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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1942
Page
2
Western Newspaper Union reports a major Milne Bay victory as Allied forces rout Japanese troops. Soviet bomber raids intensify on German cities. Offensive actions claim air bases used by Chinese forces.
In a brief Australia-based communique General MacArthur reports heavy Japanese losses at Milne Bay and says Port Moresby is secured for the fourth time. He credits a pre planned trap and notes American forces at Guadalcanal and six Solomon Islands being strengthened as marines continue mopping up operations.
China reports recapture of Chuhsien and airport cities in eastern China after weeks of counterattack that erased earlier Japanese gains in Chekiang and Kiangsi. The towns lie within 700 miles of Japan, raising hopes of pressuring homeland targets. Officials caution against overstatement, attributing gains to Japanese overextension rather than decisive offensive power.
The Moscow radio says Red bombers strike Berlin and other German cities while Berlin claims Russian raids are random. Reports also note intensified Soviet counteroffensives near Stalingrad and Zhukov forces driving Nazis back across a strategic water barrier as battles continue on the eastern front.
President Roosevelt urged meatless days to conserve shipping space for overseas war needs. The plan aimed to shift U S meat to fighters and civilians abroad, replacing imports from Argentina Australia and New Zealand. Shipping routes from Buenos Aires Wellington and Sydney would be shortened to move supplies more efficiently.
Training chiefs urge colleges to serve as pre induction centers for the armed forces as Gen. Somervell predicts some campuses may devote all facilities to military use. Hurley returns to Washington after Pacific service wounded three times. Over 1 000 officers held from Graf Spee case. more than 100 escaped internment in Argentina. Dr Belisario Porras, Panama’s three time president, dies at 85. Germany claims 1942 potato crop sets a record with nine pounds per person promised.
British and Axis forces clash daily along desert routes as U S bombers aid raids on supply lines while Rommel consolidates around El Alamein. RAF and U S S planes strike Tobruk and El Daba bases and target enemy camps behind front lines.
Joseph C. Grew returns to Washington from Japan aboard the Gripsholm warning that only a crushing defeat of Japanese militarists will secure future peace in the Pacific. He argues force and sacrifice, not production alone, can prevent stalemate and keep peaceful nations safe from swashbuckling Japan.
Henry J. Kaiser announced a goal of ten thousand freighters launched within 18 days after keel laying. The Liberty ship John Fitch launched 24 days after keel laying, breaking Kaiser's Oregon yard record by two days. At the John Fitch ceremony Kaiser also disclosed plans to present to the government for building large cargo planes.
iJ pied Maj Gen Charles L Scott veteran tank expert stateside talks aside his wartime deeds in Egypt where he briefly assumed command to organize a counter attack against Rommel's tanks. The piece also notes wartime Washington life for young women, V mail service fixes and social views on a possible second front.
A wartime column praises a soldier’s quiet bravery in a desolate posting while urging national unity. It cites rising per capita income and civil expenditures from 1935 to 1941, questions government spending, and calls for student participation in wartime harvests. It also notes President Roosevelt pushing a 40 mile speed limit and Japan’s treaty navy limits being ignored as U S. forces advance.
V-mail forms are provided free at about 45,000 post offices and rural routes for letters to soldiers overseas. Letters are photographed and microfilmed, sent by air, developed on arrival, and printed as full sized letters for delivery, freeing cargo space aboard ships.
Allied air assault continues with British long range bombers hitting southern and southwestern Germany for two nights. London reports a successful Rotterdam raid with tens of bombs dropped on port facilities by U S Army Air Force Flying Fortresses.
Ruth Wyeth Spears urges using scraps from moth damaged coats dresses and trousers to craft hooked rugs. A square rug fits a dressing table corner and a border centers a rose motif from chintz fabrics. The notes promote home making booklets and cheap rug plans, 10 cents each, with frame construction details on request.
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