| Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS heavy 6 B 29 raids on nagoya pattern for victory in pacific set up army rule over germany germ any released by ay iy western newspaper union of 0 in these baie columns they art are those expressed when opinions are EDITORS NOTE and not necessarily of this newspaper western newspaper unions news analysis M N R 11 nn A n A W z p aki 32 M it taa ft g 4 y M 40 K 41 W burrowing into little siegfried line on okinawa marines advance cautiously toward building set afire to dislodge jap snipers PACIFIC victory pattern though the tarawa carawa iwo jima and okinawa fighting has proved the jap no setup set up americas tremendous material resources and japans comparative skimpy means promises to bring about the collapse much in the manner of ger banys flying at a time B 29 super forts were setting the pattern for japans defeat even as U S army and marine forces rooted the enemy from his heavily fortified little siegfried line on okinawa with the big bombers showering thousands of tons of gasoline jelly incendiaries on the big industrial center of nagoya extent of the destruction of nagoya was all the greater because of the establishment of shops in small buildings and homes for the production of different parts for main assembly with a one onetime time population of the city was the site of the famed Mits ibushi aircraft factory and railway machinery and metal works leveling of nagoya suggested the same treatment of other great japanese cities within the same area in in the effort to paralyze the industrial capability and thus bring his formidable land army to its knees with her vital industries packed in the tokyo kobe osaka and nagoya districts in a total area less than that of nebraska and with 0 of her population crowded in those vicinities japans whole war making potential stands as a particularly vulnerable target for the great fleets of U S bombers which will operate with increasing force n now ow that the european war has ended furthermore U S mastery of the sea threatens to virtually isolate the enemy from froin the asiatic mainland and pacific islands upon which he has depended for substantial quantities of food raw material and ana supplies against this bright picture however stands the record of fanatical japanese resistance against I 1 impossible apos odds wherever he has fought in the pacific best recent examples are iwo jima and okinawa where nipponese garrisons have withstood the most grueling preponderance of U S material and troop superiority to hold out to the last dying gasp from strongly fortified subterranean positions hewed from rugged terrain with jap engineers showing sur pr ing skill in preparing such defenses f ense s U S infantrymen supported by tanks and flame throwers th rowers have been compelled to move in i close to root out the entrenched enemy after heavy air sea and ground bombardment failed to wholly holly wipe out various strong points just miles from tokyo okinawa has been bitterly defended by the enemy seeking to prevent another island air base from falling failing into the hands of U 8 forces victory in the marianas mariakas Mari anas furnished a site for B 29 stations tor for the increasing raids on the enemy mainland and iwo jima also yielded strategic air strips thus the japs have stood bittera bitterly Y on okinawa inflicting over casualties on american land sea and air forces at a cost of over dead to themselves secondary though potentially ally important aspect tot of the whole pacific picture is the part china might play in the strategy with the comparatively undeveloped state of the country and the vulnerability of any positions to attack from russia on the north and the U S and britain on the south tempering the possibility the enemy might decide to make a major stand on the asiatic mainland EUROPE army rules declaring the allied government of germany is going to be military and the germans are going to know it is military lt gen lucius D clay undertook deputy rule of the U S occupation cu zone under gen dwight D eisenhower general clay assumed his task as allied authorities gen clay stated that all german industry trade and services first would be used to support U S and british occupying forces before civilians and germans would be allowed to hold office only on the local level having announced former congressman and budget director lewis W douglas as his assistant and diplomat robert murphy as head of the political division of the military government general clay said that all that is left of germanys germanas Germ anys war industry would be destroyed all traces of rooted out and war criminals sought and punished at the same time allied authorities declared that grand adm karl kari government was a temporary stopgap presently being used to carry on the disarmament of the german military and naval forces despite governments statements that a central german regime was necessary to prevent a breakdown in the count rys economic life and the threat of communism the allies are proceeding along their own lines meanwhile the allies pushed plans for the trial of war criminals crim in als even as U S congressmen returning from an inspection of notorious nazi concentration camps flatly blamed the hitler regime for their existence CIVILIAN ECONOMY Hore goods provision of more cars and more tires for essential civilian use along with loosening of controls on the manufacture of many peacetime peace tim e items heralded the gradual of industry following readjustment to a one front war though the huge needs of the pacific war will still rate no 1 release of manpower and material materia 1 as a result of lessened d demands after VF VE V F E day will permit a limited resumption of civilian production as already reflected in permission to automobile to tor manufacturers to turn out passenger cars this year and the increase in tire rations for fo essential motorists by for may though another cars are scheduled to be produced in the first quarter of 1946 with the rate rising to 2 annually by 1947 trucks will be given preference in manufacture with emphasis on lightweight models officials declared relaxation of controls on production of coat hangers bathtubs ice cream freezers pie plates mop wringers wr ingers and hundreds of others of such items paved the way for their substantial output when steel co copper p and aluminum become ava available il in increased amounts in in midsummer id EIRE praise for britain although resenting P parre 1 minis 13 ter Chur chills criticism of eire lot for remaining neutral in the european conflict when her participation would have furnished the allies with important sea bases bages prime minis ter de valera complimented the british chieftain tor for not violating the ane small count rys neutrality by force to obtain such advantages declaring that Chur chills restraint advanced the cause of af international morality de V valera alera said it is indeed fortunate th that at brit did not reach the ain ains s necessity point when mr churchill would have acted all credit to him that he successfully resisted the temptation but if de valera had praise for churchill he had censure too to 0 answering SV Chur chills declaration that only north Ir elands furnishing of bases prevented british action against eire itself de valera regretted that the briton had turned to abusing a people who have done him no wron wrong g trying to find in a crisis like the present excuse for continuing the injustice of the separation of the north and south of our country SAVINGS over billion standing at over billion dollars accumulated savings at the end of 1944 showed almost a per cent increase over the yearly totals before 1938 and indicated financial strength to tide many people over any stress headed up by an increase of 13 billion dollars in 1944 war bond holdings reached well over 40 billion to represent one third of the ao accumulated cumulated savings contrasting with but one twentieth in 1940 in rising 23 billion dollars in 1944 substantial accumulations were effected in policy holders funds behind life insurance and in accounts in mutual savings and commercial banks postal savings and savings and loan associations insurance payments approximating 47 per cent of total payments of life insurance companies in 1944 death benefits amounted to for a new high the national underwriter reported with total payments reaching high were also recorded for matured endowments at and annuities at low singe since 1929 accidental death benefit claims for the U S and canada in 1944 declined to rips hospital ship fown 0 o 4 Z standing three decks below point where a jap suicide pilot crash dived on navy hospital hasfal pl fal ship comfort army nurse lt mary je jensen sen of san diego calif views twisted wreckage lt jensen had stepped from surgery supply room less than minute before it was demolished by explosion FARM MACHINERY behind schedule with production Product ioli of farm machinery approximately 22 per cent behind schedule farm operators can continue to look forward to tight supplies this year the federal reserve bank of chicago reported because of increased demand for military material last winter and manpower shortages farm machinery output for 1944 45 dropped 25 per cent behind schedule in the first quarter of july august september 22 per cent behind in the second and about 20 per cent in the third labor shortages principally have affected production of such necessary parts of equipment as malleable and gr gray ay castings engines trans transmissions missi ns and forgings forg ings thus reducing overall over all output while some important manufacturers are up to schedule others are far behind cit citing n 9 the great importance of farm machinery to record breaking war food production the reserve bank pointed out that use of mechanized equipment on two and three shifts daily permitted heavy plantings during the last two springs after wet weather delayed normal 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