Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS nazis gird tor for counterblow counter blow B rip japs home hoin e industry approve huge waterway bill L released by western newspaper union column colun they are rt those ol of EDITORS NOTE when opinions ar are expressed in thee newspaper news not nece s harily of this western newspaper unions news new an cysts and aad 1 k X X AP converted into fortress by germans the town of Langer langerwehe wehe was wa reduced to rubble by allies in advance into reich EUROPE I 1 nazi hopes fighting now with its back to the wall a desperate germany is drawing up its dwindling strength for one great counterblow counter blow next year in the hope of yet winning the war according to advices advises from london the reports came through even as the enemy struggled to retard U S armies steady advances on the ruhr rhineland and and the russian march on the austrian gateway in hungary the nazis retreated to mountainous terrain both in the north and south inan in an effort to slow up lip the russians steady advance upon austria miles distant in reputedly preparing for a coun ter offensive the badly mauled hauled but fanatical enemy apparently was placing his hopes in a still strong arm army Y whose forces have been carefully husbanded hus banded in new weapons and in short supply lines with germans in the field in both the east and west the nazis have been fighting a defensive war from strongly fortified positions in recent months in the hope hop e af inflicting maximum losses on the allies and keeping their own casu casualties al to a minimum because of the employment of many foreign work ars inside the reich they have been able to draw heavily on their awn manpower now being used against allied troops in the west the vl V l 1 buzz bomb and V 2 rocket are two of the new weapons the nazis intend W 1 ft rep clare booth luce left confers with gen patton on third army front to utilize in any counter assault they have hinted at the production of two other destructive weapons but the only other one t that hat allied authorities have knowledge of is a submarine with new devices for underwater breathing which they intend to unleash against shipping finally the enemy hopes that his short supply lines in contrast to our longer ones will enable him to feed his armies with much greater rapidity P but here concerted allied bombings can be expected to play havoc with his land routes whatever the german plans allied armies were giving the enemy no chance to dream as they maintained their terrific pressure both in the west and east new political crisis to the complicated european political scene was added another disturbing incident in the russian sponsored polish national councils a announcement that the new year would see the formation of a provisional polish government independent of the U S british backed polish exile regime in london declaring that it would be the new provi provisional dional governments concern to break up large estates tor for the distribution trib ution of land to erty less tenants a national council spokesman assailed the present exiled regime as being representative of the powerful nobility bucking soviet influence in poland because of a fear of reform in ownership in greece the british moved to patch up differences between radical and rightist elements and restore order in that country fronting bri bains mediterranean lifeline PACIFIC fear B aimed at knocking out the great industrial centers of the japanese homeland supplying enemy forces on far flung asiatic fronts super fortress air raids were stepped up with one force of over B setting fire to the Mits ibushi twin engine bomber and fighter plant at nagoya below tokyo As a result of the growing B 29 attacks japanese officials who once described the assaults as attempts to lower enemy morale took a more serious attitude toward the bombings claiming that their steady extension presaged wide damage necessitating the evacuation of civil inns ians from danger areas As the giant super fortresses winged their way over the heart of japans loosely knit asiatic empire U S forces in the philippines moved steadily ahead in reducing that great stronghold protecting the supply lines to the indies on leyte the japs were faced with slow strangulation as general gen oral mae mac arthurs forces continued to compress them thein in the northwestern corner of the island with their lines under attack from the north east and south WATERWAYS huge program large scale development of U S waterway resources was authorized by congress in a flood control bill while conferees from both houses met to iron out differences for approval of expenditures of an additional in projects part of the count rys job creating program when peace comes the two bills provide for or flood control navigation reclamation la and hydro electric power with the oooo measure calling for or an initial appropriation of for the development of the missouri river valley by army eng engineers meers i and the bureau of reclamation in acting on the bills the senate rejected the effort of senator aiken vt to push through the st lawrence seaway and power project as an executive agreement requiring a majority vote rather than as a treaty calling for a two thirds margin EGGS program with demands of the services and the allies expected to account for approximately cases there will be little surplus of in 1945 col RW olmstead eggs egg deputy director of supply for the war food administration told a trade meeting in chicago colonel olmstead spoke after the announced that beginning january I 1 it would support prices at 27 cents a dozen for producers of candled eggs and 24 cents a dozen for current receipts to represent 9 0 per law cent of parity as required by about cases will be b e needed for the processing of ua pounds of dried eggs for the services russia britain belgium holland and france clionel colonel olmstead said and in addition britain is expected to take approximately cases of shell eggs what surplus remains may be disposed of through school lunch programs institutions or for in revealing that has reduced its 1944 holdings to cases of shell eggs colonel col onel ol 01 olmstead said that no stocks would be dumped on the market in 1945 with prices tending end ing to reflect costs wh which i h are r e exl exacted acted production to remain high through the year WORK ORDER new draft rule needed tor for with workers industries tb the e nations nation s critical war ed through their boards checked checke draft files to offer those ii in I 1 the 26 to 37 not presently engaged in age group alternative essential production the of working or fighting selective reversing a previous service policy r of granting liberal deferments 30 local for the group over boards are expected to adopt a more stringent attili attitude ide tows toward rd considering si the essentiality of a registrants employment it was thought registrants who left def erable positions work will for less les s important face a return to their old or similar position or induction while the latest crackdown principally was prompted by the move t to 0 provide manpower for essential industry selective service director maj gen lewis B hershey declared that increased military activity called for a greater am amount aunt ot of replacements with the result that a 10 to 20 per cent increase in inductions could be expected in the next few months outa output ut lags although production of critical war material rose 6 per cent in october over the previous month a greater increase for the remainder of the year is necessary to assure required deliveries to the services the war production board reported in reviewing october production the said the following programs were below schedule air aircraft 3 per cent ships I 1 per cent guns and fire control 4 per cent ammunition 2 per cent combat and motor vehicles 5 per cent communications 6 per cent and other equipment and supplies I 1 per cent particularly critical it was reported are the tire and cotton duck production programs what with vehicles in operation on the western front alone and the nazi destruction of shelter in the bitter scorched earth fighting necessitating much tenting rehabilitate vets A 11 adjustment to new conditions con editions through pr practice aali e known as occupational therapy is one on of 1 the means being wed used to rehabilitate disabled U S war vets at the walter valter reed hospital in washington D C pc william L harris develops dexterity in the movement of artificial right arm by playing checkers with counter ens of different sizes with occupational therapist susan SMOKES plan allocations A As s long as manpower shortages will persist and wartime conditions will make extension of facilities difficult manufacturers will not be able to increase their already record production of cigarettes the trade tradel told a congressional committee meanwhile tobacco distributors announced plans for the adoption of nationwide rationing of supplies supply es among retailers to assure equitable stocks for all smokers with efforts made to readjust deliveries to shifting populations speaking at the congressional hearing col fred C foy said that the army will have procured cigarettes by the end of 1944 but movements of the smokes to the front line areas were impeded by limited facilities for unloading and for unloading and the need for rushing more vital materials like food and gasoline to the combat zones agriculture boost ceilings in a move designed to reflect parity to producers the OPA hiked ceilings on cash wheat 4 cents and at the same time raised raise d the top on all hogs to 1475 except sows bows stags and boars baars in announcing the wheat ceiling boost on OPA revealed that the increase affects all levels of distribution but could not disturb the cost of bread the present subsidy of 19 cents a bushel to flour producers will stick until the first of the year OPA said when new rates will be established with wit h official admission that the b boost oost in the hog ceiling to 1475 was effected to increase feeding of corn the market for that grain spurted although h heavy eavy c country offerings tem tempered activity at chicago hog prices were e especially strong partly because inclement weather kept large farms supplies on |