Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS allied heavy bombers roam over italy to halt flow of nazi reinforcements major shift in army command heralds new blows against european fortress columns they are nr those of in these EDITORS NOTE when opinions are expressed of this his newspaper necessarily and not western newspaper Newa paper unions union news analysts released by western newspaper union ITALY rome Is goal coal beaches won american and british troops troop turned to the northward with rome their immediate goal having failed to throw the allies back into the sea at salerno gen albert Kessel rings german forces withdrew toward the naples area where they were expected to put up tip another stiff rearguard rear guard action in the mountainous terrain after sharp brief attacks on allied shipping at salerno german aircraft disappeared from the skies and american and british bombers roamed over italy at will seeking to halt the flow of german reen re en for cements to the south allied planes ripped railroads and highways reports from naples told of the nazis destruction of the city indi 4 X 1 J 91 ia lk 0 gen mark dark clark background tours italian front with gen harold alexander commander of allied ground forces eating that the tha german berman high command intends to ruin every facility that might be of use to occupying allied forces planking the italian mainland the islands of sardinia and corsica fell to allied troops in corsica italian soldiers joined with free french units in fighting t to 0 oust nazi elements RUSSIA new lines with the river in sight the end of a long german retreat along the whole central and southern front in russia neared it is along the entire miles of the broad winding river that the nazis evidently intend to make a final stand in il russia lussia should the germans fail to hold bold the line they would be compelled to fall back into europe itself in the north the russians drove past sk threatening the nazis communications with finland estonia latvia and lithuania in this sector the reds beds were only miles from the old polish border only in the extreme south did the germans hold the russians at long arms length from the evidently the nazis were bitterly resisting in the area so as to allow the escape of many german troops in the crimean peninsula which connects with the russian mainland in this section generals form union calling upon germany to overthrow hitler and establish a government having the confidence of the people and the strength to bring about peace former nazi generals and other officers hooked up with the free german group organized by russia captured at stalingrad Stal ingrad the former nazi commanders a appealed to germany to end the senseless futile war which might any day cause a national catastrophe germany today faces a worse isolation than in 1918 they contended addition of the former nazi mili tarista to the free german committee undoubtedly was for the assurance of order it might promise in case of germanys germanas Germ anys internal collapse dussias Rus sias creation of the free german committee has been seen as a move to incorporate the always potentially strong german nation into its own european order independent of anglo american planning ALLIED CHIEF Pl marshall arshall named congress was working itsell itself into a pother over rumors of gen george C marshalls marchalls Mar removal as american chief of staff when it was reported that he has been named commander in chief of all american british forces throughout the world according to the rumors that threw washington into ferment gen george marshall had C CM marshall arshall clashed with british military authorities over the opening of a second front in europe report of his appointment as com mander in chiet chief ot of all aidea loides with kith control over the british army however seemed to spike the rumors As american chief of staff general marshall wa was s in charge of all army planning of operations and supply and his new post undoubtedly was to carry the same responsibilities bili ties against island hopping even as airborne air borne australian troops landed in northeastern new guinea in another daring move to cut off the japanese from supply bases gen douglas macarthur reemphasized the pattern of his strategic battle plans in the southwest pacific assailing the principle of island hopping that is taking one island after the other general macarthur declared key points must of course be taken but a wise choice of such will obviate the need fo for storming the mass of islands now in enemy possession which is not my idea of how to end the war as so soon on and as cheaply as possible replying to talk he would be shelved gen macarthur said 1 I have no personal military ambitions whatsoever and am perfectly content in such role as may be prescribed for me MANPOWER war needs testifying before the senate military affairs committee on the question of drafting dads gen george C marshall and adm ernest J king declared they were interested only on meeting the services quota for men by the end of the year according to the war manpower commission fathers will have to be inducted if the services demands are to be met marshall and king left the problem of raising the men up to the but warned against lowering physical standards in reclassifying 4 or of taking childless married men over 38 in leading the fight against immediate induction of fathers senator burton K wheeler sought to establish that production was exceeding requirements in certain lines resulting in a waste of manpower which could be used to better advantage in other industries behind schedule wheeler also sought to probe claims that certain employers were over staffing their concerns and raising costs to assure larger profits on contracts distribute production while congress stewed over the whole manpower question chairman donald nelson of the war production board issued a directive ordering all war agencies not to place contracts in areas where labor shortages exist if they can be filled elsewhere in this connection the also declared that war con donald nelson tracts should be negotiated with smaller firms being paid premiums to meet higher production costs so that full use may be made of all manufacturing fac turing facilities in connection with curtailing employment in industries whose production exceeds needs announced that hereafter such employment would be cut in communities where there was a scarcity of labor in other essential lines |