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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1942
Page
1
Weekly news analysis notes rising unity against Nazism in Norway and Denmark, edging Sweden into conflict. It reviews U S Jap war news, ship losses near Java and Bali, and a rising Allied production pace while noting a tempered stance on a 1942 South Pacific offensive.
Observers in Stockholm note growing anti German unity in Denmark and Norway as occupation exposes false postwar promises. Danish loyalty centers on King and US minister Henrick de Kauffman. Norwegians resist Quisling puppet rule. Sweden fears war spillover while German profits gutter through wartime limits. Senate panel reveals profits up to 4000 percent. sliding scale eyed to curb excess returns with 40 million checks cited.
wartime reports note friction over sugar rationing with the War Production Board and the Office of Price Administration at odds. Donald Nelson denies friction while some lawmakers push 48 hour overtime changes. Russian thaw described as formidable. mud, tanks bogged, trackwalker rescued. World war tempo quickens with heavy bombing over Europe and fighting across Russia, India flanks, and the Pacific. 1942 seen as critical year with mass troop movements and harsh weather shaping campaigns.
India weighs homeland defense as Cripps, Wavell, and American reps push for unity while Gandhi urges nonviolence. Chiang Kai-shek aid and new air power arrive, and Muslims demand a separate state. Nehru advocates Indian control over manpower drafting within Britain’s leadership.
The US formally recognizes De Gaulle controlled French West Africa and Cameroons, linking Free French actions to strategic supply routes to the Middle East. The Vichy regime meanwhile claims Germany permits rebuilding its air force with over 1,000 warplanes.
Corregidor defenses continued to blunt Japanese air and land assaults as American fighters claimed several planes daily. Anti aircraft gunners destroyed two to four enemy aircraft per day, with many more damaged or disabled. A sharp land counterattack repelled eight enemy thrusts, sustaining General Wainwright’s defense tradition.
Washington reports the government seized control of the nation’s quinine stock to supply soldiers in the tropics. In San Francisco survivors recalled odd tales, including an officer who claimed to pocket two oranges and saw a Filipino messenger with a ouija board on his head.
Standard Oil used top lobbying to win an A-10 priority for the shipment of 14.5 million dollars worth of steel to Venezuela to support oil wells and naval needs. John N. Bohannon pressured Navy, War Production, State Department, Lend Lease, and White House to secure the deal amid competition from U. S. oil firms. The Washington Merry-Go-Round also corrects John L. Lewis payroll figures, stating nine relatives receive union-related salaries totaling 70,500 annually, plus 40,000 from Floyd Bell’s bonding business, bringing the Lewis family take to about 110,600 yearly. Wayne Coy, a White House aide, is set for promotion to assistant budget director. Cotton consumption is projected at 13,500,000 bales for the year, up about 3,000,000 from last year.
The column surveys celebrity splits and rumors from wartime society. It covers Chaplin Guil dard’s split, Louise Atwill and General MacArthur divorce timing, Rita Hayworth’s husband dispute, Nomura kin intrigue, and jokes about Broadway figures, GMen, defense bonds, and media feuds.
Jay C. Flippen jokes while examining Mira Chase’s biography and warns that stage doormen may be writing memoirs. A sharp responder fires back about sacrifices for a book and royalties that never covered hush money. The speaker quips that the country needs more Gen Arthers and fewer nuisances.
Pattern No. 8120 offers a pampered style set for 2 to 6 year olds featuring a smock free shoulder top with a round collar and appliqued red apple pockets, plus sturdy overalls and brief rompers. Size 3 mock uses 32 inch material for the mock and 1% yards for the overalls.
A Jefferson quote urges restoring social intercourse to sustain liberty and life, warning against political intolerance even after banishing religious intolerance. He argues that despotic political intolerance can lead to bitter persecutions and bloodshed.
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