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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1942
Page
2
Russian front grows in importance as Nazis win new African victory. Oregon and Canada shelled by Axis forces. Japs gain second Aleutian foothold. Editor notes opinions reflect columns, not the paper.
Strategic notes say Soviet forces must hold the majority Nazi strength to deter Germany. With Tobruk fallen, Britain and United States aid is stressed as crucial to sustain Soviet resistance against the German offensive. Reports also recount a Russian counterattack near Kharkov despite a Sevastopol breakthrough. Separately, a Japanese submarine raid shelled Oregon near Seaside Colu mbia river mouth, with no damage or casualties.
Judge Siddal, Atlantic City defense chair, charges signals to Axis submarines flashed from hotel windows along the Atlantic coast. Bunker Hill monument near Boston Navy yard is closed to the public for the duration.
Japanese forces landed on Kiska in the Aleutians less than 600 miles from Dutch Harbor to establish a base. The occupation followed fog and a weather break revealing tents and minor structures. Attu had already been reported as Japanese-occupied, prompting U S Navy announcements and warnings from Lt Gen Delos C Emmons in Honolulu urging nonessential residents to leave for the mainland.
British confirm Tobruk’s fall and Tobruk surrender echoes 1941 losses. Rommel leads renewed Axis drive toward Egypt while 25,000 British soldiers and several generals are reported captured. Australian and British forces moved in weeks earlier under Wavell’s Libya campaign. The garrison held by navy resupplies despite siege.
The news of Tobruk's fall coincides with Churchill meeting Roosevelt in the United States to discuss the war. Public calls for a full account of war conduct grow as charges of inefficiency and blunder spread, unifying the nation behind scrutiny. #
Farm, church and labor groups unite to support President Roosevelt against a legislative bloc opposing selling government owned wheat and corn at parity. In a White House letter the coalition says farm security is vital for wartime effort. Groups include National Farmers Union AFL CIO Railway Executives Association National Catholic Rural Life Conference and Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America. They oppose the American Farm Bureau Federation led by Edward A. O Neal which backs a high price through scarcity concept and withholds approval of the 85 percent parity formula.
The treasury proposed modifying its tax withholding plan for 1943. It would collect a portion of taxable income at start and scale to 15 percent in 1944 before 10 percent in 1945. A war super tax was also discussed to cap individual income after taxes. The President noted the anti inflation provisions lagging and suggested splitting the bill to enact parts sooner.
The 19 year old Yugoslav king Peter II arrived in Washington with Foreign Minister M Nintchich for talks with President Roosevelt. They discussed Yugoslavia’s guerrilla war against Germany and postwar lend lease and collaboration, as King George II of Greece departed earlier. Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands was en route via Canada.
The War Manpower commission says armed forces require six to seven million by end of 1943 with a possible ten million eventual total. By 1944 twenty million workers will be needed in war production and transport. 12 million to harvest the 1943 crop. Maclean warns 1944 high school enrollment may drop 40 to 50 percent and college by 70 to 80 percent, with many schools closed to meet war needs.
Chinese troops repulsed a seventh Japanese attempt to break through a rough Henan Shansi border pass using rocks hand grenades and machine guns against 10000 Japanese with planes and heavy guns. Spokesmen say a 50 mile Cheklang Kiangsi railway gap remains held south of the Yangtze as Japanese push north from Henan toward Taiheng foothills.
Secretary Wickard says if weather remains normal for 1942 the farm economy will break records and notes 1943 national wheat acreage at 55 million acres. He urges growers to plant part of the allotment in other crops due to a 1.4 billion bushel projected wheat supply including carryover.
The article outlines a wartime shift from victory to peace, detailing how lend-lease funding may fund a postwar economic backbone based on reciprocal trade and liberal commerce. It notes Roosevelt’s Flag Day speech offering German and Japanese publics a share in Allied victory and explains plans to use wartime aid to forge a lasting peace machine. It also introduces Rags II, the YANK mascot, and his planned travels with the publication.
The nation plans a new safety program dividing the country into ten regions with regional directors to educate military pilots in safe flight habits. Vocational schools target training two and a half million for war production jobs next year, matching the past two years' record. More than 86 million motor vehicles have been produced in the country over 42 years, while only four were registered in 1895.
The piece explains how the 20 to 45 age group, married 1-A and 3-A classifications, and dependents affect draft status under recent amendments. It notes shifts to 3-A and 1-A, the new allotment system, and projections of an army near 6 million by next July with potential expansion to 7-8 million total, depending on Congress and the war.
A Washington report laments gas shortages as a moral issue, contrasting gas slacker sentiment with military sacrifice. The feature recounts Max Mefoofsky’s son adopting the Nazi salute, a Goldwyn anecdote, and naval attachés Morris and Wadsworth detailing Axis morale. Additional notes cover U S. cotton camouflage needs, aviation crew mentions, Evatt’s diplomacy, DOJ probes of federal bench candidates, Admiral Kimml’s memorial, and Reader’s Digest circulation.
A collage of midcentury showbiz and war chatter. Eve Curie and Jeanne Cagney are noted among others at social spots while Lieut. J Bryan and Curtin mags visitors head to naval indoctrination. Mountbatten stays incognito at the Lowell. Politico notes from Hays Office edits, Midway quips, and a Broadview on the Swiss market.
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