Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS reds red s peril gateway to austria japs bolster battered forces check decline in hog prices glnn Tl na n released nn A 1 by nv western newspaper U union it columns they are those of in these when opinions are expressed EDITORS NOTE of this newspaper necessarily and not western newspaper unions news analysts AM WIT 4 W N y Z ii partisans carry wounded back to secret stronghold EUROPE budapest imperilled Imperil led once like paris a center of european gaiety with colorful sidewalk cafes enlivened by gypsy music budapest became a fevered and somber city as russian armies hammered toward the hungarian capital having broken across the river some 50 miles to the east the reds bore down on budapest as german and hungarian armies were hard pressed to hold broad lines across the count rys rolling plains gateway to austria even as the russians rolled forward thousands of Buda pests civilians were put to work in the erection of entrenchments s and fortifications ficat ions and the germans vowed that they would make this city once one of Eu ropes prettiest into another warsaw a battleground sacred soil As the germans and hungarians Hung arians dug in fox for a stand about budapest the nazis fought f fiercely on the east prussian front to slow up the russians advance across the sacred soil of this historic home of the junkers As the germans braced in east prussia along prepared lines some 20 miles inside the border the russians following their traditional military policy shifted the weight to prevent enemy agents from obtaining vital vita military information through contact with U S troops the army is rigidly enforcing stiff regulations against doughboys dough boys mixing with german citizens troops may not make any social calls at german homes they may not contact german girls because of service by german bartenders they may not even buy beer outside of mess bars talking with german people is an unnecessary contact the army has ruled bringing fines of from 25 to 65 of their attacks north northward ward toward a narrow belt of baltic seacoast at latvia where some nazis were reported cut off from the remainder of the enemy line in the east slicing into german positions in in this sector with overwhelming numbers of troops the russians threatened to chew the entrapped nazi armies to shreds before they could be successfully evacuated by sea gain port formerly forced to truck supplies overland miles from cherbourg Cher bourg or from temporary beach harbors along the channel coa coast s t the allies materially improved their communication lines by gaining f ull full control of the great belgian port of antwerp control was gained when canadian and british troops cleared the germans from both sides of the schelde river leading inland to t the he port As the allied attack developed the nazis pulled out the major bulk of their troops to prevent being encircled irom from the rear As the allies moved to improve communications the U S first army resumed re its offensive about I 1 aachen driving through the once picturesque now splintered fir pine I 1 and silver birch hurtgen forest on the road to the vital industrial rhineland PACIFIC enemy girds still determined to hold on to the philippines despite the concentration of U S strength behind the forces of gen douglas macarthur the japanese poured in a air 1 i r reinforcements i for the showdown battle that will develop when the americans move onto the larger is islands even as the japs sought to bolster their defenses first severely shaken by the U S navys major triumph in the second sea battle of the philippines general mac arthurs ground forces on leyte 5 G gen e r 1 macarthur left felt and lt gen kru krucher e g er confer on lete leite pushed the enemy back to the mountainous western portion of the island because of the terrain difficulty was encountered in the speedy erection of air fields on leyte but as construction progressed increasing tsing numbers of fighter planes took off from the new bases to join catri carrier er borne aircraft in attacking shipping seeking to reinforce the entrapped enemy troops on the island with her back being pressed closer and closer to the wall japans premier kaiso call called ed for greater war production de declaring laing that many troops had died for lack of munitions almost as bolso spoke the enemy reported B recon loitering noite ring over tokyo CATTLE record marketing with more than 40 per cent of federally inspected beef veal pork and lamb going to the government supplies of better grades 0 of f meat remained in scarcity last month despite record breaking marketing of cattle shipments of cattle were 37 per cent greater than for the 10 year average for october and receipts of calves were 71 per cent gre greater ater although showing substantial ial increases over september in as of hogs and sheep were lower than in october of 1943 due to the heavy slaughter of cattle and calves production of beef veal lamb and pork amounted to about wi 1 billion pounds for october 29 per cent greater than the 10 year average for october hog prices after an unsettled market had lopped 75 mi million ilion dollars off of the value of the nations hog crop higher bids by packers stemmed the downward spiral of prices the packers action followed wa war r food administration hints that the th e government would cut subsidy payments amounting to per hundredweight dweight if average prices for good and choice gulfs and barrows were allowed to drop below a 1350 per hundredweight average lower grade hogs however would not be included As increased during the first week of november packers became more choosy to in the purchase of hogs declaring that during the periods of lower receipts receil t s they were compelled to pay beilin ceiling 9 prices tor for many shipments just to keep ther plants busy POSTWAR AM AIR world traffic As depre representatives senta tives fr from orn allied a and nd n neutral nations met in chicago for the international civil aviation conference principal question arising was in what way could countries best cooperate in the development of extensive postwar traffic at the opening session three methods were proposed the U S suggestion advocated a free development between friendly and progressive gres sive states with an international body which would merely consult and advise on allocation of air routes rate fixing and regulation of competition on the other hand the british called for the regulation of postwar air traffic through a strong international authority which like the U S civil aeronautics au authority tho rity would assign routes and have a voice in rate making australia and new zealand presented the extremist view of pooling all aerial resources into an international ter operating company VAR production VE V E cutbacks one third of all war contracts will be terminated within three months after the defeat of germany a war production board official announced with speedy settlements with manufacturers rs assuring smoother to date the government has let billion dollars in war contracts it was revealed wi with th completions to talling billion dollars after cancellations about 65 billion dollars of contracts are now outstanding one third or about 20 billion dollars worth of which would be terminated on VE V E day of contracts valued at 9 billion dollars cancelled thus far have been settled for million dollars said YE VE Y V E shipping germanys germanas Germ anys defeat will not lessen the demand on the U S merchant marine the office of war information reported with military and reconstruction traffic continuing to and from the continent and more shipping ne needed eded to transport increased forces and supplies over vast distances in the pacific three times the amount of shipping presently engaged for the european war may be required for the tha pacific conflict it was said and eastern ports will be used to relieve some of the tremendous traffic that will be imposed on those in the west presently revealed no less than tons of shipping are being used just to transport su supplies P from overseas bases to fighting fronts unusual quads in the first case of its kind known in medical history 30 year old mrs kathleen hatcher cirminello oj of philadelphia pa gave birth to quadruplets quadruple ts in two minutes in in a cue erean operation weighing from three to three and a quarter pounds the quads three I 1 girls and a boy are the set in the U S su such ch births birth averaging one in cases five feet and two inches tall fall and weighing lbs ibs mrs cirminello ciminello is the wife of a financial analyst for the securities and exchange commission A ious child died at birth placed in an incubator the children were tagged A D B C and D said mr air ci cirminello my aly wife went through the ordeal ill let lier her choose the names FEED outlook good despite smaller supplies s of concentrated cent rated feed for the season more will be available per ani animal unit however because of reduced livestock population the department part ment of agriculture reported because of the record production of corn and sorghums sorg hums for 1944 USDA said the domestic supply of feed grains will approximate last years at tons stocks of byproduct by product feeds will be slightly larger than last year with decreased demands moderate price declines were anticipated according to USDA local feed grain supplies are smaller than last year in the east north central and the western states but slightly larger in other sections except for the west north central and the western states hay supplies are smaller casualties total with the army suffering the bulk of the losses U S battle casualties on the far flung fronts totaled army casualties reached 1 of which were killed wounded missing and made prisoners after more than a year of bitter fighting in italy where re allied forces pressed their the I 1 r 0 offensive ff ens ive against strong nazi fortifications ons U S losses were estimated at 0 latest navy compilations placed casualties at of which were killed wounded missing a ana made prisoner |