| Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS strongly trenched entrenched In nazi divisions lock allies in hand to hand combat As cost of italian invasion mounts germans continue retreat in russia F NOTE when opinions are expressed in these columns they are those of ebern newspaper unions news analysis and not necessarily of this newspaper released by western newspaper union 9 77 7 1 1 M cl 1 1 11 I 1 ll 11 k e I 1 7 f k A W s 54 field pieces like this rim mm gun were instrumental in battering the japanese defenses at fallen Sala naua maua new guinea manning the gun are private george basmajian left background of fresno calif private glenn hood center morrilton Mar ark and private henry garcia right eaton baton colo ITALY bloody fighting twenty miles of beach below salerno where american troops first set foot on the european mainland was a raging inferno with battle hardened german troops fighting to throw the allies back into the sea streaming ashore from their barges with supplies speedily unloaded gen mark darks clarks fifth army of american british and canadian troops ran into a stout german defense that made good use of the unfavorable terrain high in the hills above the b eaches beaches the germans 88 mm artillery poured fire all along the landing strip nestled behind orange and apple trees and hidden in the tall sweet corn their machine gunners worked and summing up all of their experience their panzer divisions stabbed into our lines exposing the backs of the infantry turning to meet the attack to their rifle fire but in bloody fighting the allied units struggled bitterly to hold their ground throwing their own tank divisions against the germans and locking in hand to hand combat with the enemy when he drove to the beaches one hundred miles to the south the british eighth army beat forward in an effort to join with the sorely pressed fifth army restore il II duce whisked from a mountainous plateau east of rome by german paratroopers accord ing no t to a romantic dispatch from hillers Hit lers headquarters stubby grizzled V benito mussolini architect of fascism was reinstalled in in northern italy t to try to rebuild the broken roii ruins of his edifice As mussolini bussoli ni assumed benito mussolini the task of heading a national government which the germans set up in his name the duces tough old fascist militia reappeared in their black shirts on the streets of italis northern cities and reestablished established re themselves in control once the most popular man in italy first acts were reported to be abrogation of marshal unconditional surrender to the allies as it might affect that part of the country under his dominance and dissolution of the monarchy with which he faithfully cooperated until it broke his power PORK production high with a hog population of over million for the year pork production is expected to approximate 12 billion pounds for the 12 months ending next june 30 of the 12 billion pounds between 7 and 8 billion are to be allotted to civilians the army will receive 1 billion and the remainder is marked for our allies notably great britain and russia some effect on total pork production is expected as a result of the governments support of prime light weights in an effort to conserve scarce feed supplies and the 1475 ceiling chicago basis recently established FOOD PRICES down 23 living costs will drop 23 per cent to within 2 per cent of september 1942 levels with the governments subsidization diza tion of apples oranges potatoes onions peanut butter M lard shortening and cooking oils according to the general manager of the OPA chester bowles cost of the program is expected to total mil chester Cht bowles lion dollars which will be in addition to the million dollars already being expended to reduce meat and butter prices in explaining the program bowles said that the government will pay some of the transportation costs of oranges and will buy the entire potato crop and resell it it at lower prices subsidies for peanut butter lard and other shortenings shorten ings will be paid to processors efforts will be made to cut prices of fresh fruits and vegetables 15 per cent below last winters levels bowles said SOUTHWEST PACIFIC new guinea victory cut off from communication from the north by gen douglas mac arthurs daring envelopment of lae with sea and air borne troops the stubborn japanese garrison of sala maua abandoned that new guinea base beating their way through the thick jungle northward remnants of the garrison sought to join up with the enemy forces at lae but there no better fate awaited them as airborne U S paratroopers advanced on that base from the west while australian units pressed in from the east where they had been landed by allied naval forces built in plantations on both sides of the place laes defenses came under the artillery fire of heavy allied guns and allied troops moved slowly forward against earthen ma chine gun and rifle nests the new guinea and solomon islands conquests meant the encirclement of the great jap air and naval base of new britain and the anticipated neutralization of that center for future south pacific action RUSSIA 6 move forward following their plan of defensive action to conserve their strength to meet the shock of the allies charge in the west the germans fell steadily back toward the broad winding river all along the front surging forward red troops entered Bryan sk east cast of the headwaters once the germans key communication point on the central front to the south of Bryan sk russian troops plowed closer to the ukrainian capital of kiev which stands on the west bank of the and still farther down the river the reds moved in on whose dams supplied the power for the southern ukraine in shortening their lines the germans surrendered rich farm land and territory abounding in raw material they did however destroy all factories DADS DRAFT seek others first while congress sought to untangle the complicated manpower situation state draft boards were ordered to make an extensive inventory of all available single and childless married men to assure their induction before fathers under the order all of a states available single and childless married i men will be pooled as a whole a and nd will be drafted before fathers quotas of individual boards will be suspended so that those with more men available will be able to go over their allotments while those with less will be allowed to fall under congressional demands for the postponement of the fathers draft inspired efforts for a general investigation ti of the whole manpower situation to determine approximate military and industrial needs employment drops in t the he face of the demand for congressional cressio nal action on the manpower situation the department of labor reported total non farm employment in august at a drop of from july for the first time since the wartime shipbuilding program was inaugurated augu rated employment dropped in the shipyards heavier declines were recorded in the construction and service industries in war industry as a whole employment increased approximately 0 less workers were reported in nonmanufacturing manufacturing non fields according to secretary of labor frances perkins men workers during the next few months will no more than replace those entering the armed services and auxiliaries however she said many can be switched to war production from less essential industry BANKS double U S holdings federal reserve member banks held 44 vz billion dollars of government obligations june 30 almost double the amount of a year ago at the same time it was announced that interest rates on short term commercial paper rose to an average of 3 per cent compared with in march on june 30 total loans and investments of the banks amounted to more than 67 billion dollars approximately 20 billion dollars more than a year ago WORLD COURT proposed by hull submission of all international problems for arbitration and the use of force to check aggression were proposed by secretary of state cordell hull for maintenance of world f peace for problems of a political character hull advocated the establishment of agencies which would mediate the ajab aja 1 various differences for F or problems 0 of f a cordell huu hull legal nature natu rehe he suggested creati creation on of a world court operating on principles of law but to assure peace hull declared there must be means for restraining aggressors th the peacefully inclined nations mast must b be willing to accept responsibility for this task in accordance with their respective capacities af although each nation has its own peculiar interests it still has enough in common with other countries to fight for maintenance of peace hull said |
