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Show Uf S TB3S DESERET NEWS Salt Lake City, Utah Monday, May 17. 1943 Interpreting The War News British Conservatives Urge Council Nazi Withdrawal From Italy Possible - Germans Have No Feeling Of Obligation To Mussolini ' has remarked, he most likely has discounted the .loss of this great base already. There! no question of loyalty to Mussolini involved, for the Nazi overlord would cut the duces throat as quickly as Benito subbed France in the back w hen he saw she was helpless. Therefore; the natural thing tot Hitler to do would be to withdraw to his defenses behind the Alps. and not waste manpower and equipment on a hopeless quest The Boche are pretty and practical in that way, as witness the manner in which Hitlers boasted legions surrendered against his orders in Tunisia when they saw that they were fighting a losing battle. This doesnt necessarily mean that Hiller would strip Italy clean, because the Allies can be kept out of the country, the better chance the Nazi chief has to prepare hlmSeif for the onslaught which certainly is going to be directed against his first line defenses. However, any German An-- Power larking left in Italy will quit when If and when the Allies attempt troopssee the game is up, just as invasion, much must depend on they aur power. They now hold over-helming aerial sn renornv and unless Hitler should rush a, d iarye section of his already w luftwaffe to the defense of .his. colleague a move which might be suicidal Mussolini like-I- t would be quite unable to w d the assault. The AftgtoAnseriean air fleets are making heaw Inroads on the Italian mainland. Last mght a force from Tunisia successful fv raided a base oniv fifteen miles from Rome which lacked the defease to stand off the attack .On the whole it's a sore toe of that now projects down Into the Allied controlled Mediterranean. St and large It probably would profit: Hitler little to expend much energv In defending Italy. DcVitt Slacken! By Wiule HJushrotra rumor of unItaly s impending collapse wish-doubtedly arc watered by therefore fad titinks-ud titouM be regarded with great cautioa. taere can be small doubt Lmsloin is intiial the deed rocking and that Mussolinibad way. the dace Kecorts from Lcafon that Hitler is rianmrr to withdraw and leave ha Italian stooge to stand otf the Allies alone is not wholly Undoubtedly the unreasonable-- . fuehrer un to this junction has been prepared to defend lulv Hroadr. bait the elimination of the Axis from North Africa has changed the Mediterranean picture entirely. As things stand. Italy is a t try had insurance risk. So long asHitler held powerful air and submarine bases CSTlse North African coast he had a good chance to defend Italy, and gave indications that he intended to do so. posses Now, however, the Allies .the African bases- rendering Italy highly vuhierabl to at- As this column previously mat - - eak-ene- Week Expected To Decide Occupation their comrades did In Tunisia. Rumors that King Emanuele may abdicate In favor of Crown Prince Umberto lack confirmation from any source. If the king should withdraw it wouldn't be because of hla personal unpopularto make way for-hi- s ity,-but more vigorous son. There was a lime long ago when the royal family sunk fairly low in public esteem, but that situation has chfmgefl. When I was in Italy not long before the war the king had recovered his hold on the putyic and there was no doubt that, it Mussolini passed out of the picture, the king, woiild again become the real head of Italy. Since then the people more and more have leaned longingly towards the ola monarch So far as concerns Umberto, some years ago his standing wasnt too high with the pubaclic, because Of his play-botivities. However, he has pulled up his socks and reinstated himself in the good will of the people. He probably would be acceptable to the public as king If his father chose to make way. y LONDON Looking forward to the problems which will confront the United Nations aftq- the war, 36 'conservative members-o- f Parliament have approved a report urging adequate military occupation of Germany and formation of an Allied council of control to govern many International activities. Tht memorandum, prepared un- (AP) Duee Flight Is Predicted ' CAP) Mayor NEW YORK F. H, LaGuardia, who makes frebroadcasts to quent short-wav- e Italy for the U. S. government, believes that Mussolini may soon flee his country and that the people wilt set up their own government, In Ills weekly radio talk yesterday, the mayor recently mentioned as a possible .head of a United Nations'. government for Italy said that upon the disintegration o t .the Fascist government, "Mussolini will soon sneak out of Italy In the dark of night and abandon the Alps." "Italy is at this very moment at the mercy of the Allies and 1 predict - it -- will soon be out of the war, he added. The 'Inside Story' Of Allied Heavy Bombers German Withdrawal Would Mean End Of der the chairmanship of Sir John Wardlaw Milne, pointed out that By Victor Gordon Lennox (CDN) During the present week it should be possible to judge what final decision Germany has taken on the vital question of whether the Reich armies and luftwaffe should undertake the defense of the Italian peninsula or .abandon Italy to its fate while themselves holding strong alpine defensive positions; Rumors pouring Into London from many - continental sources would suffice to bewilder the most astute foreign office. Many of these reports, when traced to thetr sources, prove to be only revivals of stories when were current in places like Berne and Stockholm many weeks ago. For example, a revived report, largely quoted in the British press today, declared that the Italian king, Victor Emmanuel already has- - abdicated In favor of the Prince of Piedmont, who will be assisted by Marshal Pietro in conducting Italian affairs. But- - investigation-sho- ws thar even the Algiers radio which is not always the most reliable has not said that but merely reports that the king is expected to abdicate in certain circumstances. Withdrawals Claimed Today the London Daily Mail Continue Repairs carries prominently a report that German officials are being withReSTOCKHOLM (CDN) drawn from Italy Including numon continue bers of Gestapo men and declares pair' battleship Germany Tirpitz, - now that there are unmistakable back in Norway following its mis- signs that Hitler is preparing to adventure with a Russian submarine in the Narvik area several month8 ago. Report- - circulating - here say that theTirpitz was hit by a torpedo when it ventured out of ' Narvik By George WHer Rumors' cropping up at variSOMEWHERE IN NEW GU1N-Eous times about the presence of (CDN) Thousands of upaircraft carrier Germanys - faces, staring through Graf Zeppelin in Norway appear turnedd skies above Port unfounded, private channels ad- Moresby, saw New Guineas mo6t vise that the Graf Zeppelin is still beautiful sight about 10 minutes in Germany; that the ship pur- ago: A Japanese bomber catch porting to be the Graf Zeppelin is fire at a height of about 20,000 merely a skillfully camouflaged feet, explode in flames and fall passenger boat converted Into a In fragments. -- - The of three carrier,. plane was-one Trondheims Importance as a sets of paired bombers which be submarine base shoud not preceded their boms with flares minimized, although Increasing that fell like reversed yellow daylight in the Arctic Circle and candles through the sky. One the freedom of the Mediterranean went out only a few seconds ago route are bringing reduction in. after the plane which launched was wiped out. the amount of traffic on the Mur- It As the searchlights found the mansk route. 1 overhead, your corNipponese note to that is It interesting sat with a Java vetCol. Gen. Nikolaus von Falken-hors- t, respondent Lionel Turner of eran, Staff commander of occupation 813 PacificSgt.Avenue, Alameda, been has 522 just troops in Norway, Calif.; Cpl. Buell Rolens, given complete command of all North 15tli Street, Murphysboro, includtroops based in Norway, ing the luftwaffe and ground 4.000 troops and crews for about 300 LONDON German (AP) planes. occupation authorities have deported 4,000 Dutch students to Killed In Germany for forced labor, the (AP) Netherlands Agency Aneta said WAXAHACHIE, Tex. Lieut. William S. Farish, 31, son today. Of the late president of the StandAneta quoted Reichsmarshal ard Oil Company of New Jersey, Hermann Goering's Essener Naand Sgt. Jasper J. DeMarla Jr., tional Zeitung as saying the 25, of Merriam, Kas., died in the 4.000 had been deported after 90 flaming crah of a training plane per cent had refused to sign "a before several- - thousand spec- declaration of obedience" to all tators at a Sunday air show here. Nazi regulations. "owing to the many difficult questions to be settled," It probably will be several years after the cessation of hostilities before a peace treaty can be formulated. In the meantime. It said, the proposed Allied council wjuld be charged with the duty of preserving order and carrying out the immediate demobilization of Germany's armed forces. The council also would supervise the "dismantling of the airplane industry and would control where necessary the closing down of Gernymys war potential, including heavy and chemical Industries, to .the extent to which they are the basis for the production of munitions." The council, the report said, would be empowered to bring to trial before military courts German leaders accused ef ' crimes against the people of occupied lands. Such courts would be "constituted by the government of the state whose nationals have been victims of crimes. . LONDON Bad-ogli- o Ship Tirpitz set-pla- moon-splashe- -- iBiiiiQlJHJl) Deported Crash , E. penny of the nearly $133,000 Standard of California earned as "profit from last Fall's rubber drive we passed along to benefit our cea-i- n uniform. The other oil companies all over the country did the same thing, bringing the total contribution to two and a half B&llioo dollars. ... Whotovor it east to handle" the rubber. Standard of paid out of pocket. But Cali--forn- ia mighty few people who shared in the robber drive were looking for turns turn. Neither was Standard. It wasn't business. It was a call to arms! Kaary person in the oil industry did his utmost to help both at home and on the job. It became a friendly game as to w ho could collect the roost, with astonishing records made. The end of die drive found both men and women putting more time on robber collection than oo their own job. -- - IA record-breakin- -- 111., air and Gamble of - 5705 South Broadway, St. Louis, Mo. Some guys claim we got two, said Gamble. Cpl. William Rolens said I scrambled from my slit trench, hearing the fellows nearby yelling that 5ne Jsp was burning. We could see him profiled against the cloud as he crawled around with his wing Big,' broad burning. circle in and out between the clouds, then his red flame suddenly changed to yellow and there was a big burst of bright flame, then nothing but pieces dropping after his flares." The Jap planes sent several streams of red tracers downward, which Turner described as, aimed personally at me." J 'a' He-mad- e all. Its ..division immobilize present situated in the Balkans. Pole Army Forms MOSCOW (AP) Pravda, the Communist Party newspaper, said tetiy that Col. Zigmund Berling will command a new Polish Army now being formed in Russia to fight against Germany. Col. Berling formerly A as chief of staff of the fifth division in the Polish Army of Gen. Wlad-yslaAnders. That army was composed of Polish soldiers freed after Russia and Germany went to war against each other. The army never did take the field and later was njoved out of Russia into Iran. 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Nothing can be said like that of other leading Axis about others who may have ac commanders, will be kept secret LONDON, - (CDN) LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Neher g Gibraltar accompanied by five other German- and two Italian generals. From Algeclras last night, came a report that three German generals had been detained In the new military which the British recently constructed inside the Rock of Gibraltar. Since the outbreak of war. the Allies have captured 111 German and Italian generals and two Italian rear admirals. From these only 19 are Germans, the re malnder comprising 92 Italians of the regular army and airforce. Blackshirts and some that .are unclassifiable. Von Arnim arrived In London as Britain's church bells . rang in celebration of the Allied victory in Tunisia and home guards paraded 5.000 strong before King George VI to mark their third anniversary. MatshSl Giovanni Messe. Italin North ian commander-ln-chie- f Africa, arrived by air with, other high ranking Fascist prisoners today. Specs! victory thanksgiving the services were held fn churches and the sound ft Westminster Abbeys chimes were broadcast to the foffea in Tunisia and to the continent. lumbar-w-r- n- Circulation, r Enter) t lb postofflee at Salt Lake.. CHS at second clan matter according to Act el Confraaa. March A 117 SUBSCKUTIOR RATES Ona week Six month Now watch the fan . . yell, woman overboard? Every one of us has a part to play in winning the war -- . . a part that calls for good health and good eyesight Yet thousands of people strain their eyes every night because they fil to give their hos-pita- TlifcsliLF IWutf fJIltXUj) your eyes war - conditioned! It was reported over the week end that von Arnim arrived in t is (paid. in advance)- - . 15 40 One-ye110 SO (paid in advance! Tha abov ratea applx to Oteh. Idaho. Recede and Wjominr. All other atatea $1 month. 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But It is perfectly clear that there is a most serious ferment in Italy and It la expected here that this will take more positive shape within the next fortnight. Events Will Tell Meantime, your correspondent suggest that the only reliable guide for" future developments is actual evidence of enemy troops And aircraft movement end positions. The luftwaffe based in the central Mediterranean has been seriously mauled. Twice the Germans-Jtav- e brought it up -- to full strength, giving, it was estimated, a total Axis air strength of approximately 1,000 planes. Air Secretary Sir Archibald Sim clair stated on Saturday that enemy aircraft losses between November 7 and May 8 totaled 1,696. Probable losses during the closing phase of the Tunisian battle brought that total up to nearly 2.006. Therefore a clue to Germanys decision whether to defend or abandon Italy will not be the withdrawal of the remain of it battered forces from Sicily and other points thereabouts, but evidence many new luftwaffe forces are being sent into Italy. Immense stocks of requisite ground equipment which accompanies a modem ' air force were abandoned In Tunisia. It is most doubtful whether the Germans have a duplicate set in Italy, and this could only be provided by transfer from other fronts. Could Germany afford such transfers? Can't Stand Alone The Italians certainly cannot undertake the successful defense of their country unaided. Thus their decision whether of not to surrender to the Allies must be by German decision. fovemed the Italian government already 'knows what .that decision Is, perhaps not. The London Sunday Dispatch yesterday gave prominence to a report from Its New York correspondent, Don Idden, declaring that President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill were expected to make a dramatic peace offer to luly, coupled with an ultimatum requiring the Italians to lay down their arms or face the consequences. Your correspondent believes that this report probably is veil founded. Italy would obviously be required not within only to lay dowirlts arms also to the metropolitan state, but Beetvrti collection of 17,944 tons the equivalent of more than one too for each employee. But when the check is cashed, our boys will also be cashing your overshoes, slickers, hot-watbottles and you spirit into friendliness at home and loving care abroad. I' withdraw forces at present established in Italy to the north ot the Brenner Pass. Other report during the week end suggest that the bulk of the luftwaffe already has been withdrawn from Sicily and other ascist. Hopes These are the two planes responsible for a major share bombardment might. The V. S. Flying Fortress developed as a high level precision bomber, the Lancaster as a long distance night bomber. The statistics are based on officially released information by the two countries. The bomb loads shown are for the optimum flight ranges listed. Over shorter distances a heavier load may be carried, the Lancaster having facilities -for eight tons of explosives.- This, too, you can remem-- , her by way of hppy ending. Oir check represents Standard of California's own F Thousands Watch Jap Plane Burn 20,000 Feet Above Them ith-sun- All this money went to the Bed Cross, USO, Army and the only rubber Navy Relief check w e've ever met that w as Jood at die bank. One reason for Its lusty sue is that Standard, as well as the other oil companies, deducted nothing the rubber for expenses.-I- n drive we went along with the fellow ho argued "Why worry about expenses youve got ! plenty of em I Italys Fate BONDS AND STAMPS! . - |