Show agriculture in industry by FLORENCE C WEED pine the story of the pine forests of the south is a tragedy which science changed into a romance of success in an earlier day oil later distilled into turpentine was sapped from southern pines by cutting great gashes in the bark which permanently injured the trees the scientist charles herty revolutionized the industry in by showing growers how to substitute shallow slashes in the bark which would effectively dra draw w out the sap without killing the tr tree ee As a result turpentine forests have been saved for repeated crops year after year today pine oil is being extracted from old stumps and being used in in 1 the textile industry and in the manufacture of perfumes camphor is is being made from turpentine and pine oil replacing oriental camphor at lower cost manufacture of wrapping paper corrugating board and insulation are booming industries using four million cords of pine annually waste sawdust and wood chips are now going into plastics WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS victorious red army continues drive As nazi winter line fails to hold establishment of 48 hour work week expected to release new labor supply EDITO EDITORS RS NOTE when opinions are arc expressed in these colu columns they a anre r e those of western newspaper unions news analysts and not necessarily of this no newspaper wa paper released Be Ve leased by western newspaper union ag 7 V ap it ta t A M MIN awl AA ah 11 1 28 t 0 I 1 i m i 1 N U IZZ al yf nav Z IFT 71 f f 41 14 V r evl picture shows 0 1 to r maj alaj gen S BI al chu military of the chinese embassy aline T V soong wife of the chinese foreign minister vice president henry A wallace edward C carter secretary general of the institute of pacific relations and maj alaj gen dai funking fung member of the chinese military mission to the united states this photo was taken at a washington luncheon as the institute of pacific relations met to celebrate the renunciation of extra extraterritorial territorial rights in china by the united states GAIN and the experts when the germans surrendered bursk before the russians captured the red army again crossed up the military experts who for weeks had been predicting the opposite but the fact that bursk was the major anchor point on the nazi winter line to fall only added to the importance of this strategic victory for russia it is a city of and a railway junction of vital importance to the nazis it was one of three points and kharlov were the other two which the german radio once said must be held at any price of german blood germany had held the town since november 11 1941 and its loss meant that the russians had breached the nazi winter line running from Bryan sk orel and bursk to kharlov Khar kov and fall of the latter point meant the entrapment of the entire nazi force in the caucasus but even the russians admitted that some of the soldiers caught there were escaping across the kerch peninsula and through itself all along the line the advancing russians gained mile after mile and with the territory gained vast quantities of military supplies and hundreds of nazi and rumanian prisoners 48 HOUR WEEK for industry approximately men and women ultimately are expected to be released for more essential work as the result of president Roosevel ts order establishing a minimum wartime work week of 48 hours the order which coincided with a warning by james F byrnes director of economic stabilization that the government intends to hold wages and prices at present levels made it clear that workers will be paid for all hours over 40 at time and a halt half as provided by the fair labor standards act the initial order took effect immediately in 32 designated labor shortage areas the order will be extended from time to time the shift to the 48 hour work week by employers now borki working ng on oil a shorter week would result in the necessity of releasing certain numbers of workers these workers will be used in other vital jobs stern Pr program in his speech OES director byrnes explained the 48 hour week ruling and listed the following program which the government intends to follow 1 no further increase in I 1 hourly wage rates beyond those allowed by the little steel formula which permits a 15 per cent rise since january 1 1941 2 draft of civilians for jobs where they can do the most good 3 effective control of food prices and other prices influencing the basic cost of living 4 incentive payments to farmers to increase basic food production 5 higher taxes to close the estimated 16 billion dollar gap between consumer income and available goods NORTH AFRICA new air blows american air forces continued to strike telling blows at axis north african supply and communications lines while neutral dispatches reported hectic preparations for a gigantic allied offensive in tunisia U S bombers lashing at marshal brommels Rom mels forces blasted the airdrome at gabes and the docks at bousse starting heavy fires among buildings dispatches from algiers said the allies were expected to strike from the Nv west estat at the moment gen bernard L british eighth army resumed its pursuit in force of the africa corps the eighth army was said to be poised along the Tripoli tunisian frontier with forward elements reaching within eight miles of the mareth line inside tunisia it was believed the allied pincers movement was being held for better weather or until all preparations were definitely complete guadalcanal GUADAL CANAL american victory when six months of bitter wa warfare afa re ended with the japanese evacuation of guadalcanal Guadal canal island in the solomons the desperate futile investment was estimated to have cost them men about planes and a considerable fleet of ships for the first time the tenacious japs were forced to give up an important position completely thus paving the way in the words of navy secretary knox for blows by the united states against some of of the most important bases of the japanese the enemy had relinquished hope for a stronghold there from which they could blast shipping lanes to australia knox expressed the opinion that widespread recent sea and air activity in the solomons might have been a demonstration to cover their withdrawal he added that the story of the southwest pacific would have been a vastly different story for the last three or four months had we not established our positions in the solomons PANIC BUYING held unnecessary As shoe rationing went into effect a wave of panic buying of clothing swept some parts of the country and immediate efforts were extended by government officials to halt this trend donald nelson melson war production board chairman and prentiss brown price administrator issued a joint statement pointing out ut that no shortage of clothing exists and no plans have been made for its rationing part of the statement read has not asked OPA to undertake rationing of clothing and no machinery has been set up for such a program shoe rationing appears to have stimulated scare buying in some parts of the country such buying is unnecessary supplies of wool were said to be larger by several hundred million pounds than they were at the outbreak of the war LITTLE STEEL formula upheld the war labor board reaffirmed its determination to stabilize general wage rates at present levels when members stood by the little steel wage formula and denied higher pay for employees of the big four meat packing companies mes voting 7 to 4 the labor member dissenting the board voted to prevent another tragic race between prices and wages the formula allows ii increases creases not to exceed 15 per cent since january 1 1941 the three unions involved CIO AF of L and independent have asked increases of from 10 to 20 cents an hour far in excess of the limit on the heels of the decision came a warning from patrick J gorman german secretary treasurer of the AF of L meat cutters union that sporadic strikes probably will all over the country BATTLE FORECAST over labor draft there were plenty of predictions bout about a rough and tumble legislative battle over the draft labor bill designed to allow the government to assign men between 18 and 65 and women between 18 and 50 to war jobs now before c the military affairs committees of the house and senate the bill was introduced by senator austin rep vt and representative wadsworth rop rep N Y and is backed by the same group of legislators who supported support cd the selective service act controversy is expected to arise over problems of com compulsory ry I 1 labor abor migration of labor expansion of the armed ar mod forces to without relegating production to a very minor role and over a proposal made by some that all labor draftees be given free choice as to whether or not they would join a union upon go going ing into war industry THREE PAIRS if f were lucky although initial plans calling for a ration of three pairs of shoes per year per person caused little consternation ster nation to the buying public later developments indicated that new restrictions strict ions are not impossible the OPA announced that three pairs a year ration must not be taken as a definite commitment by the 0 OPA PA so far the OPA has decreed only one pair of shoes may be purchased between now and june 15 what happens then depends upon production PAY MARCH 15 for sure there was still plenty of confusion about what form the almost certain pay as you go income tax would take but one fact stood crystal clear through all the conversation and controversy income tax returns for 1942 must be filed by march 15 and at least one quarter of the amount owed must be by that time taxpayers were warned about this by randolph paul U S I 1 I 1 ua it ON A I 1 ia Z 4 ga fur W 4 pictured here in his new york office is beardsley ruml the man who made america pay as you go conscious mr ruml is treasurer of macys new york department store and is also chairman of the new york federal reserve bank ilis his plan calls for wiping out 1942 income taxes and paying payin v on 1943 income in 1943 treasury general counsel and by harold D smith director of the federal budget as well as by members of the house ways and means committee now giving consideration to the new tax plans these range all the way from the ruml plan which would forgive all of the 1942 tax to no forgiveness gi veness plans which would put income tax on a pay as you go basis but would also collect the 1942 tax there was no organized resistance to the principle of pay as you go income taxes but what method was to be used for collecting last years payments troubled most thinkers on the subject in the meantime taxpayers were cautioned to be sure and file their returns |