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( ( Released R l a eJ by Wftern Western Newsp Newspaper N wpaper * . r Unto Unlo ) - WORLD : Doubting NazisNews NazlSNews Nazis NazlS NazisMewa Mewa News analysts and those tho e whx who whospeak wt wtspeak : peak speak to In lU [ guarded rded tones of 01 Intorma inform Intormatlon informtion Informatlon tlon tion received through diplomatchannels diplomatl diplomatic diplomat diplomaticchannels diplomatlchannel < channel channels * In Waihlncton Washineton Washington were letting lettk lettkit lettlniit 11 it be b known that for lor the first time timelince tinsince tlm tin tlmI < I since lince the start of the war there was wasbeginning wi wibeginning waibeginning beginning to be a general opinion opinionthat opink opinkthat opinloithat that Germany would not be the win winner wt wtner winner ner In the present warDlscountinS warDiscounting war warDiscounting Discounting DlscountinS the Nazis spectaclar spectacu spectac spectacular spectacular lar victories vlctorle . which had had many manydJplomats mar mardiplomats mandiplomats ) dJplomats diplomats of 01 conquered or menaced menacedcountries menace menacecountries menacedcountries countries shaking their beads heads over overthe ove ovethe ovcithe the feeling of the man In fn the the.treet ti tistreet th thstreet . street .treet treet of their countries a as . to the theeventual th theventual th theventual eventual outcome the people the thehad they theyhad theyhad had Ita stated ted now had changed c cw or orADOLF w a ai i ' @ , { ' ; ' - X 5 5ADOLF ADOLF BITLERVipromau niTLER BITLER LItTLER niTLERDipUmuts LItTLERDiplomats DipUmuts Vipromau Diplomats were ( doubtingwere J Ju6tinc doubcinll doubting u6tinc u6tincwere were changing changlni their minds salads aboutthe abou about ' situationThree situation situationThree the Use situationThree aaI I Three main factors emerged aa aathe at atthe asthe the reasons realons 1 The unexpectedly strong re- re resistance reaiatance re-alstance re alstance - - sistance aiatance ot 01 of RussiaHowever Bussia Russia BussiaHowever ( < However reports from trom the ironindicate tront iron trontindicate frontIndicate indicate that the Nazis gains were wereconUnulng werecontinuing werecontinuing conUnulng continuing > ) 2 The growing Importance 01 01American o oAmerican oAmerican ( American aid to Britain and the be be- belief beBef belief - lief Bef that thii this nation was W&8 W8 & drawing drawingclo.er drawingcloser drawingcloser clo.er cloer closer . to actual participation 3 Britain 8 a growing master masterover masteryover , over the German air force , . plus the theabiUty theability Orability abiUty ability of ot England to take the tin theworst tinworst theworst worst the Nazi planes had to otfer offer otferand offerand offerand and to carry the fight tight back across acrossthe acrossthe acrossthe the channelThe channel channelThe channelThe The failof fall fail of France the low coun coon countries coontiles countries tries tiles ! German Crlrman victories in the Bal 13a1 13a1kans Balkans Balkans kans and Greece had combined to tc tospread tcspread tospread spread the conviction through moredistant more moredistant moredistant distant points In Europe Asia A1 Al A1rica Alrlca Africa rica rlca and South SouLh America to say saynothing saynothing saynothing nothing of the United Umted States that thatnothing thatnothing thataothing nothing could stop HltierTalk IltUerTalk Hitler Hltier IltUer HitlerTalk Talk with diplomats in Washing Washington Washington i iton ton had revealed that this convlc convlcUon convlclion convicUon Uon lion had gone-replacing gone replacing gone - - replacing itself Itselt with with40ubL withtoubt withaoubt 40ubL toubt . GERMANS GERMANSTheir T'r.e Tr.e Tre Their ' . r Cla Claims Clams ClaimsOn ms msOn On the basis of German claims claimsthe claimsthe claimsthe the Russians faced taced a certainty of 01 the thelo.s theloss theloss lo.s los loss . of Leningrad also the certainty certaintythat certaintythat certaintythat that the Russian oil 011 fields Ilelds in the theCaucasus theCaucasus theCaucasus Caucasus would be reached andmade and andmade andmade made a thea theater ter of war on the south .outh outh . . . . The batUe battle of the North Atlantic Atlanticthey Atlanticthey Atlanticthey they claimed clalmed also was progressingravoraby progressing progressinglavorably progressingfavorably lavorably ravoraby , with half halt a dozen sink sinkings sinklogs sinkings ings logs reported since Ilnce the President I s IIpeech sspeech sspeech Ipeech speech and action sending the navy navyin navyIn navyin in pursuit of Nazi Nad Nazl : raidersWashington raidersWashington raiders raidersWashington Washington announced no turther further turtherlo.ses furtherlosses furtherlosses lo.ses loses losses . after alter the Montana but It Itwas itwas itwas was hinted at the capital that such suchreports suchreports suchreports reports might be withheld until unUl a acon acons'derable acon acon'd con cons'derable consderable ' -'d 'd d - ' derable rable time after alter their occur occurrence occurFence occurrence rence Fence a as . military mUitary secretsThe secretsThe secrets secretsThe The Nazis Nazi . baaed based their sscrtlon assertion assertionon assertionan on an n Lonlnsyad Leningrad on the fact tact that they theybad theytad theyaad bad tad reached the city s a outer de- de de'eases defenses de- de deamiting - - - fenses 'eases eases ' that Leningraders were dy dynamlUni dytamiting amiting namlUni tamiting buildings and that the the'tlty thelty th thtity ' tity 'tlty tlty ; lty was being belns subjected to steadytir steadyair steady air tir ir bombing and artillery Ilre fire IlreOn fireon flreOn On the south the German Germans * asserted assertid assert- assert assertd - - - ed id d two crosslngi crossings had been made in d 01 of 01be ofhe ofthe be ! he lower Dnieper either cutting cuttingrimea cuttingCrimea ' : ; rimea off otf from the north or threat- threat threatn3ng threa threat-ming threat ming t- t - tmlng - - mlng n3ng to do so 110 and that though theaver the theriver theriver river aver was 1 000 to 2000 yards wide wide.onslderable wideonsiderable wideconsiderable .onslderable onslderable onsiderable . numbers of troops troopswere troopssere troopswru were sere passing paulng over with nothing be- be belore beore be-ore be ore - - - ore them in the way of 01 na natural naturalazards naturallazards tural 1azards azards ' until the th Don river sho ho ildC ild lid lore C " ) e C attainedThe attainedThe attained attainedThe The menace to the Caucasus was wasIdeemed waseerned wasdeemed eerned imminent and ionic some saw sawIn sawn sawIn In n this an explan ition ItlOn of RU1 Russian Russianressure Russianpressure > slan slanpressure Ideemed pressure ressure on and criticIsm critic igm of nul But nullaria Butaria Bulgaria laria aria seeing in the latter tatter c u try trya tryhopoff trya a hop-off hop off hop-otl otl - - ' point C f ( r the se se-id se id seed 1d - I r rg g of ofwater ofeater ofwater water eater borne bome Ir lr o of ( s to the l Ca a casus casusegion c < isusregion isusregionRUSSIANS sus susregion region egion egiontUSSIANS RUS RUSSIANS tUSSIANS IANS RUSSIANSPainting tUSSIANSPainting Painting a vastly d fTerent fYerenl picture pictureof picturef ' . ) f the battle the Russians clain clarn clam ed edcontinued edontinued edcontinued continued ontinued victories In the center centerJver centerver centeraver Jver : ver determined opposition plus re reports reorts reports ports orts that the Nails Nazis t through rough losses losseshad lossesad losseshad had ad been forced to witAdraw witMraw witjuiraw halt half a amlUion amil-lion amil lion mlUion iUlon - men from trom Franoe France aloneFar aloneFar alone aloneFar Far from accepting the loss loos 01 of ofLeningrad ofLeningrad ' Leningrad as a matter of 01 cost the thetuastens theRussians ' Russians tuastens told of retaking retakinlr an tsland Island tslandin IslandLake Islandin in Lake Ladoga LadoiB from the Finns FInIu and andof andI andof of I the repulse of 01 a German air and andwater andeater andwater water eater . assault . .ult ult . on the island of ot Oe.el Oeel Oesel Oe.eloff OeselR Oeseloff . off R the coast coa.t coat . of ot Esk-nl Esk nl Estcala Estonia - . I CAIRO CAIROHoly lloly Holy CityThe City Cay CityThe The " bombing of ot Cairo a holy city cityI cityto cit citto cityto I to the Moslems which Britain had hadsaid ha hasaid hadlaid said early In the war would result resul resultIn resulin resultin In the reprisal bombing of ot Rome RomeItaly RomeItaly RomeItaly Italy s a holy city finally had taken take takeplace takenplace I Iplace place with the death of 39 3 > personand persons person personsI personsand penonsand I and wounding woundrng of 01 93Immediately 93Immediately 03 93 03Immediately 93I I Immediately the British press had hadstarted ha hastarted hadstarted started the outcry Bomb RomNowl Rom RomNow . < Now Nowl ! NowlThough Though Alexandria the port 01 01Cairo c cCairo ofCairo Cairo had been bombed repeatedly repeatedlythe repeatedlythe the enemy planes had never neverbombed neve nevebombed neverbombed bombed the city Itself itselt , , and this thisevent thi thievent thisevent event the first was not immediate immediately . ly repea repeated ted tedNor repeatedNor Nor was there thero an immediate immedlab immediatebombing immedlabbombing Immediatebombing bombing of Rome However , . the thesnenclng th thsilencing thesilencing snenclng silencing of the Cairo radio and the thelailure tin tinfailure thefailure lailure failure of 01 the dally daily communique to toarrive U Uarrive toarrive arrive had caused many to t believe believethat believethat believethat that the British answer to the Cairo Cain Cairoincident Cainincident CairoIncident incident might be the launching of ofthe o othe ofthe the long awaited drive into LibyaMINERS Libya LibyaMINERSHit MINERS - , MINERS-Hit MINERS Hit MINERSHit HIt at Lewis Lewu LewisTrouble LewisTrouble Trouble within the fold told of theUnited the theUnited theUnited United Mine Workers of AmericaJohn America America.John ; AmericaJohn .John John . L Lewis personal labor union unionand . , , and the basis on which be he foundedthe founded foundedthe foundedthe the C I 1 0 was the latest labor dill dlif dillOcully dlifflculty dllfflculty Ocully flculty to claim attention attentionIt It resulted when a committee committeecharged committeecharged committeecharged charged with discussing a possible possiblestrike possiblestrike possiblestrike strike ballot Instead returned a 5C 5Ccent SOcent o ocent cent assessment against each mem mem- member mem- mem member member - - ber each monthUnion monthUnion month monthUnion Union members Immediately .et et set setup . setup .etup up a new committee which nrt met at atShenandoah atShenandoah atShenandoah Shenandoah City Pa in the heartof heart heartof heartof of the Allegheny hard coal area areaand areaand areaI and made an odd demandThey demandThey demand | They ordered Mr Lewis himself himselfto himselfto himselfto to come before them personally and andJOHN 6 $ ? JOHN L LEWISAll LIEWIS LEWIS LIEWISAn LEWISAn An All expUtnuUvn explmaauoll explanation ww U'a.t Ua.t Uat was ' . demandedwithout JemcndeJ demanded . . without delay and aud satisfactorily satisfactorilyplain ex explain explain plain the assessment . , or that they theywould theywould theywould would go on strike lorthwlthThe forthwithThe forthwith lorthwlth forthwithThe The monthly dues of the union unionmembers unionmembers unionmembers members now bad had been boosted boostedtrom boostedfrom boostedfrom trom from $1 1 $ a month to $150 150 $1 1 $ SO 150 and theminers the theminers theminers miners were up In arms and theunion the theunlo theunion unlo union : ! . trouble within the union was wassaid wassaid wassaid said to be spreadingNAVY spreading spreadingNAVY NAVY : Building Bwldmg Cruisers CruisersA A new Dew type of 01 cruiser to chaseNazi chase chaseNazi cha eNazi Nazi raiders la ili under construction constructionfor constructionfor for the navy it had been revealed revealeda a report disclosing that work hadstarted had hadstarted hadstarted started on six ships each ach 27 Z1 000 tOilS tons tonsof tonsof 01 of a type never before betore butlt builL built builLThey . They are to be 17000 17 000 tons heavier heavierthan heavierthan heavierthan than any other cruisers now In the thenavy thenavy thenavy navy s a possession and only 1 8 000 000tons 000tons 000tons tons lighter Ughter than our heaviest heaviestbattieshlps heaviestbattleships heavleitbattleships heavleitbattleshipsThey battieshlps battleships battieshlpsThey battleshipsThey They were being built at Cam Camden Camden Camden den N J by the N Y ShIpbuild Shtpbuild ShIpbuildIng ShtpbuildIng Shipbuilding Ing CorpThey Corp CorpThey CorpThey They will bear the names 01 of 01Alaska ofAlaska ofAlaska Alaska Hawaii Guam Philippines PhilippinesSamoa PhilippinesSamoa PhilippinesSamoa Samoa and Puerto Rico The navywithheld navy navywithheld navywithheld withheld all details detalla concerning their theirspeed theirspeed theirtpeed speed or armament armamenL armamentALUMINUMA . ALUMINUM - . ALUMINUM-A ALUMINUM A A 4 CritiqueNewspapers Critique Cnuque CritiqueNewspapers Newspapers directed sharp criti crib criticlam cribism criUcism clam ; ism at part of ot the OPM when It Itwas itwas itwas was learned learnf'd learnfd ' that of 01 huge allocations allocationsmade allocationsnade allocationsmade made nade for lor the purpose of 01 buildingslants building buildingplants buildingplants plants slants to manufacture 600 000 000 000 000ma 000t t ms ma nii of ot aluminum a year only one onesite oneite onesite site ite had been selected and not oneilsnt one oneplant onplant * plant ilsnt had been placed even in COD con CODstructlon contruction construction constructionThe structlon truction structlonThe tructionThe The original plan . . , outlined b.y by . b.yG byPM byGPM G , PM M itself had been to have the theplants thecants theplants plants cants In actual operation next nextApril nexttpril nextApril April tpril or May when wben the shortafieo shortageof shortagef shortage of f ( the metal will become acuteInstead acuteInstead acute acuteInstead Instead even if the work gets un under uner under der er wav was ' now ( ( which it is not not ) ) the theplants thelants theplant plants lants * cannot be In to production until untilnext untilext untilnnct next ext faU tall ( all at the earliestRecords earliestRecords earliest earliestRecords Records of 01 the senate defense defenseInvestigating defenserivestigating defensinvestigating * Investigating rivestigating committee revealed revealedthat revealedhat revealedthat that hat there had been a rift nft between betweenJesse betweenesse betweenJess Jesse esse Jones RFC head and Har Her Harold Herid Harold old id Ickes Ickes ickea . , fellow lellow cabinet member memberever memberver memberover ever ver the sole contract which has hasbeen haseels hasbeen been eels signed-which signed which signed - which gives the Alum AlumInum |
