| Show ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS National seed and it international problems pro lems inseparable from local wel wel- fare arc A foreign n correspondent welting in an LUc Life tells tell of a discussion lie he hall had with A t ranking high British officer Sn From Front personal in the field the officer dc- dc cia red lie he wa yeas was convinced that one h li soldier was a match for ten Japanese l C. C Unfortunately lie he added risen were eleven cleven J Japanese Tins This little anecdote accurately 1 the Allied position in the Far rast ra t. t So far as the quality of one mot's i is concerned we wc have every very Ti Tight ht to be he proud I General Ameri Filipino American an- an Filipino for errs have performed m miracles in ind Righting d a n delaying r action which Titas been immensely costly to the enemy in the thc face of overwhelming overwhelm- overwhelm ing in odds of both hoth men and antl equip equip- ment The hc exploits of less than with a handful of planes ani Runs gums ml at Wake in fi fighting ti a battle during durin which they destroyed seven Japanese of ships W waT WT T. great ent numbers of aircraft and took tooka a n terrific toll of the 11 oral TOen lias has already aheady become an epic lint Tics Tics-h 1 and ail blood can ran do only so us' no matter how bow strong the spirit within and in the end the wei weight of power manpower and machine power must win the victory In t I n the Tar Far ar East we arc are simply imply inferior in and ami that i is the whole story tory our T the defeats defeat we the and the British nave suffered What we arc str striving in for as a aIr Ir Is time Time to produce adequate instruments of war-time war to 0 send them to the thc to creal and perfect an all- all plan for combat To Tor r send end Inadequate rc reinforcements to L or Dr anywhere else would be he it Intile-it would possibly it mean ean a ruinous fruitions dissipation a and waste of efforts a and nd our resources lan J people may have ha ve thought thou ht that MacArthurs MacArthur's stand was use use- that less that fine soldiers were dying rin Tin a battle hattle which could not be he won lint lit whether heth or not the 1 en enemy my fin fin- rally takes all of the Philippines nes the fact that the Japanese are paying r a aThi Thi high h price for every inch of ground gain ain and that thal MacArthurs MacArthur's stand land makes Manila and its bay of TIO no use to Japan so lon long as the defenders de tic- lenders fenders fen ers are arc able ahle to n fight ht on i is in a military achievement that swill mill play an important part rt in the eventual winning of the war On some fi fighting fronts the tide trims rIms in favor of the United Nations It cit us us clear dear to all that Germans arc mot not carrying on ou a strategic re- re from Russia Correspondents have 1 followed the Russian tell of seeing r whole train- train of tanks runs guns munitions and other supplies left behind intact by try y the fleeing 11 Nazis Hitler I certainly did not plan on that The Thus Huss army army which which according to an announcement made by German Ger Ger- man press chief Dietrich Dielrich early in October was totally destroyed as u an tut effective fighting force force has has a rate first-rate mirace 1 It t has fl come l the proud Geman divisions Into onto disorganized routed remnants ta al a once-great once army Late reports isny ty that the Germans are arc tr trying ing to muster new armies in the occupied to make up for the appall- appall ling toil loll the Russians have leave taken hither may be able to make these new mew armies march and do his bidding bid bid- dins ding lie can hardly infuse them with spirit The Chinese always fine soldiers are arc making m splendid I uc use e of the materials materials ma ma- of war sent them by hy and thi this country Great arras areas of land have been heen wrested from froth the invader Chinese generals toll tell of almost al almost ai- ai naltie most incredible Japanese a And Chinese Chine forces Ire are a aiding in inthe inthe inthe the of Singapore in In Africa Na i t Hommel escaped with part of his bis hi force from Lybia v with ith the aid of a I sandstorm Hut Hul the h have ha till the territory firmly in hand and the great hulk bulk of the German tank divisions division have been destroyed or captured In the theIn thelong thelong In long run this thi victory victors' may prove to tobe tobe be he the most important Allied success success suc suc- cess ces so o far Many an expert think thinks control of Africa may clay eventually I prove the key to the tire winning of the entire war In the battle of the Atlantic british brit Brili I ish ih shipping posses losses remain low The British American convoys and naval na val patrols arc working far hater better than they ever did before Destruction tion tinn of Nazi boats U-boats has hall been heavy The battle hattle which must be he won at once is that thal of the American production pro front The hue Presidents President's plans for expansion of arms production production tion as laid down in his state of the Union speech slIced arc approved lint Hut many are arc convinced that it cannot be he done in the time scheduled unless the defense setup setup set set- up lip is overhauled with one man of ability and courage placed in ill supreme su su- preme command Division of re responsibility responsibility re- re has made for tape red waste confusion on fusion And Anti that cannot be he permitted per wilted to continue Current plans cull rill for a tax tux hill bill which will increase Federal revenue revenue rev rev- by hy a year Inasmuch Inas IlIas- much as last years year's income tax measure measure- which wa was till the hi highest hest in our history was designed ned to prod produce produce pro pro- d duce uce a II Ii little It Ie more tha than n you can understand what this will involve II High rh il-rh officials arc are exceedingly l chary of n a s tax Hut it is likely like like- Iv ly that a tax of this nature though it may he be given ivell another more pleasant name will find its way on the statute books hooks It would be he a u colossal revenue producer |
