Show WEEKLY MEWS ANALYSIS By Edward C. Wayne Italian Army's Chief of Staff Resigns As Greeks Drive Further Into Nazis Pour Into Rumania Amid U. S. Aid Held Vital to British NOTE When opinions are In these they are those of the news analyst and Dot necessarily of this by Western Newspaper DUCE'S Stakes Are Raised In wives of the German legation staff are knitting for Greek soldiers fighting Berlin's Axis There were other indications Germany was in no hurry to come to Mussolini's rescue In It was said Hitler had advised against the campaign and since the Duce had gone ahead he should be given time to consider the consequences of to the Mussolini apparently was doing Already he had relieved one commander in the another at home and ordered more Fascist legions committed to the Balkan There were more practical why his drive first bogged down and then turned into These British aid in the air and made hazardous his lines of unwise anticipation of mechanized units in mountain insufficient use of the Italian air Greek strategic ability which made the most of Italian of Marshal Pietro as chief of the Italian general staff was also announced officially in This fact gave some indication of the tough going of Mussolini's plans for a war fn was re- BENITO MUSSOLINI Is he doing placed by Ugo until recently commander of the Italian forces In East Italy's most famous Badoglio had been chief of staff for 15 years and had been in supreme command-of all three branches of the fight forces of The Mediterranean The first major encounter of the British and Italian navies was off British planes sighted tiny spots in the identified as Italian They radioed the word back to the fleet and the led by the battleship went Into Planes joined the The Italians finally threw up a smoke screen and got back under the protection of shore There were conflicting but the British declaration that its navy controlled the Mediterranean seemed to hold The British told a American it the British navy But the Italian navy sticks to ENGLAND'S Food and Planes More and more it became apparent that the weeks just ahead may decide the ultimate victory for Adolf That he is well aware of this is seen In the intense bombings being administered to British industrial Supplies is the and Hitler hopes to so cripple British production that the anticipated spring drive will be made Certain Jt Is that he Is obtaining some although British censorship has hidden the extent of the Industrial age In Bristol and On the other Arthur minister of admitted losses when speaking to Also an increase in U-boat activity was admitted to threaten sea upon which Britain must rely for the major share of its Stricter rationing was de- supplies imports of fresh fruits banned and fewer meat shipments Shipping losses were estimated at tons a It was tons a month at the height of the U-boat campaign in Partial British answer to this was found in R. A. P. bombings of submarine bases in France and British war on German production also was made in bombings on a score of continental The Way Ahead Eyes of all were on the rate of production of planes and munitions in the United Here may be the final If the British can hold out to American planes sent to Britain in October numbered Scheduled for November were For January the figure is and by to be increased to by Also by that time it is considered a fair estimate that the U. S. will have planes of its But an would even revise these figures Death and Terror In 1923 a Polish mystic In Rumania formed a anti-Semitic movement under the name of League of the Archangel later to become the Iron His followers wore green At the same time in Germany an Austrian beer hall orator launched a similar campaign known as National His followers wore brown In the Iron admirers of their German counterpart and allegedly financed were outlawed by King Carol following a long list of bombings and Corneliu Zelea the Guard was Later It was announced he had been shot dead while trying to Three months ago German pressure pushed Carol from his throne and put the Iron Guard in But the legions yearned for They attained that revenge when a band of several hundred forced their way into a fortress took from cells 69 leaders and executed Included was George premier at the time of Civil War The Bucharest government of Premier Ion Antonescu quickly expressed disapproval In the name of party The premier is titular head of the Iron Even with strict censorship it was learned that there had been wholesale resignations of army officers in protest But the assassinations continued and units of the JOHN ANTONESCU He expressed army and Iron Guard Later 30 of the Iron were reported Hitler had little to lose in the Both the army and Iron Guard are the army however not approving of Amid internal trainloads of German troops poured into Rumania to Germany badly needs Rumanian oil and and the Rumanian mountain passes lie across the path of the Nazi push to the Hitler was his route while the FARM Girl Is Winner i At the forty-first annual International Livestock Exposition and Hay and Grain show in the major event for junior cattlemen and farmers was won by Evelyn of Mt It was the junior steer competition and Miss Asay carried away honors with her Hereford steer Then Sargo went on to even great er He was picked as the Grand Champion steer of the the highest honor in Later he was sold to the Firestone Tire and Rubber company at the fancy price of per This cash and the money won in prizes by the animal will be used as a down payment for a farm for the Asay according to who was hailed as the toast of the Iowa State university was the winner of the collegiate judging scoring points out of a possible Texas A. M. college placed second with and Ohio State university third with SIAM AT Another Invasion In the World war Siam fought on the side of the Several thousand troops were brought to but military experts after estimating their combat assigned them to truck driving in the Paris Now Siam has attacked troops invading parts of helpless The French garrison split in allegiance to the Vichy and De governments and beleaguered by the are not expected to put up a strong Objective There is little cause for war between the two countries and the original attack came only after the usual which easily can be Inspired or Actually the behind-the-scenes sponsor is believed to be close affection between Japan and the present Siamese government led by Premier and all eyes are glued on near-by British naval the chief British strong point in the Far Singapore is impregnable from the but believed vulnerable by Should Japanese and Siamese forces unite in it would pave the way for joint movement by land against U. S. Reaction j Washington looks upon Singapore j as the best restraining influence in the Far East on News of the Siamese attack brought ate reaction Announcement j was made of an additional loan of to the Chinese National-1st with an additional to be made available j t DRAFT REJECTIONS Not Fit to Fight About 15 per cent of the first men who answered the initial summons under selective are back judged by army physicians as sub-standard All the men previously had been passed by their local draft board but army doctors were more thorough and used Chief cause for rejection was substandard teeth and The high rejection percentage was a surprise to the They had expected a rejection not higher than 2 per cent Immediate steps were taken to call additional men from each draft board where a man was rejected before being C A third recent major airline disaster occurred in Chicago when a large Air Lines passenger plane crashed killing eight and injuring eight The plane was descending for a landing and was only five seconds' flying time from the Municipal airport runways when its engines It crashed into a a garage and an electric power line and then slammed to the Preliminary investigation indicated ice on the wings may have caused the |