Show 0 W washington D 0 COMBAT FLIERS 0 one ne thing that gripes I 1 the h boys at the front Is the way a lot of the desk 0 officers in the war department and others chef here at home borne seem to get p promotions comodo ns more rapidly than i the boys ghiare who are up on the he firing line ne some some of them feel so badly bt about ita it that they arent anxious to come home though given opportunities of furlough because they are out ranked by their old friends at home F for 0 r instance most of the new pilots just arriving in england are second lieutenants they been on any missions at all meanwhile men who have been in england tor for two years tying flying over europe constantly still remain second lieutenants howmann How many do you have asks some newly arrived pilot thohas who has flown twice across the channel charn tel each flight being a mission TIRE RATIO RATION PROBE the office of price administration Is ii quietly probing several cases of tire ration violations which pro promise to be sensational sensation il they go right into some of the biggest tire companies of the country one of the tig big tire companies Is being probed on n a charge of having failed to vold void the tire ration certificates turned in to them by retailers in other words when a retail tire store or garage sells a tire it ha has to end back to the tire man manufacturer 0 the certificate issued by the OPA ration board how however er the OPA Is tracking racking down reports report a that these tire ire certificates instead of belag befog stamped as used are going back to the dealers or else remaining with them in the first place thus thos they are able to sell more tires without requiring more certificates in exchange another big company com pany la is being investigated by the OPA for baying up new tires of various makes from dealers and later reselling them through the com banys own stores store at considerable lo 10 loss s everi even not cot the tires made by this ibis c company Dom pany t the h e loss was considered a good investment because it got motorists into the habit of trading with this bis companas comp anys amys retail stores there may be some startling news breaking on this soon 0 a GERMANYS SMART CHOICES U S experts who have studied the nazi military setup to resist invasion figure that littler hitler or whoever did the picking tor for him was smart in his selection of german military leaders three of the best men in the german army have been given the job ot of combating what the nazis know is the death thrust at germany no 1 is field marshal karl von considered the best strategist and overall over all commander in germany field marshal erwin rommel immediately under him is the best man for lightning moves and panzer tactics finally colonel general heinz guderian is considered the best tank commander in the german army U S experts who believe in looking facts in the face classify these three ai as r among the top military brains of europe DAYLIGHT SAVING TO ENDT END it looks as if daylight saving time were going to be abolished without giving the president a chance to block the repeal several resolutions have been introduced to abolish war time iline as a result of protests from farmers in agricultural areas these are now before representative senta tive clarence lea of california and his interstate commerce committee and it looks as if one reported out and passed it if so it cannot be vetoed lo 10 by y the president tor for the original bill establishing tab lishing war time provided that it was to end six months alter after the war or upon a concurrent resolution by both houses ot of congress this latter provision precludes a veto since resolutions are not subject to being overruled by the white house in fact congressman lea wrote his bis original daylight saving bill in this form for the specific purpose of heading beading oft off the white house in case congress wanted to abolish war time CAPITAL CHAFF C H congratulations to harry B paul barnhart for bringing laughs to the boys in the south pacific with his army show stars and gripes every day the state department condenses foreign news developments borits officials both at home and abroad it is one of the fairest news summaries in washington the navy Is starting a school of gov government emment simi similar larto to the ardys at charlottesville va to train men to govern occupied territories some navy men are wisecracking wise cracking that they dont need to train governors governor of occupation because the british take over all pacific possessions as soon as we capture them the solomons and new guinea were largely british before the war |