| Show ALEUTIANS japs F fold old tents As mysteriously as they first appeared japanese forces disappeared from the two westernmost aleutian islands a navy revealed the two islands abandoned were attu aatu and agatto lying close together nearly miles from kiska heavy bombing by american aircraft which destroyed most of the japanese buildings on the two islands was cited as a reason for the withdrawal the japs still held a foothold on kiska island but yankee flyers made their tenure precarious army heavy bombers operating from the newly acquired american bases in the an islands in the aleutians Aleut ians blasted jap held positions on kiska in repeated raids the ahe islands of attu aatu and agatto were originally seized by the japs shortly after the aleutian campaign opened last june scandinavia headache for nazis germanys germanas Germ anys influence in the scandinavian din avian countries had been weakening this was evident when a general election in sweden had returned a record number of communist antinazi anti nazi delegates to the national assembly it was evident too in frequent peace feelers from war plagued finland thus when rioting and disorders broke out against the axis overlords in norway and denmark few observers were surprised swift was the nazi action in countering with force the scandinavian threat the germans proclaimed a state of emergency in central norway from the seaport of trondheim Trond heim to the swedish border reprisal executions followed reports from copenhagen said tension had mounted to fever heat because of clashes resulting from the overbearing and provocative attitude of the volunteer pro nazi free corps the nazi radio gave official confirmation fir of scandinavian unrest by announcing that the norwegian emergency was proclaimed because of recent sabotage attempts which if they had succeeded would have endangered Nor ways supply system RUMOR MONGER menace described americans were called upon to beware of rumor mongers bongers by robert P patterson undersecretary of war speaking before the american federation of labor convention in toronto mr patterson cited rumors assailing the quality of and effectiveness of weapons made by american labor as evidence of nazi propaganda criticism of the garand rifle U S tanks and P 40 planes I 1 r I 1 lk 11 1 ROBERT P PATTERSON warns of nazi rumor factory as inferior died away in the face of actual performance he said in the days to come hitler will redouble his efforts to divide the nations now united against him in this task he will make use of the rumor mongers bongers among us his agents will spread stories in the united states and canada that will reflect on britain in ba britain his agents will spread the story that americans are not doing their part in fighting but are interested only in making money out of the war and he will try to alienate us from russia mr patterson said that production of armaments for the allied nations will cut deeper and deeper into production of civilian goods and require suspension of many peacetime standards of hours and working conditions dit ions SNUB VICHY urges E ex x envoy even as pierre laval imposed a labor draft to speed the delivery of french workers for german war factories walter edge former american ambassador to france urged withdrawal of U S recognition of the vichy government such action he said would solidify 95 per cent of the french people behind the united nations |
