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Show UTAII TIIE RICH COUNTY REARER, RANDOLPH, THE RICH COUNTY CONGRESS: REAPER Entered cs second class matter Feb. , kvm Act of March 3, 1879. -t the Posi Office. tl Wm. E. Marshall. Basin ess Manager 1. all Per Year in Advance 8UBSt KIP 1 lOXS Leyton Marshall. Editor and lroorienir WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS draft, reLegislation for a labor in Roosevelt quested by President was to congress, his annual message the house given the cold shoulder by which pigeonmilitary committee, senates the bill despite holed the consideration of the measure. Had the request for a labor draft been made after Pearl Harbor or in the midst of walkouts which prompted enactment of the antistrike law, congression- TT- By Delos Wheeler Lovelace Consolidated Features. WNU Release. Every morning at eight bells 8 a. m. to landlubbers the navys top man squints jupward from the deck of the yacht Dauntless in Top Man of Navy theWashing- ' i'VT EW YORK. Red Army Launches Bloodiest Drive To Break Strong Nazi Defense Lines; Indian Tribes Aid in Arawe Offensive; Government Relinquishes Rail Control Vice WPB Chief heseese Fears a Shortage sees lots of Of Products Ahead '?lkeJsd terial, but .too few products for a commodity-hungr- y United States. This is likely to be so, he says, because workers will be in one region, stockpiles in another. The government gives Batt a dollar a year for miscellaneous jobs, chief of which is the vicechairmanship of WPB. He has worked at the latter since early in 42. His assignments keep him in his office 13 hours a day and busy at home more nights than not, but he still finds time to eye postwar problems. He believes that if management and labor pull together this country can have an unequalled prosperity with living standards so high the golden '20s will seem poverty-stricke- n by comparison. Batt has been studying the relations of management and labor for years. In private life he heads the S. K. F. Industries at Philadelphia. He got to that post from a running start off an Indiana farm. Born near Salem, he walked six miles a day to get part of his schooling and finally was graduated from Purdue with an engineering degree. That led him into manufacturing, and manufacturing forced him into a study of management on which he is now an authority. Away from Washington he lives in a Philadelphia suburb. For 35 years he has been married to a chum of his childhood and they have 5 children, as well as a substantial equity in 5 grandchildren. "11 ORD reaches this corner by i v v round-aboroad from Tehe ran that the Big Three included Finland in their talks and that when ut Finland Prefer Can Breathe Much Easier After This makepeace with hei small north ern neighbor she may be surprisingly reasonable. This is a rumor to file for future reference, and mean while it will cheer Premier Edwin Linkomies. Since he took his job last March he has worried chiefly about Russias intentions. Linkomies is one of Europes most erudite statesmen. Educated abroad, chiefly in Italy and Greece, he is vice president of Helsinki university and professor there of Latin and Roman literature and is certainly the only prime minister who has written a Latin grammar. Six years ago, when Hoover visited Finland, Linko-mie- s welcomed him with a Latin oration. Balzac. DB8E ut CLOGS UP TONIGHT ut Put nostril. It (1) shrinks swollen membranes, (2) soothes irritation, (3) relieves transient nasal con- gestion . . . and brings greater breathing comfort. wfoeu Follow the complete VICKS WHEAT MOVEMENT: Cars for Canada directions Massing 250,000 men along a stretch, the Russians launched a new offensive below Leningrad in the north, 70 miles from the Latvian border. In the initial fighting, the Reds cut across a railroad supply line, and also pushed toward the big Nazi base of Novgorod. To the south, Gen. Nicholas Vatutins First Ukrainian army drove 40 miles within prewar Poland, while in the province of White Russia, the Reds gained in heavy fighting over the frozen wastes of the vast Pripet marshes. On the southern front, stiff German defenses preto the Black h vented a sea Roumanian region. 250-mi- le War Food Administrator Marvin Jones order to the Office of Defense to Transportation furnish 200 freight RAILROADS: cars daily to bring Back to Oimers in Canadian wheat was sharply critiFollowing the termination of strike threats with the settlement of the cized by Sen. Clyde unions wage disputes, the war deReed (Kan.), who contended the rollpartment returned the railroads to private ownership. ing stock was needed to move domes-ti- c The action was taken after 1,150,-00- 0 members of the grain from unions were granted wage boosts clogged elevators. of from 9 to 11 cents an hour, with Countering Senator Reeds critiextra payments for time over 40 hours making up part of the in- cism, Jones said he was merely actcrease. Employees receiving less ing to relieve the tight feed situation than 47 cents an hour will get the in the U. S., what with grain invenraise, with those over 57 tories as of January 1 about bushels becents granted 9 cents. low last of year. By the members 350,000 Previously, operating unions had been awarded diverting 200 cars daily ., to Canadian a boost. shipments, the WFA EUROPE: expects to import 40,000,000 bushels of Road to Rome wheat by May 1, From their positions on the moun- and a total of tain slopes, U. S. and French troops . bushels in , looked down on the defenses of the the first 6 months of Nazi stronghold of Cassino, guard1944 ing the long road to Rome. From Although Senator Cassino, the broad plain running Reed said the divernorthward lends itself to armored sion of 200 cars would actually repwarfare instead of the tedious, up- resent 25,000 cars, Jones disputed hill mountain fighting of recent the figure, placing it at 6,00.0 cars. break-throug- Polish Boundary Following Russias suggestion that discussions for settlement of the Polish boundary dispute be based Curzon line upon the the awarding provinces of White Russia and the western Ukraine to the Soviet Union, the Polish government-in-exile answered by asking that the U. S. and Britain mediate ed the question. Russia took none too kindly to the idea, claiming that by asking the and Britain to intervene the Poles rejected the Curzon line as a basis for negotiation. Violently opposed to the present Polish government-in-exile the Russians declared discussions with the present Polish government-in-exil- e were virtually impossible unless it was revised, with Communists included in a new setup. U. S. Peace Talks the front. Across the Adriatic in Jugoslavia, guerrillas of Josif (Tito) Broz continued to harass German troop movements throughout the country, considered as a possible invasion of SOUTHWEST PACIFIC: Surprise Promised Made up of Indians from 20 tribes trained in jungle warfare in Panama, units of Lieut. Gen. Walter Kruegers Sixth army plowed forward at Arawe in southwestern New Britain, as U. S. bombers continued hammering the big Jap supply base of Rabaul, to the northeast. Although U. S. advances on New Britain were slow, they were definitely containing Jap forces that might be employed in the more vital area to the east. Speaking from Southwest Pacific headquarters, Rear Adm. Robert B. Carney said: Rabaul and Kavieng are next on our list, but our method of taking them wont be in accordance with any familiar pattern . . . Just how we will do it will be something the enemy least expects . . . Indicative of the scale of U. S. air attacks on the big base of Rabaul which acts as a feeder point for Jap barges supplying the New Britain, New Guinea and Solomons area, the Tokyo radio admitted the sinking of several ships in the harbor after a raid of 200 American planes. POLITICS: Strange Letter Grumpy old Secretary of the In- terior Harold L. Ickes was brought into the case of the mysterious let- ter, produced by C. Nelson Sparks and allegedly written by Harry Hopkins, and purporting to show that the latter as the Presidents No. 1 adviser is in close contact with Republican Wendell Willkie. Sen. William Langer (N. D.) displayed photostatic copies of letters allegedly written by one of Ickes EARTHQUAKE: City Ruined scription: 'or sheriff in 82. in 83. Buried in 84. 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Used for over 53 years. Satisfaction or money back is guaranteed. Ask your druggist tor K0ND01TS HASAL JELLY today. Seeds In the Seychelles Islands of th Indian ocean are palm trees whos seeds weigh as much as 50 pound: nd SNAPPY FACTS ABOUT RUBBER Inflatable rubber barge for the U. S. Navy are "cured" at B. F. Goodrich in a steam vulcanizer that is 42 feet long, 10Vi feet in diameter, weighs 35 tons and has a door that alone weighs 10 tons. It's a record for size ajid turns out the barges at a rate of one every 50 minutes. 25-fo- ot warehouses throughout the U. S. are bulging with food, its because the army must have record supplies on hand for troops, Brig. Gen. J. E. of the quartermaster department said. For every soldier overseas, the army must hold 272 days of food in reserve, General Barzynski declared. There must be 15 days supply in transit to depots; 65 days supply in ports and depots; 30 days supply afloat; 92 days' minimum overseas supply; 45 days overseas operating stocks, and 25 days extra supply to Cover losses from enemy action. In addition, General Barzynski said, the army must have 90 days food supply on hand for U. S. camps. Because a whole years supply oi such foods as canned corn, etc., must be bought during the short period of production, stocks on hand will be large at completion of the harvest. Bar-zyns- Left to right: Ickes ana Hopkins lol T Trains that stop at way stations near Udaipur, India, are always met by troops of monkeys that emerge from the jungle to chatter at the passengers. Stocks Needed If laxattvei-Simpty'chew m FEEN-A-MIN- T before you go to bed, taking only in accordance with package directions sleep without being disturbed. Next morning gentle, thorough relief, helping you feel swell again. Try FEEN-A-MINTastes good, is handy and economical. A generous family supply Famous for its fruits and wines, the picturesque city of San Juan, situated high up in the Andes mountains of Argentina, lay in ruins following 4 earthquakes inside of 12 hours. Panicked as the earth rumbled and shook, thousands of people rushed screaming from swaying buildings, only to be struck by chunks of falling masonry. Estimates of the dead were placed as high as 5,000, and of the injured at' about 13,000. Although the quakes were felt across the whole continent from Chile on the Pacific to Argentina on the Atlantic, San Juan with its 30,000 population was the most important city hit. Bravely, its survivors telegraphed Argentine President Gen. Pedro Ramirez for a $37,500,000 loan for reconstruction, and conscription of 50,000 workers to help harvest the districts fruit crop. SOLDIERS in- Ran Ran from sheriff 00 months. As U. S. and French forces bore down on the tangled barbed wire, concrete emplacements and deep gun pits making up the Nazi defense system around Cassino, swirling rain and snow held up the British Eighth armys advance on the other end M., Wild Bill Britt. 500,-000,0- Russias unofficial report that two prominent British statesmen had site. met with German Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop in Spain to discuss a separate peace were vigorously denied in London. In London, it was pointed out that the Von Ribbentrop story apparently was an amplification of a rumor that has been widely spread since the Churchill-Ede- n conferences in Egypt, but was not taken seriously by other sources. Lifes Highlights In a cemetery at Ruidoso, N. .is a tombstone bearing this non-operati- 11-ce- nt VA'TKIO'NOL in folder. Home to Yanks Protected overhead by sandbags and shell cases, this dugout on Italian battlefront is home, sweet hometo these Yanks, Baltic Drive him- We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never either so wretched or so happy as we say we are. Declaring that with the possible enrollment of 15 to 20 million men and women in the services discharge pay amounting to $1,000 per person would cost the government from 15 to 20 billion dollars, Representative Dewey Short (Mo.) argued for house affairs acceptance of its military muster-ing-ocommittees bill providing payments of $300. In one effort to boost payments to Wildischarged vets, Representative inliam Lemke (N. D.) proposed creasing the maximum disbursement to $700. Previously, the senate had passed a bill providing muster-ing-opayments ranging from $500 for vets with 18 months or more service overseas, to $200 for less than a years service at home. RUSSIA: POPE self shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. St. Luke. Discharge Pay high-flyin- the War Production board looks ahead to the days when the war will be stumbling offstage and doesnt ' For whosoever exalteth passed. With war production record high, however, only serious strike threats could force enactment of the legislation, it was added. Iflag o blame at night, But always think the last opinion right. al circles say it might have at a Released by Western Newspaper Union. May Be Upped to ton navy : Admiral of Fleet yard anda throws g smart salute toward the T ILLIAM LOREN BATT of CONSIDERATION is the soil in which wisdom may be expected to grow, and strength be given to every upspringing plant of duty. Emerson. Some praise at morning what they '- -f Smith-Connal- ly , which he now says will throw heavier and heavier shadows across Japan as this new year runs along. 'A full admiral, there is talk of rais-'in- g him still higher, to match senior 'officers of our Allies. This would 'make him admiral of the fleet, a rank no American has held since Dewey 45 years ago. Adm. Ernest Joseph Kings family, as much as an ardent army has left of it, lives in Washington but the admiral sleeps on the Dauntless because it can also accommodate the staff which helps him plan the ' coming offensive. Having given his smart salute he walks, probably by way of Virginia avenue, to the Navy building on Constitution. There he puts in a big days work for a man already two birthdays past retirement age. He was 65 in November and about then a rumor got around that Admiral Nimitz would succeed him. When this aid not happen the rumor died a natural death. Married since 1915, with a son in Annapolis, and five daughters, of whom four are married to army officers, Admiral King has been in the navy for 40 years. He has had his flag for 10, has been a full admiral for 7, and has had his present high post for more than 2. Gems of Thought Shun Labor Draft ki Synthetic rubber plants already completed and those scheduled for construction will have an annual rated capacity of 850,000 I ong tons. Before the war the United States consumed about 600,000 long tons of rubber annually. Now, however, our supplies must be shared with the United Nations. non-perisha- 'ID 003333 |