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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1942
Page
6
Weekly news analysis notes Soviet forces break Nazi lines at Kharkov relieving pressure on the Kerch front. U S Army takes over all air lines and lower wage brackets face income tax changes. Editorial tag indicates columnist opinions separate from the paper.
Rich Caucasus oil fields drive Nazis and Red Army fighters into a major clash around the Kerch peninsula with Kharkov offensives shifting the war’s momentum. Soviet reports claim the new line near Kerch holds while Timoshenko’s forces threaten Kharkov, signaling a broader struggle toward the Caucasus. German air power leads the assault as Russian tanks and planes counter with material support from American designs.
The war department ordered curtailment of private aviation, requisitioned 55 of 250 airliners for military use and required 70 more to be converted to cargo carriers. Night flying to end, routes altered, airports closed. 2,200 pilots and 18,984 personnel face choice to join air corps ferry command or stay with war department lines. Also notes submarine activity in St Lawrence and Atlantic. Jones announces $150 million RFC tire plan with voluntary first, then possible compulsory steps, amid grim rubber outlook.
French warships in Martinique appear immobilized as the United States moves to neutralize French possessions in the Caribbean. American officials say they are negotiating with Adm. Georges Robert while warship production runs around the clock. Emory S. Land announces shipyards will build 15,000,000 tons annually after 1943 as long as needed.
The Senate authorized a WAAC to recruit 150000 American women aged 21 to 44 for non combatant service in the regular army worldwide. The House approved. the corps will be uniformed with pay starting at 21 dollars for four months and 30 dollars thereafter. First unit 250 women with four officers. Initial tasks include aircraft warning and roles as clerks teletype operators switchboard telegraph operators and messengers. Other duties cover pharmacists dieticians hostesses laboratory assistants laundry workers and stewards.
A British chemical expert argues Britain is better prepared for gas warfare than Germany. He notes German gasproof shelters cover only 40 percent of residents in major cities and mass shelters are emphasized over individual protection. He adds many Germans lack gas masks while most Britons have them. Italy lags behind Germany.
Pope Pius calls on world leaders to end conflict with a peace founded on justice and moderation even if it does not meet all aspirations. The pontiff urges restraint and dialogue in a wartime context.
The article discusses War conditions boosting town merchants as rationing curbs travel. It highlights a Commerce Department booklet titled How to Plan a Better Future for Your Home Town and Yourself in War for Peace. The booklet, by Carroll L. Wilson, guides surveys of towns and trading areas for practical, low cost improvements led by schools and teachers. It urges revitalizing country towns as social and market centers. It also notes the pope calling for a peace of justice and moderation amid threats from destructive weapons.
The piece recalls Allied air strikes against Japanese bases near Amboina and Rabaul as warnings that Coral Sea danger persists. It contrasts wartime speed with 1890s auto racing and notes American ingenuity boosting production and lowering prices, yielding a car for every four people while urging acceptance of 40 mph as wartime pace.
A digest of items includes the Amateur Cinema League soliciting 60 000 scenic pictures and asking for personal motion pictures for government use. Washington reports 282 agencies employing over 225 000. year end 1932 shows 37 agencies and 66 302 workers. A critic suggests cutting government spending to buy guns. A German-born yard worker believes Allied occupation could end war fever and notes Germans’ aggressiveness.
A Q and A list covers meanings of phrases like to catch a tartar and Rotten Row, plus trivia on birds, copper deposits, lands, monarch on coins, boxing, piano origins, stars, and gases. Answers identify tartars, Hyde Park drive, Bird of Paradise, Verdigris, Canaan, Dreamland, Egypt, Queen Isabella on a 1893 coin, Corbett, Italy, Alpha Centauri, and Hydrogen.
Handcrafted items for the home including a Southern-belle vanity with red dotted white Swiss ruffles, matching curtains and bedspread. The 32-page booklet explains how to make vanity details and inexpensive projects like a book rack side table, pillow tops, pot holders, and other attractive gift items. Send your order to the address provided.
An Irish duel ends comically as a stout man claims he should stand farther away. His seconds draw chalk lines on the stout man’s coat to mark acceptable hits while the lean opponent prepares to shoot. The plan ensures only hits inside the chalked area count.
The article notes that about one third of the U S population is of foreign origin or born to foreign born parents. It cites New York City where five of seven residents are of foreign extraction or first generation Americans, illustrating regional variation.
A reader at 117 Minna Street San Francisco California encloses 15 cents for a copy of Hand Made Gift Novelties with name provided.
A Whipple quote frames the idea that character is the spiritual body forming from experience, turning unconscious impressions into self aware personal identity through ongoing inner development.
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