Show weekly news analysis russ forge deeper into poland southwest drive perils nazi troops EDITORS NOTE when wan opinions ire if expressed in ia these columns they are r those a of western new newspaper s pape r union U nion news mows ans cysts and af sot not ily ol of this ibis a cew aper SOUTHWEST PACIFIC jungle fighting like the story of eve every ry other is land in the south pacific U S troops have had to fight for every inch of ground on tropical new guinea where landings have placed doughboys dough boys in possession of the air strip on cape gloucester and a beachhead at with the enemy dug due well in the jungle U S dive bo bombers abers and artillery helped clear the way for the infantry as it edged forward through the dense brush about cape gloucester in similar terrain at the enemy also fell back grudgingly while doughboys dough boys clawed forward in new britain other elements of the U S sixth army beat southeastward along the new guinea coastline toward a juncture with australian troops driving northward in this sector the allies aimed for the big jap shipping base of cadang supply point tor for their coastal positions ace lost only hours after a dispatch from guadalcanal Guadal canal had announced that pudgy 30 year old maj gregory pappy boyington had shot down his jap to enter the selective list of U S air aces his mother received word in okanogan Oka nogan wash that he was missing with a mothers faith she said 1 I am confident he is all right and he will show up somehow somewhere called pappy because of his comparatively older age among the younger marine fliers boyington was a picturesque daredevil once pappy purposely led a squadron over a jap airdrome circling the field slowly and daring the enemy to come up and fight when they did pappy nailed three only capt eddie and maj joe foss shot down as many planes as boyington RUSSIA tangle in poland russian armies forged deeper into prewar pre war poland in flaming action on the eastern front overrunning territory the reds claimed as their own but the polish government in exile insisted must remain part of the country As the russ surged forward into prewar pre war poland gen nicholas va threw out a spearhead to the southwest aiming toward the entrapment trap ment of nazis from the rear in the big river bend the reds entered prewar pre war poland at a time of heightening tension over their claims thattie white russian and ukrainian provinces of the old state were racially related to russia sia I 1 reportedly headed for washington D C to seek U S support for the polish government in exiles case or retention of the territory was premier stanislaw STRIKES increase in 43 almost 14 million working days were lost through strikes in 1943 compared with 4 million in 1942 records of the bureau of labor statistics indicated approximately workers were involved in the estimated walkouts wal kouts which topped the 1942 total of men idle because of 2968 strikes last years strikes doubled the average of 1945 but it was pointed out that the depression prevailed during that period and because cause of scarce employment walk outs were less frequent when things started picking up in 1937 however strikes rose to and working days lost totaled i OR I 1 X 4 V I 1 11 I 1 1 AC j k FA 0 o aek I 1 7 41 f I 1 my X 1 1 w 19 V war Is hell nowhere better is this expression indicated than in in this italian town of castel di sangro lying in rubble agriculture hogs pour in shipment of hogs within a 3 day span recently in comparison with for the same period a year ago reflected crowded conditions in 12 leading middle western markets with only choice to pound pigs attracting 1375 per hundredweight many hogs were left unsold as daily trading closed and fearful that animals might contract pneumonia w with ith snow and colder weather some packers urged farmers to curtail shipments while embargoes were imposed at other centers tight labor conditions restricted packers capacities and in chicago at least soldiers from the labor PO pool ol 01 of a nearby camp were sent into the packing houses to help out WAR PROFITS want strict control recommendations to change the present government procedure of recapturing excessive profits on war material by rewriting old contracts were bitterly opposed by senators walsh mass lafollette wis senators lafollette and walsh lucas ill and connally texas two recommendations particularly opposed would exempt from present re pricing all contracts tor for standard commercial articles and products uc ts not actually a part of goods delivered in the first case the senators said one company with orders tor for a standard commercial article did six times the business of the period yet would be exempt from re pricing in the second case the senators said one machine tool company whose product of course does not actually appear in finished war goods did six times its normal business yet would not be forced to its contracts EUROPE plaster defenses flying over an mile front allied bombers rapped hard at german defenses and industries in western europe preparatory to the heralded invasion but in italy bad weather restricted allied progress over the gainous terrain and equally bitter resistance in the future loomed with the discovery that the germans were constructing another siegfried line of concrete and steel several miles in depth and just to the north of their present positions continuing the softening up process of western europe swarms of U S and british bombers and fighters lashed at german factories the important naval base of kiel air fields strung over northern and the channel coast along which the nazis reportedly have erected rocket guns SOLDIERS VOTE urge uniformity while congress wrangled over whether the federal govern government mentor or the individual states should control soldier voting in 1944 the war and navy departments recommended that applications for absentee ballots be distributed by the services and local officials accept such applications any time before ele election action other recommendations made by the army and navy were that voting material be designed for air carriage and that a emans vote be acknowledged by an officer no lower in rank than sergeant ballots must be distributed to the servicemen by mail the depart ments said and although it is the army and navy policy to assist soldiers and sailors in voting nothing must interfere with the primary obligation to wage a victorious war CANADIAN WHEAT to increase imports with approximately bushels of U S wheat expected to be fed to livestock during the current feeding season an additional to bushels will be brought in from canada according to government sources because U S railroad cars will be sent into the interior of canada this winter from to more bushels of wheat will be bd imported than otherwise possible due to the freezing of the great lakes although the heavy dairy and poultry producing areas of the northeast have bettered their feed situation feed grains are needed in the drouthey south central regions and protein meals are scarce in the southwest range districts the total supply of feed concentrates was estimated at tons RAIL TRAFFIC piled up records the nations railroads broke all transportation records last year both for passengers and freight volume of freight ha hauled aled was 14 per cent above 1942 the previous high and passenger traffic shot up 58 per cent over the preceding year average load of freight per train was 1116 tons another record per car load was 41 tons average volume of passengers per car was greater than ever before an increase of about 20 per cent in gross revenue is expected STEEL normal soon within six months production of steel should return to nearly normal conditions it is said output of steel ingots ingols will be lower during 1944 than the record set last year of 89 million tons while the invasion barge program is in progress demand for flat rolled steel will continue high it is predicted also needed are steel strips for landing mats on the domestic side it is expected that production of rails and pipes will be substantially increased 13 highlights 1 G H L I 1 G H T S in the weeks news RIVER vagaries of the white river in indiana have shifted the boun boundary ary line between decatur and perry townships in marion county two schools operated by the decatur township authorities will have to be closed because of lack of funds property of the power company is no longer within the townships tax limits to provide revenue it was pointed out TRAP sir malcolm campbell british auto racing driver was fined 20 for causing injury to an odd jobs man A spring gun loaded with red powder that sir malcolm had set on the boundaries of his land went off and hurt the workmans work mans leg BEER brosti boosting ng morale with beer and pretzels in moderation was proposed by the cincinnati regional director of the war manpower commission after studying reports of after holiday absenteeism which averaged 8 per cent ALUMINUM more buildings will be made of aluminum and magnesium alloys after the war replacing steel it is said these two light metals will be much less expensive because electricity the principal cost item in their production will be obtained from hydroelectric plants it is asserted FARM HANDS several organizations in new york state working m in collaboration filled farm jobs last year only 3 per cent of the workers were normally farm hands TYPHUS eleven public delousing stations have been set up in naples italy by allied military health officers to combat typhus which is spreading in the city 0 0 RAZOR BLADES all ali restrictions on the manufacture of safety razors and blades have been removed by the war production board officials announce another order allows the manufacture of iron bathtubs which will be made by a chicago firm 4 RISK BISK A further reduction in the cargo insurance rate on goods shipped between the united states and brazil argentina and uruguay has been announced the rate is being lowered to wt 2 per cent from 3 per cent in august 1942 when submarine sin kings were frequent the rate was 25 per cent 0 0 WRITER miss ida minerva tarbell dean of american women writers died at 86 in bridgeport conn she first gained prominence by a series of articles on the old standard oil co prohibition he before fore congress prohibitionists lined up in support of rep joseph R Bry sons bill forbidding sale or manufacture of all beverages containing more than of 1 per cent of alcohol for the duration as a congressional committee prepared for hearings on the measure As prohibitionists organized support rep emmanuel celler sal malj was rumored that they had ral rap for lobbying in was ton meanwhile it was reported that the anti alit saloon league would remain on the sidelines during consideration of the bill devoting its efforts to persuading president roosevelt to declare prohibition as a war measure under his present vast powers 44 conventions chicago bids with visitors expected at both the democratic and republican national conventions this year big business in chicago bid to have the conclaves held there with new york also reportedly interested in chicago alone representatives of hotels restaurants realty jw financial concerns banks and t S ties agreed to raise to he chairmen spangler and walker defray hall expenses etc for either party or for both it if they T met in the windy city As the national committees under frank walker of the democrats and harrison spangler of the republicans studied convention sites the office of defense transportation declared chicago was the city least likely to upset train schedules since regular line sleeping cars with beds terminate there compared to in new york COLLEGE FOOTBALL no deaths for the second time in the 12 years he has compiled statistics on college football deaths dr floyd R eastwood of purdue U announced no fatalities due to football in 1943 possibly because of a lack of sufficient fi amounts and quality of equipment nine deaths were recorded in high school football dr eastwo said 0 fatalities in the sport have gradually decreased since he started his survey in 1931 when 31 deaths were ann announced bounced dr eastwood said since most deaths have been due to head injuries he suggested that grid leaders look into possible use of new crash helmets designed for military use during the present war telephones biggest year the bell telephone system handled ao t more calls had more phones in service and employed more operators in 1943 than in any previous year long distance calls numbered compared with in 1942 crowded wires were termed the no 1 ot of the great organization S although limited by shortage shortages shor er materials and trained workers the companies of the system installed telephones during the year bringing phones in service to a new record released by western newspaper union |