America at war! (1941– ) (Part 1)

707 flu cases reported

Washington –
The U.S. Public Health Service said today that 707 cases of influenza were reported throughout the nation during the week ended Sept. 19 as compared with 728 cases in the corresponding week of 1941.

Fliers destroy Jap transport

Two other ships hit in attack on Rabaul

Reviewers rap British version

Book distorts account of Boston massacre

Here is what OWI terms ‘unnecessary information’

239 bureaucratic publicity ‘gems’ choked by Davis prove generally useful as insomnia cures

Traitor’s wife sent to detention prison

Editorial: Soapbox strategists

Editorial: Mr. Stimson says no

It is a shame that the Army Emergency Relief Fund must lose the half-million dollars it might have netted from the fight between Sgt. Joe Louis and Cpl. Billy Conn. But Secretary Stimson did the right thing in calling off the match.

Buck-passing makes it difficult to put the finger on the person or persons who thought up and approved the peculiar financial arrangements that shocked Mr. Stimson – arrangements whereby the two soldier-pugilists would have been cut in on enough of the take to pay off certain creditors to the tune of $135,451. The Army is not a collection agency for fight promoters and managers.

Suffice it to say that the situation was muddled to the point where the only proper thing to do was what Mr. Stimson did – cut bait and abandon the whole population.

Senator will ask profit limit of 5%

Allies force enemy to abandon advanced posts in New Guinea mountains

By Don Caswell, United Press staff writer

Stilwell reports –
U.S. bombers blast airfield in Indochina

Jap tank column also wrecked by American plane attack

Careful planning is urged in post-war demobilization

Servicemen, war workers can’t be thrown into idleness, resources board warns

OPA advances fuel oil date

Urges consumers to store 275 gallons by Oct. 1

Völkischer Beobachter (September 28, 1942)

Im Auftrage „Väterchen“ Stalins –
Willkie ruft nach der zweiten Front

dnb. Stockholm, 27. September –
Nach einer Reuter-Meldung aus Moskau hat Wendell Willkie, der sich bekanntlich zur Zeit in Moskau aufhält, fiir die ausländische Presse eine Erklärung abgegeben, die mit seltener. Deutlichkeit die Gegensätze unter den einzelnen „Alliierten“ aufzeigt.

Willkie erklärte:

Ich bin jetzt davon überzeugt, daß wir von größtem Nutzen sein könnten, wenn wir, das heißt die USA. zusammen mit Großbritannien‚ so früh wie möglich die wirkliche zweite Front in Europa errichten‚ vorausgesetzt‚ daß unsere militärischen Führer diese Entscheidung billigen.

Willkie gibt damit zu, daß Engländer und Amerikaner mit Rücksicht auf die bisherigen schlechten Erfahrungen bei Dieppe und Tobruk keine Lust verspüren, sich sofort wieder in ein neues Unternehmen dieser Art zu stürzen. Aber die Sowjets verlangen mit Rücksicht auf ihre militärische Lage dringend sofort Hilfe durch die zweite Front, und Willkie macht sich jetzt zum Fürsprecher Stalins, mit dem er sich lange Zeit unterhalten hatte.

Dabei entschlüpften ihm noch weitere bemerkenswerte Eingeständnisse über die ernste Lage der Bolschewisten, die man bisher wohlweislich zu verschweigen suchte. Willkie behauptete, die Sowjets hätten bisher 5 Millionen an Toten und Vermißten gehabt, wobei hinzuzufügen ist, daß Stalin in dieser Beziehung zweifellos nur einen Prozentsatz der wirklichen Verluste Willkie gegenüber zugegeben hat.

Ferner erklärte Willkie, wobei er offen das bisher sorgsam behütete Geheimnis über die tatsächliche Lage, wie sie ihm Stalin schilderte, lüftete:

In diesem Winter werden in der Sowjetunion die Lebensmittel rar, und vielleicht noch schlimmer als rar sein. In Millionen sowjetischen Wohnungen wird man in diesem Winter wenig Heizmaterial kennen. Mit Ausnahme für die Armee und für Arbeiter, die in kriegswichtigen Betrieben arbeiten, sind fast keine Kleidungsstücke vorhanden, viele unbedingt notwendige medizinische Vorräte existieren einfach nicht.

U.S. Navy Department (September 28, 1942)

Communiqué No. 134

South Pacific.
U.S. Marines on Guadalcanal and Florida Islands in the Solomon Archipelago are continuing active patrol operations against Japanese ground forces. Navy and Marine Corps dive bombers have supported our ground forces in both search and attack. Several small enemy detachments have been engaged and destroyed and our positions have been expanded somewhat.

During the period September 25 to September 28, inclusive, Army, Navy and Marine Corps flyers destroyed 42 enemy aircraft and damaged 3 others without combat loss of any U. S. planes.

On September 25, heavy Army bombers attacked Rekata Bay, Tonolei Harbor, and Japanese ships southeast of Buka Passage. At Rekata Bay an enemy seaplane was damaged on the water and several small-gun emplacements were strafed. At Tonolei Harbor one bomb hit was scored on an enemy cruiser and three seaplanes were shot down. A Japanese seaplane tender was damaged by one bomb hit in the action southeast of Buka Passage.

On September 26, heavy Army bombers in force attacked enemy ships near Shortland Island. One cruiser was hit and left burning and a large transport (or cargo ship) was heavily bombed and also set afire. This ship probably sank. Six enemy seaplanes were shot down and a seventh was damaged.

On September 27, 18 enemy bombers escorted by 13 fighters attacked our positions at Guadalcanal. Intercepting Navy and Marine Corps fighters shot down 4 bombers and 5 fighters.

On September 28, 25 enemy bombers escorted by 18 “Zero” fighters attacked our Guadalcanal installations. Navy and Marine Corps fighters again intercepted and forced the attacking bombers to jettison their bombs into the sea. Twenty-three enemy bombers and 1 fighter were destroyed.

The Pittsburgh Press (September 28, 1942)

2-year term, fine ordered for speeders

35-mile limit will take effect on Thursday all over U.S.

Farm bloc’s compromise turned down

Administration supporters see offer as indicating parity boost defeat

MacArthur’s fliers blast big Jap ship

Cargo vessel believed sunk as planes pound enemy bases
By Don Caswell, United Press staff writer

Enemy broadcast –
U.S. troopships sunk, Nazis say

U-boats blast convoy to Britain, Berlin claims

U.S. launches destroyer

Orange, Texas –
The U.S. destroyer William D. Porter was launched here yesterday along with three smaller warships at the Consolidated Steel Corp. shipyards.

Major changes in civilian life are predicted

Pinch of all-out war on U.S. home front is just startling