| Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS southwest pacific campaigns unfold with decisive victories against japs allied chiefs confer for sixth time y essential civilian goods only EDITORS EDITOR S NOTE when opinions are expressed in these column they are those of western newspaper unions news analysts and not necessarily 0 of this bis newspaper released by western newspaper union i N 4 A gugy it n X 4 V 6 7 12 I ip p ze MPR 3 4 from left to right maj alaj gen geoffrey keyes gen bernard L montgomery and gen george S patton study a huge map of sicily at the royal palace in palermo the islands no 1 metropolis on the shore of the sea which was captured by american doughboys dough boys SOUTHWEST PACIFIC victory sure the allies solomons and new guinea campaign unfolded in a victorious pattern 77 rr mw RR munda I 1 lay a y stormed allied troops beat their nya way through the thick jungle foliage ae toward sala 1 maua the big guns of americas 4 fleet battered at the en faltering gen Ala macarthur MacArt cArthur bur supply line ranging U S airmen gave heartened ground troops assistance si by machine gunning and bombing the nips in low level attacks from his headquarters in the southwest pacific gen douglas macarthur declared the margin was close but it was conclusive although for many reasons our victories may have lacked in glamorous focus they have been decisive in the final result in the pacific 1 I make no predictions as to the time and detail but japan on the pacific fronts has exhausted the fullest resources of the concentrated attack of which she was ca capable pable SICILY few left after one month of fighting three german divisions stood behind in sicily for a suicidal rearguard rear guard action against the overwhelming air and ground superiority of the allies As the campaign neared its finale the rome radio announced that all italian troops had been pulled out of the embattled island with the bulk of the allies 10 divisions bearing down through the sloping valley below mt etna to encompass the last two important communication lines running north and south and with fleets of bombers pulverizing important axis concentration cent ration centers the ring around the enemy was drawn tighter hewn into the rugged country german strongholds strong holds put up a bitter last ditch fight against the advancing allies machine gunning and throwing mortar fire at allied troops picking their way slowly up the open craggy hills bills wherever they fell back the germans were dynamiting the hill or mountain sides to block oil off the roads DADS DRAFT congress may act congressional action to settle the controversial question of the induction of fathers loomed with the he t announcement no of Re representative ve andrew J may that he would introduce a bill prohibiting the drafting of dads when the legislators reconvene september 14 importance of the development lay in the fact that may is chairman of the military affairs committee on which the house relies for judgment in army matters may said that with 10 million men already under arms and with 18 year olds being inducted bac each h month the army is of sufficient size HOME FRONT essential goods only limited supplies of carbon and alloy steel copper and aluminum preclude the possibility of an increase in less essential civilian goods the war production board announced to keep production schedules geared to available supplies said it was necessary to reduce requests of the military civilian lend lease and other claimant agencies by 13 per cent for the third quarter the services demands for carbon steel were pared by 9 per cent and all others requests by 17 per cent because of manpower shortages the situation in copper is particularly tight it was reported at the present time the government is conducting a survey to determine the inventory of civilian goods and it is expected that any future requests for critical material for such goods would be considered on the basis of available supplies ALLIED CHIEFS I 1 important meet with world events moving in a swift and momentous current stoop shouldered twin kle eyed prime iam minister winston churchill of great britain bridged the atlantic to arrive on the north american continent for his sixth meeting with president franklin D roosevelt As the two leaders sat down at the same table winston churchill for the most important of their conferences feren ces to date sicily lay beaten mussolini had given way to a military government in italy rumors were rife that the army was assuming direction in germany and japan was making an effort to bring russia and the nazis together in europe with a sacrifice of some of her own territory in manchuria or siberia the urgency of oper opening illig another front in europe of extending operations in the pacific where general macarthurs Mac Arthurs army was pushing the japs from their island strongholds strong holds were among the military questions under intense consideration RUSSIA drive on kharlov with orel and belgorod at their backs dussias Rus sias surging armies closed in on the once great industrial metropolis of kharlov Khar kov all along the southern front german troops fell back before the long powerful arms of red pincers could firmly entrap and destroy them once known as the pittsburgh of russia kharlov Khar kov like stalingrad Stal ingrad lay in ruins a gaunt ghost of the once nce busy industrial center which C h turned out steel and armament for the red armies occupied by the germans early in the war it was recaptured by russia only to be lost this spring after the capture of orel the reds secured use of a rail line running south from moscow through belgorod to a point about 30 miles west of kharlov Khar kov this gives them better communication in their rear SOMEBODY ELSE PAYS this is one time the wom woman an pay and pay an unemployed 39 year old texan wrote the war departments office ol of dependency benefits asking if he could apply for a family allowance on the basis of his cifes service as a WAC from the looks of things the gent will have to get a job after all for the ardys answer left no room for doubt or argument it was a very positive NO beginning september 1 when the officially become a part of the army they may apply for family allowances tor for dependent children mothers fathers brothers sisters and other specified relatives but not for husbands NORAI NORMANDIE ANDIE right side up with high tide in the great hull ot of the former french luxury liner normandie heaved gently and came to rest at a 49 degree angle in the new york d dock ock where she had capsized 18 months ago after a disastrous fire within the huge hull gal ions of water still remained half of the gallons which had filled the hold bold when 95 pumps first firs t began emptying the stricken vessel to president roosevelt mayor florello fiorello laguardia of new york gave major credit for the salvage job declaring that the president as an amateur seaman offered a suggestion for the most efficient concentration of the pumps for drawing the water at the time the Nor normandie mandle I 1 renamed the lafayette fell over on her side to come to rest at a 79 degree angle the navy was completing work on her reconstruction as a troopship with the cost estimated at salvage operations erat ions already have exceeded and an additional will be required for re fitting the hull when originally built the normandie Nor mandle cost MEAT sees more supplies beef production will rise 20 per cent in the last half of 1943 and pork output will increase 10 per cent wesley hardenbergh president of the american meat institute estimated As a whole the there re should be a 17 per cent boost in meat supply during the fiscal year which began last july 1 meat consumption should total 14 billion million pounds hardenbergh said two out of every three pounds will be available to civilians during the first seven months of 1943 the department of agriculture announced that hogs had been slaughtered against in the same period last year cattle had been butchered against and sheep and lambs had been killed against agriculture income soars farm income for the first halt half ot of 1943 totaled against last year the department of agriculture reported marketing of a large part of the record crops of last year contributed to the big upturn the department said cash receipts from crops during the first half of 1943 topped last years receipts by 45 per cent while income from livestock and livestock products showed a 31 per cent increase of the total income in the first half government payments accounted for this compared with last years payments of 31 farmers on own declaring this country is to too 0 broad too far flung too varied in its production to have the work done by directives in washington war food 0 od administrator marvin jones called upon the farmers and stockmen stoc kmen of america fo for r a voluntary effort to irea reach the e na marvin jones eions food goals previously jones had announced that the govern government me nt plans no 1944 crop controls except on tobacco no acreage allotments ants no marketing quotas and no benefit payments for compliance with control in the hands ot of state county and community u organizations will lie the development of the production program jones said while we may not have as great a choice of foods as we have been accustomed to heretofore jones said 1 I have no doubt that the vilian population of this country will have a sufficient amount of goo wholesome food |
