Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS great battle shapes As yanks move on manila in philippines extend controls on home front released by western newspaper union EDITORS NOTE when opinions are expressed in these columns they are those 0 of western newspaper unions news ana analysts cysts and not necessarily of this newspaper PACIFIC OCEAN IL guto 6 Y N AA I 1 ulf GASPI MINDO 0 3 jose PAN A Y tau s NE 0 no L 0 key steps in macarthurs Mac Arthurs return to the philippines include 1 land ing on leyte and neighboring islands 2 invasion of mindoro 3 landing on marinduque and 4 great invasion of main island of luzon PACIFIC battle looms on the great plain leading southward to manila in luzon the decisive battle of the philippines shaped up l as the U S sixth army A 1 3 1 moved inland from an le expanding 25 mile beachhead on lingayen gulf and the japanese brought up troops to counter the liberators As the first large scale open fighting of the whole bhole pacific campaign loomed after general three years of arduous macarthur outfoxed Out foxed undercover jungle war wily foe fare U S war planes clouded the philippine skies in endless attacks upon enemy installations and lines of communications leading to the big battleground like a good prize fighter general macarthur struck on luzon in a ship 70 mile long convoy after successfully feinting the enemy out of position with the result that the american landings were almost bloof bloodless fless in establishing a base on leyte and overrunning mindoro and marinduque all just south of luzon macarthur compelled the enemy to keep a strong guard strung below manila then he moved to the north with luzon the center of their whole philippine defense system guarding the asiatic mainland the japanese appeared determined to put up p a stiff fight for it with the top field marshal tomoyuki reportedly commanding some troops working in close coordination with the ground forces adm chester nimitz pacific fleet rode the ene mys inner sea lanes in an effort to prevent the japanese from rushing reinforcements to their philippine armies EUROPE back A again an ain their drive stopped their flanks banks under increasing pressure from field marshal forces on the north and lieutenant general bradley on the south the germans slowly withdrew from their big bulge in belgium and luxembourg seeking satisfaction in their claims that the offensive had r e lieveld allied pressure on the ruhr and meanwhile the nazis continued their limited offensive in alsace on the southeastern end of the winding mile front shifting the weight of their attacks to the strasbourg region after the U S seventh army blunted their attempt to split it in two near bitche batche although relinquishing most of the ground gained during the initial burst of his great december offensive field marshal von managed to extricate the bulk of his forces from the bulge leaving only scattered rearguards rear guards to cover his retreat through the swirling blizzards by diverting the bulk ot of allied forces with the drive into belgium the nazis claimed they preserved much of their war making potential by temporarily stalling the drives on the great steel chemical and coal centers of the ruhr and action on the eastern front continued to center in hungary though the russians were report od probing into german defenses in the baranow region some miles below warsaw on the road to silesia HOME FRONT tighten economy congressional hearings on a work or fight bill for men from 18 to 45 years old imposition of an 18 ceiling per pounds on live beef cattle an appeal to householders to keep temperatures at 68 degrees and a ban on all advertising lighting using power developed from coal marked the governments latest moves on the home front to fit the nation into the tightening war economy considered after president roose belts demand for a national service act the work or fight bill under discussion cussio n provides for the induction of any draft registrant from 18 to 45 into army labor battalions if he fails to enter essential employment or shifts jobs without permission of local boards with the services planning to take men within the next six months and with another persons needed in essential war work plus replacements for those drafted from industry some sort of legislation was held to be the most effective way for routing manpower in the future regarding the draft secretary of war stimson said practically all exclusive on farm draft by walter shead washington ton correspondent the farm public is unduly alarmed over the recent directive of war james F byrnes subjecting agricultural workers 18 to 26 to induction in the new mobilization of manpower for the army and navy according to farm leaders in the nations capital there is no evidence they say that the selective service commission intends to nullify the tydings amendment to the selective service act which specifically provides for deferment of farm labor if replacements are not available and if local draft boards determine the workers are more essential on the farms it could be authorities say here that if there are any farm workers who have left the farm for other work if there are any who may be considered nonessential such as workers on hop farms or mushroom growers they may be called to military service under reclassification I 1 able bodied men under 30 will be drafted this year because of the services emphasis on younger men establishment of an 18 ceiling on live cattle up to july 2 when the top will fall to 1750 came after lengthy discussion between government representatives and feeders who declared the inove move would result in less choice beef because of rising production costs emphasizing its desire for output of more low grade beef economic stabilizer vinson ordered OPA and war food administrator to limit choice and good cattle slaughter for each month the appeal to householders to keep temperatures at 68 db degrees grees and the order to cut off advertising lighting were both aimed at conserving fuel what with estimated consumption of soft coal for 1945 set at tons and production at with the latter figure reflecting a reduction of in the mining force since 1943 furthermore ther more the indu stockpiles stock piles amount to only one months supply FOOD 2945 1945 prospects so far well fed fed americans continue to look forward to substantial atri nutritious etious fare in 1945 although supplies will be below last iasi year years s supply and distribution director lee marshall declared although there will be about the same amount of beef there will be less pork veal and lamb marshall said poultry supplies should be larger supplies of dairy stocks will be spotty marshall predicted with more fluid milk enough evaporated milk to meet essential needs but less butter although in good supply the volume of fresh fruits and vegetables for the next three months will not approach last years marshall said offsetting a slight increase in the supply of canned vegetables for 1945 will be about 12 per cent less canned fruits and juices cereal products will be plentiful but the sugar situation will be tight the official declared because of smaller reserves and increased military requirements PEACETIME DRAFT hit by colleges although pledging full support foi an adequate defense program the association of american colleges went on record as against immediate enactment of compulsory peacetime military training for youth because other methods have not been fully explored and the subject should be given more study than now is possible chairman of the committee committe e drawing up the resolution against t immediate enactment of peacetime conscription dr donald J cowling president of carleton college said this country did not get into the present mess through lack of manpower but because it lacked a real foreign policy as was evidenced in failure to apply economic sanctions against japan and italy in the field of education the association found menacing possibilities ties in compulsory military training that indoctrination its traditional method of wholesale teaching might become a dangerous 9 erous political weapon with us as has been true in other countries RECORD FLIGHT Post ivar promise model of americas super airliner of the postwar world boeings bolings Bo eings converted B 29 army transport flew from seattle wash to washington D C in an indicated six hours sur P 1 1131 strato cruller in ID flight passing the giant lockheed constellations time of 6 hours and 58 minutes from los angeles calif to the capital to be known as the strato cruiser the postwar version of the B 29 now known as the ardys C 97 will carry passengers and use engines of more than horsepower each although army officials refused to comment on the B record flight the ship has been undergoing service tests on the west coast since november with gratifying results it was learned BUDGET 87 billion asked total authorizations for the war program since 1940 will have reached billion dollars by june 30 1946 with president Roosevel ts request for an 87 billion dollar budget for the next fiscal year ending on th that at date at 87 billion dollars the presidents budget was about 13 billion dollars below last years billion dollars with most of the reduction in war expenditures because of decreased war expenditures however individuals and corporations will receive less income and pay less taxes with revenue expected to go down to about 41 billion billio n dollars by the end of june 1946 the national debt will reach billion dollars the president estimated included in the presidents budget was a request of 21 vh billion dollars for veterans benefits which can be expected to increase upon demobilization he said and the asking i of a halt half billion dollars for the war food administration for the farm price support program he also requested that the borrowing authority of the rural electrification system be raised to million dollars and that of the farm security administration to million I 1 |