| Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS curb on U S civilian meat consumption eases supply problem for armed forces ciders hiders Hit lers russian timetable time table slowed up work W ork or fight I 1 Is s edict of draft head EDITORS notel when are expressed in the tt city ave are those hoc of 0 western newspaper New paper union news new analyst anal and not hect s ally of th this newspaper I 1 released by newspaper union p 44 81 V two australian seamen W D Mc mcburnie Burnle left and anaf F E miller are brou rought glit ashore in a lighter at an australian seaport after being aou wounded in i action in the solomon islands they ar are e survivors of thi the Austral australian larl ship lip canberra which was lost in action when A american m i marines and naval units alts supported by australian forces made their historic attack on the japanese held solomon islands P RUSSIA j 11 f winter comes chill autumnal winds that swept the russian steppes had reminded the nazi invaders that adolf hit lers timetable of conquest wasby was behind schedule every day the russian lines held was that much time lost for the germans every day they held was that much closer to winter up th the volga eVolga river from the caspian seato sea to beleaguered beleaguer ed stalingrad Stal ingrad had come a soviet naval flotilla there southeast of the city proper the ships poured shellfire on the attacking germans answering the thunder of the big gunsche guns the nazis were using to reduce the city meanwhile tank battles air assaults and hand to hand e encounters had raged in and around the city while the heroic red forces had held their ground and even forcel forced the Geri germans nans back in ih places th the 1 situation remained grave defeat defea I on the volga would mean incalculable injury to the russian war effort with vital communications disrupted and the connecting red armies of south and central russia split in the caucasus the germans still had goals to reach still in the hands of the stouthearted stout hearted red defenders was the south and eastern half of the peninsula DRAFT EDICT worker work or fight A work or fight edict to end the occupational deferment of men who stay away from their jobs or go on strike kein in war plants loom loomed ed as maj gen lewis B hershey director of selective service made public an amendment to selective service regulations ions which stated whenever the director of selective service advises a local board that a deferred registrant or group of deferred registrants is not supporting up or is adversely affecting the war effort or the national health safety or interest the local board shall immediately terminate the deferment andi and consider anew the classification sifi cation of such registrant or registrants s 11 local boards hitherto had au authority thorl to reclassify such persons person s and in a number of instances had done so ALEUTIANS japs wings clipped heartening news from alaska was brought to washington by congressman warren G magnusen on his return from an official visit to american fighting forces in the north the navy said mr magnusen had definitely turned japanese occupation of the aleutian islands to our advantage the situation is good in alaska he said the joint army and navy command is clearly now offensive minded the occupation of the aleutian islands by japan has been turned to our advantage by the navy giving us the opportunity to sink japanese ships we otherwise would have been unable to get to the navy has clipped japans offensive wings if she had any idea of using the aleutians Aleut ians as d a stepping stone for an attack against alaska MEAT RATION aids armed forces A voluntary meat ration of az 2 pounds per week for every american was urged by secretary of agriculture claude R when he announced ed that civilian cly llian meat cona consumption during the last three months of 1942 would be restricted to approximately 79 per cent of the amount delivered by packers for civilian uie use during the last quarter of 1941 after january 1 etwas indicated rationing coupons win will be issued in his role of chairman of the war production boards food requirements quire ments committee mr disclosed that to assure sufficient clent i meat for armyl army 1 navy and lend lease needs deliveries of beef and barid veal to civilians would lye 80 per cent of the amount sold during the last quarter of 1941 iamb lamb and mutton deliveries would could be 93 per cent I 1 and pork deliveries 75 per cent the proposed vh 2 pound weekly meat allowance he said was entirely tarel adequate for good nutrition households may use any method the family prefers in effecting the rationing he added however if there are invalids aged lier persons young children or vegetarians I 1 in the home come the housewife should reduce her purchases e i s accordingly I 1 simultaneously with his announcement I 1 ol 01 a limitation in inthe the civilian meat supply secretary warned warne of a food shortage in the inot too distant future in urging I 1 congress to consider labor draft legislation Islat lon as oner one means of halting the mass exodus of farm workers to war industries and the armed forces 10 DAY MIRACLE performed by kaiser shipbuilder henry J kaiser had broken many a naval construction record and been justly proud but proudest of all was he when the I 1 ton liberty freighter joseph N teal hit the water in kaisers keisers Kai sers portland ore shipyard exactly 10 days dayi from the time its keel was laid this amazing teat feat clipped 14 days from the previous speed record for shipbuilding addressing shipyard workers maritime commission representatives and shipyard officials kaisey said our original contract called for the delivery of ships in about days many experts shook their heads and said we could not do it yet here beside us is this great craft only 10 days from keel laying to launching it is a miracle no ilessa i iless less a miracle of god and of the genius of workmen kaiser saw in the new record a promise of future prosperity for america if american brains and ingenuity do what they should do he said 1 I will have no fear for the future we will have to rebuild what we have destroyed prosperity can go on band and on meanwhile X Kal sar was recruiting an addith additional workers to assist him in the construction of three mammoth cir air cargo planes as the nucleus cleus of a huge air fleet madagascar safe for allies active vichy french resistance on the island of madagascar came to an end when british occupation forces supported by south african armored units and east african troops took over capital of the strategic island the that told of the british capture of also disclosed that antalia An talya miles from the northern tip of madagascar on the islands nor northeast theas t coast was also occupied allied control of madagascar lying athwart southeast coast and commanding sea lanes from capetown to cairo and to australia and india meant that a strategic setback had been handed the axis it had been krown that the vichy authorities thorit ties les on the island had been friendly to axis agents and it had even been reported that japanese submarines had put into out of the way harbors on the island for fuel and supplies for their forays against united nations shipping in iii the indian ocean SCRAP METAL need 17 million tons america Americ ahad had stopped living on its metal fat and now must dip back 40 years for steel and iron junk leading steel producers declared in assaying the nations critical scrap metal situation many Wil millions lions of tons of iron and steel scrap must be collected if the tremendous tonnage of steel needed in the nations war effort is is to to be be produced said eugene R grace president of the bethlehem steel corporation at least 17 million tons of scrap would be needed before january 1 when war production was scheduled to reach its peak monthly consumption of scrap was running about four million tons the greatest in history but still not enough v every farmer fanner and every householder has a heavy responsibility for the count rys production of guns tanks ships and shells said ralph it watson vice president of the U S steel corporation the recovery c of scrap is one of the most important war jobs facing america today NAVY Gainson gains on subs evidence that thai the united nations were forging ahead of the axis in the race for control of the oceans was disclosed by bj chairman carl vinson of the house naval affairs committee in a report compiled jn in 16 operation cooperation co with the navy department allied shipping losses along the atlantic coast had virtually ceased the report said while a fivefold Inci increase ease was being achieved in the navys shipbuilding program at sea we have begun to turn the corner said congressman vin F 4 af REP CARL CAHL VINSON begun to turn the cornera corner son directly or indirectly the first fruits of american naval expansion are ard already influencing the course of the war citing the american victories in the solomon islands as an indication of the offensive spirit among the united nations mr vinson re veiled thal that atthe beginning of july y the united ed states was building combat auxiliary pa patrol troland and mine vessels for its own navy this compared with only ships of the same category under construction a year earlier VATICAN post postwar plans no official announcements from the vatican followed the conferences of myron C taylor with pope plus pius XII but season seasoned id diplomatic observers viewed the visit of president Roosevel ts personal representative to vatican city as a step in paving the way for collaboration in post warplane eswa given ere dence in ine flie I 1 light of mr taylors subsequent conferences with the british and french envoys to the vatican and the representatives of conquered poland and immediately in the foreground as reasons for mr taylors jo journey bourrie urrie to rome were the need to discuss american interests in protecting american catholics in japanese oc coupled territory relations between the united states and south american countries and the american governments protest to vichy against persecution of the jews in the hope that the vatican for formally maIly would support the protests but over and above these immediate objectives appeared the possibility that the groundwork was being postwar post war |
