Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS By Edward C. C Wayne Nazis Claim Smashing of Soviet Army Armyn In n Terrific Attack on Eastern Front Pro-Nazi Pro Panama President Is s Ousted By Regime Friendly to o United States EDITORS EDITOR'S NOTE When NOTE When opinions are expressed In these column columns they are those of the news new analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper Released by Western Newspaper TT Union GAMBLE On Eastern Front Hitler's dramatic announcement that events of enormous importance importance importance tance would take place on the eastern eastern east cast ern front was followed closely by what many observers and analysts of military tactics called the greatest greatest greatest great great- est gamble in the history of war war- fare Then from the Nazi high command came the word that in their opinion the last effective Russian forces on the central front had been smashed and last army groups are being wiped out An initial campaign which had been planned for a month or less to yield Leningrad Kiev and Moscow had been going on for more than 17 weeks and the yield had been Kiev Though knocking on the doors of Leningrad entry had been denied and there were many reports that this new plan of Hitler's to storm I Moscow from a beginning distance of between and miles would call for the abandonment for the present of attempts to take the northern metropolis The observers at the same time that they questioned the good sense of the out all-out campaign for Moscow admitted that if Hitler was to throw all his available forces into a blitz on the central front men would have to fall back but whether Hitler could count on driving driving driving ing all the Russians out of western Russia before winter they believed to be dubious in the extreme There was a general feeling in Moscow that the attack was spurred on by desperation that Hitler was feeling the effects of the unrest back backof of the eastern front and believed he would have to have a big Russian Russian Russian Rus Rus- sian victory before winter so that his line front forces could be relieved relieved relieved re re- re- re to clean up the mess in occupied occupied oc oc- oc Europe steadily becoming worse as winter approached As usual whenever a German drive was announced there were those who believed it might be a cloak for something else Some suggested that that the first spearhead spearhead- to be driven forward north of the Sea of might be bea a cloak for a water borne attack on the Caucasus oil fields If this were true however the Reds on the fighting lines were badly badly badly bad bad- ly fooled for they reported a general general general gen gen- eral central German attack of greater ferocity than any so far ex ex- ex- ex TWO BITES Or Just One Just as many papers were asking asking asking ask ask- ing editorially why it was that congress congress con con- gress was following the plan of what t 4 r r a r- r l Sen Tom Connally left and Rep Charles Eaton of New Jersey are shown before entering the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House as members of a bipartisan delegation from Capitol Hill Dill summoned summoned summoned sum sum- to discuss with the President his plans for congressional changes in the nations nation's neutrality law Both men are members of the foreign relations committee in their respective respective respective tive branches of congress they called C B legislation or the program of voting for or against Bill A when everybody concerned knew that Bill B and Bill C two other steps were in the offing the White House brought them a new sample to chew over This was the qu question stion of at the alteration alteration alteration al al- al- al of the neutrality act The press was informed that the first White congressional-White House conference conference conference con con- ference on the bill was was whether it would be advisable to take two bites I out of the cherry or only one I Would it they discussed be advisable advisable advisable ad ad- to settle the question of of arming merchantmen and extending extending extending extend extend- ing the right to American merchant ships to go to British ports separately separately separately sepa sepa- or both at once Were the question decided in the first method congressmen asked to vote on Question A whether merchantmen merchantmen merchantmen mer mer- should be armed would know full well that this question would be indissolubly linked with Question B of whether they should allow merchant ships to sail into British ports ports but but this question would not be before them PANAMA Coup Three presidents within the space of a few hours was the news from the republic of Panama as political elements favorable to the democracies cies ousted Arnulfo Arias ArIJs pro-Nazi pro president and set up their new gov gov- In the bloodless coup Ernesto Ernesto Ernesto Er Er- nesto Jaen Guardia former minister minister minister minis minis- I ter to Mexico took over the duties I of president as Arias fled to Cuba by airplane A cabinet was then formed I Guardia resigned as president and Adolfo de La Guardia former former former for for- forI I mer minister of government and I justice was elected president by the I new cabinet Reports were that the coup was precipitated by the recent action of the Arias regime in ruling that that- Pan Pan- PanI I registered ama ships could not carry carry carry car car- ry arms for protection against submarine submarine submarine sub sub- marine attacks A cabinet ruling this regulation was ordered as the U. U S. S was considering arming its own cargo ships RED AID Wins Support Despite the fact that President Roosevelt had been conceded to have stirred up a hornets hornet's nest with his pronouncement about Soviet i f j jI I y I B t 9 a. a 4 f fR r R Myron C. C Taylor President Roosevelt's personal envoy to the Vatican is pictured entering the White House upon his return from Rome Before leaving leving the Vatican Taylor is said to have had a lengthy interview with the pope and it was reported that this was the thc subject of his discussion with the President Russia and religion the house of representatives even while the press battle over the subject was raging put its OK on a plan to give cash aid to Russia in addition to material help This had been regarded as indicative indicative indicative indica indica- tive of the tenor of house thought on the subject of helping the Reds in their defense of their homeland an attitude that had been echoed in the American Federation of Labor con con- This group while assailing Communism Communism Communism Com Com- as such completely endorsed endorsed endorsed en en- the sending of aid to Russia in increasing quantities The house action came when in discussion of a bill which would in increase increase increase in- in crease the lending power to a billion and a half haU Representative Smith of ot Ohio said he understood Russia wasn't going to get any of it but he wanted to make doubly sure so offered a prohibitive amendment AL ALUMINUM U I A Decision In an opinion that required 8 courtroom days to dictate Judge Francis Caffey of a New York federal federal fed fed- eral court ruled that the government government government govern govern- ment had failed to prove its charges of violations under the Sherman Trust Anti Anti Trust act by the Aluminum Co Company pany of America Thus ended one of the longest trials in U. U S. S history with ALCOA the apparent winner on all points Inasmuch as the government failed to prove its case Judge Caffey said that it would be contrary to the public in interest interest interest in- in terest to dissolve dissolve or enjoin ALCOA An interesting part of the courts court's opinion was the statement that it appears that there exists in this country adequate supplies of bauxite bauxite bauxite baux baux- ite ore of aluminum and water waterpower waterpower waterpower power available to anyone Therefore Therefore Therefore There There- fore he said anyone is and has been able to go into production of virgin aluminum since the last of ALCOA'S patents ran out in 1909 HU HUMAN IAN Interest Tale There was probably no human interest interest interest in in- terest story in the news which had the depth of poignancy of the abortive abortive abortive abor abor- tive exchange of German and British British British Brit Brit- ish prisoners of war war seriously seriously wounded men women and children both combatants and non com Two hopeful ships laden with an unmentioned number of German nationals had lain at Newhaven ready to set sail for a port still t te to tobe tobe be e selected where these ships would pick up such British citizens as Germany would release But the ships did not sail and imagination painted the anxiety and heartbreak aboard those vessels emotions undoubtedly shared by an equal or greater number across the channel There were rumors that the Nazis were demanding the inclusion of Hess This was promptly denied by England who said that his name was not even mentioned Suddenly it was evident that the whole plan had broken down Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many Britain said had broken faith Germany was holding out for a swap of even numbers whereas the covenant had stated the British asserted asserted asserted as as- that the exchange would be without reference to rank or num num- bers Some day a historically minded writer will pen the story of those days spent by seriously wounded British and German prisoners while two nations quarreled over their fate whether fate whether to die on foreign soil or to be sent back to their loved ones to close their eyes in peace TURKEY Makes flakes akes a Deal Under a deal between Turkey and Germany which had been concluded after months of difficult diplomatic maneuvering and under terrific pressure from the Reich the Turks agreed to give Germany half hah of their output of chrome ore necessary necessary necessary sary to highest grade steels steels but but only to start delivery in 1943 Germany under the agreement started at once to ship war material materi materi- al to Turkey and the total deal was said to involve not so big in a world which as one comedian said was playing bingo with billions Germany was shipping Turkey motor vehicles without tires but not airplanes which Turkey wanted Prior to this agreement Britain and the United States have been getting per cent of Turkish exports exports exports ex ex- ex- ex ports of chrome However the stubborn resistance the Turks put up against signing this agreement and the dating of the first shipments in 1943 showed Britain that it wasn't any friendly agreement Russia and It was recalled that Germany now locked in deadly combat with each other had an agreement which looked far more friendly on the surface than the Turkish-German Turkish pact JAPAN Gets Jittery The Japanese becoming jittery over the world situation which was starving them of oil and strangling them economically while Germany continued to pour men and an munitions munitions munitions muni muni- into the campaign against Russia Russia Rus Rus- sia siJ had issued an odd request to her Reich partner in the Axis Tokyo through the News Agency called on Berlin to end the war with Russia so as to conserve men and material for an out all-out assault assault assault as as- sault on Britain The Pacific situation continued tense with the government con trolled press of Tokyo laying down downa a barrage of criticism aimed at atthe atthe atthe the United States and concentrating ing on reports of a military conference conference conference con con- ference at Manila between British and American leaders The report said in part Judging Judging Judging Judg ing from the arrogant attitude of the United States Japan must be prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared to meet the worst There is a limit to Japanese perseverance perseverance perseverance per per- severance In making peace moves If It the limit is ignored Japan must rise to her feet |