RATIONING OF CANNED FRUITS, SOUPS AND VEGETABLES STARTS IN FEBRUARY (12/28/42)

Microfilm-New York Times archives, Monterey Public Library | 12/28/42 | John D. Morris, Ralph Parker, A.C. Sedgwick, George Axelsson

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment: New York Times articles delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime” Or view Homer’s posting history .)
To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by freepmail. Those on the Realtime +/- 70 Years ping list are automatically enrolled. Course description, prerequisites and tuition information is available at the bottom of Homer’s profile. Also visit our general discussion thread.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
Papua, New Guinea, 1942
Attack on Buna Mission, 18-28 Dec. 1942
The Solomons: Guadalcanal and Florida, 1942
Tunisia 1942: The Race for Tunisia-Situation 1 January 1943, and Operations Since 17 November 1942
North Africa, 1941: Pursuit to Tunisia, November 1942-February 1943
Southwest Russia, 1942: Soviet Winter Offensive, Operations, 13 December 1942-18 February 1943
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941: Status of Forces and Allied Theater Boundaries, 2 July 1942
India-Burma, 1942: Allied Lines of Communication, 1942-1943

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Army Needs Heavy (by John D. Morris, first-time contributor) – 2-3
The Rationed Foods – 2
War News Summarized – 3
Trap is Tightened (Parker) – 4-5
Bizerte and Sfax Pounded by Planes (Sedgwick) – 5-6
New Tank Weapon Surprised Rommel – 6-7
New Army Tank that Helped Send Rommel Reeling (photo) – 6
Workers in Reich Called Apathetic (Axelsson) – 7
Tojo Warns Japan of Attack by Allies as ‘Real War’ Begins – 8
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 9-11

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Army Needs Heavy (by John D. Morris, first-time contributor) – 2-3
The Rationed Foods – 2
War News Summarized – 3
Trap is Tightened (Parker) – 4-5
Bizerte and Sfax Pounded by Planes (Sedgwick) – 5-6
New Tank Weapon Surprised Rommel – 6-7
New Army Tank that Helped Send Rommel Reeling (photo) – 6
Workers in Reich Called Apathetic (Axelsson) – 7
Tojo Warns Japan of Attack by Allies as ‘Real War’ Begins – 8
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 9-11

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/dec42/f28dec42.htm

America keeps secrets from Britain
Monday, December 28, 1942 www.onwar.com

In Washington... US President Roosevelt confirms the policy of non cooperation with the British that his advisors have been recommending. He orders than no information be given to British scientists unless it is in a area in which they are directly working. The British are upset at the decision.

In Vichy France... Marshal Petain announces that the Free French have betrayed French North Africa to the British and the Americans.

[GailA]

Your article ties so well with this one on Milk prices spiking. He who controls the guns, food and medical treatment is a dictator.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2972874/posts

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.etherington/frame.htm

December 28th, 1942

UNITED KINGDOM: Frigate HMS Itchen commissioned. (Dave Shirlaw)

FRANCE: During a broadcast Petain describes the Free French leaders as betraying French Africa to the British and Americans.

GERMANY: U-1193, U-1225 laid down.

U-735 commissioned. (Dave Shirlaw)

ALBANIA: Tiranë: 600 Italian soldiers are reported to have been killed by Albanian freedom fighters.

EASTERN FRONT: Rastenburg: Hitler orders Greece and Crete to be fortified and Balkan rebellions to be suppressed firmly. He also approves the withdrawal of Army Group A from the Caucasus.

MEDITERRANEAN SEA: Rescue tug HMS St Issey sunk by U-617 off Benghazi, Libya. (Dave Shirlaw)

NEW GUINEA: The Japanese at Buna are ordered to retreat to Giruwa.

JAPAN: General Sugiyama and Admiral Nagano tell the Japanese Emperor of the intent by IGHQ to order a withdrawal from Guadalcanal.

U.S.A.: President Roosevelt confirms a decision, with the support of his advisors, that no information on Atomic research will be given to the British, unless they are directly involved.

Destroyer USS Carmick commissioned.
Destroyer escort USS Tomich launched.

Escort carrier USS Mission Bay laid down.

(Dave Shirlaw)

ATLANTIC OCEAN: A great battle against Convoy ONS-154 was fought. U-225 damaged SS Empire Lancaster, President Francqui, Ville de Rouen and sank SS Melmore Head; U-260 sank SS Empire Wagtail; U-406 damaged SS Zarian, Lynton Grange and Baron Cochrane; U-591 damaged SS Norse King. (Dave Shirlaw)

[iowamark]

President Roosevelt confirms a decision, with the support of his advisors, that no information on Atomic research will be given to the British, unless they are directly involved.

Stalin's agents, very close to FDR, working to separate the US from Britain.

[Flick Lives]

Office of Price Administration. The socialist’s dream. A government agency accountable to no one charged with regulating the price and rationing of everything (there’s a war on, you know!!). I notice in the list of rationed items “pitted red cherries”. In the list of non-rationed items “fruitcake”. Why? The answer is because they can. These government types love power, and they love arbitrary power even more. There real joy is putting a boot on the neck of the public.

[iowamark]

Re: rationing of fruit, vegetables, and soups. I would definitely be making plans for my garden planting for the spring.

The article about the M-7 tank fighting Rommel is comical. Like all of the early US tanks, it had such light armor that it could never survive long in real combat.

[freefdny]

Actually Kim Philby and the Cambridge 5 were thriving in British Intelligence as Soviet double agents. So this really was a good thing for the USA.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

My Brother-in-law’s parents had their ranch raided by government agents back in WW II.

They killed and canned lots of food for the ranch and the men who worked on it for winter use.

One day someone turned them in for ...”food hoarding” and they were raided. Every bit of food was taken form them.

How did they survive that winter? They had another cellar hidden way out in the hills and it had enough for them to get through the winter.

[Gay State Conservative]

Office of Price Administration. The socialist’s dream. A government agency accountable to no one charged with regulating the price and rationing of everything (there’s a war on, you know!!).

Yes,as a matter of fact,there *was* a war on.Even conservatives should recognize that during a war as desperate as WWII there are some government controls that can be justified that most assuredly cannot be justified at any other time.Even things like food rationing.Do you remember the Battle of the Atlantic? It's purpose was to *starve* Britain into submission...as well as to deny her vital military equipment.

[fso301]

Note the report of the German Tiger I tank on page 7.

[colorado tanker]

The M7 was actually a self-propelled howitzer. It wasn't supposed to go head to head with tanks.

The British loved it and couldn't get enough. It was very good at what it was supposed to do, SP artillery.

[BroJoeK]

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December 28, 1942:

• "Two Jews are shot for mutiny at the Stalowa Wola, Poland, slave-labor camp.

• "Dr. Carl Clauberg begins his sterilization experiments on women prisoners at Auschwitz."

"The December 28, 1942, entry in the Chronicle of the Lódz Ghetto tersely reports: 'Cold again.'
Here, young children and elderly Jews from the ghetto forage for bits of coal.
For the inhabitants of the Lódz (Poland) Ghetto, the fierce and unrelenting chill caused even more deaths than did hunger.
Within the ghetto, hopeful rumors of bread and sausage--even eggs--in honor of the Christmas holidays circulated among the populace, only to be proved untrue."

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[BroJoeK]

Note headline at top-middle of page one:

"Curbs on Rowdyism Adopted by Schools as Problem Grows"

The problems described are not trivial, even by today's low standards, but the solutions seems, well, familiar.

I wonder how well they worked?

[Rebelbase]

“In the list of non-rationed items “fruitcake”. Why?”

Because the majority hate fruitcake?

[Trapped Behind Enemy Lines]

The Tiger tank was the monster on the battlefield. With its 88 mm gun, it could take out opposing tanks up to two miles away. It’s 100 mm frontal armor made it virtually indestructible. Shells fired at its front simply bounced off of it. The US Shermans were pea shooters in comparison.

Problem was the Tiger was highly engineered (like a Mercedes Benz) therefore impossible to mass produce like a Sherman or Soviet T-34. Another problem for the Germans: the Tiger was a huge gas guzzler and the Reich was critically short of fuel. The German Panther too, was another great tank, easily the best tank of WWII. Like the Tiger it was very complex and difficult to mass produce like the American and Soviet tanks.

[CougarGA7]