Japanese losses over days of combat. The piece also notes a price control bill and U-boat activity in the Atlantic, with Roosevelt expected to name Leon Henderson as price administrator.
MacArthur’s forces in Luzon faced a desperate stand on Bataan peninsula yet claimed reinforcements. Communiques spoke of American fighter planes and PT boats operating in Subic Bay near Corregidor, with Curtis P-40s downing Japanese bombers, suggesting distant bases may have supplied aircraft. Estimates put the Japanese force at Luzon around 300,000, with many pressing to maintain rear lines against Filipino guerrillas.
The authorities plan increased rationing with a one pound weekly sugar limit and tighter controls on civilian defense activities. Scrutiny targets indiscriminate knitting, canned versus bulk packaging, and a long list of goods from baking powder to tobacco. Leon Henderson directs retail rationing and James S Knowlson oversees industrial quotas.
Red Army high command reports progress around Moscow province with German resistance stiffening elsewhere. They credit a new artillery approach, including 46 mm and 76 mm guns, while noting extreme cold inflicts rapid frostbite and high death tolls.
The arrival of a sizable American contingent in Northern Ireland sparked excitement and press speculation about a division-sized force. President Roosevelt confirmed broader redeployments to six to ten war zones, with rapid aid being sent to the Pacific front as De Valera protested lack of consultation. Soldiers reportedly eager for action while adjusting to British life.
The British say Rommel's advance in Libya toward Bengasi paused after a heavy air bombardment that inflicted severe German losses. Churchill notes higher German-Italian casualties. RAF reports destroying hundreds of vehicles and tanks and crippling German supply lines near Agedabia and Bengasi.
Washington reports reveal a potent power lobby inside the government linked to the OPM power division. J A Krug faces questions over private salaries paid by utilities while working for the government, with 18 key officials listed as dollar a year or without compensation. A committee cites estimated utility pay totaling over 250000 dollars annually.
U. S. labor and the right to work headline a discussion by W. O. Hart of the Orange Daily News. He argues for the right to work without tribute to unions, condemns closed shops, and warns Congress against minority rule. He compares 1913 and 1939 government costs and notes war-time price effects on farmers and England. He recalls a London walk with Sir Evelyn Wrench and remarks on the fading English nobility helped by Jenny Lee.
Joseph Lash, ally of Mrs. Roosevelt, had his naval commission upgraded from 1-H to 1-A and did not seek deferment. The U S justice department orders removal of enemy aliens from vital defense zones nationwide. A German plot to move diamonds looted in 1940 implicated several New York corporations, with over $100,000 worth already disposed. Roosevelt receives a glass ornament from Britain made from Parliament window shards.
A 32 page booklet offers complete dance instructions for men and women with footprint diagrams for tango rumba conga waltz fox trot Westchester Lindy samba Peabody and shag. Order details follow.
The article notes that although Native American education existed at Harvard by 1642, white girls in New England were barred from public schools until around 1800, over 150 years after the first public school began.
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