| Show t 1 WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS final battle in campaign for tunisia marked by fierce enemy resistance allies strive to reunite reds poles labor front studies coal mine issues EDITORS NOTE when opinions are expressed in these columns they are those 0 of f western newspaper unions news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper released by western newspaper union 7 0 N 10 1 WWI 7 T K 4 V W ft I 1 Is wearing the uniform of a division general of the french army governor jean lapenne of french guiana poses on the portico of the governors mansion in cayenne with two members of the U S military mission mission at left is corn com J marvin krause right col paul L singer governor lapenne assumed political leadership following the ouster of the pro axis regime of former governor rene TUNISIA slow but sure meeting fierce fire allied troops fought methodically to the approaches pro aches of the axis final two has bas tinis tin is in tunisia tunis and Bizer bizette te while french and american forces pressed against rocky axis entrenchments trench ments in the north and british units contained the enemy in the mountains in the south the allied first ardys armored columns fought german tanks in the plains in the central sector driving the axis from long stop hill the first army cleared the road leading to the tunis plain to the east A little to the south first army formations shot it out with german tanks in flat country then swung off toward the axis vital central sector base of pont du falls fahs which was rapidly encircled resisting bitterly the axis was giving up territory by the foot only relying on mortar and machine gun fire to stop allied infantry advancing under cover of massed artillery barrage using freighters and motor barges the axis continued to run the gantlet of scathing allied bombers in the sicilian straits in an effort to keep their embattled troops supplied Helmet Saves general only a helmet saved the life of gen lesley J man mcnair air leader of american ground forces as shell fragmentation struck him down while on observation on the tunisian front during the bitter fighting although fragmentation glanced off the helmet particles ripped into the generals shoulder injuring him painfully gen ben lear has assumed his position pending his recovery RUSSIA break with poles charging that the polish government in exile was using nazi propaganda in order to force territorial concessions from the russians the reds formally broke diplomatic relations with the poles in consultation with the united states british foreign minister anthony eden immediately got to work patching up the rupture cause of the was centered around the nazi charge that they had uncovered tho graves of polish army officers near sk allegedly murdered by the reds before they were driven from the area the poles asked the international red cross to investigate the charge polish officials said that they have been unable to locate the officers despite a general amnesty granted polish prisoners of war by the russian government at the same time there were indications dica ions of another diplomatic break this one between the united states a e an and finland in n withdrawal it rawa c of american embassy 0 officials from Helsing fors reputedly followed fin lands declination decimation of a U S offer to mediate her war with russia catch breath russian troops held against nazi attacks in the leningrad area and red airmen continued to pepper german supply lines along the whole front minor action was reported above bursk where the reds are wedged into nazi lines and at the germans big base on the black sea shore in the caucasus SOFT COAL labor showdown john L lewis forced a showdown on the governments war labor policies backed up by approximately members of the united mine workers big john demanded a 2 a day raise an 8 minimum wage for all employees and portal to por tal pay or pay from the time a worker enters a mine to the time he leaves at stake was the presidents hold theline the line order based on the policy of granting a 15 per cent wage increase over january 1941 rates lewis has opposed this formula from the beginning although the was committed to continue working until the end of last month many mines reported stoppages and slowdowns slow sIow downs during the week preceding the deadline did not authorize the disruptions but neither did officials order the workers to return to their jobs production ships and planes stating that american shipyards could produce 20 million tons of shipping a year rear admiral emory S land chairman of the U S maritime commission has revealed that yards are constructing five vessels a day lands announcement coincided with one made by undersecretary of war robert patterson in which he told the atlanta war effort committee that american aircraft manufacturers rs turned out airplanes in in march like land patterson declared that many more planes could be produced if critical materials and men were available deriding nazi claims that they have sunk 30 million tons of allied shipping since the start of the war land said our shipyards will produce almost 19 million tons this year this will be greater than the rest of the world combined patterson revealed that production of major items in the army supply program exclusive of aircraft will approximate in april this will be about 15 per cent greater than the january total ALEUTIANS no iv 0 picnic swirling mists and rains continued to hold up american bombings in the Aleut aleutians ians although prepared to dump 50 tons of explosives on each trip over attu aatu and kiska weather has held U S fliers to a mere ha handful nd of raids j meanwhile pilots report the japs have succeeded in heavily fortifying the Aleut aleutians ians on recent flights over the islands they have encountered strong antiaircraft anti aircraft bursts and airmen believe the japs have deliberately a ey wi withheld e some c of their air fire re both attu aatu and kiska have few suitable beaches upon which amer american troops could land most of the shoreline being steep and craggy the japs have these few beaches thickly covered and aptly manned remembering mem bering the yanks successful surprise landings at Guad guadalcanal Guadal alcan canal al eight months ago the army said the japs probably had men stationed in the Aleut aleutians ians airmen believe that these troops have since been strongly reinforced summed up american observers believe the battle of the Aleut aleutians ians will be a big i one and no picnic |
