Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS By Edward C. Wayne German orce Aids Italy in Attacks Upon British Forces in Munitions Production and Shipbuilding Are Vital Spots in U. S. Defense Work NOTE When are In these they ire those of the newa and not of thle by Western Newspaper I England Cautious In contrast to the bomb-less Christmas London was the first days of the New The Nazi had the City of that district in the central section of the metropolis where financial houses arc Thousands of incendiary bombs were Hundreds of roaring fires were out of control at the same The losses were estimated In millions of pounds and the dead could not be Three days later a man wandering Into the section asked a policeman the way to Paternoster famous for centuries for its The bobby is no Paternoster Mostly the British feared an attack through Earlier warnings that the Axis thrust into the Balkans might only be a winter sortie and not a full-dress were being taken The actions there were being watched with Interest Germany moved troops through Hungary and into The Germans were posted along the border of Bulgaria where it was freely announced that as soon as they were in position and the time was an advance would be made on Bulgaria was belligerent in but made no move to mobilize for defense or call upon Turkey and Russia for countered the action by lining the border of Rumania with Soviet The Germans abruptly shifted a part of their force to sit opposite It looked like the real But experts didn't believe They believed Hitler was merely protecting his rear in the Balkans in preparation for the attack on much as he had protected his flanks when SIR HUGH DO JV air chief marshal of Royal Air predicted as he arrived in that German mir raids will have lost their sting by he took Norway before the drive into Later came reports that German air squadrons were proceeding to Italy to aid Mussolini's fliers in attacks upon British bases in Libya and on the British fleet in the It was also believed that the Germans might be used in Italy's campaign against the Greeks now raging in Neutral Eire Ireland is the weak point In the British defense and its ports are no further from Germany than were the ports of Like too it has long stretches of unprotected During January and conditions will be favorable for a German attack the tides will be the nights long and the fogs thick to cover embarkation of It Is estimated Hitler must establish a bridgehead of at least not counting to start an Losses In such an operation are estimated at three times the number so Der Fuehrer would have to start off with troops for the landing If Britain held bases in the loss estimate would be even and even then the movement might not be But Ireland remains neutral and Otherwise on the war C In fighting now on Italian the British Egyptian army said it could take the important harbor of whenever it l Manila reported that It had learned on good authority that 12 i German raiders were being armed and supplied in Japanese j A mysterious which ran up the Japanese flag but which Australians said was fired on the tiny Island of a former German possession in the Full Speed Ahead As soon as President Roosevelt's Stimson and Knox can get industrial plants working at capacity turning out look for an acceleration of ship building in cargo carrier Washington is beginning to be alarmed at a quiet survey which showed that If Britain should the Axis powers would have ship building capacities in conquered nations six times larger than U. S. First note on this line was sounded by Republican Hamilton from the President's own N. Representative Fish has been a critic of the administration since In turn he has plenty of critics of his own and ran Into a fury WILLIAM RHODES inter-national oil operator according to Verne head of the recently organized Foreign ivas hearer of a Nazi peace plan naming President Roosevelt as arbiter in of angry words when he went calling on dictators in Europe in the summer of while an official delegate of congress to the Congress In But Fish's warning on ship building has not been taken If a successful Axis would take advantage of such ship-building they could control the high seas within a short even if the American two-ocean navy already were sailing the briny Planes a Another plan which will not be cast aside was presented by pint-sized Walter manager of the General Motors division of the C. I. O.'s United Automobile Presentation to President Roosevelt actually was by Philip C. I. O. but the plan was The proposal calls for activating feet of existing automobile plants space in the Detroit which once belonged to such forgotten firms as and Reuther and Murray also maintained that there are thousands of skilled workers in the same area still waiting for Cited were lay-offs recently by Fisher Chevrolet and Blue prints and tables submitted with the proposal were based on production of planes a six months after It was put into Only light craft and training planes would be The manufacture of heavy craft and bombers would be retained by the present aircraft The President handed the data to his Big But even before that it had been examined privately by Undersecretary of War who is charged with mobilization of He was much It will be opposed by the aircraft There were indications too that the drive soon will be put in force to speed up defense by compelling plants manufacturing to forego their schedules and war department THE More Men Called During the latter half of January more thousands of young men will be called for a year's army under the selective service The first call was in December and In virtually every one of the nation's draft boards the quota i was filled by youths who In most local the January call for the take men who do not Altus G. Moore of D. is one man who advanced from private to major when the call He Is a private in the capital police Called to he took up his assignment as a reserve major of In St William Schneider was called into service with the Missouri National On the first day he was in camp he was tapped on the shoulder by an officer who demanded a The officer was William Schneider his just commissioned in the air |