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Show - V THE PROGRESSIVE OPINION I WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS j U. S. Navy Blasts Japan's Fleet But Enemy Refuses Showdown; Allies Push Forward in Europe j Released by Western Newspaper Union. ' (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions are expressed in these columns, they are those of Western Newspaper Union's news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper. ) f4 1 MARIANAS AUSTRALIA st. CONGRESS: Spends Less since the war For the first time broke out. congressional appropr brt ations will fall below the 100 lion dollar mark for-th- fiscal year starting July 1. completion of cap! Because of the tal outlays and the large stockpde of war materials, Chairman Cannon (Mo.) of the house appropriations committee estimated provision of 66 billion dollars for the impending W months, including approximately 5 billion dollars for such items as financing the national debt. Following Pearl Harbor, con-gress appropriated 147 billion do lars, and then supplied 114 oil Hon dollars for the next year. De-claring congressional appropriations "definitely have passed the hump. Chairman Cannon said they would continue on the down-grad- re-gardless of war developments. AGRICULTURE: Release Trucks To help in the harvest of this ' year's big wheat crop, surplus used army trucks will be made available to farmers and haulers through the medium of county AAA offices. Because of the limited supply of trucks, however, only a small per-centage in proportion to actual de-mand will be available, and the ve-hicles win be allotted only on the basis of the most critical need. After certification of an applica-tion by the AAA, dealers will then purchase the trucks from the U. S. treasury's regional procurement of-fice at an appraised price, and sell to the farmer or hauler at or below OPA ceilings. SURPLUS GOODS: Overseas Disposal Treated as a valuable national as-set, U. S. surplus goods overseas should be disposed of in foreign countries with the aim of realizing the highest possible profit, a busi-ness advisory committee estab-lished by the government said. Although keeping one eye cocked on postwar trade, the committee ad-vocated the disposal of surplus in-dustrial equipment, observing that the sooner the devastated countries can be restored to production, the sooner they will cease to be candi-dates for relief. In cases of low bids for surplus materials, sales might be made on the condition that the foreign pur-chasers will buy other new equip-ment from this country, the com-mittee counselled. RECONVERSION: Conflicting Plans The question of whether policy on the reconversion of industry from a war to a peacetime basis Pacific Circle indicates icene of Ipig naval battle in which U. S. fleet clashed with strong Jap forces. PACIFIC: Japs Run Out Venturing forth from its home waters, Japan's boasted imperial fleet sailed within proximity of the U. S.'s mighty Fifth naval force but dodged a show-down fight after U. S. planes sent one enemy aircraft carrier and three of his tankers to the bottom of the sea between the Mari-anas and Philippine islands. EUROPE: Last Stand As U. S. Doughboys closed on the big French port of Cherbourg at the tip of the Cotentin peninsula about 75 miles from Britain, desperate German defenders acting on Field Marshal von Eundstedt's orders to resist to the last man, put up a bloody last-ditc- h fight, demolishing the harbor facilities to prevent their immediate use when the town fell. As the Yanks pressed in on Cher-bourg, other Allied forces along the beachhead continued to probe deeper inland, meeting up with stiff Nazi counterattacks de-signed to curtail their advances. Fleets of Allied bombers roared over the battle area, hitting at Nazi strong points and aiming at enemy reenforcements moving up to the front. Eamps in the Calais region from which the Germans were launching their rocket bombs for at-tacks against southern England and London, remained under heavy fire of Allied aircraft. Other Fronts should allow cer-tain manufacturers to resume civilian output while com-petitors are still en-gaged in war work, reportedly has di-vided the War Pro-duction board into two camps, with W P B Chairman Donald Nelson favoring the proce-dure and W P B Vice - Chairman Charles Wilson op-posing it. In recently relax-ing restrictions on use of materials for civilian produc-tion in arpai ,itK i L--J Adra. Spruance Plowing boldly into the foe's- home waters to support U. S. marine and ground troops in their assault on Saipan island In the inner ring of the Japs' defense system, the Fifth naval force under command of Adm. Raymond Spruance offered a brave challenge to the enemy fleet close to its major bases, but the Nips broke off the engagement after suffering loss of 373 planes besides the four ships In two days of con-tinuing action. Meanwhile, U. S. ground forces met bitter opposition on Saipan, about 1,500 miles from the Japa-nese homeland, as they fought to ex-tend their hold on the central sec-tor of the island. OPA: Vote Extension By agreeing to allow revisions in ceilings of major textile items to reflect parity prices on cotton, sen-ate and house conferences paved the way for extension of OPA to June, 1945. The nation's farm bloc scored another victory in the act's pro-vision that the President take all lawful action to assure parity on cotton, corn, wheat, rice and tobacco. Whittling down a maze of amend-ments to the act, the conferees did provide for some changes in OPA, including: 1. Filing of protests against OPA regulations; 2. Adjustment of rent ceilings where they are higher or lower than the prevailing standards, or if land-lords' costs or taxes have increased substantially; 3. Permission for retailers to carry higher priced goods in certain lines than they did in the prewar period. FOOD: Postivar Stocks In order to avoid the glut of 1919, the government's surplus stocks of foods will be released through nor-mal trade channels after the war, M. Lee Marshall, War Food ad-ministration director of distribution, revealed. Although original vendors would be given the opportunity to repur-chase food stocks, WFA will only ac-cept fair bids and sell in areas where particular types of commodi-ties are scarce, Marshall said. With the termination of the war in Europe and the shipments of food overseas, there will be no need for the stockpiling of commodities, Mar-shall said. Coupled with military re-serves, present food stocks should provide a large part of the needs of liberated people, who will have to eat while being rehabilitated. On other European fronts, the Russians reportedly launched a large-scal- e offensive against the Germans' big bulge on the north end of the 1,200-mil- e eastern battle line, while Allied troops chased the Nazis up the Italian peninsula to prepared positions guarding the northern plains. Using strong tank and infantry forces, the Reds reportedly struck at German forces massed to retain the Isiazis' last great foothold on Rus-sian territory, even while they were continuing their drive through tiny, tottering Finland from the southwest and east. Not only would the direc-tion of the new big offensive point Red armies toward Warsaw and BerUn, but it would also serve to whittle down a potential Nazi spring-board for an encirclement attack against Russian forces to the south. In Italy, Allied forces moved ahead after eliminating pockets of stubborn German rear-guard- put-ting up a desperate delaying action to permit the bulk of the Nazi forces to retire behind the new defense line, BILL OF RIGHTS: ForGIs Estimated to cost from 3 to 6 bil-lion dollars, congress passed and the President signed the "bill of rights" for vets of World War II, designed to avoid the hardships suf-fered by soldiers of World War I upon their demobilization. Under the "bill of rights," vets will be entitled to an unemployment compensation of $20. a week for 52 we.eks during the first two years after the war, if unable to find suit-able work. Also available will be at least one year of schooling for vets whose education was interrupted by the war, with the government providing $500 for tuition and $50 monthly for subsistence, plus $25 for dependents. For vets seeking to buy or repair farms or homes or establish small businesses, the government will guarantee 50 per cent of the loan up to a maximum of $2,000, with interest at 4 per cent and the amount repayable in 20 years. The veterans' .administration also is authorized to spend one-hal- f billion to provide hospital facilities for the care of returning servicemen. Donald Nelson labor surpluses Charles Wilson Nelson declared that the withholding of civilian production until all com-panies might return to such work would result in regimentation of industry for a prolonged period. On the other hand, Wilson re-portedly contends that manufac- turers allowed to resume civilian pro- duction before others would enjoy a jump in the market on war con-tractors, who would virtually be penalized for their efficiency in ful-filling government orders. WHISKY: May Ban Corn Although distillers' facilities have been released from the production of industrial alcohol for war pur- poses during August, the prospect arose that they would be unable to use corn in the manufacture of whisky during the month because of the War Food administration opposition in view of the tight feed situation. Because of this opposition, distil- lers may be compelled to use wheat, rye and possibly Carribean molasses, it was reported, with re- strictions even on wheat. With farmers already turned in close to 65,000,000 bushel! of corn to the government for processing uses despite the feed situation existing, the wIa promised that none of the grain would be diverted to alcohol PATENTS "Distinct patent rights should not be granted for the sole purpose o District of Columbian a ef; volving a canning company A concurring judge decision will "require Con8Werarfte r-e-examination- -if not readi of patent office pcti nS'mnent cedures especially wit subcombination claims." News fix BEHINMjl theNews! By PaulMallon .Sfi' Released by Western Newspaper Union. FDR'S BLUE PRINT FOR POSTWAR ORDER WASHINGTON. Sly Mr. Roose-velt followed his usual course in evolving his announced blueprint for the postwar world order. He let the Wallaces, Willkies and Welles' fight out the issues in public while he sat back and said nothing. Then he worked out a common ground formula, discarding the ideas of all of them for a skeleton scheme first announced in public by Secre-tary of State Hull. It caused considerable grumbling among both Republican and Demo-cratic senators. Men like Senator Ball, who wanted an international police force and, in fact, an interna-tionalized .world, were disappointed, but the Senator was fairly well pleased. He fcihiMlhiaMbi "i tlVlVlYii t YB Secretary Senator Bull Vandenberg whispered to newsmen behind his hand that it looked like the President was coming around to the mid-We-position. But it was obvious such a scheme would pass the senate over-whelmingly when it comes up, as it must, in the form of a treaty. It is in harmony with both the Smith-Connall- y resolution, and the Macki-nac Island declaration of the Repub-licans. To that extent unity is probable, but actually the formula settles no more than the first point at issue. The details of how it is worked out will give the postwar world its char-acter. WE'RE THIRD IN ITALY For instance, congressmen have concluded that in the establishment of the Italian government so far, we have run third with Russia on top there, and friends of Great Brit-ain in second position. Little has been said on the floor, but this has been a main topic in the cloakrooms since the speech of Senator Bridges, asking if Mr. Roosevelt had lost the initiative in Europe. Now it is clear that if Mr. Roosevelt does not do better In France than he did in Italy, we will in reality be third in all Europe, no matter how much equality we seem to enjoy in the blueprint formula presented. So also within the formula itself. The top council composed of the United States, Great Britain, Rus-sia and China (the names are al-ways used in that order) no doubt will dominate the assembly and seem to give control of the world jointly to the four great powers. The assembly of all the nations pre-sumably will not meet often and may act only in an advisory capacity. But with Russia on top in Europe and Britain clinging to her empire, our influence in reality, no doubt, will be restricted to this hemisphere. Britain and Russia always have had more authority in the Far East than we had, and there is no noticeable change in that situation yet. These are the facts of life in the world beyond the formula and apt to be more important than it is. But there Is to be no super state, and no surrender of sov-ereignty, and all are to keep their aims individually. Thus it follows the same line advocated and predicted in this column from the beginning of the dis-cussion. Other particular agreements now in the negotiating mil are hardly within sight of political unity. In ad-vance of the Bretton Woods mone-tary conference, the experts ol practically all the nations have been gathered together secretly. Harry White, director of mone-tary research in the treasury as-sembled them at Atlantic City in ar effort to get what was described as "an agreement at the expert level" in advance of the conference. But in this instance, too, the im-portant thing will be the value oi gold and the dollar in relation with other currencies, rather than the formula devised for future inter-national monetary negotiations. CONGRESS AND TAXES Congress is taking the beating! In publicity on taxes, but it saved Mr. Roosevelt from permanenl neuralgia on that last bill, which it passed over his veto. The treasurj had proposed 30 per cent excise taxes on many things, including the-atre admissions, amuse-ment and luxury articles. Congress cut these generally to 20 per cenl or less, leaving only the cabaret tax at 30 per cent. Everyone forgot whal the treasury recommended, recallec only the action of congress. r- ft-- o- - fv. p.- o e. p.- - f r- - r- - p-- o- - p o-- p p.. m l ASK MS n I t ANOTHER A General Quiz The Questions 1. What is an etude? 2. What does the term "blood heat" mean? 3. Where are penguins found? 4. When were the Hawaiian Is-lands discovered by James Cook? 5. What state in the Union has the longest shore line? 6. What name is given to a na-tive of the Aleutian Islands? 7. What is the meaning of tHe word "cornucopia"? 8. The oldest known printed book, printed from blocks, has a foreword saying it was printed in China in what year? The Answers 1. A musical study or practice of some special point of technique. 2. The normal temperature of a human being, about 98.6 degrees F. 3. At the South Pole. 4. In 1778. 5. Michigan. 6. Aleut. .7. The horn of plenty. A horn of fruit and flowers abundance, plenty. 8. In the year 868. &r I Barbara Bell Pattern No. 19?3 j (t j. 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These pp' !.r ':,V tnWIfd'H ' told ,o use Soretone. At thnd of ody ' ,. fAssASimir: feet woe " ten-da- y test period, their ' ffrtVrlZZ i ined in two ways: 1. Scrapingi SufrJIIlVrtef 1 from the feet and examined bf the baa ; JuRtESKl '0344341 i o'os1'- - ch subject was aam'aea - physician. We quote from the reporc : rJi&X'litt 3 titiiftt i "After the use of Soretone accorft J the directions on the label for a M)h ' of only ten days, 80.6 jjijii 'rCyriiilPS"'n t'on whicl1 is mest stubbqrnjlHl- - VI 8 I I .1 I II I E Improvements were shown in V., The report says: Mgj3y4JUl' ". redness, etc U,lllllwIJ "In our opinion Soretone is of wnfj Mfe; inite benefit in the treatment of"' iTt-- disease- - w,lich is conin",nly I i'felfiSr 'Athlete's Foof." So if Athlete's Foot troubles r'd0''J f PoriK with this nasty, a' 1 I (SPI infection. Get SORETONE! Ic RObbim' lBC" BridgeP"' '!f?i WNU W 27-- 44 May Warn of Disordered Kidney Action Modern life with Its hurry and worry. Irregular habits, improper eating and drinking its risk of exposure and infec-tion throws heavy strain on the work of the kidneys. They are apt to become d and fail to filter excess acid and other impurities from the blood. You may suffer nagging backache, headache, dizziness, getting up nights, leg pains, swelliog feel constantly tired, nervous, all worn out. Other signs of kidney or bladder disorder are some-times burning, scanty or too frequent urination. Try Doanr$ Pills. Doan'n help the kidneys to pass off harmful excess body waste. They have bad more than half a century of public approval. Are recom-mended by grateful users everywhere. Ask your neighbor! Queer Fish The Labrador square fish v:;''." on land and can remain as '.i l as four days out of water. Flags on Capitol Fly Day, Night Since World War I The office of the architect of the Capitol says that the custom of flying a United States flag night and day at all times from the east and west porticoes of the United States Capitol originated during World War I. It was felt for pa- triotic reasons that there should be one building over which the flag never ceased to fly. The Capitol was selected as be-ing typical of the United States, and as being outside of military regulations, which, of course, de-mand the furling of the flag at sunset. HIGHLIGHTS ... in the week't new P.O.W. STRIKE: German war prisoners have refused to work in beet fields near Scotts Bluff, Neb., because their pay basis has been changed. Formerly they received 80 cents a day flat rate. This has been changed to a piece work rate ot 80 cents for each quarter acre tliinned. Lieut. Col. Clyde Dempster 6aid disciplinary action would be taken if the men continued on strike. EMPLOYMENT: A decline of 100,000 workers per month in war plants has been the trend since the beginning of the year, the depart- ment of commerce reports. While in sections shortages of manpower exist, the overall picture of the na-tion is a downward movement in factory employment, the report went on. In nonwar jobs, employ- ment will remain the same |