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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1942
Page
2
An editor's note explains opinions in the Western Newspaper Union weekly analysis column. The release attributes the viewpoints to WNU news analysts and not necessarily to the hosting newspaper.
Soviet forces push gains along the Volga front with captures near Novorossisk and heavy fighting near Stalingrad. Officials report vast German losses including about 1,200 killed in a day and over 4,000 in the Stalingrad area. German claims of progress are contradicted by Soviet withdrawals at Mozdok.
Rubber administrator William M. Jeffers announced a nation wide gasoline rationing plan projected to start in November. Basic year allotment set at 192 gallons with A B and C books for varying usage needs and essential workers. Jeffers urged motorists to voluntarily cut speed and drive less to preserve economic life.
Four engine B 24 bombers strike capital cities of Croatia Hungary Romania and Bulgaria in a Balkan raid. Allied basing and crew nationalities not named. observers expect American airmen with Russian and British fliers.
Wendell Willkie, en route from Russia to China for talks with Chiang Kai-shek, urged stepping up aid to the Soviet Union now, arguing Nazi pressure on Soviet resources is severe and relief is badly needed. Stalin hosted a cordial farewell banquet, joking with Willkie as they discussed the war effort and a sensitive topic.
General MacArthur reports the first Japanese withdrawal from Owen Stanley outposts above Port Moresby as heavy rains begin. Allied patrols and light artillery aided the withdrawal, while ground counterattacks southwest of Salamaua and aerial assaults target enemy posts across a wide Pacific area.
The Office of Price Administration ordered two thirds of normal fuel oil for oil heated homes in 30 eastern and middle western states. The plan targets an average 33 percent of normal consumption, citing a tighter shortage. Householders should convert to coal if possible or improve furnace efficiency and insulation. The agency urged filling tanks before rationing starts.
Soviet Russia recognizes Gen Charles de Gaulle and the Fighting French as the sole body representing French citizens in war actions. This marks a diplomatic rebuke to the Vichy Laval Petain regime. The Normandy squadron has joined the Soviet air force on the eastern front.
WPB Chairman Donald Nelson says about 40 percent of production is for war and that by mid next year it must rise to around 60 percent. Commerce estimates 1942 machine tool output near 350 000 units worth about 1.4 billion dollars. Maritime Commission reports 488 ships delivered in the past 12 months totaling about 5.45 million deadweight tons, 327 Liberty ships, with remaining 1942 deliveries aiming to reach the 8 million ton goal.
Allied air units raid southwest Yunnan destroying 10 Japanese troop trucks and a staff car along the Lungling Chefang highway. A Hanoi attack targeted Gai Lam airport as Brig. Gen. Claire Chennault notes dwindling Indo-China French cooperation amid rising Japanese dominance. An I-45 two seater fighter was encountered, armed with a 20 millimeter cannon and two 13 millimeter guns.
A columnist compares a wealthy woman’s acre sized, futile San Jose home built in stages to the expanding federal bureaucracy. He argues endless additions create costly, overlapping departments and bloated maintenance, while calling for wiser structure. The piece also critiques dictatorship plans and recalls a war worker bicycle memory and sufficiency of wealth as a metric. A final note claims 39,000 tons of silver will be repurposed for condenser tubes in rubber production.
A Washington briefing outlines extensive wire tapping across agencies, including a naval case from May 26, 1942. It details transcripts between Capt. Crecca and Comdr. Roth on tank landing boats and notes broader wartime intelligence strains and industry shifts affecting stoves and war materiel.
Joseph E Davies leads the Presidents War Relief Control board which prohibits army or navy relief benefit shows or fund solicitation after November 15 unless organized by the services and with service personnel participation. Private agencies or individuals may still stage benefits for the USO or other war charities.
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