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Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS ' AZied Invasion of Yugoslavia ) Poses Another Threat to Reich; Plan for Small Standing Army Released by Western Newspaper Union. (FDITQR'S NOTE: When opinions are expressed In these columns, they are those of Western Newspaper Union's news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper Entering Chamboit, France, the Allie found abandoned, wrecked rod burned German equipment, common ighU along the enemy's battered bat-tered retreat route to the Reich. EUROPE: I New Front For the little man with the clipped mustache, there seemed to be no end of trouble. Although his broken armies in the west were reorganizing for a stiffer stand against the U. S. and British onslaught, and although his battered bat-tered armies in the east were slowing slow-ing the Russians from the Black sea to the Carpathians, the Allies posed itill another threat to his narrowing defensive circle by an invasion of Yugoslavia. As Russian troops tore across Romania onto the eastern Yugoslav i border near the capital of Belgrade, I U. S. and British forces landed on CIVILIAN GOODS: Postwar bttrnvila Manufacture of civilian goods will begin In earnest with the fall of Germany, Ger-many, with war output due to drop about 40 per cent, and 4,000,000 workers work-ers freed for other jobs, the War Production board revealed. At the present time, a limited reconversion re-conversion program has been instituted, insti-tuted, with emphasis placed upon preparation for the eventual resump- Because of the TJ. S.'s record-breaking record-breaking production of 79,350,000 tons, world steel output rose to 146,500,000 tons in 1943. While production increased here, it dronned from 28,000,000 to 20,- 1 the western coast for a arive m-1 m-1 land. As the two Allied armies worked forward for a junction, Mar- thai Josip Tito's Partisans were ac-I ac-I live in harassing German troops and I labotaging communication lines, i The twin offensive in Yugoslavia I Soubly imperilled the harried legions le-gions of Adolf Hitler. First, the V. S., British and Russian drives promised to link the Allied armies for a con- . certed attack against southern Austria and Hungary, and, also to outflank the Naiis manning the Gothic line in Italy to the ! west; and, second, an Allied junction would cut off an esti- - mated 260,000 enemy troops re-; re-; maining in lower Yugoslavia, ! Greece and the Aegean islands. ! Stiffen at Border 000,000 tons in Germany and from 18,000,000 to 12,000,00 tons in Russia. tion of civiUan production. Under current regulations, manufacturers are permitted to develop working postwar models and order machinery machin-ery for civilian output. In allowing those manufacturers not engaged in war work to start turning out civilian lines after the Nazis' downfall, the WPB will maintain main-tain priorities for military production produc-tion alone and will relax most of its controls over materials. Furthermore, Further-more, it will provide assistance for manufacturers In switching over to civilian work. DEMOBILIZATION: HUrhiree Plans Bleated the ' German radio to lanatical Nazi rearguards resisting the U. S. and British drives to the Reich's western frontier: "Every day gained now amounts to a reinforcement of our national itrength for the defense of the Reich I Itself. . . ." , Partly because of such resistance, I partly because the fast-moving Al-! Al-! lied armies had outrun their length-I length-I ming supply lines, the U. S. and ' British thrusts In the Lowlands and France temporarily lost their whirl- Total length of service, time served overseas, combat record and dependency will govern the demobilization demobi-lization of soldiers following the defeat de-feat of Germany, the army announced. an-nounced. Under the army's plans for releasing releas-ing surplus men, each of the first four mentioned factors will be worth a certain number of points, with release re-lease going to doughboys with the highest ratings. However, i was pointed out, men with quahficat.ons needed for the war in the Pacific i tVie Far East Fighting was particularly heavy In northeastern Belgium before the fortress city of Liege and hi the rugged Ardennes for- st, and directly to the east of i Paris, where American troops 1 drew np along the Moselle river for an assault on Nazi defenses i guarding the rich industrial j Saar basin. ' Mounted thickly in the precipitous, "ooded heights east of the Moselle, the German artillery maintained steady drumfire against doughty " 0. S. troops seeking to establish 6rm bridgeheads across the river. Farther to the south, Lieut. Gen. "1 Wexander Patch's Seventh army, 1 driving ud from the Mediterranean will be transience w regardless of their status. Because the war in the Pacific will receive first call on shipping, it m"y take many months for men eligible for demobilization to return to This country, the army said Since men in camps here are expected to Tave the lowest priority rat ngs, they will constitute the principal pool for rpnlacemervts. i I nce the U. S.'s full seapower will be needed in the all-out war Tgainst Japan, there will be no demobilization de-mobilization of the navy when Ger-many Ger-many falls. Future Army De.C.laIin.! Has' no Place among J'ot a juncture with Lieut. Gen. George Patton's Third army along Ihe Moselle, drove on the Belfort eap, the low lying plane between I the Vosges mountains of France and Swiss border leading into Germany. f Costly Fighting - I Reflecting the strong pressure the Russians were exerting to the north- j et of Warsaw, the Germans ac- 5 knowledged their withdrawal across - toe Narew river, ". . . to avoid the ianier of a Russian breakthrough 3 w the southern border of East Prus- I !ia." A i In ojitV,-n.,.: ho NareW. standing institutions of a 1 modern democratic state." Gen. George AC. Marshall told of- V ficers planning the "V postwar military or- ' ganization to work on a small, efficient jf' , 1 force with a re- J serve of w e 1 1- yU-1 trained citizens. Gen. Marshall In jssuing his di- rective, General th3t "nf "cry able-bodLl Amer-icT Amer-icT youth undergo training be-ican be-ican j"" reserves. j " Nazis continued their policy of A economizing their forces by giving I ground when the superior weight of 1 ir opponent promised to grind tJ Sown their manpower. j Because of the proximity pf the j Russians to German soil, however, " Nazis no longer were free to "'ke wholesale withdrawals, but ""w laced bloody front-line fighting. fore placeme " - - efficient By adtVh0aaiarggeporof 'reservists.' -frCe Marshall said that there General Marsna" -tv or advance-was advance-was -anization than ment '" in a big standing army. there was in a Dig necessary where the size made " ona to maintain a large, v Scer.- cast at all times. TTFLP WANTED lltLl workers ex- A shortage ndustrial re-ists re-ists in the principal in fce ginSHfdthonlCy by shifting men and ; remedied only oy e there 1S . women from areas Manpower . less stringency, the w , commission f'e's in New Eng. Heavy war mdusune Wesl j land, North A"anst are being . and e Pacific CM . hampered by lac Southwest is ! re'an'aPPro-ely adecuat, labor supply- f T 1 WELLANY "PA VIOLATIONS: In the first al1 of this year, formal enforce-Jwt enforce-Jwt of Office of Price administra-42 administra-42 m Kgulations was necessary in I '. 00 cases, involving violations of I L";6 ceil'ngs, rationing quotas, and J tin els- Action included revoca- 11. tio" ' 20,684 consumer gasoline ra- 1 tin' 4,265 suits Ior injunctions, 1,158 T i damage suits, and 2,191 crimi- if. al Woucutiona. |