Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS allies continue advance in italy U S airmen rain blows on japs political break looms in south I 1 Ite released leased by western newspaper union EDITORS NOTE when opinions lonS are eap exp expressed stressed in these columns they are those of 01 western newspaper unions news analysts and not necess necessarily airily orthis newspaper Z Y e 4 A 1 1 i IX walkout strikers mill outside of parke davis company plant ae at detroit mich see labor PACIFIC buck air power nibbling further at jap air power based in the eastern new G guinea area as a defensive bulwark of the indies and the philippines U S aviators continued their strikes against enemy airdromes aird romes in the region and U S ground forces fought over rough country to set up airfields for them As general macarthurs Mac Arthurs air and ground forces struck out at eastern new guinea navy bombers from a strong task force of aircraft carriers hit at enemy island holdings farther to the north dotting the roadway to the enemy homeland U S casualties in the eastern new guinea area remained light as doughboys Dough boys expanded their holdings with support of heavy artillery tanks and warplanes war planes POSTWAR churchill speaks organization of the great powers emerging victorious from the war into a single force to preserve future world peace was outlined by prime minister finist ei winston churchill in a discussion of foreign policy in in britaina Brit ains house of commons to prevent either the planning or conduct of future wars by restless and ambitious nations churchill said the allied powers intend to set up a world organization equipped with all necessary means for maintaining order touching on the delicate russian polish situation churchill declared that polands bolands Po lands surrender of territory in in the east might be countered by acquisition of german land SOLID SOUTH threaten jt break long rumored rumo southern rebellion against the new deals social reform especially in regard to the advocacy of negro equality took tangible shape in texas where re the regular democratic organization instructed st ted its presidential electors to cast their vote for the bartys nominee in the ele electoral ceoral college only if the national convention I 1 votes disapproval of efforts to nullify state laws for segregation of white and colored school children 2 backs up texas opposition to the supreme court ruling opening democratic primaries to negroes 3 seats the delegates selected by th the e regular texas democratic party instead of delegates chosen by a rival rump organization corn composed of members who broke with the regular party over Us its ins instructions true to the electors while calmer minds sweated over working out a compromise between the two factions in texas speculation arose as to what might happen if the 23 texas electors should join e ight eight similarly dissatisfied north carolina electors in voting against the democratic candidate in the electoral college whose vote determines the presidential winner since the 31 texas and north carolina representatives in the electoral college made up of electors chosen by the states could form a majority for either side they could swing the election to either a republican or democrat being free to vote as they wished or then again they might vote for an independent person in which case neither of the two regular candidates would receive a majority and the presidential election then would be referred to the house of representatives r in the house the party in the majority would decide the election EUROPE back nazis to wall with fifth army troops on the southern front joined with the their ir comrades on the anzio beachhead and with the british slugging through the ad liri valley to the east allied forces in italy locked hands for a knockout W punch against the germans below rome As the fighting in gen dark clark italy came closer to a showdown invasion preparations continued continue with thousands of allied bombers ripping up german defenses and airfields in western europe and the allied command issuing detailed instructions to the underground to report enemy troop movements to U S and british soldiers when they land tottering under the combined pressure of gen mark darks clarks fifth army and the british eighth the germans fell slowly back to the southeast of rome for a bitter defensive fight while allied aircraft hampered their movements by a steady bombardment of supply lines an and d motorized concentrations LABOR ABOR Y local punished while the CIO united automobile workers suspended officials of a local union for a strike in the chrysler plant at detroit mich the CIO gas coke and chemical workers sanctioned the walkout of 1900 members of a local at the parke davis and company drug factory in the same city in suspending the local officers for the walkout which resulted from their support of a CIO chauffeurs union fight with a rival organization the united automobile workers said they had violated their contract with the company the constitution and their no strike pledge accusing parke davis and company of a vicious union busting campaign the gas coke and chemical workers supported its locals strike which halted production of blood plasma penicillin an and d smallpox vaccination for military and civilian use protesting that the position of the company jeopardized the s standing of the union the locals president defied a war labor board directive to return to work before resuming negotiations FOOD supply good A factor in the governments possible restoration of rationing on point free meats meals may be the necessity for assuring a more equal distribution trib ution of such meats mea ts three federal agencies reporting on the general food situation declared meantime some cuts or better grades of beai meat may become more difficult to obtain although supplies of canned fruits and juices will continue at low levels for the rest of 0 f the year fresh apples peaches pears and cherries will be more plentiful the situation in canned vegetables can be expected to grow tight increases in stocks of margarine shortening and other edvole oils will probably offset declines in butter and lard because of record spring production of eggs need for greater consumption persists civilian diet is sufficient in calories proteins iron and vitamin A but with little margin in the B vitamin and C vitamin the agencies reported agriculture farm lIa machinery chinery with manufacture of harvesting and haying baying equipment farthest behind schedule the war production boards farm machinery and spare parts pr program for the year ending june 30 was 13 per cent off on may 1 because of accelerated production in the final few months however the expects the program to finish up only 10 per cent behind schedule although manufacturers of combines will have up to september to meet their quotas As of may 1 production of harvesting machinery was per cent off schedule tractor attachments off per cent barn and barnyard equipment off per cent farm pumps and windmills off per cent farm wagons gears and trucks off per cent harrows a and nd rollers off per cent cultivators and beeders off per cent dairy farm machinery off 13 per cent planting seeding and fertilizing equipment off per cent and farm poultry equipment off per cent land values with farm land values showing a 15 per cent increase for the year ending march 15 they stood at per cent of the level according to statistics of the U S department of agriculture one third of the sales financed by credit last year involved mortgages of 75 per cent of the sales price the USDA reported with the average debt per acre on newly acquired farms about one fourth higher than two years ago large turnover was reported in 1943 with some operators selling holdings after a few months many city buyers reputedly were purchasing farm property as an inflation hedge CONGRESS investigate wards investigating the governments seizure of montgomery ward and companas comp anys chicago mail order plants a congressional subcommittee heard attorney gen francis biddle declare that inasmuch as the concern was indirectly involved in the war program through sale of productive equipment to farmers the president could use his judgment in taking it over during a labor dispute to restore operation thus the attorney general concluded if the seizure was not warranted under congressional statutes it was legal under the presidents wartime emergency powers because his interpretation of the law is his own opinion the attorney general said he stands correction by a court or congress itself can intervene to make any changes in legislation which might eliminate abuses strange tail 7 0 X Z W theres no end to the versatility of the american mcabee as shown in this picture from distant midway island where navy construction experts secured a length of si inch manila rope to bosses severed tail to provide the milk cow with a switch carpenters mate J A pierson sheffield pa is the RAILROADS government rates in exchange for the grant of land for right of ways to the railroads during the expansion period of the government received reductions duct ions of 50 per cent on passenger and freight rates amended in 1940 to apply only to military goods and personnel following railroads complaints against the heavy burden of relief shipments especially during the depression period total abolition of the reduced rates came before congress with the house approving by a to 16 vote although termination of the reduced rates would increase railroad revenues by more than mill million on dollars annually in wartime and 20 million dollars yearly in peacetime the house bill calls for scaling down private shipping rates to reflect the higher income from government |