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Show THE PROGRESSIVE OPINION C!;S WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Heavy Guns, Planes Dominate Action As British Strike at Rommel Positions; See W2 Billion Farm Income for 1943; Urge Baruch to Study War Manpower (EDITOR'S NOTE : When opinions are expressed In these columns, they ore thoe of Western Newspaper Union's news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper. Released by Western Newspaper Union. RUSSIAN FRONT: Initiative Reversed continued to While the Germans grind forward across the Nalchik the Caucasus sector the CiU had taken up the norto Steto in key regions further communiques were often sim-fa- r in their content. This was typi-cal announcements: so-viet of Russian enemy attacks. troops repulsed In certain sectors our troops coun-terattacked and forged ahead some- - WNeutral military observers saw in Russia that the Nazis the news from had shifted the main weight of their drive to the Caucasus mountains. There the fury of the attack was unabated. Definitely the Russians defensive actions all were fighting along this front. Always the Soviet claimed the infliction of heavy losses of Nazi men and machines as they retreated before the furious, con-tinuous onslaught. IDLE DOLLARS: Are Slackers Attributing the rise of money in circulation to the demands of war financing and huge wartime pay-rolls, Federal Reserve officials in Washington at the same time de-clared in effect that "idle dollars are slacker dollars." Yet there are "comparatively few" dollars be-ing hoarded among the more than $14,000,000,000 now in circulation. Treasury department and Federal Reserve experts have been carefully watching for signs of hoarding but there is no indication that it is wide-spread among U. S. citizens through-out the country. A chart showing both money in circulation and wages paid shows that the upturn in the total money in circulation exactly parallels the rise in wages. While the 14 billion dollars is the largest amount ever in circulation in U. S. history govern-ment officials explained that any up-turn in business as widespread as the present war spending always in-creases the demand for currency be-cause it places cash in the pockets of those people without bank con-nections. FOOD PROBLEM: Gets Attention Although little official news came from Washington, it was reported that President Roosevelt is study-ing an urgent proposal for ,the ap-pointment of an over-a- ll administra-tor to stabilize the nation's confused food situation. The recommendation, made by Donald M. Nelson, WPB chairman, with the approval of Secretary of Agriculture Wickard, named no spe-cific candidate for the job. How- - The above radiophoto from Cairo, Egypt, shows one result of the initial Allied thrust against the Axis in the western desert. A member of Marshal Rommel's Afrika Korps lies dead in the dust following the capture of a forward strong point in the Nazi lines. FARM INCOME: Increase to Continue Estimating the net farm income for 1942 at $9,800,000,000, including government payments, the depart-ment of agriculture forecast that next year's net income will total ap-proximately $10,500,000,000. The 1942 figure is about $1,000,-000,00- 0 above the previous record of 1919, the department said. Total ag-ricultural production this year is nearly 12 per cent greater than the record set in 1941, and 40 per cent greater than in 1918. The department stated "October estimates indicated, for the first time, that the corn crop this year may exceed the record set in 1920; and it is being grown on 12 per cent less acreage. Abundant feed sup-plies and good prices are expected to stimulate increased livestock pro-duction again next year. However, unless the weather is again excep-tionally favorable it is unlikely that crop production will equal the vol-ume of 1942, when per acre yields appear to be averaging 13 per cent above previous records." The department reported that mil-itary and lend-leas- e food purchases next year are expected to be 50 per cent greater than in 1942 and will take one-fift- h of current farm pro-duction. Civilian demands will con-tinue to advance slowly and prices for farm products in 1943 under ceil-ing limitations will be about 6 per cent above the average estimated for all of 1942. SOUTH PACIFIC: Costly Exchange When Navy Secretary Frank Knox told his press conference that Jap fleet units had retired from the scene of action around Guadalcanal and that the "first round of the battle" was over naval experts began try-ing to figure out who got the decision in the encounter. U. S. citizens heard the bad news first: the navy had lost the destroyer Porter and an aircraft carrier. (This was in addi-tion to the loss of the carrier Wasp, announced earlier.) This brought to a total of four plane carriers that have been destroyed by the Japs in this war. Then came news of a bit brighter note: Before the Japs left the area to "lick their wounds" and return for more action, U. S. forces had damaged two aircraft carriers, two battleships and three cruisers. More than 100 enemy airplanes were de-stroyed and about 50 others prob-ably destroyed in what the navy de-scribed as the greatest battle yet fought in the Solomons area. But the most important result of this heavy sea and air fighting was that it brought at least temporary relief to the d marine and army units holding their posi-tions on Guadalcanal itself. The Jap objective in launching the big battle had been to dislodge these outnum-bered units who in had pushed the Japs out. Meanwhile, dispatches from U. S. headquarters in Australia revealed that land-base- d army planes had been slashing constantly at Jap po-sitions in the areas of the Buin-Fai-harbor in the northern Solomons and at Eabaul, New Britain island. Forty Jap ships were reported hit in a ten-da- y period. All of this meant much-neede- d diversion of Jap strength which was directed at capture of the Solomons, and then pushing forward to cut supply lines from the U. 3. to Australia. DESERT WARFARE: Allied Air Umbrella Slam-ban- warfare continued on the Alamein line between the Med-iterranean sea and the Qattara de-pression in Egypt as Britain's eighth army struck sledgehammer blows at German and Italian positions. Although Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's forces struck back sav-agely, the British infantry held on to early gains. Protected by hundreds of guns and a supreme Allied air umbrella, the infantry jolted enemy troops loose from another section of the Alamein line. The great tank battles of previous campaigns in the desert were miss-ing in the initial onslaught of the new British drive. Heavy artillery and planes played the dominant role. American fliers strengthened the drive, sweeping over enemy areas, shooting up troop concentrations, tanks and airfields. Cairo reports to British newspa-pers said that Allied forces had "trapped several thousand Axis troops" in a narrow pocket west of El Alamein near the Mediterranean coast. While it was the avowed intention of the British command to destroy Rommel and his army, some sources saw another effect: Germany might be forced to withdraw German planes and men from Russia to meet the even more critical threat on the desert. LABOR SUPPLY: Untapped Source Even as he disclosed tentative plans for the nation-wid- e registra-tion of women for work in war in-dustries. President Roosevelt stat-ed that the administration has reached no decision on means of solving the critical man-pow- prob-lem. He warned against premature conclusions that plans for nation service or "labor draft" legislation have been abandoned. The President pointed out that leg-islation will be necessary before the registration of women could be or-dered. He emphasized that plans call only for the registration of wom-en (between 18 and 65), and that there are no plans for a labor draft of women. He stated that his recent meeting with the AFL-CI- labor war cabi-net followed this general line: With approximately 6,000.000 men now in uniform, there are not very many remaining to fill future needs of war industries, which are expect-ed to require from four to five mil-lion additional workers. Although the labor supply problem looks sat-isfactory for the immediate present, wisdom dictates that it be studied from the long-rang- e viewpoint. The registration of women is concerned with these future war needs, it was pointed out. Baruch Study? Meanwhile, the board of directors of the United States Chamber of Commerce proposed that the Ba-ruch committee, which studied the rubber problem, now turn to a study of the man-pow- shortage. The board's statement said that "of the many serious' problems now con-fronting this nation and its people, the problem of the proper use of man-pow- is undoubtedly para-mount." DONALD M. NELSON No specific candidate. ever, two frequently mentioned can-didates are Milo Perkins, executive director of the Board of Economic Warfare, and Lee Marshall, food consultant to Nelson. Perkins was director of the Agricultural Adjust-ment administration's surplus com-modity food stamp plan during the depression. POSTWAR CHINA: To Need Billions China must have from five to teh billion dollars in foreign credits for postwar reconstruction, Foreign Minister T. V. Soong has reported to the People's Political council in Chungking. The foreign minister, according to authentic reports, made the follow-ing points: The outcome of India's demands for independence from British rule is of deep concern to China "The future of India is closely connected with the future of China," Soong said. Germany will be defeated by En. land and the United States with gigantic land forces in Europe Japan will be defeated with over-whelming naval forces in the Pa- cific. Following the war, Japan will be forced to evacuate Manchuria Ko- rea and the Liukiu Islands. The lat ter areas will become sovereign CARGO PLANES: HIGHLIGHTS in the week's news New Contract Andrew J. Higgins and New Or leans building facilities were back m the news again. Last July when the government cancelled his enn tract to build 200 freighters there was plenty of official and unofficial steam blasted in Washington. Now Higgins has disclosed that he ha, obtained a contract to constrnT--t 1 200 army cargo planes in : same shipyards where he was to have built the freighters last summer VALUE: And Lend Lease Placing a value on wounded is a pretty difficult " pom ed out Great Britain's SirTaT ter Venning in suggesting that In bookkeeping on lend-leas- e actions be ended. He says it T lease between the U S alT" country should be put on a cal bas s. In far--t fi, feclPro-mad- e that tnis JTT WM ment has already bee,! gotaX some time and VenniL bookkeeping is of iTZlerT PUNCTURE: The Office of Price Administration has reiterated its ap-proval of a proposal that retail grocers punch holes in the tops of vacuum packed coffee cans to dis-courage hoarding. DEPORTED: Twenty-si- x Ger-mans and five Italians, alleged to have engaged in Nazi and Fascist activities, have been deported from Nicaragua to the United States. CHILDREN: In London the gov-ernment halted the evacuation of children effective November 10. The action was taken not because the city was "less dangerous," but be-cause the number leaving had be-come so small that the plan was no longer practicable. GLIDERS: Henry Ford will man-ufacture gliders for the army at one of the company's plants in the upper peninsula of Michigan. The first completed glider, designed to carry 15 fully equipped soldiers, has been tested successfully by the army. FIRST: First man to drive a jeep over the new Alaska highway was Lieut. Robert H. Gill of the U. S. army air forces. The 1,450-mii- e from trip Edmonton, Alberta, to White Horse, Yukon territory, took five days. BOMBLESS: Much-bombe- d Malta recently had its first day free of daylight air alerts for several months. PENALIZE?: U. S. government coffers will suffer and the man who works for his large salary will be penalized under the $25,000 salary limitation, according to Senator George of the senate finance com-mittee. He strongly criticized the salary order as hitting the man who works and not the man who "clips coupons." SLOGAN: According to a Rome broadcast Benito Mussolini has per-sonally devised a new slogan for his troops in Africa. The morale-builde- r is: "Forward! We will-kic- them j in the pants." 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Surveys show cigarettes and smoking tobacco are preferred gifts. Sales records from Post Exchanges and Can-teens show the favorite cigarette is Camel. And, of course, for the service man who smokes a pipe-g-ive Prince Albert the National Joy Smoke. You have your choice of Camels in the Christmas Carton containing 10 packages of 20's or the Camel" Holiday House" of four boxes of "flat fifties." Prince Al- bert comes in the pound canister --a grand gift. All are Christmas-wrappe- d and ready to give. Your local dealer is featuring them now as gifts sure to please. Adv nl Trav.1 I, ,. ,af. ,in., IS i"fl CUTTER WVM PEIMENAI lOlTnTtfWifart, v ,1 SALT IAKE BOISE POCATELLO fo relieve distress of MONTHLY" Female Weakness AND HELP BUiLD UP RED BLOOD! Lydla E. Pinkham's Compound TABLETS (with added iron) have helped thousands to relieve peri-odic pain, backache, headache with weak, nervous, cranky, blue feel-ings due to functional monthly disturbances. 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Are recom-mended by grateful users everywhere Atk your neighbor! T mil. 1 SAVORY SALMON: 8 8oIfflSnVVery woman who can bake a crispy, airy 1 niiiT tUrn out a sucssful souffle is an accom-- 1 of m Uself- - 11 can be baked either in a pan hot water or in the should oven, but in no case you try tt serve souffle if there is a possibility that nner wll be held up for any length of time. Here 'S an unusul salmon souffle for six. INGREDIENTS: Two tablespoons butter, two tablespoons flour, one-ha- lf teaspoon salt, one-ha- lf teaspoon paprika, one-ha- lf cup milk, three egg yolks, ne cup canned salmon, three egg whites. ' DIRECTIONS: Blend flour and seasoning well iow v,m; butter; slow'y add "tirrin8 over from i! s.Untd mUture tokens and boils. Remove and .and add beat'cn ees ylks ; f Id sataon f Pour rnW. C001, Fold in eS8 whites stiffly beaten. 425 degrees V?t0 Kreased bakinfr 4ish and bake at for 20 to 25 minutes. wsaii. 11 room.. "iccnI"1'r, 1 11 ror...o",,,,,"" 11 i VI our V""' 11 111 HEW 0.000 11 corns SHOP WNTJ W 4542 ; that will save you many a ;J ; ; dollar will escape you if ; j ; you fail to read carefully and j J ' ; regularly the advertising of jj local merchants ; l ' IH THIS PAPEn Debunking You Watches are not harmed by turning their hands backward, rats do not instinctively desert a ship before it starts on an ill- -' fated voyage, and the stars in the American flag do not represent particular states. One Task at a Time I go at what I am about as if there was nothing else in the world for the time being. That's the secret of all hard-workin- g men. Charles Kingsley. Knowledge of Truth It is noble to seek truth, and it is beautiful to find it. It is the ancient feeling of the human heart that knowledge is better than riches; and it is deeply and sa-credly true! Sidney Smith. To Be Agreeable Few are qualified to shine t company, but it is in most me:; power to be agreeable. Srvjft. Seasickness Seasickness is rather a myste-rious complaint, for the general health of a passenger on board ship does not seem to have much effect upon his resistance to sea-sickness. Science believes, how-ever, that ' seasickness is con-cerned with the upsetting of an individual's physiological balance, which is controlled by what are called the semi-circul- canals of the ear. Once that balance is dis-turbed, the digestive system is the first to be affected, and so vomit-ing and headaches and mental de-pression convince the sufferer that he is dangerously ill. In point of fact, seasickness is more uncomfortable than danger-ous. Sedative drugs cure some people, stimulants are effective in other cases. Other than seamen, persons whose occupations require much body balancing, such as acrobats, professional dancers and tight-rope walkers, are usually immune to seasickness. Useless Boor The boor is of no use in conver-sation. He contributes nothing worth hearing, and takes offense at everything. Aristotle. Age of Romance The Age of Romance has not ceased; it never ceases; it does not, if we will think of it, so much as very sensibly decline. Carlyle. At the Bottom He that is down needs fear no fall. Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Prog-ress." Dance in Trance Until they were invaded by Ja-pan, the people on the island of Bali staged an odd ritual, the par-ticipants being a group of girls about eight years of age, says Col-lier's. Using all parts of the body, they performed a dance with mu-sic lasting a half-hou- r, although in a trance induced by a narcotic. Desire for Wilderness Oh for a lodge in some vast wil-derness, some boundless contigui-ty of shade! Cowper. Making Perfect Piece out your imperfections with your thoughts. Shakespeare. |