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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1942
Page
2
U. S. Air Power Around the Globe
Reports across the front describe growing U S air strength. London cites a daylight raid on three Holland airfields by six American bombers. Capt Charles C Kegelman of El Reno Oklahoma earns the Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry. In China U S air forces score five kills at Hengyang and clash with Japan in heavy air battles. Allied forces also attack Salamaua and Lae in New Guinea with several planes missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
London
United States Army Air Force
Europe
Holland
Charles C. Kegelman
el Reno
Okla
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S
European
Kegelman
AEF
U.S. Army Air Force
China
Hengyang
Claire L
General MacArthur
Central
Salamaua
Lae
New Guinea
United Nations
Nazi pincers close on Sevastopol and Kharkov drive
Report traces the Sevastopol fall as the second claw of Hitler’s pincers opening toward Kharkov and oil. Timoshenko then regroups, while Allied actions in the Pacific and Middle East resist Rommel near El Alamein and threaten the Suez region. Independence Day submarine sinkings add to Allied momentum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sevastopol
Kharkov
Red Navy
Black Sea
Crimea
Hitler
Caucasus
Khar Vv
Semeon Timoshenko
Moscow
Kursk-Kharkov
Suez
Egypt
Britain
Eighth Army
Erwin Rommel
Alexandria
Cairo
Middle East
el Alamein
Rommel
Suez Canal
Mustapha Nahas Pasha
Ickes Promises Equal Freedom for Puerto Rico
In a message to Puerto Rico, Interior Secretary Harold Ickes pledged that Puerto Rico will share equally in freedom security and opportunities as the war nears victory. The remarks mid this briefing reflect federal intent toward extended wartime equality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freedom
Puerto Rico
Interior
Harold Ickes
Mount Clemens
Mich
Edsel Ford
Ford Motor Company
French Guiana
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
Louise Macy
White House
Eleanor Roosevelt
Washington
Brehon B. Somervell
Army
AFL
CIO
Detroit
Union of
The
United States of America
World after the war and postwar questions
An editorial discusses future world order after World War II, questioning America’s role, disarmament, and imperial risks. It cites Roosevelt Churchill cooperation, speculative peace terms, and the need for air superiority before a second front, plus the burden of feeding a postwar world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Roosevelt
Europe
Republican Party
British Empire
Germany
Italy
Russia
United States
Churchill
Collier’s
George T. Renner
Columbia University
Renner
Portugal
Vladivostok
Constantinople
Turkey
Holland
East
Wilson
Washington
Nazis Suspects Foiled In Caribbean Plot
After the FBI announced eight Nazi saboteurs reached the U S by submarine, the Canal Zone reported 20 alleged Nazi spies seized. The plot allegedly included fueling submarines and marking Allied ships in the Caribbean. Arrests stretched from Panama to British Honduras, touching businessmen, hostesses, workers, and shipping staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FBI
U. S
U. S. Army
Panama Canal Zone
Caribbean
Panama
British Honduras
Canal Zone
Threat of Submarine Sightings Reaches Pacific Coast
Dispatch from Santiago, Chile reports that the Chilean navy and Pan-American Grace Airways are checking reports that submarines have been observed in the Pacific, expanding the reach of wartime security efforts beyond Atlantic convoys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
Atlantic
Santiago
Chile
Chilean
Ministry of the Navy
Pan-American Grace Airways
Pacific
ERSATZ RUBBER PRODUCTION COSTS IN GOVTS PROGRAM
Officials report synthetic rubber costs are lower than first estimated. Two large plants are producing as part of an 800,000 ton yearly program. Arthur B. Newhall, rubber coordinator, says the project will not spend all $650 million allocated by Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur B. Newhall
Congress
Capitol
Morgenthau
OPM
William Knudsen
Army
Ed Stettinius Jr and the drive for strategic fuels
The piece credits Ed Stettinius Jr with foresight on synthetic rubber and high octane gasoline fueling wartime bombings. It notes his initial missteps on aluminum, and highlights his push for essential fuels, including gasoline, to support large scale raids and global operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Bremen
Cologne
Essen
Ed Stettinius Jr
Stettinius
Aluminum Corporation of America
Singapore
Jesse Jones
Jesse
England
Germany
Free book offer for piles and fistula from Dr Coe
An advertisement from Dr C M Coe of 503 Pine St St Louis Missouri offers a free valuable book about piles and fistula claiming it will pay the reader. The note presents a medical remedies pitch in a classic early 20th century advertising style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Coe
Pine St
St. Louis, Mo
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Claire Chennault
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Agattu
Agatta Island
Ickes
Wright Patterson
Alexander P. de Seversky
Seversky
William B. Ziff
Norway
Midway
Henry J. Reilly
Wythe Williams
Asia
Americas
Townsend Club
Erokeye
Bataan
Jack Dempsey
Red Cross
Manila
Corregidor
Tokyo
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Japan
Peter
South
Middle West
War Production Board
Gulf of Mexico
Middle Atlantic
Brehon Somervell
Somervell
A.wood Preserver CO
ST. Louis
Mo. Steel & Wire Co
N. Broadway
Oe Schulte PT. & Lac, Mfg. CO
E. Holly
TE Wolly
St. Loa
Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
St. Sule
Spirin
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Kellogg’s
la Bruyere
Urya Te
Cicero
Lydia Pinkham
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Doan
Doan’s
WNU
Aly
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