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Show THE nE two Thursday, August 5, 1943 NEPIII, UTAH TIMES-NEW- BOMBERS: WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Strike Nazi Industry k raids on Heavy Hitler's European fortress got under way again with a U. S. raid on the Nazis' Norwegian submarine port of Trondheim and a neighboring aluminum plant. No sooner had the bombers alighted than fresh squadrons took off, this time for northern Germany. The RAF pointed bomber noses toward the great North sea port of Hamburg and dropped 2,300 tons of exAnother British force plosives. struck hard at the gigantic Krupp arms works at Essen. Following in the wake of the British, U. S. airmen worked over HamContinuing the burg in daylight concentrated assault on German industry, other formations plastered rubber factories at Hanover and the Focke-Wulf- e aircraft assembly plant at Warnemuende. Shipyards were hit at the German naval station of round-the-cloc- Fear of Farm Land Boom f Mussolini's Exit Marks End of an Era CI For Fascism; Italy Ponders New Setup; Reds Continue Strong Westward Drive; WMC Rule Effects 'Super Critical' Jobs Adds to Inflation Worry Show Agricultural Increased 20 to 24 Per Cent in Year. Official Figures Values Have Unit these eolamns, they are those ef oC opinions ara expressed (EDITOR'S NOTE: When Western Newspaper Union's news analysts and not necessarily Released by Western Newspaper Union. In - i, this newspaper.) . '' ' By BAUKIIAGE Newt Analyst and Commentator. TELEFACT WAR RAISES VALUE OF FARM I REAL ESTATE Kiel. (VALUE PER ACRE IN U.S.A.) 00000 00000 00000 0C; 00000 00000 00000(2 00000 00000 0C 00000 001 00000 0000 Almost 60 Allied planes were lost in the raids, the bombers encounterfire to a ing heavy height of from 20,000 to 35,000 feet, ' and fleets of fighters. 19121400000 1917 1921 1929 1933 1942 Each symbol represent 5 WNC Service, Union Trust Building Washington, D. C. For many months now, government offices and conference rooms, no matter how they might echo with glowing reports from the home or the battle front, have never been quite free from a ghost. It hovers In the corner and sends chills down every spine it is the ghost of Old Man Inflation, trying to come back to the scene of his crimes In the roaring twenties. The Office of War Information has Just issued a warning that this spec- ter may appear in his most frightful form if we are not careful. The fat pay envelope is the inflation danger you hear most about. But there is a worse one, namely, a farm land boom. So far, there has been no spectacular rise in farm land prices but a dangerous trend has been discovered in some states and the bureau of agricultural economics is decidedly worried. Here are some figures. Up 20 Per Cent As of March 1 or this year, Increases in farm land values over those of the previous year were 20 to per cent In September, 1941, I wrote in these columns: "Money to burn! "And the burning question is how to stop the conflagration before it starts. The chief danger is another prairie fire of farm land speculation such as started in Iowa in World War I . . . Today, two years after the present war started, farm land prices are up 1 per cent Remember, that was written in September, 1941. Well, steps were taken prevent speculation then and they met with success. However, as we have seen by comparing figures, land prices in some states have now increased considerably. That is natural for much has happened since 1941. In 1942, as the Office of War Information points out. "for the first time in 20 years, the annual average of farm prices reached parity with other prices." Since the outbreak of the war, the average of farm prices has risen more than 90 per cent, and farm income by about 80 per cent while the average prices paid by farmers, including interest and taxes, has Increased about 25 per cent. Farm income was around 19 billion dollars in 1941 it will be about 24 ..." 22 billion for 1943. That means, of course, that the money to spend and it is natural that land values would rise to some degree. As I said, they have gone up as high as 24 per cent In some states and less than 6 per cent in only six rtatrs. Those figures, says the bureau of agricultural economics "boar watching"! It is also reported that bankers in some parts of the Middle West believe that In some cases, the land values have risen beyond their real worth based on the long-tirrearn-I- r e capacity of the land. That, if It is true, of course means that rigM now some farmers are buying land that won't pay for itself. It Is reasonable to suppose that they sre not members of that unhappy group ef 85,000 farm owners who met Old Man Inflation before and who lost their property under foreclosure In the decade that enfi ed in 1933. If they are, they deserve to suffer again. But the unfortunate thing is that when the farmer farmer has Ii of loses, the rest of the country does, too. We have struggled through minor industrial panics, as we used to call them, but when the farm goes, it means that things are in such a way that there is no stopping until everybody touches bottom. Campaign Worked in '41 The article which I wrote in 1941 reported a meeting here in Washington of mortgage bankers, insurance people, farm organization representatives and others who were urged by the Farm Credit administration to make normal appraisals of land. Apparently they did a pretty good job. Meanwhile, an educational campaign was started urging the farmer, instead of rushing out and buying land with the first money he got as income increased, to pay off his debts. It was gratifying to see the results. In the next year (1942) the net reduction of mortgages was 360 million dollars as against an average of 120 million reduction over the three preceding years. Of course, there is nothing Old Man Inflation hates worse than seeing debts paid up. Another thing which has helped the present situation is the fact that the farmers who are buying land now usually put up a large initial cash payment In other words, they are avoiding future debts and that is another thing, of course, which is equally unpleasant to Old Man Inflation. There is nothing to stop the farmer from speculating in land if he wants to, buying on a margin the way the gamblers used to do on the stock exchange. Now such transactions are considerably limited by law but there is no law to keep a farmer from gambling if he doesn't know any better. e 'Psychology Man' Fighting for-Th- I have just been reading a little booklet called "Psychology for the Fighting Man." It is one of those books published primarily for the soldiers, and every soldier able to read, ought to have it It has 20 chapters, each written by a psychologist or expert in his line. Any chapter can be read separately and they are all highly interesting. Familiarity with them will make any man a better soldier and a better leader. The chapter on mobs is only one. It tells how and why mobs form, what starts a panic and how to stop one. But here are a few of the other topics I found exceedingly interestwell-know- n Almost Hi billion rounds of small arms ammunition is being turned out each month. That is seven times as much as the 1918 peak. r ; p v, . - art fe 95 Billion! Seated at right, General In sion of Bastille day." Under wartime operation, railroad freight cars must travel about 18 per cent farther on the average haul. of the Napoli the northeastern area. MUSSOLINI: SOUTHWEST PACIFIC: No Caesar Jungle Fighting Biggest news story of the war that was Benito Mussolini's resignation as Italy's prime minister and strong man for 21 years. Taking his place was Fascism's shadow. Marshal Pietro Badoglio, avowedly Mussolini's bitter enemy, yet the builder of his armies and his conqueror of Ethiopia. Mussolini left the scene with Italy's empire lost; with Axis armies pocketed in the northeastern corner of Sicily by Allied forces, and with the Italian mainland afire from bombs. As he left, King Victor Emmanuel called on all Italians to stand firm in the most fateful hour of the country's destiny. Italy again will find the road of the future, he said. Twenty-on- e years ago, Mussolini took over the Italian government following a march of 8,000 of his Black-shirt- s on Rome. Italy writhed in disorder, her industries crippled from strikes, and her unemployed war veterans in riot. In the crisis. King Victor turned to Mussolini, and thus did the strong man come to power. He created He restored order. public works and set up the corporate state, in which all economic groups are represented in government He settled papal claims to the amount of 92 million dollars and recognized the Vatican's sovereignty. But it was over empire that Mussolini stumbled. Take Up Last Line At the beginning of the final stage of resistance in Sicily, the Axis line roughly ran from the east coast port of Catania westward to the mountains, and then curved northward to the shores of the Tyrrhenian sea. Near Catania, strong Axis forces held firm after early tank battles had failed to pierce their lines. To the west, Canadian troops picked their way through rugged terrain to advance on the Axis outpost of which huddles behind mountainous ranges. After seizing the big Sicilian port of Palermo, Gen. George S. Pat-ton- 's American Seventh army drove westward along the Tyrrhenian coast toward the last Axis defenses defending Messina, which lies at the extreme tip of the island, two miles from the Italian mainland. German attempts to' reinforce Axis troops in Sicily by means of giant Junkers and Merseberg three-an- d transport planes met stiff opposition from the Allies. RUSSIA: Reds Press In three-cornere- d The Japanese Domel agency disclosed that Emperor llirohito had sent a message of "congratulations" to Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, Vichy chief of state, "on the occa- commander Cotti-Porcina- ri, Division of the Italian army in Sicily, fell as prisoner of war to the advancing British army. Allied armies finally encountered stiff resistance d by Baitkhage - S""'.? ing: With three columns driving In Psychology and combat from the north, east and south, and Seeing in the dark Color and camouflage another force swinging wide to the Food and sex as military problems west to cut off the rear, Russian Differences among races and peoples armies tightened their hold on the and many others. German held bulge of Orel. Simply-tolThe westwardly drive threatened psychology. In this war. a man needs all the the railroad linking Orel with the of Bryansk. helps of that kind that he can get great Nazi supply base for the contrast between army life Severance of the line meant interand civilian life is greater than ever. ruption in the flow of supplies beto German troops stubThis book, "Psychology for the ing shunted resisting the Reds' Fighting Man," is put out by a non- bornly drive on Orel. the Infantry profit corporation While the Russians pressed slowhere in It Journal, Washington. German defenses at Orel, costs only a quarter. It is for the ly against told of a massive Red ofNazis the soldier, sailor, private or general, fensive south of Lake Ladoga on the ensign or admiral. And it would be Finnish front and below Leningrad. a good idea for a lot of next of also said strong Ruskin to read this book, too. It might The Germans sian attacks at Novorossisk in the to them what understand the help northwestern Caucasus had been resoldier is up against pelled. RIEFS... In addition to the two pairs of shoes issued every American soldier on entering the service, three extra pairs must be available in reserve, and two more pairs in process of manufacture. value 1912-1- 4 anti-aircra- ft Working their way through jungle brush, American doughboys braved hidden Japanese machine gun outposts to advance within range of the enemy's main perimeter of defenses around the strategic airfield of Mun-d- a in the Solomon islands. As the troops crept closer to their objective, the U. S. air force continued furnishing heavy support, roaring in to pound the Japs' nest of wooden and earthen pill boxes. In New Guinea, Liberator and Mitchell bombers gave Salamaua a going over, dropping 250 tons of explosives in two days. As the air force softened up this important enemy base. Allied ground troops fought off Jap patrols to advance eastward to the town. dive-bombe- per-Critica- V I lei 'H larttir It Mik Voice Over Telephone Howe there? think thit is, Answer What do you a stock yard? j Notes of an Innocent Bystander: Could It Be? cubic,, What does Teacher mean? action flicker, and you've got somePupil Cubic is the language thing to like. The acting of Ingrid spoken by the people in Cuba. u Bergman, Gary Cooper, Katina On a little service station away and the cast Is big time. It all holds together fine. But if you want out on the edge of a western desbearHemingway's story, which called ert there hangs a shingle, Franco some of the things he is, this ing the strange legend : "Don't ask isn't your dish. All very proper and us for information. If we knew sparing of the Fascist feelings . . . anything we wouldn't be here." Too bad it was released right after Poor Cat Allen Chase's sizzling "Falange," A house agent was showing a documented truth about what Franco's Spain is up to. The cinema very modern flat to a prospective has made Hemingway flabby, poor tenant, who, struck by the small size of the rooms, exclaimed, uv. "Why, there's not enough space to swing a cat round!" The Wireless: The commentators, "Perhaps," said the agent, "it especially the Britons, were full of contradictions during the first days might not be a bad idea for you in Sicily. They kept cautioning us to change your hobby!" The Magic Lanterns: Take "For Whom the Bell Tolls" as a hearty Paxi-no- that it looked tough ahead. Then they'd have to report the fabulous progress that had been made . . . Bob Toout debunked the idea that the Sicilians were Fascist-hater- s who would jump right in on our side. He cited a dispatch from John Gun-thto prove his point. Gunther reported that on the first night three Allied sentries had their throats cut . . . Joe Goebbels, the liar who looks like a midget, kidded the home folks, but betrayed his panic to the His radio stooges claimed world. that all landings in Sicily were repulsed, save a few on the East coast That being the only coast that was visited . . . Willkie put this common sense into the mikes: "It is time for us to decide whether we are going to commit ourselves to staying in this war until it has been really won in a lasting peace and not in just an armistice" . . . The whimpering of the Axis short-wavemakes delicious listening. ' er for Indlrtrd broadcasting enemy propaganda were (from left to rlRht) KniisP.ii Chandler. Wtlhrlm Kaltrnbacb. and F.zra Pound. RATIONING: Mark Up Butter To keep purchases in line with supplies, the point value of butter was raised by 2 to 10 points per pound for the period ending September 4, the Office of Price Administration announced. The action followed civilian purchases In excess of allotments during the last few months. Housewives switching to other fats will be able to obtain shortening, lard and cooking and salad oils at one point less. Margarine re- mains unchanged at four points. dieted is Ezra Pound, poet and writer who has lived in England, France and Italy since 1911. He was said to be the only one of the group broadcasting from Italy. Three of the group. Including a woman, were former newspaper reporters. According to the Indictments, the broadcasts included denunciation of communism and the Jews, criticism of the American war program, and praise of Germany and Italy. STRIKE: t'lllN'A: the tceek'$ new? Test Nctv Imw First test The Japanese army authorities have executed at least 81 Chinese families for assisting American airmen who participated in the raid on Tokyo in 1942, a statement from Chungking says. a The German army is constructing a line of fortifications in Poland. 400 miles back from the present Russian battle lines. POLAND: of the new congressional law came with a Pennsylvania grand Jury's indictment of 30 United Mine Workers local officials and members for conspiring and acting to interrupt producanti-strik- e tion In government-hel- d pits. Con- viction on the charges would make the defendants liable to dries up to J.j.OOO or sentences up to a year In jail When the soldier talks about "the skipper" he means his captain, And the head of his company. that's just what the title "captain" means. It comes from the Latin word "caput" meaning "head." Another leader high in the Army man's favor is Camel cigarettes they're first choice with men in the Army. (Based on actual sales records from service men's own stores.) When you're sending gifts from home, keep in mind that a carton of cigarettes is always most welcome. And though there are Post Office restrictions on packages to overseas Army men, you can still send Camels to soldiers in the U. S., and to men in the Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard wherever they are. Adv. CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT The Magazines: Max Werner makes a point worth thinking about FEATHERS WANTED in Liberty. It is the Nazis, he writes, OLD or NEW WANTED. ToH who are cheered by all this talk of 41 Years btUstactory a long war. That is their only hope FEATHERS Prices. ItealinfcT. Ship Erpr or Writm 9 Cole Street, St Louis, bta. now, Werner reminds, since the t Blitz is gone on the Fritz. Werne guesses there will be a ninth inna ,ADE sSL. in 1944 . . . Collier's is conce or. Psnfefa Effg t fngto (editorially) about Americans M m f ids vuaDainf keen picking on John L. W The editorialist fears that of labor's prima donna may arT 7INISHING new attempts to slow up the warlv I fort. Such leaves me TBWS fQL xWlCTURES from 120 relatives. 3Vx4Vi from cold. c sizes, 3VS.O EA. Bolls 8 exp. 30c C cri"' nail-bitin- g sx?-45- Mc-Nu- BEER: Inability of brewers to get corn and other grains is resulting in shortage of beer that will become Increasingly acute as reserves are used up, industry leaders say. e WHEAT: Stocks for Feed Feeling that the present corn shortage is the gravest emergency facing the country, and that any fu Over and above the 3,000 Jobs ture civilian wheat scarcity can be that the War Manpower commission met out of Canada's record produchas designated essential, it has pre- tion, the Commodity Credit corporation has determined to raise pracoccupared a list of "super-critical- " tically all limits on its sales of wheat will boards pations for which draft stocks for feeds. to be asked give especial considerUnder the new regulation made tt ation, WMC Chairman Paul V. in agreement with the War Food announced. The new "super-critical- " list will administration, only 30 days trade not replace the old list, McNutt ex- and 90 days feeders inventories will plained, but rather will be given be held. The CCC had 215 tomillion start preferential ranking above it. Draft bushels of grain with which boards will not be ordered to ex- the program, and it was expected that stocks would be augmented by empt workers in the "super-critical- " occupations because the boards purchases of excess elevator supplies. Since wheat generally was have this power under law. selling above the CCC loan rate, it " "super-criticalclassifiThe new was not thought that stocks could alcation followed WMC plans for be built from this source. lowing workers to transfer to other the same time, CCC divulged plants to receive higher pay for the it At was seeking to import additional same jobs. grain from Canada by rail. ApHARVEST: proximately 154 million bushels are to be shipped over the Great Lakes. Production Doivn Coastal shipment from Canada to American Pacific ports also was beDespite unfavorable spring weather, the nation's farmers have all but ing Sought. completed their harvesting of spring wheat, being but only one week be- TREASON: hind normal schedule, according to Broadcasters Named But as federal crop statisticians. Eight American citizens charged of July 1, total production for 1943 was estimated at 790 million bushels with broadcasting Axis propaganda from Germany and Italy were inagainst 981 million last year. dicted by a federal grand Jury for Only in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio treason. To secure the indictment, did harvesting fall back to any exphonotent. Through Oklahoma, Texas and the government presented of talks, and. acKansas the wheat was cleaned up graph recordings identified their voices. according to schedule, and work in quaintances Among the eight, six of the acNebraska and Missouri progressed cused are native ' ericans and two favorably. citizens of German Estimations of the winter wheat are naturalized birth. Most prominent of those In- a Kansas with showed harvesting crop of 150 million bushels, against 2C6 million last year; Nebraska with 53 million against 68 million; Oklahoma with 32 million against 57 million, and Texas with 33 million against 47 million. Illinois with 17 million against 12 million was credited with the biggest advance over last year. DIG II LIGHTS e next 1Z months. Approximately 88 billion dollars was appropriated for expenditure on tanks, planes, guns, etc., and for the purchase of food, etc., for our embattled allies. In the fiscal year ended last June, 73 billion dollars was spent for war purposes. Besides the 88 billion dollars for the war, an additional seven billion dollars was appropriated for other government expenditure. Of the total amount, three billion dollars will be used for payment of interest on the public debt, which amounted to 140 billion dollars last June. All told, government expenditures have been estimated at 95 billion, 330 million dollars for the next 12 months, greater than the total national income in peak years of prosperity. MANPOWER: . 'Su In MILK: Rationing of fluid milk Is likely by autumrv says a statement from the department of agriculture, forecasting a fall slump in production of 1 to 3 per cent The American home front's tremendous effort is best grasped by congressional appropriations for U. S. war spending for the Or What? s Beverly Hills Novelette: He is well known among the Texas millionaires . . . 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