Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS curb on wheat production Is lifted 10 new foods restricted as housewives get initial taste of point rationing red army drive meets new successes EDITORS NOTE when opinions are expressed in these columns they are those tho iii of 0 western newspaper unions news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper released by western newspaper union 9 1 17 Z I 1 I 1 V I 1 Z MA 1 izi if j V vm a 0 01 N vm N U R ar 1 ml i AW I 1 RV y alf mailed hailed as the new scourge of the submarine this mighty new land based patrol plane the vega PV 1 may prove to be the navys answer to undersea warfare the PV 1 carries ash can depth charges or torpedoes and is the first sub buster in production to fill the navys need for eor twin land based aircraft with plenty of range and striking power POINTS for rationing t and study moving quickly Y gov government agencies cies placed three varieties of food under control as the nation lined up for registration for the no 2 ration book to be used for canned bottled and processed vegetables fruits and juices shortly after the department of agriculture announced rat rationing boning of dried beans peas lentils a and nd dried and dehydrated soups the office 0 of f price administration placed wholesale ceilings approximating 40 cents a dozen on eggs and froze prices of fresh vegetables at the levels prevailing between february 18 and 22 these moves put almost 95 per cent of all food under some sort of government regulation the OPAs action came as the nations housewives still studied the effect of the newly announced point values of the various canned bottled and processed foods rationed to many point values proved much higher than expected and undoubtedly will lead to numerous revisions in family fare on top of all this came reports from the capitol that cheese butter fats and oils might be included in the next rationing program scheduled for meat WHEAT BAN has been lifted AAA wheat marketing quotas for 1942 and 1943 have been suspended in what was announced by the department part ment of agriculture to be a move designed to insure adequate wartime supplies of the grain for food human and livestock under the marketing quota system only wheat grown under their AAA planting allotments could be sold used or fed by farmers excess wheat so disposed of had been subject to a 54 cent per bushel penalty tax for the 1942 crop and it previously had been expected that this penalty would amount to 60 cents on the 1943 crop with the quotas suspended these restrictions were lifted secretary of agriculture claude declared that when the 1943 quotas were announced in the fall of last year this country had a record supply of bushels of wheat enough to supply normal needs for two years at that time farmers were asked to use extra wheat land for other war cr crops aps ops now consumption of wheat for human and livestock food has gone up and as a consequence the restriction had to be lifted to insure supply RUSSIANS continue drive there was little pause for celebration as dussias Rus sias army marked its anniversary but well the nazis knew that the russians had an army for all along the broad front the german retreat continued from the northern anchor of the axis line in south russia at orel to the northwest caucasus the red drive pushed hillers Hit lers troops toward the russian border premier message on the anniversary proclaimed the mass expulsion of the axis forces was in flood tide and would not soon abate he praised his soldiers for their fighting spirit and urged them to be unrelenting in their future battles meanwhile the berlin radio admitted the reds were smashing through in several sectors near the river but this source also declared that the far reaching aims of the enemy had failed NORTH AFRICA counterattack the americans of day faced defeat on many occasions we faced and still face reverses and misfortunes when president roosevelt uttered those words 10 days ago he was thinking in part of the north african front but Pre reverses verses and misfortunes are a far cry from defeat the battleground of southern tunisia was the scene of an allied reversal depressing only to those who were over optimistic in three places american and british forces checked the pace of a german advance in tunisia on one e nazi naz column attempting a despe desperate r push on to thala was stopped four miles south of the town bombers and fighters checked another strong attack on the road leading to teressa from casserine Kas serine and farther north near rabaa a hea heavy vy german patrol ran into serious trouble when it attacked british forces it was sent rolling back by crack british infantry the nazi column moving toward teressa was bombed by continuous relays of american warplanes war planes fighters and bombers attacked the casserine Kas serine bottleneck in more than a score of missions but it was evident that our forces had suffered reverses ARMED FORCES let george do it since when has america adopted as 1 its ts national policy let george do it 9 asked robert P patterson undersecretary of war as he discussed the need for putting men into the armed forces by the end of this year he def defended end this plan by declaring that this was the number needed as judged by the commands and staffs staff s of both the army and the navy full account has been taken of the ability of american industry and labor and agriculture to produce the supplies needed by our forces our allies and by our civilian economy said patterson and he went on to point out that china had been actually engaged in warfare for five and a half years that great britain by the defense of its homeland had come the closest of the united nations to an all out struggle and further advanced thi point that the russians have killed more nazis than all the other united nations combined then he inquired whether it was U S policy to let george do it BOATS U still grave menace sinking of two american transports in the north atlantic with a loss of lives underlined a statement by secretary of the navy frank knox that the submarine remains a grave menace to the entire allied war effort coincident with his statement state ment knox revealed that an american destroyer succeeded in trapping a U boat in the atlantic and sinking it with a barrage of five inch shells an american gun crew aboard a freighter fired four shots to sink a jap submarine that had torpedoed and severely crippled their craft in the pacific knox also revealed germany is building U boats faster than we are sinking them knox said the new submarines have longer cruising range than the old and can submerge to greater depth the U boat menace is expected to reach its peak this spring ALLIED ACTION renewed demands renewed demands in london foi a second front came from two sources on the heels of josef warnings that the enemy has not yet been defeated ivan haisky soviet ambassador to london in a fighting speech declared that russia expects an early realization of the military decisions taken at casablanca while acknowledging that the successes of the soviet army were davery very encouraging haisky pointed out that they were being achieved at a tremendous cost of russian lives and property it is natural therefore he said that the USSR expects early allied action speaking before the house ol of lords lord beaverbrook Beaver brook reiterated demands for a second front declaring that whatever may be the plans of the germans we should strike and strike now before they can regroup their divisions if another attack is made on russia june may be the date so we must strike quickly if we are to be ready we must invade northwestern europe now FINLAND tired of war ever since the reelection election re of president risto the world had wondered whether finland would make a bid for separate peace with russia when finland called home her ministers to the vatican and germany the rumors of a separate peace bid were given impetus but official dispatches from helsinki announced that georg A gripenberg and toivo M Kivimae ki ministers respectively to the vatican and berlin had been summoned horne home for A 21 tep ell 0 archbishop SPELLMAN visitor to the pope a conference in connection with the reorganization of the government two factors gave credence to such belief first was the possibility that the vatican might be asked to act as intermediary bolstered by the visit of the most rev francis J spellman archbishop of new york and pope pius XII and second was a suggestion made by undersecretary of state sumner welles that finland discontinue immediately 41 effective military aid to the mortal enemies of this country RATION DATES march 10 last day of registration for institutional users of rationed foods march 13 period 5 fuel fuei oil coupons good to september 30 become valid march 15 last valid date for no 11 sugar coupons good for three pounds march alarca 21 last valid date tor for stamp no 25 good for one pound of coffee march 21 last day on which coupon 4 in A gas ration book is valid march 31 final date for first inspection spec tion of passenger car tires for A card holders and motorcycles tor cycles april IZ 12 expiration date for period 4 fuel oil coupons june 15 last valid date for stamp no 17 good for one pair of shoes GUERRILLA WAR along Sali veen river although the japanese continued their advance along the west bank of the malween river in chinas cainas cunnan province informed quarters said that the japs were not trying for a major breakthrough break through but merely were feeling out the chinese lines chinese guerrillas achieved fine results in harassing the rear ol 01 the japanese line on the banks ol of the malween Sal according to a in washington edward R 1 lend lease administrator told I 1 the h house use foreign affairs committee that the united states will leave 41 no stone unturned to get increased material aid to china answered charges by representative maas of minnesota a marine reserve s e officer who saw aati action on in the pacific that we are not getting all the aid we can to china |