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22 Aug 1941
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Newspaper
Sheboygan Press
Location
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1941
Page
1
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Glasgow report warns Britain faces critical manpower gaps across industries as more workers move from essential to munitions and home production. Women enter roles once reserved for men. coal miners leave for higher pay in arms work, risking winter shortages. Shipyards along the river Wes show bomb damage but continue output amid home-front strain.
A fire aboard the 4,956 ton American freighter Potomer near the Hudson river anchorage killed five crew members and left 25 dead in a blaze that swept through the ship for hours. Police and boats rescued several survivors as investigators ruled out sabotage. The vessel carried cargo including hides and grain from Buenos Aires to LaGuaira.
President Roosevelt challenged Senator Byrd’s defense production numbers at a press conference. He said War Department data show Byrd’s claims were incorrect in all categories except planes. Roosevelt noted tanks pledged to England and Egypt, and blamed misinformation for Byrd’s portrayal.
Japan voiced worry that American bombers sent to Russia might stay at Vladivostok, a port it calls a northern Singapore and a threat to its empire. Tokyo urged U S assurances they would pass through to the western front, while Japan moves to mobilize iron steel and coal for East Asia prosperity. Thailand urged air raid shelter building though trusting assurances against attack. In Shanghai, Japanese forces erected new barbed wire around the city to curb feared terrorism.
Berlin reports acknowledge Russian reserves in Ukraine and behind lines, with islands of resistance near the Dnieper bend and east of the Pinsk marshes. Moscow says Red army casualties and prisoners reach high levels as Germany deepens its push, while Leningrad fights tense battles around Kingisepp and Novgorod.
President Roosevelt ordered a seven and one half percent tariff increase on crab meat imports, raising the ad valorem duty to 22 percent. Japan, the leading competitor in canned crab meat, faces a direct impact on its fishing and canning industry as the higher levy takes effect immediately.
On the Wisconsin Cheese Exchange the price of cheese moved up a half cent in morning trading as 29 cars of American cheese were sold to the U.S. A. The market quote showed twins and cheddars at 22 44 to 24 4 cents with five cars offered and 25 cars bid by Americans.
Lord Halifax, British ambassador to the United States, arrived at a British airport after crossing the Atlantic in a bomber from Canada. He will report to Prime Minister Churchill on British American relations and the Pacific Coast visit, and is expected to return to Washington late next month.
Iran's minister Moham ed Shayesteh said Tehran will fight any aggressor including Germany Russia Britain or others to defend Iranian soil. Britain and Russia consider possible joint action to oust Nazis after Iran's note. London awaits Iran's reply and some say an oral response was not favorable.
Hon Floyd E Thompson urges making Wisconsin plans the model for a national Most Valuable Student contest and merging Wisconsin scholarship efforts into a broader national program. He notes Wisconsin’s leadership in contests and cites a $300 foundation grant and a seven member board overseeing a $500000 fund.
Miss Helen McDonald of Fond du Lac, 23, named Wisconsin's Dairy Queen at the State Fair Dairy Day ceremonies. Russ McDonald, Green Lake Normal School graduate, crowned by Ralph Ammon as 10 000 spectators watched the cattle parade and crowning. Attendance surged with 382 000 by noon and 4 280 through the turnstiles by 8 am, a new mark for the hour.
Three young men were injured when their car hit a cement abutment on County Trunk A three miles north of Erdman early this morning. Paul Kretzachmar 22 of Sheboygan Andrew Batt 27 of Black River and George Batt 23 of Black River were taken to St. Nicholas hospital by Schmitts Ambulance.
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