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Show wj NEWSBfHI NEWS d ; : BEHwrbiTIi1rN1 BEHINITHE BfHITHErN BfHI BfHII BEHwrbi BEHINI I THErN TIi1rN1 TIi1rN1L THE L N- N NByBWLMALLON - , ! By ByBWLMALLON PauLM PAUL MALLON MALLONI LLO ' I . . . . , | Ifleaaea BeI.Nd BeINd Released kr bJP by W.m Wm western W * . t m New Newspaper Newaa per r Unlon Union Vale . WASHINGTONMr WASHINGTON -Mr Mr - Mr CburchlU Churchill's Churchills Churchill'sestimate Churchm'aeatimata Churchmaeatimata ' estimate of six tx month months * for the tb end ena af of tha the war in ! Kuropa Europe la fa ls generally generallyaccepted generallyaccepted nerall7 nerall7accepted accepted bara bere here altboug- altboug althoup although altbougo - DO no o otne1al official otne1alhas officialhas omelalbaa has said aid anything al17thinlr aloual aloud abaut about It it Ithaving , , having grown crown Urad tired of 01 auelal guessing . 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If ita its limited IJmJted objectives objective . which whichare whichare whichara are the Met Me-c Me c Metz - : forta forti forts With good aood for fortune fortune fortune tune It will wtll maraly mere17 merely approach aaproacal the theSleafried theSiegfried thaSiegfried Sleafried Siegfried Ilaa Une line at that point and 100 still 100be stillbe stillba be a Ion long . way w.y wy . from tha the Saar yaUey valley valleywhich , , which Is . tha the sourca .ource ource source . at of coal aad and Iron Irontor ironfor ironfor tor for tha the war industriesWith Industries IndustriesWith With the Us * weathar weather Ukaly likely Ukel ) ' ta to taaaane he- he hecome -aaane aaane - come ataaJUy steadUy steadily warsa worse thra-gh thra gh Ibroacb through - thewinter the thewinter thawlatar winter , Mr Nr CharchlU Cbu.chW CbuchW ChurcbiU . aaerna seems em . to tobe tobe tah be ceaatlag counUnc counting aaalaly malDly mainly ea on a . ap"lD aplD spring springdrive " rtagarlve rtagarlveAlso & ' drive driveAlso Also the estimate of Assistant AssistantPresident AssistantPresident AstistantPresident President Bymes Byrnes that Antwerp Antwerpwould Antwerpwould Antwerpwould would ba be restored and ready this thisweek thisweek thiaweek week leaned too haavlly heavily toward towardwishfulness towardwishfulness towardwishfulness wishfulness Thera There Is much dredg dredgIng dredgtog dredging Ing tog and mine clearing to ba be done donebetor donebeford donebefora betor beford this supply base which la Is tiS as tiSsenUal assential easential senUal sential for fullest operations la is ready readyfor readyfor readyfor for useYou useYou use useYou You can take your pick of ot the ru rumors rumors rumors mors about Hitler 1Iitler aeing being beln , In tha the bug bughoule bughouse bughouse houle house ho.pltal hopltal hospital hospital.in hospitalin . . , . 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Himmler Hlmmler specialbroadcastthe specialbroadcastthe special specialbroadcast broadcast-the broadcast the broadcast - - tha one that Hitlar HJtler Hitler was wastoo wastoo wastoo too busy to . spaak .peak peak speak None of the real realauthorities realauthorities realauthorities authorities here had anything theywould they theywould theywould would call valid v.Ud vUd . information ln1o.matlon ln1omatlon . at the thetime thetime thetime time Himmlar Himmler spoke although much muchcircumltanUal muchcircumstantial muchcircumstantial circumltanUal circumstantial inside evidence was wasavailable wasavailable wasavailable available to support suppo.t suppot . doubt about the theotnci.l theofficial theafncial otnci.l otncil official . Nazi Nad explanation explanationROCKET explanationDOCKET BOCJET ROCKET [ GUN WAONINO WARNING WAONINOIn WARNINGIn In case anyone Is cuddled up u un untier undar tier er the bed in tear fear of ot the Ge.man Geman German Ge.manrocket Germanrocket Germanrocket . rocket gun which whJch the war depart department departmeat department ment meat officially omclally announced just be- be before be befora - . fora fore election might mJght soon hit these theseshorel theseshores theseshores shorel shores be he c can an come out nowThe nowThe now nowTha Tha The statement waa was In the nature natureof natureof natureat of a warning just ta to get iet officialdomOB omcialdomon officialdomon omcialdom officialdom on racord record in case anything anythJng alonl along alongthat alongthat { that line did occur but actually actuallythe actuallythe actuallythe the possibility of any real damaee damage damageto damaeeto to ua us from trom that source la is remoteIt remote remoteIt It is true enough the V 2 now hasa hala hal has a radius radJus of about 300 miles mlles and andthere andthere andthera there is no known scientific sclentiftc imped impedi impediment impedlment ! ment to pravant prevent the expansion of ofthis ofthis ofthis this radius up to 3 000 ( ) mile miles * eventu eventually eventually aventually ally But this ordinarily OTdlnarlly would re- re requlre require re require - - quire qulre years of < development JeveIopment and andanyway andanyway andanyway anyway the war department was not notspeaking notspeaking notspeaking speaking of tbJ thia this . vague future possi possibillty possibility possibility billty bility years distant , , , maybe neverThe never neverTha Tha The etBaial omolal official tatemcat statement relates relatesto relateat to * areaeat p.esenl pesenl present . d Jay day . , . racket .ocket ocket rocket raalla radius _ aea- aea pea- pea PO peasibilitles aealallitlae " - lallitlae aibUfUes sibilitles aaal aad and aala said tha the bombS bombSwould bombswould bamkawaalal would hare bave have to t * ha be lamcheal launcbed launched fromsabmarme fromsubmarines fram from sabmarme submarines binarlae * . ar or ahlas ships &hIp hIp & . Germany Germanyhas Germanyhas Garmaayhaa has a - few tew akmarlaas subm.lnes submlnes submarines . . left , , blltmeat butmoat bat bllt but meat moat rst . at .1 1 of tha the Jacka dockl docks 10 far for . tkern them are aregone aregone aragaBa gone aDd and i- i ia - a . BkaiarlBe snbma"lne snbmalne submarine " could couldha.dly couldhardly ceal-haraly ceal haraly - ha.dly hadly hardly . carry ca.ry cary . lara mo.e moe more . thaa than eae one or orIwo ortwo rtwa Iwo two ef of these the " larger "are are " . type bomb bombs bambaA bombsA . A larga large . . .ge ge . acala acale scale attack .ttaCJk ttaCJk . frem from the.e thee these the.eIs theseis the thefcs . fcs Is 1-iaeuiale 1 iaeuiale Impossible impossibleAs 1iaeuialeAs - As for an attack by surface ships shipsthe shipsthe shipsthe the United Nations control the ocean oceanand oceanand oceanand and It . would .ould ould be difficult dlmcult if It not 1m im 1mpossible impossible 1mpossible possible for a surface vessel to get getout getout getout out of a German harbor and ap ap- approach ap- ap approach approach - - proach these shores without detec detectlon deteclion detectlon tlon lion Certainly CertalnlJ ' no large scale fleetattack fleet fleetattack fleetattack attack is within the realm of any anycurrent anycurrent anycurrent current Imagination DELAT DELAY IN PEACEThe PEACEThe PEACE PEACEThe The peace tor for instance cannot cannottake cannottake cannottake take tin final a I t f ' rm I'm Im before spring State StateUndersecretary StateUndersecretary StateUndersecretary Undersecretary Stettinlus Stettinius already alreadyhas alreadyhas alreadybas has said nothing much can be done doneabout doneabout doneabout about new negotiations until after afterthe afterthe aftertba the first of the year He was speak speaking speaking cpeakIng ing of ot another meeting at the undersecretary undersecretary under ecretary secretary levelwince level levelGlace Glace Jlnee wince : thoi then thera there . haa has . beea been talk talkof talkat .1 1 of . tha the lop top ( > men gatttag gettlne getting loether together loetherand togetherand tagetheraa , and _ .ome ome some . me aew news on en that matte matter matteris matterla . Is likely Ukely ta to alevelap develop sbortl shortly , But Butthe Butthe Oattha the achejule schedule eema seems ta to p.ovlde povlde provide providegegotiations . ravlslaa gegotiations egetlatleal egotlatlonl ! thraBgh through tha the wlDte winter winterand wtaterB . aDd and _ _ aBBeuBcemeit announcement oI8nalap af st Hnalagree- Hnalagree Hnalagreeme0t BBalagre-meat BBalagre meat " * - menl me0t IB In the lbe sprlnJ-elthe sprlnJ elthe spring--either spring either rrlBg ( - - - either . Just Justbefore justbefore J sthefara before 0 er or " aIle after . tha the Ume Urne time Mr MrCburcbl1l MrChurchill airChurchill Cburcbl1l Churchill fla told tha Ibe the British he be eJtpected expected ax- ax eJt- eJt ex- ex axThe - pected the war to be ove over overThe . The one tenth of 01 disagreement disagreementkt disagreementat disagreementit Dumbarton Oaka Oaks tha the de de- delaJ delay delay at it . . , by very - - lay laJ ' in reaching reachmg a settlement , . , I Is . as- as assuming asstiming aa-siiming aa siiming - - suming stiming . larger l.arger proportions proportlonl which whichvel'l whichverities whichverifies vel'l vell verities ' e . the observation . Larried l.arrled larrled tarried inthis In Intbu lathu tbu this column at al tha the time Ume that the proportion pro pro- prortlon proportion - portion rtlon of nine tenths asreement agreement agreementas . , , a as . officially omcially announced must mUllt have havebeen havebeen havabeen been measured by a yardstick yardsUck on onthe onthe onthe the words of the text texL texLIt . . It is apparent that tha the peace pe.ce pece . of ofthe ofthe ofthe the supposedly new warld world Into which whichwe whichwe we . . are coming will depend mainly mainlyupon mainlyupon mainlyupon upon the practices practJces and relations of ofthe ofthe ofthe the victorious victol'lou victollou ' . na nations tioDl tba the onea ones oneawhJch oneswhich sinawhich whJch which have bave the arms anna |