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Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS International Court and Police Force For Postwar World Envisioned by Hull; Nazi Drive Increases Russia's Peril; Rommel Stymied by Allied Air Power (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions are expressed in these columns, they are those of Western Newspaper Union's news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.) 1 - Released by Western Newspaper Union. Kh V : " XT l - it:- ' -t I r " -' ? " 1 - - - " , ?j i - i f - , 1 1 ' . - j ' svJ? . V i Maj. Gen. Carl Spaatz, chief of the American air forces in the European Euro-pean theater of action (left), pins the Distinguished Service Cross on Maj. Charles C. Kegelman. Taking part in a recent bombing raid on enemy airfields in Holland, Kegelman brought his ship back safely after one motor was wrecked and a wing damaged in fighting with German air forces. POSTWAR WORLD: Hull Envisions When silvery-haired Cordell Hull broadcast an appeal for a safe and saner postwar world, it was clear that a majority of Americans agreed with his thesis that the peace as well as the war must be won by the United Nations if future chaos is to be avoided. In an address heard around the world, the secretary of state made these points: 1. The United Nations' immediate immedi-ate problem is to win the war decisively. de-cisively. 2. After the war surveillance must be exercised over Germany, Japan, Italy and their satellites by the United Nations until the aggressors prove their willingness and ability abil-ity to live at peace with other nations. 3. Disputes must be settled by peaceful means. An international court of justice would provide respect re-spect for law and obligations. 4. Freedom is to be assured by removal of economic and political shackles. Errors of extreme nationalism nation-alism that caused the present war must be avoided. , EGYPT: Air Poiver Tells It had become increasingly clear that air power was assuming a decisive de-cisive role in the fight for Egypt. Steady reinforcements of the British air arm had enabled the Imperials to launch an offensive along the 35-mile 35-mile front from El Alamein on the Mediterranean to the Quattera marshes, paced by an RAF onslaught on-slaught that drove Nazi planes from the sky. The British drive dislodged the Nazis from oft-disputed Tel el Eisa (Hill of Jesus) in the north and succeeded suc-ceeded in making considerable headway head-way along the center. Activity by the Allies had followed a week-long assault by American and British planes and British warships war-ships on the North African coastal highway on which German Marshal Rommel had rushed reinforce- J ments to offset the capture of 6,000 Italians on the Egyptian front in previous engagements. In raids covering 275 miles of Rommel's exposed ex-posed supply route, British planes virtually wiped out the El Daba airport air-port near the Egyptian lines. REQUIEM: For U-Boat Crew Burial with military honors is the hope of friend or foe alike, if death in battle is the fighting man's lot. Thus a tradition sanctioned by the ages was followed when the bodies of 29 German submarine crew members mem-bers were buried in Hampton, Va. The victims were the first enemy dead to be landed on American shores since the beginning of the war. The bodies and a few empty life jackets were all that remained afloat after a destroyer on Atlantic patrol sank the U-boat. The same honors were accorded the enemy as Americans Ameri-cans might wish for their own dead, if the circumstances were reversed. Navy chaplains read the requiem. A navy firing squad fired a salute of three volleys. A navy bugler sounded sound-ed taps. RUSSIAN FRONT: 'Terrible Days' The gravity of the Russian situation situa-tion could not be underestimated and no attempt was made to belittle its seriousness. Germany's report of the fall of Rostov emphasized the crisis. As the sorely pressed Russians guarding the approaches to the Caucasus and the Volga river had fallen back before the million-man German army smashing its way southeast down the Don river valley, the Soviet army organ, Red Star, said frankly: "Terrible days face the country." It called upon the fighting men of Russia to emulate the example of 28 Red soldiers, who in the defense of Moscow last winter, win-ter, died fighting a tank charge with little more than their bare hands. The speed of the new Nazi drive against the Reds' celebrated defense-in-depth technique was believed be-lieved to be due to the Germans' use of a crushing, mass maneuver which employed monster tanks, armored ar-mored trains, heavy mortars and an unprecedented concentration of air power. Only comforting note in the bleak picture was the success of Russian soldiers in regaining ground far to the north in their counter-offensive around Voronezh. By turning the Nazis back here, Marshal Timoshen-ko Timoshen-ko might be able to take some of the pressure off Red forces in the deep South who had fought with their backs to the wall in defense of Rostov. U. S. CASUALTIES: Show War's Trend Casualty figures released by the Office of War Information revealed that the navy's losses since Pearl Harbor were 15 times greater than for the entire span of World War I. The OWI's statistics disclosed naval na-val casualties thus far totaling 12,-143 12,-143 compared with 871 in the first World war. The current casualties included 3,420 killed; 1,051 wounded and 7,051 missing. Those of World War I included 356 killed in action; 58 died of wounds and 456 lost at sea. The army's losses in the present war, were placed- at 19,767. These included 902 killed; 1,413 wounded and 17,452 missing. That the Philippine Phil-ippine Scouts trained under General MacArthur had given a heroic account ac-count of themselves was indicated by casualties listing 479 killed; 754 wounded and 11,000 missing. Casualties for all services were placed at 44,413. "The bulk of the army casualties fall into the category of missing," the OWI said. FEMININE ARMY: JFAAC Trains Hard Every morning at 5:45 a. m. from now until next November 9, 800 members of the newly organized Women's Auxiliary Army corps will leap from their army cots to begin a crowded day of drills, lectures and training at their camp at Fort Des Moines, Iowa. By November 9, America's first feminine army of occupation will begin to spread out to 19 forts throughout the country to relieve men in the armed forces for active combat duty. JAPANESE : Mixed Tidings Taking their first offensive action in the southwest Pacific since their disastrous defeat in the Battle of the Coral Sea last May, the Japanese landed an invasion force at Buna, 100 miles directly across the eastern east-ern arm of New Guinea from Port Moresby, last Allied outpost of Australia. Aus-tralia. A Melbourne communique reported report-ed that United Nations planes had attacked the invasion fleet and sank a large transport and barge, but did not prevent the landing. On the Chinese front the Japs did not have such happy tidings to report re-port to Tokyo. First item of bad news was the recapture by Chinese armies of Kienteh, a key point southwest south-west of Hangchow. Second item was a report that United States bombers had sunk two Japanese naval na-val craft on the Fu river in Kiangsi province. Meanwhile along the Hangchow-Nanchang Hangchow-Nanchang railway the Nipponese invaders in-vaders were being constantly harassed har-assed by Chinese guerillas. The official Central News agency disclosed dis-closed that Chinese farmershadbeen armed with 30,000 rifles in each county of western and southern Che-kiang Che-kiang province. They are organized into units strong enough to destroy small enemy detachments. If superior su-perior Japanese forces approach, they withdraw, leaving their villages stripped. ANTI-INFLATION: OPA Gets $120,000,000 Price Administrator Leon Henderson Hender-son was given $120,000,000 with which to fight inflation, when the house of representatives agreed to adopt a conference committee's recommendations rec-ommendations to compromise its differences with the senate. The outspoken Henderson thus got $75,000,000 less for financing his operations op-erations than he had originally asked for, but actually $45,000,000 more than the house had first voted. Political Po-litical wiseacres observed that the result was simply an illustration of the old game of give and take. Henderson Hen-derson had first asked for more than he expected, the house first voted less than he actually needed. The finale was a compromise satisfactory satisfac-tory to all. WAR PROFITEERING: Halted by House Drastic steps to curb wartime profiteering were taken when the house of representatives passed a bill outlawing commission fees on government contracts, after Chairman Chair-man Carl ' Vinson declared that agents, obtaining war contracts for manufacturers were "fleecing American Amer-ican taxpayers." Testimony presented previously to the house naval committee had disclosed dis-closed that three Washington firms of so-called "sales engineers" had earned close to $2,000,000 in commission com-mission fees on government contracts con-tracts in the past six months. - LEAHY: 'Eyes and Legs' Called from retirement to . the newly created position of chief of staff to the Commander in Chief, was Adm. William Daniel Leahy, former chief of naval operations and more recently ambassador to Vichy France. With all the world discussing the prospects of the United States and Britain opening a second front in ADMIRAL WILLIAM D. LEAHY Europe this year, the appointment of Admiral Leahy to the new position posi-tion was hailed as significant of supreme su-preme efforts ahead. Regarded as an able strategist, Admiral Leahy, in the words of President Roosevelt, will serve as "his eyes and legs and relieve him of many detail duties." The Chief Executive, however, made it clear that Leahy would not be supreme commander' of the United Unit-ed Nations' forces, or even of American Amer-ican forces. Although Mr. Roosevelt Roose-velt did not use the term, it appeared ap-peared that the admiral would become be-come an assistant commander in chief, ranking all naval and mill tary officers but the President. AIR LEVIATHANS: Aid War Effort Giant airplanes shuttling across the seven seas carrying men and materials for the world's fighting fronts will become an increasingly important arm of Uncle Sam's service serv-ice of supply, it was disclosed by Brig. Gen. Harold L. George, commanding com-manding the air transport forces, who announced that the army would rely on commercial airlines to operate op-erate greatly increased numbers ot transport planes. |
