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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1942
Page
6
Western Newspaper Union analysis argues Stalin presses Allies to meet commitments while records claim U S war planes outperform rivals. The piece notes stabilization of wages food rent profits under anti inflation measures and marks the editor note as Western Newspaper Union opinion.
Within 18 hours of broad powers to curb inflation President Roosevelt named Associate Justice James F Byrnes head of the Office of Economic Stabilization and moved to stabilize wages salaries profits and farm prices Byrnes resigned from the Supreme Court after his appointment while Leon Henderson of the OPA ordered rent freezes and enforcement measures to curb rising costs The wage policy bars decreases below the highest January 1 to September 15 level unless correcting inequalities
Rugged Australian troops turned the tables on the Japs in New Guinea and recaptured Nauru in the Owen Stanley range, advancing to Menari without contact. Allied air raids hit Rabaul and Bougainville while Marines bolster Guadalcanal defenses. Whiskey distilleries shift to industrial alcohol. about 3 percent of supply remains.
Official communique reports relentless Nazi pressure along the Volga front with no clear Soviet gains. In Stalingrad sector Soviet forces demolish German blockhouses and kill several Nazi units, while a Moscow bulletin says Soviet troops drove Nazis from a frontline point west of Moscow and repelled five counterattacks. Stalin urges Allies to fulfill obligations, while transferring defense command to Marshal Shtshposhnikov.
In the largest daylight operation from England, American Fortresses bombed a Nazi factory at Meaulie and an airfield at St Omer in northern France while 13 German fighters were shot down. Boston bombers hit Le Havre docks as 400 Allied planes and fighters claimed five more Focke Wulf 190s. Six Allied fighters were lost. Britain’s Mosquitoes then struck targets in Belgium after Oslo raid.
A House subcommittee report presents a box score of U S fighter and bomber actions from Aug 14 to Sep 14 showing 7 5 to 1 enemy to U S losses and detailing P 39 and P 40 performances. It notes Zero drawbacks and P 40 advantages plus overall 279 to 114 enemy vs U S losses.
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