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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1943
Page
2
Weekly news analysis reports intensified Japanese actions in the Australian theater endangering the Pacific front. It credits UN air and sea mastery with advancing the African campaign toward a climax despite erratic wartime reporting.
In the New Guinea region Allied supply bases at Port Moresby face a major air assault as 100 Japanese aircraft attack with 60 bombers protected by fighters. Allied defense, including heavy anti aircraft fire, results in 37 Japanese planes shot down in two days, raising losses to 78. Australian External Affairs Minister Herbert Evatt urges greater aid to Allied forces as MacArthur and Blamey warn Japan concentrates air power and 20,000 troops north of Australia to seize air superiority.
Reports say minor skirmishes continued around the Valkhov river near Leningrad with Soviet forces claiming to repel German infantry attempts. The Red Army says artillery and machine gun fire targeted German positions before Smolensk as part of a plan to reduce outer defenses while German reports cite ongoing actions along the Docets river west of Kharkov with artillery targeting entrenched Russians. Neither side reported major advances.
In the house Doughton defended a plan from the Ways and Means committee to deduct 20 percent from weekly payrolls while deferring forgiveness of geny taxes for study of a new tax. Despite support from party leaders, opposition remained and Representative Joe Joseph Martin pledged to press Hampton back to the floor for more discussion. Without tax forgiveness the payroll deduction would apply to current taxes as well as remaining 1942 payments.
Allied forces under Dwight Eisenhower prepare final phase of North Africa battle as Rommel’s Afrika Korps, 210000 strong, hold a triangular northeastern Tunisia position. British First Army to the west, French and American units to the southwest, and the Eighth Army to the south press toward a decisive push with nearly a million Allied troops in reserve.
Farmers and farm workers receive exemptions under 2C and 3C classifications. McNutt, War Manpower Commissioner, announces that only essential industry employment, not mere dependency, justifies deferment. Heads of households and those with dependents face callups unless their work is deemed essential to the war effort.
Secretary of State Cordell Hull urged renewal of the Reciprocal Trade Act as Congressmen warned it could lower American living standards. Hull said renewal would promote postwar free commerce and position U S industry to bid for world trade after factories run at capacity. The act, expiring June 12, allows three year tariff-reduction pacts with foreign nations. opponents want shorter terms and smaller pacts.
Highlights from this week note that Gen 12S Aurand of the Sixth Service command ordered changes to elevator protocol reducing special treatment for women, reassigning shifts for officers and men, and removing hats inside elevators. The Senate Judicial Committee backs a constitutional amendment to guarantee equal rights for women nationwide. A false alarm spurs recruitment appeals when a Toronto area radio broadcast claimed Japanese landings in British Columbia.
An advertisement details a top designer inspired smart frock with crisp white vestee, slimming bodice, belt styling and matching bonnet. It lists Pattern No 364 in several sizes with yardage for sleeves and material, plus Pattern No 587 in multiple sizes. Buyers are told to send 20 cents per pattern to Swing Circle Fattern Department, 149 New Montgomery Street, San Francisco, with payment and order instructions.
An odd goat from Tehneasee with unknown origin reportedly faints from surprise events. A band, shout, or sight can trigger a collapse lasting 10 seconds to a minute, after which the animal recovers its normal behavior. The condition suggests hereditary nervous abnormalities.
Collier reports that every sixth American soldier bound for Africa carried a bag of trinkets to give to natives as gifts or small payments. The bags contained rettes candies beads perfumes sugar tea and coffee to project an image of soldiers as generous friends rather than looters.
A wartime gloss explains RAF jargon such as browned off for bored put up a black for wrong and fl ape for busy, with US borrowings like plinking a woo. Other phrases name roles like Gen for insider info quack for doctor and shaky for a dangerous target, reflecting flight crew slang and humor.
A comic anecdote recalls a commercial traveler staying in a country inn. The next morning the landlord asks about the cornet in the adjacent room. The guest reveals he tiredly played on, believing applause from the next room had spurred encore after encore.
Beautiful flowered materials offer panel style slip covers with centered motifs for chairs. Cut strips to widest measurements plus seams and seat tuck allowances, then baste and pin wells and seams from the wrong side. A new home book by Mrs Spears contains thrifty home tips. request Book No 8 by sending 15 cents to Mrs Ruth Wyeto Spears in Dedford, New York.
The text discusses storing foods in moisture vaporproof containers and securing window screens to prevent accidents. It also advises changing diapers regularly to prevent rash and mentions careful rug cleaning and carpet maintenance with a vacuum to keep floors in good condition.
The text claims Egus Protective Food Biggas provide protein fat minerals and vitamins as protective food against vitamin short meals, asserting their protective role in nutrition. It presents a promotional tone focused on health benefits and dietary defense.
Prone Grapevine identifies February and March as prime pruning months for erapetines after cold spells. A note on early Christian era white lead production references vinegar as corroding agent. Exclusive Gum Tree cave near St Petersburgh Florida hosts unique white crayfish species not found elsewhere.
Earthquakes in od were recorded as early 28 285.5 C when more than 600 square miles shifted position and caused notable ground movement.
A note on Frankfort, one of Germany’s oldest cities, with origins dating back over 1,200 years. The piece calls the city a historic center and marks its long-standing significance in the region.
A quirky collage of humorous quips and vignettes from a bygone page. Jabs about school, work, love, bread, and army life mix with comic voices of a teacher, a weary bookkeeper, and a proud milkman calling from camp.
Andrew Swury, 74, of Defiance Ohio, designs a wooden clock entirely carved from wood with every component made from wood. The text notes the use of dead tea valuable salts and mentions an exploitation of these minerals has begun as part of a broader commerce.
A local study reports that 40 percent of examined motor vehicles in Ingre City exceed a noise threshold of nine decibels above base level. Researchers note sample limitations and call for broader testing and standardization of sound measurements.
A 1942 civilian use update states 20 percent of the atomic pack was released for civilian use, bringing civilians to 40 percent overall while the army remains at 0 percent. The process involved soaking labels with hot water and attempting to scrape them off with sharp instruments.
Average weekly earnings in manufacturing climbed from 2452 dollars in August 1838 to 3054 dollars in August 1942. The war effort tightens metal supply as producers halt castle and metal picture frame output, affecting artists. Peanuts require limestone in Teot Cove region where peanuts are grown.
John James Audubon conducted his first bird banding trial with American wild birds in April 1804, marking an early step in systematic bird study.
The fragment notes liquor gains funding dry era revenues before 1919 prohibition and mentions a person’s tire vulcanization payment to the government. It also references Valle Grande as the world’s largest extinct volcanic crater near Santa Fe and hints at garden yield costs and produce increases.
A fragmented note references Apples dried toasted and grand as a coffee substitute and mentions trains lit in 1857. It also contains an oblique reference to an electrically lighted rain phrase and a US context with a misspelled year 1587.
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