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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1942
Page
3
Roosevelt wary of war risk behind 1941 ultimatum
Analysis of a prewar document reveals Roosevelt declined a 1941 ultimatum to Japan, fearing congressional backlash and automatic hostilities. The piece argues Japanese misread U.S. stance, with Churchill and Hitler implicated in strategic bets to draw America into a two ocean war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Churchill
Japan
Pearl Harbor
America
Tanks and logistics shape Rommel’s desert push in 1940
The piece argues modern British tanks outperform German models and that if available earlier would have altered the 1940 campaign. It compares Graziano’s Italian advance to Sidi Barani with Rommel’s hostile march across a waterless desert toward Mersa Matruh, highlighting supply lines and potential rail depots in Egypt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshal Graziano
Sidi Barrani
Mersa Matruh
Egypt
Rommel
War notes and political letters from Syracuse readers
Readers discuss wartime strikes and production losses in 1942. Letters praise wage talks, urge focus on war production, and critique labor politics and international peace efforts while urging a strong home front and fair government.
Russia accuses Japan of submarine attack in Pacific
The Moscow radio asserts a Japanese submarine torpedoed a Russian freighter off the Japanese coast on May 1. Two Japanese subs surfaced after the attack, and the ship was escorted to a Japanese port. Moscow suggests Tokyo plans conflict with the Allies as Moscow ships back a tougher stance. The piece notes American bombers reaching Vladivostok and speculates on broader strategic moves between Moscow and Tokyo and potential shifts in war alignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tokyo
Lindley-Davis
Pearl Harbor
Ladies Home Journal
White House
State Department
Southwest Pacific
United States
Britain
Australia
Roosevelt
Japan
Indo-China
Department of State
Far East
Messrs
Lindley
Davis
Congress
Burma
Ocean
America
Philippines
Hawaii
China
Pacific
Hitler
Dutch East Indies
Burma Road
Herald-Journal
Herbert Hoover
Hugh Gibson
Sumner Welles
Tobruk
Germany
World Court
Syracuse
J. Henry Deboer
Moscow Radio
Russia
Moscow
Kremlin
Hirohito
Siberia
Manchukuo
Coral Sea
Midway
Vladivostock
Battle for Egypt To Be Hard-Fought
The article argues the Egypt battle will be hard fought with Churchill’s confidence tempered by past overstatements. It notes Rommel’s maneuvering, Axis gun superiority, and lessons from Pearl Harbor and Washington crossing the Delaware, while urging resolve against Axis offensives in the desert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Kruger
Dom Paul
Rommel
Winston Churchill
Singapore
Churchill
Hitler
England
Pacific War Council
Pearl Harbor
Washington
Delaware
Grant
Tax payroll deduction plan faces tax payer backlash
The piece outlines Washington's push for a 5 percent payroll deduction starting Jan 1 to ease tax collection. It notes taxpayers worry about saving enough and predicts credits against 1943 taxes due in March 1944 will not fully shield them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damocles
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
New President for Carrier Corporation
Cloud Wampler is elected president of Carrier Corporation succeeding the late J Irvine Lyle. Edward T Murphy becomes board member as senior vice president. Wampler, a recent Syracuse arrival from Chicago, brings broad business experience to a firm expanding to its largest wartime activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Carrier Corporation
Cloud Wampler
J. Irvine Lyle
Edward T. Murphy
Wampler
Chicago
Roosevelt releases May wartime production figures
Raymond Clapper reports Roosevelt has released May production data showing about 4 000 planes 1 500 tanks 2 000 artillery guns and related weapons plus 50 000 machine guns and similar numbers. The figures mark rising output and aim to signal Allied strength to Hitler with Donald Nelson noting Allied over Axis production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Hitler
Donald Nelson
Axis
Private Industry Surges To Meet War Production Goals
The article lauds private enterprise for expanding and converting plants, meeting and sometimes beating schedules, and delivering war materials at record levels. It warns against overconfidence, notes upcoming raw material shortages, and stresses that shipping and sustained effort remain critical before victory.
War cost in 1940s dollars exceeds two hundred billion
Paul Mallon notes Congress has appropriated 208 billion for the war, with estimates reaching 300 billion if conflict ends in 1943. He compares the sum to about two years of labor for every wage earner, outlines 43 million earning units, and warns of a permanent debt with interest, currently around 2.35 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Egypt
Middle East
Washington
Congress
Treasury
War Debt and Treasury Strains After the War
A financial forecast outlines postwar costs and debt paths. It warns that maintaining high prosperity is essential to fund taxes and debt service, with banks and insurers set to absorb much of the borrowing.
Eleanor Roosevelt on Hyde Park War Efforts and Daily Life
In Hyde Park Eleanor Roosevelt describes unpacking NY supplies, repurposing items for use during wartime, and coordinating with family. She notes reading with children, visits from Michael Toombs, and her improving bicycle travel. She mentions an NYA boy story from Missouri.
NYA radio workshop helps job hunter rise to FCC in Memphis
A Joplin boy, aided by NYA interviewer and radio workshop enrollment, trains in defense shops and passes required licenses. He now works for the Federal Communications Commission in Memphis while reflecting on the War Labor Board action in breaking a Massachusetts textile mill strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joplin
NYA
NYA Radio Workshop
Federal Communications Commission
Memphis
Enn
War Labor Board
Massachusetts
Federal Employment Service
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