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Woe to AxisAxis Axis AxisAxis Axis held Europe will wlll soon be sub sub- subjected subjected subjected - - jected to round the clock air raids raidsin raidsin raidsin in which newer bigger and faster fasterAmerican fasterAmerican fasterAmerican American bombers will wlll carry three threeor threeor threeor or four times limes the bomb weight ot of otpresent ofpresent ofpresent present Fly ng FortressesThis FortressesThis Fortresses FortressesThis This predict predlctl ) ! n was made In Lon London London London don by M Ma Maj a ] ) Gen Ira C Eaker Eakercommander Eakercommander Eakercommander LonI I commander of the U S army air airforces airforces airforces forces in Br t9 t . n American forces forceshe forceshe forces'he forceshe ' he said are now ready to build up a astnklng astriking astriking stnklng striking p wcr wer on a par with that of ofth ofthe ofthe th- th the thRoyal - : ; Royal air f rce Soon he added addedwill addedwill addedwill will begin tl U e I " s istalned rstalned offensive In 1n 1nwhich Inwhich Inwhich which the AT A T pr er cans will strike stnke at atJ.urope atEurope atiLurope J.urope Jurope Europe ! . by day and the British will willbomb willbomb willbomb bomb by n ghtGeneral ghtGeneral cht ght chtGeneral General l I F ' dker ker disclosed that in a asertes aseries aseries sertes series of 51 ra Is the U S army armyair armyair armyair air force his hs , lost fewer than 90 110 90bombers 110bombers BObombers BObombersNORTH bombers bombersNORTH NORTHrHICA NORTH \rHICA rHICA 1FRICA \rRICA-Rough rRICA Rough \ . - NORTHrRICARough ROllp1r Rough . Road Rond Row1 AheadThe Ahead AheadThe The battle to clear the Axis out outof outof outof of Tunisia w-\i w i W'i Wi wis " - \ ' going to take lime time limeRommel timeRommel timeRommel Rommel Rommels s s nr ar or y still had an offensivekick offensivekick offensive offensivekick kick 1 ' ' lie 'lie t C " struggle slruggle was likely to toget toget toget get tougher tought'r toughtr ' t I ' cfore C'fnre Cfnre efnre it got betterThese better betterThe Thee These The ' ! e f ( trots Ilts u Is t ( merged more cle'a clea clearly clearlyas ' rly rlya a as s the Incx In'x Inx toes ( ' a able bl ( ' pressure of the theAllied theAllied thiAllied Allied f t rt n r < 'r r s ' r K g ng the enemy was wasmet wasmet wasmet met by c t t I r attacks which hadregained had hadregaint"d hadregained regaint"d regaintd regained " f r li H ft n mel a s army much muchof muchof muchof of thf tl1E the " gr u d 1 I < ; st t when the British BritishEigi BritishEigt BritishEiglth Eigi Eigt th ar v sl < ; < ; 1 ! ced ct'd ctd cad ' into the Mareth Marethline Marethline Marethline MarethlineThe line ' lineThe The c I r r I i es did not Indicate Indicateany indicateany indicateany any It's Its lessen ' en g ! . t , f the th Allied effort effortThey effortThey effortThey They n erely se St ' ved to show that thatthe thatthe thatthe the battle hattle wis W1S w9s l I y no means won wonat wonat wonat at tl tt c e i l I r re " cnt ent enl t i . i e The convict on onof onof onof of an ultiTate ultl ulti ) Tate i ate A Axis ds defeat con contra contraud continu tin tinu u ud d ud1St dM \M M 1St \ \ t Ie It Ic ' II tie III ate I ' H n R t I h stoutly conle'it conleit contest conteste conle'ite ' e 1 i the thC ' N 7 1 r f r oJ t In the South the then theto the\n the n \n n to \ r , i s s < ; ler ter Lleut Ieut Gen Get GC ( rge rgeS rgeS . S tat I all at ! ! n n o t only onlv held their previ prevl previous previous ous 005 gu ga go s " ! It > t Fl FI Guettar in the . ' ' wa st f f r Tc T c < a but p pished prshed Ished on oneast onasst oneast east asst of \ Mik J\hh J hh M-rh M rh - ssv csv q in a a drive on thecoast'll thecoastal the coast'll coastll coastal ' r ad SAN SA'll SAll SAW ' J JUAN U A"i Ai . " P f x pendltures xi'endltures xiendltures xi ' > endltures on U Snaval S C ) Snaval naval Installati InstaUall installali i r s . , in Puerto Rico Ricohub Ricohub Ricohub hub of a Illt nttw nctw " ' k to fight enemysubmarines enemysubmarines enemy enemyubmannes ubmannes submarines " ' VMI 'II II wit total mori more than than$100 than100 thanI I $100 100 $ 000 000 by the end of this year yearaCCt yearacctri yearacc acctri aCCt < rl r1 nx ng t V ce Adm John H HHoover Hhoover HHoover Hoover L C I i l t 11 I t ea en i > . area commandcr commanJer commandor commanJ command er or in III its , q ct ' .t t . tc II ' cnt ent ant issued here More Morethan Morethan Morethan MoreI I than tl ti retf rei ret- ret - f urU urt urti ! s c of ot this thLS sum um has hasalr'ady hasalready hasalready alr'ady alrady already ( ' beci beel beer spe t in the San Juan Juanartas Juanartas Juanareas art-as art as artas - he sa so d I I DOCTORS IOCTORS ) DOCTORSRural IOCTORSRural RUTnllJ Rural U II S Praised PUII'ied PUIIied PraisedPrafs PraisedPrals ' Pra Prals Prafs Is ng the rural areas of the theUllited theUnited theUnited Ullited United States for having in many manyInstances manyInstances manyInstances Instances exceeded their quotas in incontributing incontributing Incontributing contributing doctors ; to the nation 5 s 5armed sarmed sarmed armed forces torces the American Med1cal Medl Med1 Medlcal Medlcal cal association declared that enroll enrollments enrollmerits enrollmerits ments merits of medical ofncers officers in the thearmy thearmy thearmy army and navy are lagging because becauseof of the failure of young available availablephysk availablephysic availablephysic physk physic ans in large cities clUes to volun volunteer volunteer volunteer teer for duty This situat sltuat on Is par particularly partitularly particularly ticularly titularly prevalent along the East Eastern Eastern Eastcrn ern seaboard the association s om otB omcia otBcial orncial cia cial I magazine chrgedThe chargedThe chirged chrged charged chirgedThe , The fact that the armed services servicesare servicesare servicesare are not lIot getting gellmg all the doctors they theyneed theyneed theyneed need was disci dlscl sed at a recent recentmeet recentmeet recentmeet meet ng rig with mil tary authorities In InWashington inWashington InWashington Washington the Journal of the theAmerican theAmerican theAmerican American Medical Association said saidThe saidThe saidThe The conference revealed that 6000 6000doctors 6 B 000 000doctors 000doctors doctors must be drawn from trom the ci civilian civlllan civillan vilian vlllan population this yearIIOUR year yearHOUR I HOUR IIOUR I oun 16 Millers Illtllers M lilen r nell rnell lndt Indnted IndntedIn ( ( ted tedIn In Chic Chicig Ching ig a federal grand jury juryindicted juryindicted juryindicted indicted 16 10 flour m lling Illng Ming compnles comp-inies comp inies compnlesand compiniesand compiniesand , - and the irdustry il'dustry ildustry industry ' s a trade ass-elationon ass elationon associationon ass association , - clatlon clatlonon on charges of ot o1 conspiracy to fix Jl : prices pricesof pricesof pnceaof of packaged fam farn ly Iy ftour-tl1e ftour tl1e flour-the flour the flour - the kind kindordinarily kindordinarily kindordinarily ordinarily gold Jold acid d k . r use in homes homesthrough homesthrough homesthrough through ut the Un led ted StatesThe StatesThe States StatesThe The indictment charged that the thedefel thedefer thedeei defel defer ( dants danls who mill mall 11 81 per cent of oftht ofthe ofthe tht the ' 45 000 000 1 , irrels 9rrels rrels of fam ly Iy fiour flour fioursold floursold floursold sold annuiily annulIy annu9lly , met from time to llme time llmeand timeand timeand and agreed upon a uniform schedule scheduleof of pr ce differentials ! to be applied appliedto to the various vanou'i vanoui ' sizes of packages In Inwhich inwhich inwhich which the flo flu ir rr is sold Addition of ofpackdgmg ofpackaging ofpackaging packdgmg packaging charges had the effect of ofIlcreasmg ofit ofIr it Ilcreasmg creating creasing bulk prices charged by bymillers bymillers bymillers millers by more than 100 per cent in insome insome insome some sizes Slles sires the Indictment allegtdThe allegedThe allegid allegtd alleged allegidThe The Miller s I a > federation In a state statemer statemert statemei mer mert t declired dechrf declared . > d there are no prke price prkeagret'n priceagreen priceagreen agret'n agretn agreen ' erit enl cots < ' ! in the mil m II ng industry industryan an 1 I f there s 10 i r o i l rice rll.e rlle . fixing nxmg uf of family familyflour familyflour familyflour familyflourRUSSIA flourRI flour RI RUSSIA IUJIA ) . , . , A AAction RUSSIAAction Action Actwn blackens "Im'kens Imkens Slackens blackensAiti SlackensAlt " ' Alt Aiti AIU ! ough tl U ti e tempo of battle on onthe onthe onthi the Russ an front had slowed down downand downand downand and action acllon appeared to be drifling drifting driflinginto driftinginto driftinginto into a deadlock in several sectors sectorsthe sectorsthe sectorsthe the Bed Red army had continued its dog dogged dogged doggcd ged dr vc ve ye through the spring spnng slush slushand slushand slushand and m ( d i toward SmolenskMeanwhile SmolenskMeanwhile Smolensk SmolenskMeanwhile Meanwhile German onslaughts de designed designed designed signed to gain gam c ntr ntrt ntrt < ( 1 I of the upper upperDonets upperDonets upperDonets Donets river valley vallpy had slackened slackenedfollowir slackenedfollowir slackenedfollowir followir g the furious fw-Ious fw Ious - resistance ot of otthe ofthe ofthe the Russ an defendersThe defendersThe defenders defendersThe The Russian Rus"Ilan RusIlan " move toward Smo "mo- "mo mo Smo- Smolensk "molensk " Smolensk - lensk took look the form of a no th s JUth tlth JUthdrive ) tlthdrive uthdrive drive TIe Tt TI e heav ht'av htav ' est assa a"lsa alsa assn " It A So Sovlet Sovict o ovIet vIet vlet war bulletin reported sharpthrusts shaq sharp sharpthrusts thrustll thrusts by the Red forces north of ofDukhovsch ofDukhovsch ofDukhovsch Dukhovsch no nu 32 miles northeast of ofSmoler ofSmoler ofSmolei Smoler sk At Al the same lIame time Ume a Rus Bus Russian Bussian Russian sian column was reported moying mOlmg moving to to- toward toward . - ward Dorogobuzh below the Mos Moscow Moscow Moscow cow Vyazma Smolensk railway and and50 50 miles mUes east of Smqlensk Sm Smolensk Qlensk Fierce Fiercecounrer Fiercecounter Fiercecounter counrer counter attacks with heavy beavy concen concentrations concentrattons concentrations trations trattons of art llcry lIery 11cry backing up in infantry infantry infantry fantry fantryere \ ' - were \-ere ere be ng undertaken by the theGermans theGermans thaGermans Germans a Russ communique re re- reported reported - , ported portedTo To the south the Germans were werepaying werepaying werepaying paying a heavy price pnce in men and andmaterial andmaterial andmaterial material tor for their effort to gain con control control control trol of the upper Donet Donels Donets * river basin basinNul basinNszl basinNiti Nul Nszl attempts to establish est.abl1sh establ1sh . bases on onthe onthe onthe the east bank of the river had been beencevere beenseverely beenseverely cevere severely ; Iy repulsed I H HIGHLIGHTS I GIlL G II L I GOT G H T S . . . . . . . . i in . 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