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Show Studies World Food FDR U. S. Would Avoid Assuming Burden By The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) Rela- "And. a new Russia tionri with , appoach to the world food problem appeared today to have replaced combat strategy as the number one concern of the White House. Awaiting President Roosevelts decisions are: 1 Appointments to four key ail diplomatic assignments, bearing on , sian interests 8 A program by the War Mobilization Board lor stimulatabroad so ing food production that the U. 6- - will not have to feed the world. Announcements are expected on these subjects. j momentarily The diplomatic appointments involve an undersecretary of state to succeed Sumner Welles who has informed friends., ofjtus res- -to Rusignation; an ambassador William sia in place of Admiral H. Standley, reported ready to , relinquish his post for personalreasons; an envoy for the pre-liminary discussions of foreign ministers of the three big powers at Moscow, leading to a meeting, - and a U. S. representative in the Mediterranean committee. t Some action on the food pro--. gram was believed likely by this week end along with an execuwhich tive order designating federal 'agency would draw the it out. It envistask of carrying ages three phases: deciding where fertile lands, and labor may be found abroad to make nations guaranteeing markets of what they produce, and making available the services of expert food growers, machinery and seeds. . Congress meanwhile confined its attentions largely to postwar policy and the father draft issues. found Senator Hatch fault with the House adopted resolution favoring U. 8. participation in appropriate machinery to keep the peace. He said it ought to have a big stick in it a pledge to J nse military force to prevent A Senate future aggression. foreign relations subcommittee met to review a variety of postwar policy proposals with indi- attitude cations that a tern-poari- Rosevelt-Churchill-Stal- in inter-AHie- d r (Continued from page 1) jtlng up a stiff and stubborn battle on the direct, shoreline route to Naples and little advance was made. ' PrrpareNext Blow With the first phase of the battle of Italy, which took place at Salerno, over, both our forces and the Germans are In the same positions as boxers sitting in the corner preparing for the next round,' a military spokesman said. He explained thpt both sides were regrouping -- Tor the next blow. Meanwhile the northwest African air forces held to their task of mopping np Nazi communications leading to the Naples area, with Mitchells, Mar- anders and Invaders striking at bridges, road junctions and moving transport. Middle East liberators smashed at airdromes at Maritza on the Island of Rhodes in the Dodecanese and Elevsis at Athens, in Greece, where runways and hangars were hit and six aircraft on the ground, a Cairo communique said. Nearly 200,-00-0 pounds of high explosives were dropped. RAF Wellingtons also attacked .Maleme airdrome on Crete by night. Taking up the task of walloping Nazi escape ships plying between Bastia in northeastern , Corsica and Leghorn, the debarkation Mitchells left port in Italy, two vessels smokings and listing and a barge and escort vessel shattered by hits. Wellingtons also attacked a small convoy between Elba and Leghorn. The Germans were giving no alrcover to these fleeing troops, in contrast to the gigantic battles waged when the" British withdrew from Dunkerque. Warhawks, broadening their horizon of operations to (Continued From Page One) the Adriatic side of the Italian in the Russian civil war and the scored direct hits on famous battle-grounwhere the peninsula, a 2,000-toship in the Gulf of Swedish army of Charles XII was above Bari, and at-defeated by the Russians under Manfredonia tacked quays and stores. Peter, the Great. Kiev, Russia's fourth largest Prisoners Buy Bonds city and keystone of the German defense wall on the DniepWASHINGTON. (Af) Amerier River, was menaced from can prisons are doubling and more their quotas toward the three directions as Red army forces continued to roll up vic$300,000 bomber they will buy as their part in the $15,000,000,000 tory after victory along the third war loan, the treasury refront from flaming Demidov in the north of the ported today. Black The men and women behind Kuban bridgehead on the bars will name the craft themSea. 42 of selves miles Demidov, northwest in a contest to be conductSmoleask and 21 miles from the ed at the conclusion .of the drive. Of 41 reporting institutions, out borders of White Russia, was stormed by the Russians yester- of a total of 130, the treasury said day after one of the most san only one not idemfied has failguinarv battles of the Soviet sum- ed to exceed its goal. mer drive. Its capture, after two days of bitter fighting, elicited a Woman Injured In Car special order of the day from M. OGDEN Mrs Lola Premier Joseph Stalin, who called 29, of 3719 Porter Ave., the northern bastion one of the sustained a possible skull .fracstrongest German defense ture and internal injuries this morning when her car in which she was driving was struck by British Health Good another machine driven by Mrs. health Erva Ann Kennedy, 24, of 3813 LONDON (AP) The Ogden Ave. of the average Briton Is holdwell despite remarkably up ing the rigors of four years of war, Minister of Health Ernest Brown said today, but he warned that increases last year in venereal diseases and tuberculosis constituted danger spots. There can be no doubt that the nation's prodigious war effort has imposed a severe strain upon the health of the people a strain which they have with-- , stood In general with bogged determination and astonishing success, Brown said in his annual , report. inter-nation- Russia - 5 P-4- 0 n , 750-mil- e cen-ters- ." striking Rockefeller Center elevator operators were arrested today as partial service was established in the 12 buildings where attendants walked out last night. . The men charged with disorderly conduct in threatening an operator who was running one of the elevators in service. Still shut down, however, were 120 other - . lifts. Despite the emergency service, thousands of office workers trudged up endless flights of stairs in order to begin their days work. Many of them had walked down the same stairs when the walkout occurred at last nights rush hour. Lobbies of the 12 buildings jammed. In the 70- story RCA building, only two of the 40 elevators were "111 operation as office began to report for the day. Police formed a waiting ..line, of ..more than 1,000 persons. At the International Building, five passenger cars and one freight elevator were in operation- and the lobby was packed. Large details of police W'ere on duty in alt the buildings. Negotiations to halt the stoppage ended in a deadlock at 6 am. Louis Ferkm, attorney for the Association of Building Maintenance Employes of Rockefeller Center, Inc., said the walkout was caused by the discharge of eight or more women cleaners." and by the tyrranical treatment of women cleaners by Mrs, Ruth Wirson, had floor lady. ELECTED TO TOP POSTS IN LEGION New top officers of the American Legion and Its auxiliary, elected at their convention In Omaha, Neb., are pictured above. Warren H. Atherton, left, of Stockton, Calif was chosen. as national commander of the Legion and Mrs. Lawrence F. Smith, right, of Racine, Wis., is the new president of the auxiliary, LegionFrom Page (Continued f A One) around those weapon-bearer- s which can hit the farthest and the hardest. In this present war these bearers are aircraft This is thoroughly understood by all naval offi- ' cers. Airmindedness in ' the navy is by no means the exclusive property of the navy aviator. But Jin laid great stress on the Importance pf close coordination of all branches in any engagement, asserting: Unity and team work is the basis of the navys fighting doctrine. It is the navys aim to strike the enemy at any given point w'ith all weapons that can be brought to bear, synchronized and coordinated in overwhelming assault. Stating that the ultimate test of a military organization is its performance in combat, its discharge of the vital and sacred duty to defend its country against the enemy, Yie said naval aviation particularly Jhas met and is meeting this test. The record of Midway, the Solomons, wrar in the Atlantic, the bear witness. . . . It is the particular business of the navy to gain and to keep control of the seas for the support and execution of our policies, said Kng. To accomplish this duty, we of the navy must be prepared to defeat the enemy wherever he may be found on those seas or on the coasts bordering them, In this task we have employed and, shall continue to employ every weapon available. The requirements of the particular mission will dictate how many types of weapons we shall employ and in what proportion. But in whatever proportions they may be combined, it shall ever be the navys doctrine that they1 work at a team, each of whose members undertsands the played by the others; and, pat above all, that the captain of the team shall know the capabilities and limitations of each of its members. By this Integration of all our fighting arms lit one competently directed, flexible, fighting organization, we have attained success to date. By the same means integration weshall .go Jonyard volved TT 3E nUikcmce w --ML. uA playing our part in realization of the inevitable victory of our coun. try and our countrys cause." The -- highlight of the closing session .of the 25th annual Legion convention was the presentation of the Legion's Distinguished Service Medal to Admiral King. of serv-ic-e chief E. Jhhnson, Roy Boost Debt Limit evaluation of the Red Cross, May Contold the Legion in a prepared - WASHINGTON (AP) address how services being car- gress may be asked soon to boost ried on by the Red Cross are the national debt limit to linking the battle front with the front Chairman-Canno- the Red Cross clubs in the theaters of operation, where entertainment, recreation and bathing and sleeping facilities are provided. He told of the clubmobiles which visit camps and bivouacs to distribute coffee, doughnuts and lemonade and provide light entertainment. He at hospitals described scenes Red Cross Supplies stacks of surgical dressings and blood plasma were .ready for use. The convention adopted, a resolution to press for enactment of a national service law to assure thatmanpower for war production and essential civilian activities will be available when and as needed to win the war. Another resolution asked that steps be taken by the federal government to assure that overseas soldiers, probably the last to be demobilized, shall not suffer unemployment on that account. The resolution was one of many offered by the employment committee of'the Legion and adopted by the convention. In. general they outline a broad policy for returning soldiers, including vocational rehabilitation, continuing of education if desired and safeguarding of jobs. Under suspension of the rules, the convention voted to appropriate $250,000 for the World War II liaison committee to conduct a campaign among men now in the military services to encourage their joining the Legion when they become eligible for member, ship by honorable discharge. He-cit- ed French School Delayed postponed He esimated the present at between -rate - and HARSH LAXATIVES Millions Find Simple Fresh Fruit Drink Gives Them All the Laxative Aid They Need Dont form the habit of depend- ing on harsh, griping laxatives until youve triedliij gasy, health- ful way milliona now Use to keep regular. Its fresh lemon juice and water taken first thing jn the morning. just as soon aa you get up. The 'juice of one Sunkist Lemon in a glass of waterIaken thus, on an empty stomach, It stimulates , normal bowel action, day after day, for most people. And lemons are actively go.od for you. Theyre among the richest sources of Vitamin C.which eom-ba- ts fatigue, helps resist colds and Infections. They supply vitamins Bt and P, aid digestion and help alkalinize the system. , drink Try this grand wake-u- p 10 mornings. See if it doesnt help rout Use California Sunkist Lemons, - lf y lf 1-- Cur-ran- 80000 g0000G9Oe 2-- ential 2-- Burma Raided NEW DELHI. India (AP) Plying through the difficult condi-tlon- s of the declining monsoon, RAF Beaufighters destroyed and damaged a number of locomotives, 6ampans and trucks In a new series of blows at Japanese communications in Burma, it was announced today. The principal attacks were in the Kaiha district, along the Irrawaddy and on Cheduba Island along the " coast. spending- $7,000,000,-00- 0 that war appropriations, which reached a peak for the current fiscal year, will begin to decline . nextryear. Drug Company Fined PHILADELPHIA (AP) The National Drug Company, of Philadelphia, was fined $4,000 by Federal Judge Harry E. Kalodner today on a plea of nolle contendere to charges of shipping large quantities of a contaminated chemical compound to army depots, for use In preventing the clotting of blood used in transfusions. The firm was fined $500 on each of eight counts In a crirr inal information filed by U. S. Attorney Gerald A. Gleeson. WALLPAPER th Oc- Cet big, beautiful prints in Full Color from your Kodachrome Transparencies Kodak Mlnlcoior Print are made In three ttandard sizes starting with 214 z 3'4 (thia aize $.75 each, minimum order, $1). See our sample. STORES EASTMAN INC. 155 South Main Pretty Patterns you on your decorating problems without All let our experts advise interior obligation W. The paint that the ,, good wife loves to use 3 in the house 1 , ; If You Believe. . ARMSTRONG-ENGBER- G Anglo--ipriQa- lb West 1st South Phone ..a a; a ir dcU. Wux fl GO. ra If we Americans believe every man should be free free from fear, fre ' from hunger and want, free to worship It Buys U. S. War Bonds, Thereby Backing Jhe Attack 2. It Safeguards the Important Home Front as-- he thinks WASHINGTON of persons fer using the new service. This service, like ail other overseas communications; will be subjeet to censorship. day United Mine Workers and the IlThe work day for underground linois Coal Operators' Association men will be eight and one-haannounced today they had signed hours, including all time required a new agreement which - would m traveling from the portal of tfia increase the earnings of under mine at the beginning of a shift ground workers an average of- - -emtii -theyemerge at, the end of $1.75 a day for a five-daweek. the shift. This would be accomplished by This would supplant the presthe work day and ent seven-hou- r day, which covCurran, who arrived in Bos- lengthening for travel time. ers only actual productive time at ton after shipping as a boatswain paying The agreement, subject to ap- the working place. for what the union called a surof the War Labor Board The wage' rate' will be at of maritime conditions proval vey and an increase in the ceiling straight time for the first 40 notified through abroad, wag hours of the week and time and NMU headquarters that he was price of coal, provides an entirenew basis for calculating the one-hathereafter. classified the Rev. Francis ly K. Shepherd, chairman of s 'draft board, announced. He said Curran could appeal to the president because one board member dissented fiom the action which shifted the union presias a., worker dent from in civilian activit- - to This action resulted when Col. Arthur V, McDermott, New York Cily Selective service director, classification, appealed the claiming that the NMU president was not entitled to it inasmuch as Curran was nqt regularly engaged as a seaman." YORK. (AP) Joseph Curran Was listed today by his selective service board as subject to induction call, but the president of the National Mari-tim- e Union, has until' Monday to appeal his status, if he chooses to do so'. Phone To Moscow Di(AP) rect telephone service has been " established between New Tone and Moscow. This became known today with the filing of g tariff with the Federal Communications Commis.lon by the American Telephone ar.d Telegraph Company. . The cost of a call between New York and Moscow is on the basis -- of S21 for three minutes. The tariff filed with the FCC Coal Miners Get Pay Raise WASHINGTON The work (AP) in bituminous mines.' A NEW 1. - Page 5 if the said, may be sufficient war doesnt last too long Present prospects, he said, are tober by the French education n as a result of ministry the air attacks on French civilian population. 2?i 23,. 1943 $8,000,000,000 monthly. A $300,000,000,000 limit. Cannon ' of until-Hhe-e- nd September $210,000,000,000. A (AP) Utah Thursday, of - (D-Mo- - the House appropriations committee told reporters today the government present rate of the spending is approaching present statutory, debt limit of Berlin propaganda broadcast said today that the beginning of a new school term in France hag been LONDON. n City,- -- -- home Salt Lake Moritime Union Head Put In 1-- e Italian NEWS . Held Operators NEW YORK (AP) Two to avoid any 'bitter, open gnments was 'desirable around. The Wheeler bill to block ... . draft of fathers, which lost a lot of its popularity after the military high command criticized it severely, meets Its test next Tuesday. 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