New York –
Col. Elmer G. Lindroth, senior aide-de-camp of Lt. Gen. Hugh A. Drum, died Wednesday night at the Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, after a long illness. The funeral and burial will be at Rockford, Illinois, Saturday.
Los Angeles, California –
Presence of an “unidentified target,” later identified as friendly, caused a 62-minute radio silence in the Los Angeles-San Diego area today.
Ways homeowner can save fuel and money this winter
By Dr. Morton Mott-Smith, Science Service staff writer
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‘Four-day’ maneuvers take 29 hours with only 8 breakdowns
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Wickard says farmers are winning production battle over Axis
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Solomon Islands – (Aug. 8, delayed)
The five-man crew of a Japanese torpedo plane shot down today in a big air attack on U.S. warships in the Guadalcanal Channel preferred death to rescue by an American destroyer.
As the destroyer approached the crew, clinging to their plane in the water, one Jap brandished a pistol and fired several shots at the ship. Then he shot his four comrades and himself.
Völkischer Beobachter (September 12, 1942)
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The Pittsburgh Press (September 12, 1942)
Specific regulations will be sought on wages, farm products
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Dispatches from enemy countries are based on broadcasts from controlled radio stations and often contain false information broadcast for propaganda purposes. Bear this in mind in reading the following dispatch.
Berlin, Germany – (German broadcast recorded at New York)
The German radio today said that Japanese submarines “in the Tasman Sea” have sunk two American transports which were said to be carrying 4,000 troops. The Tasman Sea is between Australia and New Zealand.
The German broadcast asserted that an American battleship of the Tennessee class and a heavy cruiser were damaged by Jap dive bombers.
The broadcast did not specify where this action was supposed to have occurred.
The report said large fires and explosions were observed on the warships and that Jap reconnaissance planes saw the battleship listing heavily and proceeding at a greatly reduced speed.
There were two battleships in the California class, the Tennessee and the California. They have a displacement of 82,300 and 82,600 tons, respectively. Completed in 1919, they mount 12 14-inch guns and carry a normal complement of 1,480 officers and men.