News Note On New Guinea Raid And Australia Buffer
A wartime brief notes heavy U S air fortress raids on New Guinea ports and signals Japan’s invasion plan of Australia from New Guinea. The report argues the clash hinges on who can move faster as Japan seeks to force a decisive early victory while the United States presses to blunt the attack and protect Australia.
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Gen. MacArthur
Subic Bay
United States
New Guinea
Japan
Australia
Navy
Southwest
Pacific
Sealanes
Congress
Senate
American Women And War Indignant Gentlemen
Indignant congressmen oppose a women’s auxiliary corps while American women have long served in wars, from front lines in earlier conflicts to support roles in Civil War and World Wars, proving capability across tasks from clerical to observation duties. Be calm and let the ladies have their say.
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Congress
Women’s Auxiliary Corps of Volunteers
Suds
Sidetracked To Story On Date Tabs For Licenses
Maury Maverick, former congressman and mayor of San Antonio, once a leading New Dealer, appears as the spokesman for the news on date tabs for future automobile license plates. The piece notes the drive to save steel used in plate production and cites Maverick amid discussions of war production board requirements.
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Maury Maverick
War Production Board Requirements Bureau
San Antonio
Texas
Capitol
Washington
President urged to study labor criticism beyond Washington
The President’s dismissal of the 40 hour week dispute as trivial is challenged. The public understands the law limits to 40 hours with penalties for overwork and extra costs for war production. He should commission advisers to assess criticism from the broader populace.
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House of Representatives
Washington
Australia backs MacArthur in choice between leaders
Australian editorial weighs options between an American and a British leader and declares support for General Douglas MacArthur as the preferred guiding figure. The piece outlines perceived strengths, wartime stance, and the political context shaping the decision.
Australia Invited MacArthur as Pacific Defense Leader
Washington dispatch argues Australia lacks a standing army and invited Gen. MacArthur for his jungle desert warfare experience. It notes Australia’s small peacetime force, the appeal of American officers, and a rising bond market after the appointment. It also covers Japanese invasion concerns, northern coastal risks, and stalled propeller production delaying aircraft.
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Ashington
Australia
MacArthur
U. S
Pacific
United States
New York City
Libya
Malaya
Philippines
Germs Rule Spring With Tiny Invaders From Tunklethwaite
A humorous tale portrays germs as active agents driving a spring outbreak. Tunklethwaite, confined by illness, drags his family into a cycle of contagion as siblings borrow his cold, the mother becomes the bottleneck, and the germs retreat to wait for fall returning to spread again.
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Tunklethwaite
Tinkle
Century to A Bowed Market and City Events
A century back notes wheat on the Ohio canal at 80 cents in specie and 90 cents in currency. A woodworking shop fire damaged Charles It e Son's rear South Market street building with Bucher Gibbs Plow Co contents. Canton doctors protested rising phone charges and Central Union Telephone Co. was pressed to cut rates. Santos Dumont planned to fly an airship to America next year after Monte Carlo feats. A 25 year-old dirigible official arrived to aid U S government project. Japan warned against invoking the Nine Power Treaty over Manchuria moves. Two assailants tied up a 10-year-old boy on East Tuscarawas Street, thwarted a supposed hold up. Civil war veteran Solomon Peffer died on Cherry Avenue Northeast.
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Charles Ite & Son
South Market St
Bucher & Gibbs Plow Co
Canton
Central Union Telephone Co
Santos Dumont
Monte Carlo
America
Brooklyn Bridge
Japan
United States
Manchuria
William Little
3Rd St SE
East Tuscarawasst
Beldenave
Solomon Peffer
Cherry Ave NE
President Showed Skill In MacArthur Transfer
Walter Lippmann argues that FDR and Churchill planned MacArthur’s move from Bataan to Australia, shaping the overall war strategy. He notes the Feb 22 order, allied setbacks, and the need to preserve MacArthur’s leadership while rebuilding U.S. and Filipino forces for a broader campaign.
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MacArthur
Australia
Churchill
Roosevelt
Washington
Java Sea
United Nations
United States
Malaya
Indies
Bataan
Gen. MacArthur
A Citizen Pledge and MacArthur Admiration Expressed
A 1942 New York Tribune column extols civilian morale, urging sacrifice, conservation, and support for war bonds. It lauds General MacArthur as the fountain head of a new American military tradition, contrasting his leadership with Dunkirk and emphasizing wartime resolve and self-reliance.
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Cleveland Advertising Club
War Effort Committee
America
MacArthur
Philippines
Churchill
Dunkerque
Stalin
Moscow
New York Tribune, Inc
War Horses Newspaper Correspondents Are Off To Battle Fronts
War horses and press corps head to front lines as correspondents report on combat scenes. Veteran reporters join new crews to bring firsthand observations, dispatches, and updates from distant theaters to readers at home.
War Correspondents of the Day and Old Timers
Damon Ranyon recalls wartime reporters led by Bill Chaplin and Pat Robinson, detailing their roles, ages, and wartime service. The piece notes aging veterans, the allure of danger, and the enduring link between press and military service, with examples like Kilgallen and Casey.
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A Kilgallen
Dorothy
International
Bob Casey
Leland Stowe
Casey
United States
Army
Navy
King Features, Inc
Spare Us This Woman Picture Debate
Ruth Millett argues against limiting wartime newspaper images to women in work uniforms. She says photographers should include swimsuit depictions alongside factory and defense photos, praising the American ideal of the bathing beauty versus the drab uniformed worker. Copyright 1942 NEA Inc.
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Florida
NEA Inc
Quotes from leaders on unity and defense echoed
Statements from Paul V. McNutt and Billy Conn reflect wartime morale. Air Marshal Sir Richard Peirse stresses vigilance against potential threats.
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Brush-Moore Newspapers, Inc
Market Avenue
Fifth Street South
Ohio
Postoffice
Ohio Repository
Stark County Republican
Canton Reposito & Republican
Canton Repository
Eogen
Canton Daily Repository
Thevening Repository
Canton Repose
Canton Dailyee
Stark County Democrat
Associated Press
Associated Real
Brooks & Inley
New York
New York Central
Philadelphia
Fidelity-Philadelpia Trust
Chicago
Nichigan Ave
Cleveland
Euclid Ave
Los Angeles
Broadway
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Stark
Tuscarawas
Carroll
Columbiana
Portage
Summit
Holmes Counties
Paul Mallon
Java
Great Barrier Reef
Josh Lee
Oklahoma
Lee
New Jersey
AFL
NLRB
By Truman Twill
Thwaite
Tunkelthwaite
Thunklewaite
Tunklethwait
Mudtown
Tinklethwaite
Repository Market
Ohio Canal
J. Julliot
France
Walter Lippmann
Mr. Roosevelt
Wainwright
Bataan Peninsula
Douglas MacArthur
Lincoln
By Galbraith
NEA Servicre
ING. T. M. Res
George
By Damon Ranyon
Globe
Bill Chaplin
International News
Bill
Argonne
Europe
Italy
Ethiopia
Dunkirk
Pat Robinson
Madison Square Garden
Rainbow
Pat
Ruth Millett
They
Say
Federal Security
Paul V. McNutt
The
Nutrition Foundation
Joe Louis
Billy Conn
Sir Richard Peirse
RAF
India
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