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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1942
Page
2
Western Newspaper Union analysts report a major Milne Bay victory as Allied forces rout Japanese troops. Soviet bombers strike German cities while Allied offensives target air bases used by China.
General MacArthur reports Japanese forces at Milne Bay were outguessed and trapped, with heavy losses and loss of tanks and supplies. Allied forces in the Solomons consolidate gains on Guadalcanal and six other islands as Navy notes only mopping up in place.
Chinese forces recaptured Chuhsien and Lishui, key eastern airport cities, in weeks of counterattack that erased Japanese gains from the May and June campaigns. The towns lie within 700 miles of the Japanese mainland, fueling hopes they may threaten U.S. bombers. Chinese officials see no clear single victory, but suspect Japanese overextension.
Lieut. Gen. Brehen Somervell urged schools and colleges to serve as pre-induction training centers for the armed services. He warned some colleges may need to devote all facilities to this purpose as the war effort expands. Brig. Gen. Patrick Hurley returned to Washington after being wounded thrice in Pacific action while he works to secure supplies through the Japanese blockade.
More than 1 000 officers and men were interned when the Graf Spee was scuttled at Montevideo and over 100 have escaped internment in Argentina. Juan Antonio Solari, a senate committee chairman, spoke on the matter. Dr Belisario Porras, 85, Panama’s former three time president, heads a chronic respiratory disease and once served as minister to the United States. Germany’s 1942 potato crop is described as record by Nazi spokesmen with Berlin facing shortages last winter.
Moscow broadcasts warn of intensified Soviet air attacks on Berlin Koenigsberg Danzig Stettin and other cities as Soviet forces push westward near Moscow. Nazi claims deny military aims while a broader frontline battle around Staligrad shows a seesaw advance with Zhukov’s counteroffensive crossing a strategic water barrier.
President Roosevelt urged meatless days as a war measure to save shipping space for overseas convoys. The plan would shift U S meat to support Britain and other fronts, replacing Argentine Australian and New Zealand beef and mutton on ships moving to battle areas.
British and American air forces pressed raids along supply and patrol routes in the desert theater. Rommel dig-in at El Alamein faced mounting pressure as Allied planes struck Tobruk and El Daba, while RAF bombers hit Axis ships off Libya and the Mediterranean oil tanker.
Former ambassador Joseph C. Grew warns that crushing the Japanese machine and caste system is essential for Pacific peace. He says Americans must share sacrifice and sustain production or risk stalemate. Henry J. Kaiser touts a goal of ten thousand freighters in 18 days, breaking prior records, and previews plans for huge cargo planes to support war effort.
The nation runs about 45000 post offices and rural routes equipped to supply V-mail forms. Letters are photographed, reduced to micro film and sent overseas by air. On arrival the film is developed and full sized letters are printed and delivered to troops. Army officials urge greater use to save cargo space.
Allied reports say German war factories kept up air offensive with long range bombers attacking for two nights. From London comes word of a successful raid on a Dutch port as U S Flying Fortresses drop tonnage of bombs.
Maj. Gen. Charles L. Scott, a United States tank expert, recently returned from Libya and Egypt, helped stem Rommel's breakthrough in the battle near Alexandria. He briefly assumed temporary command and organized a counterattack amid British disarray.
A labor survey shows clerks and junior stenographers cannot afford Washington living costs with salaries of 1260 to 1470 dollars a year. Many young women who came to wartime Washington tire of long hours, crowded rooms, and low pay and are returning home. The piece also notes army V-mail usage and a push to expand and educate the system for faster, safer, and more economical overseas communication. It mentions Cordell Hull, Evie Robert, Jim Mead, and Jim Farley in various anecdotes.
Texas A and M Extension expert Roy W. Snyder says households can boost wartime meat by rearing a Jersey calf to 10 months old and 500 pounds then fattening it for 4 to 6 months. Feed from the farm using corn or mile hay and two sacks of cottonseed meal. A milk-pen calf should start on feed immediately to improve both quantity and quality of beef.
The guidance recommends feeding calves with grain as soon as they can eat it. Oats are ideal for starter feed. if unavailable, use corn Milo or other grains. When milk intake declines, mix cottonseed meal into grain at one pound per five pounds of grain.
Experts say the United States could raise its own supply of medicines by planting sixty imported drug plants domestically. Anise, grown in Rhode Island, yields seeds for medicine and flavoring. belladonna is cultivated in several states. lovage grows in New England and the West for drug roots and flavoring. peppermint thrives in southern Michigan and northern Indiana with annual production around 500000 pounds. saffron stigmas are used in cooking, confectionery, and medicine in Pennsylvania gardens.
In Buffalo area two firms buy bark from hemlock and rock oak while a Fulton county company purchases alder bark. White ash logs fetch top prices for army navy and agriculture uses. Buyers require straight logs free of crooks and knots and will accept four foot lengths.
A set of trivia prompts including population in 1790, origin of "escaped with the skin of my teeth," Perry's middle name, lakes connected by the Welland Canal, location of the zenith, and material used for Queen Elizabeth II's wedding dress.
The list states 3,929,214 people and cites Job 19 20. It mentions Hazard and the Great Lakes Ontario and Erie. A clue points to that point directly overhead. A note says she never married, so no wedding dress. An advertisement touts Sapo Elixir Cleaning Fluid for spotless odorless clothing at all druggists.
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