Show OR washington D 0 C GERMAN ITALIAN antagonism with the invasion of sicily the question of whether germany and italy can pull pall together as a team now becomes something much more than a subject of 0 amusing wise alie cracks the basic hostility always existing between them both the armies and the people may now prove to be the fatal atal fault in the axis S united states diplomats and newsmen who lived interned in italy until may 1942 recall many an expression of italian resentment against the germans on the night before the interned americans left rome to return to the U S a group of newspapermen including richard G massock of the e alsoc assoc associated abed press als visited te a restaurant called bibliotheca which had been a favorite haunt tor for most of them before the days of internment the place was packed largely with germans but when the head waiter recognized them he be hustled some diners off to make room for his old american friends an italian at the next table mumbled something about germans intruding whereupon APs massock spoke up we are not germant german excuse me said the italian in dl cating clearly that to can call a man a german agerman Is a fighting word this prompted another atall italian an to come to massock the first firs t american he had seen tor for months with an affectionate embrace he said please give my kind regards to president Fres ident roosevelt Roosevel tl TANKS AND POTATOES the army like to say too much about it but the united states now has an embarrassment of riches with respect to tanks A year ago and tor for at least a year before that t there here was great clamor about speeding production of tills this weapon with which hitler overran the continent Ho however vever both the invasion of sicily and raids over germany now make it apparent that the weapon with which we shall take back the tha continent is not the tank but the plane tanks were needed for the cam laign in north africa and a year ago they were the most important weapon in the arsenal in prepare preparation for the landing of november 8 but fewer tanks were expended in north africa than had been expected and we still have most of those which were sent to that theater further there will be less demand for tanks in europe than in africa because of shorter distances and less mobility A tank factory closed down in ohio last week a fact which normany normally would have caused great larm alarm but it passed almost unnoticed because of the fact that we now have avem miles eso of tanks a ssan standing in line waiting to be used in whatever theater may require them note claude says that tanks are like potatoes A few months ago everybody clamored for them now they are a glut on the market NAZI AIR STRENGTH air force experts are commenting on the tact fact that german air activity Is stiffer in every theater of the european war more german planes have been rushed to italy are also active on the russian front and are more active over the european continent in combating allied bomb raids than at any previous time in the war experts believe the germans have put up all their air strength this is highly significant for it means they have taken everything they have lea leaving ving no reserves thus every loss inflicted on the Luft waff in any of these theaters represents a decline from the minimum required tor for a defense of the continent and when you cut a force below its necessary minimum you are bringing about its downfall ROUND MERRY GO O ROUND LA CA professional came appraisal of capital figures as seen under the flash bulb cordell hull patient donald nelson harried and hurried handsome ed Stettin fus vain as a hollywood actor henry wallace philosophically reflecting on how the tha news camera distorts lif life e fl enemy broadcasts intercepted by FCC declare washington is pushing an argentine break with the axis with increasing eagerness to satisfy U S appetite for encamping on the falkland islands unjustly snatched by britain from argentina thus berlin tries to drive wedges both between betwee il argentina and U S and between U S and britain PACIFIC WAR WILL TIGHTEN operations in the pacific have met with glorious initial successes and american forces will push on from one island to another in a campaign which win will have no permanent pause but dont look tor for a continuation or of one tided sided warfare much longer we made our first landings in places where the japanese were weak and where resistance was not substantial but as we advance farther resistance will become stiffer and the progress slower |