Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS by edward C wayne manila falls to japanese invaders following str strong ong last ditch defense by greatly outnumbered U so troops U so bans sale of new cars trucks es d la in these tol stans the tact EDITORS NOTE abes hf opinions are presse of f this Bew piper are r those th of the news df and ol not 01 attesi lir released Relea Kd by western newspaper Newt paper i T MANILA ra since the first detachments of japanese troops had landed on the island of luzon in the philippines and had begun their push toward manila americans had been hoping that the outnumbered forces of gen douglas macarthur would be able to hold out in their defenses outside the capital city but despite a strong last ditch stand manila finally feu fell to the invaders dive bombers and tanks had smashed the american lines greatly outnumbered the americans had fallen back as the japs jap s succeeded in gaining control of the air in its telling a of f the cites fall the war department said that all U S and philippine troops had bad been withdrawn withdraw ri from the city several days before and all defense installations removed or destroyed iohd the loss of manila while serious has not lessened the resistance to the japanese attacks the said As it appeared that the japanese pressure on the philippines was driving our filipino american defending forces steadily backward despite the arrival of a certain force of american planes as reinforcements the war of nerves was giving tokyo the jitters although there were no direct dispatches from the jap capital in the tokyo broadcasts there was considerable evidence of confusion of an anxiety to learn what the allied albed grand strategy was to be president roosevelt in his press conferences was mentioning reinforcements plans that had been made in collaboration with all the allies he talked of a peninsula which reaches down to within easy plane reach of japan itself the tokyo radio was warning japs to be ready for air attacks during the new year period was talking of an american effort to get planes to siberia via the aleutian islands the news from manila and the philippines generally was creating great anxiety in this country which 44 4 1 I 1 1 1 GENERAL macarthur resistance uince not lessened wan wanted ted to see the islands successfully s defended and to re remain main in in close touch with hawaii and the american mainland but though the war news generally was favorable including both that from russia and north africa the dispatches from the far F east ast told of increasing jap pressure all along the line and of a general repe repeated abed success ess for the invaders arms though bitterly contested on LE all parts of the mile front general macarthur MacArt bur showing the effect effect of lack of air supremacy had grimly acano acknowledged ledged that japanese dive bombers had gained control of all roads from both fronts in making aking the defenders task still more mor e difficult BAN on autos earlier than anticipated came the order from the government banning the sale of autos and trucks truck S in the united states the prohibition on these sales will remain in effect pending devel development op of a rationing plan which will place an estimated vehicles now in m dealers ltv stacks ks where here they will do the most good rationing will be directed by the office of price administration headed by leon henderson this office also administers the tire rati rationing aning formula which has established quo cue tas for every county in the country SINGAPORE I 1 must I 1 us t I 1 not vo t fall fa london saying that singapore Sine aDore must not tall fall had bad call caI leTone ed on the am american bencan navy to aid them i in hold ing out at this th base deemed most vital for the e forthcoming Z g allied drive against the japs ps in th the e south pas a cefic one british spokesman had said until our forces there can be built up we shall have to rely to a great extent on the american navy to regain control of the pacific RUSSIANS back in crimea the southern russian front which had been subjected to extra german pressure while the nazis were on the retreat in the central and northern sectors suddenly turned the tide with the recapture of kerch and feodosia Feo dosya the first named port was opposite the rich caucasus oil region separated from it only by two miles of water these two miles the germans had not been able to cross because of black sea fleet activity feodosia Feo dosya is about miles further west est and landings were made simultaneously at both points the germans driven back I 1 and an uncounted number of nazis nazi s trapped between the german high command acknowledged the russian land landings ings in force and said that counter measures were being taken stalin com lonato ell JOSEF STALIN free crimea next ted his general on the south and then urged that the advantage P be grasped and pursued free crimea next he be urged his troops the russians still were holding on at sevastopol and moscow hoped that the successes farther east would release pressure at sevastopol and permit the garrison there aided by seaborne sea borne bome reinforcements to take the offensive the crimea was held by a combination of german italian rumanian troops admittedly not the hardest to beat if the russians are arc able to get a high pressure drive going COMMANDO A beroe s tale A story of black clad burrit burnt cork faced commandos on the north africa front was the most thrilling story of the war thus far it told of the attack on general brommels Rom mels headquarters by a small band of british suicides sui ciders and of the killi killing 9 of the commandos own commander colonel keyes son of the man who originated the idea the british commando group hid in an arroyo during the night before the zero hour within running distance of brommels Rom mels headquarters at the time when the whole imperial off offensive was to flare u up p along the line they dashed forward roused a sentry who opened a door shot him dead and entered the building As keyes leading his men threw open the main door behind which were ere brommels Rom mels aides he be was shot dead but a sergeant leaped over his body hurled two hand grenades and then slammed the door shut letting the bombs wipe out those within by this ails time the shooting and shouting had bad roused the whole garrison who wh 0 did not know va what bat to make of it all in the resulting confusion most of the commandos escaped but only after fighting a two hour pitched battle rommel unfortunately for them was away at a birthday party and was not killed the whole of his staff who remained at headquarters was wiped out cut however DRAFT A prelude seen as a prelude to the new conscription which was to produce a trained army of plus men was the army my order recalling into service troops over 28 Y years ears of age first of these orders to be revealed was that of the third corps area which ordered all such men to be back at their posts january 31 SUGAR A government step to prevent pr event sky rocketing of sugar prices an and d a reasonable SO ble supply of U this ds commodity for 1942 in the united states was taken when the government arranged to buy the bulk of the n next ext years cuban cane crop the transaction was to be handled by the government owned defense supplies corporation and was taken when it became apparent that we would not get our usual al supply of sugar from the philipp philippines ines DUTCH steal show rv WN 01 rw f yv v y it s m v r raff rf ff f 5 icca L A dutch sea and air arms under the command of vice admiral E E L lr helfrich above have inflicted severe losses upon japan s invading forces ile he is chief of the i netherlands engvy and air force in the indies gen hein ter te n is commander in chief of the armed forces see beta DUTCH steal show the dutch airmen and submarine crews continued to steal the show in the pacific war the fighting fliers ranging far out over the pacific largely in american made planes seeking jap tankers reportedly loaded with oil stolen from north borneo the NEI commander in chief gen hein ter pledged america that the dutch alone could turn tum the tide against the japs in the south pacific if only they could get more planes and more antiaircraft anti aircraft guns with which to fight off the japanese warplanes war planes apparently there was no lack ol of dutch bombers nor of skilled pilots to man them the tha shortage lying chiefly in fighter planes the submarines keeping intact their promise of more than one ship a day had sunk four more that were faring far afield and not just protecting home shores was seen in the announcement that these latest sin kings had been far from batavia way up at the east coast of thailand the vessels sent to the bottom were troop trans transports PO arts landing jap soldiers for the fight against singapore in the meantime the dutch had sent a successful naval raiding party against the japs near the central provinces of their own islands the batavia radio said several launches were destroyed others were seized and that the japanese living on the island were taken prisoners and interned when the british got out of north borneo they were said to h have ave destroyed all the oil wells or damaged them so that they could not be used the dutch revealed however that several japanese tankers had bad been seen leaving there loaded the air force had been sent in pursuit the dutch pledging themselves to sink the tankers or not return HAWAII reada victims of the japanese sneak attack which decimated their strength in a few hours hawaii hawaiians an ans S had rejoiced f finally that reinforcements to the plane and ship garrison now had the islands ready to meet all comers although the exact nature of the reinforcements was kept a secret it was revealed that the army on the islands had enough planes to g give i ve any invaders a lively reception hero of the december 7 attack george S welch 23 of wilmington del who shot down four jap planes though he had to drive 10 miles to get to his plane said he was itching for another fight he said all of us would like to see them come back LIBYA british get tanks the british were polishing off general brommels Rom mels remaining forces in north africa at a fast rate aided by a rash sally made by a force of nearly tanks the british met this assault with wilh such a withering fire from its mobile artillery and its american tanks that 22 of the enemy tanks were destroyed and 20 others put out of action with damage it was a demonstration that rom mels retreat had been cut off and that the sortie by the german tanks from the the spot where brommels Rom mels men w were ere surrounded was a desperate a adventure the locus of the attack was given as Aged abia abla a point about miles south of benegasi Ben gasi the axis former stronghold now in british hands bands miscellany CELLANY detroit A syracuse university professor attributed Chur chills gift of oratory to the fact act that as a boy he had not cot learned latin and greek st pierre the head of the th e catholic church on the islands of st pierre and miquelon had fil filed ed a formal objection to the occupation of the free french despite the 93 to 2 per cent vote in favor fallo r of it by the populace |