Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS nazis fight from city s ruins rains batter gateway to china coast it big four chart postwar peace J I 1 released ased by western newspaper union those hose of at when opinions are arc expressed in these columns bolum ni s they hey are EDITORS NOTE not necessarily 0 ot this newspaper unions news analysts and ana weste western to newspaper NETH ARNHEM eteve MU NIJMEGEN REICH WALD GE MA 9 RHINE 6 BRIT SECOND 0 BE a AACHEN 1 LIEGE BADEN 0 ARDENNES LUX W EST WALL WORMS 11 LUXEMBURG FRANCE VERDUN METZ MOSELLE R U 5 ard 3rd ARMY sarrebourg SARRE BOURG 0 ANCY arrows indicate direction of allied drive on germany see europe EUROPE city of death black and pinkish smoke curled above the charred ruins ot of the once busy city of aachen as massed U S artillery and fleets of bombing planes poured their volley of death into it to rout out the 1500 defenders but hidden deep in underground shelters beneath the rubble like moles their spirits reportedly bolstered by wine and brandy the stubborn enemy stood up under the bombardment bar dment to come up with machine gun and rifle fire to plague the stouthearted doughboys dough boys working their way through the rubble after the heavy salvos of the big guns even as fighting went on inside of aachen the nazis massed for coun ter attacks in an attempt to break the americans pincer closing on the city from the north and south throwing in sizable armored formations in the teeth of withering U S artillery fire A smoking and deserted ruin the nazis fought desperately for aachen to use it as a symbol of fanatical german resistance and to delay its capture because its fall would give the americans an important road hub with a broad network of superhighways leading to the rhineland 20 miles away fanatical as nazi resistance was at aachen it was no more rabid than on the third army front from metz met to nancy where the enemy V A lt gen mark dark clark letl left and mal gen geoffrey keyes study battle plans on italian aront continued to fight strongly to bar gen george S pattons Pat tons pathway to the basin and on the seventh army front about the foothills of the belfort gap 25 mile break in the mountains leading to bavaria by landing behind enemy lines and outflanking their defensive positions the canadians steadily pushed the nazis from southwestern holland while the british 2nd and army threatened to close in on them from the north near arnhem in italy heavy rains sent shallow gravelled travelled gravel led mountain creeks ca beening over their banks and muddied up the hilly terrain slowing g the ath and ath armies advance on the po valley As allied troops knocked the germans off of one slope they bucked up against fresh opposition on the next and occasionally the germans threw in counterattacks counter attacks in an attempt to exploit the difficulty of bringing up supplies over mushy roads or sagging mountain lers ers with most of its crack troops strung to the northeast and east and no strong defensive system organized in the south where russian troops were hammering forward after their dash through fallen romania Hun garys early collapse was expected by the allies massing men the reds developed lev loped eloped a three pronged drive on east prussia aimed at slicing up the german province from the north tast last and south PEACE MACHINERY draw blueprint having assumed the major share of defeating the axis on the field of battle the U S britain russia and china and later france proposed to assume an equally major responsibility in maintaining the peace through a postwar security organization outlined at the dumbarton oaks conferences in washington ing tori D C with other united nations acting as an advisory assembly the big four and later france would hold permanent positions on an executive council to which would be entrusted the task of maintaining order through peaceful settlements or the use of force it if necessary to assist the permanent council an economic 04 jand nd social committee would be organized anizel to promote trade and an international court of justice would be set up lip to settle c cases ases which could be determined on legal grounds points left unsettled by the dumbarton oaks conferences included 1 whether any of the nations represented on the permanent council shall be allowed to vote on the question of applying suppressive measures if charged with aagre aggression assion 2 whether the U S representatives vote for such measures should be cast at the direction of the president or congress 3 what forces or facilities should be placed at the disposal of the permanent council 4 what constitutes aggression to moscow flew prime minister churchill and foreign minister eden of great britain to confer with marshall stalin and foreign affairs commissar molotov on knotty balkan problems posed by the russian armies lightning occupation of these countries also on the conferees agenda was discussion of the critical polish situation brought about by the exiled polish regimes resistance to russian claims to the count rys eastern territory 0 ry and the soviet sponsored po polish lish committee of national libera eions demands for an important voice in the future government of the nation PACIFIC strike china coast even as admiral chester nimitz declared that 11 we must make landings on the china coast to enable us to employ the air forces which will be at our disposal 1 I U S planes bombarded the islands and formosa guarding that va vital tal shoreline As hundreds of american planes sought to soften the defenses shielding the chinese coast the japanese pressed their drive to seal off the whole eastern shoreline to prevent a juncture of U S and chinese forces in the event of landings recognizing the character of the enemy drive admiral ni nimitz itz said to the extent that the japanese improve their situation in china our task will become more difficult principal target of the U S aerial attacks was the glittering green island of formosa serving as a huge air base covering the sea lanes to china and staging point for the south pacific operations 1944 HARVEST record seen only adverse weather during the r remainder ema inder of the harvest season can crimp a record grain production for 1944 the U S department of agriculture reported with the corn crop expected to total an all time high of 3 bushels wheat aoa bushels and sorghum bushels estimated production of bushels of 0 oats ats and bushels of barley would place ace the total harvest of the foregoing foregoing five grain crops well above bushels a gain of approximately bushels over last year in addition to the flourishing grain harvest record crops of rice fruits commercial vegetables peanuts and tree nuts were anticipated and tobacco production was expected to approach the 1939 high of 1804 pounds A 7 per cent increase in tonnage of citrus crops over in all states was forecast although below record levels production of hay beans peas soybeans flaxseed potatoes and sweet potatoes was estimated above prewar output marketing of livestock and livestock products was expected to reach a higher volume than in any year save 1943 canned foods with the army demanding increased supplies of canned fruits and vegetables and packs of these products spotty civilians may expect smaller stocks during the coming year trade circles declared unless army orders are cut in the event of germanys germanas Germ anys downfall it was was said civilians can expect less canned peas corn tomatoes beets and carrots with only asparagus supplies remaining about the same of fruits only apricots will be in in good supply with smaller stocks of peaches pears fruit cocktails and pineapple available according to trade circles canning was affected by the war food administrations increase in the percentages cen of certain items set aside for military use adverse weather and manpower problems I 1 star farmer I 1 named as the star farmer of 1944 at P the e annual convention of the future farmers of america 20 year old elton ellison of ralls rails tex I 1 started off seven years ago with the purchase of I 1 I 1 a gilt with his own savings I 1 and the planting of 1 10 acres of c cotton 0 aton and 1 milo on b borrowed of money by the fhe end ol oj the season young ettison ellison was able to help his father buy a acre farm arm which he worked star farmer along with an additional acres he rented before answering ansi vering his army call in august receiving a award on behalf of young ellison his comely 18 year old wife chirped my aly goodness this check wilt will really help us its on our farm im going right back to camp roberts and tell elton to hurry home as soon as he can call SOLDIER VOTE estimate total of servicemen who have received absentee absente ballots more than will vote november Ne vember 7 state officials estimated to date more than ballots have been returned with the rate v varying arbing from 5 per cent in wisconsin to 50 per cent in ohio in new york out of servicemen who received absentee ballots were expected to vote in pennsylvania out of in new jersey out of tennessee out of and montana out of CHINA relief relie needs although supplies could not be delivered I 1 before 1946 and most of the united nations lefief relief and rehabilitations tat ions funds of over will be spent for locomotives tobacco clothing food etc chiefly for europe in 1945 china has requested aid to talling almost the sum however would represent less than a third of total chinese relief costs it was said with the country planning to bear the remainder of the whole expense for feeding and clothing the people restoring transportation rebuilding industry and resettling millions driven from their homes in addition to nearly a 1000 of supplies china asked the tha to furnish doctors and nurses 1080 industrial experts and welfare workers matching the U S contribution ol 01 other united nations are to furnish an additional 1000 |