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U Union Jo . . . - II ( N _ z _ _ _ Burma- Burma BurmaWith Burma-With Burma With Burma - With Jap J.p Jp . ahells shell hell * . popping popJllnJr overhead o.rhe.d orhe.d orhed . . . . , , Lt-Gen Lt Gen LtG.n LtCon Lt -G.n G.n -Con Con - - . Joa.ph Joaph Joseph Jo . eph Stilw.1I Stilw1I Stilwefl Stilw.1Icenter Stilwellcenter . ( center ceater , right rlJrht ) . and .nd nd Chlneae-Ameracan Chlneae Ameracan ChIn.se.American ChInse.American ChInseAmerican Chine . e-An e An - . > er > c n troop troopa * . take cover coyer in deep rayaDe ravine rayaDela ravineha ravineIn la ha north Burma ( Sa S See . . . Far Eat Eaat East * ) I I IRELAND mELAND : Faces Isolation solatl.On solatlOn Isolatl.On isolatton I isolattonBecause IsolationBecause . Because Ireland lies so hard by byBritain byBritain byBritain Britain the latter has always looked lookedupon lookedupon lookedUpon upon it as sort ofa ofa of a necessary adJunct adjimct ad ? junct jimct of Britain adefense s a ( ( defense and long longand longand : and bitter have havebeen havebeen havebeen been the contro contro- controversies controverries controversies - - versies verries between betweenthe betweenv5 betweenthe v5 v5the the two countne countrtea countrteaover countriesover over the question questionOf questionat at of its sovereigntyLast sovereigntyLast sovereignty sovereigntyLast Last ruffled ruffledthrough ruffledthrough through Brl Britaina Britain taln s seconomic seconomic \ economic block blockade blockade blockade ade of Irelandfrom Irelandfrom Ireland from 1832 1932 1032 38 re De Do Valera Yalera Valeralations Yaleralations Valeralations lations betweenthe betweenthe between betweenthe the two countries have become becometroubled becometroubled becometroubled troubled again with the U S join joinlog jointog joining log tog Britain Britaln this time Hme in demanding demandingthat demandingthat demandingthat that Ireland oust the German and andJapanese andJapanese andJapanese Japanese representatives , _ charged chargedwith chargedwith chargedWith with carrying out espionage activity activityagainst activityagainst activityagainst against Allied forces torces massed in the theBrltisb theBritish theBritish Brltisb British Isles Islell for the invasion ot of otEurope ofEurope ofEurope ofEuropeFollowing Europe EuropeFollowing Following Premier Eamon de deValera deValera deValera Valera s a refusal on the ground that thatthe thatthe thatthe the Axis diplomats were being beingwatched beingwatched beingwatched watched Britain banned travel to toIreland toIreland toIreland Ireland and promised to further Iso Isolate isolate isolate late Ireland from all outside can con cannectIons conisections connectlons connectlonsFAR isectionsFAR nectIons isections FAR EAST : Racing Weather WeatherAs As M Lleut Lieut Gen Joseph Stilwell Stilwefl s a sChinese aChinese sChinese Chinese and American troops fought foughtthrough foughtthrough foughtthrough through Burma s a rugged northwest northwestclearing northwestclearing northwestclearing clearing a route to embattled China Chinathe Chinathe Chinathe the U S announced It has stocked stockedup stockedup stockedUp up more than $160000000 160000000 $160 160 $ 000 000 of guns gunsmunitions gunsmunitions gunsmunitions munitions and tanks in India for foreventual foreventual foreventual eventual shipment to Chiang Kal Kai KalshelL Kaishek Kaiahek shelL shek . In Burma General Stilwell and andBritish andBritish andBritish British Indian troops to the south southI south.ought southsought southsought .ought ought sought . to strengthen their foothold footholdalong footholdalong footholdalong along the mountainous western bor border bordee border der dee as a springboard for future at attack attack attack tack before the merciless windy windyrainy windyrainy windyrainy rainy monsoon season seta leta sets to In . , to tocontinue tocontinue tocontinue continue until untJl fallIn fall fallIn In announcing that the U S has hasplled haspiled haspiled plled piled up $40391000 40391000 $40 40 $ $ 40 391 301 000 of ot guns euna $77 77 $ $ 811 871 811qoo 871Q00 871000 qoo Q00 of oC munitions and $42197000 42197000 $ $42 42 $ 197 000 of oftanks oftanks oftanks tanks in India for shipment to China Chinaupon Chinaupon Chinaupon upon the opening of routes . , Foreign ForeignEconomic ForeignEconomic ForeignEconomic Economic Administrator Leo T TCrowley Trowley TCrowley Crowley rowley said that of ot total lend lease leaseaid leaseaid leaseaid aid given thus far to Chiang Kai Kaiabek Kaislack Kalshek abek slack about $164 164 $ 000 000 was tor for air aircraft aircraft aircraft craft , , machinery medicines wedJcines , . serv servIces servIces services Ices etcEUROPE etc etcEUROPE EUROPE : Luftwaffe LuftwaDe Lnftzvafle Target TargetWith TargetWith With Allied forces massing in the theBritish theBritish theBritish British Isles and Axis chieftains chieftainspredicting chieftainspredicting chieftainspredicting predicting the early Invasion of at west westem westem western em Europe U Sand S and British Brltisb aJr air aJrcraft aircraft aircraft craft kept up their heavy raids over overthe overthe overthe the continent aimed at knocking knockingout knockingout knockingout out the German LuftwaffeBy Luftwaffe LuftwaffeBy By beating down Nazi fighters and andblowing andblowing andblowing blowing up the r aircraft tactories factories tactoriesthe factoriesthe factoriesthe the Allies AUle hoped to decrease opposi oppost opposition opposttion oppositlon tion to landing landlOg operations and re- re resistance resistance re resistance - sistance to bombardment of other otherAxis otherAxis otherAxis Axis Industries Industnes IndustriesIn IndustnesIn In Italy the Allied AlIJed air force was wasequally wasequally wasequally equally busy sn sri a ash h ng rig at the Nais Nazis Naisdefense Nazisdefense Nazisdefense % defense in install-ill install ill Instalhti talht1 - t I n s in southern southernFrance southernFrance southernFrance France and at railroads flulrol\ds flulrol ds \ and high highways highways highways ways up and dcvn do vn the length of ofthe ofthe ofthe the theen \ - yen \-en en ten nsiild nsuld used USf'd USfd ' to supply IUPPly em embattled embattled embattled battled enemy tr ops at Anzio Anio % and andCass andCass andCass Cass no v.here vhere . here bottomless mud mudslowed mudslowed mudslowed slowed ground operations SHIP SUIP BUILIHM BUILIiS UILnl ) , ( . New Newwill warships warshipswill warshipswill warshipse will be adled ad fed it'd itd ' to tie Ll II e U ithe S fleet at atthe atd ' the rate ot of a dozi dOH doit d a day irema during the theI therema therams their I rema rams ndcr nrer ! f the ihe , ir r Sethe Secretary or of orthe ofthe ofled craftNew the Nay Na\ Na NaK NaI \ ) Ix K I\ I \ . x led I'd Id ted ( ' 1is This figure figureIs figureda Is for s 5 H ( "ng ng " ( , ng rig 'Is Is el elonly ( ' cladoes only and anddoes anddoes andsn does n t I include sn an allShip all auxiliary auxiliaryahlp auxiliaryships auxiliarycraft ahlp ships a s ij d 1 ldndI landr land ldnd i r . craft . By theend theend the theend end of tie U e year ) ear the navy will conlist conlist con concist cist list of n is o 0 c e than 3 000 000 men , . he heDt.ed heac.icd heacc-cd heacc cd Dt.ed Dted ac.icd acicd . . ( . - _ SOLDIER VOTE'I VOTE : /'I 'I I / ' 'iCongressional ' Congressional CongresslOnal BillOnce Bill Bdl BillOnce Once having denounced compro compro- compromise compromisc compromise - - mise misc on soldier vote legislation em embodying embodying embodying bodying state supervision President PresidentRoosevelt PresidentRoosevelt PresidentRoosevelt Roosevelt was faced with the alter alternative alternative alternative native of approving such 8uch a measure measureassured measureassured measureassured assured of passage In congress or orrisking orrisking orrisking risking another veto overridingLatest overridingLatest overriding overridingLatest Latest soldier vote bill assured of ofpassage ofpassage ofpassage passage allows use of the short sbort fed federa federal federal era eral 1 ballot for tor President senator senatorand senatorand senatorand and congressman by servicemen servicemenoverseas servicemenoverseas servicemenoverseas overseas it if their ther ! states provide no noabsentee noabsentee noabsentee absentee vote or they have not re received received received ceived state ballots by October I 1 Iand 1and 1and and their governors certify certity use of ofthe ofthe ofthe the federal ballot baUot ballotAbout . , About 20 states already have pro pro- provided provided provided - - vided for servicemen s absentee vat vot vatIng votIng votIng Ing and another 18 have Indicated Indicatedpreparations indicatedpreparations indicatedpreparations preparations tor for considering such suchlegislation suchlegislation suchlegislation suchlegislationRUSSIA legislation legislationRUSSIA RUSSIA : Active Actwe Acttve A cttve D Diplomacy DiplomacyWhile plomacy While Russia Insisted that Finland Finlandonly Finlandonly Finlandonly only could have an armistice by in intermDg interning interning termDg terning German troops in the coun coon country coontry country try and recognizing the 1940 bor borders borders borders ders Moscow s busy diplomatic diplomaticcorps diplomaticcorps diplomaticcorps corps moved on two other frontsEven frontsEven fronts frontsEven Even as Italy s Communists cried criedfor criedfor criedfor for the removal of King Victor Em Emmanuel Emmanuel Emmanuel manuel and Marshal Badoglio Badogilo Rus Russia Russia Russla sia siaormaUy ' < - ( ormaUy -ormaUy 'formally formally recognized their gov government government goveminent ernment by consenting to exchange exchangean exchangearT arT an bassadors with them even though thoughthe thoughthe thoughthe the U S and Britain have withheld withheldsimilar withheldsimilar withheldsimilar similar actIOnRussia actionRussia action actionRussia Russia s promotion of Tito THo Broz s sPartisan sPartisan sPartisan Partisan cause In Jugoslavia wherehe wherehe where whereGen he has been feuding with Rightist RightistI RightistGen RightistGen Gen Draga Drags Mihailovitch Mihallovitch gained gamed im impetus impetus impetus I petus when Mihailovitch Mlhallovitcb Mihatlovitch s 5 ambassa ambassaI ambassador ambassador ambassador I dor in Moscow jumped into Broz s a scamp acamp scamp wereI camp and Jugoslavs in Russia were wereorganized wereorganized wereorganized I al alleg allegiance allegiance organized into mto an army swearing leg legiance lance to BrozGain Broz BrozGain Gain Gam in n SouthTransferring South SouthTransferring Transferring their pressure from fromthe fromthe fromthe the Baltic to the south almost 600 600miles 600miles 600miles miles distant distbnt disthnt Russian forces under underGeneral underGeneral underGeneral General MaUn MallnoVsky MalInaVsky $ ky ; ' cleared the theDnieper theDnieper theDnieper Dnieper river port of Kherson at atthe atthe atthe the eastern end of the long German GermanUne Germanline Germanline Une line stretched far tat ' to the rear of ofI ofthe ofthe ofUie I the Reds positions In PolandI PolandAs PolandAs Poland PolandAs I As General Mallnovsky Malinovsky s a troops troopsfought troopsfought , fought into Kherson Khetaon Ic.heyson Icheyson . , other Russian Russianforces Russianforces : forces under General Zhukov Zbukov worked workedon workedI I . on the big Nazi bulge farther tarther to the thenorthwest thenorthwest northwest , , chewing ct1ewfng ihewing into German Germanlines Germanlines Germanlines lines at three pointsAlready pointsAlready points pointsAlready Already deep In prewar Poland Polandthe Polandthe Polandthe the Reds not only ow , . were close to Ru Rumama Rumania Rumama mama mania but also stood about 100 100miles 100miles 100miles miles east of old Czechoslovakia Czecboslovakla and andless andless andless less than that from HungaryDRAFT Hungary HungaryDRAFT DRAFT : Cut Deferments De/ermentll De ermentll DefermentsOrdered DefermentsOrdered / Ordered not to grant deferments defermentsto to men In the 18 to 21 age group groupsince groupsince groupsince since Fe February Felijuary uary 1 I the nation s draft draftboards draftboards draftboards boards were told to extend the pol pot polIcy potIcy policy Icy to others within the 22 to 25 25limit 25limit 25limit 25limitUnder limit limitUnder Under the new regulations , . men menIn menIra menin In Ira these age brackets will be eligl digs eliglble digsble eligible ble for deferment only if the state statedirector statedirector statedirector director deems pieir heir eir services vital vitalto vitalto vitalto to critical cTltlcal war ar production or If it they theyare theyare theyare are holding jobs . specifically .pecUlcaUy pecUlcaUy exempt exempted ed by the na national lional draft directorCut directorCut director directorCut Cut In deferments tor for the 18 to to25 25 age group followed foUowed draft boards boardsI boardsfailure boardsfailure boardsfailure failure to meet Induction quotas be- be because because be because - - I cause of the hesitancy hes4tanc7 hes4tancy in taking ta fa tathers fathers fathers thers and also because of the army s a spreterence apreference spreference [ preterence preference for tor y younger er men . . IHIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS H I G H L I G n HT T S . . . 'n n ' " , lh " II . w . , week's weeks . .Ir- .Ir . k ' - . now * , AXIS WEAPONS Japanese Japanue and andGerman andGerman andGerman German artillery and small arms armsare armsare armsare are inferior mterlor as compared with Amer AmerIcan Amerlean Amerlean Ican lean equipment . , , , tests of captured capturedweapons capturedweapons capturedweapons weapons reveaL . About 600 000 000pieces 000pieces 000pieces pieces of ot ordnance have bave been tried triedIn triedin triedin In ftring fuinr firing and other testa tests at the seven sevenU sevenU sevenU U S army arsenals arsenab It was W88 found foundthat foundthat foundthat that the Japanese Japanes . rifle Is ill Inaccurate inaccurateat at ranges over $ 950 S50 $50 50 , . yards .ards ards in con con- contrast contrast . - trast to the American Garand PACIFIC ; : No Rest Relit RestRinged RestRinged Ringed on all lide sides atdes . . , . Jap .Tap Tap Zap troops troop . In Inthe inthe Inthe the South Pacf Pacific c were given liyen glyen no rest restby restby restby by U 8 S forces slowly slQwly ' pu1't pu1t pulvflz1ng pulvflz1ngtheir pulverizingtheir ' 1.ng 1ng . 1.ngthefr thefr their defensive outposts outpo.t outpot . . t to the Pb1I Phil Pb1IIpplnes Philippines Philippines Ipplnes ippines and Atlatic AalaUc Asiatic mainland matn1and ITsainIand matn1andDesperate ITsainIandDesperate mainlandDesperate Desperate enemy attempts to un ma unloose maloose unloose loose the doug doughboys doughboy boy , ? ' " 1101 boldotz hold 1 < * on Bougainv1l1e Bougainvllle Bou BougalnvlUe { galnvlUe gainv1l1e gainvllle were repulsed repulse repulse4 " after adter a da daot daaof : ot of savage |