Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS US U S fleet secures macarthur macarthurs Mac Arthurs s supply lines to philippines authorize more civilian goods released by western newspaper union ui ot of those in obese tte e co lomot they may are NOTE when opinions opinion are expressed ex newspaper paper EDITORS analysts anil and oot not necess nece arlly orny of this new western newspaper unions news new 4 q W eq 4 V NOW VW F M W 7 tw I 1 N 01 19 V U S doughboy is sh shown olvil knocking out nazi tank with bazooka on western front EUROPE clearing holland pushed back in france and belgium the germans were being shoved out of their last holdings in holland by canadian and british troops applying a double squeeze on some nazis in the southwestern part of the country only in holland was there major action on the western front with rain and snow bogging U S drives about aachen metz and the mountains even though the british 2nd and army had overrun the entire eastern section of holland in a drive that the nazis only stopped at the gateway to t their h air important R ruhr valley the germans held their ground in the western part of the country for the purpose of denying the allies use of the great north sea ports for the supply of their onrushing armies armies principal port denied the allies was antwerp which the nazis blocked off by occupying both sides of the schelde river leading inland to the city dotting one side of the schelde are the Wal cheren and sot south ith beveland islands connected to the mainland by a causeway below bergen op zoom in attempting to knock the germans out of their strategic positions along both sides of the schelde canadian troops cut into the defenses on the south bank of the river and fought to capture the causeway below bergen op zoom and cut off island communications with the mainland meanwhile british troops smashed through nazi defenses to the north with the aim of racing toward the speaking in the house of commons after his conference with josef stalin in Alo moscow scow prime minister churchill declared unconditional surrender in the sense of no bargaining with the enemy is still the poli policy cy of the government 1 sea and thus cutting off all german troops along the schelde to the south capture of antwerp and rotterdam would give the allies at least two great ports for tunneling funneling in supplies for the drive on germany and relieve the need for a reliance on smaller crowded facilities slow going in italy in italy german field marshall albert kesselring seemed to be pulling his lines northward in a slow withdrawing movement hinged on the big communications hub of bologna as allied troops push pushed ed further through the mud onto the broad plains of the po valley russ reach norway norway was the latest european state to be invaded by the russians with gen K A northern red hed army driving into the arctic port of kirkenes birkenes Kir kenes in the wake of its abandonment by 25 nazi troops russian entrance into norway coincided with the reds all out offensive against east prussia noted wooded and lake cou country of the junker mill military tary caste calling panzer formations into action along roadways leading to the heart of the province the germans sought to stall the russians advance westward originally paced by an estimated tanks compelled to throw additional forces in hungary to stave off the russian drive on budapest the germans fought hard to protect the broad gateway to austria from the western end of the country in raging tank battles the enemy su succeeded c in slowing the red advance CO 50 miles from budapest PACIFIC save communications long in hiding japans imperial navy came out for battle in an effort to smash the american supply line to general douglas macarthurs Mac Arthurs forces in the philippines and limped off in defeat as the U S 3rd ard and ath fleets shattered the attack and secured the vital communications the japs attack took the shape of a three pronged assault with one enemy force coming in through the narrow straits south of leyte the second driving in through the san bernardino straits north of leyte and the third heading southward from formosan waters apprised of the japs approach by alert U S carrier planes vice adm thomas C kinkaid divided his outnumbered ath fleet into two forces which with the aid of carrier carrie r planes dealt the enemy a telling blow before he could fully develop his attack meanwhile adm william F halseys Hal 3rd ard fleet made up of warships carriers carrier and subs caught the japs baill sailing I 1 ng down from formosa after the smoke of battle ha had 1 cleared two jap carriers tw two 0 battleships five cruisers and three destroyers were sunk with three more warships probably sunk and a dozen damaged for their part the japs claimed t to 10 have primarily struck transports and landing craft As the crippled jap fleet limped homeward licking its wounds general macarthurs Mac Arthurs ground forces consolidated soli dated their hold on leyte island despite mounting enemy resistance and also strengthened their grip 0 on n samar island just across the san juanico straits HOME FRONT news for consumers on the home front consumers heard this news there will be less meat for civilians in november but more of the better grades there will be less cheese but the same amount of but ter as in october approximately plants were authorized to produce milli million on dollars of civilian goods during the next year infants and childrens clothes were expected to be in greater supply next january february and march cotton textile controls will be maintained after germanys germanas Germ anys defeat possessing available facilities and labor the plants will be permitted to manufacture vacuum funi cleaners bed springs and innerspring inner spring mattresses automotive parts building materials plumbing and heating items household aluminum ware electric irons lamps lawn mowers furniture church goods fountain pens and sporting goods because of pent up demand made ma de even more formidable by swollen purchasing power the mount of goods authorized represents virtually a drop in the bucket to assure production of more in infants and childrens wear for the first three months of 1945 the war production board moved to release sufficient material for garments and also laid down specia specifications aca for the type of goods and workmanship W ork to be employed the hurried the program even as its chairman J A krug announced that because of drops in output of cotton textiles due to labor difficulties controls will be extended after germanys germanas Germ anys downfall to prevent acute shortages SURPLUS HOLDINGS disposal problem holdings of industrial with U S amounting to about 1612 16 facilities cent of dollars or 20 per billion and public facilities the total private the government in the country already has taken steps for disposal of its properties in the postwar difficulties period are expected to rise rise in the sale of the bulk of such facilities and shipbuilding as aircraft munitions ho however wever since these industries dus tries have been greatly e expanded to meet wartime requirements which will drop sharply with peace 3 billion of the governments dollar investment in war housing permanent buildings must be sold and fabricated needed when no longer structures must be dismantled with materials made part of general surplus property ROAD BUILDING huge program with urgent highway construction in the early postwar years exceeding 10 billion dollars the vast quantities of labor material and equipment needed for carrying on the program should act as a stabilizing factor facto in the future economy the american road builders associations engineer engine er director charles M upham declared by next october the states will have drawn up plans for one billion dollars of highway construction deferred because of the war and city county and local road projects will amount to another billion postwar plans of business and industry call for greater production and distribution of goods upham said that means roads and streets must carry greater burdens obviously sly inadequate roads and streets will hold back business and industrial activity finds home U S v infant son of a yank aviator killed in action and of a mother who died in giving him birth tiny kenneth maloney was taken by maternal grandparents who were later killed by robot bomb in london army then flew six month old kenneth to paternal grandmother ir grand rapids mich alich who is shoat putting him to bed while 22 month mone old cousin terry looks on BIG DEAL check wall street gave way to lasalle street when the commonwealth edison company re financed million dollars worth of bonds it in the biggest private financing operation in the nations history featuring the deal was the purchase for resale of million dollars of new bonds by the big chicago investment house of halsey stuart company which with ot otis is company of cleveland ohio has been bucking the great wall street banking firms in completing the transaction halsey stuarts president handed commonwealths representative senta tive a check for million dollars also covering interest due on the bonds and the premium paid for getting the business in addition to the million dollars refunded with new bonds commonwealth retired an addition al a 23 million dollars of securities with its own cash RAIL RATES wants boosts supporting their petition for con ti t nuance of the 10 per cent increase ui in passenger fares and immediate application of the 4 per cent freight rate boost railroad representatives re ts alves declared the carriers brier faced enss decreasing revenues when war traffic subsides previously federal agricultural agencies opposed the freight rate raten in creases on the strength of con continue t i aued high farm traffic for at least leas t tw two years after the war unless rail re revenue venile is bolstered by rate increases ra said vice ws in dent S franklin of the pennsylvania railroad the fi nandlal structure of the carriers will be seri bously impaired top alrea to in the costor r years ya with the result being of a much less e effective operation and very a serious impairment of the railroads ability to be ready to do part in meeting the problem after the war |