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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1942
Page
1
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The piece lauds General MacArthur as the miracle man of warfare on Luzon, noting his hold against ten to one odds and his ability to prevent collapse. It also describes Japanese pressure on Malaya, the British retreat to Singapore, and Singapore’s fortress status as a pivotal, bloodstained test of defense before urging defense bond purchases.
Washington debate over the Price Control bill centers on government powers to buy and sell commodities during inflation threats. Agriculture Secretary Wickard testifies that cotton wheat tobacco will stabilize at parity while corn and feed crops hover near 85 percent parity to curb stock prices. Livestock dairy and poultry may exceed parity, with farmers growing corn receiving benefit payments to reach parity.
A study of ABDA maps reveals a three-pronged Japanese pincers plan across East Indies. West prongs target Rangoon and Singapore to choke Burma and control India Australia supply routes, center pries open Borneo, and east probes the Bismarck archipelago toward Cape York. Singapore endures bombardment as Amboina becomes a focal Dutch fortress assault.
Washington reports Walter Nash supports placing an American naval officer in supreme command in the Pacific. Survivors of a torpedoed British freighter recount a German submarine attempted to crash and upset lifeboats. In Norway Quisling has taken the post of Prime Minister of State, seen as a dictator. Americans in Britain seek AEF transfers, many already serving with the British army.
Secretary Knox announced a plan for four large American universities to join the navy as training centers for a vast air force. The program would rent university facilities for the war, run a year long course, and produce 2,500 naval flying cadets monthly.
Groundhog day passes as winter freezes Nazi war-fighters in place while Soviet forces gain in the Ukraine. Reds press toward the lower Dnieper, eyeing Dnieperopetrovsk and the blown dam. Berestovoya town capture reported 115 miles west of Taganrog, a potential Nazi trap.
Chinese forces scored a decisive victory east of Canton near Waichow, forcing Japanese into disorderly retreat with Chinese armies in pursuit. Reports claim a full division from Nanking government defected to Chiang Kai-shek. If momentum continues, Canton and Hong Kong could be threatened as Chinese aim to liberate Canton then advance toward Hong Kong.
Report describes a large, well-equipped American force arriving in Northern Ireland, said to be from the Midwest, marking the first land reinforcements. De Valera in southern Ireland objects strongly, calling it a British move deepening the north south breach.
The article discusses Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard wavering under White House pressure over a gravy train veto in the farm price bill. It names Sen. Bankhead and Rep. Steagall alongside Rep. Wolcott as key players, notes Wickard’s secret letter repudiating endorsement, and cites Vice President Wallace driving crop expansion plans amid internal administration tensions. It also touches on John L. Lewis’s exclusion from C I O peace talks and Gen. George Marshall’s aerial uniform appearance and expertise.
The article traces Franklin and Stiegel in the development of early American stoves. It describes Franklin’s 1742 Pennsylvania Fireplace, a portable front design with a hot air box for room circulation, possibly one surviving in Doyleston, and notes his refusal of a patent while publishing An Account of the New-Invented Pennsylvania Fireplace.
Research from America and Britain shows acetylcholine and related choline like substances affect brain electrical patterns. In England Dr Denis Williams notes small doses can have one effect and large doses another, altering nerve message transmission to muscles and nerves. Potential medical use targets paralysis epilepsy and other nervous disorders.
Anzacs from Australia and New Zealand are famed for bold fighting in Europe and Africa. They pressed into Libya and Tobruk where they held out for five months until British forces broke the siege, freeing trapped comrades from German tanks on the Libyan escarpment.
A guide to making a cross stitch rug with 26 by 35 inch canvas and 35 squares. It explains ruling the grid, color shades peach turquoise brown orchid cerise, stitching direction from lower left to upper right then back from lower right to upper left, and finishing with a turquoise and brown border before attaching canvas to denim backing.
Sir Adolphe Abrahams, longtime England team doctor, argues human feet aren’t designed for speed. He notes tight sprint shoes boost top speeds but restrict natural movement, comparing human limbs to faster horse evolution where speed aligns with fewer small bones. He suggests feet evolved to grip and tread uneven ground rather than sprint.
Dr Harold Lundgren of the Western Research Laboratory at Albany California reports a chemical discovery that could speed artificial silk wool and other fibers and plastics. He found how to give special soap treatments to proteins the raw materials of plastics and fibers including nylon. Using a small amount of detergents he can unfold protein molecules and regulate the process to create new materials.
Dr Ales Hrdlicka of the Smithsonian Institution notes that initial North American settlers on Kodiak Island, migrants from Siberia, used vanquished enemies' skulls as drinking cups. He cites skeleton studies indicating rare disease, few fractures, and little dental decay among islanders.
University of Texas researchers reported in the Journal of Biological Chemistry in August 1941 that the injury producing protein like substance in raw egg white has been separated. The substance named avidin binds vitamin H biotin, depriving animals of this vitamin. heating egg white prevents the injury.
Pattern No 8666 is designed for sizes 36 to 52 and size 38 with short sleeves requires 5 yards of 33 inch material and 114 yards of machine made edging for the neckline. To order, send your request to the given address.
A compact reflection citing Ben Jonson on religion as the backbone of empire. The line asserts that true strength lies in faith, shaping unity and authority across nations.
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