Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS stiffening axis resistance holds U up p allied drive on african strongholds Strong holds Us S navy scores again on jap fleet house moves to increase farm pari parity ty EDITORS NOTE NOM when opinion are ar expressed in these thee columns column they their are those of mthm N newspaper New paper unions union news new analysts nn alft and not airily of this newspaper new paper released by western newspaper union E AMA 41 4 sa 4 IM I 1 01 4 gen lesley J commanding general of the U S army ground forces right congratulates army officers to whom he has awarded the order of the purple heart the decorated heroes who were wounded in action against the axis forces in africa are seated left to right darrel 0 lee inglewood ginglewood Ing lewood calif leslie ward dooley athens tenn and capt ford allcorn Bo onville mo alo standing in background is brig gen hoyd floyd L parks chiet chief of staff for general mcnair FARM PRICES parity rate boost farm parity prices would have to be revised upward 12 per cent if a bill passed by the house of representatives senta tives is eventually enacted into law the measure passed by unanimous vote would require the department of agriculture to raise parity prices for all agricultural commodities to include all costs of labor including hired hands and farmers themselves that such action would be strongly opposed by president roosevelt in his inflation efforts was indicated by the tact fact that a similar provision included in the price act amendment last fall was bitterly fought by the administration and finally compromised I 1 explaining the provisions of their I 1 measure house agricultural committee M attee members explained that under the existing setup no allowance is now given farmers for their labor costs in fixing price ceilings in spite of the fact that farm wage rates were go going ing up daily the farmers ask no more than equality treatment the commil committee itee declared they know that every manufacturer is permitted to include his labor cost in figuring his costs of production TUNISIA naval phases disclosed naval guns of the british fleet added their power to the arms of 0 the allied forces pressing hard on an the axis defenders of tunisia by sinking four supply transport ships and two destroyers in a convoy carrying supplies and reinforcements to north africa announcement of the victory came soon after the admira admiralty ity and U S navy department disclosed that the allies had lost 16 vessels during the original landings in north africa the toll was described as considerably smaller than originally expected included in the united nations losses were the british small aircraft c carrier avenger three destroyers and five lighter vessels as well as five U S naval transports As the stage was set for the final showdown for control of tunisia the german controlled paris radio ad fitted that a british am american e rican column had penetrated to the east coast of tunis and had advanced between saax and gabes gabas with opposing forces concentrating in a narrow coastal arua area between the cities of tunis and bizette allied advances had slowed down in the face of strengthening german resistance sista si stance despite continuing vigilance vigil lanco ancs of allied sea and air patrols the axis had admittedly gained reinforcements in certain areaba they achieved local air superiority moreover the fierceness of their attempted counteract tacks and the presence of considerable axis mechanized equipment in the area indicated the en ernys unexpected strength WO NO AFRICA REGIME people will ifill decide As evidence mounted that admiral jean darlan intended to malf his leadership in north africa permanent official washington reiterated its declaration that the french people ultimately will be the ones to decide who is to rule spokesman for the admi administration ni was secretary of state cordell hull who said laconically that the united states was too busy winning the war in north africa to worry about reports that darlan hal had taken over PACIFIC U 7 S grows offensive actions undertaken by allied forces in the pacific warthe ater had continued to gain momentum U S naval forces decisively beat off another jap attempt to regain control of the southern solomons by sinking nine more enemy ships including six warships in an engagement north of guadalcanal Guadal canal jap losses included two large destroyers or cruisers four destroyers two transports and one cargo ship the americans lost a cruiser and reported other ships damaged meanwhile american land forces continued their mopping up operations around henderson airfield indicative of the growing strength of the allies was the report from auckland new zealand of the sate safe arrival of an american expeditionary force so large that it took hours for the dee laden transports to disgorge their cargoes of men and supplies lean gray warships of the U S navy had safely convoyed the transports through jap threatened waters in new guinea the tempo of the allied offense against the narrow jap held beachheads beach heads bordering buna was wads stepped up allied airmen beat oil off a jap naval force attempting to land reinforcements and supplies for the hard pressed nipponese and shot down 23 jap planes american and australian troops meanwhile had infiltrated to the outskirts of buna and had driven down the i beach from gona toward mananan da five miles above bunn buna investment INCOME ceiling even as salary freezing regulations were made public throughout the nation congress was invited by president roosevelt noo evelt to put a ceiling on net investment income to match the ceiling imposed on net salaries by james F byrnes director of economic stabilization under the existing system individuals are restricted to gross income from salaries of a year or net income after federal income taxes of income from other sources is not now restricted pointing out that there has been widespread criticism against inequalities in the present system mr roosevelt proposed that identical limitations be p pu af on income from investments such a procedure would mean that an individuals total income from s salary alary from investments or from both could not exceed net or gross in any one year LABOR PEACE decreed by CIO for the first time since the CIO split from the american federation of labor in 1935 the two organizations entered into an agreement that opened the way for permanent pence peace and possible sible full reunions of the two meeting in washington special committees of the two labor unions greed agreed to establish a joint commission to resolve all differences between them to this agreement thi th y added a proviso that all unsettled issues should be referred to arbitration president roosevelt had long urged the two groups to submerge their differences for the national welfare presidents william green of the and phillip murray of the CIO had publicly stated their desire for peace MUSSOLINI whistles thistles es in iii dark with powerful american and british armies only a few hundred miles across the mediterranean from italy with northern industrial cities rocked by RAP RAF bombing attacks and with prime minister Chur chills grim warning of future disaster still ringi ing in his ears benito mussolini delivered an 81 minute harangue to the fascist parliament in essence the duces speech was a whistling in the dark performance designed to whip up the italian peoples lagging war spirit his prescription tor for national morale learn to hate and to cease spreading ng silly stories and gossip reading extracts from Chur chills speech warning that italy would be placed under prolonged scientific and shattering air attacks mussolini said the english leader hoped to undermine the italian peoples resistance si he promised that germany would reinforce italy with powerful contributions and said the joint italian german defenses will give the raiders a hot reception il II duce revealed that italy had lost warships and more than soldiers sailors and airmen in the 30 months of war RUSSIA headaches for hitler russian strategists concentrated doggedly on an the task of rolling out the twin bulges at and ayaz ma on the far flung line from leningrad to stalingrad Stal ingrad as the reds spectacular offensive continued to push the nazis back and threaten the entire structure of their winter lines hitler well knew the danger poised by the russian thrusts at if this key point were taken his troops in the leningrad sector to the north would be imperil in peril and should these forces be trapped or forced to retire to avoid entrapment then finland would be left high and dry to make such terms as she could with the victorious russ but hillers Hit lers headaches were not confined to the areas at stalingrad Stal ingrad the reds captured a strategic hilltop southwest of the city that had dominated the approaches from this direction and had been used for weeks by the germans for artillery and observation posts southward in the caucasus the nazis faced the threat of disaster for the steadily mounting strength of the russ placed his control of oil wheat and coal lands in jeopardy TH thunderbolts UN make al P H hurtling through the air faster than any human beings had ever traveled before two 22 year old army lieutenants dived their fighter planes at the astounding speed of miles an hour in twin tests of republic P 47 thunderbolts the two airmen were liedts harold comstock and roger dyar starting their dive at feet the liedts roger dyar Harold comstock pilots reported the terrific speed froze their control sticks causing them to resort to emergency cranks to pull the ships out of the dive reporting his reactions lieutenant dyar said 1 I had a feeling that any second the plane was going to pull away from me and leave me stranded right there five miles above the ground STOCK SHOW sieb sub for international the war had long before intervened to cancel the international livestock exposition but in outdoor pens in Chi cagos stockyards stock yards farm animals from 19 states and two canadian provinces competed for prizes in the chicago market fat stock show an exhibition organized to bridge over the period until the international could be held again it was a one way rido ride for the barnyard champions for wartime war time transportation regulations decreed that the steers hogs and sheep must be moved to the slaughterhouse slaughter house after the show gone for the duration was the traditional unal pageantry attending the exposition since the international ter national amphitheater was taken over by the army last june no admission fee was required for the substitute show miscellany ORAN ALGERIA the release of unshaven ill fed norwegian seamen and 50 british naval personnel all of whom had been interned south of oran for from nine months to two years was announced here an allied spokesman said they joined join ed another group of 40 dutch seamen who had been freed previously and that 33 greeks and belgians were likewise being released |