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' ftgbtln lighting lightinggot fightingot Jot got ( under way Here lIere one side had established establlsbed ealabtished a bridgehead and cud a pon- pon post pontoon postLoon pontoon - toon Loon bridge brldce was built buiU for trucks and artillery arUllery But before b-fore b fore . - they could coulderOb couldcross coul coulcro < erOb cross cro completely , , . enemy planes appeared and bombs exploded to to"demolish to"demolish 1 1"demolish < "demolish demolish " ' the rear units NAZIS : More Trouble TroubleAccording TroubleAccording According to reporta reports from Europe EuropeGerman EuropeGerman , German officials were busy withrepressive with a arepressive irepressive , repressive campaign throughout throughou throughouttheir throughoutheir throughoutheir ; their conquered and occupied terr ternn ternntory territory ! tory to prevent the spread of a vast vastbehind vas vasbehind vaabehind behind the-front the front the-tront tront - - - ant anU anti ! German move- move movement movemerit movement - ment merit Acts of ot sabotage were re reported reported reported ported from Belgium France Den Denmark Denmark Denmark mark and Czechoslovakia and the theNazis thNazis th thNazis < Nazis were doing everything to put putdown pu pudown puidown down w.a wa wDat what . t to some observers looked looker lookedlike lookerlike lookeclike like a general rev)1t rev1t rev ) lit litThe ] t tThe The slaughter of Czechs in Bo- Bo Bohemia Bo Bohernia Bo.hernia Bohernia - . hemia hernia and Moravia through drum drumhead drumhead drumhead head courtsmartial courtsmartlal courtamartial Instituted bi bithe by bythe bthe } the new now regime had continued to tokeep G Gkeep tckeep keep pace with even to surpass lIIurpass the theklllings the thekillings th thkillings killings klllings inoccupied In occupied FranceEightyeight FranceEightyeight France FranceEightyeight Eighty-eight Eighty eight - - were reported killed killer killedIn killern killedIn In ! n three days 58 in one dayReinhard dayI dayReinhard day dayRelnhard I Relnhard Reinhard Heydrich Heydrlch former lormer chiel chic chielI chielof chielof . I of Berlin BerUn a s secret police who had hae hadI hadbeen haebeen hadbeen been made protector of CzechoSlovakia Czecho Czecho- Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia - I slovakia or what was left of it It , , , was wasuslnS wasusing waausing uslnS using the mailed Bst tist fist to stamp out t tpersistent a apenis apenislent penis persistent tent rebellionTbe rebellionThe rebellion rebellionThe The Tbe same story was coming out outof out outof oulof of Bulgaria with reports from Softa Sofia Softaof Sofiao1 Soflaof of o1 543 M3 643 persons arrested In one day dayIn dayin dayin In one Black sea portThe portThe port portThe The Bulgara Bulgars blood brothers brothera and andfriends andfriends andfriends friends of the Russians were revolt revolt- revoltI revolting . - . I ! ing rag at any efforts eflorts the Germans Germansmight Germansmight , might make to use the r country asa 8S as 8Sa a aa a by pass paas to get eventually eventual1y at Cau Caucasian Caucasian Caucasian casian Russian oil 011 fieldsAIR fields fieldsAIR AIR MASTERS MASTERSChurchill MASTERSChurchill MASTERSChurchillThe Churchrll Churchill ChurchillThe , The first drat victory of the w Whr war r of any anyreal anyreal real import to Britain had been an announced announced announced nounced in most positive terms by byWinston byWinston byWinston Winston ( Churchill hurchlll when he told the thehowe thehouse thehouxe howe house of commons that the Royal f / ir it irforce itforce irforce force had attained attamed mastery of ot the theair theair theair theairThe air airThe The Information was given liven to par parUament parUament parUament Uament Just as London celebratedlt cel"bratedit celebratedha cel"brated celbrated celebrated " it ha . second month without an air raid raidalarm raidalarm raidalarm alarm The prime minister assert assert- asserted assertad asserted - - ed ad that the R it A F waa wu was In a po31tion position positionto po31tionto to to bomb Rome at any time that it.eemed Itteemed it . eemed .eemed teemed convtenient convtnient convbnient : or advisable advisableand . , and reported that Cairo deftnJtely definitely deftnJtelyhad definitelytad definitelyhad , had tad not been bombed denying pre pre- prevlow pre- pre prerlous previous - - vious vlow rlous reports that this thll ! had occurredThe occurred occurredTbe occurredThe Tbe The reaction was swift In comin cominfrom comingfrom coming , -from from - - from Berlin and from trom Rome RomeIn Romen RomeIn In n the latter city the pope was re- re reported re reported - ported sorted to be sending a message mesaage via viaMyron viaMyron viaMyron Myron C Taylor to President Rooseselt Roosevelt Roose- Roose - - - velt selt asking asklnll him to use his influ influsnce in Influence u uence ence snce with Britain to pass up the thebomblnll thecombing thebombing bomblnll combing of RomeThe RomeThe Rome RomeThe The President . , on the other hand handwas handvas bandwas was vas said to have sent a message to toHis toIts toHis His Its Holiness Holmeas suggesting politely thathe thatre that he re might take up his residence resldenLe at a asaCer aafer asafer saCer afer spot . . rhe The I'he Ihe ' Berlin Berlm answer was a qUintuple qUintuplebombmg quintuplecombing quintuplebombing bombmg combing ra raid Id not on London but on onfive onlye onflve five lye northeastern cities with heavy heavycasualties heavyasualiies heavycasualties casualties asualiies reported The defense derense ofhere of ofthese ofthese these here cit clt es e & was presumably pre'iumably preiumably ' not as asgo aso asgo go ; o d as that of LondonAt LondonAt London LondonAt At the same time the R A F wa wasi was c I iduct duct i a g cont nuous nuoWl and heavy heavyraIds heavyaids heavyraids raIds aids with squadrons running runnmg as ashIgh asnigh ashigh hIgh nigh nighas as sevi-ral sevi ral sevt.ral sevtral several . - hundred plant plants plantsne plantsOne s sOne One ) ne raid on the port city of Stettmwas Stettinvas Stettin Stettm was vas conducted f r five solid solrd hours by bywaves byeaves bywaves waves eaves of bombersItaly bombersItaly bombers bombersItaly Italy made a str qln stn ( I r r g ittack lttack by rin r ron ron on in a British protected convoy in m the theI thedediterranean theMediterranean I Mediterranean dediterranean but tyraiU te . < _ ) e MU 'ltr ltr > ' ess re reI rearts reports I ports arts were that It-rnflc It rnflc I.rnfic Irnfic ttrrific . - casi caSt allies altles In InI Inmen innets inmen I men nets and plai pIal plat es were suffered antlered a ld sd ldI sdhe idthe I the he baltltsh battl.sh battlsh battlesh . p Nelson Nelson . , while whlle dam darn damaged darnged damaged aged ged by a torpedo suffir suffar sufft r donly d only a aslight alight aslight slight light dimi dlml t t n ) if f her si s eedLA ced eed cedSEA SEA ) LA POWLI POW1A POWLKViewed V Vwwed wwed letved by Knov Knot KnotSea KnovSea ' 10 Sea power of Bntiin Bnt.m Bntm Brstsin . and the theUnited theJnited theUnited United Jnited States-both States both Stales-both Stales States - both present a d to tocomewiU toomewill tocome come--wiU come wiU ome-will ome will - - will spell the end of the triple tripleIxis tripleAxis Axil Ixis said Secretary of the ilia Navy NavyKnox Navyinox NavyKnox Knox inox in an addressHe addressHe address addressHe He also aao declared that once the theRomeBertin thetomeBerlin theRome-Berlin theRome Berlin Rome-Bertin Rome Bertin tome-Berlin tome Berlin - - - Tokyo alliance had hadbeen hadicon hadbeen been icon defeated it would be up to the theUnited theJnited theUnited United Jnited States and Britain perms pea-ma pea ma permsnenUy peamaently pennanently - nenUy ently to pool their the1J ' forces to stop atop stopnew atopew slopnew new ew allresslonMany aggressionMany aggression allresslon aggressionMany Many wondered if It 11 he left Russia Russiaout Russiaut Russiaout out ut of the picture deliberately UNCLE SAM SAMStarts SAMStarts St8rts Starts Taking Taklll TakingTht | Tin Tht g verni-nent verni nent vernment cvernment > ) - had hdd started witr with withthe wit ] j the first of the month the heaviesttake heaviestake heaviest heavies take t C f taxes in American hist r r$3000000 ri ry ry$3 ; -$3 $3 3 -$3000000 $3000000 3000000 - $ < $ 3 000 000 a dayBut dayBut day dayBut But it was only a small part ot otthe o othe < )1the 1the ) the whole tax program which would woub wouldnick woubnick wouldnick nick the American pocketbooks to totile tcthe is isthe tile the tune of ot $13000000000 13000000000 $13 13 $ 000 000 000 a year yearand yearand yearand and when one figured that a billion billies billionis billiesIs billionis is a thousand million and nd that three threem1ll10n threemillion threemillion m1ll10n million a day Is only a little more mots morethan motsthan morethan than a billion a year-It year It year - it gave some soma somaIdea someidea Idea dea of what the huge burden would woulc wouldbe woulcbe wouldbe wouldbeContrasted be beContrasted Contrasted with the World war wai wartake waitake waitake take It was 13 billion bUlion against againstabout agatns agatnsabout againstabout about 7 billion biUion biUlon or not quite twice a as asmuch aamuch : much money - and there were wen were30 30 000 000 more people to share In Inthe it itthe Irthe the paymentFor paymentFor payment paymentFor For Instance in 1018 1918 the exemp exemp- exemptions exemptiona exemptions - tions tiona were $21x10 21x10 $2 2 $ 000 for the head of a afamily a afamily afamily family and $1 1 $ 000 for tor single personaas persona persons persons1'8 -1'8 1'8 18 -as as - ' s compared with $1 1 $ 500 and $750 750 $750today $75 75 $75Ctoday 75Ctoday $75CtodayThat $ ( today todayThat That , , It was figured Jliurud would brinfstill bringsun bring brinf sun still till more of the na nation tion s . 150 HID 000 00 000 000people OOCpeople ( people Into the burden bearing foldThe foldThe fold foldThe The first drst taxes to be levied had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen been the special excise taxes and andthe andthe andthe the government was taking unusual unusualsteps unusualsteps unusualsteps steps to prevent merchants from fromraising fromraising fromraising raising prices more than they theyshould theyshould theyshould should so as to be sure that the theburden theburden theburden burden should be placed squarely squarelyon on the buyer and that the buyer buyercould buyercould buyercould could know he or she was paying It It . . There was some heavy buying in inadvance Inadvance inadvance advance of the day but not more morethan morethan morethan than had been expectedLABOR expected expectedLABOR.Still LABOR . LABOR.Still LABORStill Still Restless RestlessA A sudden sudd-n sudd n . - strike a at t the Dodge Dodgedivision Dodgedivision Dodgedivision division of ofChrysler Chrysler Motors had been beensettled beensettled beensettled settled but there wee weye , many other otherstrikes otherstrikes otherstrikes strikes or threats of strikes show showing showing showing ing plainly that labor unrest was wasfar wasfar wasfar far from trom settiedTwenty settledTwenty settled settied settledTwenty Twenty thousand had walked out outat outat outat at the Briggs auto body plant in inDetroit inDetroit inDetroit Detroit , , and the eight largest hotels hotelsIn hotelsIn hotelsIn In Pittsburgh PIttsburgb were closed down be- be because because be because - - cause of a 8 general strike of 01 some some2 2 000 workersAn workersAn workers workersAn An ordnance strike was reported reportedat at Sanduaky Sandusky Ohio involving truck truckdrivers truckdrivers truckdrivers drivers and Iron workersI workersAt workers workersAt I At the same time the government governmentdecided governmentdecided governmentdecided decided to increase widely the steel steelcapacity steelcapacity steelcapacity capacity of the bigger companies companieswhich companieswhich companieswhich which would mean not only a heavy heavyconstruction heavyconstruction heavyconstruction construction program to be financed financedby financedby financedby by the government . , , but a lurther further lurthershifting furthershifting furthershifting shifting of the labor populationAMERICA population populationAMERICA AMERICA FIRST FIRSTGet FIR FIRS r ! . Getf Get'J GetJ Get ' ; Publicity PublicityM PublicityI I M at st of or the intervent tnlervent 01 os 1st news newsI newspapers newstapers newspapers I papers tapers . were .ere ere pursuing a new policy policyt t t ward the utterances utteranLcs of America AmericaFlrsters AmericaFasters AmericaFirsters Flrsters Fasters as they held their convertion conven convert convention convenlion tion ion in Bridgeport The Idea ap- ap - appart'ntlv apparently ap apparently - parently part'ntlv partntlv ' was to play up the speeches speechesw speechesA \ A Hi Ih th fr nt rat page headlines instead of oft ofI t t I ry g them Inside the paper onI ont on ' 1 I t tI tteiry I1eiry e ) ry that the nation wag was But suf Butfic suflc gutflc fic lc crtly ei el tly tJy aroused to be further furthera a a ised by hearing what the Amer Amerill Ameri ill- ill illIrst } I- I - Ifirst - irst first leaders had to sayI sayTh sayThe say sayThi I Thi The Th speakers peakers including Includmg Senator Senatorvy SenatorN SenatorNe , N vy ) e a d others d dd d not disappoint disappointthe disappointI disappointhe I the he editors Nye electrified a aBr aIt aHr Br It fgcport Igeport audience by telling the thehe theI 11 In he < . that tn.t tnt . . by working workmg in defense defensepi defenseit defensepi pi it t ts is and by turning tummg non defense defensepll defenseIli defensepli pll Ili ts is nto defense work they were werela werea werela la a > } ng the groundwork for the com corn complele corndate cornpicte plele date financial rum rUin of the cityTi cityTt city cityT Tt Ti T > e a North Dakotan painted a hor horr norr r r t i cture of a Bridgeport with no now nov now w v rk no money hardly Ilnyth1ng anything anythingto Ilnyth1ngto anythingo to o eat after the defense eense ( bourn boom wasper was waser how foolish foolishthey foolishhey foolishthey \er er per \ , er and Informed them they hey . wire were .re re . to throw themselves into intothe intohe intothe the he defer se construction construcUon t- t - tmpaign campaign campaignviii campaignwilt |