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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1942
Page
2
Editorial notes Britain weighs concessions to India amid rising demands for independence. It also reports a new Japanese commander leading campaigns against MacArthur’s forces in the Philippines, with editorial opinion attributed to a Western Newspaper Union release.
Britain faces a defend first debate in India as Wavell seeks full cooperation and Indian loyalties in Burma. MacArthur avoids reinforcement quotes while Mindoro reports hint at Filipino resistance. rubber supply debates flare as Churchill Cripps rumors surface amid convoy secrecy and Knox probes a news leak.
A WNU column discusses the farm bloc in Congress clashing with Secretary Wickard over farm price controls. It covers their push to sell below parity and attach measures to war appropriation bills, plus censorship and wartime broadcasting stakes.
Gas company advice urges lining the chimney flue to prevent mortar damage from sulphuric vapors when gas is burned. Alternatives include acid resistant pipe lining or liquid asphalt spray. Also covered are chimney draft issues in multi apartment homes, door sill leveling, cement paint for walls, leaky dormer roofs, mildew removal, lawn on sand, noisy floors and sound insulation options.
Historian Edwin Embree predicts a future world union with international courts coinage police and common institutions evolving from the United Nations. General Hershey heads the draft amid World War II mobilization with Major Culligan and assistants Flynn and Shea. The next draft drawing occurs on St Patrick’s Day with green capsules.
Advertisement urges men and women to join defense work as production and service enlistments rise. It promises free training and notes roles for women such as inspectors parachute makers and lens grinders. A 32 page booklet lists agencies courses jobs and registration addresses.
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