| Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS re report p ort german peace bids as allies press attacks on reich act to assure civilian supply sup p I 1 y released by western newspaper union expressed in these columns they ara sip h 0 sero f EDITORS NOTE when opinions are notye and not necessarily of this now p western newspaper unions news JE 0 KOB 2 R N indicating the modern network of roads over which the germans have been moving ft military supplies east of the rhine this aerial photo shows the adolf hitler superhighway near U S army bridgehead map outlines extensive road system in territory E EUROPE URO PE rebuff nazis amid a flurry of talk that high german g groups f had sounded the U S and britain out on peace possibilities ties allied armies maintained their heavy pressure against nazi lines in both the east and west according to one report gen dwight eisenhower rebuffed field marshal von approach for an armistice under which the latter offered to pull german armies beyond the rhine where they have been forced and disarm them published in Sw edens Dag bladet the other report de dealt alt with german overtures to a british official for an armistice for preserving the reich as a bulwark against the bolshevik menace to include the retention of the nazis in office and the of occupied territory the offer also was flatly rejected Jec tied it was said even as the reports came through germany rocked under the tremor 01 of t continued heavy aerial assaults aimed at nazi industrial installations communication lines feeding TO town pvn buster latest bomb to britaina Brit ains tamed famed blockbuster and earthquake bombs has been added another the 11 ton town buster developed to penetrate to the underground factories the germans established to avoid surface bombardment carried by britaina Brit ains fouren four en dined Lan casters the town buster measures 2512 25 feet in length and almost tour four feet in diameter upon releasing the heavy load the huge planes have bounced up as high as feet from relief of the weight packing a tremendous wallop in itself the town buster supplements the sixton six ton it earthquake bomb which sank the german battleship and penetrated 15 foot thick concrete roofs of U boat pens their armies and troop concentrations massed to meet allied attacks in in both east and west in the east russia grouped the bulk of her manpower for the grand assault on berlin heavily defended by an extended network of pill boxes tank traps and infantry obstacles st which could be flooded As the russians built up their the r forces beyond the oder for the smash on the german capital other red forces were on the move in both upper silesia and hungary in an effort to pry open the roads to the rich industrial districts of czechoslovakia and austria feeding the nazi wehr macht in the west german war production was seriously threatened as U S and british armies closed on both the ruhr and valleys not only was the ruhr menaced by the U S ath and british 2nd and armies from the west but lt gen courtney hodges U S alst 1st moved up from Us its remagen bridgehead to threat threaten Ln it from the south the U S 3rd ard and ath armies also were applying a vise on the valley with the 3rd ard pressing in from athe the north and east and the ath squeezing ahead from the south I 1 taking full advantage of their extensive I 1 road system and short si supply aply lines the germans fought viciously vic bously to hold both all important r regions egions FOOD probe supply following hard upon war byrnes formation of a special group to review all demands for non military exports to protect essential civilian supplies in this country senate war investigating A committee announced the conduct of an inquiry into the food situation currently marked by the growing jarnes jam F byrnes byrn scarcity of meat revelation of the senate committees probe followed demands of midwestern senators for rectification of government food policies which they declared discouraged fattening of cattle because of failure to bring prices and feed c costs in line with production and failed to place agriculture on a par with war industry just before the congressional storm broke byrnes proclaimed the organization of a special group to determine that Eu ropes demands for relief and rehabilitation would not interfere with U S civilian needs and even to review past commitments in the same light following byrnes action capital circles buzzed with talk that the war food administration for one had approached him for help in allocating the shrinking food supply during 1945 with prospects of from 20 to 25 per cent less meat 10 to 15 per cent less vegetable oils and fats and 10 per cent less sugar meanwhile it was revealed lend lease purchases in recent weeks have been severely reduced because of the growing meat shortage although the government has been receiving larger allocations than formerly it was pointed out still the drop in slaughtering has reduced the volume available over last year and practically only military demands are being satisfied As a result lend lease meat tonnage has been slashed almost 80 per cent in the last two months with pork purchases in one week down about 84 per cent from last year canned meats 86 per cent and other products from 93 to 97 per cent PACIFIC air lashings with long range U S bombers based within flying distance of japan as a result of the recent conquest of outlying islands in bloody but valuable fighting the great industrial cities have more and more been feeling the lash of heavy bombardment carried on even as general mae mac arthurs forces in the philippines tightened their grip on the sprawl ing archipelago guarding the inner china chi ala sea lane and as be grimed marines finished off a stubborn foe on iwo jima the B 29 raids on such jap centers as tokyo nagoya and osaka are designed to cut down factory production and impair the flow of supply to the armies meanwhile general macarthurs Mac Arthurs forces moved toward the climactic battle e with the bulk of the enemy cornered on northeastern luzon and additional american to the south landings secured the sea passage through the philippines t manila to 0 YALTA test agreement first put to the test in poland the big threes yalta agreement to act jointly in the settlement of troubled political affairs of countries was tabbed dabbed for a second trial in the case of romania Ho mania where the rades pu cu government reportedly had been f forced 0 rc ed 0 out by moscow and replaced b by y a co communist m almu n is t do dominated m in at ed r regime e g i arn e at the time tim e t the h e R badescu a d s g government 0 v e left office with rade badescu acu himself seeking sanctuary in the british embassy in Bu bucharest chares t because of fear of communist assassination the russians contended that the regime had failed to take proper action against pro fascist elements still present in the country and threatening the red ardys supply lines called at the ing instance tance of the U S the big three parley on romania could look to its settlement of the polish problem as a precedent with democratic elements being brought into a new regime along with the communists to furnish a more representative pattern of government ern ment FARM LABOR at low with total farm employment estimated at persons farm operators will start the important spring planting season with the lowest seasonal onal level of workers in 21 years the U S department of agriculture reported of the persons USDA reported are family members of whom a great number are women or elder folk because of the presence of the latter it was said total operating efficiency has been cut somewhat since the advancing years have impaired the efforts of many of the older people As the spring planting season approached pro ached with excessive moisture retarding work in many sections farmers were promised some manpower relief by the employment of german war prisoners during the year despite the worker shortage farmers are being asked to match record production butcher 01 dobbin already evident before january 3 when race tracks were closed there has been a decided rise in the sate sale of dressed horse carcasses as the meat situation grows increasingly crea singly critical packers revealed although sold for human consumption in milwaukee vis boston lasof cleveland ohio Dil detroit alich and some new jersey cities it is not permissible in chicago ill III where oddly enough sales to retailers have doubled since the beef famine in explaining the phenomenon of h how 0 v sales to retailers could double if the latt latter er could not resell the product to bonsu consumers m ers one packers representative declared that butchers know whether the buyers were going to eat the horse meat themselves or feed it to their pets SHOES to cut output with most of the cattle hide scheduled to meet greatly increased army demands allocation of leather for production of civilian shoes during april may and june may be trimmed down to about 10 to 15 per cent of present allotments further affecting the future supply of mens and childrens footwear in an effort to meet the overall civilian requirement of shoes for the year it was said government officials are hoping to increase the production of fabric footwear despite the tight situation in worsted materials needed against the fabric shoes manufactured last year more may be produced in 1945 beyond the postponement of the validation of the next shoe stamp until sometime next summer instead of may 1 as originally scheduled no change in footwear rationing is contemplated as a result of the new cattle hide allocation OPA said HOLLYWOOD STRIKE complex scenario closure of american movie houses was threatened as the international alliance of theatrical stage emp Plo considered exertion f pressure 8 on picture producers I 1 in n its is fi fight g lit to obtain bargagni barg bargaining aini n recognition as g agent for some 70 studio set decorators in hollywood in vying for control of the 70 workers adf the bucked another th aich affiliate had be en the accepted painters as the union betm emp i war byees labor bargaining board agent by the standing in the m middle iddle of the en ta ng lement were the picture producers n themselves what with wh the K its workers not s only out threatening sa of the hollywood to p ull studios but also to stop the of movies ng throughout the and the rival country painters union on strike because already of the picture producers hesitancy y in n econn eniz i their group zing mg with a plot a movie scenario the complex a 3 3 any 37 the national labai case w ent up to relations for settlement board |
