Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS big allied winter P push ush A alms ims arheart at heart of german industry sets food goals for 1945 ne released leased by western newspaper union in these columns they lire are those of EDITORS NOTE when opinions are expressed of this newspaper not necessarily and western newspaper unions news mews analysts K I 1 EL CA nat KONIG ERGS I 1 E I 1 A VISTULA I 1 WARSAW BELG N i xa POLA D E 4 VIM CZECHO IV AI FR CE SLOVAKIA 1111 FORT 11 10 AUST I 1 SUB I 1 I 1 SWITZ HUNGARY with president roosevelt prime minister churchill and Al marshal arshal stalin scheduled to meet soon there again has been a resumption of discussion as to the future disposition of germany on the basis of the latest information the reich might well be reduced to half of its 1938 size with 1 france claiming the area west of the rhine river 2 a restored austria obtaining bavaria 3 holland being compensated for flooded land 4 the russians and poles dividing east prussia 5 poland receiving and part of silesia and the breslau area going to czechoslovakia EUP EU POP ff aig push using their superior forces to prevent the germans from building up strength for next year the th e allies launched an all out drive against the west wall moving forward toward the vital industrial ruhr and rhineland despite wintry weather although they had anticipated a general offensive the germans conceded the allies superiority stating that until their vaunted vaunt ed new weapons could be delivered to the front their troops would have to rely on their spirit to stay in the fight As the allied attack got underway the british 2nd and army striking in southeastern holland stood only 37 miles from duisberg the U S ath hitting to the tommies commies Tom mies south was 31 miles from dusseldorf the U S 1st ast swinging below aachen was 28 miles from cologne the U S 3rd ard working past metz was 1312 13 miles from the and the U S ath and french 1st ast were 40 miles from bavaria focal points of the attack centered in the U S ath and army fronts where swarms of allied heavy bombers supported by fighter planes dropped thousands of tons of 1 a A ay al 7 at r fa ra prom debris caused by war dutch boung in build their toy castles fragmentation explosives on the en forward positions to smoothen the way for the yanks advancing forces heavy concentrations of artillery joined in the bombardment of the german positions then the yanks moved forward with members of the infantry slogging alongside of mud caked tanks to score gains prior to the general offensive th the e british in holland the yanks around metz and the mixed allied force in the foothills of the mountains had improved their positions in hard fighting the yanks around metz engaged in in some of the toughest fighting as gen george S patton edged closer to the vital basin famed for its coal and chemical industry in slashing forward U S forces ringed the formidable fortress city of metz in writing off metz the germans loudly broadcast that the bastion had largely served its purpose of holding up the U S drive to give them time to build up their fortifications farther to the rear the allied attack came off in the midst of a welter of rumors that heinrich himmler had taken over absolute charge of the reich from an ailing adolf hitler appointed commander of the home army by hitler himself himmler busied himself trying to shove up german morale for the mighty blows that fell about that nations unhappy head PACIFIC bloody science bloody business war is also a science and as U S troops flodd plodded ed forward on leyte island in in t the he philippines gen douglas mac arthurs strategy unfolded with the main forces compressed on the northwest corner of leyte general macarthur Mac Arthurs s tactics pointed to their annihilation by the prized military maneuver of engaging them from the front while sending other units to cut them off in the rear thus did the division move to press the enemy frontally while the ast 1st cavalry and divisions alerc pierced ed the mountain ranges to the southeast in a drive to entrap the japanese from the rear meanwhile U S airmen kept a close eye on the important port of ormom through which the japanese had previously sent reinforcements to help their troops holding out against the american advance manila bay also came under the bombsights bomb sights of U S airmen with farrier carrier based craft hitting at this important nerve center of enemy shipping for the entire philippine area in one strike alone 11 jap cargo vessels and went to the bottom WAR WOUNDS greater recovery because of better organized and equipped medical service sulfa drugs penicillin plasma and whole blood available for use in forward areas less than 4 per cent of americans wounded in this war die as compared with 7 per cent in the first world conflict the full picture of medical advance however is best told in the tact fact that from 50 to 60 per cent ot of the soldiers wounded in in the present war are incapacitated by heavy guns artillery or mortars which inflict more serious injury compared with only about 20 per cent in comparisons between the two world wars show 80 per cent of the wounded now returning to duty as against 70 per cent and number of infections kept down to 10 per cent as against the old cent figure of 60 per FOOD bumper harvests even as the U S department of agriculture forecast bumper grain crops for 1944 the war food administration announced that its 1945 food production program would remain substantially the same as this years boosting its estimates of corn production bushels the USDA predicted a record 1944 crop of bushels while standing pat on its previous forecast of an all time wheat harvest of bushels coupled with a record record sorghum crop of bushels overall grain production production including oats barley and rye was set at a top of tons in addition bumper crops were forecast for cotton tobacco potatoes sweet potatoes soybeans apples peaches pears and pecans alterations in the 1945 food program call for an increase in pig C cattle attle and milk production but a 16 per cent decrease in in egg output closer to the average CHURCH LOANS aid homesteading Home As a result of a home homesteading program financed by the board of national missions of the presbyterian church farm families are settling on property purchased on extended terms of 30 years with down payments deferred from one to three years if practicable in addition to home homestead homesteading in funds may be used tor for the acquisition of forest lands for the benefit of the whole community or for loans to improve home and farm equipment funds also have been utilized for awakening interest in farm ownership through the provision of general education in proper farming methods and advice in selecting suitable crops under the homesteading home program an application is approved by the pastor and three elders of the church with the prospective owner agreeing to cultivate the land and raise self supporting crops starting modestly the program has grown steadily farm values despite increases in the value of farm land since the outbreak of the war the overall over all situation remains spotty with prices reach reaching ilg inflationary proportions in some sections while rising to fair figures in others unduly depreciated during depression years considered in all its aspects farming has risen from a 49 to a 70 billion dollar industry since the war began with value of land and buildings to talling ever 45 billion dollars crop and livestock inventories over 15 billion dollars and liquid capital about 12 billion dollars making good use of wartime prosperity farmers have whittled wh mort gage debts down nearly a billion dollars since 1939 with the figure now standing at about 5 billion dollars 4 wonder show with americas learned scientists be ae i hind the test tubes looking more and more into the substance of matter wonders may never cease already the list of accomplishments runs high as evidenced at the national chemical exposition in the turreted coliseum in chicago ill III where lightweight and weather resistant plastic magnesium furniture lawn sprays which kill weeds but spare grass and synthetic clothes were on d dis is play spectators milling about the great hall also could see a new method for producing a high mileage gasoline artificial aromatics aro matics for use in soap cosmetics arid and perfumes and a spray for the painless treatment of severe burns scientists explained the processes of electronics the magical little electric atoms of which 30 billion billion billion make an ounce in the drying of plywood to the welding of thermoplastic materials LAND REFORM split polish estates carrying out its policy of a agricultural g kicul reform the moscow sponsored polish committee of national liberation divided up acres of land owned by count alfred among 1050 families at the same time the liberation committee announced that it had taken over the fam ilys lan cut castle which would be converted into a museum all together count alfred a prominent industrialist said to have hed fled to vienna with the gern is owns acres in dividing up the counts estates the liberation committee was following its avowed policy of redistributing lands operated by great families with the owners dominating the entire social structure within their districts POLITICAL ACTION CIO success with congressional members e elected with the support of the political t action committee the CIO declared that the victory demonstrated the effectiveness of labors first big organized effort in a campaign whether the PAC would be continued was considered at the CIO convention in chicago III where union leaders called for support of their fight for higher wages and demands for industrial labor and government planning for provision of postwar jobs declaring that the election of the 0 candidates backed by it assured the pre presence of an improved congress for the next session the CIO said that its PAC proved to be the decisive factor because it did the organized door to door work that brings success in a campaign the men and wamen women backed by the PAC comprise 96 representatives senta tives and 14 senators coming from 28 states in every section of th tha |