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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1942
Page
1
Diplomats and newspaper men share inside stories of Axis unrest. Armored AEF arrives in Ireland amid wartime vigilance. WPB cancels war plant construction reflecting shifting priorities and resource pressures.
An editor's note states that opinions in these columns reflect the news analyst's views and not the newspaper's, with the note released by Western Newspaper Service. It emphasizes the distinction between staff opinion and the publication's official stance.
Diplomatic reporters recount life of Axis internees in Lisbon after five months in Germany and Italy. Exchange of United States and Axis internees. Germany plans a spring drive with 300 divisions, 210 on the Russian front. Observers foresee war fortunes turning against the Nazis if the summer push fails. Mussolini and Italy face unpopularity. King Victor Emmanuel’s standing erodes. Army loyalty remains key to any potential revolution.
War plants facing mid 1943 production goals face cancellation for unfinished facilities due to raw material shortages. Focus shifts to arms and munitions. new steel plants cut. WPB aims 60 000 planes 45 000 tanks and eight million tons of shipping in 1942 with 1943 plan pending. Domestic airlines placed on wartime footing under Roosevelt.
Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, with army and navy approval, orders a broad new dim-out program in New York. For the first time floodlighting at railroad yards plants docks and terminals will be screened affecting the city’s millions and potentially causing shipping delays and disruptions.
Shiploads of U S soldiers fully equipped for mechanical warfare reach Northern Ireland to bolster the garrison. British observers note the influx enables offensive planning on a continental scale. The War Department confirms a substantially larger, tank-equipped contingent arriving. Debarkation is swift and bases are already prepared.
Moscow reports say Kharkov saw the heaviest Soviet artillery and infantry pressure as German defenses collapsed under a new Russian offensive. In Kerch the battle continued with street fighting as defenders held at the eastern Crimea tip. A wage rise of eight cents an hour for major shipyards follows a 21 day Chicago conference, affecting 500000 workers and funded by war bonds.
Actress Katherine Hepburn reportedly smashed a news photographer's camera in Pittsburgh after he took her photo without permission. A Stockholm dispatch stated Reinhard Heydrich was appointed Gestapo commissar general over all German occupied territories.
Pierre Laval branded six U S demands on Martinique, Guadeloupe, and French Guiana a grave blow to French sovereignty. The State Department wanted to immobilize warships and check Nazi activity, but Laval refused any relinquishment of rights, prompting Washington to shift toward local officials on the island.
Eastern motorists question whether they qualify as essential drivers to buy more than three gallons weekly under rationing. Oregon and Washington will receive 60 percent fuel deliveries starting June. Ickes says no nationwide curtailment soon. East coast grumbling prompts OPA assurance for workers who drive to work. Congressmen and agency staff using private cars get unlimited gasoline.
Selective Service Director Hershey unveiled a post June 15 policy to expedite inductions. Men will be inducted after medicals, placed in the Enlisted Reserve Corps, and given 14 days to settle affairs before active duty. Government covering transport and meals from induction to board and reception centers. Hershey predicted up to 10,000,000 U.S. men may be under arms by late 1943 or early 1944.
Churchill addressed 26,100 Yorkshiremen declaring victory near and promising Britain will play rough in retaliation for torture. He warned Britain would strike German military objectives with poison gas if Germany uses the weapon against Russia.
A Washington call to review shipbuilding and maritime practices emerges as ships sink near the coast. Debates focus on port efficiency, pipeline use, and labor cooperation, with officials weighing industrial shifts and the role of the Maritime Commission amid ongoing wartime losses.
The piece notes the new army jeeps with amphibian capability and sea capability. Commissioner Elizalde of the Philippine Commonwealth discusses why Filipinos fight with vigor, saying they have something to fight for. A parson parachutist chaplain, Raymond Hall, is tied to Benning, Georgia. The U.S. Office of Education releases Job Training for Victory chart outlining federal programs to train workers for war industries, government agencies, and the armed services.
Ex-Washington reporter turned private Maton Reed discusses new military machines and the American army’s stride. Henry Wallace dictating his New York speech on fighting to finish and lasting world peace draws strong reception. Attorney General Biddle marshals dossiers to root out enemy agents as Hoover teams up for potential prosecutions. Farmers prosper with rising mortgage payments while the Marines ease recruitment of star athletes due to medical issues.
A sweeping column argues Nazi reliance on fifth column tactics if the Russian campaign falters, asserting Hitler will be deposed and replaced by a German general. It criticizes appeasers, warns American business, and praises U S leaders MacArthur Stilwell O'Hare Wireless and Bulkeley while noting wartime skepticism of propaganda and political editors.
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