Envoy leaves for U.S.
Ankara, Turkey –
U.S. Ambassador Laurence Steinhardt left Ankara by train last night on the first leg of a trip to the United States to report to President Roosevelt.
The Pittsburgh Press (September 27, 1942)
‘Before it’s too late’ –
Willkie asks second front to aid Russia
Strike before summer, he says, citing 5 million Soviet casualties
By M. S. Handler, United Press staff writer
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ODT director acts –
35 mph limit will become ‘law’ on Oct. 1
Gas rationing due about Nov. 22; U.S. to inspect tires
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Adult bicycle quota set by OPA at 88,000
Washington (UP) –
The Office of Price Administration tonight set at 88,000 the quota of new adult bicycles available for rationing next month, 2,000 less than the September allocation.
Reserves “held for supplying any demand that many develop in excess of the assigned quota in any locality” were set at 26,400 for October, compared with 30,000 this month. Reserve figures are not included in rationing quotas.
‘First Kaiser special’ leaves for West Coast
Hoboken, New Jersey (UP) –
The first train bearing workers for the Henry J. Kaiser ship-plane enterprises on the Pacific Coast left today with 600 men aboard. The train was composed of 15 cars, including 11 day-coaches, three diners and a baggage car.
The men, first of 20,000 to be hired in the East, will be aboard four days and four nights, taking out the backs of the seats to make bunks.
Flying Fortresses hailed as ‘upsetting’
Washington (UP) –
The War Department tonight called attention to a British aviation critic’s assertion that the “remarkable” success of the American Flying Fortress bombers in Europe:
…is likely to lead to a drastic resorting of basic ideas on air warfare which have stood firm since the infantry of flying.
In an article in The London Daily Mail, Colin Bednall pointed out that the big four-engined bombers have set a record in Europe by carrying out considerably more than 100 offensive sorties in daylight without loss of a single plane.
In the course of those operations, Mr. Bednall emphasized, the bombers destroyed or badly damaged at least 11 Focke-Wulf 190s – the cream of the Nazi Air Force.
He wrote:
Just how well it has established itself within the short space of a fortnight is now the subject of close study by startled experts on both sides of the Channel.
Building of 488 ‘Victory Fleet’ vessels hailed
President praises efforts of industry and men who sail ships
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