Show washington FR ROM OUR congressman AN W K GRANGER general oral marshalls marchalls Mar report efte recent re report by to the chief chic f of stiff staff 0 t the seer secretary tury of dfwar war hm has attracted such widespread attention that bal it merits the ra reading ing of every oriza who wants to know now from frohn an official source just what hait has 1 been done and d why by it w was a a done don gc general mi I 1 marshall f he is as admired ir ed most by those iho lis know him general pershing 1 jid I of him marshall jl is the best of of this thas time the summary of the report fol reviewing briefly the mill mih ii aws uy lily int situation bation jas as we find it on july 1 1943 it wl will be remembered that our entry mi into war was as marked by succession mn of serious reverses at harbor in the philippines iod cid through the malaysian Arc archipolo Ar chipel hipol w go it was a time tor for calm courage mi md stout resolution on the part of the hie people of the united states with ow HIT pacific fleet crippled and the philippines 11 mes overwhelmed at the out ot let we vere ere forced to watch the assay progressively engulf our re oui cnstance a to his ad advances one year igo go the german offensive in russia was via sweeping through the donetz geno basin jeopardizing the whole of south a russia howth and the caucasus and siciely o menacing the allied positions in the middle east rommel a aenk corps w mith ith selected italian troops boop had the british with thew their lacks to cairo threatening the lifeline of the british empire our successes oxe to in the coral sea and at midway way and the polut repulse of the japan be ae forces in t the he aleutians Aleut ians had not ire prevented 1 anted the japanese from carving out a position of control of a vast sin empire pre from which c it tiey they threatened india australla australia and our own pacific position A year ago the U ai s ability to branap transport ort I 1 its pw P power w a auppl supplies es munitions a and tr troops sion moss the atlantic was lihn being g ch chal of ingeb by submarines which ch in a ingle angle month had sunk tons of it ily I uly ly 1 1913 offid fads the united mi states army amy and navy united a the axis powers in III burp purpose led bid to in operation a unity ity shared when then the occasion sion demands by the british commonwealth of nations ate chinese dutch french and otha fighting elements clements among our funds friends and supporters across the atlantic the enemy had been dav dr tt in from north africa air ca and europe hs hes hem been encircled by a constant av gro mg military power the rus rua tun run army engaging two thirds of the ground forces and one are third of the german air fl fleet 1 in deadly and ib combat a t has expelled too legend of the dinv inv invincibility bl ty of the C german caum aum panzer divisions the british isles islas are stronger than bian ther eer before and a new france it arising from the ash ashes of 1940 aks strategically be gw lly the enemy in europe his has hem been reduced to the defens defensive tive nd md the blackader blac kade is complete in tle the pacific the japanese are be 1 ing steadily ejected or rather eliminated from their conquered territory the Aleut lana are about to be cleared of all tracks and traces or the enemy in the south and southwest pacific two facts are plainly evident to the japanese command as well as to the at large OUT progress a may seem slow but it is stead teady y and oil determined and it has bee een accompanied by a terrific de dc st ruction of enemy planes and surface so vesse vessels b a this attrition mut present an ap paling problem for the enemy high 1119 h command whatever sat net is faction they may draw from the fanatical ana sacrifice of theu their soldiers with whom our forces come in etui con feet act the destruction of thew their air power and shipping continue on an increasing and truly remarkable scale in brief the strength of the enemy is steadily t adaily declining while the combined d power p of the united notions nations is in rapidly increasing more rapidly with each succeeding month there can be but one result and every resource we possess is being em aloyed to hasten the hour of victory without tt undue sacrifice of the lives of our men successful research by the depart ment m ont of agriculture will make pos sible 51 ble ethe the salvage and industrial use of millions of pounds of chicken feathers formerly waited bated or used for fertilizer the discovery makes pos sible the salvage of chicken and turkey feathers from poultry dressing plants plants throughout the country at it a time 11 when they are needed 1 to supplement inadequate supplies of luck duck geese and other waterfowl water foul fl fen fea th ers among other uses feathers are excellent as camouflage material also new methods of curling processing process ung and otherwise othe othene ruise ise treating chicken feat feathers h em have greatly increased t their heir suit suitability a ability for sleeping bags pillows and other uses although it t necessary sul apples before dicing them helps to hold the color and prevents prevent darkening it also preserves the natural flavor prevents souring pro sects certain vitamins and keeps insects way away while the fruit is drying |