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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1942
Page
3
The Navy described two raids against Wake Island and Marcus Island with heavy anti aircraft fire and limited surface ship damage. Wake saw 100 tons of explosives, fires at fuel dumps and airfields, while Marcus Island faced a 28 minute bombing run with severe damage and fires.
A vintage advertisement urges daily bile stimulation to ease constipation and an sluggish liver. Dr Edwards Olive Tablets claim to improve digestion of fatty foods and elimination, sold as a vegetable remedy in 15, 30, or 60 cent boxes at all drugstores.
A U S Navy pilot account from Marcus Island raid describes the crew as a crack college football squad. The piece follows launch, flight deck drama, and post raid reports, noting one plane lost and the crew’s calm during the mission.
Allied forces held at Port Moresby against Japanese air raids while bombers from United Nations targets struck the New Guinea north coast. A Japanese land column is believed to be moving through jungle toward the south coast as Dutch resistance continues in Sumatra. Washington reports a heavy Corregidor air attack. London says US naval control of the Pacific is established. MacArthur plans talks with Curtin on joint strategy to push the war toward Japan. Curtin praises MacArthur and envisions a southwest Pacific command with local Australian forces under his leadership.
Robert W. Johnson chairman of Johnson and Johnson said profits from a new large munitions plant under construction in the Midwest will go to the army emergency relief fund. The plant will be operated by Midland Ordnance Foundation Inc, a Johnson and Johnson subsidiary.
European front reports say Soviet forces recaptured about a dozen districts west of Moscow and pressed Germans in ten more. In Ukraine, Timoshenko’s scouts reportedly breached Taganrog, traded fire with its garrison, and lobbed grenades into barracks before withdrawal. Guerrillas claim 4257 German deaths near Orel as Mussolini’s command cites Allied bombing of Athens with civilian casualties.
Committees led by John F Hattersley H Charles Hess George W Bond and J Ringen Drummond enlist plant managers in a scrap reduction program for WPB. Plants will report semi monthly scrap disposals and receive 17 guidance items to scrap unused machines parts and segregate scrap to speed recovery through mills.
Contributing to German air operations in Russia, the Nazis failed to fit enough war planes with skis. The wheeled aircraft lacked traction, hindering movement on snow and ice.
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