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Show THE LEHI SUN, LEHI, UTAH WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS New Jap Activity in Australian Sector Threatens Entire Allied Pacific Front; United Nations Mastery of Air, Sea Brings African Campaign to Climax (EDITOR'S NOTE! Whca plnlont arc expressed In Urns olamna, thajr ar thM at Vi enicra ntwapaptr unloa a diwi aaaljrata and aal eariijr I uu aawapapar.) Released by Weatern Newspaper Union. ? ? . 7 CSV k y i..,;..t.i-:-:Av 1 . , ! afi Ifc w aW S 1 '5 1 WAGES: Hold-the-Line Accepting President Roosevelt', exhortation, the War Labor board will "hold-the-line." In a unanimous decision, the WLB refused to grant cement workers wage increase which would have brought their earnings up to the same level prevailing in other plants of the same company. However, the workers were allowed al-lowed small boost in line with the WLB's "Little Steel formula," which permits a general Increase of 13 per cent in wages over those of January Jan-uary 1, 1941, as an offset for rise In living costs since then. In its decision, WLB said that the President's order freezing wages al lowed for increases only within the "Little Steel formula" or in cases where wages would remain sub standard even after such an Increase. In-crease. Consequently,. WLB said, it was powerless under the order to grant boosts merely on grounds of equalizing wages throughout cer tain Industries. The WLB's action will affect some 10,000 cases before it Regional branches were instructed to imme diately make studies within their districts of sub-standard conditions. In a midwest regional war labor board the chairman said that approximately ap-proximately 2,500 of the 3,000 cases on file would be affected by the national na-tional board's order, which is being be-ing observed in the "literal meaning." JUUMfL-r1-, . .1 ., , iffin When China's Alarm System "Warns ofJajjpj Washington, D. C. General Montgomery, leader of the victorious British Eighth army, Inspects the weapons native to some of the fiercest fighters in bis army. The men are Gurkhas from India. The weapon, the curving khukri which has been used effectively in hand-to-hand clashes. The weapon may never be unsheathed without blood being drawn. , SOUTHWEST PACIFIC: Something in the Air Indicative of an impending large scale move, in line with warnings of Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur, Jap anese airmen continued their bomb- big campaign against Allied South west Pacific strongholds in the New Guinea area? On hundred Jap planes attacked the important Allied supply base of Port Moresby, with 50 bombers pro tected by an equal number of fight ers. Allied airmen arose to chal lenge the enemy and they were aid ed by heavy anti-aircraft fire. In all, 37 Jap planes fell in flames, 29 in dog-fights and eight from ac curate ack-ack. ' Jap losses at Port Moresby raised to 73 the number of planes lost in two days. , Coming from down under, Austra llan Minister for External Affairs Dr. Herbert Evatt has come up with a plea for increased help to Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific. Dr. Evatt's plea coincided with warning from the Allies' two top Southwest Pacific commanders, Gen, Douglas MacArthur and Lieuten ant General Blarney, that the Japs were massing planes and men north of Australia. General MacArthur aid the enemy was seeking to re establish his air superiority while Lieut. Gen. Blarney warned that the Japs had concentrated 200,000 men to capitalize on aerial advantage. RUSSIA: Lull Before Storm The lull continued before the ttorm in Russia. tiotn sides reported minor ac tion. The Reds claimed to have thrown back small waves of German Infantry that tried to run over Bus sian positions on the Volkhov river outheast of Leningrad. The Reds also announced that ar tillery and machine gun' fire was concentrated on German positions before Smolensk as part of a plan to reduce the outer defenses of the Nazi bastion. For themselves, the Germans re ported continued secondary action along the west bank of the Donets river below Kharkov. Here, they said, artillery fire raked the entrenched en-trenched Russian forces. Neither aide claimed major advances. RUML PLAN: Doughton Unforgiving Pay-as-you-go but no forgiveness on taxes! Doughty old Robert Doughton stood up in the house and told members mem-bers pressing for reconsideration of the Ruml plan that his Ways and Means committee favored deducting 20 per cent from weekly payrolls but letting the question of forgiving any taxes go till study of a new tax bilL . Although backed by leaders of the majority party, Doughton failed to still opposition. Representative Joseph Jo-seph Martin served notice he would continue efforts to bring the Ruml plan back to the floor for further discussion. With no tax forgiveness, the 20 per cent payroll deduction undoubtedly would apply to current taxes, with remaining payments on 1942 taxes being additional TUNISIA: Fox in Corner Ending one of the longest retreats In military history, Marshal Rommel's Rom-mel's Axis Africa Korps hammered in its stakes in the triangular defense de-fense zone of northeastern Tunisia. All around, Allied forces under supreme su-preme command of Gen. Dwlght Eisenhower drew up for the final phase of the battle of North Africa. To the west stood the British First army; to the southwest, mixed Allied Al-lied forces of French and American, and to the south the redoubtable British Eighth army, which had chased Rommel all the way in from Egypt ' , Allied leaders estimated that the Axis had 210,000 men in the triangle, tri-angle, although , reports reaching London from Switzerland stated that Italian troops were being pulled out of the box and sent to Sicily. Against this force the Allied leaders had almost al-most a million men to hurl, besides enjoying numerical superiority in the air. Jagged ridges and gulches distin guish the position Rommel has cho sen for a last stand. DRAFT: You'll Be in the Army With few exceptions, all physically able men between 18 and 37 years of age will be in the army by 1944! So says Paul V. McNutt, War Manpower Commissioner, within whose office falls the National Selective Selec-tive Service board. Several months ago, McNutt announced that only employment in essential Industry, and not dependency, would be basis for deferment Now, the Selective Service board has made it official. Heads . of homes, childless married men, and married men with children will be called up for service unless they work In jobs deemed essential to the war effort Exceptions will be made only If induction threatens to work hardship on a wife, child or parent To help solve the farm labor prob lem, broad exemption was given agricultural workers. The 2-C class will defer men engaged in farm labor la-bor while 3-C will exempt men with dependents in agriculture. RECIPROCAL TRADE: Show We Mean Business Under Ore of congressmen who ex pressed fear that the administra tion's reciprocal trade treaties tend toward a reduction in American living liv-ing standards, Secretary of State Cordell Hull urged their renewal as sign that the United States will promote a free development of com merce after the war. Furthermore, Hull declared, re newal of the reciprocal trade treaties trea-ties will place American industry in position to bid for world trade after peace has closed many factories facto-ries now working at capacity. under the ' present ReciDrocal Trade act which exDires Jun 12 President is allowed to enter FREIGHT: ICC Uses Ax Heeding the OPA's plea that freight rate Increases averaging 4 per cent were inflationary, the Interstate In-terstate Commerce commission voted vot-ed to cancel the Increases. A 10 per cent boost in passenger fares was allowed to stand. Put into effect last year, the increases in-creases brought Class 1 carriers $308,997,000 in additional revenue. Of this amount $226,445,000 was derived de-rived from freight; the rest or $78,- 387,000, from passengers. OPA had argued that the Increases had resulted in higher costs to manufacturers man-ufacturers and distributors, causing a serious strain against price ceilings. ceil-ings. The reductions may bring cuts in the cost of many goods, OPA said. The Interstate Commerce commission commis-sion allowed the 10 per cent passenger pas-senger Increase for two reasons: (1) Passenger fares have not reflected costs, and (2) reduction in fares might now lead to greater use of passenger trains. ' At the time the increases went into effect, railroads argued additional revenue was needed to meet the extra costs imposed by wage boosts to workers. These boosts were estimated esti-mated to approximate $389,000,000. The Interstate Commerce commission commis-sion felt that railroads were able to meet these extra costs out of increased in-creased revenues derived from war traffic. BONDS: To Shackle Axis "The job of financing this war, like the job of producing weapons, is of such magnitude that it is necessary neces-sary to enlist the support of the en tire citizenry." With these words, Jay N. Whipple, chairman of metropolitan Chicago's April War Bond committee, got the great war bond drive under way in nis district Within one day, resi dents of Cook, Lake, and DuPage counties subscribed for $115,000,000 of treasury securities, one-third of their goal. Kesponse throughout the country was similarly enthusiastic. Indica tions were that the national goal of 13 billion dollars would be as readily felly WHITE IIOUSE SPRING DATS When the White House butler says Dinner is served," it doesn't mean what It used to mean. Most of the time, it's nothing more than a sim-nle sim-nle thrpMnnrse meal for two or three persons, served not In the state dining room, or even in the family dining room on the first floor, but in the President's study on the second floor. Except for the occasional visit of a South American president social activity at the White House has disappeared. dis-appeared. Roosevelt dines with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hopkins, Justice Byrnes, Judge Sam Rosenman, or perhaps with Grace Tully, his blue-eyed, blue-eyed, white-haired private secretary. secre-tary. Mrs. Roosevelt is off-again, on-aftain, as usual. - A friend of Gen. "Pa" Watson, aide to the President, sent him some finnan haddie the other day, and Watson passed it along to the President. Presi-dent. "Meat," said Watson, "or anything that passes for meat, is as precious as gold these days." The President enjoyed the free finnan haddie. If Grace Tully ia there for dinner, din-ner, It means work after dinner, On the average of two evenings a week, the dictation isn't finished in the daytime, and Grace stays over. For the war has not decreased the President's Pres-ident's dictation. Jimmy Byrnes remarked re-marked the other day, "I don't see how he can handle so much paper work." Fact Is, the President is leaning heavily on letters, and cutting down interviews. His appointments run from 10:30 to lunch, with an occasional occa-sional conference at two o'clock. But afternoons are reserved for dictating to Grace Tully. The only thing to throw this regimen out of gear is an afternoon press conference, a talk with a man like Anthony Eden or the spring sunshine. Sometimes the President swings around from his desk, takes a quick look at the sunshine over the South Grounds, and says to his Scottie, "Let's go for a ride what do you say, Falla?" A Ride hi the Country. This means a quiet tour into the country, without motorcycle escort In a car which looks like anybody else's shiny limousine, and stops at the traffic lights like the car of any ordinary citizen. Members of the President's intimate inti-mate staff insist they see no change In him under the pressure of war. The war hasn't altered his mood or his methods. He still laughs heartily, eats well, and dictates methodically, me-thodically, with never a "read that back fo me." Grace Tully explains it by saying the President is a psychologist and he keeps a good temper for the sake of the people around him. The slackened social activity doesn't shut out the house guests, however. Any day, Mrs. Roosevelt is likely to get a letter from old friends or relatives who are coming to town, and she replies. "Won't you stay with us?" They do. They come for a day or two, sometimes for a week. But they go their ways, and see little of the President He will dine with them once in the course of the visit but the rest of the time, "dinner is erved" for two or three in the private study. In short evenings are very quiet at the White House, and except for the President's own late hours at nis aesK, the electric light bill the lowest in years. 1 m a . b. Tf.-. . .A..: S4'lt, .- li V law.'" i f "I if: r 'C ". 1 'Til Mum t i If ' if:: 1 1 " 1 1 ii ' I r?li!tia' afr nkrm KVctpm U the TOOrllTs best, rlvlnt? ChuntTklnfiT riiPnio v . of Jan planes. In the picture at right, Chinese residents of Chungkinsr walk nnhnrrifli ? the aj the hills. Left: Entrance to a typical cave air raid shelter. The people seem to K. cameraman than in the Jap planes, which are to appear overhead In a matter of minutes T resM nal system, near Chungking. ' inset; ffiy Making Big Guns That Will Thunder for Alii i h v". ir ir -J The Washington, D. C, navy yard turns out big 16-inch rifles that thunder from battleship m tats eigni ana six-men guns ror neavy ana ugai cruisers. Also aeaaiy five-Inch dual purpose gmn 11 overhead crane swings a partial assembly of a five-Inch dual purpose gun over the partial assembly efi triple mount (foreground). Center: A white-haired inspector minutely examines small caliber rartfi before they are sent on to receive their lethal load. Right: Cartridge cases getting their final imperii destination is the breech of a five-inch gun trained on an Axis warship or plane. Doughnut Time for White House Guards . Joy and Som IS the into agreements with foreign coun tries calling for mutual reductions in tariffs on different commodities for periods of three years. Oppo nents or tne act would limit the life of these pacts to less than three years. HIGHLIGHTS in the week'i news HE-MEN: Noting that officers and enlisted men were losing too much time entering and leaving elevators, Ma. Gen. H. S. Aurand of the Sixth Service command ordered that hereafter here-after they stop giving preference to women entering or leaving elevators; eleva-tors; shift around so officers and men leave elevators according to rank, and taking off hats in elevators. WOMEN'S RIGHTS: The senate judiciary committee has approved a resolution for a constitutional amendment giving women equal rights throughout the United States. FALSE ALARM: Appealing for recruits for the reserve army, a Toronto radio station broadcast an alleged report that Japs had landed in British Columbia. The bvoadcast threw the Toronto area into a furor. SECRETARY MORGENTHAU Government will borrow 70 billion. met as last December's, when 9 billion bil-lion dollars was called for and 13 billion bil-lion dollars actually was raised. Speaking in New : York on the opening day of the bond drive. Sec. retary of the Treasury Henry Mor-genthau Mor-genthau said the government will nave to borrow 70 billion dollars this year, in addition to taxes. The Treasury expects to obtain 25 billion dollars from individuals, most with in tne Income range from $1,000 to $5,000. Banks and insurance mm. panies are to furnish 35 billion dollars. dol-lars. PAN-AMERICANISM : Blueprint for Fvlure? There was a new note in the eu. brations that marked this year's Pan-Amrican day as the 21 Western West-ern hemisphere republics took tim. out from vital war work to project a possible international relationship pattern when peace comes. This note indicated that the Pan-American Union, founded half a century ago, might become the bluenrint for drawing up agreements which eventually even-tually lead to peaceful dealines. MERRY GO ROUND C Efficient Governor Holland of Florida is not expected to run against efficient Claude Pepper for the senate ... The last time Claude ran he was vacationing in Scotland shortly after his nomination when a voice caned nis hotel room. "Sena tor, I am an American Press repre- semauve in bcotland and we have a caDie that your election in Florida nas been contested." "I'll be right aown, replied the alarmed Pepper. was Jesse Jones, with Stewart uaacuonald. Federal Housing admin istrator, playing a practical ioke. C Nicest compliment Rep. Warren Magnuson of Washington received on nis report for the naval affairs committee regarding ship-building uuiucnecKs came rrom tne navy de- iwuneni, wmcn Magnuson criticized for delays in submitting shipbuilding shipbuild-ing plans and specifications as well s m rurnisning materials . . . Un uersecretary James V. Forrestal wrote: "I want to congratulate you uuui " me tnorougnness with which your worn was done and the restraint re-straint with which your criticism and suggestions were phrased." C Supreme Court Justice Roberts agrees with Vice President Wallace that the difficulties of the Consti. tutional convention after the Revolutionary Revo-lutionary war were similar to the difficulties of establishing world gov-ernment gov-ernment now-but not insurmounta-Die. insurmounta-Die. C Abolition of the Austrian Legion under Crown Prince Otto as a U S army unit came as the result of viol lent protests from Austrians, Hun-ganans, Hun-ganans, Slovaks inside the armv who were glad to fight for the USA but not for the return of the Haps- i Tar - -smsrt, kviv i -. k I Is;. 1 1 1 f M& Ja ii m itn,, -f-imi in in iianiiMii'f ii J Steel-helmeted soldiers forming part of the White House guard are shown being served coffee and doughnuts by Bed Cross workers from tneir new clubmobile, a mobile kitchen equipped with a doughnut-making uoviuuc uu targe conee urns. J3iif t Beware the Booby Trap lnT"rnnWTIMTnMilaiaiaaiai 1 1 British soldiers learned ahiMt in captured territory until sanners annnnnx that tho trUnrv i af. Tanks are profiting by British experience. The U. S. soldier on the left Is mak-mg mak-mg a mistake in touching the camera on toe body of this Germa soldier, rnoto on right shows how it was wired to exnlode at sliehtest touch. 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