Show THE i iw WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS japan beg begins ins to feel full weight of allied air sea land blows europe warned of food shortage released by western newspaper union those of are columan colum nn they EDITORS NOTE when opinions are e N pr essed 1 n t these necessarily of this newspaper western newspaper unions news ana I 1 en d n 0 1 fa x 19 4 4 0 juicy sides of beef whole hogs veal and lamb hang in the aging room of a quick freeze and food locker plant in towson md near baltimore while OPA investigators question lock locker er holders about their meat supplies the OPA reported that it was not satisfied with the explanations pla nations of holdings given by half of the group questioned to date JAPAN APAN target for onslaught japans dwindling empire was given a thorough going over w with ith bombs warship strikes and offensives by american and australian ia land nd forces in an attack that carried american naval power almost within sight of russian siberia a U S battle fleet made a surprise bombard bombardment ment of the japanese held southern half of sakhalin Sak halin island in the sea of the tokyo radio reported that american surface units had broken through the aurile barrier and steamed more than miles westward to attack sakhalin Sak halin to tokyo kyo likewise reported an american battle fleet threatening the northern coast of japan meanwhile the relentless air offensive snuffing out japanese war production cities continued unabated climaxed by an hour long radio challenge of american fighter planes circling three tokyo airfields for the japanese air force to come up for battle approximately planes set off the latest fires and explosions in japan fires in four japanese cities burned so brightly they could be seen simultaneously by returning B 29 pilots everything from power houses to light houses was strafed stra fed six tokyo air fields were riddled with bombs two japanese destroyers were hit in the yellow sea borneo oil on borneo the coveted oil fields held by the japs since early 1942 came closer into allied hands destruction st of well facilities by the japs had been widespread but engineers were prep prepared ared to work on re repairs pairs australian and american forces were operating cooperating co in the liberation of this former dutch holding with australian infantrymen battering at the last jap footholds in Balik papan this major oil port was in allied hands across the bay from the city artillery had shelled strongly placed enemy guns meanwhile engineers had rushed reconstruction st of the captured Sepi ngang air strip I 1 RUSS AID for china foreseen to japan the dread question of possible russian participation in the pacific war was heightened by the cordial reception chinese premier T V soong received in moscow on his bis official visit to the soviet union foreign diplomats in the red capital reported that the japanese mission there were highly nervous over the friendly relations evident between the chinese and russians the japs were the only diplomats who did not attend a sumptuous reception that Va cheslav molotov soviet foreign commissar gave for premier soong whether the russ chinese meetings I 1 presaged future action by the soviets against japan continued to be a moot question but reports were current that soong might at least negotiate a mutual aid pact whereby russia would undertake to sup 1 ply chinese armies without lending them direct military aid in return it was assumed that china would 1 make certain concessions to russia possibly granting a warm water I 1 naval base in the Liao tung peninsula of manchuria and certain railway transportation rights lights manchuria CABINET CHANGES no 6 the resignation of secretary of the treasury henry marked the sixth member of president Tr official family who wh 0 has severed his ties with the cabinet the five who preceded him were secretary of labor frances perkins postmaster general frank walker secretary of agriculture claude attorney general francis biddle and secretary of state edward successors to all five have assumed their offices secretary Morgen thaus resignation tio was accompanied almost simultaneously by the resignation of associate justice owen D roberts from the supreme court this was the first resignation from the high tribunal in president Tr term but unlike those of the cabinet it was not expected to set a precedent for others justice roberts appointed by president hoover had served 15 years on the supreme court one of his most notable public services was performed as head of the committee that investigated the pearl harbor disaster philippines springboard for tokyo in one of the proudest moments of his thrill studded career gen douglas macarthur proclaimed that the philippine islands had been won back in the greatest disaster ever sustained by japanese arms the doughty american commander announced that the islands square miles are being transformed into bases comparable to the british islands to pace the march on tokyo the saga of the philippines triumph disclosed that in days 0 of f campaigning 17 american divisions defeated 23 jap divisions in one of the rare instances when a ground force superior in numbers was entirely destroyed by a numerically inferior opponent it it was estimated that japanese were slaughtered including such hated outfits as the imperial division which had tortured american and filipino prisoners in the death march of 1942 following the fall of bataan FOOD europe must speed output A blunt warning to the I 1 liberated nations of western europe to speed up their own food production because relief shipments from abroad may fall short of expectation has been delivered according to dennis A fitzgerald united states deputy on the combined food board officials of the nations in involved evolved have been told that better start sta t pulling themselves up by their own bootstraps and use every conceivable device to increase their production fitzgerald disclosed liberated countries have been assured that vigorous efforts are being made to give them all assistance possible he said but they have also been reminded that the united states still has a full sized war in the pacific which will get first call on our own food stocks by far the largest share of relief shipments to europe will be composed of wheat and flour fitzgerald reported approximately bushels of wheat are expected to go out from the U S and a nd canada UNIVERSAL TRAINING governors hear plans plaits pleas for support of a system ot of uri universal imal military training after the to the annual war were were made conference at governors Is island and by gen george C marshall army chief of staff and adm ernest king chief of the U S fleet meeting with the state executives the progress of the war to report on on japan the top leaders of the army and navy pictured universal military training as essential to the future safety of the united states the two chieftains warned that if 11 there should be another world war it would come com e swiftly without time or opportunity to train a large army maintenance of a strong national guard with a large reserve maintained through universal training would keep the united states prepared they declared without the necessity of a large standing army ATLANTIC AIR 0 kd for three lines certificates authorizing the operation of air transportation routes across the north atlantic were issued to three united states air carriers by the civil aeronautics board the companies are pan american airways inc transcontinental and Wes western terri air inc and the american air lines inc terminal points designated by the board include new york boston philadelphia washington chicago and detroit the certificates authorizing the new services were limited to a te term rm of seven years in order that the operations after a reasonable period may be reviewed IF the action i of the civil aeronautics board was approved by president truman BERLIN GIS take over area are a As maj gen nikolai N baranov Bar inov soviet commander in berlin formally turned the american occupation zone in the german capital over to gen omar N bradley the american flag was raised over the adolf hitler barracks A vehicle convoy brought the american forces from halle to the zehlendorf dehlendorf Zeh lendorf area of war battered berlin which will comprise the U S zone of occupation american veterans of world war II 11 entered the former nazi stronghold as conquer bors returning the smart salutes of red army traffic police for the duration of the occupation of the reich by allied armies berlin was to be jointly in the hands of the russians the americans and the british the british generally will control the northwest area of the city including the localities of char gottenburg lott enburg and wilmersdorf willersdorf Wil WAR production planes A forecast of the enormous american industrial capacity for postwar years was given by J A krug war production board chairman in a review of production results by war plants since the summer of 1943 the united states produced 45 per cent of the worlds munitions in 1944 mr drugs report disclosed in 1944 the country produced airplanes including heavy bombers built ships tanks army trucks and produced heavy field guns and howitzers howit and light ones army aircraft rocket launchers bazookas bazoukas bazo okas and tons of ground artillery ammunition the report declared starvation STATION discovered in bavaria the grisly discovery of a nazi scientific starvation station which was claiming children and adult victims until recently was reported by two public health officials of the american military government in bavaria the arrest of 4 german doctors and 3 hospital attendants at the station in the area 45 miles southeast of munich preceded the announcement one woman confessed killing children for which she drew extra compensation the announcement said LEGION backs U N charter full support of the mem bers of the american legion including veterans of both world wars was pledged to the united nations charter when national commander edward eberling urged the senate to ratify the pact eberling set forth his views in a letter to all members of the senate the american legion feels that the san francisco charter is an honest and able attempt to create a workable association of free and sovereign sove rei nations the letter declared ar ed implemented with force to maintain peace and prevent recurrence of war it is obvious that it is the best and only charter th that at can be produced at this time |