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Union ebb ebbf f 4 4a 4i . * k ka a y P y yy yebb a i { , k , . x1 , Yfo Yfok YfoGeneral General OIontfomery Mon&l'ome.y Monlome.y Monlomey Montgomery & ' . , . leader of 01 the victorious British BrUlsb EICbtb Eighth Elhu ; ( > army armyInspects . , Inspects tnspeols the weapons weapoDs native DaUve to some lome of 01 the tbe fiercest Oerceat fighters Ol'htel"l Olhtell lighters ' " la III In his bls army armyThe armyThe armyThe The men meD arc are Garkhaa Gurkha Gurkbae . ' from 'rom rom India Iadla The weapon , , , the curvin curving ourving . khukri khukrl khukrt whlcb which whlcbha whichhas wblothas ha has . been ased oed saed effectively In band to-hand to hand to-baDd baDd to-band band - - - clashes claahe . The weapon weapoD maT may maTDever maynever m mnever ] never Dever be nnaheathed UDShea&hed UDSheahed unebeathed & without wltbout blood being belDI ' drawn draWD _ _ SOUTHWEST PACIFIC : Something in the AirIndicative Air AirIndicative Indicative of an Impending larg large largescale larie larieaeale < aeale scale cale move in line 1Jne with warningiot warningsof warnings of Gen . . . Douglas Douglaa MacArthur Jap Jap- Japanes Japanese Japanese - - anes anese . airmen continued theirbomb their their- - bomb bomb- bombIng bombbig bombing - ing big campaign campallD against agaln.t agalnt . Allied Awed South Southwest . west Pacific PecJJlc Psciflc strongholds strongbold . in the New NewGuinea NewGuinea Guinea areaOne areaOne area areaOne One hundred Jap planes attacked attackedthe attackedthe attackedthe the important Allied supply eupply basa base ham 01 01Fort olPort Fort ort Moresby Moreaby , . with wtth BO CO 80 bombers bombera pro pro- protected protected protected - tected by an m equal num number ber of flght- flght flghtera fight ftght- ftght ftghtera fighters - - ers era Allied Awed airmen arose arole to chal cbal challenge . lenge the enemy and they the ) ' wer were were , aid aid- aid- aid aided aided aided - ed b by ) ' heavy anti aircraft alroraft fireIn fire ftre ftreIn fireIn In all all . . , 37 31 Jap planes planel fell leU in fiames flames flames29 29 In dog-fights dog fights dog-lightl lightl - and eight eliht from ac- ac accurate accurate ac accurate - - curate ack.acltJap ackackJap ack-ack ack ack.aclt ackaclt ackackJap - . Jap lossea losle losses . at Port Moresby raled raised raledto raisedto rainedto , to 70 76 78 the number of planes planel lost Intwo In Intwo intwo two da daysComing days daysComing . Coming Comma from tram down under Austra Austra- AustraDan Austrafian Australian - lian Dan fian Minister for External Mairs Affairs MairsDr AffairsDr AffairsDr Dr Herbert Evatt has bal come up with witha witha a plea tor for increased mcreased help belp to ARied Allied ARiedforcel Alliedforces Alliedforces forcel forces in the Southwest Soutbw.i Soutbwi . . PacrooDr PacificDr Paclfla Pacroo Pacific PaclflaDr Dr Evatt Evatt's Evatts Evatt'a Evatta ' ' . plea coincided with a e awarn1n ewarning awarning warning warn1n : from the Allies Ailles Awes ' * two top topSouthwe topSouthwest topSouthwest Southwe Southwest " Pacific Puffta commanders , . Oen Gen OenDo GenDouglas GenDouglas Do Douglas la . MacArthur and Lieuten Lieuten- Lleuten- Lleuten Lieutenant Lleutenant Lieutenant - ant General Blarney Blamey . , , that the Japswere Japs Japswere Japswere were massing ma.tnl matnl . . planes and men north northof northof 01 of Australia AustnDa General Oeneral MacArthur MacArthur.ald MacArthursaid MacArthursaid .ald ald said . the enemy eneln7 was seeking aeCk1ng ! to re- re - ree.tabllib reestablish re reestablish - establish e.tabllib etabllib . his bU air superiority while whileLieut whileLieut whileLJeut Lieut . . . Gen GOD Gon Blarney Blame1 warned that the theJap theJape theJaps Jap Jape , ' had concentrated 200 000 men mento mento mento to capitalize apltalize on em aerial advantageRUSSIA advantage advantaare advantageRUSSIA RUSSIA : Lull Before StormThe Storm StormThe The lull continued before betore the the.torm thestorm thestorm .torm torm storm . la In RUlllaBoth RussiaBotts Russia RUllla RussiaBoth Both Botts sides Iides reported minor ac- ac action ac BC action - . tion Uon . . . The Tbe Reds RedJI claimed to bave have bavethrown havethrown havethrown thrown back small amall waves wavel of 01 German Germantnfantr'7 Germaninfantry GermanInfantry tnfantr'7 tnfantr7 infantry ' that tried to run over Rus Rue RueSian RusIlan Russian Ilan Sian positions position . on the Volkhov VokbOY ] river riversoutheast riversoutheast riversoutheast southeast of LeningradThe LeningradThe Leningrad LeningradThe The Reds Reth also announced that ar artiller artillery artlllery tiller tillery ) ' and machine macblne gun fire ftre wa was wasconcentrated wasconcentrated . concentrated concentratedon on German position positions positionsbefore positionsbefore . betore before Smolensk as II part of a 8 plan planto planto planto to reduce- reduce reducethe - . - the outer defenses of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Na Nad Nan baitlon bastion bastionFor bastionFor baitlonFor For themselves themlelves the Germans Oerman . re- re - reported re- re reported re reported - ported continued secondary lecondar ) ' action actionalonc actionalong actionalong alonc along the wet we.t west * . bankof bank of the Doneb Donets Donebriver Donetsriver Donetsriver river below Kharkov Kbarkov Here . , . they they.ald theysaid theysaid .ald ald said . , , . arUDery arUller artifery ) ' fire raked the en entrenched entrenched entrenched trenched Russian forces torces Neither Neitherside Neitheraide Neitheraide side aide claimed major advancesRUML advances advancesRUML RUML PLAN : Doughton Unforgiving Unforgr.vmg Unforgrvmg UnforgivingPay . Pay as you-go you go - - but no forilvenell forgiveness forgivenesson forilvenellon on taxes ' ! ' Doughty Dougbty old Robert Doubton Doughton Doubtonstood Doughtonstood Doughtonstood , stood up In to the house and told mem morn memben mornben members ben pressing for reconaldera reconsideration on of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Run Rumi Ruml > 1 plan that hi bis his . Ways and andMeans andMeans andMeans Means committee CQmmlttee favored deducting deducting20 20 per cent from weekly payrolls payrollsbut payrollsbut payrollsbut but letting 1ettinR the questi questJ n of o ( forgiving forgivingany forgivingany forgivingany any taxes go eo till study of a new newax newtax newtax \ax ax tax \ bUL bllL bill bULAlthough . bllLAlthoueh Although Althoueh backed by leaders of themajority the themajorl themajority majorl majority & ) ' party Doughton failed tailed to tostill tostill tostill still opposition oppo81tlon Representative Rl"preGentatJve RlpreGentatJve RrpresentaUve " Jo- Jo Joleph Joseph Jo-aeph Jo aeph - - leph seph Martin served notice be he would wouldcontinue wouldcontinue wouldcontinue continue efforts eflorla to bring the Ruml Rumlplan Rumiplan Rum ] plan back to the floor tor for further furtherdlscuuion furtherdiscussion furtherdiscussion furtherdiscussionWith dlscuuion discussion dlscuuionWith discussionWith With no tax forgiveness lorglvent"ss lorglventss " the 20 per percent percent percent cent payroll deduction undoubtedly undoubtedlywould undoubtedlywould undoubtedlywould would apply to current currt"nt currtnt " t taxel taxes xes vdth with vdthremaining withremaining withremaining remaining payments on 1942 taxes taxesbeing taxesbeing taxesbeing being additional _ _ I HIGHLIGHTS I G II L I G n T S . . . . . to . r , the h . week's weeks week ' . , news ew , 11 HE-MEN HE MEN IIE-MEN IIE TIE-MEN TIE - - Noting Notmg that ufncerg ut'flcera utflcera umcers ' and andenlisted andenlisted andenlisted enlisted men were losing IOllwg too much muchUme muchtime muchtime Ume time entering and leaving leaviDi elevators elevatorsMaj elevatorsMai elevatorsSla Maj Mai ) Gen Oen H- H K . HS - S Aurand ot of o ( the Sixth Sixthservice SixthService SixthService service command cotnmand ordered that here bere- bere here- bereafter hereafter hereafter - - after they ther . : stop giving ] ' 'preference preference n'eference neference ' to towomen towomen towomen women . entering e.ttteripg ettteripg or leaving eleva elevators elevators elevators tors . , , . shift .bUt bUt around so 80 officers omc'rs omcrs oftccrs ( ' aDd and aDdmen andmen aodmen men leave elevators ' according aClrdlng ( ' ( to torank torank torank rank . , , and taking off bats hats in ele'Yatora eleOators ele- ele elevatora - - vatora 'Yatora Yatora Oators ' _ TUNISIA : fFo3lf 'Fox Fox 'Foe Foe 'Foxz.n ' ' . in z.n zn CornerEnding Corner CornerEnding Ending one of the longest retreats retreatsIn retreatsin retreatiin In military mWtar ) ' history hJstory Marshal Rom Rommel Rommet Rommel mel met s I a Axis Axle Africa Korps Korpe hammered hammeredIn hammerecin In its ita stakes Itakes In the triangular trlanflUlar de- de detense de detense d&tense dtense - & tense zone of northeastern TunisiaAll TunisiaAll Tunisia TunisiaAll All around Allied forces under su supreme supreme supreme preme command of ot Gen G"n Gn " Dwlgbt Dwight DwlgbtEI.enbower DwightEisenhower DwighlEl EI.enbower EIenbower Eisenhower . enhower drew up for tor the finalphase tinal final tinalphase flnaphase phase of the battle of ot North Africa AfricaTo AfricaTo AfricaTo To the west stood ltood the British Brittsh Firlt First Firltarmy Firstarmy Firstarmy army to the south southwest west , , mixed AI Al Al.lied Allied . . . Ued lied forces of ot French and Americanand American Americanand Americanand and to the . south .outh outh the redoubtable redoubtableBritl redoubtableBritish redoubtableBritish Britl British h Eighth army which had hadchased hadchased hadchased chased Rommel all the way In trom from tromEItYPl fromEgypt fromEgypt fromEgyptAllied EItYPl Egypt . EItYPlAllied Allied leaders estimated e.tlmated etlmated . that the theAxIs theAxis theAxis AxIs had bad 210,000 210000 , , men In the tri- tri triangle triangle tri triangle - - angle although althougb reports reachlne reaching reachingLondon reachlneLondon reachingLondon London from Switzerland stated Itated that thatJtaUan thatItalian thatItalian JtaUan Italian troops were being pulled out outof outof outof of the box andsent and sent to Sicily Aialn.t Aialnt Against Aialn.tthia Againstthis Againstthis . thia this force torce the Allied leaders had bad almost al- al alost al almost - most ost a million men to hurl burl , . besides besidesenjoying besidesenjoying besidesenjoying enjoying numerical superiority In Inthe.1r inthe inthe the the.1r the1r airJagged . air airJagged the.1rJagged Jagged ridges and gulches dJstln- dJstln distin- distin dJstlnI distinguish distln-gulih distln gulih - - I uhb guish the position po.iUon poiUon . Remmel Itemmel R mmel has hal cho cbo- cbo cho- chosen cbosen chosen - - : sen for tor a last la.t lat . Itan stanqDRAFT stand stanq standDRAFT | DRAFT : i Yol You'll Youll ' ll Be in the ArmyWith Army ArmyWith With few tew exceptions all aU phy.lcally phylcally physically physicallyable physicallyable . , able men betwen betwejin between ; 18 . . and 37 S'l Sl ' years of ofage ofage ! aee age will be in'lhe inlhe In he ' ' the army by 19441So 19441So 19441 19441So So saYI says ays Paul V McNutt War WarManpower WarManpower . Manpower Commissioner withinwhose within withinwbose withinwhose wbose whose office falls faUs the National Selec Selec- Selective Selective Selective - tive Service board Several months monthsaeo monthsago monthsago aeo ago McNutt announced that only onlyemployment onlyemployment onlyemployment employment to In essential industr industry Industry.and Industryand ) ' . , . and not dependency would be basil basis basilfor basisfor basistor for defermentNow deferment defermentNow . Now the Selective Service board boardbaa boardhas boardhas baa has made it official omclal offclal Heads of ofbomes ofhomes ofhomes bomes homes childless cbildless married marrted men and andmarried andmarried andmarried married men with children will be becaned becalled becalled caned called up for service uness unless ) they theywork theywork theywork wor-k wor k work - In Jobs lobs deemed essential to tothe tothe tothe the war effort Exceptions will be bemade bemade bemade made only if It Induction threa threatens tens to toI towork , I work hardship hardsblp on a wife wile child or orparent orparent orparent orparentTo parent parentTo To help solve the farm labor probm prob prob- problem problem - lem lam broad exemption wa was . given givenagricultural , givenagricultural iven ivenagricultural agricultural workers The 2-C 2 C - - clalll class clalllwill classwill classwill will deter deler defer men engaged in farm labon la laI labor labor bor bon while 3-C 3 C - - - will exempt men with withdependents withdependents I : dependents In agricultureRECIPROCAL agriculture agricultureRECIPROCAL RECIPROCAL TRADE : I Show We Mean BusinessUnder Business BusinessUnder I Under fire of congressmen who ex expreased expressed expressed preased pressed tear fear that the admlnlstra administra admlnlstraI administralion adminlstratlon ' tlon lion s reciprocal trade treaties tend tendtoward tendtoward tendtoward I toward a reduction In American Uv liv livbig UvIng UvIng Ing big standards Secretary of ot State StateCordell StateCordell StateCordell Cordell Hull urged their renewal al as ala asa asa a eign e1gn sign that the United States will willpromote willpromote willpromote promote a tree free development of 01 com corn commerce cornmerce cornmerce merce after the warFurthermore warFurthermore war warFurthermore Furthermore Hull declared renewal re- re renewal re renewal - - newal of ot the reciprocal trace tra Ie trea urea treaUes ureaties treaties Ues ties will place American Industry In Ina ina Ina a position to bid for world tradeafter tradetiter trade traderies after titer peace has closed many factories facto- facto factorle - rle ries . now working at cepacltyUnder capacityUnder capacity cepaclty capacityUnder Under the present ReciprocalTrade Reciprocal ReciprocalTrade Reciprocal17ade Trade 17ade act which expires June ' 12the 12 12the 12the the President is It allowed to enter enterInto enternto enterInto Into nto agreements areements , with foreign loreljtn coun coon countries coontries countries tries calling tor for mutual reductIOns reductionsIn reductionsL In L tariffs tariff's ' on different commoditiesfor commoditiesor commodities for or periods pen ods of ot three years YE'ars ' Oppo Oppo- Opponents Opponenb Oppoants - - nents nenb ants of ot the act would limit the hie life lifef lifeof : of ) f these pacts to less than three threeyears threeyears threeyears years _ VOMEIS \ WOMEN \VOMEI\ VOMEI \ 8 S RIGHTS RIGIITS Rioirrs The senate senatejudicia senatejudicia I Ijudicia judicia y con mittee mlttee has approveda approvede approved a e resit resi reSt I I tion hon tor for a constitutional constitutionalamendrent constitutionalamendment constitutionalamendritint approvedI I amendr\ent amendr ent amendment " \ giving glvmg |