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Show THE PAGE TWO WHEAT: Record Year WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS -- Invasion. Armies Maintain Pace Established by Allied Timetable; Red Troops Advance in Finland . Released by Western Newspaper Union. are expressed In these columns, they are those (FDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions Western Newspaper Union's news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.) C f f r. x X- yi - Over a billion bushels of wheat will be harvested in the United States this year to establish the largest crop record in history, according to the current estimates of the U. S. department of agriculture. Figures just released forecast bushels of winter wheat and 320,637,000 bushels of spring wheat for a total of 1,034,785,000 bushels. Bumper crops of both winter and spring wheat are largely responsible for the huge production, but the crop is not record breaking for either kind of wheat taken separately. In 1919 and again in 1931 there was more winter produced than there will be this year. In five other years between 1910 and 1930 the spring wheat total of 1944 was topped. While there are weather factors which may still cut down estimated officials production, agricultural state that the crops are making excellent progress after a late start. AFTER VICTORY: Demobilization Plans V. S. soldiers wade through shallow water to an invasion beachhead along the northern coast of France. On shore LST boats unload more troops and supplies as reinforcements for the initial assault wave. ITALY: Nazis Retreat THE INVASION: Keeping Pace From the Tyrrhenian coast above Rome to the Adriatic sea at the easte ern end of the front, the German army in Italy everywhere was in a retreat that approached a rout. The advance was most rapid on the Adriatic sector, where Eighth army troops crossed the Saline river, some five miles north of captured Pescara. On the Tyrrhenian coast, American infantry encountered a new series of dug-i- n defenses east of Orbetello, and attacked through high ground, about 90 road miles from Rome. South of Terni, in the center of the advance line, the enemy continued to put up a stiff resistance but some progress was made there also. Bad weather limited air activity, but RAF bombers managed to sweep over Hungary and attack the Almasfuzito oil refineries near Komarom, northwest of Budapest, starting large fires. As hints of forthcoming additional invasions of Europe came from General Eisenhower, supreme Allied commander, a high command communique made it plain that the invasion armies were keeping pace almost to the hour with a timetable laid out a year ago. But the biggest battle in history was not without its setbacks. While the Allies were breaking through at Balleroy on the south edge of the Cerisy forest and were developing a strong attack on the eastern sector of the bridgehead to throw a pincers around Caen, the Nazis had started a strong counter-attac- k against Montebourg and Carentan, both of which were previously captured by the Americans. The initial drive against Cherbourg had been stalled with a resulting shift of Allied momentum toward the east flank of the invasion front, where a Joint was reported column making substantial gains in a plunging drive to get behind Caen. 200-mil- e Anglo-Americ- Urging immediate action by congress to meet postwar problems, James F. Byrnes, director of the Office of War Mobilization, announced the establishment of a plan for the discharge of men from the armed forces after Germany's defeat. Priority will be given to fathers and action. men who have seen front-lin- e At the same time, a report to the senate by the special committee on postwar economic policy and planning said 2,500,000 men from the army ground forces will be released during the year after Germany's collapse. The release rate will be from a month. The postwar committee said jobs must be provided for between and 58,000,000 men and women compared to 46,000,000, which was the highest employment the country saw before the war. It also listed 16 ways to avoid "economic chaos," mentioning legislation in the fields of postwar taxes and unem200,000 to 250,000 ployment compensation. Aid for Nazi W FINLAND: Red Troops Advance Liberated Territory As a Helsingfors dispatch admitted that civilians were prepared to evacuate Viipuri and other Karelian towns, Finland hurled fresh reserves exactly the amount which it was into the battle in a desperate attempt planned should be captured in that to stall the new Russian offensive. time under the master invasion plan Although Finnish resistance had developed in 1943. stiffened all along the line, Gen. Field Marshal Erwin Rommel had Leonid A. Govorov's Leningrad arthrown a fourth of his entire avail- mies made deep penetrations along able forces in France and the Low a front and overran more Countries against the than 40 towns and villages. invasion front. According to an AlThe Red troops had gone comlied official spokesman, the Germans pletely through the new Mannerheim are "fighting like hell," but our casufollowing alties have been far lower than ex- line, built by the Finns initial advance of the present their pected. war in the summer of 1941. The RusA strong pincers was clamped on sians were approaching an intermethe battered city of Caen by twin diate defense line south of a third drives to the north and south of the defense belt the immediprotecting city. The Nazis' desperate stand at ate outskirts of Viipuri. Caen was with good reason. The city, if held by the Germans, would MARIANAS RAID: be a buffer against advances toNeiv Defeat for Japs ward Paris and Rouen. An American carrier task force, There were at least four identified German divisions in the Caen sec- operating for three days in the MariTotor, where the fighting was toughest. anas Islands, 1,500 miles from kyo, sank 13 Jap ships, damaged 16 IMPORTANT VISITORS: more and destroyed 141 aircraft. U. S. losses totaled IS planes. To Invasion Fronts Ten ships were sunk and another Day after it was announced in 10 were damaged when a Jap formaWashington, that Gen. Charles de tion was surprised as it attempted Gaulle, French leader, was coming to flee from Saipan. to this country to confer with Meanwhile. Allied headquarters in President Roosevelt, it was learned New Guinea announced that the in London that he would visit the Mokmer airdrome on Biak island invasion coast to stir the resist- has been put into operation. Infantry ance of underground forces in his troops on Biak pushed west toward native country. the Borokoe air field. American Some sources said that his visit casualties in Biak through the first to France would take the nature of week of June were announced as 85 a gamble for a popular demonstrakilled and 340 wounded. tion by the French people to be used in strengthening his hand when JAPAN: he sits down to bargain for recogniEarlier Defeat tion by the United States. Cheering news came from PresiEarlier, other Allied leaders had visited the scene of action in Nor- dent Roosevelt in a nationwide radio talk when he said that "we can mandy. Within a week after force the Japanese to unconditional Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, accomsurrender or national suicide much MarC. Gen. by George panied more rapidly than has been thought shal, U. S. chief of army staff. Gen. Harry H. Arnold, commander possible." The President said "we still have in chief of the air forces, and Adm. Ernest J. King, commanding the a long way to Tokyo," but added that our smashes in the Pacific have deU. S. fleet, crossed the English r channel for a prived the Japs of the power to inspection check the momentum of "our ever tour of the front. Prime Minister Winston Churchill growing and ever advancing miliof Great Britain, together with his tary forces." chief of the British Imperial Staff. The Allies have put Germany's Gen. Sir Allan Brooke, and Premier back to the wall "in fact three Jan Christian Smuts of South Africa, walls," Mr. Roosovelt said. And, he visited British forces on the French continued, the United Nations aroast the same day as the Amerimies in France are ready to hurl can inspection. The two parties did back the full might of the Nazi milinot meet. tary machine. Allied sources said between 600 and 700 square miles of French territory had been liberated almost ever-growin- g five-hou- II I G II L I G II T S STOCKS ACTIVE: Success of the initial stayes of the invasion of Europe boosted "peace" shares on the New York and other stock exchanges, With automobiles, utilities and steels most active. Stocks of many companies manufacturing kinds of civilian goods also benefited. Volume on June 11 touched 2Vi million shares, highest since November 8, 1943. thi wrrk'l lend-leas- j neiv CANADIAN LEND-LEASIn the ten month ended .March 31. Canada has sent goods worth $!M2.UOO.nno to the Allies on a basis. Most of the materials went to the United It is estimated that the Kingdom. total has now passed a billion dollars. Canada is the oiuy member of the Allies that iocj not receive help from the United States. lend-leas- e Thursday, June 22, 194$ iI NEPHI, UTAH TIMES-NEW- A. J n't - M6wAtii'i ' li in &fi '" .tr ittt ftftft ring In the corridor of a damaged building in Rome, an American medical corpsman gives aid to a wounded German soldier knocked out in the battle. PRICE CONTROL: Tough Battle When the senate passed the OPA price control extension bill bearing the controversial Bankhead amendment providing for the adjustment of cotton ceilings, the legislation still had a long way to go. First it went to the house and clearing that body, to the President' desk. Most sources looked upon this last stop as the major obstacle this meas- ure faced. For the senate passage was viewed as a defeat for the administration's unrelenting effort to eliminate the cotton ceiling adjustment and thus as OPA leaders said, "keep the lid" on living costs. Before it passed the senate. Chester Bowles, OPA administrator, warned that with cotton provision in it (this would give special prjee treatment to the textile industry and allow the increase in the cost of cotton items) the bill would: "shatter the entire stabilization structure." Because the government wants its price control machinery to remain intact at least until the end of 1945, dopesters could see the President' veto coming long before he got the bill. CHINA: See-Sa- w Rattle Almost complete encirclement of the Canton-Hankorail city of Changsha was indicated by a Chinese bulletin which told of heroic defense measures and a battle of "fiercest proportions." To the west, near the Burrr.o border, Chinese troops were cleaning out enemy rcmants In the outer areas of Lungling, Yunan province bae. The Japs still held strongly fortified positions on three hills outside the town. American bombers and fkhters blasted enemy troops, river craft and installations over '.he Hunan front. Yanks on Way to Invasion by Air and Sea KT X& drew Pearson Washington, D. C. UNPROMOTED COMBAT FLIERS One thing that gripes the boys at the front is the way a lot of the desk officers in the war department and others here at home seem to get promotions more rapidly than the boys who are up on the firing line. Some of them feel so badly about it that they aren't anxious to come home, though given opportunities of because they are outfurlough, ranked by their old friends at home. For instance, most of the new pilots just arriving in England are second lieutenants. They haven't been on any missions at all. Meanwhile, men who have been In England for two years, and have been flying over Europe constantly, still remain second lieutenants. "How many do you have?" asks some newly arrived pilot who has flown twice across the channel, each flight being a mission. ! - i . - j- . zSxtm ti pari In PzA'i yii Hi JJm hW. - Kva y-- H - TIRE-RATIO- N PROBE The Office of Price Administration Is quietly probing several cases of tire ration violations which promise to be sensational. They go right Into some of the biggest tire companies of the country. One of the big tire companies Is, being probed on a charge of having failed to void the tire ration certificates turned in to them by retailers. In other words, when a retail tire store or garage sells a tire, it has to send back to the tire manufacturer the certificate issued by the OPA ration board. However, the OPA is tracking down reports that these tire certificates, instead of being stamped as used, are going back to the dealers, or else remaining with them in the first place. Thus, they are able to sell more tires - without requiring more certifl- cates in exchange. Another big company is being Investigated by the OPA for buying up new tires of various makes from dealers and later reselling them through the company's own stores at considerable loss. Even though not the tires made by this company, the loss was considered a good investment because it got motorists into the habit of trading with this company's retail stores. There may be some startling news breaking on this soon". JO ft I , f4&i . 'S vC j - ; . By air and sea the army and navy of the Allied countries join in Invasion of French coast. The C. S. paratroopers reflect confidence as they fly over the English channel en route to the invasion of Europe. They were among the first assault troops to land on the continent. More than 4,000 vessels were employed In the Initial landings. The landing craft, one of newest types. Is shown loaded with American troops about to sail for somewhere in France during the first days of invasion. Coastguardman 'Flagging9 the Sarmi Invaders I I -- v. x ' I I i ' s, "i-- '"if if '' ? i ,i .. - - i'",,,,, jjuljj 8?'sw f ". - er . 3jimwmi " I - . a- - ,'' ' -- - - l - ifciimirMMwmtn"IfI .,-- -- . f Coastguardman B. W. Long, coxswain of Detroit, Mich., directs incoming LSTs to their beaching positions with semaphore signals from the shore at Sarmi, on the north shore of Dutch New Guinea. Capture U. S. experts who have studied of Wakde Island and Sarmi beachhead after stiff Japanese army opposition brought two more vital landing strips into American hands on their steady thrust westward toward China and the Philippines and that much the Nazi military setup to resist figure that Hitler or whoev- nearer to Tokyo and the final victory over the Japs. Heavy naval bombardment blasted Sarmi. er did the picking for him was I smart in his selection of German military leaders. Three of the best men in the German army have been given the job of combating what the Nazis know is the death thrust at Germany. No. 1 is Field Marshal Karl von Rundstedt, considered the best commander strategist and over-al- l in Germany. Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, immediately under him, is the best man for lightning moves and panzer tactics. Finally, Colonel General Heinz Guderian is considered the best tank commander in the German army. U. S. experts, who believe in looking facts in the face, classify these three as among the top military brains of Europe. GERMANY'S SMART CHOICES First Nazi Prisoners Taken in France DAYLIGHT SAVING TO END? looks as If daylight-savintime were going to be abolished without giving the President a chance to block the repeal. Several resolutions have been introduced to abolish war time, It Nazi 'Butterfly' g as a result of protests from farmers in agricultural areas. These are now before Representative Clarence Lea ef California and his Interstate Commerce committee, and It look as If one of them would be reported out and passed. If o, it cannot be vetoed by the President, for the original bill establishing war time provided that it was to end six months after the war, or upon a concurrent resolution by both houses of congress. Thi latter provision precludes a veto, since resolutions are not subject to being overruled by the White House. In fact. Congressman Lea wrote his original daylight-savinbill in this form for the specific purpose of heading off the White House in case Congress wanted to abolish war time. iy s r 7 t ,. Jfft s tj v. These are among the first Nail prisoner captured by the Canadian Invasion troops on the soil of France, In the great Allied Invasion. Returning ships to England from the first invasion wave carried a large number of Nazi prisoners, which were Increased by later returning ships of American and British naval forces. A German "butterfly" anti-pe- t. sonncl bomb is examined by Maj. L. Ehrmann, New York, commandant of the Bomb Disposal school at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. These bombs are dropped from planes in clusters. Honor American Dead at Anzio, Italy Invasion Baby mm 1 ! il,Ji't WV"m Vim Eppaa.aaailMjIH CAPITAL CHAFF Congratulations to Lieut. Harry B. Paul Barnhart for bringing laughs to the boys in the South Pacific with his army show "Stars and Gripes." Every day the stale department WAR COSTS: condenses foreign new developments for its officials both at home Hit 200 Itillions is It one of and abroad. the fairest Tne United S'ntcs has spent $200, ummarics in Washington. OfO.Oi'O.noO on the war o f.T mi'l new C The navy is starting a school of before the end of the year. government, similar to the army' v.ill be spent. at Charlottesville, Va., Co train men ; These fl Hires were released by to govern occupied territories. Some , I m, nrfMi anaiiinf iiim Tfinn TiJiIi mi iififty,ii mm Secretary of the Treasury Moreen navy men are wisecracking that iiiittritin tl.au. who adclcd that "To rvnreh they don't need to train governor A firing squafi sends a volley over the graves of soldiers In an from Naples to Rom cost of occupation because the British American cemetery at Anzio, Italy, at a Memorial day ceremony. The I lerve it to you to ir.i.iie take over all Pacific possession a alute followed an address by Fifth army commander Lieut. Grn. Mark what it will cost to march from oon a capture them. (The Solo-mo- Clark given a few day before the Invasion of France. Temporary markHome to Berlin. Cost of t,i!:ir. the and New Guinea were largeW ers have been placed ntll after the war. Marshall islands was S'J.OOO.GJj.OOO. British before the war.) C. fn n if-;'-- , g $5,700.-000.00- 'ry i, ii i uni a- - v! iii J Ik p. ( . iV f ST lL'i.. 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