| Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS big three curb germany in agreements remaking europe air blows shake jap civilians released by western newspaper union ar those of they NOTE when opinions are ex teased in these columns of this newspaper western EDITORS newspaper unions news an analesa alysa and not necessarily r I 1 0 f dinv inv intrigued by american timepieces time pieces red army men have been greatly with this russian holding wristwatch wrist watch to ear paying GI for it POSTWAR EUROPE bis big threes design against a background of congressional opinion ranging from the declaration la of senator ellender dem la that the agreements hold much promise for the eventual democratization of the whole of europe to the charge of senator tatt taft rep ohio that the changing of germanys germanas Germ anys eastern boundary bows sows the seeds of future war the nation pondered the decisions of the big three duee at potsdam reached after lengthy sessions in in the old palace grounds outside berlin the agreements called for the complete demilitarization of germany the destruction st of its war making potential and supervision over domestic industry the transfer of german populations from poland czechoslovakia and hungary disposition of the german merchant marine and the extension of the western polish border up to the oder river lines of eastern germany at the same time the big three praised germanys germanas Germ anys former partner italy for wiping bipin t ont oat fascism and reestablishing establishing re democratic government entitling the country to eventual admission into the united nations disposition of it italian a iian north african colonies is to be left up to a five man council of the forein foreign ministers of the U S britain russia france fiance and china who will also negotiate peace treaties with germany and the other axis satellites other big three agreements included payment of material reparations to repair war damage and the transfer to russia of 25 per cent of the industrial equipment in the U S and british occupation zones of germany immediate trial of war criminals and exclusion of spain from the united nations because of its close axis ties prohibition of the production of arms aircraft and ships close supervision per vision of the metal chemical and machinery businesses and elimination of cartels syndicates and trusts will seriously restrict the once efficient german industrial establishment in declaring that german industry would be geared to supply the needs of an agricultural and peaceful domestic economy the big three stated that the count rys living standards would be raised to the average european level exclusive of britain and russia upon the german peoples willingness to operate cooperate co with the allies will depend the restoration of their independence pen dence it was said PACIFIC japs squirm having turned a deaf ea ear r to the allied ultimatum for unc unconditional 0 surrender japan writhed under the mounting pressure of U S aerial blows with nipponese propagandists crying we are enduring the impossible with grinding teeth and clenched fist when we see enemy planes penetrating et our homeland and proudly flying over our heads increasing swarms of B added to the havoc already created by earlier raids carrier plane assaults and naval bombardment of coastal points whereas the soldier in the field once bore the fury of allied attacks tap jap propagandists said the homeland now bears the brunt with enemy troops at the front e exhorting hold that line mother W with i th more and more super forts bein being g hurled against the japanese teavy beavy bombardment of indus industrial triai centers further reduced the war making potential of the nipponese appreciably cutting down on the production of munitions for the more than enemy troops under arms in addition to smashing at factories allied airmen have hammered at both overwater and inland transport not only severing communications with the asiatic mainland but between the home islands themselves As a result of the attack against communications aircraft factories are experiencing difficulties receiving shipments 0 of f aluminum from the southern se section action of the ho homeland me and coal deliveries from the north have been seriously impaired though the japs spoke of underground factories for maintaining production and of the resolute will of the people to escape national annihilation lation neutral sources did not rate their stock highly though the japs had spurned the potsdam surrender bid the vatican said intensification fi of U S attacks must make mak the nipponese government appreciate the hopelessness of the military situation and improbability of stopping the allies short of full victory by inflicting heavy losses MANPOWER rap army already partly blamed for slowing up by tying up materials and tools the army was further charged with hoarding manpower and thereby threatening war production and orderly demobilization declaring that the army could use only of men against the japanese n e se S sen en edwin J johnson hn son dem colo said that retention of in service n not 0 t only imperiled coal and steel output but that now was the time to release them while they still could bb be ee easily absorbed by industry secretary ickes johnsons state needs ment followed seemore miners detary of the interior harold ickes assertion that unless the army were to free sufficient coal miners not only would industry be forced to operate on a four day week but domestic consumers also would receive reduced supplies with hard and soft coal production expected to fall tons below needs ickes has sought the release of some out of miners in the services though the army has consistently refused to let coal miners go because c of its opposition to occupational nal delca releases s es the war department a announced n un ed t that h at it planned to return over ex railroaders from europe to help ease the transport labor pinch created by the redeployment program meanwhile civilian government agencies came in for their share of er criticism over the tight manpower situation on the west coast where virtually all war industries but particularly ticul arly shipyards and railroads have been plagued by labor ties assuring far western employees that the section would share in and permitting war W ar workers to sign up now for postwar jobs would help to stem the exodus exode eastward in anticipation of better better opportunities a house committee said further civilian government agencies should tighten regulations over job jumpers not subject to sei service the committee declared POSTWAR BUSINESS big E expansion emerging from world war II 11 with a lot of cash on hand industry plans to spend over 10 2 billion dollars for new plants and equipment and working capital by the middle of 1946 the department of corn com 1 merce reported of the total manufacturers expect to lay out over 9 billion dollars while the railroads and gas and electric utilities plan to spend the rest manufacturers generally will finance three fourths of their expansion with their own resources about half of the m manufacturers expenditures of over 9 billion dollars will be used for plant equipment and alteration almost 3 billion for increasing inventories and the test rest for furnishing credit to wholesalers for purchasing goods U S expenditures overseas total exclusive of lend lease aid of 39 billion dollars loans of over 1 billion and relief shipments of million the U S spent nearly lla billion abroad from july 1 1940 to march 31 1945 the fore foreign ign economic administration revealed of the 1112 billion dollars the FEA reported over 4 billion was spent for metals and other supplies much of which were used for war production 9 4 billion for pay to american military and civilian personnel and almost 2 billion for army and navy bases more than 5 billion dollars were spent in the british commonwealth including the united kingdom australia canada and india 3 billion million in south america and million in russia against total U S overseas expenditures of over 50 billion dollars for all purposes foreign countries made cash purchases of 3 billion million dollars and extended almost 5 b billion lion in reverse lend lease I 1 shooting star with the comment its the fint plane r ive ever flown col william II 11 councill 33 set his jet iet propelled P 80 shooting star down doivo at the new deiv york airport after winging his way front from dayton ohio in 62 minutes built by lockheed aircraft and general electric and resembling a huge bat in flight the shooting star could have covered the miles in even less time councill said revealing lie he has flown it at even gr greater eater speed than man recorded on the flight possessing a pressurized cabin and capable oi of attaining a foot altitude the shooting star handles easily councill said theres no ti bration and no noise he reported you dont notice the acceleration era tion the pilot suffers far less fatigue than in the conventional tape plane FRANCE star witness N nervous arvous haggard and still a chain smoker swarthy pierre laval promised to become the star witness in the treason trial of marshal petain following his surrender to american authorities in austria and prompt transfer to the french detains Pet ains counsel moved to call upon laval following revelation of secret friendly dealings with the allies by gen maxime and adm william leahy chief of staff to the late mr roosevelt and president truman testifying in in court disclosed that vichy had agreed to keep the germans out of north africa in return for the delivery of american goods while leahy wrote a letter to petain dated june 22 1945 recalling that the m marshal arshal had acted against axis inhere interests ats at his request during his ambassadorship to france from january 1 1941 to april 19 1942 called detains Pet ains evil genius laval was an open advocate of wholehearted french collaboration with germany while the marshal has sought to prove that his objective was to play off the nazis GRAIN STORAGE less wheat grains stored in the country to bushels as of july 1 with bushels on farms and bushels in off farm arm the department of arm the department of agriculture reported of the huge stockpile of grains bushels is in wheat bushels in corn bushels in oats bushels in barley and bushels in rye current stocks of wheat are 11 per cent less than a year ago an donly 45 per cent as large as july 1 1943 corn storage is 31 per cent larger than a year ago but 7 per cent less than july 1 1943 oat reserves are 14 per cent higher than last july but 9 per cent less than two years ago the carryover of barley is 28 per cent larger than a year ago but 20 per cent less than july 1 1943 rye stocks are 41 per cent less than a year ago a and nd only 27 per cent as large as july 1 1943 |
