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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1941
Page
2
A veteran column celebrates attics as keepsakes of babies schooling uniforms and wedding gowns while recalling forgotten friends and letters. It contrasts nostalgic storage with the moving burden and notes Secretary Morgenthau calls for tax reform. Also laments federal envelope orders and wartime material shortages for hair curlers.
A German smuggler yacht, formerly owned by U S radio magnate A Atwater Kent, operates under Panamanian flag from Vera Cruz to Caribbean islands, carrying high test gasoline and mercury. U S intelligence traces $18,000 payment in dollars to a Vera Cruz bank, with German stockholders and Spaniard officers in the owning company. The vessel remains in Mexican waters. no direct U S action can stop it.
The article reports on a proposed British offensive in Libya aimed at diverting Axis attention and creating a second front against Russia. An editor's note explains the column expresses the analyst's opinions, released by the Western Newspaper Union.
The British armed with U S supplies opened a major drive into Libya seemingly creating a second front. Berlin denied the surprise claim and Russia’s aims, while London said 750000 British troops with the R A F began a push to relieve Tobruk, the besieged garrison since mid April.
The stalemate over the captive coal mine strike led to a 53000 miner walkout severely hurting steel companies with near one million tons of coal loss. Roosevelt faced pressure for anti strike legislation while maintaining a firm stance against a closed shop.
United States Secretary Hull and Japanese envoy Kurusu hold exploratory talks as Japan carries the ball toward better understanding. Across Europe the Red Army pushes in the north and center while the Nazis struggle in the Crimea and winter warfare slows the German advance. Reports from Moscow describe German retreat and supplies strained as the Red air force grows with Allied aircraft.
After the walkout, widespread excitement grew over looming strikes in vital industries. A railroad strike threatening 1,200,000 workers could disrupt defense work along with a potential long distance telephone workers strike. The President urged uninterrupted production of guns, tanks, planes and ships to support foreign policy.
Five exhausted British airmen were saved from the icy English Channel by Jean Guillini, Belgian swimming champion, who fought the cold water for 50 minutes to tow them ashore. Reported in Blankenberghe Belgium scenario.
W Averill Harriman arrived in London eager to praise American manufacturing pace but warned the United States risks falling behind Britain in producing war materials. He also noted American aid to Russia is progressing but India may be behind British aid scale.
Britain replaces Gen. Sir John Dill with Gen. Sir Alan Brooke as chief of the imperial general staff on Christmas Day. Brooke, a mechanized warfare expert, is noted for his role in the Low Countries defense and for inventing the artillery barrage map. Separately, Maj. Gen. John N. Greely will head a large American mission to Archangel to observe the German attack on the USSR and oversee lease‑lend aid distribution to Russia, following a similar mission to China in August.
Nazi authorities identify Gilbert Brustlein a 22 year old German suspected in the killing of Lieut Col Paul Friedrich Hotz, district commandant at Nantes. Informants are promised large rewards and freedom for any POW named, with warnings of ongoing terror and sabotage.
The article outlines afghan yarn gay slippers in a simple stitch pattern. Pattern 7114 provides sizing options, illustrations, and material lists for making them. Send your order to the address provided.
Advertisement invites readers to request a grand cook-book for free by mailing a post card to Standard Brands Inc Dept W 691 Washington Street New York City. It promotes apple cake coffee cake herb bread and many other recipes as a consumer incentive.
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