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( ( Rele.oed Releoed fleJ.ed fleJed R lga . . . ed b by bs Weotern We.tern Wetern We . t rn Ncwpaper New"paper Newpaper Newspaper " Unionr Union UnionVICnT I r _ _ _ _ _ _ , 4 ) ; . _ _ _ _ _ ' _ I ; : 4i I Iw : w - _ _ _ I4 I4J J _ VICnT VICDY VICHY , . PUANCEFrenchmen FBANCE FRANCE PUANCE Frenchmen f'rt"ncbmen frtncbmen -Frenchmen _ - ' " of a few year yean years * afo aco ago would never have havedreamed havedreamed h v-dreamed v dreamed - dreamed la that & thl lI this . cene .cene scene . mifht mla-ht mla ht might - take lake place In their homeland Bat But here hero hereIt heroft hereIt It ft I la Is . Gen Oen Neabronn NeubroDD Neubronn voa von LiBenburf LlllellburC Lisembuff who wbo BB all as Nail Nad Nazi Inspector Inllpector , , keeps keepll a asharp aiharp aharp sharp iharp eye on what a . left of the tbe th French army . salutes .alute alute salute . as he reviews a aFrench aFrench aFrench French honor ruard iliaI'd iliaId guard ' on bis bill his arrival at Vichy BRITISH BRITISHAid BRITIShAu Aullnto Au . ! Into Lmv Law LawUnder LmvUnder Under the eyea eyes of ot watct watcl watclful tul ful pho pho- photojraphers pho- pho photographers photographers - - tographers tojraphers ( President Roosevcllwielded Roosevelt Rooseveltwielded Rooseveltwielded wielded alx six zix pens penll penz made the Britlslaid British Britishaid Britishaid aid bill called by Its opponents the thelend thelend Ui Uilend lend pend spend zpend give gl-.e gl.e gl .e e - . bill and then turnedIn turned turnedIn turnedin [ In bis his lila chair and told newamen newsmen h hwould he hewould hewould would ask for y7 $7 7 $ $ 000 000 000 as th thInitial the theinitial theinitial Initial appropriation under the themeasure th thmeasure themeasure measure measureWhile While this announcement struckwith structwith struck struckwith with bomb-shell bomb shell - - force as aa the great- great greatest greatest - . est eat American peace time appropriatlon appropria appropriatlon approprialion tlon lion request In history the congresiapparently congress congres8 congressapparently congres8apparently apparently was waz willing wHImg to go ahead aheadand aheadand aheatand and match the President Pre tdent s a desire toispeed tor for torspeed forspeed speed with some action of ot Its own ownThis ownThis ownThis This was evident when the bill blU returned reo re- re returned - turned from trom senate to house with wilh an er aneven ereven aieven even dozen amendments amendmenta attachedRepresentative attached attachedRepresentative attachedReprezentative Representative Reprezentative Martin of ot Massachusetta Massachu Massachusetts Massachusetti setts setti minority leader jumped to his hisfeet hisfeet hliteet feet feet , . , pleaded for ( or unity and tor for actlon ae ac aetlon aclion tlon lion and received a moat most mo8t unusuatribute unusual unusualtribute unusualtribute tribute from trom his Nil hz colleaguesHe colleagues colleaguesHe He received what Is known as a astanding a astanding standing ovation from . the entinhouse entire entirehouse entEr entErhouse house The lower branch of th thCongress thicongress the thecongress congress responded to this brief talk talkbY ta1 ta1bY tallby bY voting 317 to 71 to accept th.change thchange the thechange th thchanges . change changes ! . put in by the upper houseThen houseThen house house'l'ben 'l'ben lben Then ' Vice President Wallace and andSpeaker anc ancSpeaker amSpeaker Speaker Sam Rayburn put thelpenned their theli theirpenned thelipanned penned panned signatures stgnaturea to the printcimeasure printed printei printedmeasure printeimeasure measure and off ofT it went { p o the Preaident PreaidentHardly Pres PresIdent President Ident . . Hardly had it become law la wand wandwlthJn an anwithin and andwithIn < within wlthJn with-In with In - an hour after the Presldenhad President Presidenthad Presidenthad had asked tor for ( or the seven billons billonsstaUstlcJaI15 billonsstatisticians billonsstatisticians staUstlcJaI15 statisticians were busy trying to telthe tell tellthe tellthe the public publlc what this amount meanIn meant meani meantin meaniin in purchased purchazed goods goodz and servicesOne lIervlcesOne services lIervlces servicesOne One of these theae put It this way way-It way It way-il il wayItwould wayilwould - l-would l would - would equal a . strip ot of 910 SIO $10 10 $ billreaching bills billsreaching billsreaching ! reaching 2M 2 times timea around theworld th thworld the theworld < world It would buy 120 Empire EmpireState EmpireState EmpireState State buildings at 50 million eachor each eachor eachor or It would build 115 1115 Triborougl1 Trlborough Trlboroughbridges Triborougtbridges Triborougl1bridges bridges at $60000000 60000000 $ $60 60 $ 000 000 or 120 dread dreadnaugbts dreadnaughts dreadnaughts naugbts naughts at $50 50 $50000000 50000000 $ $ 000 000 or 2 2350 350 sub sub- submarines submarines submarines - - marines 2 090 000 light Ught tanks 28000 28 000 tour four motor bombers also wouldpay would wouldpay wouldpay pay the entire cost of public educa educatlon education educalion tlon tion in the U S for three years orprovide or orprovide orprovide provide a $50 50 $ $ U S bond for fDr everyman every everyman everyman man woman and childThus childThus child childThus Thus given a visual picture owhat of ol ofwhat olwhat { what the sum meant it Was figuredthat figured figuredthat figuredthat that the first job ) ob would be for lhe the lhePresident thePresident thePresident President to provide for England Englandas law ofthe ot of otthe ofthe as much as possible possibie under the the existing edstlng military and navalequlprrK.nt navalequlprrKnt naval navalequlpmt.nt navalequipmtnt equlpmt.nt equlpmtnt equipmtnt . . , , up to the lhe $1 1 $ 300 000 000 ( ) 000limit 000limit limit set st"t stt " in the bill bl\1 bl 1 billIt bl1It billIt \ It was Y I inttd inl int ( d out that thisamour thill this thillamour thisamour amour t W wculd ( uld C cc Cl ( me Ine inc out of the seven sevenbllli sevenbull sevenbllll bllli bull n total for ( or as a8 soon as $500 500 $ 000000 000 000 say lay ! of aid had been sent st"nt stnt sc-nt sc nt " - fromexisting from fromeX18ling fromexisting eX18ling existing e luipn juipn ei el t the army arnlY ornavy or ornavy ornavy navy would be n rt imb 1mb irsed used tha that thatamount thatamount t talnount alnount amount , , , and would U 1I en be able topurchase to topurchase topurchase purchase replacen repiacen ents t"nts tnts cots entsThe t"ntsThe cotsThe " The rest of the $7 7 $ 000 001) 001 ) 000 000 wfl will willgo willgo ] go tnto Loto t.nto . purchase purchllse coi tracts for tor eventuol even eventual eventuai tual tuai aid to Br U in C ( recce r'ece rece reece ( ' r othernations other otherna othernations nations na Uonll \ which hll'h hllh ' are i\ i u iSIR \ s SIR I j g ( Naii Nazi ag aggresslon aggression aggresslon gresslon gression Tl Tt ese r c r I tractual lral'tual lraltual ' c ( bllgat bilget bllga bilge t ona oos 005 inust must iust be It 1I Ii e c d tt th lb d line IlI\e IlI e \ by1943 by 1943 but hut can b bt to < . . - carr c.ur cur crr . fcd t.d td . out tt 1.1 11 ( . trough1E rou rough h hWI6 WI6 1016 > 6 61ONDONHit 1016I I ( ) NDONhit NDON II 1ONDONHit II hit " hart Hard ! 1 err l\c l c tic ftc \ sprier sf'rlc sfrlc 'rie rie ( ' ' of a r attacks ttacks a onILngland on onf.ngland onEngland f.ngland fngland England . esp 's s esp-cIali esp cIali ( ' ! ) < > . - clall d a II ) . ) n 0 I i I ) ! n plustremend plus plustremend plustremend tremend us 1cscs 1 "s's ss cscs " ; 8ps ( ' at sea brought broughtforth broughtforth broughtforth forth the frank frRnk st tcmcnt tt . ment in Ln corninons com commons comtnons mons tnons thai Ulat that the tht " spr rpr g blitz bIlLS promisedby promised promisedby by Hitler was WIIS noIy now no\\ no \ f t ( ly Iy under wayGovernment wayGovernment way wayGovernment Government lea IR tea ( , Iprs iers ! PrB expressedconfldei expressed expressedconfidel expressedconfider confidel confider ce cc in U t tcome teome balancIng balanc baianc balanclug baianclog lug log against ship 1 I Icss ssis 'HS HS css ' unannouncedand unannounced unannouncedand and unt tint taled tldt"d tldtd " iai lal age aRe inflicted on II IIII I II HIGIILIGFITStz HIGHLIGHTS HIGIILIGFITS ] GIlL I GIlT S SIn In < " t/z t z , the lIP / neusl neu . , I pmLADI PUILADt-LPUIA PUILADt LPUIA PHILADELPHIA .LPUIA LPUIA < . - - Alarm clock clockzales clocksales 118 zales lea are booming Observers in the theindustry theIndustry theindustry industry blame it on the draft dratL . . Most MostsoldIers MostsoldIers Mostsoldiers soldIers are taking takUlg alarm clocks to tocamptrying tocamptrying tocamp camp-trying camp trying - - trying to beat the bugler to tothe tothe tothe the reveille callLOB callLOS call callLOS LOS LOB ANGELES--Fre-ct ANGELES Fre ct ANGELES-Fred Fred ANGELES - - Fred - B CodT Cody CodTwanted Codywanted Codywanted wanted a divorce His complaints complaintswere complaintswere complaintswere were that his vrtte wife put black wIdow wIdowspldE'rs widowspiders widowspiders spldE'rs spldErs spiders ' in his liii hi * bed and tried trlf'd trlfd ' tc It run runover runover runover over him with the fan 'an an San ' lly Ily car _ German naval and undersea underseastrength underseastrength underaestrength strength not to mention loss oplanes oplanesMore of ol ofplanes olplanes planes planesMore More than 0 8 6000 000 Italian and Nazi Nazialrcratt Naziaircraft Nazaircraft alrcratt aircraft have been downed with aloss closs a 1088 loss of about 2 200 British airplanesthe airplanes airplanesthe airplanesthe the air ministry said since the beginning be beginning beginning ginning of ot the warThis warThis war warThis This It was claimed is a signiflcant slg sig slgnlflcant significant nlflcant nificant and Important Inroad int intthe Into Intothe intothe the first drst line strength ot of both air airarmadas airarmadas allarmadas armadas but a more severe blowto blow blowto blowto to the Italians with about 1 I 504planes 500 50C 500planes 50Cplanes planes downed than to Germany Germanywith Germanywith Germanywith with about 4 500 800 put out of ot action actionThe actionThe actionThe The naval chiefs chJets In London emphasized empha emphasIzed emphasized sIzed the British need needof of ships particularly par . . tlculnrly ticulariy naval vessels paid a Slow glow SlowIng glowing glowIng Ing tribute to the work workof of the 5former 50 5G 50former 5Gformer ( former U S destroyers obtained liswaps In Inswaps inswaps swaps tor for bases and one authority authoritysaid authoritysaid authoritysaid authoritysaidWe said saidWe We have enough trained men tman to toman ( man the entire U S navy It if it could couldbe coultbe be turned over to us usNot usNot usMot Not Mot that he meant he said thathe that thatthe thatthe the navy should be turned over buhe but buthe buthe he pointed the manpower that Brit- Brit lInt Britain Britain - . ain am has trained as compared witthe with withthe withthe ! the available shipsAs ships shipsAs shipsAs As to the effects efTects of ot air raids on onLondon onLondon o oLondon London and other British cities th thloss the theloss theloss < loss of life lite again was becomlnjheavy becoming becomingheavT becomingheavy heavT heavy Guardedly it was disclosetthat disclosed disclosedthat disclosedthat that Buckingham palace again had hadbeen hadbeen habeen ( been struck Portsmouth was aspecial tspecial a aspecial special attack object and there waiheavy was washeavy washeavy heavy loss of life thereSTRIKES there lhere thereSTRIKESCrow STRIKESCrow STRIKESGrow STRIKES Grow A Apace ApaceAs pace paceAs As labor iabor troubles multiplied In theUnited the theUnited theUnited United States in defense and nondefense non nondefense de1'ense de1ense defense ' projects including the hugebus huge hugebus hugebus bus drivers walkout In New York York YorkIt , , . It was reported that William Wlll1am SKnudsen S SKnudsen SKnudsen Knudsen finally had been driven toconsidering to toconsidering toconsidering considering the draft Industry Industryprovision industryprovision Industryprovision provision in the powers of his offlee of offlce office flce fice as production manager to endthe end endthe endthe the Allis Chalmers affair afTalr afTatr among amongothers amongothers amongothers amongothersIncreasing others othersIncreasing Increasing concern was shown byproduction by byproduction byproduction production chiefs in the national detense de detense defense tense fense when figures showed a 27 per percent percent percent cent Increase in strikes during thepast the thepast thepast past 30 days This 1111S gave a disquieting disquiet disquieting disquieting ing tone to the situation over and be beyond beyond beyond yond any single disturbance or groupof group groupof groupof of troubles troublesSome Some of the danger spots were wereIn werein wereIn In the Midwest some in the lha East EastThe . . The Allls-Chalmers Allls Chalmers AllIs-Chalmers AllIs - - strike was pasta past a month and a half hall hal ! and still stilt deadlocked deadlocked dead deadlockt'd lockt'd locktd locked ' when wht"n whtn " Miss Perkn Perko Perkii s sent John JohnR JohnR R 11 Steelnian Sleelman head of the conciliatlon conclila concilla conclilatlon concillation tlon tion service personally to direct alast a alast alast last minute Inlnute efft efTt ciii rt to end the trouble troublebefore troublebefore troublebefore before Invoking the draft of ot Industry Indus Industry industry try which wol woi wOlld . Id take over the plantthus plant plantthus plantthus thus U II Li stantly t ( utiawing utlawl g the strike strikeSeveral strikeSeveral Several plants of the Interna Internatiunal InternatiunalHarvester InternationalHarvester tlOnal tlOnalHarvester Harvester company were d wn because be because because cause of strikes the vital coal andsteel and andIIteel andsteel IIteel steel industries were in the mIdst mIdstof midstof midstof of threatening conferences conterenct's conterencts ' betweenworker between betweenworker betweenworker worker and employer the Brill Drill plantIn plant plantIn plantin In Philadelphia was down holdingup holding holdingup up a big ammunition order for shellcasings shell shellcasings shellcasings casings there was an auto strikein strike strikein strikein in Oakland OaklandStatistical Statistical review of the situation situationwas situationwas situationwas was headache enough for production produc productlon production tlon tion chiefs the number of strikes inJanuary inJanuary In InJanuary January as a8 compared with wllh Decem December December December ber being bemg 220 as against 160 andthe and andthe andthe the 220 became more t ( mino mlno niino iswhen IS ISwhen iswhen when it was shown that the five yearaverage year yearaverage yearaverage average tor for January was only 170 170a 170aVid 170aid a aVid " , ] tor for December only 126 126Total 126Tolal 126Total Total Tolal Tolalnan Ttan -nan nan man - days lost in January totaled to totaled totaleI taled tale-I tale I - 625 000 as 8S against 400 000 losl lost loslIn lostIn lostIn In December |