| Show 0 WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS U S russ pact means second front and operation cooperation co for basti lasting ng peace yank warships join british blockade new pipeline to supply oil for east NOTE when 0 expressed in these columns they are those of tile news an 11 9 and not necessarily of this newspaper lie leased by western newspaper union 4 4 N V 4 N 0 AA 4 A X 8 illow how the united states can help greece now starving and prostrate under nazi rule was among things discussed when king george 11 of greece conferred with president roosevelt during the greek monarchs flying visit to washington above the president Is shown with king george on the white house lawn U US S RUSS PACT second front in succession came three moves by the united states russia and groat grant britain that promised momentous consequences for the prosecution of the war and th the e safeguarding of tho the peace alter after wards first president roosevelt announced that the united states and russia had reached a full understanding with regard to the urgent tasks of creating a second front in europe in 1042 second british foreign minister anthony eden announced that britain and russia had signed a 20 yeat year military and political alliance pledging peace and renouncing noun cing territorial greed third the united states and russia signed a mutual assistance agreement tor for prosecution of the war against the axis pledging increased lend lease aid and postwar post war economic cooperation central figure in negotiating the three way understanding was soviet foreign commissar V M molotov the russian statesman flew first to london and then hopped the atlantic to washington where under the incognito of mr brown he was a 0 white house guest for a week not until molotov was safely back in moscow was the curtain of secrecy about his visit lifted significance of this latest diplomatic coup for the united nations Is that war activities will be greatly speeded and the framework for a durable peace based on economic fair play provided OIL FOR EAST new pipeline acting to avert a threatened fuel oil famine in the east the war production board authorized immediate construction of a 24 inch pipe line from Long longview view texas to the salem ill area the new pipeline wil cut in halt half the distance texas oil has to travel at present by rail and inland waterway to reach the atlantic seaboard while it will have a capacity of barrels a day the pipeline will not supply enough oil to lift gasoline rationing restrictions in the east officials declared they pointed out that shipments of oil and oil products to the east have not been meeting essential demands despite rigid rationing and that stocks have fallen dangerously below safety levels RUSSIAN WAR nazis speed drive stepping up the tempo of their russian offensive nazi armies and air forces pressed attacks on ahr three ee major fronts these included a push from kharlov in the ukraine a drive against besieged sevastopol in the crimea and an air attack on Mur mansk north of the finnish sector with completion expected by Decem Dec emberl berI the mile pipeline will require tons of fenish finished ed steel the size of the force directed at sevastopol suggested that the nazis were at last getting their summer campaign under way more than ten german divisions numbering men were reported striking at the strategic black son sea city the importance ef c this city is that it opens a gateway to the rich caucasus oil fields from moscow came a cheering announcing that despite the intensity and stubbornness of the attacks the enam enemy failed to break the resistance of the sevastopol de defenders enders I 1 YANK WARSHIPS join british fleet As land and air warfare in europe and africa approached a critical stage the atlantic ocean battle theater crowded into the forefront with the announcement that a powerful task force of U S warships had joined the british home fleet commanded by rear near admiral robert C giffen the american naval force will help the british blockade german controlled europe guard allied convoys and hunt axis submarines news that the yank sea reinforcement had joined the british became public in connect connection Jon with a three day visit to an english port by king george VI who boarded a U S battleship and saw aw other warships of the task force with british sea power scattered in the atlantic the mediterranean and pacific oceans the arrival of substantial help from the american navy in the atlantic area had significant ant implications important among these was that the stronger united nations naval squadron now would be able to keep closer watch on the powerful nazi warships lurking in norwegian waters NAZI TERROR in czechoslovakia in a reign of terror following the death of reinhard the hangman heydrich at the hands of czech patriots nazi gestapo execl slaughtered the entire male population of the czech village of leiditz banished its women and children to concentration camps and burned burnea it to the ground the axis controlled prague radio charged that th the e village had harbored hendrichs Heyd rIchs killers the towns town pop population illation was estar estimated abed at indicating that upward of men were shot leiditz was located a few miles west of prague and not far fram where tho the hangman was fatally wounded by patriots while driving along a winding road ALEUTIAN ISLANDS jap footholds while mile the navy department denied axis claims that japanese navy and army units had established footholds on the inhabited areas of the aleutian island chain stretching 1500 miles across the north pacific from alaska further reports of the extent of the american air and naval victory at midway island came from admiral chester W nimitz commander in chief of the pacific 11 fleet beet admiral nimitz intimated that of a jap invasion fleet of more than 30 vessels engaged in the battle probably half were casualties besides heavy loss in warships and transports the toll of manpower ran into thousands that the tokyo government was preparing the nipponese public for news of the sea reverse w was as indicated by reports that an official spokesman had warned a radio audience not to expect that all battle news could always be favorable FOOD VS ARMS anglo U 5 pool the announcement by president and prime minister win wina ton churchill of the establishment of two combined boards to integrate Integral 8 anglo american arms anna production product loil and plan the most offe effective active use tt 69 food resources of the united Nat nations lotis had a twofold two fold significance united N nations fk 1 it meant that the war effort would bo be speeded u up p tremendously by quicker brodu production t of ess essential estial materials und 4 more efficient use of shipping facility facilities les 2 it meant that careful plans plan for the postwar post war world were being laid for the organization of the re sources resources of the united states carried into peacetime peace time operations could help solve international problems of distribution eliminate cutthroat competition and raise standards that both tho the arms production board and the food board would have the benefit of the best anglo american planning brains was evident dent t from their per personnel sorin ca donald M nelson war brodu production action calel achter tain and oliver lyt lyttleton kieton tieton british minister of production comprised the prodoc production tion board claude H n secretary of agriculture was named american representative on the food board working with wilh the non lion R II 11 brand head of tho the british food mission reduction of american food surpluses might become necessary president roosevelt warned as a means of alleviating hardships abroad ono one of the objectives of the food board lie he said Is to distribute foodstuffs on a fair basis among all united nations BUMPER CROPS for U S F farms arrias progress in the battle for all out food production was reported by the department of agriculture which predicted that all previous records of united states farm production may be considerably exceeded it if weather conditions remain favorable the department said most crops were in better condition than at tile corresponding time last year when the nation had one of the most boun alful harvests in its history A winter wheat production of bushels was forecast the department likewise predicted a spring wheat crop of bushels it if harvested a crop of this size once more would far exceed domestic requirements of about abou bushels of wheat a year and add substantially to the nations food stockpile for war purposes and peacetime peace time planning WAR production ahead of schedule dide donald M nelson told the world that america Is doing the impossible with war production exceeding all estimates the chairman of the war production board in an address before the graduating class of the university ot of missouri confidently declared this year we shall make airplanes and by the end of the year 3 P DONALD 51 NELSON I 1 impossible Is accomplished it we shall be pick ingup speed foran for an even greater production wo we haye have found our total production of 0 war goods is h higher than we had any reason n to suppose it could be when blue prints were first prepared for war plants but it was of the postwar post war period of opportunity as well as the c con diet itself that the round faced production boss spoke if this war Is costing costine us a tearful fearful price he said it is also dal developing for us new technique and new abilities it is placing at our ds dosal an industrial plant a set of developed resources that will he be beyond price poverty is not inevitable any more the sum total of the worlds greatest possible output of goods good divided by the sum total of the worlds inhabitants no long longer er means a little less th than an enough for everybody VICHY HY FRANCE keep ties to most americans the vichy aichs government of france is anathema but ut to ambassador william 1 D leahy in the united states sinae the return to power 0 of pro axis pierre laval the petain reime has merit enough to warrant un uncle cle sarn sam in maintaining diplomatic relations in the eyes of most americans is far less a nazi tool than laval who is looked upon a as a traitorous puppet |
