Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS nazi forces pay huge manpower I 1 toll 1 oll in effort to maintain unbroken line OPA calls for new fuel oil reduction american bombers blast balkan cities I 1 notel whon when opinions eoln lon are r corpt mood in these hr columns solum lumn ns they th are T these the I 1 IlVes ilvesta tn napper Nw 0 r union n ceiri wa alas nl rt a and nt not fill tt et this thin nt Ite load leased by western newspaper union K y 4 1 5 X 1 I 1 14 ta au t I 1 za exl 17 en route to some unnamed destination these five high ranking matine marine are arc planning strategy aboard a transport left to right or are mal maj gen alexander A col gerald 0 thomas col randolph 51 morale crate col frank p V goettge and col W 0 james colonel geottge la Is reported missing in the Soloi solomons RUSSIAN FRONT nazi plazi toll mounts even as wendell L willkie called for or a second front to aid the russians soviet troops were battling defiantly tor for every toot foot of ground on the volga river front russian gains were reported oln boffl dally on the long front extending from the moscow leningrad sector to the deep caucasus soviet troops occupied several heights and villages southeast of ger man held dlack black sea base killing about 1200 germans in one day in the stalingrad Stal ingrad area more than nazis had been reported killed in one days fighting the major battle had appeared to be in tho the northwest of the city in one see sector the germans launched eight attacks against soviet positions in 24 hours in an effort to check the threat to their left lank flank the heavy infantry attacks were supported by 40 tanks four attacks were reported repulsed silence concerning the othor other tour four indicated that progress had been made by the nazis tho the soviet acknowledged a withdrawal in the area where it was announced that numerically superior forces had captured a village between moscow and leningrad soviet troops continued to mop up german forces which had penetrated into the russion russian defenses in a broadcast the german high command announced that in the northwestern part of the caucasus and on the terek river the enemy was ejected from deep positions notwithstanding tenacious resistance GAS RATIONING for entire nation rubber administrator william M jeffers order for the rationing of gasoline on a nationwide nation wide basis came as no great surprise to americas motorists forewarned by the report of the baruch committee the rationing system expected to take effect in november will be patterned after the permanent program which went into effect in the eastern states july 22 the system permits a basic ration of gallons a yer enough for 2880 miles of travel on tho the basis of 15 miles allea per gallon it is an average of gallons a week nonessential non essential motorists receive A books permitting them to purchase 32 gallons of gasoline over a three month period about 68 per cent of the car owners in the eastern states have A cards A B book permits its user a maximum of miles a month those eligible for such a book are persons with essen bial occupations the C books nie are for individuals engaged in war or civilian defense activities they allow gallons a month and holders may receive as many as they actually need in his first statement since his appointment as rubber czar jeffers called upon the nations motorists to be volunteers in trying to keep our Peco economic life from breaking down lie he asked for a maximum speed limit of 35 miles an abour nour but told drivers they were to be their own policemen ile he urged that every citizen ration his own driving and reduce his own speed immediately dia dla tely without waiting for actual rationing BALKANS BLASTED by U S bombers four axis satellites in tho the balkans croatia hungary rumania and bulgaria are feeling the strength of the american air arm as long range B 24 four motored bombers deposit their loads oj oi o i j the capital cities of those nations allied bases tor for the attacks have not been named nor has the nationality of the flight crews been revealed but observers assume that american airmen are working with russian and british fliers WILLKIE Is the time before he left russia for his con ference in china with generalissimo chiang kai Kal shek wendell will kle took time out to tell the american people that in his opinion the time for opening a second front was not next spring but right now ile he said that nazi pressure on the resources of soviet russia was terrific and that relief was badly needed he urged a very definite step up tip in the amount of aid being delivered to the Hus russians and pointed out that almost a third of their population had been subjected to german rule after this sta statement was issued premier joseph stalin held his farewell banquet for Wil wilcide lide president Roosevel ts emissary on his round the world checkup check up of the war fronts this event was described as being most cordial though stalin was joking and teasing him throughout the affair will kle said later that the russian premier demonstrated his clear logical mind and a vital subject which cannot be disclosed was mentioned often throughout the evening macarthurs Mac ARTHURS MEN drive on japs the first jap withdrawal from some outposts in the owen stanley mountain range above port moresby now new guinea was announced in a from general macar thurs headquarters in australia strong allied patrols aided by light artillery forced the jap withdrawal which come came concurrently with the start of heavy rains the said macarthur macarthurs Mac Arthurs ground forces made gains in counter attacks southwest of Sala maua maust on the left flank of the owen oven stanley line ground successes were teamed with new aerial assaults on enemy posts and island bases across a thousand mile area in the southwestern pacific allied dive bombing attacks on vital japanese supply routes met with considerable success the jap hokoda buna supply line on the northern slope of the 0 owen wen stanley mountains was blasted while other planes raided dill capital of the enemy held portuguese timor and abbasi allied bombers also struck at jap positions in the solomons FUEL OIL RATIONS cut to two tivo thirds oil heated homes in 30 eastern and middle western states will have to get along with two thirds of their normal fuel supply under a new ruling by the office of price administration the coupon rationing plan said paul at oleary OPA deputy administrator Is going to be geared to an estimated overall average of 33 per cent of normal consumption we found that the 25 per cent cut originally planned would not be sufficient suM clent to provide an adequate margin of safety and still meet the fuel shortage oleary warned that householders who cannot heat their homes comfortably fort ably on two thirds of the fu elnor mally used should convert to coal if possible if furnaces cannot be converted from oil to other fuels he said aid then everything that is fi I 1 po possible ss ibl must be done to improve the burner efficiency effi clency and to insulate the home properly ile he pointed out that the householder who improved the thermal efficiency fici ency of his home through tion and by installing storm doors and windows weather stripping and by overhauling his heating unit would be rewarded by added comfort the OPA warned consumers to fill i their tanks before rationing begins FIGHTING FRENCH A nod no front from moscow soviet russia become became the first firstos ol 01 the united nations to recognize the fighting french movement a s the only body entitled to or anize ars participation yrs of french citizens in the war when it was from M moscow that ge gen Cs charles de e had been accepted as tho the boio representative of this group thus the vichy government ot of pierre layal laval and marshal henri pe maln r receded e c ei ve d its it s clr s t 0 fl act a t dip somatic s slap 1 p in i n the t ho face f t kc 0 it I 1 t haa ad been almost a year to the week be DO fore or do De derulle aulle received the re lecog bogni son tion he had been seeking from the e united nations for late in sep bember last year he organized nl zed the fighting french as apo a political ad ministration as well as a 0 elgh ting force orce and through frequent appeals has sought to replace the V vichy achy ichy gov eminent as th the e official agent of tho the french people this recognition by the soviet vl came just two days after a F fighting french ofir unit arrived in russia to fight on the eastern front against the germans gns agns known as the normandy squadron this unit Is being made a part of the soviet oviet S air force WAR production progress report right now according to chairman donald nelson a 0 m abely 40 per cent of our entire production Is going for war by the middle of next year that proportion has got to be around 60 per cent vice chairman knowlson knowl son is sued a statement about the same time in which he indicated that present war production Is 34 3 times ti mes that of ten months ago said he were beginning to ree rec the truth of the situation to know weve been behind tile the eight ball an estimate from the commerce department revealed that the total output of machine tools during the calendar year 1942 1042 would bo be about units or almost double last years production these would have a value of another report this one by the maritime commission showed that in the past 12 month period ships aggregating about deadweight tons had been com ed and delivered of this total were liberty ships this report made to the president by chairman land of the commission declared that scheduled deliveries for the remaining months of 1042 1942 should bring us to the 6 ton goal of your directive AIR OFFENSIVE Rene renewed ived in china after a lull of almost a month the american air force in abina china re dewed activity against the japanese with an attack on troop columns in southwest cunnan Y annan province and a foray against hanoi in french indochina A from gen joseph W Stil wells headquarters announced that 10 jap troop trucks and a staff car were destroyed in the strafing attack along the high way between bungling Lun gling and cheuang by fighting planes the raid at hanot hanoi was on the gal lam airport allport brig gen claire chennault commander of american air forces in china stated that french and na tives of indochina indo china were becoming less operative cooperative co with the japs as a result of american air successes intelligence reports show that the french are arc disillusioned though the japanese are now all powerful in indochina indo china chana chennault said A new japanese two motored two seater fighting plane was encountered by americans on the hanoi raid the plane an 1 45 was reported to be heavily armed with a 20 millimeter cannon and two 13 millimeter guns forward alaska bound i T y 1 1 V 11 M K 1 vl 1 Y 11 somewhere in the middle of canada this U S army private Is working on the U S canada alaska ala S ka highway which when completed will play an important part in the united nations war effort the new highway is expected to bo open by december 1 miscellany BENEFITS headed by joseph E davies the presidents president 3 war relief control board has P prohibited army or navy relief benefit shows or solicitation of funds after november 15 unless organized by the services and participated in by service personnel the order will not prevent private agencies or individuals from staging benefits for the USO or other war charities |