Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS solomons battle cost mounts steadily slashes 1943 farm machine output but provides adequate parts supply winter helps russ defenders of volga Is I 1 of abi iran nal new urn union union by W 24 at J I 1 I 1 L kith ith a picturesque south sea island landsea landscape pe be as a backdrop IT S marines are shown taking bombs from a bomb garden concealed in the palm trees of guadalcanal Guadal canal island As operational feighl nights a against g it jap ships land forces and air bases in the solomon ial islands an its h have be been stepped up U S air forces have been increasingly employed FARM implements 20 per cent slash farmers would uld not have new tractors tracton or new plows to hitch them to in 1943 but they would have plenty of repair parts to keep their present machinery operating that was clear when hen the war production board issued its drastic or der a ashing the production of 1943 farm equipment to 20 per cent of I 1 the 1940 total but permitting repair parts production to be per cent of 1940 operations forecasting industrial industry I 1 at readjust ments in other fields the or der concentrated the new farm equipment out output lit in the heads hands of small manufacturers in labor shortage areas repair parts manufacture was left to the big prodoc producers ere this decision represented a victory for these companies which had held a out at for f or retention in their own af pf plants is of all the repair parts production I 1 thus bus preserve preserving ng the identity of th their el specialized ciali 11 red zed trade tr de name implements implement it likewise rep represented resented a conce concession esc to the department of agriculture which had bad strenuously urged a heavy p program r for repair parts manufacture r a Z while it opposed any new machinery cut b elow below 50 per cent of I 1 the 1940 output FRONT ally IT inter comes winter was one ally that could give the hard pressed russians immediate help for days past I 1 the engagements surging round around SUBI stalin grad in the northe northeast al inam and further south in the th a caucasus cian had has been a ric race a aga against i ast t time I 1 a thus when snow swept across the don volga V olga steppes the russians knew ow their reinforcements had bad arrived significant was the german high command s B qua that the nazi drive in the caucasus had been impaired by continued bad weather we ath S ind and I 1 that h at z the russians had undertaken strong tank fork led div diversion S attacks too against the north flank of the nt nai thrust h rust into stalingrad Stal ingrad the risen strength g ib of f marshal armo shenk 0 a relief re J cef assault from the north wes was indicated in the wh which ich said aid the russian on ts h had ad been undertaken undertake wit with h fresh frash strong infantry and tank forces SUBMARINE MENACE will wili get worse rear admiral emory S land chairman h of the h U S maritime commission ma do warned the nation that the submarine b e menace anfe is t to going be amse a e progressively worse this winter n ag er speaking before the inget investment a n t bankers association he III said it mth the a menace aou would id grow because of winter a bad weather and longer rights nights giving U boats better opportunity for concealment SOLOMONS battle cost mounts guadalcanal Guadal canal with the only good airfield within hundreds 0 of I 1 rm miles 1 I as controls the southern sol solomons man a plus a sizeable b area a in the south pacific ir 14 inythe whoever holds it s I 1 and uses that airfield rules th that at area buies the he a efforts ff orts of the japs to regain th the c guadalcanal Guadal canal airfield from its american arms defenders thus had strategic 9 11 1 implications anns affecting the entire I 1 southwest ut h we P pacific cul if the americans held they could protect allied sup I 1 ply lines keep the japs checkmated checkmated check mated mated and prepare to expand their offensive the cost of the battle was high to both sides As planes ships and land forces jockeyed for favorable position the united states reported the loss of two destroyers the 0 brien anen and the meredith american planes retaliated by damaging a J JP jap P arm cruiser suit and a de destroyer and shooting g do down 12 enemy planes meanwhile w west a it of the solomons ent allied bombers bomber blasted enemy ships ship in new britain s harbor of LABOR DRAFT needed drafting of men an and d women woman for war work to meet the th a e employment armed service demand of 62 persons perso a is inevitable paul pau V mcnutt v in a ar marli manpower el director declared in testifying b store before the ser senate military mul its Y affairs committee mcnutt listed three essentials essential which forthcoming in manpower a ap r legislations must embrace 1 employ 1 in ers in any are area must it be required to i lure hire OR all workers worl k en through th tough a central bu bureau reau 2 methods of labor utilization R t in n must b be controlled tr id to p prevent event employers emp from f rom hoarding carding h work e ers rs 3 individuals must rem remain on t the I 1 h 1 e 3 job D it 0 or r tr transfer esfer to one more important P t t to a t the war effort FEDERAL TAXES will pay more than 43 americans became subject to direct I 1 federal taxation 0 t n when president ro roosevelt evelt signed bi 9 ed the th a new war time tax bill w which g ich cm congress gress has spent 10 ran months in compiling dee designed aimed to produce revenues of c close I 1 aee t to 25 5 billion dollars Y yearly S ally the new law extended the tax load 1 ad to t all 11 americans american making more or the than a Y year T through gh the president s B prompt p amp t action in signing the bill in 11 65 5 nu million ill 1 0 n dollars worth of higher high r excise taxes axes from liquor travel F telephone grams diania and rd service other iba items in cigarettes 1 awe g are went at res into tele tale of ef feet november No lember I 1 payable next march 15 are rec rac ord breaking normal and surtax levies on 1942 individual I 1 and ad cor car Pa horation po ration ration income A special pa I 1 per cent acan victory tax on an all 11 income in excess of f 12 a week will be deducted from pay y envelopes n after january 1 highlights I 1 G H L I 1 G 11 T S ln the weeke ask news a I 1 BALTIMORE R E am american e a plane plan P production stands in sore r need of a man with a stick who w will I 1 S speed pro production it accio actio and nd a decd prevent war r costs ts it sio provat from be becoming am g a frankenstein IS ce futel according d cf to L cot col harold harald E evans H hartney y former ormer chief of Dl army aircraft in training g and it operations now dbr advisor to the army ferry command hartney declared we should have a separate air command NEW YORK RIK A new chemical compound which win of will be a a universal r odor killer was announced two t w chemists chalmet ch armEt doctors D act james here by auslan dalbey D bay and a d walter W 1 H a H wn eddy tested H as an inhibitor h b the IT ut new compound do aund has permitted nahun to no smell mu among ou 0 hundreds escape it is I 1 to reported P ted to he have am 1 th completely p cotely eliminated the odors odor scent ce t ot of a sk skunk unk L and of putrefaction |