Show OR IN 04 M was washington s buxton D C AXIS MORALE IS CRACKING military reports that have leaked out of germany in the past tw two 0 or three weeks indicate quite dafin definitely tese ly that hot no nazi cour morale riale is cracking th these reports through channels which cannot be revealed here ars q quite Is d definite eginit even before propaganda minister goebbels delivered his giveaway give eta away wity speech ape ch warning that saboteur sabot eurs on the home front would be be head headed e it reports also are definite t that hat I 1 the he german army no longer has ha s the reserves no longer has the fighting figh tang backbone for a ion long g war re resentment senter against hill hitler boils beneath the surface in the german army german soldiers will keep on fig fighting ht and are toughly trained des oera tely oung hitting adversaries but their heart isn I 1 in it anymore doz isu all these factors a actors plus powerful wallops by the allies have cr created ed is in an atmosphere in which any anything 9 night might happen it is an atmosphere lot unlike that which existed in the autumn of 1118 1418 there are those in places who think the war in europe might be ovar 0 ivr anytime this winter entirely on nazi nan morale moral but in asia the war is moving at is a an snail a A a pace in burma though the rains am a are r j already over nothing has happened lapp ened many observers think that nothing will happen until late th this a winter and that the r real eal dr drive t through brough burma toward south china china a will be reserved for a year it from ord now the fall fail of 19 1944 I 1 WILL ROGERS IN LONDON congressman will rogers ot of california son of the cowboy humorist came back from london itro singing ging the praises of american british cooperation oper in england american troops which he described ds as the new army of occupation bv live off the fat of the land and ar are a tre treated t ad royally by the british thore is nothing too good for them only trouble is they occasionally sio nally take a girl away from a british tommy willa will s father was a frequent visitor in london and everyone remembered him so it was like old home week for the young congressman from california BRITISH IDLE OIL maine a eagle c eyed senator hr brewster met gen B B Sti Somer veU chief e 1 ellrich of the army is service forces or on th the e pacific island 0 of I 1 fiji immediately tackled h him im on the dynamite laden all important question ot of why the U USA S A was supplying nearly 70 per ent cent of 1 all 11 allied oil though w we h have ev only u 1 y 25 per cent of the world s oil reserves right around the persian gulf reminded senator brewster brewst er the british ha have ve 0 oil 11 refineries and limitless british e quantities a n t it of oil 1 1 why led don I 1 we go get tra more to oil flo out of t the h e near eat east instead from or of hosting it it all the way from texas we are rushing refining equipment cut to arabia as quickly as we can replied general Somer somervell yes countered the senator from maine but why use precious shipping space carting refining equipment half way around the wor world ld when the british already have a refinery at the gulf of persia the manager of the anglo persian oil com company told us that his refinery could produce 60 per cent more oil why not put it to work instead of exhausting hau sting our own oil reserves reserve sv 7 furthermore more brewster brewstet e contin tied the crude oil fr from non persian wells well is so good that it cart can be pumped pu aped right into shi ships a as bunker ifa oil mi without tro refining lining if we don I 1 get busy and add use it well wake ake up after the war to find the U united states with no oil left an and it dependent on the british eca empire ir CABOOSE SLEEPERS C cornfeld fed senator bottom r ed johnson of r colorado got his start art as is a rat railroad it telegrapher still proud proudly ily c carries a a union card so he was well ell qualified to pres preside d e over the war mobilization committee tee when A F whitney president ores ident of the brotherhood brotherhood of railroad trainmen testified on manpower and other railroad problems whitney objected to the policy of some am railroads in refusing to let train crews sleep in idle cabooses cabo oses trainmen away from home frequently cant can t get hotel accommodations ons but railroad officials argue that it is unsanitary and also dangerous for them to sleep in cabs which scon sometimes stude have to be switched when I 1 was a working trainman its an we always lived in our cabooses cabo oses whitney y said not because rooms were are not available a at ho h hotels tel but because it was mort more cari convenient vent cu t 1 many a the time I 1 have slept in cab cabo cabooses 0 oses myself reminisced johnson MERRY GO ROUND I fl american doughboys dough boys in iran have i found a good way to dodge U S military r police and get out of camp at night eight they take advantage of the mohammedan cus custom t om of veiling their women and sl slip jp on a full length cover all veil which iranian women omen wear f from sod head to toe mil ve tary police h have a been instructed to protect iranian women and prevent a all flirting so BO they do don n I 1 dare top stop a veiled figure to a ask sk h her er or him to lower the veil and see an american doughboy is behind it |