Hitler’s invasion rhetoric and Allied resistance outlined
Wartime editorial traces Hitler’s current invasion stance to his broader propaganda. It cites German losses to June 1942, notes American and British opposition, and contrasts Japan’s wartime shift with U.S. production. It cites Churchill’s radio warning and foresees heavy Allied air bombardment on Italian cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petain
France
Hitler
England
America
Europe
United States
Stalingrad
Winston Churchill
Mussolini
Italy
Genoa
Turin
poll tax muddle and naval war views echo editorials
A compilation of editorials discusses poll tax and states rights in voting, naval performance in the Pacific, civilian casualties versus armed forces deaths, and calls for reducing accidents on the home front to support wartime production. It cites Sibley Gazette-Tribune West Union Argo-Gazette and Cherokee Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sibley Gazette-Tribune
West Union Argo-Gazette
United States Navy
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
America
Walter Lippman
Hitler
Australia
United States
National’ Safety Council
Council
France Becomes Nazi Ally Under Petain Regime
The Vichy government of France aligned openly with Hitler, with Petain seizing dictatorial powers and dissolving the legislature. The piece notes provincial support for the Allies but fears overall subjugation under Nazi control and urges continued total war effort and constructive criticism at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Mars Sentinel
Vichy
France
Hitler
Petain
Farmers may equip individual gas pumps
Cherokee Chief reports gas rationing forces closure of many service stations. The War Production Board allows storage tanks and pumps made before Jan 14, 1942 and already used to be installed on farms of 10 acres or more for dispensing petroleum products to machinery and vehicles used on the farm.
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War Production Board
Italians Ready to End War If Hitler's Vengeance Lifts
Widespread Italian sentiment backs leaving the war to escape Nazi retaliation from north Africa and seek peace through an exit from hostilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Who Is Winning in the Pacific and War Critique
Congressman Maas reports from the Solomons while Rep. Worley counters with a box score of Pacific totals. It shows carrier losses and ship counts favoring the U S with Lexington credited for major enemy engagements before its loss. Hastings Gazette notes a deer hunting surge this fall and a jittery county auditor.
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Ringsted
Maas
Minnesota
Solomons
Pacific
Congress
Eugene Worley
Texas
Worley
Lexington
New Guinea
Rep
Far East
Hastings (Minn
Deer licenses and hunting dangers spark debate
The piece notes a record deer license sales boom in the state while warning of hunting fatalities from blind shooting. It laments red clothing visibility and recounts hunters prone on the ground as bullets fly, comparing mortality in war to sport. It questions public attitudes toward war and hunting risk.
Letters From Rolfe Boys in Service
From Hutchinson Kansas letters describe base construction near the Kansas state fairgrounds and airport for flight training. Locals. salt industry Cessna wheat fields and salt mines noted as town wealth. Camp Crowder updates say Leslie DeWolf is still driving trucks and hints at an upcoming move abroad.
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Mr. Seth
Hutchinson
Kansas State Fair Grounds
Kansas
Iowa
Navy
Carey’s
Norton’s
Cessna Aircraft Corporation
Arrow
Rolfe
Jack T. Patterson
Leslie DeWolf
Camp Crowder
Pocahontas County Board Proceedings Sept 1 1942
Pocahontas County Iowa Board of Supervisors met in regular session. A resolution granted E R Newcomer permission to build a cattle crossing between Des Moines Townships 19 and 30 with a 24 foot roadway, liability, lighting, and compliance with 1939 Iowa code. Frances Young County Superintendent approved. claims audited. Continued on Page 7.
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Pocahontas
Ioan
Pocahontas County
Iowa
Clarence Jensen
G. C. Johnson
C. F. Young
Johnson
Young
Jansen
Board of Supervisors
IE. R. Newcomer
Des Moines
E. R. Newcomer
Iowa State Highway Commission
Frances Young
Miami Navy recruit writes home about weather and city
Adrian Iseminger from Miami in the Navy Recruiting Bureau reports he is going to school and has little time for anything else. He notes the weather is swell, the cats are nice, locals invite him home and tour the city, reflecting a positive view of his assignment.
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Adrian Iseminger
Miami
Florida
Adrain Iseminger
Navy Recruiting Brs
Lincoln and the Sangamon River Link to New Salem Life
The piece reflects on luck versus effort in wealth, recounting a California billionaire's 97 percent luck claim. It then recalls Abraham Lincoln’s 1831 raft trip on the Sangamon toward New Salem, his six years there shaping his life, and the village’s later reconstruction as history notes.
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Petersburg
Ill
New Salem
California
Horatio Alger
Sangamon River
Ilinois
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Sangamon
New Orleans
New Sale
William Randolph
Illinois
United State
Kilamion
Mississippi
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Churchill
Germany
Winterset
Madisonian
Africa
South Pacific
Tack Patterson
Hutchinson, Kansas
General County
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T. P
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Savage Block
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Auto Kennedy Agen
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Hail
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