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German forces torces entrenched entrenchedIn entrenchedip In ip the rocky rubble of Cassino andother andether and other ther ether Nazi units rlncln ringing , the Anzlo Anzio Anzlobeachhead Anzioeachhead Anziobeachhead beachhead eachhead ) 11 18 mile mlles miles * below RomeAllied Rome RomeAllied Allied Allred OccupationI OccupationWhat Occupation What I la Is to be Germany s fate afl aft afler afttr after er tr the war " ' " > .Much Much . Much asked London s a Influential InfluentialJunday Influentialniday Influentialjunday Junday , niday Observer claimed to have havethe havehe havethe the he answer to the question Cluestlon rep rt rting rtng rtIng ing ng an aile alleged sed digest of the Allies Alliesplans Alliestans Alliesplans plans ) tans for occupying the reich Teich reichafter Teichafter after afterthe afterhe afterthe the he warAccording warAccording war warAccording According to lo the Observer tht the the3ritish theBritish ? British 3ritish would occupy all of ot north norths northRcttem \ s pstern estern and central Germany to the thecivt'r thefiver theriver civt'r civtr fiver ' Oder and Russia would take takeover takever takeaver over ver the rest of the territory to theoast theart the oast ast art The U S would occupy theuthwest the . > uthwest ulhwesl and central part of the theelch theBich theeich elch Bich including Bavaria and Saxt Sax Saxshing I t } I pre"ent preent prevent " anarchy before estab- estab estabshtng estabshing - - shing shtng order the three powersuld powers uld also control Austria ' bill Lotro- Lotro tntro- tntro tntroiu Lotroju intro-Ju intro Ju " ' STANDARD 'TANDARD TANDARD TIME TWE A - - - ju iu ' rd I'd Id ed by b Representative CannonI Cannonn Cannona Cannon I n a Mo t ) > is Intended to restore1 restorei restoree restore i ! e { ' entire 'ntne ntne at atlon aeon Ion to . standard .tandard tandard time timeIt It has been h'n hn heen { ' ( ' on daylight saving time timeIn times In 1 n r- r m " r1942 - 1942 Cannon said that thal he has hasf hasI hasr I r ' u Lived caved " erl i t I nd ndreds reds of protests protesta fromf from fromilt , I f r t st ' .t t . 1 p f a ' orv NV err state tn In the U tlplon tlplonign Union'Rniat UnionRniat lon ign , ' n r ' 51 st It of lie t r ' fati fast time Ume : , ' Several Severalnlt SeveralSlats Several'lutts Severallutts \\nlt nlt Slats , \ ' \ Ii r h r ' e adt adc adopted Ited pted ; : , legls\atl legls atl legislation \ n to to'i toi 1 ) ' d rl fv la law w PACIFIC : Japs laps SurpriseWhile Surprise SurpriseWhile While troops troop . of General MacAr MacArthur MacArthur MacArthur thur s . command continued to ba batter batterthe batterthe er erthe the Japs laps In the Southwest Paclftc Pacific Paclftcarea Pacificarea Pacificarea area main attention of the AlUed Allied AlUedworld Alliedworld Alliedworld world in the Far East centered on onIndia onIndia onIndia India where the Japs laps struck out outboldly outboldly cutboldly boldly in tour four directions to cripple crippleU U S and British communicationsto eommunlcatJonsto eommunlcatJons communications to China ChinaObjective Objective of ext the Japanese was waa 1m Im 1mphal Imphal Imphal phal highway blehway hub bub leading to the therailroad therailroad therailroad railroad carrying c81T7jng carrylipg supplies to ad advance adVance advance vance Allied baaes bases in north Burmafor Burma Burmator Burmafor tor for air all ' transport to China While WhileU WhileU WhileU U S -Chinese Chinese SChinese - - - troops troop . drove torward forward torwardin forwardin forwardIn in northern Burma to clear the new newLedo newLedo newLedo Ledo highway hJehway to China to supple aupple- aupple supple- aupplement supplement supplement - - ment the existing air all ' route the wily wilyJaps wilyJaps wilyJaps Japs burst out of the jungle at four fourpoints fourpoints fourpoints points in central Burma to catch the theAllies theAllies theAllies Allies off balance and advance on onImphal onImphal onImphal Imphal as Lord Mountbatten scorn scornmand s a corn cornmand cornmand mand hurriedlyorganized hurriedly organized tor for a standIn standIn stand standIn In the Southwest Soutbwest Pacific U S SI Sbombers Sbombers Sbombers I bombers peppered the enemy s s ship- ship shipping shipping * hip-ping hip ping - - - ping and communications to prevent preventstrengthening preventstrengthening preventstrengthening preventI I strengthening of bis his resistance to toAllied toAllied toAllied Allied ad advances vane . . in New Guinea GuineaNew GuineaNew GuineaNew New Britain Brllaln and the SolomonsPOLITICS Solomons SolomonsPOLITICS POLITICS : ' Test 'Test ' ' Vote Vole VoteHailed VoteHatted Hailed Hatted as a barometer of public publicsentiment publicsentiment publicsentiment sentiment in the Southwest Okla Oklahoma Oklahoma Okiahoma homa a II special congressional concresslonal elec electlon election eleclion tlon tion resulted in a Democratic vlc vic vlctory victory vietory tory although less votes were polled polledthan polledthan polledthan than in 1942In 1942In 1M2 1942 1M2In In winning Democrat William G GStigler GStigler GStigler Stigler drew almost the same vote voteas voteas voteas as his predecessor two years ago agobut agobut agobut but the GOP candidate E 0 Clarkpolled Clark Clarkpolled'sbout darkpolled'about darkpolledabout polled'sbout polledsbout polled 'about about ' 3 3000 000 votes less than thanhe thanhe thanhe he did in 1B42 1942 Rain reportedly reportedlykept reportedlykept reportedlykept kept many borne home especially in the therural therural therural rural districts districtsIn In an effort to win both parties partiescalled partiescalled partiescalled called upon their national natlonal big wigs wigsto wigsto wigsto to swing the lhe vote Democratic Sen SenAlben SenAlben SenAlben Alben Barkley speaking for Stigler Stiglerand Stiglerand Stiglerand and Republican Sen E H Moore Moorecampaigning Moorecampaigning Moorecampaigning campaigning for fot ClarkSaid Clark ClarkSaid Said Moore " t , " . We were de declsively decisively decisively clsively cisively beaten Both the fed federal federa federal eral era ! and state New Deal machines machineswere machineswere machineswere were in the district plugging every everyminute everyminute everyminute minute The organization oranlzation , ( got ot thejob the thejob thejob job doneSUPREME done doneSUPREME SUPREME COURT : Price Pnce Fixing Fumg Approved ApprovedTo To permit flexibility ftexlbllity in price ftx fix ftxIng fixing flxing Ing congress congresa can prescribe certain certainbroad certainbroad certainbroad broad standards and then delegate delegatean an agency to work out detail delalls details * the theSupreme theSupreme theSupreme Supreme court ruled In declaring declaringthe declaringthe the constitutionality constitutionaUty of wartime economic eco eco- economic economic - - nomic stabilizationThe stabilizationThe stabilization [ The Supreme court also upheld upheldrent upheldrent upheldrent rent control by a delegated agent alentor , , , or administrator on the same samegrounds samegrounds samegrounds grounds stattn tiating stating , Congress has hassupplied hassupplied hassupplied supplied the standard and the base baseperiod baseperiod baseperiod period ( ( It It > ) ) does not abdicateit abdicateits abdicate its * functi functl ns when It describes whatjob what whatjob whatjob job must be done who must do It Itand Itand itand and what is the scope of his aUlhor author aUlhorIty authority authority authorityIn Ity ItyIn In two other decisions the Supreme Su Supreme Supreme preme court ruled that dislributors distributors distributorsof dislributorsof of religious rellgloua literature UleC'ature UleCature ' could not belicensed be belicensed belicensed licensed since licensing power might mightlead mightlead mightlead lead to their suppression and that thatiron thatiron thatiron iron ore miners were entitled to pay payment payrnent payincest | ment incest tor for underground travel lime time limesince timesince timesince since the wages and hours act was wasnot wasnot wasnot not passed to allow an employer to toclaim toclaim toclaim claim all of 01 an employee s a time timewhile timewhile timewhile while compensating him for only a apart apart apart part of ot o1 It L LIGHLIGHTS I El IT H I IGHLIGHTS G H LIe L I C H B T S . . . . . in < " 'b b ' the k . . week's weeks . . & . . ' . n neus news . . . II \ WOMEN \VOl\IEN VOl IEN \ S 8 D1AFT DIfAFT DI AFT The Tbe Amencan Amerl Amen Amerlcan American can Association Aesoclatlon pt pf f University Unlvt'nity Unlvtnity ' Worn Wornen Wornen Wornen en meeting In to Washington Washmgton . , , D C Cwenl Cwent Cwent wenl went on record as favoring a draft draftbl11 draftbill draftbill bl11 bill for tor women . provided 'provlded provlded 4'provtded 4provtded ' ' the need needfor needfor needfor for such a draft exists A nation nationwide nationwide nationwide wide poll of members taken b.etore betore before b.etorethe beforethe beforethe . the delegates voted voUd ! showed that a amajority amajority amajority majority of the college collt'ge colltge ' women were werewilling werewilling wereWilling willing to serve lerve in the W WAC WACs.WAVES WACsWAVES ACa . ' . , I IWAVES WAVES SPARS SEARS If U needed . . . FEED WHEAT : April Apnl Allocations AllocationsTo To relieve the tight feed situation situatio situationand situatioand situationand and make up for tor the order for set- set setting set setting set setting - ting aside 35 per cent of com col'n coln comatocks corn ' atocks stock atocksIn stockin stockiIn In elevators for processing the War WarFood Wa WaFood WeiFood Food administration admlnlstrallon was rep reported rted to tohave t thave tohave have increased teed feed wheat aIIocstions alloca alloca- aIIocs allocations allocations - tions for April to 25 23000,000 23000000 000.000 000000 000,000 , , . to So 30 SO.000 SO000 . . 000 000 bushelsWF bushelsWFA bushels bushelsWTA WF WTA WFA A s a decision followed revelstion revela revels revelation . " tion tlon that Commodity Credit corporalion corpora corpora- corporatlon : corporation - ' tion tlon lion feed wheat stocks atocks as of Marc March ' 18 ! totaled 113 118000 118 II * 000 bushels Since Sincelast Sinc Sinclast Sinelast * last July purchases amounted to t to249 ) 249 (34.000 34.000 34000 634,000 634000 ( , , . bushelsUp bushelsUp bushels bushelsUp Up to March is 18 redemptions a on ' ' 142 1942 * wheat loans approximated approxim.ted approximted . 123 123000000 000 000 bushels while whUe deliveries deliveree deliveriesreached delivereereached deUveriesreached ' reached 37 819 10 000 for a . total of c ol100 160 tI26 626 2 * 000 takln lakpn taken off oft account . . . More Mon Morethan Monthan Sorethan , than 14 184 184151000 * 191 un 000 bushel bushels * originally originallywere original originallywere ] ; were placed under loan . . . AIR TRAVEL : : Seek Expansion ExpansionWith With interest in the airplane airplan airplaneheightened airplanheightened airplaneheightened heightened by the war , , , the ClvU ClvUAeronautics Clvi ClviAeronautics CivilAeronautics I Aeronautics board which regulates regulate regulatesair regulateair regulatesair i air travel has been . flooded 6.00ded 600ded with ap- ap applications applications ap applications . - . plications to inkt Inbt invt tute tuts new Dew routea route routeathroughout routethroughout routesthroughout throughout the country when peat peatcomes peace |