Show 6 U 1 JOR W washington D C GERMANYS FRESH TROOPS some startling facts have been allied war strate strategists gs S gathered by regarding regarding hillers Hit bitle lers rys ability to throw front reserves into the western as to they give one explanation germ germany any has why the war against lasted so much longer than the war planners expected it has been estimated that since D day when allied troops landed on normandy the germans have lost men killed 1 wounded or taken prisoners this is a terrific loss in a period of six months however despite that heavy loss estimate that a war strategists es greater number of nazi troops now face the allies than on D day the total of D day june 6 was 65 divisions but today germany has 75 divisions on the western front it is also estimated that germany 9 total strength on an all fronts is just under men this increased strength on the western front has not come from the russian front it is known that some divisions have been transferred from the russian front but they have been replaced by other troops and the eastern front has been kept at full strength it is too risky to take chances there therefore war strategists estimate that the chief increase in irease of strength on the western front has come from the dier divisions these include boys of around IG 16 and old men of 46 which hitler started forming into groups around september 1 there are men in a division they have little training poor liaison and are short of arms especially machine guns but they fight with considerable ferocity when mixed in with units from the regular army german youth has had military training for years which has been a big help reports are that these new troops troop s fight in burs bursts ts furiously for a while and then are exhausted they have no stamina another factor which has helped the german high command is the withdrawal of about 20 divisions from the balkans thus the shortening of the front line in holland several finnish divisions also have been thrown into the western front however it remains an encouraging fact that as of today a dwindling percentage of the german army is is made up of men of the proper fighting age from 18 to 38 TROUBLE IN ITA ITALY LY premier bonomi of italy has written president roosevelt a page letter outlining in great detail many italian complaints against the british when and if this is published it will make some of the greek troubles with the british look relatively pale among the grievances bonomi outlined to the white house are the terms of the armistice forced upon italy by the british with american acquiescence the armistice terms have never been published and big reason is that the allies are fearful of public reaction to the frankly imperialistic demands of churchill it calls for the ceding by italy to the british of the island of pantelleria just south of sicily this tiny island only 58 square miles would make t the he british a constant military threat to italy churchill demands it however in order to safeguard the jugular vein of the british empire the sea lane through h the mediterranean to suez and considering the difficulty british shipping had going around africa during the early part of the war ar some U S leaders think he is right the adriatic port of trieste will be taken from italy and made an international ter free port and the armistice also provides for relinquishing a part of the italian breadbasket the piedmont to france to sweeten the pill the italians were promised that the terms of the armistice would be lightened in proportion to the degree of help they give the allies in the rest of the war against hitler so complete is the british control that last spring when soviet russia announced recognition of the bado glio government badoglio baroglio Ba doglio was advised a few days later that he had no right to deal with any other government ern ment allied or not author of this note was was gen frank noel mason macfarlane then deputy president of the allied allie d control commission for italy result was that although recognition of italy was announced in moscow no ambassador has been sent to rome nor has italy ever been permitted representation in in moscow CAPITOL CHAFF C L certain administration leaders have been urging 0 dynamic E A stephens of ne new w orleans to run i for mayor of that city stephens had dinner with the president anc and mrs roosevelt recently alsen 41 sen claude pepper whose senate subcommittee on wartime health and education has had american am medical association moguls t tearing their hair because of I 1 its ts progressive proposals tor for postwar medical care has been inbi id d to address the ANIX convention ir Chi chicado cazo in february |