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Show TTTfl PKBtTRESSTV" OPTNTON m WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS . Jap Reinforcements Smashed; Yanks Weaken Nazi Strength; Iron Out Huge Highway Program Released by Western Newspaper Union. I (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions are expressed In these columns, they are those ol Western Newsoaner Union's news analvsts and not necessarily of this newsoaDer.) ' ' f Supported by tanks in the rear, TJ. S. infantrymen advance near Geilen-kirche- n inside Germany on western front. PACIFIC : Smash Reinforcements Despite the fact that ground fight-ing on Leyte island stalled in bad weather, with November rainfall to-taling 23Vi inches, there was no lull tn action in the Philippines. As Jap General Yamashita tried to take advantage of the inclement weather to reinforce his beleaguered1 troops on Leyte, U. S. airmen rose to combat enemy transports plough-ta- g through western Philippine wa-ters to Ormoc. In one long assault on a convoy, U. S. aviators sank 10 enemy transports, lending 4,000 troops to the bottom, and bringing total Jap losses in reinforcement at-tempts to 26 ships with a tonnage of 92,750 and 21,000 men. Meanwhile, continued their raids over the Tokyo industrial area, encountering moderate opposition. Infuriated by the bombings, chat-- WESTERN FRONT: Battle of Attrition To the Nazis being pressed back to the Rhine, the great battles rag-ing along the western front were "the most ferocious in all history." To doughboys of the U. S. Ninth First, Third and Seventh armies, slogging forward in heavy gush, they were the hardest Of the war, with desperate resistance encoun-tered at every step. With airplane activity limited by somber skies and rainfalls, the bat-tle was being fought along with heavy U. S. field ar-tillery and big, rumbling tanks pour-ing their deadly fire into enemy en-trenchments to clear the way for the doughboys of the infantry. Although General Fatton's Third army about the Saar, and General Patch's Seventh army east of the Vosges, maintained heavy pressure on Nazi lines, the focal point of action cen-tered on the Ninth and First army fronts between Julich and Duren. East of the small, but strategic, Roer river, both of these towns are vital communications centers, with elaborate highways running in from the Rhineland to feed other road-ways running to the north and south. As the great battle of attrition wearing down rose in tempo, this highway network was vital to the Germans in rushing troops and ma-terials to the endangered front, and then transferring them to the north and south. Indicative of the great pressure General Eisenhower was exerting in this sector was the report that his opponent, foxy Field Marshal von Rundstedt, had transferred troops from the Dutch front to the Julich-Dure- n sector to cope with the Allied powerhouse. No sooner had the report come through than it was announced that Canadian troops had taken the field on the Dutch front, increasing Al-lied pressure back in this sector, and giving the German high com-mand no rest. Slowed In their frontal as-sault on Budapest, Russian armies crossed the Danube to the south of the Hungarian cap-ital to thrust one spearhead northward toward the embattled city and another westward to-ward the Austrian frontier, less than 100 miles away. SEDITION TRIAL: Death Ends It With the death of Jus-tice Edward C. Eicher of Iowa, the and at times far-cical, sedition trial of 26 defendants in Washington, D. C, came to an abrupt end, with small chance of resumption. Although government counsel said the trial could go on if both the U. S. and defendants agreed to the selec-tion of another judge, it was recalled that a federal court previously had ruled that justice required comple-tion of a case by the same judge and jury and no substitutions could be made, even with consent. Thus, the government was faced with the al-ternative of starting new proceed-ings. Even though the trial of the 26 defendants, accused of trying to un-dermine the morale of the U. S. armed forces and establish a Nazi form of government in this country, had already taken up seven months, government counsel revealed that at least six more months would be necessary to complete presentation of its evidence. With defendants' attorneys expected to consume an additional three to six months, the case promised to last about a year and a half. Gen. MacArthur on Lyte airdrome with Ace Bong (at left) and Lt. Gen. George Kenney (right). tering Japanese news commentators threatened that "albino apes" para-chuting onto Japanese soil from dis-tressed Superfortresses would be "killed on the spot by angry peo-ple." Japs Gain Pushed to the wall in the Philip-pines, the Japs had better luck in China, where Chiang ar-mies were hard put to it in an at-tempt to blunt an enemy drive aimed at cutting the Burma road to Chungking. Thrusting westward from their north-sout- h juncture at Liuchow, where they joined to seal off the whole eastern Chinese coast, Jap columns stood about 100 miles from the Burma road, key communica-tions line linking much of the south-ern part of the country. As the Japs pressed forward, they claimed 50,000 Chinese troops were falling back on the big highway bas-tion of Kweiyang, where a strong stand was expected to block any drive further northward toward Chungking, headquaretrs. HIGHWAYS: Postwar Project Following separate action by both houses, senators and representatives got together in the nation's capital to settle on a definite postwar fed-eral highway program, the first ma-jor public works project planned for peacetime. After the senate had approved of the expenditure of $450,000,000 an-nually for three years after the war for construction of rural, secondary and urban highways, the house passed a bill providing for $500,000,-00- 0 annually for three years. Under both versions, states would have to contribute an equal amount of money for road projects, and sums would be distributed through-out the country on the basis of re-gional importance. Under the house bill, for instance, $775,000,000 would be allotted for rural highways, 0 for secondary roads and $375,000,000 for urban arteries. Russia Spent $100,000,000 Yearly on Sports Program Since 1921, Soviet Russia has the most sports-minde- d country in history through its sports-for-a- ll program for which it has appropriated as much as $100,000,000 annually, says Co-llier's. This has not only resulted in the construction of 650 stad-iums, 3,500 gymnasiums and 10,000 playing fields, but has also encou-raged 35,000,000 men and women of nearly all ages to compete in ath-letic events. Furthermore, as no one is per-mitted to make money on sports, either as a promoter or a partic-ipant, there are no professional athletes in the Soviet Union, Released by Western Newspaper Union. PLENTV of frontiers FOR US TO CONQUER OUR THEORETICAL economists, who strive to plan America's fu-ture, tell us we have reached the zenith of accomplishment; no fur-ther progress can be expected; there are no more frontiers for us to conquer. They tell us we can only stand still or go backward. Tf this were the summer of 1893 I might believe such statements, but not in 1944. During the summer of 1893 I spent a number of days at the World's Columbian exposition, at Chicago. I saw exhibited there the marvels man had accomplished, the wonders his ingenuity had per-fected. It then did not seem pos-sible there was anything left to be done by future generations. One exhibit that caused much mirthful comment as a crazy man's toy, was a "horseless carriage." At times, and with the exercise of much patience, it would actually move over short distances at a speed not to exceed five miles per hour. "Old Dobbin, or the prancing bays, will continue to pull the car-riages of John Smith, the grocery-ma-or Phil Armour, Marshall Field or George M. Pullman, the plutocrats of their day," was the verdict of those who viewed that plaything. But that g toy was the first of the automobiles of to-day. The internal combustion engine that propelled it, crude as it was at that time, has revolutionized our transportation of both business and pleasure. Today 30 million or mon of them are operating in this coun try, an average of one for eacl family. Their production and main tenance gives jobs to more thai six million of our workers. That development has all come since 1893, and it is but one of thousands of new fron-tiers we have conquered. At that exposition there were no radios on display, no electric or gas refrigerators, no airplanes, no air conditioning, to mention but a half dozen of the thousands of things the ingenuity of man has given us during the last half century. These things have made our continued progress possible. They have provided jobs for an ever increasing number of work-ers, with double or triple the money in the weekly pay en-velope, with more time to play and more with which to play. Certainly the end has not only not arrived, it is not even in sight, nor will it be within any time we can visualize. We do not need plans merely to keep what we have, we need plans for utilizing all the future has in store for us. No, I cannot be pessimistic about the future after seeing what has been done in a world that seemed complete in 1893. COST OF LAST WAR AND THIS ONE WE FINISHED WORLD WAR I with a Federal indebtedness of some 27 billion dollars. With the exception of a few months in 1921 we enjoyed unusual prosperity up to the fall of 1929, with a national income to a top of 90 billions a year. From the close of World War I to 1929 we paid the interest on the national debt and reduced the principal by more than 10 billion. Our national debt now stands at more than 210 bil-lion, with an annual interest charge of better than 4 billion. To pay the interest and reduce the prin-cipal as much as 3 billion a year is about the best we can hope for. That would mean 70 years, more than three generations, before that debt is paid. And the end is not yet. It will continue to grow until at least one or two years after 'he war is over before we can reach the point of a balanced budget. INCOME TAX ON LARGE INCOMES THE MORE YOU GET, the less you have, was the Federal tax rule for 1944 as applied to those of large gross incomes. From those with incomes of $100,000 the Federal gov- ernment took, as taxes, $74,813, leav-ing a net of $25,187. From those with gross incomes of $300,000 the tax was $277,122, leaving a net of $22,878. From $500,000, income taxes took $481,789. leaving only $18,211. The unfortunate individual, of which there were some, who had a gross million dollar income had to pay $993,456, with only $6,544 left out of which to pay living expenses. Private yachts and racing stables had to go by the board. Certainly large incomes were drasticall; dis-couraged in 1944. IN 1913 THE COST OF OPERAT-- j ING the Federal government was $7.17 for each of the 110 million men, women and children of the United States. In 1940, a year before we were at war, or spend-ing large sums preparing or war, the cost was $71.58 for each of aur 130 million people. What legiti- mate function of government was worth that difference to you? COLLECTIVELY WAR COSTS us nany billions. Peace will prove ex-pensive to some individuals. News rjx BEHINDJII BypAULMALLONj' Released by Western Newspaper Union. CHINESE CABINET CHANGE WILL AID WAR WASHINGTON. All the news from China has been bad lately, ex-cepting Generalissimo Chiang 's thorough shaking out of his cabinet. From the inside, it appears that the generalissimo, having been inplfinnpntal in ousting our Gen-eral Stilwell and thus having saved face with his own people for the mil-itar- ;- failures, is now getting ready to cooperate more closely with the other United Na-tions. At least Generalissimo this is what might Chiang be m. ner official view here. The motives behind the Stil-well withdrawal, unexplained at the time, thus now become more fully evident. The whole panoply of mystifying news from that front thus becomes apparent. Chiang has always been suspi-cious of the Chinese Commu-nists. While they are fighting on his side with their armies far off in the north, he actually has had soldiers detached from his own war effort on the Japanese front to watch them. True, the Communists have not been much of a deterrent to the Japs. While some published esti-mates of their strength run as high as 300,000, numbers are worthless in gauging any Chinese fighting forces. No one knows exactly how many troops the Commies have, except that these have been sufficient to repel a few Jap attacks. Many whom they count as soldiers are ac-tually farmers who run to action in an emergency. Others are untrained civilians, and the term "bandit" has been applied to a few in the past. Now by kicking from his cabinet the strongest ele-ments, Chiang is falling in line with the ideas of officialdom here for more coherent action on that front. However, the change can be in-terpreted as more political than mil-itary so far. Improved Leadership. Those who know the new war min-ister say they expect his leadership to bring some "improvement" in Chinese fighting, but very few peo-ple in this country appreciate the difficulties he is facing. Frankly, it must now be said that no satisfactory Chinese military ef-fort has developed anywhere lately. The action on the Salween river front may be an exception, but there we trained the officers and men. It is time to admit also that China is mostly in Jap hands. All of the industry and much of the agricul-ture went long ago. The seacoast is closed. Most of the internal rail-roads are controlled by the Japs. We are today flying in from India through the only contact the Chinese have with the out-side world more materials of war than were carried on the Burma road before the Japs cut it. But our planes flying in a load of gasoline for instance probably con-sume as much as they can carry as a load. The limitations upon our as-sistance are therefore evident, and likely to continue indefinitely, al-though we have greatly increased our supplies in the last five months. Then again we must recognize that her armies are sometimes led by what we used to call "provincial war lords," many of whom are pol-iticians not. strictly supporting the Chungking government. The Chinese internal economic distribution system has not im-proved much since before the war, when news of vast starva-tion was a world sensation al-most annually. Inflation is un-believable, and indeed most au-thorities suspect China cannot survive financially even if peace comes soon. Certainly the cen-tral government is none too sure of itself. But as these internal inefficien-cies, dissensions and weaknesses are native to the Chinese, so also has been their cold, valorous spirit of resistance against the conqueror. While the difficulties practically amount now to internal demoraliza-tion, they are not Ukely to lead to a collapse of the fight on that front. The Jap drive in China luckily is limited. All advices here prove rath-er conclusively that the Jap strategy is directed only toward cutting cen-tral China off from Burma if it can be done. But even if this mis-sion is accomplished, they will then have long lines of communications running back to the coast. Such extensions are really invi-tations for the special type of fight-ing the Chinese do best. 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Symptoms may be nagging backacn. persistent headache, attacks of di"!"" KettinE up nights, swelling, puttinew under the eyes a feeling of nervoui anxiety and loss of pep and strengta. Other signs of kidney or bladder are sometimes burning, scanty or too frequent urination. There should be no doubt that pr.P' treatment is wiser than neglect. V" Doan's Pills. Doan'a have been winnini new friends for more than forty years. They have a nation-wid- e reputation. Are recommended by grateful people m uy V V Get Into Action For Full Victory! HLJOUSEHOLD llllNTSte If needles are scarce, open up one of the old pin cushions and doubtlessly you will find a num-ber of needles embedded there. j Adjust the cover of the ironing board onto the board while it is , still wet after washing. It will then fit tight. A clean tea towel, pinned smoothly over my rolling pin, sub-stitutes for a sleeve-boar- d very satisfactorily. Both large and small sleeves can be ironed nicely and quickly on it. If a small article has fallen into some hard-to-get-- place, use a wad of chewing gum stuck on the end of a long stick to get at it. If, when you decide to make a cake or spread sandwiches, the butter is hard as a rock, invert a warm bowl over the butter plate, and this will soften but not melt the butter. If you haven't a warm bowl, pour some very hot water into the bowl for a few minutes. ' An easy way to coat doughnuts with sugar is to place them in a paper sack with powdered sugar. Shaking the bag will do the rest. Never put food in paper bags in the refrigerator. Air should cir-culate freely around the food if it is to be preserved at a safe tem-perature. Do you have an old eye-gla-case around that isn't in use? Employ it as a red and blue ra-tion token holder. If that rinse-and-ris- k policy has been carried to an extreme in cleaning the coffee pot, and you have sour milk you can't use, put it in the coffeepot, leaving the gadgets in place. Allow to stand a day or two, then pour out, and that awful brown will drain away with it. Wash the pot well with soapy water, scald thoroughly and allow to air. It's good as newl HIGHLIGHTS . . . in th e week's news I Meat: The largest production of beef a!hd veal on record for any November was made at federally inspected meat packing plants last month, according to a review of the livestock and meat situation today by the American Meat institute. Total production of all meat last month was 1,539,000,000 pounds. This was 6 per cent more than that pro-duced in October. Fat Calf: Seven hundred and seven-ty- five thousand dollars in war bonds was the sale value of a pure bred Holstein bull calf at Omaha re-cently. A life insurance company in Omaha "bought" the calf for $380,000 in bonds and then they offered it for sale again with the Douglas County Dairy Breeders association paying $375,000 for the animal, which they will put in service. |