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Nail Nasi Nzl * armies and andhouseta andhouses hawsea houseta houses , . farms larms and ax other fer instal- instal lasteR- lasteR installation lasteRRations lastal-Ixtica lastal Ixtica - - lation Rations . were rascal rased razed to t prevent preventtheir preventtheir yravttheir their use s * by tar the Reds Re4s.In Re4sIn . . In the center of 01 the flaming east east- eastern eastcnn eastern - - ern cnn front , . the Nazis Nazlj bitterly resistedRussian resisted resistedRussian resistedRussian Russian advances upon the prewar prewarPoUsh prewarPolish prewarPolish PoUsh Polish capital of Warsaw throwing throwingetrlng throwingstr9ng throwingatr9ng etrlng str9ng ? armored forces into the sur sun surrounding sunrounding surrounding rounding plains plalas to contain the surging surg surgIng surgIng Ing Red troopsFarther troopsFarther troops troopsFarther Farther to the th south the Russianswere Russians Russianswere Russianswere were within 100 miles of tha the Ger Germans Germans Gerroans mans eastern Industrial province of ofS11esla ofSheila ofSilesia S11esla Sheila and already had overrun the thePolish thePolish thePolish Polish oil 011 fields which formerly sup sup- supplied supplied supplied - - plied the Nazi Nazis * with about 2 per percent percent percent cent of their crude crudeIn In ! Italy ltalr : , V U I S British New NewZe.land NewZealand NewZealajiil Ze.land Zeland Zealand . and * $ South eutb th Africau African Africantroops Africautroops Arlc ( itreaya troops aaaklBg maklnr making up the Fifta Fifth Filth and andE1chth andEighth aadEighth E1chth Eighth armies rmles poised alsed fT for an as- as as.uU assault - s-saalt s saalt - .uU uU sault . upon the th esrmy's esrmys enemy's enemys ' vaunted vaunted"Gothic vaunted"Gothic vaulted"OetUc vaultedOetUc "Gothic Gothic " LIne LIB " In ! the hills bills north northof northof rth rthf of f the Anr Amo Anna riverAlthough river riverAlthough Although the th historic art center of ofFlorence ofFlorence otFlorence Florence was spared the war s de- de do- do destruction dostruction de destruction - - struction the opposing armies lined linedup Linedup linedup up on either elWer side of the famed city cityfor cityror cityfor for ror a death struggle with big Ger Cer Cerman German German man guns in the hills to the northlobbing north northlobbing northLobbing lobbing shells on Allied troop troops * mass massIng massLog massing Ing Log tor for an all aD out attackWORLD attack attackWORLD WORLD WHEAT WHEAT- WHEATU WHEAT-17 WHEAT 17 - , U S Leadt Lead'i Leadi Leads ' ' - With large lar e Increases In the U S Sand Ssnd Sand and snd Canada offsetting otTsetting decreases decreaseselsewhere decreasesslsewhere decreaseselsewhere elsewhere slsewhere world wheat production productionthis productionhis productionthis this his year may be moderately above abovelast abovelast abovest last st year the thf ' U S department of ofagriculture ofsgriculture ofagriculture agriculture sgriculture reportedOf reportedof reported reportedOf Of the big four wheat whf'at whfat wh-at wh at ' - producingcountries producing producingcountraes producingountries countraes ountries only the U US S < ; wi with th I 1 128 128000 000 100000 000 bushels and Canada with withU with478 U 175 000 000 are expected to show an anincrease anncrease anIncrease increase ncrease in output with Australian Australianand Australianmd Australianand and md Argentine harvests hbrvests hi.rvests hirvests . about the the.ame thejame thesam .ame ame jame . as last year yearBecause yearBecause yearBecause Because of shortages short < es of fertilizer feritlizer fertilizerand feritlizermd fertilizerand and md manpower European produc productlon producion productlon tlon ion is expected to drop below last lastyear lastrear lastyear year rear s a although certain sections like likeGreat likereat llk llkGreat Great ] reat Britain and parts of the Bal Balkans Balans Balkana kans ans are looked upon to harvestabove harvest harvestabove harvestbove above bove average crops India s a harv harve.t harvat harvet e.t et at * . was expected to drop to 368 3B8000 000 100 000 bushpSDespite bushelsDespite bushels bushpS bushelsDespite } Despite a 000 600 000 000 bushel reduc reductlon reduc1cm reducUon tlon 1cm in stocks atoks o over oer % er the previous year yearworld yearworld yearworld world wlieat wheat supplies approximated approximated1 1 140 000 000 bushels In July farabove far farabove farbove above bove the 1935 39 average of 4:57 457 457000 : 000 00 000 bushels The TIle big decrease decreasereflected decreaseefiected decreasereflected reflected efiected increa increased increaqed qed use of the grain grainas grainIs Is s teed feed in the U S LIVIING LIVIl'G LIVIlG LIVIM ' CO COSTSThe COSTS COSTSThe T I I The Tbe cost of living moved up slll slllht sli'ht sliht sli'htLy slightly ' ht htIy Iy Ly during June in 33 cities out of the 63 3 surveyed by the National Indus Industrial Industrial Industrial trial Conference board In seven sevencitJes sevencities sevencities citJes cities costs remainedunchanged remained unchanged unchangedand unchangedand unchangedand and In 23 fiere t'lere tlere t'iere tiere ' were small declinesFor declines declinesFor declinesFor For the nation as a whole living ex cx expenses cxpenses expenses penses were practically unchanged unchangedI unchangedThe unchangedThe unchangedThe The largest increase was w found In InIndianapolis InIndianapolis inIndianapolis Indianapolis , . where a rise of ot 1 I 8 8per 8per I per cent was calculated Next came cameCindnnatt cameCincirmatj cameCincinnati Cindnnatt Cincirmatj , with I 1 13 2 per cent andDayton and andI andDayton andDayton Dayton . . 1 1 I per cent cenL . The greatest gresiest greatestdecline gresiestdecline greatestdecline I decline was in Newark , , . N J 3 DEMOBILIZATION : Senate F FightWith Fight FightWith 8ht With Increasing Interest focused focusedon focusedon on the country s a changeover from kom a awar swar s swar war to a peacetime peacetima peacetimeIndustrial peacetimIndustrial * ' Industrial basis after aft after aft'i.tt 'i.tt i.tt itt 'i.ttor ' . er or the termination terminatios terminationof terminatiosts ; ts 4 4of of hostilities U S Ssenators Ssenators Ssenators senators considered consideredlegislation consideredlegislation * legislation to place placegovernment placegovernment placigovernment government work workera workers . _ * n _ . era In shipyards ar arsenals ar- ar araenals - senals aenals and other ac activlties actlvitiea actlvitles tivlties tlvitiea under state stateunemployment stataunemployment unemployment com corn compensation cornpensatlon cornpensation - pensation pensatlon systems systemsBe , Sen Geore George Ge rge & , with the states tree free freeto freeto treeto to establish their theirown theirown theirown own rates of payments up to $20 20 $ $ a aweek aweek aweek week with federal aid it If neededIntroduced needed neededIntroduced Introduced by Senator George GeorgeGa GeorgeGa GeorgeGs ( Ga ) the legislation was offered oft'ered oftered ' In Inplace inplace inplace place of another proposal which whichwould whichwould whichwould would set up unemployment benefits benefitsof of as sa much as $33 33 $35 35 $ $ a week to demo demo- demobilized demobilized demobilized - - bilized war workers deny payments paymentsif If they refused to accept jobs oft'ered oftered offered oft'eredby offeredby offeredby ' by the U 9 S and provide up to six sixmonths sixmonths sixmonths months vocational training with a amaxImum amaximum amaximum maxImum subsistence allowance alJowance of of$75 of75 $75 75 $ a month monthClaiming monthClaiming Claiming the latter proposal would wouldmaintain wouldmaintain wouldmaintain maintain huge postwar deficits m In mvade Invade invade vade states rights over un unemploy unemployment unemployment employ employment ment compensation and subject U S Sworkmen Sworkmen Sworkmen workmen to government dictation dictationa a coalition of Republicans Repubilcans and southem south southern southcnn ern cnn Democrats backed the George Georg Georgemeasure measurepAcinc measurePACIFIC measure pAcinc PACIrIC PACIFIC : Nearer Tokyo TokyoPloughing TokyoPloughing Ploughing defiantly through the therolJlng therolling therolling rolJlng rolling Pacific U S warships sailed sailedwithin sailedwithin sailedwithin within 600 miles of Tokyo to raze the theport theport theport port center of Omura In the Bonin BoninIslands Boninislands Boninislands Islands while American carrier carrierplanes carrierplanes carrierplanes planes struck hard at enemy ship ship- shipping shipping shipping - - ping in the vicinityThe vicinity vicinityThe The sea and air strikes around the theBonins theBonins thaBonlns Bonins coincided with other U S Saerial Saerial Saerial aerial assaults upon the whole range rangeof rangeof rangeof of Japanese defenses guarding the thehomeland thehomeland thehomeland homeland with planes r ripping pplng ene enemy enemy onemy my installations on Paramashiro tothe to tothe tothe the north and blasting Wake and andthe andthe andthe the phosphate center of Nauru to tothe tothe tothe the southWith south southWith With 10000 10 000 Japanese already alreadycounted alreadycounted alreadycounted counted dead marines close closed J < , in on onthe onthe onthe the enemy 8 a last foothold toothold on thenortheast the thenortheast thenortheast northeast tip of Guam where he hehad hehad hehad had been steadily qteadlly forced back under underthe underthe underth the relentless pressure of o ( American Americanforces Americanforces Americanforces AmericanforcesLENDILASE forcesLEND forces LEND LENDILASE I LASE : Region Revreu Revieit J\eed J eed Needff Needs NeedsAs \ At As the government reviewed the thewhol thewhole thewhole whol whole ! " lend lease Ipase and military food foodsitua foodsituation foodsituation situa situation Uon as a result of favorable de deI development developments developmcnts developmcntsibroad velopment velopments < ; " -ibroad ibroad "broad broad - the National As AsSOCia Associatlon Association I SOCia sociatlon tton of Manufacturers revealedthat revealed revealedthat revealedthat that Br Dr tish lIsh leaders were inlstmg insisting inlstmgupon insistingupon insistingupon ' ! upon c ) intii mtll ntlI nee rice of lend lease after afterthe afterthe afterthe the war in E urope trope mope and pos possibly possiblyAsia possiblyAsia < ; lbly lblyAsia Asia to b h Ister that country f 11 s in internal internal internal ternal ecoi ecO ecor ! yPrornt y yProm Prom Prornt I [ t ng n the review of foodneeds food foodneeds foodneeds needs vhch \ , wh vh , h heh ch eh might result r"sult rsult ! " In in increased increased increased creased allot i 1 ents cots to U S c vilians vilianswere vilianswere vilianswere were the army s huge suppi suppl es os bUilt bUiltup builtup builtup up tor for a * loi 101 gar g \ , war \\ar ar v.ar var . that may end soon sooner sooner sooner er than expected the vast stock stockpiles stockpiles stockpiles piles lay ng in Great Britain andthe and andthe andthe the II apparent pparent Ilenhful i lentiful reserves 10 tn 10occupl'd tnoccupied inoccupied occupl'd occupld occupied ( ' F iropeIn irope iropeIn In 8 asking < ; king for tor continuance of lend lendlease lendlease lendlease lease a after otter fter the end of hostilIties hostilItiesBritish hostilitiesBritish hostilitiesBritish British leaders were sa as d to have havepointed havepointed havepointed pointed out that the war s a reductlon reduc redue reductlon reduetion tlon tion of their world trade by 50 per percent percent percent cent and a 50 per cent decrease in intheir intheir intheir their toreien foreign in investments inestments estments to pay tor for tormilitary formilitary ( ormilitary military supplies the country would wouldbe wouldbe wouldbe be s severely scereiy ( ' erely hampered In |