Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS smashing blows against enemy mapped by highest allied military strategists wheat neat subsidy payments established 4 H club congress marks record year EDITORS NOTE when opinions are expressed in these columns they are those of western newspaper unions news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper released by western newspaper union kw 1 A 2 is left to right stalin and churchill never had the rumor mills been so 0 o busy grinding out stories as in those days preceding the official announcement of the meeting of the heads of state stale of united states russia great britain and china first semi semiofficial official clearance on the announcement came through a story released by reuters british news agency which indicated that these leaders were meeting in the near east political problems of the final phase of the war in europe and the subsequent peace were the main topics of discussion A story out of stockholm sweden reported that president roosevelt prime minister churchill and president chiang kai shek of china conferred first in the shadows of egypt egypto a pyramids before proceeding to the discussions with premier stalin in the first conference the relationship of the three nations to the war in in the far east kept the leaders busy but when stalin and his staff entered the picture the more immediate questions concerning germanys germanas Germ anys status occupied the spotlight COAL raise prices while southern operators balked at signing the new contract calling for a nine hour day with P pay ay for 45 minutes travel time stabilization director fred vinson authorized average increases of 17 cents a ton for bituminous and 62 cents a ton for anthracite coal to cover the extra wage costs formulated by interior secretary harold ickes and united mine worker chieftain john L lewis the new pact was attacked by the southern operators as failing to provide eight hours of production in cases where more than 45 minutes are required for travel replying ickes said announcement no of the new contract was followed by a record output of GOO tons in one week tops for 16 years although the price increase on soft coal averages 17 cents a ton I 1 actual costs vary from 10 cents cent s in alabama parts of georgia and tennessee and utah and montana to 50 cents in michigan and california and part of new mexico WHEAT SUBSIDIES payments set to hold down the price of bread government agencies moved in two directions with the defense supplies corporation announcing wheat subsidy payments to millers and the OPA establishing flour ceilings for all wheat ground in the pacific coast area the will pay 14 cents a bushel outside of the pacific region 16 cents per bushel will be paid on hard wheat 52 cents a bushel on soft wheat and 6 cents a bushel on durum wheat As a basis for payment announced that millers must subtract the current market prices for wheat from the price used by OPA in figuring flour ceilings payments will be made to millers each month with disbursements based on the rate in effect at the time the flour is sold flour ceilings under new OPA regulation maximum prices were established for all kinds of wheat flour on the millers level with the family product ranging from a hundred pounds in western colorado to in north carolina prices on hard wheat flour are highest in the middle west producing section with iolas ceilings on low and high protein output and per hundred pounds illinois wisconsin and northern michigan and and minnesota and plus a proportional rail rate from minneapolis delivered prices on cake flour and other soft wheat bakery flour milled in washington oregon idaho montana wyoming north dakota minnesota wisconsin or iowa were set at and a hundred pounds plus the rail rate from spokane in other states prices vary from 4 to for cake flour and and for soft wheat bakery flour ITALY allies gain cain rallying under gen bernard cry of on to ro rome me britaina Brit ains eighth army smashed into the eastern anchor of the germans winter line in southern italy advancing under cover of heavy artillery and aerial bombardment shaken by the fury of usual tactics of massing superior fire power on enemy positions and then moving forward after lengthy barrages the german lines line buckled and the eighth army took the whole odthe high ridge overlooking the tiny sangro river and its flat valley the eighth ardys drive focused on the adriatic coastal port of pescara from whence a highway cuts across the italian peninsula to rome by sweeping northward the british also threatened to work to the rear of the germans mountain in posts to the west where gen G n mark darks clarks fifth army bucked against stiff defenses guarding the 85 mile road to rome 4 H nations finest healthy apple cheeked checked young rural america met for the national 4 H club congress in chicago there to hear that the clubs 1700 members had raised five million bushels of war garden produce alne nine I 1 million poultry head of dairy cattle head of livestock 12 million pounds of peanuts soybeans and other legumes and canned 15 million jars of products in addition to their production feats the delegates learned that during the last year 4 H members sold or purchased more than worth of war bonds and stamps and collected more than oo pounds of scrap summerville georgias pretty 17 year old helen helel louis owings alone sold in war bonds at the congress were 17 year acar old billy sol estes clyde texas whose six years of 4 11 work have netted him and 18 year old geneva duhm who has collected 1626 chiefly in products SOUTH PACIFIC bloody fighting the gilberts ours after the bloodiest les t fighting in the marines long history attention was focused on other jap outposts in the pacific including their great naval base of in the carolines to the northwest in new guinea australian troops continued to beat their way through the brushy hills up the east coast while on bougainville bougainvillea Bou gainville in the solomons waves of bombers supported U S marines picking their way through the japs jungle strongholds strong holds on bloody tarawa carawa after the marines valiant victory admiral chester nimitz said 1 I have learned more than I 1 ever knew of what the japs can do I 1 am highly impressed by the highly organized defense of this small island and the large number of troops they had on it RUSSIA keep ukrainian grip holding their grip on the western ukraine german forces struck back at the russians to retake the vital rail hub of Ko rosten in their slow drive on kiev capture of Ko rosten gave the germans their second important communications point in the region the rail center of mir having previously fallen both centers are situated on dussias Rus sias last nor north th south rail line and also command lines running west into prewar poland As the germans indrea increased sed th their air I 1 pressure on the rich rural province of kiev which they have always fancied they pulled their lines in to the north approximately nazis reportedly retiring from gomel As they fell back the reds tried to seal off their escape corridor in the crimea which commands the black sea the axis were reported withdrawing rumanian troops thousands alrea already dy having been evacuated CIVILIAN SUPPLIES picture brightening in a move which it deemed as protection against shortages of materials essential to the prosecution of the war the army put huge stocks of surplus materials on sale while the office of civilian requirements granted repair men larger allocations of metals issuance of catalogs to guide manufacturers in bidding for the goods reveals that sales will include a variety of items ranging from hammers to buckles from the army air force specialized depot in memphis term tenn cat catalogs alegs listed such salable material as fuel pumps refueling funnels drain cans lubricators lubrica tors manual and hydraulic jacks and precision tools for carpenters plumbers and machinists under the office of civilian requirements ruling electricians plumbers blacksmiths radio upholstery and farm machinery repair shops are permitted to buy up to 20 tons of carbon and alloy steel pounds of copper and brass products and pounds of aluminum in certain forms once scarcer than a hens tooth copper wire will be available for limited use 0 a lost on a dive bombing attack on a yangtze river port in china october 30 former all america halfback half back lieutenant tom harmon picked his way back to allied lines from jap dominated territory for lieutenant tom it was the second time that he had bobbed up after a flight crash last april he bailed baided f from orn a bomber disabled in a rainstorm over tropical french new guinea tom harmon slashing his way through the jungle he met obliging natives who then guided him to a settlement CANADA to resettle vets to give its returning soldiers the opportunity to get into productive enterprise after the war the canadian government will spend upwards of million dollars to buy land and chattels to resell to vets at 53 per cent of total cost under the canadian land veterans act maximum cost of land and buildings is and of chattels 1200 of the outlay the vet will subscribe a minimum of or 10 per cent of the cost of land and buildings then pays oft off the balance of or two thirds of the cost of land and buildings at 3 per cent interest designed to accommodate vets plans call for confining full time farm operations to experienced hands with other kinds of tradesmen allowed to purchase small homes with acreage outside of urban areas at a cost of 2500 to WORLD RELIEF V U S takes lead to the U S will go the lions share of providing funds for the billion dollar united nations beliel and rehabilitation administration program adopted in meetings at atlantic city N J aim of the under general genera director herbert lehman of the U S is to feed and clothe the impoverished ed masses lasses in countries wrested from the axis resettle people shifted to other localities by the axis in their native lands and to offer means for reconstructing farms and industry with unoccupied countries figured to contribute I 1 per cent of their national income for the work the U S will advance approximately billion dollars the united kingdom about rn million illion dollars and canada 90 million dollars |