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Rooaevalt Rooaev'tU RooaevtU Rooaevglt ' a . astatement aatatement atatement statement to show Ihow that it would go gofar gofez gofar far fez eaougb eDough enough to put Nelson into sole solecommand solecommand solecommand solecommandA command commandA A board Including Messrs Knud Knud.en Knudten .en en ten . . ex . , Hillman and an * other chiefs 01 of 01various ofvarious ofvarious various vital ' groups gt'oups gtoups was to work workunder workunder workuader under NelaonThe NelsonThe Nelson Nelaon NelsonThe The President said In part . Mr N Nelson Ison will na no longer servea .erve erve serve serveas . as . * director dJrector of the priorities priorlUes division divisionHe divisionHe divisionHe He will devote his entire time to todirecting todirecting todirecting directing the production producUon proaram program proaramHis programHis programHis His decisions decl.lons decllons . as to procurement and andproduction andproduction andproduction production will be flnaL ftnaL final . " Thus Mr Nelson has bas authority authorityover authorityover authorityever over not only the Industrialists industrialist . aQd acid aQdlabor"eadera acidlaborleaders andlakor'leaders andlakorleaders labor"eadera laboreadera laborleaders " ' who were in Washing Wasblng- Wasblng Washing- Wasblngton Washington Washington - ton to harness Amerlcaa American production productionto to a program tor lor for victory but alsoever also alsoover alsoover over the army and navy them them.elves themselves elves .elves selves . In a way because bis his hi , de- de decJ.lonl decisions de decisions - - cisions cJ.lonl cJlonl . as to wkat what they might have havein havein haveIn in the way of arms and munitionswould muniUons munitions muniUonswould munitionswould would be final flnaL flnaLThey . They would still eti l have legal contrading con contractlng contracting tractlng tracting authority but Mr Nelsonwauld Nelson Nelsonwould Nelsonwould would have bave to pass upon these contracts con contracts contracts tracts before they could go into ef of effeet offact offeet fact feet , , and could In effect etect ! make them themlarger themlarger themlarger larger or smaller .maller maller . quicker or slower slowerLUZON slowerLUZON LUZON- LUZON - . ' LUZONDefense Defense DefenseWhen When the history of World War II III IIIs IIIs I Is . written it will have become evl evi evident evident evldent dent that the defense of Luzon by theAmerican the theAmerican theAmerican American Fillpino Filipino forces lorccs under GenDouglas Gen Oen GenDo OenDouglas Do Douglas las MacArthur . should .hould hould be placed placedalongside placedalongside placedalongside alongside of other famous lamous last last.tands laststands laststands laststandsConceded .tands tands stands . .tandsConceded standsConceded Conceded only the slimmest DOSsible PO pos posBible ' .ible ible Bible . hope bope of hanging on until helpmight help helpmJght helpmight mJght might arrive the MacArthur forces forcesentrenched forcesentrenched forcesentrenched entrenched in the Mariveles Marlveles moun mountalns mountains mountains talns tains back of Manila ManUa bay had re- re reported reported re reported - - ported not only stemming slemming an all allout allout allout out Japanese drive but that theykad they theybad theyhad bad had driven the attackers back backThey backThey They bad had forced the Japs to re- re remove remove re remove - move their big guns far to the rear rearout rearout rearout out of range , of the American bat battcries batteriea batterles tcries teriea ! had silenced 11 Japanese bat bat- batteries batteries batteries - - teries and had raised havoc withcharging with withcharging withcharging charging detachments detal"bments detalbments " of tanks and andJnfantry andinfantry andInfantry andInfantryNot Jnfantry infantry JnfantryNot infantryNot Not In any way claiming that Olat the theJapanese theJapanese theJapanese Japanese advance had been perma permanel permanet permanei nel net tly try L ) ' checked General MacArthurreported MacArthur MacArthurreported MacArthurreported reported to Washington Wa hlngton that the 24hour 24 24hour 24hour hour battle batUe batile had shown definitely dellnltely that thatthe thatthe thatthe the American guns and gurwery gunnery gurwerywere gunnerywere gunnerywere were . superior .uperior uperior to those of 01 the enemyTbe enemyThe enemy enemyThe The Tbe Japs Jap Japa . claimed that they had hadtake hadtaken hadtaker take\ take taken takeOlongapo % \ ' Olongapo naval base on abay a abay abay bay to the north of Manila bay and andthis andthis andthis this had bad been confirmed by Wash WashIn WashIngton Washin In Ington gton ( ton IngtonThere tonThere gtonThere There was more than a suspicion suspicionthat suspicionthat suspicionthat that the Japs were content to let thepresent thepresent the thepresent present armed forces lorces now In thePhilippines the thePb1llppines thePhilippines Pb1llppines Philippines do the t ' \ mopping up upagainst upagainst upagainst against the MacArthur army andbad and .bad bad . : bad turned their attention attenUon rather to toIncreasing toIncreasing toIncreasing Increasing the tempo of the all allImportant allImportant allimportant Important Malay tTenslv otTenslv offensive and thegeneral the thegeneral thegeneral general offensive otenslve ! against the DutchEast Dutch DutchEast DutchEast East ladles indies using Mindanao a as . a abase abase akase base SUBMARINE : Action ActionNavy Navy planes and ships had a busy buoy busytime buoytime bustime } time chasing enemy submarines re reported reported reported ported lurking off 01'l 01l ' the East coast olthe 01 01the of ofthe the U S STwo STwo STwo Two ships sbips were reported . sunk .W1k W1k bysubmarine by byISubmarme bysubmarine ISubmarme submarine action off ot oft ! Long Island IslandN IslandN IslandN N Y The first was the Pana Panamanlan Panarnanian Panamanian manlan rnanian tanker Norness Nornesa which was washit washit waihit hit by three torpedoes about 120miles 120 12G 120mUe 12Gmiles mUe miles . from Irom the coast Next daywatchers day daywatchers daywatchers watchers on shore claimed theysaw theysaw they saw aw a a submarine 8"bmarine 8bmarine " sink anotner anoUier another ship shin shipabout shinabout shipabout about 23 miles from shoreMeanwhile shoreMeanwhile shore shoreMeanwhile Meanwhile U S underwater craft craftwere craftwere craftwere were also busy but the location oftheir of o1 oftheir o1their their action was not disclosed Thenave Thenavy The Thenavf navf nave navfreported navereported reported that a 17000 17 000 ton Japship Jap.hlp Jap .hlp hlp ship . hip of the type used as a plane planecarrier planecarrier planecarrier carrier had been sunk by U S sub sub- submarines submarines submarines - - marines In Far Eastern waters watersMALAYA watersMALAYA MALAYA : Scorched EarthThe Earth EarthThe The bouse house of commons criticism criticismof criticismof of the British Malaya forces In notcarrying notcarrying not notcarrying carrying out the scorched earth polIcy pol polIcy policy Icy was met by dispatches which whichhad whichhad whichhad had been delayed tending to sbow show sbowthat showthat showthat that the British BriUsh had applied that policy pol policy polIcy icy in the completest completelt way pbsslbleAn pbssible pbsslble pbssibleAn An eyewitness description of theBritish the theBrltisb theBritish Brltisb British evacuation of Perka Solangor Selan Selanror Selangor ror gor and Kuala Lumpur , . ? the latter latteran latteran latteran an important rubber city and the thecapital thecapital thecapital capital of the Federated Malay MalayStates MalayStates MalayStates States bore this out . . A Durdin dispatch to the Timesfrom Times Timesfrom Timesfrom from Seremban stated that la In Perakand Perak Perakand Perakand and Selangor alone millions of 01 dol dollara dollars dollars lara lars worth of rubber stocks and andI andrubber andrubber andrubber I rubber processing proceulng plantn plants and 0111 mil millions 0111lions millions lions more In tin Un mine dredges dredies andtin and andUn andtin Un tin ore processing machinery hadbeen bad had badbeen hadbeen been destroyed destroyedIn In addition the destruction of pe petroleum petroleum petroleum troleum products product ! totaled severalmillions several severalmillions severalmillions millions of 01 dollarsCopra dollarsCopra dollars dollarsCopra Copra and coal docks were dynamited dyna dynamited dynamited mited or burned Dynamiters Dynamlters weremining were weremining weremining mining the country through which whichthe whichthe whichthe the Japs were approaching closer closerto closerto closerto to Singapore and this waa was evident evidentin in the slowing down of the Japanese Japaneseadvance Japaneseadvance Japaneseadvance JapaneseadvanceDescribing advance advanceDescribing Describing the evacuation evacua tion of 01 Kuala Ku Kuala Kuala ala Lumpur Durdin wrote that the theBritish theBritish theBritish British had opened the larger stores storesand storesand storesand and had removed what stocks It Itwanted itwanted Itwanted wanted and then had left the stores storesopen ( storesopen toreopen * open to allow the population to takewhat take takewhat takewhat what it wishedThe wishedThe wished wishedThe The Inhabitants seethed up and anddown anddown anddown down the streets which wblch were littered litteredwith litteredwith Utteredwith with refuse carrying what they had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen been able to get aboard rickshason ricksha rickshas . on bicycles and on shoulders andheads andheadsFrom and andheads andheads heads headsFrom From every corner of the city citysounded citysounded citysounded sounded the Ole booming explosions as asthe asthe asthe the Punjab sappers and dynamiters dynamiter dynamitersdestroyed dynamitersdestroyed , destroyed bridges roads and othercommunication other othercommunication othercommunication communication links as soon as theBritish the theBritish theBritish British convoys had moved througb through througbthe throughthe throughthe the cityTwo city cityTwo cityTwo cityI I Two large larie department stores were werecompletely werecompletely werecompletely completely despoiled of goods withina within withinI I a few hours Coolies who had never never nev , er tasted chocolate candy went wentabout wentabout wentabout about with their arms full giving givingthem givingthem givingthem them away to others who had none lIone lIoneThe noneThe noneThe The burning of the rubber trees treeswas treeswas treeswas was not possible but since theplants the theplants theplants plants producing rubber and the rub rub- rubber rubber rubher - - ber her stocks were burned the Britl British Britishsay Britishsuy < : h hsltY sltY say it will be a long time before beforethe beforethe beforethe the Japs can get anyHIT any anyHITI , HITI HIT ! LR ER ERNeu ERHas lias Neu He tie FledUnconfirmed Fled Flel ( ? Unconfirmed reports rl"ports rlports " had been re recelved received received celved ceived from the Ole Russian front that thatHIUer thatFiitier thatHitler HIUer Fiitier with Smolensk Smolenslt threatened by bythe bythe bythe the Russian armies had fled to asafer a asafer asafer safer point pointWhile pointWhile pointWhile While this thJs had been impossible of ofconfirmation ofconfirmation ofconfirmation confirmation the Red beadquarters headquarters beadquartersreported headquartersreported headquartersreported reported capture of towns in the the'Smolensk theSmolensk the"Smolensk theSmolensk 'Smolensk Smolensk ' " area which showed sbowed that thatthe thathe thatthe the he war was coming uncomfortablyclose uncomfortably uncomfortablyclose uncomfortablylose close : lose to Der Fuehrer Fuebrer if he was wastill wassun wasstill sun still till there on the s scene ne of 01 actual actualservice actualservice actualservice service AIR : I Supremacy |
