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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1942
Page
2
The report highlights rising U S air and naval power in Pacific sea battles. It notes recommendations urging car owners to stockpile extra tires. The Office of Price Administration sets a gas quota for the East Coast to conserve fuel.
The Diego Suarez base on Madagascar falls after a 40 hour assault by British Commandos and allied forces. Allied leadership hails the victory as secure eastern supply routes and a rebuke to prior Dakar setbacks.
President Manuel Prado of Peru makes the first official visit by a South American leader to the United States. The trip signals growing Pan American unity against Nazism, as Peru had already broken relations with the Axis and now has its armed forces under U S officers.
U N strength grows as Japanese sea and air forces mass northeast of Australia in a five day clash from New Britain Solomon Islands and the Louisiade Archipelago. American warships and planes sink or badly damage 16 ships, the heaviest fighting since the Java Sea as the threat to Allied supply lines near Australia is checked and a springboard for a future offensive in the East Indies is preserved.
The Office of Price Administration plans gasoline rationing as a national possibility with early limits on Atlantic Seaboard sales to two to six gallons weekly for non essential motorists. About 10 million drivers in 17 eastern states and DC would be affected while essential users and certain professionals receive designated A B or X cards.
Directors cancel the International Livestock Exposition after 42 years in Chicago citing wartime transport limits. The show drew about 400000 attendees last year and traditionally followed Thanksgiving as a rural American gathering.
Japanese efforts to push through Burma into China via the Burma road persist into Yunnan as U S airstrikes destroy 74 enemy planes in a week. Chiang Kai-shek assumes personal command as American bombers target Mingaladon airfield near Rangoon, a key Nipponese base for the Burma campaign.
The Federal Reserve imposes new limits on consumer credit with a 12 month cap on installment plans, a one third down payment, and full payment by the 10th of the following month. Auto batteries tires tubes and accessories bedding draperies and other items join the regulated list.
The War Department creates an army specialist corps to boost flexibility and replace draftees. The Selective Service director says Allied nationals can join either their home forces or American units, with officers possible up to director general. Reciprocal arrangements already allow Canadians in the U S to enlist in either nation, with plans to extend to other allies.
Following a federal state conference in Washington, delegates warned that local and state trade restrictions on manpower construction and housing are harming war production. They urged state governments to take steps to alleviate the problem.
Honolulu Hawaii becomes the first American area to suffer Axis aggression and again shows grim determination by oversubscribing its May war bond quota of 250000 dollars by four times. New York rationing of silver bullion for industry increases due to rising demand.
The piece argues America must turn collective support into individual action for total war. It recalls World War I drives, urging each person to have a definite job, from bonds to civilian defense, bands, flags, and parades, to ensure an all-out national effort.
Dinwiddie county Virginia residents sign a public appeal for divine guidance amid wartime trials. The 37 signers include teachers, farmers, merchants, doctors, officials, and lawyers representing a cross section of rural life calling for national unity and Christian virtue.
Intelligence reports reveal a high Nazi circle scandal with a well organized racket looting U boat food supplies at their home ports. The scheme involved prominent Nazi figures and aided by party elites as Hitler pressed for expanded powers.
An advertisement offers a free valuable book for sufferers of piles or fistula. It claims payment and cites Dr C M Coe, located at 503 Pine Street, St Louis, Missouri, as the contact for the offer.
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