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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1942
Page
7
A wartime editor argues that production and shipping capacity matter most in modern warfare. He urges focusing on mass equipment, more ships, planes, tanks, and guns, with skilled workers building weapons rather than expanding troops. He warns that shipping bottlenecks and transport limits could prolong conflict.
Four months after Pearl Harbor Willow Run launches the largest plant for bomber production, with 260 million dollars of capacity and 100,041 workers enrolled this year. It will manufacture the Consolidated B A e Liberator, a long range heavy bomber. The article contrasts Ford and the Generations of industry, notes other production in California, and highlights a new steel alloy process from North American Aviation that could replace aluminum in warplanes, enabling spot welding and reduced riveting.
The text argues Tojo rightly warns that World War II still has battles ahead despite Japanese victories. It urges Americans to avoid complacency until democracy is mobilized and capable of defeating totalitarian aggression.
The President plans to strip Jesse Jones of key war finance powers by transferring authority over small business loans to the Army Navy and War Production Board and shifting three agencies including the Defense Supplies Corporation and Metals Reserve Company to the Board of Economic Warfare led by Vice President Wallace and Milo Perkins. The move aims to centralize control under DEW to boost economic warfare against the Axis, with HEW currently limited by lack of direct access to agency resources controlled by Jones.
A jumble of wartime remarks and political snippets covers military leadership standards, Axis diplomacy costs, and GOP leaning tactics. McNarney urges dress and discipline scrutiny for officers, while isolationist O Connor shifts Guam fortification stance. Senator McNary faces re election pressure as Voorhis pushes dollar a year job cuts amid war office reform. Canada allows buying used tires for space purposes per Commerce.
A scrambled list celebrates anniversaries and milestones of historical figures and events. It mentions Thomas Jefferson, James Harper, Subaty Morais, George C. Jenks, Frank Woolworth, Hiram Bearss, and milestone items like the Philadelphia Insurance Company, the Doctors Mob riot, the first U S flag, the Pennsylvania Railroad, Westinghouse air brake, and Ford air freight service, with dates ranging from the 18th to 20th centuries.
A fragmentary 1936 page notes biblical readings and anniversaries, listing notable births and figures such as Hallimore Jefferson Day, President Roosevelt, Justice Frank Murphy, Gov. Harold Stassen, inventor Hammomd, pianist Ethel Leginska, Chancellor Ray Lyman Wilbur, and others with ages. The piece reflects on moral life, influence, and avoiding evil associations, concluding that life generally ends in success within proper channels.
The Archbishop of York clears up a phrasing mystery in a noted work using a footnote. A passage hints at a divine purpose and strength found in quiet faith, urging readers to seek God rather than mere drudgery. Local bells in Mad River Township recall old rainfall warnings as trustees install town bells.
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