Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS stiffening axis resistance holds up all allied e d drive on african strongholds Strong holds U S navy scores again on jap fleet house moves to increase farm parity EDITORS NOTE when opinions are expressed in these columns they are those of western newspaper unions news analysts analysis and not necessarily of this newspaper released by western newspaper union saji R i F ZU az 0 SP gen lesley J BI Al cNair commanding general of the U S S army ground forces right congratulates army officers officer to whom he has ha awarded the order of the purple heart the decorated heroes who wh were wounded in action against the axis forces ln in africa are seated left lei to right darrel G lee in cewood calif leslie ward war dooley athens tenn an and d capt ford allcorn Bo onville mo alo standing in background is brig gen floyd L parks chief of staff for general genera mcnair cNair BI FARM PRICES parity rate boost farm parity prices would have to be revised upward 1212 per cent if a bill passed by the house of representatives senta tives is eventually enacted into law the measure passed by unanimous vote would require the department of agriculture to raise parity prices for all agricultural commodities to include all costs of labor including hired hands and farmers themselves that such action would be strongly opposed by president roosevelt in his inflation efforts was indicated by the fact that a similar provision included in the price act amendment last fall was bitterly fought by the administration and finally compromised explaining the provisions of their measure house agricultural committee members explained that under the existing setup no allowance is now given farmers for their labor costs in fixing price ceilings in spite of the fact that farm wage rates were going up daily the far farmers mers ask no more than equality treatment the committee declared they know that every manufacturer is permitted to include his labor cost in figuring his costs of production TUNISIA naval phases disclosed naval guns of the british fleet added their power to the arms of the allied forces pressing hard on the axis defenders of tunisia by sinking four supply transport ships and two destroyers in a convoy carrying supplies and reinforcements to north africa announcement of the victory came soon after the admiralty and U S navy department disclosed that the allies had lost 16 vessels during the original landings in north africa the toll was described as considerably smaller than originally expected included in the united nations losses were the british small aircraft carrier avenger three destroyers and five lighter vessels as well as five U S naval transports As the stage was set for the final showdown for control of tunisia tunis lathe the german controlled paris radio admitted that a british american column had penetrated to th the e east coast of tunis and had advanced between saax and gabes with opposing forces concentrating in in a narrow coastal area between the cities of tunis and bizette allied advances had slowed down in the face of strengthening german resistance si stance despite continuing vigila vigilance of allied sea and air patrols the axis had admittedly gained reinforcements in certain areas they achieved local air superiority moreover the fierceness of their attempted counteract tacks and the presence of considerable axis mechanized equipment in the area indicated the unexpected strength PACIFIC V U S strength grows offensive actions undertaken by allied forces in the pacific war theater had continued to gain momentum U S naval forces decisively decisive ly beat off another jap attempt to regain control of the southern solomons by sinking nine nine more enemy ships including six warships in an engagement north of guadalcanal Guadal canal jap losses included two large destroyers or cruisers four destroyers two transports and one cargo ship the americans lost a cruiser and reported other ships damaged meanwhile american land forces continued their mopping up operations around henderson airfield indicative of the growing strength of the allies was the report from auckland new zealand of the safe arrival of an american expeditionary force so large that it took hours for the dee laden transports to disgorge their cargoes of men and supplies lean gray warships of the U S navy had safely convoyed the transports through jap threatened waters in new guinea the tempo of the allied offense against the narrow jap held beachheads beach heads bordering buna was stepped up allied airmen beat off a jap naval force attempting to land reinforcements and supplies for the hard pressed nipponese and shot down 23 jap planes american and australian troops meanwhile had infiltrated to the outskirts of buna and had driven down the beach from gona toward mananan da five miles above buna investment INCOME ceiling 0 even as salary freezing regulations were made public throughout the nation congress was invited by president roosevelt to put a ceiling on net investment income to match the ceiling imposed on net salaries by james F byrnes director of economic stabilization under the existing system individuals are restricted to gross income from salaries of a year or net income after federal income taxes of income from other sources is not now restricted pointing out that there has been widespread criticism against in inequalities equall in the present system mr roosevelt proposed that identical limitations be put on income from investments such a procedure would mean that an individuals total income from salary from investments or from both could not exceed net or gross in any one year LABOR PEACE decreed by CIO for the first time since the CIO split from the american federation of labor in 1935 the two organizations entered into an agreement that opened the way for permanent peace and possible full reunions of the two organizations MUSSOLINI whistles in dark with powerful american and british armies only a few hundred miles across the mediterranean from italy w with ith northern industrial cities rocked b by y RAF bombing attacks and with prime minister Chur chills grim warning of future disaster still ringing in his ears benito mussolini delivered an 81 minute harangue to the fascist parliament in essence the duces speech was a whistling in the dark performance designed to whip up the italian peoples lagging war spirit his prescription for national morale learn to hate and to cease spreading silly stories and gossip reading extracts from Chur chills speech warning that italy would be placed under prolonged scientific and shattering air attacks mussolini said the english leader hoped to undermine the italian peoples resistance si he promised that germany would reinforce italy with powerful contributions and said the joint italian german defenses will give the raiders a hot reception il II duce revealed that italy had lost warships and more than soldiers sailors and airmen in the 30 months of war RUSSIA headaches for hitler russian strategists concentrated concentrate di doggedly on the task of rolling out the twin bulges at and V ayaz azy ma on the far flung line from leningrad to stalingrad Stal ingrad as the reds spectacular offensive continued to push the nazis back and threaten the entire structure of their winter lines hitler well knew the danger poised by the russian thrusts at if this key point were taken his troops in the leningrad sector to the north would be in peril and should these forces be trapped or forced to retire to avoid entrapment then finland would be lef thigh and dry to make such terms as she could with the victorious russ but hillers Hit lers headaches we were re not confined to the areas at stalingrad Stal ingrad the reds captured a strategic hilltop southwest of the city that had dominated the approaches from this direction and had been used for weeks by the germans ger mans for artillery and observation posts southward in the caucasus the nazis faced the threat of disaster for the steadily mounting strength of the russ placed his control of oil wheat and coal lands in jeopardy thunderbolts make P H hurtling through the air faster than any human beings had ever traveled before two 22 year old army lieutenants dived their fighter planes at the astounding speed of miles an hour in twin tests of republic P 47 thunderbolts the two airmen were liedts harold comstock and roger dyar starting their dive at feet the eno pr P r a 1 i W MT MEK WO Q p liedts roger dyar harold comstock pilots reported the terrific speed froze their control sticks causing them to resort to emergency cranks to pull the ships out of the dive reporting his reactions lieutenant dyar said 1 I had a feeling that any second the plane was 90 going aag to pull away from me and leave leav e me stranded right there five miles above the ground STOCK SHOW guv S ab for international the war had long before intervened to cancel the international livestock exposition but in outdoor pens in in Chi cagos stockyards stock yards 6 farm animals from 19 states and two canadian provinces competed for prizes in the chicago market fat stock show an exhibition organized to bridge over the period until the international could be held again it was a one way ride for the barnyard champions for wartime war time transportation regulations decreed that the steers hogs and sheep must be moved to the slaughterhouse slaughter house aft er rt the e show gone G n 7 e for the duration the was va traditional pantry try attending ter the exposition since the international I 1 national amphitheater was taken over by the army last june rio no admission fee was required for the substitute show |