| Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Nazis Face Serious Retreats in Russia Following New Major Gains by U. S. Planes Smash Jap Ships at Clark Leads Africa Fifth Army When opinions expressed In these they those of Western Newspaper Union's news analysts not necessarily of this I by Western Newspaper President Roosevelt examines a huge globe of the which was presented to him by the The which is 50 inches In shows in considerable detail strategic areas of the earth's It occupies a prominent place in the President's office in the White Of Russia's Drive While the world marveled at the military might of the Russians which was able to push the Nazis back all along the battle front the full significance of this winter campaign was overlooked by Should the offensive maintain Its momentum of the early days the new year Hitler's troops faced the-definite prospect of retiring to lines they held in the last World On both ends of the long fighting front the Russians were scoring major In the the vital German-held supply base and rail center of Luki had fallen to the Soviet Luki is only miles from East In this sector the big threat was to the Nazis massed before because if the Russians pushed beyond Luki toward that stronghold all the Germans in the area would be cut on from Further extending the military experts foresee the necessary evacuation of Estonia and northern Results But while much of this campaign in the north was Russian might had already dealt a series of crushing blows to the Germans massed in front of Stalingrad and in the Success here came as the result of a bold strategic move on the part of Josef Stalin and General For when these Russian leaders decided that Germany had about spent her might in the all-out effort to capture Stalingrad they unleashed a counter-offensive directly before the Soon they learned that the Germans had few reserves between the Volga and the Don Thus the Russians took heart and pushed westward toward the all-important city of Capture of would mean the entrapment of a million Nazis In the Hitler realized this and started a general movement of his' that But again the Russians attacked and were successful in capturing many important points while driving the Nazis ever backward from their last year's goal the oil fields of and NEW On Capitol Hill Over were the colorful opening sessions of the new congress and the national legislators had settled down to the tough job Yet a new spirit some observers called it a of hung over Capitol On the biggest objective of all the winning of the war there was unity between the two unity Support of the administration in most of its home policies would no doubt be forthcoming from the Democratic side of both houses but there would be no quick your own edicts of power to the executive Like their Republican the Democrats were in a mood as far as domestic programs were So small was the control of the Democratic party that anything could and more than likely would Republicans had their eyes on 1944 and were pledged to strictly uphold the position of an opposition party on matters affecting the home SOUTH Allied Successes Although the Allies won the battle of clearing that New Guinea area of Jap activities in the South Pacific showed no signs of Jap resistance continued unabated in other Later from General MacArthur's headquarters told of a successful heavy bombing attack upon a strong Japanese naval concentration at New Flying over the Flying Fortresses and Liberators scored direct hits with pound bombs on eight Jap merchantmen and supply Another smashed into a destroyer alongside which a destroyer was All were left sinking or A government official in announced that the largest armada of supply vessels and warships yet sent by Japan into the Southwest Pacific was being assembled at various points under cover of bad The concentration meant one of three he An attempt to retake Henderson airfield on An effort to reinforce Jap units at point in New An effort to strengthen Jap defensive positions in the entire Guadalcanal Encouraging news came from Guadalcanal island when American troops took from the Japanese important heights flanking the southwestern rim of the United States position in that It was thought the advance may have signalized the beginning of a campaign to drive the enemy out of artillery range of the Solomon island air Six Jap counterattacks were repulsed with a loss of enemy AFRICA FIFTH Clark in Command Another step fn the organization of huge Allied forces for the assault on Tunis and in North Africa was made with the announcement that the United States fifth army has been activated and Mark W. Clark placed in command of the new General is the hero traveling by submarine to North Africa three weeks before the Allied held a secret rendezvous with French The announcement indicated that a large States army of several divisions has been organized through its rank and is ready to fight alongside A. N. Anderson's first army in The size of the army was not It may mean a force of as few as two or three although it may reach 10 or 12 Meanwhile the United States army air force struck strong blows in support of French and American ground forces in central Railroad yards were bombed at and other targets were smashed at five miles northeast of Bad weather continued to keep the opposing armies comparatively inactive in the Observers said that French with a complete disregard for politics and ancient fighting with great gallantry in central and southern FOOD And Subsidies Householders with low incomes frozen for the looked to Washington for further developments on a reported program to allow food prices to rise rather than to have the government continue subsidies to This report indicated that such a policy is gradually being put into effect and that subsidies will be continued only where necessary to keep up farm If this program represents a change from that carried out under Leon Henderson who even congress to reach his subsidy At one time he asked congress for a half billion dollars to carry out a subsidy plan and keep food prices This was rejected and the government began to use funds of the Commodity Credit corporation to maintain temporary The new policy would have two main To keep down the national debt by not allowing further subsidy payments from the federal Would make consumers stand their share in a price is argued that there Is a great surplus buying power evident among But the householder whose income is not war work and has not been increased because of the war boom was caught squarely in the He found no comfort in the fact that food prices had risen 16 per cent In the year ending last October and that In November they had risen another per Later figures were not available for him to fret CHINESE Chang Chinese minister of has emphatically denied that Hsiung head of the Chinese military mission to the United has been After General Hsiung conferred recently with President It was reported unofficially that Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek had recalled the military mission because he was dissatisfied with American aid to Chang said that Hsiung's visit to and even a trip to was merely in the normal course of Hsiung will return to the United the minister of information VICTORY Production Doubled More than tons of merchant shipping double last year's output will be produced in President Roosevelt predicted at a press conference during which U. S. shipyards were praised by the President and by Emory S. chairman of the Maritime for their record-breaking The 1942 goal of tons was surpassed by At the end of December merchant ships were being built at a rate of tons a the President This rale will continue to increase until the peak is reached during at which time shipyards will be producing five ships a compared with a rate of four at Totals do not include a number of ships built for the armed When peak production for 1942 was reached in totaling were During all of 1941 only 95 totaling were U.S. WAR Listed by OWl Since Pearl mem bers of the armed forces of the United States have been the Office of War Information has Total casualties have been including interned in neutral countries and prisoners of marine coast guard and the Philippine The heaviest loss was reported by the which lost officers and men The navy is in the process of reporting casualties excluding prisoners of Of officers and men are reported as wounded and The marine corps has reported officers and men as as wounded and as A total of 50 coast guardsmen have been 19 wounded and are The merchant marine reports missing and none Of the army's were This total includes Philippine Of the were pine The army listed as prisoners of war and interned in neutral A total of United States civilians arc interned by Effective February 1 a new order by Food Administrator Claude Wick-ard sets aside 30 per cent of the nation's creamery butter production for the military forces and the Lend-Lease program of This means that a civilian supply averaging 13 pounds of butter per person for the year will be This is three pounds less per person than was available last If production goals are not met or if military demands increase the available civilian supply may be cut still |
