| Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS jap air thrust at alaska and midway seen as re reprisal P cisal for doolittle raid Us S declares war on balkan nations RAF smashes reich war industries EDITORS NOTE when opinions are expressed in these they are those of 0 the news analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper released by western newspaper union A gg 4 V M A r I 1 wl 1 X le p the harbor and to town of dutch harbor alaska U S naval base raided by japanese bombers is shown above the air and naval base which threatens japans northern flank and forms a springboard for eventual offensives against nippon is around the point to the left ALASKA FRONT lapan japan strikes As had been expected ever since general doolittles Doo littles spectacular air raid on japan last april japanese warplanes war planes struck at the american base at dutch harbor alaska the first two attacks occurred within six hours of each other the fact that fighter planes accompanied compa nied the bombers on their raids indicated that the japs came from aircraft carriers since the nearest enemy island is 1 1400 miles away far beyond the range of fighter craft significance of the jap attack on the most formidable american ion in the aleutian islands is that alaska and the aleutian archipelago lie across japans exposed northern flank they offer an effective springboard spring board for eventual offensives against nippon by neutralizing alaska and knock ing ng out american air bases japan would protect its flank delay indefinitely the possibility of american in invasion via this route and shut off communications and supply lines to russia in the event of a nipponese attack on siberia Blid midway ivay island when jap task forces undertook an attack on midway island nearest american base to japan 24 hours after the dutch harbor assault the growing power of american air and naval strength manifested itself Adini admiral ial chestr chester W nimitz commander of the pacific fleet announced that his forces had damaged a battleship and an aircraft carrier and exacted a heavy toll of attacking planes BALKAN FOES 17 S acts president roosevelt asked for and obtained a declaration of war by congress on the three nazi stooge governments of bulgaria hungary and rumania on the home front this newest war move meant a general roundup round up of enemy aliens of these nations and a freezing of their funds on the european front it was calculated to produce a twofold two fold effect it would underline closer american collaboration with russia which long has desired such an action and contribute to the soviets morale it would serve notice on hillers Hit lers three balkan allies that hat they could not escape the consequences of their association with tim him few however expected americas war effort against the three new enemies to go beyond speeding up shipments of essential materials to russia WAR WEAPONS army has plenty expanding power of uncle sams army was disclosed in a report of undersecretary of war robert P patterson who revealed that the army has all the weapons it can send a abroad b road under present shipping conditions and enough to arm every in the united states mr patterson said the army today requires twice as many light arms per 1000 men as it did before the extensive use of parachute troops RAIDS ON REICH RAF cows sows havoc As air raid after air raid by the RAF wrought destruction in the heart of german war producing areas the pattern of this newest offensive became increasingly clear smash the industrial plants that produce materials for hillers Hit lers armies dislo dislocate cate the railways that carry these products to his forces in russia shake the nazi civilian morale how well these objectives were succeeding was indicated by british A damaging raid on cologne was followed by two crippling blows at essen in the ruhr valley concentration point for half of germanys germanas Germ anys heavy war industries bremen the second largest port was next on the schedule in the first essen raid 1 1038 british planes converged over the krupp munitions works showering down tons of explosives and incendiaries the second installment in the nature of a mop up was designed to ilow r slow down nazi repair efforts while german propaganda continued to minimize the extent of the raids the outlook was undeniably gloomy but the reich itself was not the only target of the british planes in one 12 hour daylight period the RAF AF hurled more than 1000 planes in il relays over northern france fanning the flames of revolt among french patriots WAR BONDS more sales needed do I 1 really need what I 1 am going to buy cant I 1 do without it wont it wait until after the war americans were urged by secretary of the treasury henry L to ask themselves these questions before making any purchases the point of the secretary secre Is plea was that the buying of war bonds transcends any other purchase any man or woman who chooses this time to go on a buying spree is committing an act of sabotage against our war effort mr said in a nationwide radio address unnecessary spending he added drains money from the defense program creates greater price pressure and encourages inflation more and more ore purchases of war bonds he said are the antidote NAVY naff BILL billions for ships two facts of prime significance to the future conduct of the war stood out in the provisions included in the new naval expansion program over which congress deliberated as a means of giving the united states the largest navy in the world these facts were 1 the emphasis on the construction of aircraft carriers and 2 the absence of battleships tle ships from the proposed naval building program the program clearly emphasized the united nations high commands command S belief that aircraft and fast lighter ships equipped to fight submarines will be a determining factor in winning the war WHEAT STORAGE gets bins the answer to a question that has troubled secretary of agriculture claude R for weeks past came from the war production board in the form of a yes the yes was that he can have a large supply of lumber and wire nails to build bins on thousands of farms for storage of million bushels of excess wheat with grain elevators already pressed for storage space and transportation por tation facilities straining under a wartime war time peak the problem of what to do with surplus wheat was becoming serious with an estima estimated ted new crop of million bushels added to a million bushel carryover the united states would have 11 1441 bushels this summer domestic consumption and immediate shipments abroad would take million bushels of the million JIM bushels bushels remaining storage space would be available for million bushels the remaining million bushels would have to be stored in farm bins built with lumber and nails GASOLINE permanent rations from washington came the announcement no that a permanent gasoline rationing system had been devised by the office of price administration for the east coast that would entitle motorists to an average of 2880 miles of travel annually or about 55 55 miles weekly it was indicated that the system would become effective on july 15 observers were of the opinion that the new plan might serve as a model for nationwide nation wide gasoline rationing when that measure is deemed essential to conserve rubber tires the new plan would eliminate the controversial X cards entitling their holders holder to unlimited quantities of gasoline LABOR FRONT lewis leivis denounced accusing his former close clo se friend and associate john L lewis head of the mine workers of being hell bent on creating national confusion and national disunity phillip murray CIO president sponsored a resolution declaring that lewis is attempting to sabotage the defense program pro gramand and spread the spirit of defeatism feat ism murray charged that lewis proposed to him that they go before the CIO convention in detroit last fall and fight president Roosevel ts foreign policies he said he reject ed the proposal as treasonable the CIO blast followed by only a few hours a pledge from mr lewis of his full support of the war effort and flat rejection of criticism that his policies are inimical to victory HANGMAN SEND END czechs czecho pay price A REINHARD HEYDRICH butcher of moravia reprisal measures which followed the wounding of reinhard the hangman heydrich in prague by a czech patriot increased in swiftness and severity when the news of the death of this sadistic executioner became public the shooting of hundreds of czechs czecho suspected by the nazis of complicity in the plot to rid the world of heydrich was reported ironically enough the butcher of moravia died in much the same manner as hundreds of unfortunate llo hostages stages he had ordered shot in france holland belgium norway poland and other countries country es during his hated career hard bitten heydrich earned the soubriquet of der henker or hangman of the nazi regime by reason of his ruthless application of repressive measures usually the firing bring squad or the gallows against those who dared challenge hillers Hit lers rule the successful attack on this nazi leader emphasized again the smoldering spirit of unrest in german occupied countries a spirit to flame high ready when reich reverses make possible organized uprisings |
