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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1942
Page
2
Weekly news analysis notes government plans to ration gasoline nationwide and impose a 35 mile per hour speed limit. It also mentions double-time pay bans for the duration. British actions include renewed Madagascar occupation signals amid wartime upheaval.
President Roosevelt endorses a committee report on rubber conservation including nationwide gasoline rationing a 31 mile per hour speed limit for cars and trucks and a 6000 mile annual average per vehicle with mandatory periodic tire inspections and tire conservation measures to limit civilian driving amid dwindling rubber supplies.
Communique reveals Britain and the United States approve further infantry operations in Madagascar to stop refueling of Japanese submarines and Nazi espionage in Vichy areas. The joint action aims to secure the island and aid the war effort against Axis powers.
President Roosevelt signed a war time pay order mandating double time for night shifts and certain holiday work. Officials from the American Federation of Labor and CIO affiliates, including William Green and Walter Reuther, participated in the brief, with the UAW ceasing opposition as the measure passed near deadline. The rule aimed to quell conflicts among rival unions while ensuring compensation parity for workers in war production.
Moscow dispatches report German air supremacy over besieged Stalingrad and advancing forces under Marshal von Bock. Soviet defense slows but losses mount as suburbs near Novorossiysk remain in question.
The article notes that over 4,000,000 Army and Navy personnel gained the right to vote in upcoming elections and future ones through wartime absentee ballots. The House approved legislation expanding voting to service members, a historic precedent during war, affecting Army and Navy personnel including nurses and women’s reserve corps.
The report describes a critical Allied stand near Port Moresby as Japanese forces push toward the Australian mainland. It notes Allied defenses in the Owen Stanley range and a stubborn resistance intended to halt the enemy's progress, with strategic implications for the Pacific theater.
London reports Sir James Grigg secretary of state for war told Parliament that 17,190 British war prisoners were held by the Axis. He noted that figure excludes prisoners taken in Malaya and most Far Eastern theaters whose total was not yet determined.
Luxembourgers mounted a general strike against German occupation after the regime threatened workers with death. The move began at Senit Ningen and spread to other towns, halting rail sabotage and prompting emergency measures by German authorities. The exiled Luxembourg ministry in London reported these events in a tense occupation context.
The Office of Defense Transportation announced a November 1942 plan to bring trucks buses and taxi fleets under wartime control. About 000,000 commercial trucks 180,000 buses and 4,010 cabs would require a certificate of war necessity with periodic fuel and maintenance checks.
Edouard Herriot and Jules Jeanneney, leaders of the last Third Republic parliament, condemn the Vichy regime in an unprecedented letter. They warn Marshal Petain and Pierre Laval that compulsion toward war against the Allies may ensue despite France’s defeat and the armistice.
Secretary Robert Patterson announces U S tank output has reached an impressive level and asserts U S medium tanks, the M3 or M4, surpass the best German tanks in speed firepower and protection. He cites combat reports in Egypt to support the claim and also says Curtiss P 40 aircraft outperform Japanese Zerg planes.
The Wakefield, a burned naval transport formerly the diner Manhattan of the US merchant fleet, was landed at an Alisotic coast port. More than 160 passengers and crew were evacuated with no loss of life.
Readers urged to sacrifice comforts for victory as war demands deep commitment. References to Captain Colin Kelly and Marines on Pacific beaches frame a call to extend effort beyond ankle-deep support.
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