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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1942
Page
1
British forces attack Rommel positions as heavy guns and air power dominate the action. The government reports farm income for 1943 reaches 101 billion, while calls grow for Baruch to study war manpower.
Navy Secretary Frank Knox said top fleet units had retired from Guadalcanal as the first phase of the battle ended. The navy announced the loss of destroyer Porter and carrier Wasp, with four carriers destroyed in the war. U. S. forces damaged two aircraft carriers, two battleships and three cruisers. Over 100 enemy planes were destroyed. American ground forces held positions on Guadalcanal while land based planes attacked Japs in Buin Faisi harbor and Rabaul. Forty Japanese ships were hit in ten days, diverting Japanese effort from the Solomons and their supply lines to Australia.
Allied forces press the Alamein line as a British Eighth Army drive uses heavy artillery and air support to loosen Axis positions. Rommel’s troops counterattack while American fliers boost the assault, tapping thousands of Axis troops in a western pocket near the Mediterranean. The campaign risks drawing German resources from Russia to meet the desert threat.
The Agriculture Department forecasts 1943 net farm income at about 10.5 billion dollars, with 1942 at 9.8 billion including government payments. Production rose about 12 percent from 1941, and 40 percent from 1918, while corn may top the 1920 record on 12 percent less acreage. Military and lend-lease purchases for 1943 are expected to rise 50 percent, absorbing one-fifth of current output. civilian demand should grow slowly with farm prices about 6 percent higher than 1942 averages under price controls.
President Roosevelt says nation wide registration of women for war industry work is under consideration but no manpower solution is decided. He warns against assuming a labor draft for women and notes legislation would be needed before any order. With about 6 million men in uniform, industries will need four to five million more workers. The Chamber of Commerce backs studying manpower and asks the Baruch committee to shift to this issue.
Highlights from this week include the Office of Price Administration backing a plan for grocers to punch holes in vacuum packed coffee can tops to prevent hoarding. Also reported are deportations of 26 Germans and 5 Italians from Nicaragua to the United States amid Nazi and Fascist activity allegations. Lieut Robert H Gill becomes first to drive a jeep over the Alaska highway, a 1450 mile route from Edmonton to White Horse in five days. Malta enjoys its first daylight free of air alerts in months.
A wartime summary notes the German push in the Caucasus while Soviet forces claim counterattacks and heavy losses for the Nazis. It also reports on idle dollars, stating that despite war-financing needs, hoarding is not widespread and that currency in circulation tracks wage growth.
President Roosevelt reportedly studies an urgent plan to appoint an overall food administrator to stabilize the national food situation. Donald M. Nelson favors the move with Wickard's approval but no specific candidate is named. Mentioned contenders include Milo Perkins and Lee Marshall. Perkins previously led the surplus commodity food stamp plan.
Foreign Minister T. V. Soong told the People’s Political Council in Chungking that China must secure five to ten billion dollars in foreign credits for postwar reconstruction. He warned that India’s independence and China’s future are linked, and outlined Allied expectations to defeat Germany and Japan. Japan would evacuate Manchuria Korea and the Liukiu Islands, which would become sovereign states.
An analysis of Brazil rubber output, the BEW, and Jones friction yields a dire forecast with about 4000 tons produced versus 50000 expected. Jungle hardship, ship losses, and scarce tin cups cripple production while men starve and towns withhold workers. Also covers Nazi torture in the Netherlands, Doxey's railroad, and Rommel’s tank allotment as wartime chatter.
Andrew J. Higgins and his New Orleans shipyards reappear in headlines as he reveals a contract to build 1,200 Army cargo planes in the same yards where the canceled 200 freighter project was to be located last July. The change follows previous government withdrawal from the freighter deal.
A roundup of FBI size and activity, including 13 000 personnel with 4600 agents, 60 million fingerprint sets, and 125 000 new prints daily, plus a tour of the Hoover era exhibit. Anecdotes cover Dorothy Lamour, a saboteur case, and a political climate in Congress surrounding draft and civil tensions.
American General Grant tanks patrol Ulster as troops tour Downpatrick and Belfast. Reynolds notes tanks on estate roads, Ulster belligerence, hospitality, and the war’s impact on landowners, food, and comfort for Allied forces in Ireland.
A playful three ring circus of stuffed toy animals Oswald Marty and Emeline. Oswald stands about 15 inches Marty 17 inches and Emeline 13 inches with 70496 outlines. Pattern includes clothes for Marty and transfer offers to sew a fun menagerie for young and old seamstresses.
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