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Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS NAL YSIS By E Edward ward C . Wayne'Communi8t Wayne Wayne'Communist , 'Communist Communist 'Communi8t Communi8t ' Plot ' ' Is Charged by Vichy VichyFollowing VichyI VichyFollowing Following Shooting Attackon Attack on Laval ; British-Russian British Russian - Forces Occupy Iran ; Senate Launches Gas Shortage Probel ProbeEDiTOR Probe ProbeEDITOR ( -l l - ; EDITOR : S N .N N NOT.Wb NOTWb MQTK . Wh.a Wha . . .pIal pIal . plalM I .s s . * . r ' eI . x . . . rcwJ . . . ' : , In " iS.ImDS iSImDS ( , eI . : . : . : . . ' : , ; : : . the thear : r ar are tb.e tbe & . a .1 1 . ( . ui . tbf . m ; mew irw . : analrft nlyeI .t t . * Sial ' : . ad " , vi nt : * t . n.c nc : ae : . : : . : . : . : * rllr illy : .t t . f thie thi . JZSWSPCP ifReleaied f ffle1e.aed . ( Released fle1e.aed fle1eaed . by Wentern Wutem Western Mewipap New8paper Newapapr , Union " - ' - ) ' "H H " yW ' * _ _ i I _ _ _ _ _ Jf1 Jf1r ; ; ---r r - - - 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , I II I8ome _ _ _ - I Some 8ome of ot the 11 000 workers workera In the ( he lie Kearav Hearnv Ecaray N J I shipyard shipyards * are pic plc pictured plctured pictured tured a ax cc . they went back to 0 & work after the ( he U Li S navy had taken overBupervlllion oversupervlelon over overupervialon upervialon Bupervlllion supervlelon of the plant planl Producl Preducln Producing lr & ' deleave defell1lfl defense ghlpping IIhlppln shipping . the yard yards . had bad beeo been beeoclolled beenclo.ed beenclosed clolled clo.ed cloed . for 18 day day days . because becaulle becau.e becaue . of ef a C I 0 strike trlke etrlke LAVAIAnd LAVALAnd LAVAI LAVAl Anda And a PurgeIn PurReIn Purge PurRe In Paris three men were wt're wtre wcre ' guiIlo guillo guiIlotined guillotined guillotined tined as ai the first action in In a purge purgt purgeot purgtof purgeot ot of anti Vichy elements following followini followingthe followinithe followingthe the shooting of Pierre Lava Laval and andMarcel mc mcMarcel andMarcel Marcel Deal Dent , , , French leaders advo advo- advocating advocating advocating - cating closer collaboration col1aboratlon with Gel Ger Germany Germany ' many Special ( ' courts Iuds ( convicted tbe thc tbeassailants thcassailants theassailants assailants and It was declared that thai thatthe thaithe thatthe the attack on Laval was but part ot ci cia ola a vast Communist conspiracy cunspiracy ' IRANAn IRAN An Occupation OccupationThat That the Russo British action actior actionagafnst actioragainst actionagainst agafnst against Iran would be virtually an ar anoccupation aroccupation anoccupation occupation rather than a B full fledgedinvasion fledged fledgedinvasion fledgedInvasion invasion was seen almost immedi immediately immediately immedlately ately after the troop movement movementstarted movementstarted movementstarted movementstartedTwo started startedTwo Two Ihlngt thing things " , were early Indications Indicationsol Indicationsof Indicationsci of ci this fact tact , , first the Bending sending by byBrltisb byBritish byBritish Brltisb British transport planes of small de detachmenta detachments detachments tachmenta tachments of troops tar far into the in interior intenor interlor terior tenor to protect British Industrial Industrialoutposts Industrialoutposts Industrialoutposts outposts second the fact that points pointslike pointslike like Bandar-Shahpur Bandar Shahpur - - which could couldhave couldhave couldhave have been bitterly defended fell feU at atonce atonce atonce once to the Invaders InvadersIn In fact , . It was Wall apparent that while whilethe whilethe whilethe the Iran government might have havebeen havebeen havebeen been under the Nazi thumb because becauseof becauseot ot of the presence In the country 01 of 01hordes ofhordes ofhordes hordes ) of fifth filth columnists colummsts it was wasnot wasnot wasnot not a heavily Implanted thumb and andwlthJn andwithin andwithin wlthJn within the government itself was ap ap- apparently ap- ap apparently apparently - - parently enough friendly frtendly strength strt'ngth strtngth ' to tocreate tocreate tocreate create an early offer olYer ofter of peaceThat peaceThat peace peaceThat That Russia and Britain would re regard regard regard gard this pence peace offer otter as liS accept acceptable acceptable acceptable able only if tf they were given con control controt control trol trot of key points point ! . was obvious The Therdusal Therefusal Therefusal rdusal refusal of the Iran ans aria t ti ) expel the theGt theGermans theGermans Gt Germans > rmans as demnnded demonded demanded by Bntaln Britain Bntalnand Britainand Britainand and Russia was Nazi Inspired it itis itis ItIs is true but the decision to offer ofTer to toexpel toexpel toexpel expel them afterht after th \ the \ht ht " Invasi Invasl n sss sssunder . VMSunder ' 8 8under under way woy on and 1I U tie I e ' Nizt N'121 N121 Nizi ' billY bl iT itT ( had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen been called was ci el tir hI ' ly Iy ty tou too t tt it t to tosuit tosuit tosuit suit the tht > invaders invadersA A glance at ot thi thl tht n I [ A " s tl'I m tl\ tl 1)1 11 \ ) vi 'I I ci cito ( ' t tto tto to show the tactiii tacti tadl il rl ii n ii i rt neIran nee me ne IIran f fIran Iran in any defens dcfen 1 < of I i.l il Ia 1 I a . a d dthe dthe dthe the Middle Fast ni at / d c e n 11 it 1 I r . ill .11 11 di I iwith iwith .Ith Ith with . RsSla Bssia R B ssia sSla from frum tll Iit tt Ii t brl tr , r ( < nt at rsI rsI rs I < t f I Brlh British Itritich h supply v . . 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" ' gi\ gi gl\ gl gis ging glnit \ ng nit the rightif right rightof rightof of if en mendomain inent men\ men meat \ domain.t domain U \.t .t \ . a Q c mpany ntpany mpanyv ntpanythich mpanywhich v . thich hleh was to build b > ) December Dl'cember Dlcember ecember [ ) ' a aI azoo a1 I 200 zoo mile nnle pipeline from ll U e central centralsouthern centralouthern centralsouthern southern outhern oil fields elds to the thp southeast southeastem southeastira southeastera em ira refineries rctlnencs rcilneries refineriesThe rcilneriesThu ! The Tho Thu mayor of Atlanta Atlanla Ga showt'd showtd showed showt'dbow showedlow showedhow ' bow low much confusion there Has was as by bytte bynformIn byIluormint ' nformIn , , - the tt-e tt e 01admrni oil 01\ 01 \ admrni administrat adrriinigtrat trat un on that thatthe thathe thatthe the he oil 011 companies told him there therc was wasplenty we wasplenty . plenty slenty of fuel oil 011 and plenty of ofg810110e ofaso1me ofgasoline g810110e aso1me and plenty of tranllporla transports tranllporlatioQ transportsAqn tranrportaUon tioQ Aqn tor for Atlanta Atlunta I . needs nteds ! He lie askedWhy askedWhy asked askedWhy Why therefore should Atlanta Atianta AUanla benade be bemade bemade made nade the victim of propaganda ' ' ' RUSSIA RlJ'I RlJI RJ'IA RJIA [ " ' ' ' A RUSSIAStill RJ'IAStill Still Stdl Fighting F'1htmg F1htmg Figliung FigliungDespite FightingDespite ' { Despite the loss of Dnieprope Dniepropetre DniepropetrVslc Dniepropetrtvalc tre trVslc ( vsk with wJth or without the huge hugepower hugepower hugepower power dam and In spite of ot repeated repeatedGerman repeatedGerman repeatedGerman German communiques communJques which an announced announced announccd nounced the continued successes 8uccesses of 0J ofthe 0Jthe ofthe the Nazi arms arias at the north and arid andsouth aridsouth andsouth south there was every evidence that thatthe thatthe thatthe the Soviet was continuing contmulng to fight tight fightand tightand fightand and to tQ battle with nn an organized army armyof armyof armyof of sortsIt sorts sortsIt sortsIt It was wits one thi thl g f fcr ( l ' the German GermanFJnnish GermanFinnish GermanFinnish FJnnish Finnish army t I t report rcport it-self it self itself - 35 35miles 3 3miles 35miles miles from trom Lei Ler i r grnd grad and anotherthing another anotherthing anotherthing thing to expin expIa expla r I the lack of an announcemens announcements announcements nouncemen\s nouncemen s nouncements \ of alrplui airplm airptai e damage to tothe tothe tothe the city of any cxlei extel exter tThe IThe t I tThe The Germans also olso rep rev < < rted advances ad advances advances vances south of the c ty yet these thesewere thesewere thesewere were averaging eight to nine miles milesa a day as 8S against the 30 or 40 miles milesdaily milesdaily milesdally daily gained in the battles ot of France FranceBnd Franceand Franceand Bnd and PolandThe PolandThe Poland PolandThe The Russians reported a fierce fiercebattle fiercebattle fiercebattle battle for the ma-tery ma tery maatery maetery - of the skies skiesover skiesover skletover over Leningrad with the Issue In Indoubt in indoubt indoubt doubt The city they said was stili still stiliunhlt stillunhit stillunhit unhlt unhit Moscow also al80 elicited the thebreathless thebreathless thebreathless breathless praise of the British mls mis mlsslon mission mission slon sion for its defense deft-nae deft nae - against Gennan German Gennanair Germanair Germanair air raiders There was waf ) every indl mdi mdication indlcation indication cation that the Russian strength and andability andability andability ability had been underestimated widerestimated underestimatedboth widerestimatedboth underestimatedboth both by Hitler and the rest of the theworld theworld theworld theworldIt world worldIt It was true that the third month monthof monthof ! of the war found the whole left bank bankot bankof bankof ot of the Dnieper in German hands handsbut handsbut handsbut but there was evidence that the Ger Ger-- Germans Germans - . mans had planned to conquer what whatthey whatthey whatthey they sought of Russia in one month monthand monthand monthand and then to offer otter peace to BrJtainThe BrtainThe Britain BrJtain Brtain BritainThe The pence peace offer otter was still sUll in the theoffingso theoffingso theoffing offing-so offing so - so was the German drive on onRussia onRussia onRussia Russia as far as the objectives were wereconcerned wereconcerned wereconcerned concerned Any serious capitulation capitulationon on the part of the Soviet seemed as asfar asfar asfar far distant as everThe everThe ever everThe The Russians had reported a dar dat daring dattrig daring ing trig adventure on the central front ( routthe . , . the sending of a well wel1 equipped army armytn armyin armyin tn in a southerly direction to attempt attemptto to cut the German lines at Gomel Gomelni Gomelm GomelRi m Ri d to trap the entire advance forceNo forceNo force forceNo No dt-flnlte dt flnlte dtf1nlte dtflnite - report was forth forthcom forthcomink torthcomInt com : Inb ink , . as to the outcome of 01 this effort effort.bit effortbit . . . ; b\ b bt bt \ t Uri British l1sh hints sent out over the thew thew thew I w re after bright hopes had beenIl'rlal beentertai been beentertai tertai Il'rlal Ilrlal ' led sed for nine nme days during duringi I 1 1 ct ii i l . me inc 20 villages villagE's ' were re- re reII reI re-t re t - - - I I k kc kl i ) f1 ti tiiill i } 111) 111 illy > ) seemed sE'emed ' to show agr agr a ar II gr r \ ' < . , b i t , I t 11 II tt I t I let cf ef that the effort e/Tort e Tort / had hadf hadr hadI r I led Il'd Ild ledJPANi cci cciJ ' J J\PAN J PAN \ % I5AN I5AN1iilll J\PANi J PANi JPANiniii f fl111 1iilll , ' l111torm ( ( niii l111 ' - , Storm -torm torm Center Ceflter Centern CenterFt I IfI fIt n fI Ft L t . t n t1 I 1 Japanese J1panese ! 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