WEEKLY ewt ANALYSIS 1 ei russian fro front n t growt grows in lin importance gorjance gor tance As ag nat nazis s win N new e MAC AlF rican victory f oregon canada shelled b by axis aws S sub apt japs G gain B a 1 i n second Ale aleutian titian foothold Fb EDITORS when opinions are expressed in these coln mil hmil 1 hez are those of the news analyst and not necessarily of this h released by western newspaper union n al x m N 1 11 51 V wan LA photo shows oil wells located near salem III which has been designated bated as the terminus tor for the proposed oil pipe line from longview Long view texas the announces that the c cost ost of the project will be between 30 and 40 million dollars acute oil shortage and gasoline shortage in the eastern states will be considerably alleviated by the new line RUSSIAN FRONT increased importance with the fall of bobruk in libya the fighting on the russian front took on added importance for it became increasingly clear that if the united nations were going to fight hitler to a standstill the soviet forces must continue to occupy the major portion of nazi armed strength soviet soldiers were doing just that even as the british were admitting the loss of their libyan stronghold a report from moscow took the optimistic note that with the continued material aid of britain and the united states the russians would be able to hold out against germany while an official russian admitted a german breakthrough at sevastopol soviet sovie t troops had blasted their way across the donets river in the critical kharlov area and recaptured a number of localities in a terrific counterattack earlier two german regiments with heavy air and tank support had crossed the river in a violent attack and forced the russians back the german success at sevastopol came only after huge losses according to the russian official version which admitted in the sevastopol sector of the front our troops repelled repeated furious german attacks at a cost of enormous losses the enemy succeeded in driving a wedge in our defensive positions WEST COASTS shelled almost four months to the day after a submarine had shelled the california coast another U S state oregon felt the impact of enemy shells the more recent shelling took place against the shoreline north of seaside ore just south of astoria at the mouth of the columbia river the fourth army and western defense command announced the firing of six to nine shells by an unidentified craft near the midnight hour no damage nor casualties were reported although the army did not immediately identify the attacking vessel it was believed to be a jap submarine this conclusion was reached after the canadian government had announced that about 24 hours before the oregon attack a submarine had landed shells at the government telegraph station at estevan point vancouver island this was the first time that an enemy submarine had attacked shore installations in canada and the first time in canadas history that enemy shells had landed on her soil canadian officials said that while one of the shells landed near enough the telegraph station to d shatter windows the other mis sies fell harmlessly on the beach the U S ardys first brief announcement no of the oregon attack indicated that the firing had lasted about 15 minutes earlier residents of astoria had reported hearing between t een 10 and 16 shots fired at sea and said they could hear the shells whistle over head still another report said that an astoria resident had sighted a submarine off the coast washington and oregon had of their coasts at the time of the attack JAP FOOTHOLD on kiska island japan gained a second foothold in the western hemisphere when forces were put ashore at kiska island to establish a base on that aleutian island less than miles from the navys base at dutch harbor the japanese operating under cover of fog were able to establish their base the occupation was not a surprise kiska is approximately miles east of attu aatu island which the navy announced on june 12 had been occupied by the japanese A break in the weather within the past few days enabled discovery of the occupation of kiska A navy said that tents and minor temporary structures were observed to have been set up on land kiska has a fair harbor the site of a former co coaling aling station for ships attu aatu has ha few facilities for ships of any size in honolulu gen delos C emmons has urged all non resi dents not engaged in essential war work to leave for the mainland as soon as practicable and at the same time warned that japan might attack hawaii at any time its aftermath when the fall of bobruk was officially fici ally confirmed by the british allied plans for a second front received a setback egypt and suez are threatened by axis forces under the leadership of nazi marshal erwin Rom rommel jiel according to german and italian C british soldiers and several generals were captured these figures almost duplicate the number of italians k 4 WY A 11 8 IF 1 N at qu V V GEN SIR ARCHIBALD WAVELL it was 17 months ago captured when bobruk surrendered to the british in january 1941 australian and british troops moved into bobruk 17 months ago when gen sir archibald wavell was driving across libya the italian troops offered little resistance although they burned much of the material in the city following the italian defeat german troops were sent to africa and a strengthened axis army drove back across the desert to egypto borders bobruk was placed under siege in april 1941 the garrison was kept in action by the british navy which managed to hold open the sea lanes f for 0 r supplies i e S and reinforcements barim fight goes goei on OA farm p m hurch church and labor groups uh muted lter d 1 lit a s move to back president roo Koo loosevelt sevelt elt against a legislative bloc which is opposed to the administrations plan to sell government owned wheat wat and corn below parity bakity 13 prices rices in a letter io the wh aie house these groups said that the success of the presidents program for farm security in n this begat regard a was ebs essential ne ta for t the w winning inn ng of t the i war vai included in 6 the groups backing the letter were the national far farmers ma union the american federation of labor the congress of industrial organizations the railway ekau executives association the national catholic rural life conference and the F federal e aeral Coun council bilof of the churches of christ in america this joint move was believed to be e part of a plan being set up in opposition tion to io the high price through scarcity concept concep backed by the ame rican farm bu bureau reau fea federation le ration headed by edward A oneal the abe farm fam bureau federation is reported to have been successful in wi withholding theold approval of the presidents formula for selling government owned wheat and corn at 85 per cent of parity TAXATION PROGRAM behind schedule to ease the taxpayers burden in in 1943 the treasury department proposed to congress a modification of its plan to withhold federal taxes at the source under the plan the treasury would collect 5 per cent of the taxable income starting on january 1 1943 instead of 10 pr per cent would collect 15 per cent in in 1944 and 10 per cent in 1945 earlier the treasury department P proposed a per cent war to carry out president roose koose belts recommendations for limitation of individual income to a year after payment of all taxes the president told the press that taxation provisions of his anti inflation program were running slightly behind schedule and that in his opinion the bill should be split into sections in order to get part of it into effect as soon as possible MORE ROYALTY in washinton washington 0 second monarch in ten days to visit washington and hold conversations with president roosevelt was the 19 year old boy king of king peter II 11 he arrived in the capital by plane and was accompanied compa nied by foreign minister M main topics of discussion with the president Preside ift were unrelenting guerrilla warfare against germany and the effects of a master lend lease agreement for his country which would provide for after the war understandings and collaboration king george II 11 of greece had left the capital before king peter arrived and queen wilhelmina helmina WU ruling head of the netherlands was on her way to washington via canada at the time WAR MANPOWER staggering total the effect of the war upon everyday life was emphasized in a statement of the war manpower commission which said that the goal for men in the armed forces is six to seven million men by the end of bf 1943 and eventually may be 10 million by 1944 at least 20 million workers will be needed in war production and transportation the 1943 crop will be harvested by 12 million workers chairman maclean of the presidents committee on fair employment empl 0 y practice stated that tha t in 1 1944 high school enrollment might be reduced by 40 to 50 per cent college enrollment by 70 to 80 per cent and half the nations schools may be closed due to increasing needs for war workers CHINA rocks grenades A rough mountain pass along the I honan shansi border north of the yellow river was the scene of a bitter struggle as poorly equipped chinese troops repulsed the seventh attempt of the japanese to break through fighting with rocks hand grenades n and machine guns against jap troops supported by planes and heavy guns the chinese are extracting a bitter toll from the enemy spokesmen claimed that the chinese still were holding a 50 mile gap along the kiang si railway in the area south of the yangtze river the japanese opened a new offensive north of the yellow river driving from the north lio 1 honan n a ri province pr 0 v they succeeded in pushing the chinese back to the foothills of the mountain range