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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1942
Page
2
Western Newspaper Union reports calls for stronger aid to small businesses as war production expands. Allied land air offensive eases Japanese pressure on New Guinea front while President Roosevelt envisions higher output to sustain war effort.
War Production Chief Donald M. Nelson urged Congress to create a wartime liabilities administration to help small businesses survive postwar. He outlined four essentials: relieve lingering liabilities, finance small business after the war, provide technical assistance, and ensure priority access to machinery and equipment for small firms.
President Roosevelt, returning from a secret nationwide tour of war activities, said production would rise further as war effort morale grows. Overseas, Allied forces retook Nauru in New Guinea while MacArthur’s air forces attacked Japanese supply lines and fought in the Solomon Islands, amid reports of two U S transports lost in the campaign.
Adolf Hitler delivered his annual winter relief address at the Sportpalast in Berlin outlining a three point program to seize Russia’s oil and coal, dominate the Don region, and secure the Black Sea Crimea. He claimed Stalingrad is sealed, warned of an Allied second front, and mocked a Dieppe style invasion as preposterous while RAF raids press German morale.
OPA Price Administrator Leon Henderson ordered the freezing of all used tires and tubes held by current owners to support the rubber conservation program. The ban forbids dealer and consumer transfers, but allows sales to consumers or to cars with used tires and moving tires between in stock cars. Repairs and recapping are permitted for eligible owners.
London plans disclosed by Harvey D. Gibson for a Rainbow Corner rec center to aid U S armed forces echo the New York Stage Door Canteen. The 400 person facility near Piccadilly Circus will serve servicemen. Washington sees war appropriations rising to about 140 billion dollars by 1 January 1943, far above World War I totals, with congress granting authority rather than binding spending.
The article reports ongoing struggle for the Volga area with German infantry, tanks, and air support pressing Red defenses. Russian counterattacks threaten the Nazi right flank while a left flank push moves between the Don and Volga as Volga Fleet guns target invaders. In the Caucasus south of Stalingrad Soviet forces slow Axis advance toward oil fields.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill spoke of Dieppe losses being "very nearly half" of assault troops and noted unexpected Nazi street fortifications that slowed Allied tanks. Analysts debated if he used veiled language to influence public opinion and delay revealing opening plans for a second front.
Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter urged pre Pearl Harbor isolationists to recant their foreshortened perspectives to strengthen national morale. He cited Fordham president Robert I. Gannon as an example of candid change. He also warned labor leaders to engage in war effort, while census head J C Capt reported U S population rose to 133,965,000 last Jan 1 with 2.3 million gain since 1940.
The piece notes pervasive wire tapping beyond criminals, detailing a 1942 navy bureau tank lighter design controversy involving Capt. John Crecca and Comdr. E. E. Roth. It cites Norfolk tests, Higgins opposition, and a tense exchange about costs and outcomes amid wartime intel activites.
In a Western Newspaper Union dispatch from near San Jose California a wealthy woman built an acre sized maze of rooms with no doors or exits until the house became worthless yet consumed her fortune. The writer likens it to a growling federal structure of add ons and departments leading to costly confusion and waste. The piece also muses on friendship money value and wartime industrial notes including silver stock and rubber production.
Advice on yeast temperatures for baking piping hot issues. Lukewarm liquid around 80 degrees Fahrenheit helps yeast rise. Chill dough for hours or overnight to improve handling. Domestic red pepper is milder than cayenne for dressings relishes and fruit butters. Store hats by filling crown with tissue and keep on brim in the box.
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