Show weekly news analysis U S bombers blast balkans hammer german industries in france EDITORS NOTE when opinions are r expressed pressed ez in n these columns cou mat tiey they are r those abot of a western newspaper union news analysts fad and not necessarily 01 ol til this newspaper EUROPE aid A id russ with allied troops in great britain poised for the jump into western europe U S bom bombers bers took to the air to blast the balkans in conjunction with the russian armies advance into rumania in the english isles an electrical tenseness was reported as gen dwight D Elsen Eisen howers high command c was said to have set the zero hour and allied planes continued to roar over the channel to blast nazi defenses and industries in france and germany As the russians edged toward the vital rumanian oil fields of Plo estl esti U S bombers thundered over the city from the south to blast railway tank cars filled tor for the long haul to western europe U S bombers also dropped explosives on aircraft factories and railroad yards of the hungarian capital of budapest in italy heavy artillery bombardments punctuated bitter ground sparring below rome at anzio and cassino psychological war leaving no stone unturned the allies have been showering axis europe with propaganda leaflets as well as bombs in an effort to undermine german morale and encourage underground der ground resistance in occupied countries flashy leaflets have told the germans that their surrender during the last war left most of their industries dus tries intact while continued resistance si in this war will only result in the complete demolition of their factories other leaflets have condemned nazi officials for failing to provide for evacuation of the civilian population from bombed areas shiell newspapers dropped in france have informed the people of guerrilla activity and of the allied objectives in bombing hazi targets in the country while similar publications dumped over holland have pointed up americas war effort and the heavy assaults on berlin agriculture E egg 99 supports to bolster sagging egg markets war food administrator marvin jones told a group of midwestern mid western senators led by senator wherry neb that planned to support prices by purchases of from 2 27 to 32 cents per dozen in distressed a areas aas where handlers paid producers a minimum of sen wherry 26 cents a dozen declaring that the biggest problem was disposal of the eggs jones called upon the congressmen to support legislation tor for sale of perishable commodities below parity levels at present perishables cannot be sold at such prices until they evidence tion with the result that rot often sets in jones said it if the civilian population would eat one more egg per week per person the surplus egg problem would be largely solved jones added although adequate storage space has been found for frozen eggs jones said production has been influenced fluen ced by manpower problems wherever possible the government has increased its contracts for the product he said canadian oats seeking to relieve the tight feed situation the war food administration has arranged tor for the importation of COO bushels of canadian oats by may ia 15 via rall rail and the great lakes under the plan U S railroads would immediately send 75 cars daily into the canadian interior tor for the grain with 25 more to be sent later if domestic needs for the cars are not pressing the rails would carry the oats to duluth whence they would be routed to chicago and toledo by boat from 15 to 20 days generally would be required for the round trip officials estimated because competitive bidding between the two cities would bring canadian grain above the U S price ceiling the commodity credit corporation po ration might purchase the oats directly from canada for resale at lower prices in the U S DRAFT 2629 26 29 next both selective service and congress struggled over the problem of supplying the military services with younger men and maintaining record war production with continued emphasis on shifting 4 in unimportant work to essential occupations referring to the decision to only defer key industrial and agricultural workers in the 18 to 25 age group draft director lewis B hershey declared that the same sama policy would next be extended to the 26 to 29 class and after that to those 30 and over although requirements would be less strict in the latter cases in seeking to channel 4 into necessary work the house military militar y affairs committee called upon selective service to obtain a list of essential occupations and manpower shortage areas for use in guiding the employment of who would face induction into a labor battalion if tailing failing to switch to the more urgent positions state inductions with men new york is is scheduled to lead the states in the number of soldiers and sailors to be inducted by july 1 with pennsylvania with and illinois with ranking second and third other states with high totals include california with ohio with texas with and michigan with nevada with is scheduled to contribute the smallest amount of men with wyoming and delaware with and idaho with 34 having the next lowest quotas penicillin new plants costing 21 new penicillin plants in the U S and canada soon will go into the production of sufficient quantities of the magic drug to meet the needs of severe cases and milder ones of the armed forces despite the increase in production penicillin only will be available to civilians who cannot be treated with the sulfa drugs new methods have been developed for making penicillin and costs have dropped 84 per cent within a year but because the drug is derived from a mold which still must be grown and only small quantities can be refined at a time demands continue to surpass supplies NEW FOOD blood of living animals food made from blood drawn from living animals is being fed to russian hospital patients with gratifying results it is reported the blood is dried and powdered then mixed with such ordinary items as porridge spaghetti crackers cocoa and coffee appetites are improved it is stated for a long time blood of dead animals was used but the blood of living animals is much richer in sugars salts phosphorus and vitamins cows sheep camels and reindeer were bled for the tests GOP willkie quits stormy petrel of the republican party since 1940 big blustery wendell willkie withdrew his bid tor for leadership of the GOP while new yorks gov thomas E dewey was assuming the position through a popular draft Will kies sudden demise and dew eys ays ascension were occasioned by progressive ins elections for delegates to the republican national el 15 GOP favorite republicans republican boom gov GOT tom dewey left as wendell willkie steps out convention in chicago june 26 although willkie actively campaigned through the state he failed to win even one delegate while dewey who had asked that his name be withdrawn from the election won 18 with gen douglas macarthur and li e ut comar harold stassen gaining 3 apiece since wisconsin has long been noted for its liberalism willkie deliberately selected it as the grounds for a test of republican sentiment basing his bid for delegates on a program for heavier war sacrifices and extensive U S cooper cooperation aaion in world affairs ARMY discharges number the U S army has given discharges to men between december 31 1941 and january 31 1944 according to the war department of these were honorable but this does not include men who were released to accept commissions of the honorable dis charges were to men over 38 years old medical reasons accounted tor for most other releases the remainder of the cases includes a variety of categories such as dishonorable discharges and blue discharges which are neither honorable nor dishonorable men killed in camp accidents or in battle are also considered discharged and are lumped in these figures ITALY political unanimity liberated italis six anti fascist parties parties were prepared to participate in in a new government when king victor emmanuel abided by his reported decision of retiring as actual ruler and designating his son prince humbert as his Aeu eu tenant to represent his interests in settling this knotty problem of at least temporarily preserving the institution of the monarchy while still satisfying the demands of the anti fascists that the king get out the kings 0 advisors fell back on an old precedent in italian history although the communists who are reportedly vying for control of the defense and police ministries in any new italian government recently declared their intention of cooperating with the king other anti fascist elements held fast to their contention that his removal was requisite to the establishment of a strong democratic administration in the state US U S TREASURY record receipts boosted by receipts of for quarterly income tax payments the treasury collected in march but expenditures also were at a record level of 3 leaving a deficit of 1952 of the heavy expenditures in march went directly for war activities topping the november 1943 peak of during march in war bonds was redeemed representing 38 per cent of the months sale of plans for the fifth war loan drive to get under way june 12 call for a goal of about less than was actually raised during the fourth campaign of the total individuals will be asked to purchase worth of bonds more than they bought during the last drive highlights in the weeks news BUTANE FOR AUTOS A los an geles man charged with installing equipment in automobiles to permit them to use un rationed butane gas instead of gasoline has been indicted by the grand jury butane is a material in the production of synthetic rubber some equipment was sold for as high as 1000 at least 40 persons have bought the outfits it is alleged GLOBAL AIRLINES new air routes established under the pressure of war will reduce distances between points in the united states and foreign countries many of the routes will pass over the arctic circle trimming off thousands of miles it will be possible for instance to fly miles from new york to china by way of the polar route instead of miles by way of san francisco and honolulu new equipment permits passenger planes to travel safely at temperatures as low as 60 degrees below zero shipbuilding during march private shipbuilders ship builders delivered ships of all types both cargo and military this was above the january and february figures but well below december when vessels were delivered the emphasis on fast cargo craft is partly the explanation for the lower production there were 51 vessels of types called fast including 19 tankers and 16 C type cargo ships four victory ships were launched and 83 liberty ships PARALYSIS A vaccine to prevent infantile paralysis may be in process of development at the mayo foundation in minnesota dr carl rosenow states that he has identified the organism which he says is a streptococcus in one stage of its growth he is working on a serum prepared from streptococci and has had some success in making clinical tests SOUVENIRS silverware napkins fringe from curtains tassels cassels almost anything that can be sneaked out is s taken from the white house by s souvenir se seeking eking guests the housekeeper of the executive mansion reveals rationing of small articles has made the matter a real problem FARM MACHINERY quotas of farm machinery that will be allowed for canada have been decreased slightly among items on the lowered schedule are potato planters power takeoff take off c mm rn bind binders erv and feed mixers PACIFIC eye stilwell while U S bombers continued to pummel jap defense outposts in the pacific british troops strived des pera tely to check the stubborn advance toward the american operated bengal assam railroad 80 miles within india working over the whole jap japera JapE aA post system in the pacific nansi na pacificia ers pounded the st stor rage ageA defense installations on in the carolines while army airmen repeated heavy attacks on the nips supply base of hollandia yollandia Hol landia in new guinea feeder point for barges operating along the coastline seeking to cut the assam bengal railway feeding aleut gen joseph Stil wells U S chinese troops fighting to carve out a new supply road to china in northern burma the jap attack in india was concentrated in the rugged hills above GREAT BRITAIN act against strikes plagued by strikes which resulted resul teu in a loss of working days in march the british govern government m ent da ed an order under which incite Ty of labor unrest would be a crim offense even as the government considered drastic action miners in yorkshire remained idle over deductions from their wages for coal for their homes and over shipyard workers were on strike in belfast in protest of the jailing of aircraft shop stewards for participating in unauthorized walkouts wal kouts while the government moved to check the strike wave the trades union congress warned british labor that continuance ot of work stoppages would imperil an allied victory 0 0 0 aw oui U U nine of 0 10 british women in the 1045 1945 10 45 age group are in the armed forces or war work SOUTH AMERICA woney money to burn south americas huge accumulation of gold and foreign exchange of which dollars form the greatest part looms as another factor in the promotion of economic activity in the postwar world because south american countries have been sending the U S and other nations more goods than they have been able to buy back the U S department of commerce ported they have built up a c balance of over 2 billion dollars which will be available for foreign trade when warring powers return to civilian production in 1943 the department reported the U S bought worth of goods in south america while selling only approximately thus leaving the latin countries with a cash balance of nearly TRAIN BANDITS in old mexico in shades of medicos cos more turbulent days of three decades ago mexican highwaymen have gone back into business concentrating on trains bringing back native laborers enriched with hard earned wa k from six months of agricultural in the U S armed with machine guns and pistols 60 bandits reportedly held up a train in sinaloa province hoisting from homebound agricultural workers and making a clean getaway released by western newspaper union |