Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS dewey pledges strong postwar market for airier arrier american L can producers batter nazi defenses in france released by western newspaper union EDITORS NOTE when opinions are ed in these columns western newspaper unions they are chose abos of 0 news analysts and not necessarily of 0 this newspaper r 44 IA 71 WON L S saifan U S marinet marines pay last respects to fallen buddies buddie on saifan in in marianas mariakas Mari anas islands EUROPE big battle in a great drive to encircle the nazi defense pivot of caen on the eastern end of the mile allied front in normandy british gen bernard L montgomery compelled german field marshal von to commit large forces to the 1 I raging tank battles on three sides of the town As montgomery forced von rund hand on the east flank U S gen troops resumed the montgomery attack above the vital communications hub of st lo 10 to the west and U S engineers undertook to clear up the wreckage in the port of cherbourg Cher bourg to permit its early use for tunneling funneling in supplies with montgomery reportedly using men in the caen drive and pushing the offensive under a burtain of heavy artillery tank and aerial fire the nazis were compelled to call in reserves to stem the british thrust which threatened to remove the pivot on which the enemy resisted allied advances russia within miles of naming flaming front in north russia german troops slowly fell back before the powerful surge of red forces chewing into the big bulge overhanging the southern end of the battle line and hillers Hit lers last springboard to moscow The Germans were compelled to retire from prepared strongholds strong holds when large russian forces broke through their lines on all sides threatening to enci encircle acle them from the rear in finland the reds continued their offensive in the face of stiffening resistance both on the isthmus near the capital of helsinki and in the lake country farther to the east italy with the germans moving in reinforcements and increasing their artillery and antitank anti tank gunfire the allied advance up the italian peninsula was slowed by hard fighting still operating in the mountainous terrain which lays before their last major defense line guarding the rich po industrial and agricultural region to the north the nazis were taking every advantage of the rugged country to impede the allies As U S british and french forces fought steadily ahead the nazis were converting little villages A into small fortresses MEAT beef scarcer because of a 12 per cent decrease in supply of rationed beef as a result of larger allocations to the army navy and lend lease point values on steaks and roasts for the month of july were raised to their highest levels nearly all cuts of lamb were returned to rationing with only breast flank neck shank and lamb patties point free despite shortages of better grades of pork loins all pork will continue un rationed point free for over a week all so called soft cheeses including most varieties except cheddar were put back on the rationed list at four points per pound canned milk was aa raised to two third point per an from one half PACIFIC serious says tokyo facing compression on the northern end of saifan island by advancing U S troops the jap defenders offered vigorous resistance to attacking doughboys Dough boys in the mountainous interior after having been driven from the southern extremity sheer cliffs blind ravines and rough wooded ridges bulked b before e fore the doughboys Dough boys as they fought their way forward over the rugged terrain broken in many spots only by goat paths As U S troops tightened their foothold on saifan the enemy reported that naval aircraft continued attacks against american shipping supplying the ground forces and added we the people of japan must realize now if ever that the outcome of the battle of the marianas mariakas Mari anas will exert a very serious influence upon the future war situation GOP shape fight under the leadership of gov thomas E dewey of new york as its candidate for president and gov john W bricker of ohio as vice president the republican party will make the 1944 campaign on a platform designed to assure a strong 1 american market for U S producers in the field of foreign relations the bartys 1057 sweltering delegates to the chicago convention approved a platform based upon U S compera tion to preserve world peace without impairment of sovereignty or self rule and with the consent of the senate in accordance with constitutional provisions in addition to guaranteeing the p producer a protective tariff to exclude cheap foreign competition the party agreed to the principle of establishing tab lishing an american market price for agriculture and approved crop adjustment during periods of abnormal surpluses quick restoration of private business in the postwar world was promised through speedy settlement of cancelled war contracts and orde orderly y disposal of surplus goods the party also pledged lower individual and corporate taxation consistent with government expenditures when conditions permit knows answers An surrounded by a battery of newspaper men in the grand ballroom of the stevens hotel tom dewey gave his first press interview as the presidential candidate showing in g a tactical skill in answering the barrage barg e of questions in reply to queries dewey said future developments might make compulsory military training necessary that congressional power to declare war to resist aggression would not hamper operation of a world cooperative program to preserve future peace and U S acquisition of pacific bases would be left to future events declaring that the bartys program did not refer to high but rather to adequate tariffs dewey said the heart of the foreign trade plank was centered in the sentence calling for U S cooperation in promotion of world commerce at first federal help may be required to assist in providing full employment dewey said are you satisfied with gas rationing t tio someone asked do you know anybody who is ap pp dewey retorted DIPLOMACY troubled relations Fin lands refusal to lend its car to U S approaches that it negotiate a peace with russia and the tiny baltic states determination to remain in the war beside germany following promises of military aid led to an open rupture of relations with this country at the same time U S ambassador norman armour was recalled from argentina for consultation with state department officials following reported increasing axis sentiment centime n t in that south amer american IC an country p particularly ar ticul arly since the invasion meanwhile gen charles de was scheduled to confer with president roosevelt over alterations in the U S attitude toward the french national committee for liberation as the pr provisional al government of re occupied territory ry casualties total As a result of losses of men during the first two weeks of of the invasion total U S casualties up to june 22 approximated killed missing and wounded total allied losses in prance france W were ere for the two week period with the U S dead averaging per cent of american casualties the british per cent and the canadian per cent A large percentage of U S losses in the invasion cam came e in the first two days when elements of two divisions ran into a german division practicing maneuvers on the beaches enemy casualties were estimated at for the first four years of the war prime minister churchill Churchil Ul placed british losses at over men CHINA japs gain pressing their drive in southern china the japs threatened to seize the count rys entire eastern seacoast and secure an unbroken rail route of over 1000 miles the japs pushed their offensive as U S british and chinese efforts to open up a backdoor back door into southeastern china from india slowed in the mountainous burmese jungle country U S warplanes war planes joined in the valiant chinese defense against the japs who continued their favorite tactic of driving forward on either side of bypassed by passed strongholds strong holds allied thrusts to open a backdoor back door to china continued even as the itie chinese asked for greater assistance to resist the enemy T E L E f A C T CONSUMERS expenditures IN 1943 N of 0 I 1 lit oollah 96 25 F Qs 20 5 0 5 0 wo ft 0 LEND LEASE in reverse with the united kingdom australia and new zealand pitching in britaina Brit ains reverse lend lease to the U S for the two years ending last march totaled 2 billion dollars and if continued at the same rate as the first three months of 1944 was expected to approximate 2 billion dollars for the whole year out of the united kingdoms contribution trib ution of almost 2 billion dollars the U S received rail transportation to invasion ports british planes airfields and other construction st fresh vegetables and other foodstuffs lightweight gas tanks miles of steel landing mats thousands of parachutes and 2 million pair of woolen socks meats and dairy products constituted a major portion of alias reverse len dlease of almost billion dollars while foodstuffs made up one third of new zealanda Zea lands contribution trib ution of over million do dollars I 1 lars CIVILIAN GOODS feeling pinch with large stockpiles stock piles dwindling and scarcities scar cities of material and manpower prevailing the public will start feeling the shortage of civilian goods more and more from now on an official of the war production board declared although some demand for such merchandise as electric irons alarm clocks and aluminum kitchenware kitchen ware will be partially met this year disclosed manufacture of stoves and other steel products and availability of lumber are expected to be affected by shortages of materials in remarking on the continued restriction of textile production because of the tight labor supply a official declared I 1 our manpower is not always applied to the right things there probably is plenty it if it were properly distributed |