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Show THE PROGRESSrVF. OPINION ZZZJZZZZZ.. WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Russian Front Grows in Importance As Nazis Win New African Victory; Oregon, Canada Shelled by Axis Sub; Japs Gain Second Aleutian Foothold (EDITOR'S NOTE When opinions aro expressed In these eolnmns, they are those of the news analyst and not necessarily o( this newspaper.) I Released by Western Newspaper Union. 11 $ 'i I": K i - 4 ffiM W Photo shows oil wells located near Salem, III., which has been desig-nated as the terminus for the proposed oil pipe line from Longview, Texas. The WPB announces that the cost 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. 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 600 miles from the navy's 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 175 miles east of Attu 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 communique said that "Tents and minor temporary struc-tures were observed to have been set up on land." Kiska has a fair harbor, the site of a former coaling station for ships. Attu has few facilities for ships of any size. In Honolulu, Lieut. Gen. Delos C. Emmons has urged all not engaged in essential war work to leave for the mainland as soon as practicable and at the same time warned that Japan might at-tack Hawaii at any time. TOBRUK: Its Aftermath When the fall of Tobruk was of-ficially confirmed by the British, Allied plans for a second front re-ceived a setback. Egypt and Suez are threatened by Axis forces, un-der the leadership of Nazi Marshal Erwin Rommel. According to German and Italian communiques, 25,000 British sol-diers and several generals were captured. These figures almost duplicate the numljer of Italians PARITY: Fight Goes On Farm, church and labor groups united in a move to back President Roosevelt against a legislative bloc which is opposed to the administra-tion's plan to sell government-owne-d wheat and corn below parity prices. In a letter to the White House, these groups said that the success of the President's program for farm security in this regard was essen-tial for the winning of the war. Included in the groups backing the letter were the National Farm-ers union, the American Federation of Labor, the Congress of Industrial Organizations, the Railway Execu-tives association, the National Cath-olic Rural Life conference and the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. This joint move was believed to be part of a plan being set up in opposition to the "high price through scarcity" concept backed by the American Farm Bureau federation, headed by Edward A. O'Neal. The Farm Bureau federation is reported to have been successful in withhold-ing approval of the President's for-mula for selling government-owne-d wheat and corn at 85 per cent of parity. TAXATION PROGRAM : Behind Schedule To ease the taxpayers' burden in 1943, the treasury department pro-posed 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 per cent, would collect 15 per cent in 1944, and 10 per cent in 1945. Earlier the treasury department proposed a 100 per cent war "super-tax" to carry out President Rpose-velt- 's recommendations for limita-tion of individual income to $25,000 a year after payment of all taxes. The President told the press that taxation provisions of his 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 Washington Second monarch in ten days to visit Washington and hold conversa-tions with President Roosevelt was the boy king of Jugo-slavia, King Peter II. He arrived in the capital by plane and was ac-companied by Foreign Minister M. Nintchich. Main topics of discussion with the President were Jugoslavia's unre-lenting guerrilla warfare against Germany and the effects of a mas-ter lend-leas- e agreement for his country which would provide for after-the-w- understandings and collaboration. King George II of Greece had left the capital before King Peter ar-rived and Queen Wilhelmina, 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 every-day life was emphasized in a state-ment of the War Manpower com-mission, which said that the goal for men in the armed forces is six to seven million men by the end of 1943, and "eventually" may be 10 million. By 1944, at least 20 million work-ers will be needed in war produc-tion and transportation. The 1943 crop will be harvested by 12 million workers. Chairman MacLean of the Presi-dent's Committee on Fair Employ-ment Practice stated that in 1944 high school enrollment might be re-duced by 40 to 50 per cent, college' enrollment by 70 to 80 per cent, and half the nation's schools may be closed due to increasing needs for war workers. CHINA: Rocks, Grenades A rough mountain pass along the Honan-Shan- border north of the Yellow river was the scene of a bit-ter struggle as poorly equipped Chi-nese troops repulsed the seventh attempt of the Japanese to break through. Fighting with rocks, hand gre-nades and machine guns against 10,000 Jap troops supported by planes and heavy guns, the Chinese are extracting a bifter toll from the enemy. Spokesmen claimed that the Chinese still were holding a gap along the Chekiang-Kiang-- railway in the area south of the Yangtze river. The Japanese opened a new of-fensive north of the Yellow river, driving from the north Honan prov-ince. They succeeded in pushing the Chinese back to the foothills of the Taihengv mountain range. FARM PRODUCTION: If the weather for the remainder of 1942 is normal, says Secretary of Agriculture Wickard, farm produc-tion "will break all records." This announcement came at the time Wickard was reporting that the 1943 national wheat acreage allot-ment had been set at 55,000,000 acres. At the same time he asked growers to plant part of the allotted acreage in other needed crops be-cause the prospective 1942 wheat supply is nearly 1,400,000,000 bush-els, including carry-ove- r. Meanwhile, the senate passed and sent to the house bills affecting the farmer in the following ways: (1) a bill authorizing farmers who do not wish to plant a full acreage of cotton as allowed by the AAA act to loan that acreage to other farmers; (2) a bill removing the time limit for between the bureau of reclamation and the Farm Se-curity administration in the develop-ment of farm units on public lands under federal reclamation projects; and (3) a bill extending through June 30, 1945, activities of the Feder-al Surplus Commodities corporation. RUSSIAN FRONT: Increased Importance With the fall of Tobruk 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 ad-mitting the loss of their Libyan stronghold, a report from Moscow took the optimistic note that with the continued material aid of Brit-ain and the United States the Rus-sians would be able to hold out against Germany. While an official Russian commu-nique admitted a German break-through at Sevastopol, Soviet troops had blasted their way across the Donets river in the critical Kharkov area and recaptured a number of localities in a terrific counter-attack. Earlier, two German regi-ments with heavy air and tank sup-port had crossed the river in a vio-lent attack and forced the Russians back. The German success at Sevasto-pol came only after huge losses, ac-cording to the Russian official ver-sion which admitted: "In the Sevastopol sector of the front our troops repelled repeated furious German attacks. At a cost of enor-mous 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 Colum-bia river. The Fourth Army and Western Defense command announced the firing of six to nine shells by an un-identified craft near the midnight hour. No damage nor casualties were reported. Although the army did not immediately identify the at-tacking vessel it was believed to be a Jap submarine. This conclusion was reached after the Canadian government had an-nounced 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 Canada's history that enemy shells had landed on her soil. Canadian officials said that while one of the shells landed near enough to the telegraph station to "shatter windows" the other mis-sies "fell harmlessly on the beach." The U. S. army's first brief an-nouncement of the Oregon attack in-dicated that the firing had lasted about 15 minutes. Earlier residents of Astoria had reported hearing be-tween 10 and 16 shots fired at sea and said they could hear the shells whistle over head. Still another re-port said that an Astoria resident had sighted a submarine off the coast. Washington and Oregon had dimouts of their coasts at the time of the attack. GEN. SIR ARCHIBALD WAVELL It was 17 months ago. captured when Tobruk surrendered to the British in January, 1941. Australian and British troops moved into Tobruk 17 months ago when Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell was driv-ing across Libya. The Italian troops offered little resistance, although they burned much of the material in the city. Following the Italian defeat Ger-man troops were sent to Africa and a strengthened Axis army drove back across the desert to Egypt's borders. Tobruk 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 for supplies and re-inforcements. Explanation Wanted The news of Tobruk's fall came as Prime Minister Winston Churchill was in the United States to confer with President Roosevelt on "the war, conduct of the war, and the winning of the war.". Not since the prime minister sat-isfied 'the house of commons over the losses of Hongkong, Malaya and Singapore has the nation been more unified in demanding a full account of the conduct of the war. Charges of inefficiency and blunder-ing are widespread. FIGHT UNREST: Beginning in Vienna and the lower Danube province of Austria, a Nazi purge of "antisocial elements" is being conducted by special commis-sions set up by Nazi gauleiters. The purge is expected to embrace the entire German Reich. Announced by DNB, German news agency, the purge is directed against anyone who, "owing to criminal anti-stat- e or querulous inclinations, continually enters into conflict with the penal law, the police and other authorities." J BRIEFS: AID TO ENEMY: Judge Thomas Siddal, Atlantic City defense council chairman, has charged that signals to Axis submarines were flashed from hotel windows along the At-lantic coast. BUNKER HILL: Bunker Hill monument which commands an view of the Boston Navy yard, has been closed to the public for the duration. EDUCATION: Forty-on- e per cent of white soldiers inducted into the army during the past two years are high school graduates or have had some college training. This com-pares favorably with 9 per cent dur-ing World War L RESUMED: Workmen at the strike-boun- d Pullman-Standar- d Car Manufacturing company plant in Michigan City, Ind., voted to return to their jobs of making gondola cars needed by the U. S. army. Their dispute was submitted to the War Labor board under a agree- ment '"" fJ ' j- - "" ;CM2 : Pattern 302 contains a trani of a 4,i by 18',i and two 4", '""l motifs; color schemes; iiwl ,!i ttj stitches; materials required S order to: M4 !tl, Sewlne Circle NeedlecrafTT "1 117 Minna St San Frclit ' Enclose 15 cents (plU5 one cover cost of mailing) to: f No '""V Name Address KNEW IDEAS By RUTH WYETH SPEARS JK X7"OMEN today are not the first to discover a war-tim- e short-age of floor coverings. The glow-ing Oriental rugs of the Colonial mansion ceased to be imported during the Revolution; and the simple hooked rug made from old clothing began to be developed. Then, as now, scroll borders around a flower motif were popu-lar. The posies were designed ac-- piiiKl cording to individual taste but scroll patterns went the rounds of neighbors who traced the patterns Dn the burlap or canvas rug foun-dation. Today wax crayon is gen-erally used for tracing. You will find it easy to make a cut-o- pat- - tern by, first ruling paper into one- - inch squares and then copying the curves in the sketch. NOTE: If you wish to make a scroll pattern be sure to clip this diagram and lave it as it is not in any of the booklets which Mrs. Spears has prepared for read-ers; however. Book 5 contains two designs find directions for making original de--j ligns. To get a copy, send your order to: i MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS Drawer 10 Bedford Hills New York Enclose 10 cents for Book 5. Name Address Easy Cross Stitches of cross stitch and BOUQUETS flowers make bed sets colorful finish with the cro-cheted edging. CSere's a Gentler wj to Treat Constipation! 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This station has its main studios and transmitter at Ogden, but its growing importance and increasing popularity ne-cessitated the establishment of a studio in Salt Lake from which to originate many features that are only available in Utah's capital City. The Newhouse Hotel was chosen as the location for this studio be-cause of its central location, its fine facili-ties and the many activities that center nere. Included in the plans is the broad-casting of many of the special events and tae features that occur weekly in the IT u'ff t0 KLO broadcasting from StUdi in Newhouse Hotel .ljSt,,., SbrsoTfer CONSUME A FREE CHOICE OF A WIDE RAHGt J MERCHANDISE DBnnGnms I " " i j ; that will save you many a ; dollar will escape you if j ; you fail to read carefully and ! regularly the advertising of j ! local merchants f ; 1N THIS PAPER From Many Fields Many members of the New Y Stock exchange have unusual cupational backgrounds, says rT lier's. For example, the roster day includes a former undertak jockey, explorer, magician, J?" fighter, army general, basin player, vaudeville dancer and night-clu- b singer. There is also ordained minister, the Reveres Chester Apy, who bought his in 1929 and still preaches evZ Sunday in the Church of the Set ond Advent in Eatontown, N j By VIRGINIA VALE Released by Western Newspaper Union. phonograph records OLD now being collected for our fighting men. The movement is headed by Kay Kyser, Kate Smith and Gene Autrey, and endorsed by Ginny Simms. Lily Pons, Benny Goodman, Guy Lom-bard- o and practically all the other top notchers in music. Usd and broken records will be converted into scrap and sold, and new records bought for U. S. army camps, forts, naval stations and ma-rine bases here and overseas. The American Legion and the Legion Auxiliary will do the picking-up- . If you've got a man in the service, you know what a fine thing this is. Colombia has two of last season's greatest grid greats, Bruce Smith of Minnesota and Frankie Albert of Stanford, on the lot in Bims based on their own lives. Two teams will figure in each pic-ture. EKO added a potential 26,000,000 customers for its "Sweet and Hot" with the announcement that two highly popular coast-to-coa- pro-grams will appear in the forthcom-ing Tim Whelan musical, which co- - LUCILLE BALL stars Lucille Ball and Victor Ma-ture. Charles Victor and his "Court of Missing Heirs" program, and Ralph Edwards and the "Truth or Consequences" company have been signed up for the picture. Director Alexander Hall sent a camera crew around the city to pho-tograph kissing shots for a trailer tor "They All Kissed the Bride." He was so impressed by a girl whom the camera caught kissing a young man good-b- y at a railway station that he offered her a screen test 5he was Evelyn Scott, of Salt Lake City. She accepted, but didn't show up she'd married the man she kissed! Betty Rhodes, one of the top sing-ing stars in radio, will be Bing Cros-by's leading lady in his next Para-mount picture, a radio story tenta-tively titled "Manhattan at Mid-night." She has her own half-ho-weekly radio show, singing over a network. Susan Peters is the happiest girt in Hollywood. She was just one of ft hundred ambitious young ac-tresses, with a small role in "Tish" and then suddenly she had the second feminine role in "Random Harvest," starring Ronald Colman ind Greer Garson, and a new long-ter-contract with Metro to boot. A local girl, she'd been trying for two years to get a start in pictures. , Recently Jack Holt visited his son Tim on location for "Pirates of the Prairie." Seeing some cowboy ex-tras he'd played with, Jack sat down mi a bench in front of a saddle shop to talk with them. A shot was made of Tim riding by and later it was discovered that, by mistake, Jack appears in his son's picture. Lana Turner is cheering she won the dramatic role of the young wife in Metro's "Marriage Is a Private Affair," based on the book of that name. It's a rich and sympathetic role, the sort that, young actresses dream of getting. Amelia Earhart's favorite racing plane, the one in which she broke several national records, is being used by Pat O'Brien in his role of I iare - devil pilot for Columbia's "Flight Lieutenant It had been rented for spectacular film scenes in which O'Brien is supposed to make test dives. It was not until O'Brien saw Miss Earhart's signa- ture scratched on the instrument panel that he learned the plane had been hers. ODDS AND fTLuciUe M had terrific mike fright" unti . er toofc a e microphone to piece, Jd showed her how it worked . . . Barrymore wa, asked by Rudy Vauti if he would consider taking hi, broth. V ' P. Wee radio but ho refused because program of ill "??T LUC revived 'the' rot ZtT1 .6"'u AeBeU ' fa fo' Tolls ' Large Flowering Plant The world's largest flowering plant, the Amorphophallus tita-nu- m of Sumatra, which sometimes reaches a height of mofe than eight feet, has blossomed, while un-der cultivation, in only eight known cases, the last two being in the New York Botanical Gar-den in 1937 and 1939. |