| Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS by edward C wayne Us S shifts hawaiian so high command russian army claims important gains in pushing 9 nazis back from moscow president names censorship director in these the columns they opinions inions are expressed EDITO EDITORS RS NOTE NOT EWhen when analyst eD and not necessarily of this mews newspaper PaPer of the news new 8 those are re by western newspaper union i HAWAII changes Cli anges despite the fact that secretary knox had revealed that the army and navy forces on hawaii were it not on the alert against attack and the fact that president roosevelt had appointed an invest investigation ignation board the extent pf af the disaster as revealed by the naval secretary left a general sense of bf relief in this country and in england that it was tiff worse even before an inquiry board headed by supreme court justice owen roberts and appointed by the president could start its work there was a shakeup in the hawaiian army and paval naval commands admiral husband kimmel commander of the pacific fleet was replace replaced ed by rear admiral chester W nimitz in the army gen delos C emmons was ordered to replace gen walter C short commander of the hawaiian department and maj gen F L martin chief of the hawaiian army air command was relieved of his post and brig gen C L tinker appointed in his stead chief outright loss was the battleship arizona tons a good ship in good condition and undoubtedly most of the 2500 odd who lost their lives were centered in her the fact that the pacific fleet still intact and still in considerable force was ranging the great ocean in pursuit of the japanese fleet was comforting news also of considerable relief were the navy secre stories of heroism anthe part of army and navy men also of civilians in the honolulu area as well as in pearl harbor itself the americans had con ducted themselves as such in trying circumstances and while dealt a crushing blow had bounded back full of enthusiasm to carry the fight to the enemy censorship adopted by U S president Roosevel ts appointment of byron price an associated press editor as chief of the american censorship bureau and the adoption of a central censorship was met by a press resigned to the fact that something of the kind was a necessary war measure the first days of the war had found so much confusion and so much printing of rumors of air raids and of speculations as to movements of troops and of ships that the public was gradually becoming a little jittery particularly along the east and west coasts of the continent the naming of a trained newspaper man as head of the censorship and the presidents announcement that he would be permitted to create his own organization and u A 4 3 wm W A AM ay y this is byron price ex executive news editor of associated press who has been named director of censorship for the united states to operate it in his own way presumably without interference from the army and navy heads though of course in operation cooperation co with them met with general approval prior to this the war department had sent out orders to newspapers on what they could and could not print one of these apparently restricting strict ing the publication of telegrams of casualties because they contained the name of the place where the they y occurred newspaper editors hoped that under censor price restrictions would be clearer and more distinct and would permit newspapers more freedom of judgment 1 i 1 t atit RUSSIA moving steadily steady advances by the russians on all fronts despite weather conditions dit ions and reports of huge captures of prisoners and of booty had begun t to 0 convince the world that the german effort to hold bold their winter lines was doomed to failure and that th the e retreat might duplicate for the german armies what w hat happened to napo napoleon leon in the same situation one such strategic point as kalinin being captured had h ad spoken volumes this town 90 miles northwest of moscow had been the first point the nazis had grabbed in in starting their encirclement offos of moscow and leningrad and lying as it does on the main route between the cities had virtually isolated them from each other the northward drive of the red armies had smashed moscow reports said six divisions or germans at that point and the enemy was described in full retreat and in danger of annihilation tanks motor vehicles and guns were being abandoned in the flight and without mechanized equipment in large quantities ahe the orderly ev evacuation ac of such huge numbers of men under russian weather conditions was seen as impo impossible isible london sources realized that the reds had now a wonderful opportunity for a double flanking operation against the great arc of germans around leningrad and moscow and that if pressed home with vigor a disaster without parallel in all warfare was in store for germany FAR EAST I 1 birdseye view the whole far eastern situation though becoming more favorable to american defense of her vital positions particularly the philippines 1101 I 1 11 LIMIT MIKADO MICH this village christened 55 years ago in liono honor of the emperor ot of japan wants to change its name its citizens are distressed they now want to rename mikado roosevelt above photo shows some of the objectors and hawaii was not so highly optimistic ti an outlook viewed as a whole military observers said the japs probably overestimated the fifth column aid they would get in the philippines also the disaster that their sudden attack would create in in hawaii they believed they reckoned without the bounce back of the navy from hawaii and without the firmness and ferocity of the filipino troops and the military ability of general macarthur guam it is true had fallen but midway and wake had held out and the japs had broken the force of their attack on luzon without getting anywhere however it was in malaya that the chief japanese onslaught was taking place with enormous numbers of men from indo china moving through thailand with complete operation cooperation co the british had been frankly afraid that if singapore did not fall then it might very well become useless as a naval base and they pointed out that if the ships could not enter and leave the harbor and that if planes could not take 0 ff and land from the fields then singapore might fade from the picture A major british defeat in malaya was therefore rega regarded crded in the best quarters as a distinct and the michae possibility of what would happen next was not pretty for the defense of the philippines LIBYA british assault the british assault in north africa looked extremely favorable despite the fact that hordes of nazi planes were challenging the ameri can equipped british in the air the imperial forces were speeding up their attack on points to the west of bobruk and had moved even west of derna at some points and were following a strategy of rapid and mobile slicing move moved ments from the south upward toward the coast at different points each of them cutting through german communications and supply lines and forcing them to be reestablished at tremendous cost in one of these onslaughts for in instance the british claimed to have destroyed an ammunition depot of tons and to have taken 1100 prisoners in addition to destroying or confiscating much fuel the center of fighting by general brommels Rom mels forces had moved to a point int 15 miles west of gazala a plateau the fall of which would open the road to derna second big stopping place of a westward movement against Cyrena ica the british usually conservative in claims frankly said in their muni ques it looks ais as though a decisive victory is not far off DRAFT to be Broade broadened ried it had become evident that the draft law was to be broadened immediately to include all men from 19 to 44 and that at the same time the navy was to be increased even further a simultaneous bill providing for a ton addition to the combat strength this latter matter however was viewed as far in the future as the available shipyard strength of the nation was fully mobilized and any increase in commitments would have to come well after present construction st was finished both the house and senate w were ere agreed on having all rhen men between 18 and 64 to register but limiting the active service to those between 19 or 21 in the house bill and 44 the registration bill was an effort on the part of the administration to make a full survey of the available manpower of the nation result of the new move would be to give the united states a potential army of some men and it was seen as a distinct possibility that that number would be called up for training as soon as faculties facilities could be put in service in his formal approval of the bill the president said 1 I consider this registration provides an essential instrument for the orderly planning of our national effort UNREST report revived the tempo of attack from the ostland 11 or on the russian front fron t brought from stockholm bern and other neutral sources increasing reports of unrest inside germany though returning return ing correspondents ousted from berlin B erlin before and after the declaration of war on this country told frankly that germany was preparing for war on a five year basis neutral quarters advanced the theory that hitler was having a hard time explaining the russian situation it was said that t h at the subterfuge 9 e of refusing refuse ng all a ll 11 holiday leaves to t 0 officers and men back from the east ern era front and other means of keeping the people in ignorance of the disaster were being be ing resorted to but that the german high command was having its it s hands full why hillers Hit hitler lers vaunted attack explaining on oh moscow had failed |
