Show OR W OK OKe e Washington D D. D C. C ALLIED OPERATION CO-OPERATION BETTER BETTEn R Officials who have attended all th the e big strategy powwows Washington powwows Washington Casablanca Washington again an and d Quebec Quebec declare declare that there is progressively progressively pro better Allied operation co and a gradual disappearance of th the e friction which beset earlier confer conier In the dark days Just after Pearl Pear 1 Harbor the British were plugging g for an out all-out war against Hitler while the U. U S. S officers outraged outrage d over Pearl Harbor were out to scalp the Japs The decision to swing our weight with the British was made only after aft ait- after er President Roosevelt had exercised exercised exercised exer exer- his authority as commander commander- In chief and overruled ambitious U. U S S. S plans for the Pacific After that decision there cami came cam e disagreement about where to strike I in the European theater U. U S. S army staff officers argued In favor of a cross-channel cross operation but Church Churchill Churchill Chur Chur- ch chill ll and the British staff shrank I from spilling blood against the steel steel- I concrete and shoreline of France and the Low Countries Instead Churchill wanted the U. U S. S army sent to North Africa to aid Inthe In Inthe inthe the of the an Again Roosevelt supported Churchill against his own military chiefs but not until after strong debate debate debate de de- de- de bate in the inner councils Another Issue was the question of aid to Russia and Britain which U. U S. S army and navy officers wanted to cut down do from the Roosevelt-Hop- Roosevelt kins-Churchill kins estimates The Russian Russian Russian Rus Rus- sian cause was upheld against all comers by Harry Hopkins and Maj Gen James H. H Burns executive of the munitions assignment board Burns' Burns favorite remark Is Those Russians are arc killing more Germans than anybody else and they ought to have the equipment to keep up the good work The major decisions that have come from all aU the controversies have now borne favorable fruit The Mediterranean Is cleared U. U S. S forces have been test tested d under fire landing operations have had full dress rehearsals for the bigger job of ot crossing the channel and the Russians are keeping up the good work So when the British and Americans Americans Ameri Amen cans get together now there is much more warmth than at one time There still are some friendly differences differences differences differ differ- as there must be when strong strongmen strongmen strongmen men sit down together and It is reported re re- reported re-I re ported that U. U S. S military leaders still chafe at lack of action across the channeL But on the whole success success success suc suc- cess Is making the road easier MILK SHORTAGE Most serious food problem facing the civilian population at the moment moment mo mo- ment meat is the threatened shortage of milk White Whit House farm advisers warn that we will have a very real and acute milk famine on our hands unless unless un un- less the War Food administration and the Office of Price Administration tion act quickly to adjust the price of feed grain for dairy cattle Due to higher feed costs dairy farmers esp especially In hi 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 bard hit by the drouth drouth have been losing as much as 35 per cow because of lack of pas pas- ture As winter draws on on the pasture pasture pasture pas pas- ture problem plus higher feed costs will vitally affect milk production all allover allover over the country So far the War Food administration tion under its new chief chic Marvin Jones has done nothing to meet this pressing problem But unless he does the President will be urged to take matters in his own hands and arrange for feed price subsidies subsidies subsidies dies through legislative action FailIng Failing Fail Fail- Ing mg that he can cm by an executive order provide fe feed d funds from the Commodity Credit corporation CAPITAL CHAFF C Q I. I Adm Ernest J. J King commander- commander in chief of the U. U U S S. S fleet has two residences in Washington Washington-a a spacious spa- spa spacious cious clous home at Observatory Circle and the yacht Dauntless anchored at ot the Navy yard The admiral lives on the yacht and his family lives at th the Circle C. C After the the Ramirez revolt the Nazis closed down their wave short-wave efforts to Argentina But now that Ramirez has proved to be so friendly friend frIend- ly 1337 the broadcasts have been resumed resumed resumed re re- re- re In full tull force fl Q Madame l Chiang Kai shek was was was' very sick o on her bo homeward eward airplane trip by way of Africa and India The pilot said The weather was rough as the devil and she was in a pretty bad way She didn't say a word the entire trip SOLDIERS SEE THE U. U S S. S A. A The war department has supplied figures gures showing the amazing distance distance dis db- dis- dis tance which the average soldier travels hi lit the course of training From the time of his induction to embarkation each soldier is transferred trans erred six to eight times for an average av average av av- average distance of miles each time This makes a total equal to two complete trips across the conti conti- nent Dent In World War I there was farless farless far farless less troop movement The average j number Dumber of transfers was only three |