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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1942
Page
6
An editor notes that civilian meat consumption controls challenge armed forces while Hitler’s Russia campaign slows. The piece frames a “work or fight” draft policy as a national edict, under a Western Newspaper Union analysis.
Congress man Warren Magnusen reports from Alaska that the U S navy has turned Japanese control of the Aleutian chain to American advantage. The joint command remains offensive minded and can strike if Tokyo sought to use the islands as a base against Alaska.
Secretary Claude R. Wickard announced a voluntary 2 percent weekly meat ration for all Americans. Civilian meat purchases would be about 79 percent of 1941 civilian deliveries for the last quarter of 1942, with post January 1 ration coupons. Beef veal 80 percent, lamb and mutton 95 percent, pork 75 percent of 1941 Q4 levels to ensure military and lend-lease needs.
Henry J. Kaiser set a new shipbuilding speed record at Portland Ore by launching the 10500 ton Liberty freighter Joseph N Teal just 10 days after keel laying cutting 14 days off the prior record. He hailed American workers and pledged future prosperity and announced plans to recruit 50000 more workers for three large air cargo planes.
In Mexico City the treasury ministry banned silver coin exports as U S price spikes drain bullion. The move will keep coins in circulation, prompting travelers and tourists to leave small change behind when crossing the border. In Marshfield Oregon Old 102 locomotive joins the army in northeastern Oregon. The oil burner, former coal engine from 30 years ago, now hauls supplies.
British occupation forces aided by South African armor and East African troops seized Tananarive, Madagascar's capital, ending Vichy administration. Antalya, 200 miles northeast, also fell as Allied control blocks Axis shipping lanes from Capetown to Cairo to Australia and India. The move curbs Axis access in the Indian Ocean.
U S steel leaders warn 17 million tons of scrap are required before January 1 to meet peak wartime steel output. Farmers and households urged to assist in scrap recovery as America fights the Axis, with Vinson reporting rising U S naval shipbuilding from 697 to 3 230 vessels since last year.
Observers say Myron C. Taylor’s talks with Pope Pius XII and meetings with British and French envoys, Poland and Jugoslavia officials signal potential groundwork for post war collaboration. They cite aims to protect American Catholics in Japanese occupied areas and protests to Vichy, with hope the Vatican supports allied concerns.
A Washington column notes Donald Nelson’s push to dismiss Guy Holcomb of the Justice Department’s small business bureau, sparking backlash and Holcomb’s resignation. It also covers Alaska defense reports by Senators Chandler Wallgren and Holman, and a rumor about Harry Hopkins and a Freuhauf yacht, with a Folger constituent’s bid for a civil service economist post.
A 1930s or earlier column discusses union aims for higher pay and shorter hours, with capital recognizing labor as a partner. It notes railroad systems and meat packing firms adopting collaborative approaches, arguing a true partnership will bring an industrial millennium and move beyond paternalism. It also touches royal anecdotes, sugar rationing, and postwar farming prospects.
A magazine item presents a tea towel set featuring Rags the dog in eight army themed motifs. A matching panholder shows Rags saluting. Transfer No 79489 priced at 15 cents offers a reusable iron transfer of the eight designs.
Advertisers note surveys among camp and shipboard men show tobacco as the most appreciated gift for service members. Local dealers feature Prince Albert Smoking Tobacco pound cans to send to soldiers and sailors, praised by pipe smokers and roll-your-own fans in the armed forces.
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