Japs Time Table Delayed by U S Southwest Pacific Offensive
Weekly analysis notes U S offensive slows Japanese timetable in the Southwest Pacific while Yank air forces increase activity in Europe. Russians continue decline in Caucasus as fronts shift. Editor’s note attributes opinions to Western Newspaper Union.
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U. S
Southwest Pacific
Yank
Europe
Caucasus
Estern Newspaper Union
Western Newspaper Union
Marines Land in Solomon Islands Amid Offense Push
Marines landed on the Solomon Islands northeast of Australia and, after seven days of intense fighting, consolidated positions on Tulagi Florida and Guadalcanal. MacArthur headquarters reported the capture of a Japanese airfield on Guadalcanal as part of a broader American offensive.
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Australia
Key Islands
Tulagi
Florida
Guadacanal
Key Prize
Harbor
MacArthur
India
Siberian
Solomons
American planes enter large scale European air war
U S fighting craft flew 31 operational sorties in Europe marking a baptism of mass air power. US fighter squadrons with Royal Air Force cover three coast flights, 20 sea missions, and eight interception sorties off England. Mainz again faced a major RAF strike as Goebbels admitted Germany suffers painful wounds from the summer offensive.
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U. S
Germany
United States
Royal Air Force
French
England
RAF
Mainz
Joseph Goebbels
Das Reich
Navy Policy Board Reshaped By Knox Reorg
Secretary Knox announced a reorganization adding two veterans to the navy general board Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn retired as chairman and Admiral Thomas C. Hart retired former Asiatic fleet commander both named to advise on policy as duties expanded with America’s wartime involvement
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Navy General Board
Frank Knox
Arthur J. Hepburn
Thomas C. Hart
Navy
America
Russia and India in wartime currents clash and strain
A Soviet communique signals German advances in the Caucasus while Timoshenko contests the lines near the oil fields. In India Gandhi sustains civil resistance with riots spreading to major cities despite British repression as Washington pledges non intervention in India's internal affairs.
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Cherkess
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Krasnodar
Maikop
Russia
Vody
Grozny
Baku
Timoshenko
Mohandas K
Gandhi
Aga Khan
India
Madras
Bombay
Wardha
Madura
Realism on war end dates and shifting isolationism in 1942 outlook
Senator Millard E. Tydings warned a U N victory may not occur before 1944 at the earliest and urged recognition of the difficult task ahead. He doubted a German revolt and stressed blood and treasure demands. Amid primary results, isolationism showed signs of fading as Hamilton Fish won renomination in Dutchess County. Military medical needs accelerate doctor mobilization with 60,000 current physicians vs 140,000 required and 24,000 doctors slated for service as 4,000,000 are under arms.
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Millard E. Tydings
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
United Nations
iMaryland
United States
Tydings
Washington
Selective Service
Navy
Roosevelt
Army
White House Wedding Chronicle of 15 Marriages
A historical roster lists 15 White House weddings from 1811 to 1914, noting roles of Presidents Madison through Wilson and their relatives. It highlights Grover Cleveland and Frances Folsom as the standout 1886 ceremony with public spectacle and a Marine Band finale.
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Roosevelt
Louise Macy
New York
White House
Executive Mansion
President Madison
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Todd
Supreme Court
Lucy Payne Washington
George Washington
Dolly Madison
John J. Jackson
Gen
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Stonewall"’) Jackson
Anna Todd
Samuel L. Gouverneur
Marie Hester Monroe
James Monroe
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
Maris Helen Jackson
Alphonse Joseph Pageot
Legation
Delia Lewis
Jackson
Lewis Donaldson
Thomas Jefferson
Emily Martin
Andrew Jackson
Lucien B. Polk
James K. Polk
Mary Easton
William Waller
Elizabeth Tyler
John Tyler
Algernon C. F. Sartoris
Nellie Grant
U. S. Grant
Russell Hastings
United States Army
Emily Platt
Rutherford B. Hayes
Grover Cleveland
Frances Folsom
Nicholas Longworth
Alice Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Francis B. Sayre
Jessie Woodrow Wilson
William
The
Treasury
Jeanor Wilson
Wilson
United States Marine Band
United States
Farm labor shortage drives war mobilization debate
WNU notes farmer labor shortfall amid wartime demands as McNutt's commission weighs broad mobilization. Despite 58 percent of needed workers unmet, farm employment rose to 12.0 million as families and older workers fill gaps. Wages rise to 22 year highs while parity prices lag behind. Government moves to register 60 million labor units but local needs and migrant Oakies stay key.
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South Carolina
Washington
Department of Agriculture
State Department
Wartime film plans and star updates of 1940s cinema
Virginia Vale notes army nurses praised for valor during the siege of Bataan will be honored in a Paramount project Hands of Mercy to be directed and written by Mark Sandrich. Metro lists Next of Kin with Jo an Crawford, while Bette Davis jokes about a victory garden. Charles Boyer and Greta Garbo miss Flesh and Fantasy. Barbara Stanwyck co stars. Rosalind Russell gears up for army camp tours with My Sister Eileen. Betty Brewer pursues singing and piano between roles. Paulette Goddard debuts a new gown in The Forest Rangers. Warner Baxter signs for two Crime Doctor films at Universal. Mrs Miniver sets attendance records at Radio City Music Hall. A Wake Island replica runway for Wake Island increases war-film realism. Odds and ends cover Dennis Morgan, Ginger Rogers, Shirley Temple, and Dorothy Lorre’s status.
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Bataan
Paramount
Mark Sandrich
Metro
Joan Crawford
Joan
Gary Conger
Don Am
Dennis Morgan
Ginger Rogers
Miss Marker
Shirley Temple
Baby Sandy
Dorothy ‘Ore
Farm incomes outpace living costs in 1941-42 survey
A department of agriculture survey shows farm family net income averaged 46 percent higher in 1941 and the first three months of 1942 than in 1935-36, while living costs rose about one third. Income thus outstrips the rise in living costs.
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Department of Agriculture
Japs Pay Dearly in Aleutian Island Campaign
Navy communique shows 21 Japanese ships sunk or damaged and significant air and shore facility losses since the invasion began. A surprise American task force raid on Kiska harbor silenced shore batteries and set fires in the enemy camp area.
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Japan
Aleutian Islands
Kiska Harbor
Navy
Wartime Britain reclaims ancient soil for food supply
London reports land unused for nearly two millennia is now cultivated for oats wheat and potatoes as part of wartime food production. Lord Woolton calls the project crucial for Britain. In Washington Senator Lodge proposes restricting gasoline for politicians to aid traveling salesmen. Mexico allows Ramon Navarro to enlist in the U S Army without losing Mexican citizenship.
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Britain
Lord Woolton
Washington
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Lodge
Mexico City
Ramon Navarro
Soviet language exhibit at Library of Congress
The Library of Congress assembled an exhibit of materials published in 64 of the 111 languages used in the USSR. More than 39,000 women now work in aircraft manufacturing, up from 1,900 nine months earlier. Americanization meetings for Japanese descent in Hawaii drew 807 attendees. A bomber at 200 mph from 10,000 feet drops a 500-pound bomb about a mile and a quarter ahead of release.
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Library of Congress
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Hawaii
The
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