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Show THE Pajre Two Ponder Possibilities Of Russ - Nazi Peace Treaty fT Soviet Offensive May Mean Sudden End of War With Germany; Stalin Holds High Cards in 1 Diplomatic Game. iXf Production Lags Jap Forces Smashed in Sea and Air As Allies Pound Main Supply Bases; Germans Fall Back to Massico Ridge; Higher Dependency Allotments Fixed (EDITOR'S NOTE: When are xpresd I tb cnlnmni. thmv are those ef Western Newspaper linivn opinions a news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.) Released by Western Newspaper Union. 1 By BAUKIIAGE News Analyst and Commentator. WXD Service, Union Trust Building, Washington, D. C. FX really the thing which can win the peace, as it has made the winning watches the swift of the war possible, whatever credit Washington march of events across the Russian may justly go to others who have plains. The renewed offensive, more battled our common enemy. than half a month before even the Russian people dreamed it was pos- Visitors to U. S. sible, has quickened all nerves. The war has brought a great many For the Russians, It means the pos- Englishmen to the United States who sibility of a sudden peace. otherwise might never have known And while Moscow dreams of the any more of America than they end at the war just around the first learned from themovies. Many are mound on the battle- highly trained specialists, others are field, the Allies are considering the broadly educated, like those in newspossibility of what it means to them. paper and radio work. I have met For there is always that haunting a number, especially of the latter memory of a remark of Stalin's in group. And I am struck by one the hack of their minds the remark thing which they comment upon that the destruction of the Reichs-weh- r the widespread education in Amerwas not a condition of German ica. surrender as far as the Kremlin is That is one thing which will make concerned. In addition there is the up one of England's No. 1 postwar realization of the presence of those reforms a real public school sysGerman divisions still intact beyond tem. We, in America, underestimate the Alps, not to mention the others our own schools on the one hand and still nearer. overestimate our literacy on the Not (we are assured) that Stalin other. will make a separate peace with At first, the army demanded that Germany but If a peace treaty is a man be able to read and write written on the stalwart backs of a or he was deferred. This lost nearly victorious Russian army, what a million men to the armed forces terms can the Allies Insist upon that four states have 36 per cent or more Stalin need feel called upon to ap- adult illiteracy. prove unless his own many possible According to latest information, desiderata are agreed to by Britain 85,000 illiterates have already been and the United States? reclaimed for army service which does not It make the task any means that they have been taught to easier for the gentlemen in London read and write and do simple and Washington now carefully se- arithmetic. It is said that there are diplolecting what the facilities for the same basic mat should wear in Moscow. One instruction to giving 750,000 more. thing is very certain, no old fashBut that is by no means the extent ioned regalia will be in style. There of army education. A statement will be no opportunity for the polite from the Office of War Information game where one can risk a little the other day said, speaking of the bluff with fair assurance of drawing comes from a wild joker to four of a kind or color aserviceman: "Unless he family, his educationif Russia holds all the cards. al opportunities are in fact rather better in than out of the services." What Russia Wants That is probably something that The optimists say that Russia wants nothing that an honest world few parents thought of when they at the station. They cannot afford to offer, and is willing waved good-bto give in return all that an honest did not realize that the army and world need ask for. The pessimists navy are operating the largest adult ay that even if Britain and America school in the world. One out of evcan be converted to full faith in such ery ten adults in the country, 11 out men between an attitude and intent on Russia's of every 14 part, how are you going to convert 18 and 38 will probably be students communist Russia to an equal faith in that school system by the end of In the attitude and intentions of the this year. A million boys will be in the preinduction courses, the syscapitalistic nations? tem's prep schools. Nine out of ten Britain and the Unfortunately, of these men will receive advanced United States have a somewhat painful diplomatic record in dealing with training as specialists. Germany when Adolf Hitler held his The Future aces the strongest air force in the Much received world arfd a sizable army. We all will be of the education carried over as useful in bowed down at Munich and, indeed, civilian life, for one out of three of (though It has been forgotten) there army and navy job is identical was some rivalry for the credit in every with a civilian Job and over a achieving peace in our time that of the men in the service dewas no peace. However, with the velop skills that can be used in civilhelp of Russia, the Allies were able ian jobs. to take Hitler's aces in the end. These figures alone. I believe, And so in certain discreet circles that when "D Day" comes, it has been suggested that the Allied showmillions discharged will not be weakness in the diplomatic field as the a riotous lot, good for nothcareless, far as things to trade with Russia As a matter of fact, to but ing fight. are concerned, might become a the vast majority will have, if they strensth if the Allied joint general have like the feeling I and staff became the negotiators. These most anything of my comrades In the last offer be able to gentlemen might an overweening desire to what Russia wants most (which is war had, to a job and the buildwhat we all want) security. And settleof down a home, "no more to roam." ing these gentlemen might likewise of course, who had the itching make demands which Russia would Some, foot will have developed chronic desire tp consider, namely, 1s doubtful if those rollwith compromise, refusal of cases, but it would have gathered which could lead to nothing better ing stones much moss anyhow. than what Hitler got in the end. For the majority of the men who And Hitler's own words, spoken when he addressed a meeting of his make up our armed forces who want party chiefs and generals recently, and expect to fill civilian jobs, the are worthy of note. The fuehrer eareful classification of skills which suggested for Germany what Britain is a vital part of the army and navy and the United States might well system is going to work in reverse contribute to negotiations with Rus- in getting thrm Jobs afterward. In sia in addition to their diplomats and preparation for this, experts are already assembling accurate descriptheir armies and navies. tions of jobs which men learn to do The Fuehrer Says in the service, keeping a cumulative 'The (Nazi) party's struggle for record of the work they do, preparpower," said Hitler, "set an example ing additional tests which will give for today's struggle of destiny of the a clear picture of their achieveGerman people . . . arms alone ments and talents to the prospective mean nothing if not backed by the employer. They are also preparing to tell the serviceman what job he will of men." Is best fitted for and offering help The Germans made a fatal mistake twice in one generation. They which will better prepare him for it. failed to count on the will of the I doubt if ever before in history American people. If that will Is the military has taken on such a made clear today. If America's in- responsibility for fitting the boy back tention Is written clearly that all Into his natural groove when the may see, the intention which we pro- fighting is over. This is a total war, fess a decent peace, justice and se- everybody Is In it, and those who curity for all and if that will and have been forced to take over the Intent Is backed by the force we abnormal duties of fighting are not have, nothing can resist it. That is going to be set adrift. well-dresse- d well-to-d- o y able-bodie- d two-thir- Motorists should endorse their gasolln ration coupons Immediately nd not wait until they buy gas. In recent broadcast, Tokyo radio announced that "the military administration over the Philippines has been terminated." The broadcast quoted an announcement from Lt. Gen. Shigenori Kuroda, Japanese mrmj commander of the islands. Because of change in models, engine shortages, labor needs, faulty distribution of raw materials and plant reorganizations, American aircraft production for 1943 will fall below President Roosevelt's announced goal of 125,000 planes, the Office of War Information said. War Production board officials have cut estimates of output to 90,000. In reviewing the aircraft program, OWI noted that the period of experimentation has passed, with the result that production is now being concentrated on proven models. Enhave given gine improvements American fighter planes increased speed and climb, while developments in armor and gunnery have added to the strength of heavy bombers. Dwarfing even the famed flye ing Fortress, a new bomber capable of carrying heavier loads will soon make its appearance. ff: yLr ASyttJ; "SI 11 Iff 4. f 3 " t t rtt r &?W& fe'-- J , ITALY: Tough Going Rooted from their Volturno river the Nazis fell back on prepared positions along the Massico ridge, 2,500 feet high. Following their usual tactics, the Germans were expected to hold out until the Allies take the time to concentrate superior numbers along the different points in the mountains to overpower the rugged outposts. When driven from Massico ridge, the Nazis were expected to retire to the Garigliano river, some eight miles distant. Behind the Garigliano river, it was thought they might make a stand in the mountains, which dip almost into the sea in this sector. Although the Nazis' action is of a delaying nature, it involves bitter since German artillery fighting, planted on the mountain sides can fire down on Allied forces fighting their way up, and Nazi machine gunners and mortar batteries can hide in the rugged country and spray U. S. and British soldiers crawling forward in the open. line, re-to- rt land. Once the feeder point for Jap troops in the central areas of the Solomons and New Guinea, Rabaul has lost much of its strategic importance with the enemy's surrender of these territories. But it still is being used to supply the Japs in the northern areas of the Solomons and New Guinea, and as a base for enemy shipping and aircraft, can endanger any Allied move northward. Concentrating on Rabaul, Allied bombers sank more than 100 vessels lying in the harbor, and destroyed more than 200 aircraft. Striking close to Japan's home wahave sunk 98 ters, U. S. more enemy merchant ships, to bring to 460 the total bagged. JAPAN: Expand Industry DRAFT: Propose AVft' Allotments Wives of American servicemen would continue to receive $50 monthly from the government, but payments for suptort of children would be raised to $30 for the first child and $20 for all others, according to new dependency allotments established in congressional bills. Under the present system, wives receive $0 monthly, but only $12 is paid fur the first child and $10 fur every other one. The new allotments also would boost payments in most cases to collateral dependents, such as parents, grandchildren, brothers or sisters. Payment to one parent fur chief support, for Inst iince, would be $."0 monthly instead of the current rate of $37. Under the new bills, regular dependency allowances would be paid to the husbands and children of the WACs or WAVF.S. if they relied on them for chief support. The government would make the whole of the first monthly payment, instead of waiting for the soldier s contribution of $22. and payments would be expanded to include the top three en- listed grades in addition ent four lowest. to the pres- The titanic struggle on the Dnieper river increased in violence as the Russians poured more troops across the broad waterway and the Nazis rushed reinforcements to bolster theit sagging lines. Although apparently successful in stabilizing their lines in the north, the Germans found the going rough in the central and southern sectors. The Russians were successful in shifting their attacks from one point to another and keeping the Nazis off balance. These tactics were evident in the Kiev, Melitopol and Kremenchug regions. After being held near Kiev, the Reds switched their attack to Melitopol to the south. When the Germans rushed reinforcements to the area, the Russians then shifted to heavy attacks on Kremenchug to the north. OL' MAN RIVER: Hack in Business r It? Trl4 -- LIGHTS When Pvt. Mary Elizabeth Elliot, Kingston, N. C, (pictured at right) arrived in England with a WAC contingent, she met ber fiance, Sergt. Wallace R. Best, Raleigh, N. C, (at left), also on overseas duty. Reunited, the couple decided to serve Uncle Sam as husband and wife, and they climaxed their romance by marriage, which made Pvt. Elliot the first WAC to be wedded in the European theater of war. i or.cui." SPAIN': Kxilcl i'pani.h Loyalist Will form a "g'ivn nincnl m exile" possibly in Mexico, according to a statement by Iii;g' Ilarrio, of the rc uhlir. i ti t f Now that children no longer auto- K m Am,.;, when their parents are naturalized, the daughter of Gerhart Seger, former member of the Reichstag, was up before the immi- ..,n, i,!. Relief At Last gration and naturalization examiner . . . The child, who has lived most of her 11 years in the U. S., was asked the usual questions: "Have you ever been a member of the German-America- n Bund?" . . . "Do you favor anarchy?" et and cetera. The child looked a little confused for a moment and then, smiling, aid: "Oh, a quiz program!" . . . Whereupon the examiner stamped her papers and replied: "You don't want to become an American you re one!" The Eyebrow Raiser of the Week: Common Sense magazine's editor appeals for subscriptions from Americans to "repair any damage" we may do to Tokyo and Berlin . . . Editor A. M. Bingham says a group of vigorous thinkers and famous writers will contribute articles to that end. They include: Pearl Buck, Stuart Chase, Thomas Mann, Quin-cg and John Howe, ' Lin Haynes Holmes . . . 'Tokyo may oon be destroyed," says Mr. Bing. America's inland waterway sya principal artery for transportation and freight has come back into its own in World War II. Addressing the 25th annual MisCATTLE: sissippi Valley association conven- Loss tion in St. Louis, Mo., Defense TransSlaughter Because cattle slaughter for tht portation Director Joseph Eastman declared America's inland water- first nine months of 1943 dropped to 7.902,000 head from the 9.067.005 ways will carry 157 billion of freicht In 1943, a being killed during the same period last bam. "The world's third largest the movement of a ton one mile. year, 700 million pounds less beef city will not be pocked with areas of destruction like stone and steel With 95 per cent of the freight on have been produced. the Mississippi consisting of essenDuring the first few weeks of Oc- built London and Berlin. It will b tial material, Eastman said the riv- tober, however, cattle slaughter literally gutted and 7,000,000 human To reer's system embraces 5.000 barges showed an Increase over preceding beings will be homeless from inn to 3,000 tons in capacity, months, with 406.961 head killed. On build Tokyo, however, and Berlin and and I.O'O towboats from 200 to 2.500 October 19, 20 major markets re- Essen . . . will require real stateshorsepower. Last year, Eastman re- ceived 200.000 cattle for a record manship and an application of gens of run, with Kansas City receipts ol uine democracy. Are you ready to vealed, 16'4 billion help do it, or shall we crucify demark. freight were carried over the sys- 57,000 setting an on the cross of hate?" tem. According to reports, many thin, mocracy We Just want to know one thing The waterway system has been grass-fe- d cattle were finding their moving record loads despite a de- way to the stockyards Instead of to before w send in our check . . . crease in facilities because of the the feed lots of the Midwest's corn What kind of monument will mark transfer of many Great Lakes and belt. Prime fed cattle were selling the spot In Tokyo where our flleri were beheaded? inland carriers to ocean service. only slightly below the July peak. stemonce For Your Cough Creomulsion relieves promptly because it goes right to the seat of the trouble to help loosen and expel germ laden phlegm, and aid nature to soothe and heal raw, tender, in-- l flamed bronchial mucous membranes. Tell your druggist to sell you. a bottle of Creomulsion with the understanding you must like the way allays the cough or you axe-thave your money back. CREOMULSION for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis Ileight of Dust Storms Dust storms have been recorded as reaching to a height of in the United States. three-mile- s Yu-tan- s ton-mil- e ... e Final tabulations reveal thai the Third War Loan was by nearly four bilHRK: I.f sses resulting from fires lions. Of the $18,943,000,000 worth during Sepumber were the largest of bonds sold. $5,377,000,000 wa for any September since 1932, and taken by Indiviriunls. The populai 29 per rent higher than the same "Series F." bonds account for month .ist year, the National Board of this great sum. (f Fire Underwriters announce. Treasury officials are gratified at Lo'sc fmi.,nnted to $20,488,000. the response, because it was the InWRIT MS: Paris newspapers retention to market this issue among port the firath of Romain Holland. Individuals, estates nnd business cor7. a Knt (h writer and winner of porations to as large an extent as the Nobel peace award. possible. d o said-nothing- t fi ARMS: The United States is supplying arms, equipment and food to .'(2 fronts, the senate naval c.immit-toreveals. Sme. it was snirl, are us muc'-- iis "17.0'iO miles from the lladnt 4? WAR RONDS II I G II When Mountbatten was In Washington recently they say he had a session with Admiral King, who graciously said: "If there is anything you want, you may have it. Just name it" . . . The Admiral, ol course, was speaking of ships, etc. . . . Mountbatten replied: "There's Just one request. I hope you will grant me a favor" . . . "What is lt?" asked Admiral King . . . "1 would like," said His Lordship, "a top button from your tunic" . . . King seemed puzzled. Mountbatten Sunflower Quilt continued: "You see, I have General Arnold's wings and General and! calicoes, grass-gree- n Marshall's top button, and I am cer- yellow leaf-gree- n cottons. Do the center tain that with yours we will have vivid yellow. Quilt has 12 pieced good luck. Nothing, sir, can then in each 14 inches square 12 blocks, to us." happen , plain blocks. "Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. S: To obtain patterns for the SunWalter WinchelL New York City: flower Qilt cutting (Pattern No. 5161) complete amounts Thought probably the politicians in piecing and finishing directions, all materials specified, send 16 cents Washington who are endeavoring to of name and thr and address in coins, your speak for the young men of America number. would be interested in the following pattern HOME NEEDLEWORK resolution: Whereas: We the Utah 149 New Montgomery St. of Commerce State Junior Chamber San Francisco, Calif. represent a cross section of the young married men of draft age in Utah. And Whereas we fully real- This Rookie Heard ize our responsibilities to our counOf Any Ruminant Admirals- try in this time of war. "And Whereas: Acts and statements made by misinformed perA young candidate for the navy-wa- s sons have created the false impresbeing put through a general sion that draft age fathers wish spe- knowledge test by a board of adX cial consideration from the selective mirals. service system on a dependency ba"What kind of animals eat sis notwithstanding military require- grass?" one of them 'asked. ments. Be it resolved: By the Utah The candidate fidgeted and State Junior Chamber of Commerce, stared out of the window, but in State Board meeting assembled The question was repeatthis third day of October, 1943, that ed but he still remained dumb. we urge the defeat of all legislation "Surely," said one of the examwhich attempts to defer heads of iners, kindly, "you can answer a. families on the basis of dependency simple question like that? I will only and reaffirm the fact that we repeat it. What kind of animals: have been and are ready and willing eat grass?" to answer the call to arms if and "Animals!" gasped the boy. when we are summoned. Pres., "Why, I thought you were saying: , Provo Jr. C. of C, Provo, Utah." 'admirals.' " e Dnieper Battle Rages J! Betty Smith, whose first novel, "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," is a best seller, will soon be a grandmaw, and she's practically a girl herself . . . Last Laff Dep't: A West Coast biggie withdrew his 25 per cent interest in "Laugh Time," the hit, at the last moment. The show is making nothing but money. Japan has moved for maximum industrialization of East Asia as part of her program to meet the Allies' on her ramV. S. army engineers clear path impending onslaught bling empire. through ruins of a large town in By recent order, the famous busisouthern Italy, where bitter fighting ness house of Mitsibushi was directed has raged along the road to Rome. to double the capital of its subsidPicture shows streets piled high with iaries, with the Japanese governrubble, against a background of ment itself putting in 50 per cent of blackened and hollow buildings, the new money. stripped to skeletons by bombings. Further, Mitsibushi's shipbuilding, steel and aircraft industries are to be reorganized, with vital plants ALLIES MEET: moved to China and Manchuria to Talk in Moscow escape Allied bombing. The other Swooping down over Moscow, two 10 financial houses which share their brown Liberator bombers finally rule over Japanese business with came to rest on the Russian capi- Mitsibushi are also expected to come tal's chief airdrome. From the under close government control. planes stepped American Secretary of State Cordell Hull and British FOOD:-194- 4 Foreign Minister Anthony Eden. Outlook Waiting to greet them was Russian v. Although food production in 1944 Foreign Commissar Vyacheslav will probably equal or even exceed this year's, civilian supplies may be Although the officials were expected to discuss the possibility of smaller, the bureau of agricultural e economics reported. Military, and other government requirements will more than offset any increase, it was said. Supplies of cereals, chickens, eggs, fresh fruits and vegetables, potatoes, dried beans and peas should be as plentiful as this year, the bureau declared, with greater enrichment of bread and flour promising more iron and B vitamins. However, shorter supplies oi Hull, Eden and Molotov. meats and dairy products are in the U. S. and Britain opening a secprospect, the bureau reported, with ond front in France, it was antici- a resultant decrease in calories, propated that the chief consideration tein and calcium. Stocks of fats would revolve around and oils should equal this year's proof European boundaries after duction, it was said. on Russia's the war, with emphasis ClainJ to the Baltic states and parts Happy Meeting of Finland, Poland and Rumania. a new Meanwhile agreement signed in London, pledges the U. S., Britain and Canada to increase supplies to Russia this winter to help her avert famine and carry on the war against Germany. lend-leas- per- brown-flecke- d cales, tiny patterned cream and "Decoration?" replied Mike. "I am the decoration!" "Yes, I know that," was the delightful, "but who did the interior that pales into insignificance when you are not around to give it a glow?" lend-leas- Following Gen. Douglas MacAr-thur'- s grand strategy of crippling the position of the enemy in a certain area by knocking out the main base from which it operates. Allied aircraft pounded the big Jap supply center of Rabaul on New Britain is- up quickly. Use The Cafe Society Uptown proprietor, who is so proud of the murals there, said to Mike Romanoff: "Prince, who did the decoration oi your restaurant on the coast?" . . . Mo-loto- SOUTHWEST PACIFIC: Tsew Fight by BauJihagc Certificates will be awarded to all soldiers who successfully complete prescribed work in the Army Specialized Training program at colleges and universities, according to the war department. It is anticipated that College crrdi'.s will be grant ed if the trainee returns to college after termination of the military service. d i', I HpHE "Sunflower" is one of the easiest of the quilt designs to make the diamond-shapepiecaa are easy to cut and a block wojks The Private Papers Of a Cub Reporter: long-rang- snow-covere- d BRIEFS MM ; z'ds4 9 U. S. PLANES: WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Allies Thursday, October 28, 194$ NEPHI, UTAH TIMES-NEW- I Next to the war, the problems-o- l the nation's "Harlems" are upper-mos- t In the President's mind. And aome of the Washington big guns, who consider lt a small problem, will soon find it one of their owr largest headaches . . , England will accept the Beveridge Plan after the war . . . 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