Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS roosevelt outlines Mam power program 1819 18 19 year old army draft to release older men for needed war production willkie renews second front demands EDITORS NOTE when opinions are expressed in these columns they are those of western newspaper unions news analysis and not necessarily of this newspaper released by western newspaper union MAIN JAPANESE w 6 aba bew IRELAND RABA 8 0 As 0 suka ca PA LAVE drw KIETA Z So 0 0 I 1 LANDS I 1 aaita GUAD ALCANA y v val MORESBY GID 0 A 10 Q U C 41 A S i va N 17 01 japanese efforts to dislodge the marines from guadalcanal Guadal canal and obtain possession of 0 this strategic link in the solomon islands chain have taken a three pronged pincer movement according to military experts posses sion ot of guadalcanal Guadal canal by the americans provides a springboard for further offensive action against the japs SOLOMONS all out struggle IV ie good news balanced bad as the navy made public accounts of thunderous encounters between american and jap war craft on the credit side was the report that five nipponese warships and a transport had been sunk in a midnight battle near the solomons included in the sinking were a heavy jap cruiser four destroyers and a transport in addition another destroyer was reported probably sunk three cruisers torpedoed and bombed and 15 aircraft destroyed on oh the debit side was the somber tidings that three heavy american cruisers had been sent to the bottom of the pacific in a night engagement during the first phase of the solomon islands offensive last august announcement no of the sin kings had b been een withheld as a military precaution the cruisers were the quincy vincennes and Asto astoria riar the struggle for naval supremacy in the area was accompanied by engagements gage ments in the air and on land for control on strategic guadalcanal Guadal canal proper the marine defenders had been re enforced by U S army units offsetting this added american strength the japs had landed re of their own covered by heavy naval concentrations continued possession of their positions including the guad guadalcanal Guadal a canal air base by the U S forces meant that a heavy gun was thrust in the ribs of japans positions to the north and east WILLKIE persistent Jd advocate back from a mile aerial tour of 14 countries in the war zone including embattled russia the middle east india and china wendell L willkie reiterated a demand for a second front in europe he had made this demand frequently during his tour reporting personally to president roosevelt the results of his observations and of conferences with joseph stalin chiang kai shek and other allied leaders willkie emphasized his conviction that the united nations inevitably will defeat the axis and that germany will never crush russia in an interview later the 1940 republican presidential candidate defended his right as a nonmilitary non military expert to advance proposals which he believes will help shorten the war reduce its cost in human life and help shape a better postwar post war world employment to reach eventual employment of americans in all lines of industry commerce and agriculture by december 1943 was predicted by the national industrial conference board the board reported that current employment figures were with the total moving steadily upward rise in employment in the past 12 months has been while have been added to payrolls since the defense program was undertaken in 1940 1819 DRAFT oldsters go home symbolic of the nations united determination to prosecute the war vigorously was the swift congressional action which followed president Roosevel ts radio recommendation that the minimum draft age be lowered to 18 A larger and younger army fit to cope with the exhausting demands of modern combat was envisioned by gen george C marshall U S chief of staff as a result of making youths 18 and 19 years old eligible to fight the army ardys is goal is by the end of 1943 compared with an enlisted strength of at present there are men in the 1819 18 19 cate category gory it was estimated of whom would be physically fit about m men en will become 18 during each month next year declaring that some of the older men already inducted are a burden on the army because of physical handicaps and their lack of training general marshall said that many of these men may have to be discharged from the army ROOSEVELT outlines manpower plan reviewing the war effort at home and abroad president roosevelt outlined for the american people the harsh necessities that face the nation in the future and proclaimed that the united states is winning the battle of transportation and production in unequivocal words the president recommended that 18 and 19 year old youths be drafted for military service he warned too that compulsory allocation of manpower to war industries and agriculture might become necessary recommending a program to ease the manpower situation mr roosevelt urged a virtual freeze of workers to their jobs a system to stop employers from stealing labor from one another a system to use to older men handicapped people more women and even grown boys and girls wherever possible elimination of enterprise by measures to stop the wastage of labor in all nonessential non essential activities RUSSIA nazis new strategy hillers Hit lers new continental str strategy of consolidation and defense was evident in tactical moves centering on the soviet front As the russ russian ian winter approached nazi attacks in the key stalingrad Stal ingrad sector and in the area of the caucasus were described as minor compared to the tumultuous battles which had rocked the soviet union for five months the russian relief army that had edged down from the north ot of stalin grad through the german left flank was reported making continued contina ed progress revealed that american made tanks were being used by the advancing reds news from the caucasus was more favorable to the russians fighting time as well as the attacking reds the nazis around moz dok were slowed down in their drive to the nearby brozny oil fields AIRCRAFT OUTPUT approaches president Roosevel ts goa goal 1 ofa of a an n annual airplane production 0 of f 0 0 planes this year is being approached pro ached the aeronautical chamber of commerce revealed reporting that monthly plane production was pressing at the c hamber chamber noted that more than 4 4 billion dollars worth of airplanes engines and propellers will be produced in 1942 from the standpoint of numbers the report said it is elii estimated that what was once a years production of combat planes is rolling out of the american aircraft plants in a single week As production mounts quality improves the report stated despite the stellar performance of americas combat planes it said the aircraft manufacturers are perfecting new and improved types which can fly higher travel faster and spray more lead and destruction than the models presently in service TIRES limit Is five the four tires they drove ono on plus a spare for emergencies were wee all that american motorists could legally possess as the U S government began acquiring excess civilian tires the government was paying ceiling prices of from to 1115 for used tires depending on the amount of tread although the tire sale was voluntary officials of the office of price administration warned that car owners with more than five tires would be denied gasoline rations rations when the nationwide nation wide registration took november 9 fines of and prison terms of 10 years faced those who falsified their tire statements in applying for gasoline rations the government asked each motorist to keep the five best tires he had owners of two cars were told to keep 10 tires five for each the american railway express with offices in the united states was the official collection agency the program to buy excess tires was expected to increase the national stockpile by from to units ENEMY ALIENS italians lose stigma significant of the breach which the united nations hope to effect between the italian people and their nazi mentors was attorney general biddles action in freeing 60 italian nationals in this country from the stigma of enemy aliens the ban still applied to german and jap aliens italian aliens had earned this recognition tion biddle said because of 11 ATTORNEY GENERAL KIDDLE BIDDLE stigma unfair the splendid showing they have made in meeting the test of loyalty to american ways and traditions since the attack on pearl harbor under a new department of justice policy the attorney general revealed that italians would still be subject to internment if they proved dangerous dan I 1 cerous or disloyal but he explained that the general regulations affecting enemy aliens specifically germans and japanese would no longer pertain to italians LABOR more farm union extension of his attempt to unionize agricultural labor was announced by john L lewis president of the united mine workers of america in a statement at the close of the organizations convention in cincinnati there are millions more to organize clamoring for organization he said great segments of agriculture are knocking at the door of the for help toward becoming free and independent citizens while lewis statement sounded optimistic observers recalled that his previous efforts to unionize dairy workers in a number of states had tailed failed signally CHURCHILL stern and somber in ancient edinburgh once the home of the scottish kings prime minister churchill served notice on the axis that the united nations have built up their striking power remarkably in the last two months one of Chur chills statements was interpreted by some abse observers avers as implying an early opening of a second front when he said the united nations nation had reached a stern and somber moment in the war |