On the home front –
Draftee can lose his car bought after Oct. 17, 1940
Army rules autos purchased after that date and still unpaid for will not be protected by law if owner is called to service
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Reading Eagle (March 31, 1942)
Jap bases off Australia set afire; foe loses 30 warships during war
Allies wreck 200 aircraft, survey shows
60 transports knocked out; airdrome blasted in raids on enemy in New Guinea
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FDR pledges AEF all aid in letter
Copies distributed to members of armed forces on fronts
Fight for freedom
Enemies never more tyrannical, brutal, President writes
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Nazi sub attacks expected to rise
May intensify operations as weather improves
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75 aliens nabbed in Allentown raids
Shortwave radios and cameras are seized
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Enemy bombs U.S. hospital on Bataan
Number of casualties, War Office reports; site plainly marked
Japs pound forts
Corregidor and other Manila Bay bastions suffer little damage
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Oil official upholds firm
Standard head declares company did not block synthetic rubber plan
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Japs heading to oil fields of Burma
Traitorous natives aid in advance to within 10 miles of Prome
British fight on
Air support inadequate; Chinese believed to have quit Taungoo
By the Associated Press
40-hour week law will be defended
Administration to fight against its suspension
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Service pay bill passes
Senate okays measure to grant privates $42 a month
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Spy hangs self at Atlanta jail
Schroetter slashed wrists before using bedsheet
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Reading Eagle (April 1, 1942)
Federal registrants face induction in May
Selective Service headquarters says men will be classified immediately and some will be called soon into service
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FDR presides over council mapping war
MacArthur’s recall to confer demanded by Senator Reynolds
View not backed
Austin thinks general should stay at front during Pacific conflict
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Argentina denied arms
American war supplies withheld until nation shows cooperation
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India delays explanation
Unfavorable reaction in U.S. seen deferring formal pact rejection
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MacArthur lands labor
Confident workers will spur Allies to victory; appreciates pledges
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