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Show I WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Win Strengthens F.D.R.'s Hand; Germans Fear New Allied Drive; 1 Storms Slow Pacific Warfare Released by Western Newspaper Union. " I (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions nre expressed in these columns, they are those of Western Newspaper Union s news analysts and not necessurily of this newspaper. ) "i j f - - I With U. S. trucks waiting in mud, Chinese coolies work diligently to clear washout of section of Burma road. CHEESE: New Markets With American consumers com-, ing to appreciate the fine quality ot domestic production of such cheesei s roquefort, camembert, gorgonzola and Swiss, U. S. producers are expected ex-pected to obtain an increasing vol-, ume of business in these types over importers in the postwar years. Before the war, imports of European Euro-pean cheese averaged over 50,000,-, 000 pounds annually, with roquefort and camembert coming in from France, gorgonzola from Italy, and Swiss, of course, from Switzerland. With U. S. epicureans becoming accustomed to American brands of these rarities, however, they are expected ex-pected to more and more satisfy their taste for roquefort from Illinois, Illi-nois, Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin Wiscon-sin producers; for camembert from' New York and Wisconsin; for gorgonzola gor-gonzola from Wisconsin, and for Swiss from Wisconsin, Illinois and Ohid. In prewar years, over-all U. S. cheese production totalled around 700.000,000 pounds, with output soaring soar-ing to 916,000,000 pounds in 1941. STEEL: Expand Capacity Greatest in the world, the U. S. steel industry made substantial expansion ex-pansion since 1940, adding HVz mil-i lion tons to capacity at a cost ofj over 2 billion dollars, half of which I was put up by the government. As of July 1, figures showed that the capacity of blast furnaces for refining raw ore was raised to over 68 million tons, while capacity for further processing of iron and scrap into steel was boosted to over 94 million tons. Most vivid indication of the size of the U. S. industry lies in its comparison com-parison with that of other countries, coun-tries, with Germany's prewar capacity rated at around 20 million tons, and Great Britain's at 15 million mil-lion tons. Zoot Shoes I l s , i' 1 ' i ' - " 1 r '" V ' 1 f ,v . JT i r r j 1 1 I Zoot suiters with the long coats and baggy pants with tight ankles have come up with a new one in Los Aftgeles, Calif. Their latest are shoes with steel plated soles and heelst two inches thick, which they use as weapons. Chief Jailer Robert Rob-ert Fisher is shown inspecting some of the 100 pair of such shoes confiscated by juvenile authorities. DISEASE: 'Hold Line' Although there has been no appreciable appre-ciable increase in the rate of venereal disease in the U. S. since the war, an increase among servicemen service-men in recent months foretells a letdown in the vigorous campaign which has been waged against these scourges, officials said. Source of great future danger, Surgeon Gen. Thomas Parran of the U. S. public health service said, lies in the spread of these diseases dis-eases by untreated people throughout through-out the country in the postwar period pe-riod of migration and possible declination decli-nation of moral standards. While the overall venerea disease rate is at an all-time low in the navy, it was said, infection among personnel in the U. S. has increased 24 per cent above 1942. The rate also has taken a jump in the army DEMS GAIN: F.D.R. Strengthened In winning a fourth term, Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt carried the Democratic party along with him in both the senate and house, where he now appears to be assured of a working majority on both international inter-national and domestic issues. Their own positions materially weakened by Gov. Thomas E. Dewey's strong stand for an effective effec-tive international organization to preserve world peace, staunch GOP nationalists were among the defeated, de-feated, with the result that F.D.R.'s peace program should encounter easier sledding in the senate, where details will be worked out, and in the house where funds will be appropriated. ap-propriated. All of the so-called nationalists did not suffer defeat, but prominent among those that did were Senators Sena-tors Nye in North Dakota, Dana-her Dana-her in Connecticut and Davis in Pennsylvania, and Representatives Fish of New York and Day and Maas of Minnesota. Although the Democrats failed to make any gains in the senate, they stand just short of a two-thirds majority ma-jority necessary for ratification of foreign treaties, a margin they may make up by an alliance of such GOP internationalists as Ball of Minnesota. In he house, however, the Democrats Demo-crats made big gains, increasing their membership to over 240, while the Republicans fell far below their preelection strength of 210. Thus, although President Roosevelt's Roose-velt's winning margin was below that of 1940, the Democratic victory built around his leadership assumed 11 IIjimLLAK a EUROPE: Things to Come All along the 460 mile western front, fighting was confined to local actions, but the Germans, for one, brooked no misgivings on the comparative com-parative calm. While the British were clearing all of southwestern Holland, and U." S. forces were improving positions near Aachen in the north, Metz in the center and the Vosges mountains moun-tains in the south, the Nazis claimed that the Allies were striving to obtain ob-tain springboards for a great drive on the Reich, and only using 25 per cent of their troops. v Though action in the west was local, it was bitter, with very tough fighting below Aachen, where doughboys worked through the fir and pine Hurt-gen Hurt-gen forest in Indian fashion on the road to the Rhineland. As the Doughboys pushed through the splintered Hurtgen forest, both sides made free use of air and artillery artil-lery bombardment for maintenance of open positions outside the wooded tract. It was there, in little hamlets, that some of the bitterest fighting occurred, oc-curred, with tiny villages changing hands in close-quarter action. Fierce fighting also took place in the foothills of the Vosges mountains, moun-tains, where mixed U. S. and French units pounded forward . toward to-ward the great passes leading into southwestern Germany. As Allied troops worked forward, the Nazis pushed in reenforcements in an effort ef-fort to check the advances. Shoving off in a surprise attack about Metz after a heavy artillery bombardment, U. S. troops improved im-proved their positions along a 55 mile front, encountering mainly small arms fire from Germans caught flat-footed. In developing their attack, Yanks braved icy streams, chest-high, to get across to the opposite banks to establish bridgeheads and cover for engineering engineer-ing corps throwing across bridges. PACIFIC: Stormy Weather Raging hurricanes known throughout through-out tropical waters swept across the Philippines, and U. S. troops driving driv-ing down the northwestern half of Leyte island toward the Jap base of Ormoc were caught in the swirling swirl-ing whirlwind and their attack slowed. Having cleared the enemy from virtually all of the eastern section of Leyte, Gen. Douglas MacArthur's forces swung around the northern tip of the mountain range blocking off the western coast, and were driving down it when the hurricane struck.. With one of Japan's top militarists, mili-tarists, General Yamashita, put in command of the enemy's forces, the foe's determination to put up a fight for the Philippines Philip-pines was well reflected in their stand on Leyte, where elements -of four Jap divisions entrenched themselves in the hilly and tangled terrain on the west coast to face the oncoming Yanks. As a first-class slugging match developed on the ground, air combat com-bat also increased in tempo, with U. S. carrier-based -planes attacking attack-ing enemy airdromes and supply depots in an effort to weaken the enemy's air force, while Jap land-based land-based craft conducted harassing raids on U. S. positions on Leyte. Blow Hard Hurricanes that strike the Philippine Philip-pine area blow strong winds. In addition ad-dition to their circular whirl the tropical cyclones move in their entirety, en-tirety, slowly at first, and usually no more than 20 miles an hour. Some storms, however, have attained at-tained a speed of 40 miles or more per hour. The usual direction for those north of the equator is westward, west-ward, tnen northwestward. Tropical cyclones are usually at their strongest in the area stretchinf northward from Leyte. I Victors over nationalists included Governor Moses who defeated Nye; Augustus Bennett who beat Fish; 'Brian McMahon who trounced jDanaher. the proportion of a landslide. The successful conduct of the war, the comparative comfort of people despite de-spite rationing and the President's intimate acquaintance with Allied affairs all tended to offset opposition. opposi-tion. As usual, the President drew his greatest strength from the nation's large industrial centers, where efficient effi-cient political machines like Ed Kelly's of Chicago, Tammany's of New York and Frank Hague's of Jersey City piled up tremendous pluralities which traditional Republican Repub-lican rural districts could not counter-balance. As it was, Governor Dewey did not run as strong in the country areas as was anticipated. Much credit for getting the vote out in the big industrial centers went to Sidney Hillman's CIO Political Politi-cal Action committee, which undertook under-took to impress union membership with the exercise of their power through the polls. Abroad, President Roosevelt's election was well hailed in Allied circles. Said the London Evening Standard: Stand-ard: "The result of the election . . . leaves the tasks of winning the war 'and the larger tasks of advancing Anglo-American-Soviet unity to win 'the peace in the strong, proven hands of Roosevelt. . . ." MISCELLANY i Film actress Ann Sheridan, losing i her wager on Governor Dewey, j paraded down Hollywood boulevard ! in ragged costume and burnt cork on her face. I About 2G0 farm buildings burn i every day in the yniled States and Canada, and some 3,500 people a year perish in thesf fires. since January, 1944, it was reported. re-ported. GRAIN MARKETS: Election Spur With reelection of Presidem Roosevelt presaging the farm bloc's continued control over the administration's adminis-tration's agricultural program, prices reacted favorably on grain markets, scoring fractional gains. Of all grains, only corn failed to respond to election happenings, with the large volume of country offerings in the middle-west tempering temper-ing prices. Revival of talk that beverage alcohol manufacturers again would be allowed a temporary holiday from war distillation for civilian production, added to election optimism, op-timism, resulted in an upswing in rye. ARMY SURPLUS Surplus serviceable property varying vary-ing from nontaclical aircraft to snowshoes, is being reported by the war department to government' agencies charged with disposal of such goods. I Examples of types of surplus' property suitable for other war: agencies and for civilian distribution, distribu-tion, have included marine engines, wool shearlings, machines and machine ma-chine tools, oil drums, automotive spare parts, pavers, graders and I , cranes. |
