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Show THE LEII1 SUN. LEW, UTAH WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Jap Naval Losses Off Midway Island Strengthen U. S. Position in Pacific; Terrific Bombing Attacks by British Stun Nazi's War Effort in Rhineland (EDITOR'! NOTE When tplnl.nl Urn imprmoi to th.M r Ih.M alr.t a not n.e..rllr ( this twppf. . Released by Western Newspaper Union, " 'Of' i- Thl unusual photo shows representatives of the British commonwealth common-wealth fathered at the Washington airport to welcome Sir Owen Dixon, new Australian minister to the United State. Left to right: Walter Nash, New Zealand; Sir Owen Dixon, Anstralia; Ralph W. Close, Union of South Africa; Sir R. I. Campbell, British embassy, and Lelghton McCarthy, Canada. MIDWAY: Melee "Pearl Harbor has now been partially par-tially avenged. Vengeance will not be complete until Japanese sea power pow-er has been reduced to impotence. We have made substantial progress In that direction." With these blunt, stirring words, Adm. Chester W. Nlmltz, commander command-er In chief of the Pacific fleet, announced an-nounced a decisive United States naval na-val victory at Midway Island. In a remarkable demonstration of the coordinated co-ordinated power of the three American Ameri-can services navy, army and marinesa ma-rinesa Japanese Invasion fleet was repulsed with the greatest losses of the current war. From 14 to 17 Japanese warships were sunk or damaged, according to early reports. Included were two or three aircraft carriers sunk and one or two lost; three battleships damaged, four or six cruisers damaged, dam-aged, three transports damaged and one destroyer sunk. Continuing attacks at-tacks on the fleeing enemy made it impossible to state whether the ships bombed in pursuit had been damaged dam-aged previously. . At the conclusion of the four-day action, Adm: Ernest J. King, commander com-mander In chief of the American fleet, hinted that the United States has a chance to knock out Japan as a sea power. The battle, he said, may determine the outcome of the war in the Paciflc. Hawaii, he said, "must be held at all costs," because it is the keystone key-stone to the entire Paciflc defense system. Midway, 1,312 miles from Pearl Harbor, is a vital outpost in the Hawaiian defense. . U-BOAT MENACE: On the Run? Axis submarines operating along the Eastern seaboard have been driven out Into the Atlantic, according accord-ing to Chairman Carl Vinson (Georgia) (Geor-gia) of the house naval affairs committee. com-mittee. His disclosure came in a formal statement which added that - the "anti-submarine warfare organization organiza-tion has passed through its period of growing pains and is now well established and functioning effectively." effec-tively." "In dealing with submarines we have a tough and clever enemy," the statement said, "and it does not pay to be unduly optimistic. However, How-ever, the fact remains that in the last few weeks the submarine has largely withdrawn from our eastern seaboard and is operating farther at sea . . "The committee has full confidence con-fidence that we shall defeat the submarine." V-MAIL: For Soldiers U. S. army units in England and Northern Ireland are now using a new and unique mail system for contacts with the United States. Known as V-mail, this system provides pro-vides that letters may be dispatched to a central station, censored and then photographed on small rolls of microfilm. Under army direction these rolls are then sent to the United States where they are developed and photostatic pho-tostatic copies are presented to the postal service and sent through regular reg-ular mails to the addressee. Value of plan lies in the fact that microfilm saves cargo space in eliminating mail shipments. POISON GAS: Another Warning Within a month after Winston Churchill had warned Germany that any use of gas warfare by the Nazis would be met with the same tactics President Roosevelt has warned Japan Ja-pan that if she persists in using gas against China the U. S. will re taliate in "kind and full measure. This statement by the President came as a confirmation of reports that Japan was using noxious gases in battles with the Chinese. SEA RAID: On Australia The cities of Sydney and Newcastle Newcas-tle on Australia's southeast coast were shelled by Japanese forces in the first sea raid on that country's mainland since the beginning of the war. Termed "nuisance" raids by General Gen-eral MacArthur'i headquarters, these first attacks caused little damage dam-age and there were few casualties. Submarines were used for the attack. at-tack. At Sydney the shells whistled over the city so fast it was impossible to estimate their number. Newcastle Newcas-tle was shelled for 30 minutes. Both cities were blacked out and ' residents resi-dents hustled to their air raid shelters. shel-ters. The attacks came only a week after four of the enemy's midget submarines were destroyed as they attempted a sortie into Sydney's harbor. Also in the same week three and possibly four other subs were destroyed in the southwest Paciflc. Pa-ciflc. Increased submarine activity off the lower Australian coast was believed be-lieved to be aimed at cutting Allied Al-lied communications and supply lines as well as an attempt to divert United Nations' naval units from the more major scenes of action, I.E., between Alaska and Hawaii. SECOND FRONT: In Germany's Air The stunning effect of the monster RAF bombing raid upon Cologne became be-came known to the world when the first newspapers from that historic Rhineland city reached neutral territory. ter-ritory. Cologne, as its people knew it, is forever lost, according to the dispatches. dis-patches. Whole quarters of the town are empty, and a Stockholm newspaper, news-paper, quoting a German dispatch, reported that all the property of at least 10,000 persons had been destroyed de-stroyed completely. The central district dis-trict of the city was ruined and damage reached far into the city's outskirts. The Koelnlsche Zeitung, Cologne newspaper, said: "Those who survived the night ... and who on the morrow looked at the city were fully aware that they had bade farewell forever to their Cologne, because the damage is enormous and because the integral part of the character and even the traditions of the elty are gone for ever." While the Cologne bombing was followed by a 1,000-bomber attack en Essen, home of the great Krupp armament plants, a complete picture pic-ture of the damage to that industrial center is lacking. However, England Eng-land was jubilant over these "second "sec-ond front" activities. The initial raid on Essen was followed the next night by a second "mopping up" raid, employing an estimated 400 bombers. BRIEFS: DAUGHTERS: Cautioning that severe se-vere labor shortages may develop. Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard has urged rural families to keep their daughters on the farm to help with war food productioa INDEPENDENT - Despite Adolf Hitler's surprise visit to Finland, a government spokesman stated that the nation would "continue to steer a strictly independent course." LOSS After two months of operations opera-tions over Burma, the U. S. air forces have announced the loss of their first heavy bomber in that area. Meanwhile they have been doing a terrific job of blasting Japanese Japa-nese offensive plans. FOOD Approximately 1,300 factories fac-tories employing 20,000 workers will b closed by orders originating in Vichy, France. The workers will be diverted to a labor pool to man farms expected to produce food reserves re-serves for next winter and to provide pro-vide volunteers for labor in German mar factories. LIBYA: Tank Tangle The battle of Libya entered its most violent phase as thousands of tanks took part in a raging fight in the desert at Knlghtsbridge. Two heavy German tank attacks were repulsed as the British struck another an-other dent In the Axis salient In their lines south of Tobruk. ' Marshal Erwin Rommel was reported re-ported in the Knlghtsbridge area 15 miles south of Tobruk, directing his men in a desperate attack against the hard-flghting British. .The Nazis were sent reeling back south and west of Harmat, six miles south of Knlghtsbridge. Experts looked upon Harmat as an extremely important position since it was near an escape gap in the British mine field. With the British in possession, there could be no wholesale Axis escape. GAS RATIONING: Revolt in House The congressional fight against nationwide gasoline rationing broke into the open when Rep. Jed Johnson John-son of Oklahoma introduced a concurrent con-current resolution opposing such a step until the house gets proof that the move is necessary. The resolution declared that there is a surplus of oil in Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma and other producing states and that nationwide rationing would cripple the war effort The War Production board proposed the rationing program to conserve rubber rub-ber rather than gasoline, of which there admittedly is no shortage. The Johnson resolution was submitted sub-mitted following a boisterous caucus session of 100 members of the house. The resolution instructed Rep. Richard Rich-ard M. Kleberg of Texas, who was elected chairman, to appoint a committee com-mittee of five house members to confer con-fer with a similar committee of the senate to take necessary steps. ' YOUTH AGENCIES: House Acts At the same time as the house of representatives refused to abolish the National Youth administration, this branch of congress voted to end the life of Civilian conservation corps. The standing vote on NYA was 118 to 62 in favor of retaining the agency. Voting was on the specific motion by Rep. Everett M. Dirksen (R 111.) to cut $49,700,000 from NYA funds in its current appropriation. His plan would have restricted NYA activities to a $5,000,000 student-aid training program for the next year. FOOD: AW Control In wartime, food for fighting men is always of prime importance. With this fact in mind the government has now moved to assure ample supplies of U. S. forces and the armed units of United Nations. Creation Cre-ation of a nine-member food requirements require-ments committee headed by Secretary Secre-tary of Agriculture Claude Wickard has been announced by the War Production Pro-duction board. This agency has been granted power to designate what foods may or may not be produced; what commodities com-modities are to be allowed for import im-port or export; and to regulate the distribution of foodstuffs. While attention was thus being drawn to the nation's food supply, the department of agriculture was quick to declare that it should not be assumed that shortages of food i tr- 11 CLAUDE WICKARD Heads nine-man commote. or rationing of most foods are in prospect An analysis of the step however would indicate that this new board might eventually find it necessary to make rather definite changes in the eating habits of U. S. civilians. While the total supply of food for 1942 is expected to be the largest on record and more than enough for U. S. needs plus the demands of England and Russia, it is conceivable conceiva-ble adjustments in normal food production pro-duction and consumptioa may become be-come necessary. PRODUCTION: Indication that U. S. military pro-duction pro-duction was hitting its full stride was gathered from the statement by Undersecretary of War Patterson to the effect that the army now has all the weapons it can send abroad under present shipping conditions and also enough to arm every soldier sol-dier in the U. S. This was true, he said, despite the fact that almost twice as many light arms are re-quired re-quired per man since the develop- i ment of parachute troops. WoqdenShipsThatPackaPunck i i.-urm rit fishing When steel became scarce, ISeu, 3 trailer, went back to wood. JAV Sam'$ build swift, use ul auxiliary ships of wood. And nowv n one-tonjlatherlcdght mosquito fet-u wood-have sunk transport and warships. It was a mosquito ooa that got General MacArthur out of Bataan. r I It 3? 1 k (7S, V 1 1 III 1 h r T T TTT" 11 ' mm f MM 11 n&aff .1 ; 1 Above is a typical logging scene in Washington. A coast guard cutter is shown in the circle. Left: Working on a wooden minesweeper at Rockland, Me. s X- v 1 VJa i 8 X T'i 1 Jr . i Torpedo boat or I mosquito boat. L 5- .f ; m.ir Tv Picture at top shows a coastal minesweeper. Below: coastguard cabin picket boat, 38 feet in length. ILlu Sfrefcfc of virein timber in W t. . . - J: 11 m?H . .' ' rcV f A V. S. navy sub-chaser sub-chaser is on her way. 1" ' little Stories About Well-Known People: Pearson and Allen like to tell this story about F. D. R. . When he was a young lawyer he was retained to handle a difficult civil case. The rival attorney was an effective jury pleader and he completely outshone his youthful rival in the argument to the jury. However, be made one fatal mistake. He orated for several sev-eral hours. As he thundered on, Roosevelt noticed the Jury wasn't paying much attention. So when his turn came he rose and said: "Gentlemen, you have heard the ev-idence. ev-idence. You also have listened to my distinguished colleague, a brilliant bril-liant orator. If you believe him and disbelieve the evidence, you will decide de-cide in his favor. That's all I have to say." The jury was out only five minutes min-utes and brought in a verdict for F. D. R.'s client This is the reason for the H. L. that goes before Mencken's name. As a youth he had a little printing business and used to print cards with his name on for advertising purposes. But his father smashed all his black letter lower case "r's" so he had to print his name H. L Mencken instead of Henry L., and that's the way it has remained. Years ago In Wisconsin, a young man was chopping wood and accidentally acci-dentally hit himself in the foot with the axe. He moaned and groaned and his face was contorted in pain while his shoe was slowly being removedso re-movedso the wound could be treated. treat-ed. However, when the shoe was taken off it was revealed that he wasn't even scratched. One of the onlookers commented that he had a wonderful imagination and would make a great actor. His name Alfred Lunt When the piano Beethoven composed com-posed his music on was exhibited in a European museum, visitors were given the thrill of sitting down and playing it Everybody took advantage advan-tage of that honor except Paderew-skL Paderew-skL When the museum guard asked him why he didn't sit down and play, he replied: "I do not feel worthy enough to touch it" Henry Clay, the eminent statesman, states-man, knew how to say the right thing at the right time. A pretty young thing once reproached him for failing to remember her name . . . But Clay was equal to the occasion, oc-casion, replying gallantly: "I didn't recall your name, because when we last met . I was sure your beauty and talent would soon compel you to change it." This is one of the best ' squelches we have ever come across. A friend once told Voltaire: Vol-taire: "It is good of yon to say such pleasant things about an enemy when he always says such nasty things about you." To which Voltaire replied: "Perhaps we are both mistak en." When Marshal Foch visited America Amer-ica he went to see the Grand Canyon. Can-yon. As he stood looking down into the depths of the amazing natural wonder, reporters all around him waited breathlessly for a comment that would go down in history. After Aft-er a few minutes of dramatic silence, si-lence, the Marshal observed: "What a beautiful place to drop one's mother-in-law!" . Among other things, Oliver Wendell Wen-dell Holmes was a doctor, but he wasn't very successful in that pro-Cession. pro-Cession. Seems that people were a bit doubtful about the flippant medi-50 medi-50 who posted this sign above his ihingle: "Small fevers gratefully re-seived." re-seived." Among the better tales about Cal-rin Cal-rin Coolidge's brevity Is this: A reporter re-porter was interviewing him. "Do fou wish to say anything about pro-libition?" pro-libition?" he asked. "No." "About the farm bloc?" "No." "About the World Court? "No." , v . The reporter turned to go. "By ihe way," said Coolidge, "don't luote me." Albert Einstein once had the misfortune mis-fortune to be a guest at a very dull party. Throughout the evening fawns ran wild . . . At the end of he affair, the host remarked svm- pathetically to him: "I'm afraid you were terribly bored" . . . Einstein imiled and replied: "No. On occa- lions like this I retire to the back of my mind, and there I am happy." For the last five months of hpr fife Marie Dressler's illness let her be up for a few days, then down Igain getting worse all the tim Each week; no matter how busy he was, Liouis iJ. Mayer used tn tak brief case full of scenarios to her home. Her illness was never mentioned. men-tioned. Mayer merely discussed sto ries and plans for the future, exactly ex-actly as if she were still working. Right through the last week of her life. Miss Dressier remaired cheerful cheer-ful and happy because of Mayer' thoughtfulness. 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