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Show I WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS By Edward C . . Wayni Wayne WayniBritish British See Far East 'Squeeze Squeeze ' Play PlayIn ' In Japan's Japans ' Attitude Toward Thailand ThailandNazis ; Nazis Claim Big Victories Over Reds RedsMussolini's RedsMussolinis ; Mussolini's Mussolinis ' Son Killed in Air Crasr Crash CrasrR .P P . : , ; : - hJ : : : It : ' : . ' : . : : . . : : : : : : : I\ I \ Ia a : . "a.OI a.OI aOI " . . . : : . ' : . . .pr pr . ' : : Releaeed R l B d by Welrtern Wit WitHere Newspaper Unton I t:1 t1 : , Here lIere H Ii a . .trlIdn trlIdn . trlkinx oontra contrast . & In ID the modes of nghuig flghlDl ' equipm equipment nt Aecord- Aecord AecordIne AocorIns - Ine- Ine Ineto - to the Ilcrlln erUn caption c-apUon c apUon - the picture show sboWl a Gerran Gerr&n Gerrn & horse-drawn horse drawn hor e-drawn e drawn - - a.rtlllerpiece artlllerpiece artillery artilleryple . 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UnM Jlnf"B JlnfB " of 01 the eastern CONGnE CONGRESS : Big Work JVork JV ork Three bills of huge Importance Importancewere Importamwere were before betore congress , , and althougli althouglipassage althoujpassage passage for tor all a11 was predicted . , the thehnportance tlImportance hnportance laid a as . much In 10 whal whaltheir whtheir their anal final form lorm would be as BI it dicJ dicJIn dIn In whether or not they would woWd become becomeaw beconlaw beconlawThese ] aw awTbese These Tbese were the tax bill bID . . the dra1t dra \ . ut extension nslon bill bl1l and thepdce- thepdce thepdcex1n theprlce-flxhbill theprlce flxhbill _ - - x1n bUl the la latter tter linked tneparablJ tneparablJwith Inseparabwith , with the draft industry ' ' billThe blU bill blUThe The tax bill it was apparent apparentwould apparelwould would be voted Into existence minu ! the requirement that all marrlec marrleccouples marricouples couples file joint income tax re returns iturns ' turns Koughly Roughly this thll will wU1 c$25 c25 $25 25 $ $ 000 000 off the yield of the law lawwhich la- la lawhich - which will then ha have ve a ce1l1ng ceilingabout 0 0about - about $3 3 $ $ 200000000 200000000This 200 000 000 000This This is to be divided roughly lnle lnleB ina _ B billion for Income taxes axe8 a bUliol bUlioltor billiitor tor miscellaneous an/I an I nnc1 , / special taxes taxesBnd taxeand - Bnd a billion and a third for cor corporaUon ccporation ? poraUon income taxes a small ba biance Bnce coming commg from gift gilt taxesI taxesThe taxes taxesThe I The draft ' extension f'xtenslon fxtenslon bill shOWf shOWfthe showthe , the opposition to the adminlsoatit adminlsteati'losing adminlsteatilosing ' I Ioslng ] oslng one battle batt1e after alter anothert another \t t \ treforming , reforming their lines with more eJ- eJ - eJp 3-p 3 p - p < < rt after each defeatWl defeat defeatWici Wl Wici el the administration s relu re'utit reutit ' I ItI tI ( I i c < . tiling liltng tor an on extension of es esent esent ent draftee terms by 18 monthwas monthwasbrougt month " 'brougl brougl ' brougt t t to a vote the senate fsedthe fsed fsedthe vote of 451 45) 45 ) 30 30Thil 30Thia the measure by a total t W l of ofdrattees 0draftees ( Thil ! n eint ent , that drattees National Guardsrn1 Guardsml and andreserve dreserve reserve officers omcers wouldaU would aUrve all aU rve a atotal atotal total of 2 2/4 2 4 n / years ' The 'll1e ll1e f 1 : ' went wentfrom wentfrom . from the senate to the boutollow boutollowing Douff011 Douff011ing , ing the voteThe vote voteThe The price fixing and Rnd draJndustry draJndustrybUl dra ndustrybills bUl & were chartered alara alor alar a more moredifficult moredifficult difficult course The la laf " passed passedthe passedthe there thereIItarted therestarted the house but Immedirly ImmedU1y the press a atattle IItarted In III oppositi opposltl attle claiming that tte tr was 8 8threat athreat threat to the treedomthe freedom treedom the press pressand pressand and freedom of ot speech wugh laugh radioas radio radioas businesses busUlesses ' ) might be beaelzed beseized -as as - as these aelzed by the govemJ'ltM govcmr govcmrt govemJ'lt govemJlt govcmrAs ' t As M to price fixingwn fixing wn to " Hender Henderson Henderson son seemed the ccnuot cenUOt this thJs tIght fight.and fightand . . and many in congre congrefflcclared leclared they theywould theywould would feel more kuY kJ.JY kJJY . t ( ( ward the thebill theblU confidence inI inHellderson in bill If It they felt telt ir rr o 0 I ] Henderson Hellderson s abll trcarry ty1 tr carry It oul oulIndeed outIndeed Indeed the house pointed a spe spe- special special - cial committee tcVrsce tc'iersce tciersce ' the tile en enf eniircement f ( reement of U t ! Ipcglslnt i Sislat n nJAPAN JAPAN JAPANff ff If Ifarned arned Afsf- Afsf Agl A AfsfLondon gl- gl glLondon . ! - ( - London wanxJBP lnllJRpnn W < Ut U , it It she shem shem m ved against ailand Qiland j i 1 i any way way"he wayphe "he he " would nn'bBt nnbBt finhat , ' Bnta Brita n would wouldI wouldconqlder wouldconsider conqlder sucQmove such sucQ move as a definite definitethreat neflnltpthreat I threat to Sinr Sinrre Smfore re and ' " would auld act actLlCC actucc LlCC rdingly rdlngly rdlnglyTh rdinglyTh Th s was waq n as a sort of con confirn conflrn firn ation atlon thth6 ththe British are send sendIng sendIng Ing expNiuary expedl ary forces torces of at occu occupatlOn occupation patlOn into Intosmese amese terr t < ry ar al d dthat dthat that any Jinese JJnese effort to cut U ti e eBurma eBurma Burma ro w1ll wu ! bring the world worldir , . \\ir ir \ \ , r to th ar EastThe East EastThe The sta sta'lent stalent sta1cnt < ' 1cnt came from trom 1 < tore are br brSecretar fcrSecretariS-den fcrSecretariS den Secretar - en making It in tI u e ehouse ehouse house or'n11"0"3 orn1103 ofrnmons ' " " It t ha h.r hr . 1 been ru rumored rumorcd mored 't t It ' 1 ] 0000 000 British Brll1sh tro 1 i s swould swould would bent l'ent lent ' t ( < Thailand from trom eD easilern ! > t tern ern ba and that a r ( ' IS i s lerab1e lerab1eBr lerableI3r Br tlsteet tisr t alrl'ldy alrlldy nire ' idy was in tho thoseM e ev v . a ater ter aterAnct terAnc't Anct Anc't ' a15 als \ " \ " 1 < > " ' ' btl bd 1\ 1 ' e\cd e cd 1ed \ ed tIt tItJOla U UitJaiawas , -itJaiawas itJaiawas - JOla wal c 1 in n tted tt'd ttd { ' t t mo\e mo e moeagai moveagai \ agai Thailand Thafland I tv v its a aKrp rl'eIT rleIT ' < 'n n ' ci er t Q1le th1 * oti oU cr er Ax s p cr er Tl Tt s s.a 'BL"sloned BLsloned " ' .a a . " sloned us ( art of ot a < ; I j xe xellagamst zeilaga1"5 zeilaga15 llagamst " ! lnd nn a aIn atn In saidvery said saidvery very ( fresh resh i r ie \e e \ e on the pn partJpan rt rto1pan o1pan ( nallrallv nal irallv as aq tt tl e rf r ' < " . It ot ofIjging ging ) China ar al I 1 ( tirsilvcs l rstlves cl c1 ser serI sert , closer tol to ( > t l thl'r thlr thl'rI'hat therThat ' I'hat Ihat ' friendship trlendchlp ; and that c ( ' Ilab IlabUon llabtion I Uon with China Chma will continue .nd nd . andray .ndray ray thai that it . will 111 gro growMen . Men ar aid d matt malt rials rlab are pouring pouringt t to strengthen our forces torces in the thelddJe theiddle [ [ lddJe East for tor their thelr next torward torwardlunge forwardlunge lunge and Uuse th\se th se \ will s\r s r strike \ e their theirlows theirlows lows for the Independence of ot the theU1trtes thexintrKs \U1trtes U1trtes ) \ in the . . Middle East as asluch asmcb luch as a for our own Independu.e independ : u.e ue . DEATITo DEATI To a touth JOllth From FrolT\ FrolT FrolT.ome \ .ome ome . me came thci the report that Bruno . the second son SOD of Benito BenitoMus8ol1 Mus8o/l1 Mus8o l1 Musgo / ii had been killed in an air aircrash crash iblle hile on a plane testing tesUng dlght dlghtnear near 'isa isa ' He was 22 years yearl of age ageand 6 and inked anked as a Captain 'Captain ' of Avia Avla AvlaUon Aviation tion Uon He bad seen Been action in three threewart thr wan wart In Ethiopia in the Spanish Spanishwa ' wa war nd In 10 the present war he bad badengged ( * engged in w what at Italian sources de- de desct de degcr - sct gcr > > ed as daring and risky riskyaeons aeons RMANY RMANYfakes - . . / Hakes /fakes fakes Claims Clmms The Germans who had been pic1J'ed pic ' ired 1J'ed 1Jed fairly talrly hopelessly stalled en c n the theastern lh < . astern front tront with the Reds grow ng In strength and in s me point points ; i aking the offensive came come out finally final Iy ly with a statement statl'ment statlment ' In which they theymade the ? made the largest cl n s thus tarThey far tar They claim claln ed 8c BQiOOO ) ) 000 prisonersI prisonerstaken prisoners prisonerstaken I taken and miny mny , times m re Inkilled In killed and wou wouided 1ded the entire R JS issian ! sian resist ince ll1ce , shatt shatttrpd ( rE'd rEd ' no semblance sem blance of ot ( ( rder In the Red army armyand armyand and plcll pictir riM 1 M < ; sc c w a without Wilhout anyLlear any anyknr -knr knr Llear < - pic plot I n at nil 1111 t ti U e s tuatlon tuatlonbl tuationbl bl nelly ndly 1(1 11 1(1ev I ( tl cv ev ng ts tq ar iy lY st .t t . 11 II fig figt I thg t tlie hgWier lie hg lieVV1 Wier VV1 VVI tl it ( en 'I I ' ne to f R g , vi g PI ! fell , Is of ot ofplates otpla.l's pla.l's pla.ls plals ( . ' the th ( . c n i 1 i i II i < ' < - wh Ie alengthy a alengthy lengthy ( it I w I ib " lot r ot very v'ry vry ( ' co i 1 mu munlca milnicative milnicativeBut nlca tlve tlveBut tlveI I But fro nit n it itr t r e could i J cture thefront the thei thefront i front through the G rn Lyes WithSmolensk with Smolensk In the ( ' center 'enter enter a s rt at atIsland ofIsland Island of ot doomi dooml 1 I Russian Rus'lan Ruslan ! ' bat batto battalions to lions still holding holdmg out althoughsurrounded althoughsurroundedLeningrad although althoughsurrounded surrounded Leningrad on the north was a ahopeless ahopeless hopeless city menaced from tram the thesouth thesouth south and the north with anothersmall another anothersmall anotherI I small island of ot surrounded Red Redtroops Redtroops troops still holding out In the vicin vicinIty vicinity Ity of Tallinn Estonia EstoniaKiev Kiev on the south was shown Inthis In Inthis this document as partially parUaT1y sur surrounded surrounded rounded \ with Ith two huge pincers hav havIng havIng Ing pierced plerct"d plerctd " the Stalin line hne north andsouth and andsouth south southat of at the city Itself Itselfwhich which is anIntegral an anIntegral Integral part of ot that lineThe line lineThe The claims were con cental tal ied led In four fourspecial fourspecial special communiques eommunlques fron theheadquarters the theheadquarters headquarters of ot Adolt Adolf Hitler himself him himselt selt and vrr\ vrr vrrbroadcast v . , rrl \ . . broadcast broadlast through throughout throughout out the German nation nationRUSSIANSTheir RUSSIANSTheir nUSSIANS Their Version VerSLOn VersionCompletely Completely ignor ng tl tI e claims ofthe of ofthe the Germans Germons the Reds adn ittingNazi Ittmg IttmgNaz.i Naz.i Nazi . pressure on the BOI SO\ SO SOth \ th say that thatthey thatthey they are cour COUI ter attacking and were wereusing wereusing using the same tactics whichthrew which whichthrew threw the Germans back In the central cen central tral front . . In fact tdct the Ru Russian < ; sldn reports c n nsldered neldered sldered the front from Smolensk toBel to toBel Bel Tserkov a distance of 350 350mUes 350miles mUes as a single smgle unit unit . , ra rather ther than thana a definite detlnJte pincer movement . , and andsaid andsaid said that there was mobile mobl1e fightinggoing fightmg fightmggoing going on all along this trontIn front tront frontIn In fact tact the Reds asserted they theywere .ere ere . holding the Germans German.s . in two twoother twoother other sect rs rN that tha t of Kholm 180miles 180 180nules nules south of at Leningrad and on onthe onthe the Fston an front tront where the Ger GerIn Germ In ns had da cIa me i important advai ad adV81 V81 ces cesThe cesThe The Russians also reporter ' ! ! tak ng ngmany ngmany many prisoners pnsoIlt"rs pnsoIltrs " and revealed that thatmany thatmany many of at them are elll elU er 17 yeara years oldor old oldor or the older ts t ) pe reservists thowIng show showlng lng that the Nazis are drawing drawingheavl drawingheavily heavl ! ) , on their pe I'e Ie ' crves crvesBRAZILIn BRAZILIn BRAZIL In Azores AzoresThe The ' United States Stntes Is ; ecretly ecreUy urgIng urg urgIng Ing that Brazil Bra Zll take over the Azoresislands Azores AzoresIslands Islands Porlu PortuR iese lese possession in inthe inthe the interests Intlrests ! of Western We'itern Weitern ' hemisphere hemispheredt'ftnse hemispheredefinse dt'ftnse dtftnse ' Berlin had charged chargedAlthough chargedAlthough Although this was promptly ptumptl ) ' de denied de- de denied - nied In Washington C'onsldernble Consldernble C'onsldernbleprommence ' considerableprominence prommence was given gl.en glen . the dipatch dispatchin dipatchIn $ In that the question of ot tbe the Azoreswas Azores Azoreswas was prominent In inVaohmgton Washington \Vaohmgton Vaohmgton \ ; s slong long range plan for defense of ot the theWestern theWestern Western hemisphere betnisphere HOSIERY HOSIERYAnd And the Women Jr/omf'n Jr omf'n omfn / ' The goverr mental placing plnclng of ot still silk silkIn stillin in the vital raw mater al categori category categoryclosed closed down the silk .Ilk Ilk . hosiery Indus Industry industry try and sent Americ Amerlc n women In a awild t twild wild blitzkrieg on the thl ' silk stocklni stoekinif stoekinifcounters stocklnicounters counters of the nationThere nation nationThere There were no tears shed ahed ovel over ovelthe overthe the situation the women wornl'n wornln ' apparentlj apparently apparentlyregarding apparentljregarding ; regarding the whole thing as a lort lortof of a gay lark and dashing da hing Into the thestores stores to stock up up-just up just - just to be doing doinglIomething something lIomething more than tor any other otherreason reasonFor reason For surveys of women wom'n womn { ' s opinion opinionshowed opInIonshowed showed that the ladies were perfect- perfect perfectly - - Iy ly willing to go bare-legged bare legged - - if neeEssary nee essary to spray makeu makeup stocktngl stock trigs tngl on their legs or to wear cotton If 11 they could be made good looking lookingIt It was obvious that the new nylon nylonIndustry nylonIndustry Industry would not be able t 11 I supply supplythe supplythe the demand at least at pr pI ' ces wornen worn wornen en were willing to payBut pay payBut But as al to the cotton siludti 81tu,1l1 81tu1l1 , n the thegovernment thegovernment government had finished dnlshed re researches < ; e i rches rchesat at DeltsviUe Beltsville Md from trom wl i h hadcome had hadcome come 150 types of cotton st ckI ck r I gsmany gs many of them pretty stylish 1 I kmgPhiladelphia king kmg kingPhiladelphia Philadelphia with a $25 25 $ 000 000 ayear a ayear year hosiery Industry and othernearby other othernearby nearby cit es and states with smlIer smlIerorganlzaUons smillerorganizations , organlzaUons began changi chang I g over overto overto to cotton right away Ilway One n 11 II already al already ready had out a line of sarr san i 1 los I's Is ( ' ofcotton of ofcotton cotton lisle stockings several st.verdl stverdl . of ofthem ofthem them of the mesh typeThese type typeThese These were displiyei dlsphyeJ by prettym pretty m > ) dels and the salesn en started startedout startedout out to see what the reception recephon of the theAmerican theAmerican American Woman would be beOr Or 01 th thIt it they sa d depended whatthe what whatthe the tact t.lct tlct . ry w uld do--c1c do c1c do - cl < se up or orcont |
