Show washington D C SUPPLIES TO RUSSIA the fates and the weather were good to the russians last winter wint er but now another twist of late fate and the weather are working against the united states and russia it so happens that the polar ice sap ap this year has come farther south than at any other othe rAime time in years this has p pushed bushed the shipping lanes by which U S convoys arry supplies to Mur mansk closer and closer to norway and the powerful nazi bases there result is that only miles of tea sea separate the polar ico ice packs and the coast of Nor waya very narrow gauntlet for ships to run facing simultaneous attack f from rom nazi submarines airplanes and destroyers st this is why there have been losses on the route to russia it Is also why the united states has not been able to deliver all the supplies promised russia though it has tried desperately and the russians lave have the effort to prey on this shipping the nazis have developed one ot of their strongest bases at trondheim Trond heim norway there they have not only submarines but land based airplanes they also have the advantage during the summer ot of nearly 24 hours of daylight therefore convoys skirting the north tip of norway have to light fight a running battle for three days before they can reach murm Mur mansk ask it Is continuous day and night fighting with scarcely a wink of sleep for the crews merchant vessels bristle with armament Gun crews have been giving a magnificent account of themselves but the odds are tremendous men dous FRANCE GOES ANTINAZI ANTI NAZI it can be no 0 secret to the nazis that scores scores of frenchmen are are sneak ing out of france to england by small boat or even airplane some eventually have found their way to the united states the story they tell is one of the most encouraging encouraging of the war pictures but It if shows our state department to be lagging months behind in its policy toward france the people of france say these heroes of midnight channi channel across A cross ing sare so tar far ahead lithe ad of I 1 ti theu S state department that it would would be be humorous it it were not pathetic U se S food shipments to french north africa they say wont help win over the french people if anything will retard the independence movement there the french have been won over by much greater issues than food and are ae insulted at the state de part idea that they their souls for amess a mess of pottage e here are the major developments which have really influenced france 1 1 the behavior of the germans in france ja 2 the fact that britain was not only ablerto able to prevent nazi invasion but now is so effectively bombing the continent 3 the resistance of the russians 4 american entry into the war of all these one 4 rathe the most effective incidents was the british bombing of the renault motor plant frenchmen had been tipped off to leave in advance and the dropping of the french flag along the champs elysee by a british fighter plane last week so when the big push does come it will find an enthusiastic french people anxious to co operate cooperate note the french fleet these frenchmen say now will not be turned over to hitler not because of food shipments but bt because the fren french I 1 ch sailors wont vont permit it and the nazis got the naval personnel available to man them AXIS OILFIELDS behind the frequent jap bombing raids on north australia is a very important fact which has escaped the headlines As long as general macarthurs Mac Arthurs planes are based on north australia the japs cant go ahead with their long cherished plans to develop oil fields of lava java for long range U S army bombers can carry pay loads to java and make a shambles of oil tanks avd and oil wells that Is why the japs still want to take north australia though since the coral sea battlo battle they have cooled off on the idea ade ot of landing troops in the mora populated and richer areas of southeast australla Australia which in are now strongly defended this same principle of long distance raids by U S army bombers Is cutting into hitless Hit Hi lers flers oil ell supply tn in rumania for Ru OR oil tanks ire are well above ground and easy targets to d date aie hillers Hit lers only source ot of gasoline so vital io to his tanks and epla akes are 1 synthetic plants n germany and VY 2 Rum lann lana chats why hi he has to take the rus ilan oll fields or the war cant continue so tho the most valuable help irmy bombers ican give russia is ii to blow up Raman rumanian lan oil wells |