Show R U 0 0 W washington D C ALLIED OPERATION cooperation CO BETTER officials who have attended all the big strategy powwows washington casablanca washington again and quebec declare that there is if progressively gres better allied operation cooperation co and a gradual disappearance of the friction which beset earlier conferences in the dark days day lust just after afeei pearl harbor the british were pa plugging or for an all out war against again lill hitler while the U S offic officers erill outraged over pearl harbor were out to scaly scalp the japs the decision to swing owing our weight with the british was made only aft ler president roosevelt had exercised his authority as commander in calef and overruled ambitious U S for or the Paci pacific after that decision there came disagreement about where to strike in the european theater U S army staff officers argued to in favor of a cross ch channel anel operation but churchill ant ana the british staff shrank from spilling blood against the steel and concrete shoreline sho reHna of france instead churchill wanted the U S army sent to io north africa to aid in the odthe of the mediterranean again roosevelt supported churchill aga against dinst his own military chiefs but not until after strong debate in the inner councils another issue was the question of aid to russia and britain which U S army and navy officers wanted to cut down from the roosevelt hop kins churchill estimates the rus cause was upheld against all comers by harry hopkins and maj gen james H burns executive of the munitions assignment board burns favorite remark is those russians are killing more germans gemans than anybody else and they ought to have the equipment to keep up the good work ahe the maj major or decisions that have come from all the controversies have now borne favorable fruit the mediterranean Is cleared aj U S forces have been tested under ore landing operations have had full dress rehearsals tor for the bigger job of crossing the channel and the russians are keeping up the good work so when the british and amert cans cam get together now there 1 Is MUC much h more warmth than at one time there still are some friendly differ ances as there must be when strong men sit down together and it Is reported that U S military leaders leader s still chafe at lack of action across the channel but on the whole success Is making thero theroan the road ad easier MILK SHORTAGE most serious food problem facing the civilian population at the moment is the threatened shortage ol of milk MD white house farm advisers warn that we will have a very real and acute milk famine on our hands unless the war food administration and the office of price administration act quickly to adjust the price of feed grain for dairy cattle due to higher feed costs dairy farmers especially in the east are unable to sell their milk under OPA price ceilings and stay in business dairy farmers in pennsylvania and other eastern states hard lilt hit by the drouth have been losing as much as 35 per cow because of lack of pasture As winter draws on the pasture problem plus higher feed costs will vitally affect milk production all over the country so tar far the war food administration under its new chief marvin jones has done nothing to meet meet this pressing problem but unless he does the president will be urged ito to take matters in his own hands and arrange for feed price I 1 dies through legislative action failing that he can by an executive order provide feed funds from the commodity credit corporation 0 CAPITAL CHAFF 41 mm adm ernest J king commander in chief of the U S si fleet has two residences tn in washington a aloa clous home at observatory circle and the yacht dauntless Daunt les anchored at the navy yard the admiral lives on the yacht and his family lives at the circle fl after r the ramirez revolt the nazis closed down their short wave efforts to argentina Arge nUna but now tent tant ramirez has proved to be so friend ly the broadcasts have been resumed in full force fl 41 madame chiang cheang kal kai shek was v very ery sick on her homeward airplane trip by way of africa and india the pilot said the weather senthi er was wa rough as the deal devil and she was in a retty pretty p bad way she say a word the entire trip SOLDIERS EMSEE SEE THE C U S A the war department lias has supplied figures showing the amazing dla dis tance which the average soldier travels in the course of training from the time of his induction to embarkation e each ach soldier Is 13 transferred six to eight times tor for an avi distance of miles each time this makes a total equal to two complete trips across the continent in world war 1 I there was tai fat less troop movement the average lumber of transfers was only three |