| Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS international court and police force for postwar world envisioned by hull nazi drive increases dussias Rus sias peril rommel stymied by allied air power chesi columns they are those of in these expressed opinions are EDITORS NOTE when and ana not necessarily 0 of this newspaper western newspaper unions news analysts released by western newspaper union J af 0 maj gen carl spaatz chief of the american air forces in the european theater of action left pins the distinguished service cross on maj charles C kegelman taking part in a recent bombing raid on enemy airfields in holland kegelman brought his ship back safely after one motor was wrecked and a wing damaged in fighting with german air forces POSTWAR WORLD hull envisions when silvery haired ordell cordell C hull broadcast an appeal for a safe and saner postwar world it was clear that a majority of americans agreed with his thesis that the peace as well as the war must be won by the united nations if future chaos is to be avoided in an address heard around the world the secretary of state made these points 1 the united nations immediate problem is to win the war decisively ci 2 after the war surveillance must be exercised over germany japan italy and their satellites by the united nations until the aggressors prove their willingness and ability to live at peace with other nations 3 disputes must be settled by peaceful means an international court of justice would provide respect for law and obligations 4 freedom is to be assured by removal of economic and political shackles errors of extreme nationalism that caused the present war must be avoided EGYPT air power tells it had become increasingly clear that air power was was assuming a decisive role in the fight for egypt steady reinforcements of the british air arm had enabled the imperials imperiali Impe rials to launch an offensive along the 35 mile front from el kalamein on the mediterranean to the Quat tera marshes paced by an RAP onslaught that drove nazi planes from the sky the british drive dislodged the nazis from oft disputed tel el eisa hill of jesus in the north and succeeded in making considerable headway along the center activity by the allies had followed a week long assault by american and british planes and british warships on the north african coastal highway on which german marshal rommel had rushed reinforcements to offset the capture of italians on the egyptian front in previous engagements in raids covering miles of brommels Rom mels exposed supply route british planes virtually wiped out the el daba airport near the egyptian lines REQUIEM for U boat crew burial with military honors is the hope of friend or foe alike if death in battle is the fighting mans lot thus a tradition sanctioned by the ages was followed when the bodies of 29 german submarine crew members were buried in hampton va the victims were the first enemy dead to be landed on american shores since the beginning of the war the bodies and a few empty life jackets were all that remained afloat after a destroyer on atlantic patrol sank the U boat the same honors were accorded the enemy as americans might wish for their own dead it if the circumstances were reversed navy chaplains read the requiem A navy firing squad fired a salute of three volleys A navy bugler sounded taps RUSSIAN FRONT terrible days the gravity of the russian situation could not be underestimated and no attempt was made to belittle I 1 its ts seriousness germanos germanys Germ anys report of the fall of emphasized the crisis As the sorely pressed russians guarding the approaches to the caucasus and the volga river had fallen back before the million man german army smashing its way southeast down the don river valley the soviet army organ red star said frankly terrible days face the country it called upon the fighting men of russia to emulate the example of 28 red soldiers who in in the defense of moscow last W winter i n died fighting a tank charge with little more than their bare hands the speed of the new nazi drive against the reds celebrated de bense in i technique was believed tobe due to the germans use of a crushing mass maneuver W which employed monster tanks armored trains heavy mortars and an unprecedented concentration of air power only comforting note in the bleak picture was the success of russian soldiers in regaining ground far to the north in their counteroffensive counter offensive around by turning the nazis back here marshal might be able to take some of the he pressure oft off red forces in the deep south who had fought with their backs to the wall in defense of U US S casualties show shoie wars trend casualty figures released by the office of war information revealed that the navys losses since pearl harbor were 15 times greater than for the entire span of world war I 1 the OWIs statistics disclosed naval casualties thus far totaling 12 compared with in the first world war the current casualties included killed 1051 wounded and missing those of world war I 1 included killed in action 58 died of wounds and lost at sea the ardys losses in the present war were placed at these included killed 1413 wounded and 17 missing that the philippine scouts trained under general macarthur had given a heroic heldi i ali account of themselves was indicated by casualties listing killed wounded and missing casualties for all services were placed at the bulk of the army casualties fall into the category of missing the said FEMININE ARMY trains hard every morning at a m from now until next november 9 members of the newly organized auxiliary army corps will leap from their army cots to be begin g in a crowded day of drills lectures and training at their camp at fort des moines iowa by november 9 americas first feminine army of occupation will begin to spread out to 19 forts throughout the country to relieve men in the armed forces tor for active combat duty JAPANESE mixed tidings taking their first offensive action in the southwest pacific since their disastrous def defeat elt in the battle of the coral sea last may the japanese landed an invasion force at buna 0 m miles iles directly across the eastern ern arm of new guinea from port moresby last allied outpost of australia A melbourne reported that united nations planes had attacked the invasion fleet and sank a largo large transport and barge but did not prevent the landing on the chinese front the japs did not have such happy tidings to report to tokyo first item of bad news was the recapture by chinese armies of tienteh Kien teh a key point southwest of changchow Hang chow second item was a report that united states bombers had sunk two japanese naval craft on the fu river in province meanwhile along the changchow hanchang Nan chang railway the nipponese invaders were being constantly harassed by chinese guerillas guerrillas gu erillas the official central news agency disclosed that chinese farmers had been armed with rifles in each county of western and southern che mang kiang province they are organized into units strong enough to destroy small enemy detachments it if superior japanese forces approach they withdraw lei leaving iving their villages stripped ANTI INFLATION OPA gets price administrator leon henderson was given W 0 edwith with which to fight inflation when w h the e house of representatives agreed to adopt a conference committees recommendations to compromise its differences with the senate the outspoken henderson thus got less for financing hi his is operations erat ions than he had originally asked for but actually more than the house had first voted political wiseacres wise acres observed that the result was simply an illustration of the old game of give and take henderson had first asked for more than he expected the house first voted less than he actually needed the finale was a compromise satisfactory to all WAR profiteering halted by house drastic steps to curb wartime profiteering were taken when the house of representatives passed a bill outlawing commission fees on government contracts after chairman carl vinson declared that agents obtaining war contracts for manufacturers were fleeming fleecing flee cing american taxpayers testimony presented previously to the house naval committee had disclosed that three washington firms of so called sales engineers had earned close to in commission fees on government contract in the past six months LEAHY F eyes v yes and le legs gs 1 called from retirement to the newly created position of chief of staff to the commander in chief was adm william daniel leahy former chief of naval operations and more recently ambassador to vichy france with all the world discussing the prospects of the united states and britain opening a second front in e P ap V lq 4 4 wa Q P v 7 ADMIRAL WILLIAM D LEAHY europe this year the appointment of admiral leahy to the new position was hailed as significant of supreme efforts ahead regarded as an able strategist admiral leahy in the words of president roosevelt will serve as his eyes and legs and relieve him of many detail duties the chief executive however made it clear that leahy would not be supreme commander of the united nations forces or even of american forces although mr roosevelt did not use the tern it a appeared p that the admiral would become an assistant commander in chief ranking all naval and military officers but the president |
