CANDIDLY SPEAKING —
Somehow it just doesn’t seem funny
By Maxine Garrison
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1,000 join Marine unit
New Orleans, Louisiana –
A Louisiana battalion of new recruits will be sworn into the U.S. Marines here tomorrow. The 1,000 men, recruited since Sept. 6 by the American Legion, will fight as a unit.
The Pittsburgh Press (September 26, 1942)
Farm leaders stick to guns on food costs
Epic Senate fight grows hotter; George offers new compromise
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Allied second front is urged by Willkie
Moscow, USSR (UP) –
Wendell L. Willkie said today that he was “convinced we can best help our heroic Russian allies by establishing a second front” and added that “next summer may be too late.” Mr. Willkie made this statement as he prepared to conclude his visit here.
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Attacking U.S. transports near Guadalcanal Island in the Solomons, Japanese bombers skim the water amid intense anti-aircraft fire from the American ships.
Work-or-fight bill to draft labor offered
All men between 18 and 65 would become eligible for war jobs
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Aussies drive Japanese back in New Guinea
Allies use new artillery near Moresby; fliers pound enemy
By Don Caswell, United Press staff writer
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Another Lexington launched for Navy
Quincy, Massachusetts (UP) –
The USS Lexington, the second aircraft carrier to be launched by the Navy since the bombing of Pearl Harbor, slid down the ways of the Fore River Shipbuilding Co. here today.
It was the fifth American naval vessel bearing the name of Lexington and the second carrier. The first carrier Lexington sank from internal explosions while limping back to port after sustaining damage in the Coral Sea battle.
Rear Adm. Frederick C. Sherman, commander of the first Lexington, delivered the principal address.
U.S. bombers attack Indochina airdrome
USAAF HQ, China (UP) –
American bombers escorted by fighters attacked Gia Lam Airdrome in Hanoi, Indochina, yesterday, shooting down two and probably three Japanese planes which attempted to intercept them, a communiqué announced today.
The raid was accomplished without loss to the U.S. forces. Results of the bombing, however, were unobserved.
On Tuesday, the communiqué announced, a task force of American fighter planes attacked Japanese truck columns totaling 30 vehicles on the Lungling-Teng Yueh Road in southwest Yunnan Province. Between 12 and 20 trucks were destroyed.