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Show j WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS , ' Allies Drive on German Border; Expand Navy by 65,000 Ships; August Beef Output Hits Peak Released by Western Newspaper (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions arc expressed in these colamns, they are those of Western Newspaper Union's news analysts and not necessarily ot this newspaper ) I ' 1 f WORLD MONOPOLY: Peace Threat Declaring that cartels agreements agree-ments among different international business firms for controlling world trade formed the basis for Germany's Germa-ny's military rejuvenation. Attorney General Francis Biddle told congress con-gress that such enterprises must be destroyed if the Allies are to control the enemies' capacity for future war. As a result of cartel agreements, Biddle said, important companies were kept from South American markets; others could not manufacture manufac-ture such strategic products as synthetic syn-thetic rubber; development of the magnesium industry was retarded; an American company was prevented prevent-ed from selling a certain munition to the British, and restrictions were imposed on plastic production. Even though certain giant German corporations were prevented from manufacturing military products after the war, Biddle said, they worked around these restrictions by organizing subsidiaries in other countries. TELEVISION: Here After War Although television will come Into general use after the war, it will be an addition to, and not a substitute for, radio, Chairman James L. Fly of the Federal Communications commission com-mission declared. Said he: "You can't sit and look at a television screen for 18 hours a day. You can't turn on television and make the beds, or play bridge, or wash the dishes, as you can with oral broadcasting. Television . . . will be interspersed with other programs. pro-grams. Fly also recounted the spectacular rise in revenue of standard stations and networks during the war years, time sales in 1943 amounting to 196 million dollars, with net income of 66 million dollars, as compared with time sales in 1942 of 164 million dollars dol-lars and profits of 45 million dollars. Seated on ground at Hotel Majestic following their capture by Free French forces in liberation of Paris, high-ranking German officers await removal to prison quarters. INCOME TAX: New Returns Thirty million taxpayers earning under $5,000 per year no longer face the ordeal of filling out a complicated com-plicated income tax form under a new system of the treasury. Uncle Sam himself will undertake to figure out the taxpayer's liability next year after he has filed a withholding with-holding receipt furnished by his employer em-ployer showing income and pay-as-you-go deductions with space for listing exemptions. In figuring out the taxpayer's liability, Uncle Sam will allow 10 per cent for charitable contributions, contribu-tions, interest, medical expenses, etc., and anyone claiming larger credits for these items will have to file a 1040 form. U. S. NAVY: Rapid Buildup Reflecting the American genius for mobilizing the country's tremendous tremen-dous resources, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal revealed that U. S. naval strength had increased by 65,000 vessels since the outbreak of war in 1939, and personnel had been expanded from 152,086 men to 3,717,000. Of the 65,000 vessels, 1,150 were major fighting ships. At the same time, Forrestal divulged di-vulged that the navy's air strength EUROPE: Nazi Losses Having suffered losses of 400,000 men since D-day, and with its power in France broken, the once proud German army reeled back toward the Siegfried line guarding the reich's border, there to hole up for a final stand. Although the bulk of the German armies escaped annihilation in both the north and south, swift moving Allied armor hacked enemy rearguards rear-guards to shreds, and U. S. and British planes swarming over the battlefields took a heavy toll of men and equipment in the retreating columns. col-umns. As the British and Canadians drove up along the Channel coast, they overran many of the enemy's robot-bomb installations, but the continuance of attacks on southeast England with the flying missiles indicated in-dicated that the Germans moved their dispatching ramps farther inland. in-land. Ullustrating the vast scope of Allied operations in France since D-day, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower Eisen-hower reported that we had lost 3,000 planes ourselves, required more than 900 tanks for replacements replace-ments in the first 70 days of fighting, dropped more than 55,-000 55,-000 tons of bombs and osed 44,000,000 gallons of aviation gas. As the battle tempo heightens, aJid supply lines lengthen, there is also need for more trucks ' and tires, "Ike" declared. Deep in Balkans Rolling on American wheels, the surging Russian army pushed through Rumania and pointed spearheads spear-heads at Hungary to the northwest where Marshal Josip Tito's rugged Partisans have been waging relentless relent-less guerrilla warfare against the Axis occupational forces. As the Russian drive carried deep into the heart of the Balkans, Red forces in northern Poland stepped . up their pressure against re-enforced re-enforced Nazi troops battling grimly grim-ly to stave off the capture of War-, saw. In their developing Rumanian offensive, the Russians sought to exploit an early break into the Carpathian mountains guarding guard-ing Hungary, where Adolf Hitler desperately sought to keep that country in the war by agreeing to rnsh reenforce-ments reenforce-ments to bolster its tottering eastern defenses. By rolling through Bucharest to the southwest, south-west, the Reds also had the choice of driving forward for a junction with Tito's Partisans and endangering the entire Nazi hold on the sonthern Balkans. BEEF: Cheap Grades Abound Reflecting the heavy run of grass-fed grass-fed cattle, August beef production in federally inspected plants reached the all-time record output for that month of 600,000,000 pounds, and 21 per cent higher than the same period last year. Meanwhile, August pork production produc-tion was 19 per cent under August of last year, reflecting continued shoTt receipts in the markets, which were expected to prevail until October Octo-ber when the spring crop is moved to slaughter. As a result of the heavy grass-fed marketings, ample supplies of lean, pointless utility beef will be available avail-able to consumers, but the 'government's 'govern-ment's recent order to packers to set aside 50 per cent of their higher grades for military and lend-lease account, will decrease the supply of the choicer roasts and steaks. Young Wizard An inventive genius at high school age, Stanley Hiller Jr., now 19, demonstrated demon-strated a new type helicopter to the army, navy and national advisory committee com-mittee for aeronautics at San Francisco, Calif., one day before his induction into service. Using opposite rotating propellers, Hiller's helicopter is designed to overcome over-come the conventional model's torque, or inclination to pull over with the turn of the single blade. Built to cruise at from iy2 to 90 miles an hour, with top speed of 100 miles an hour, the new helicopter's longest flight has been about 90 miles. Son of a pioneer Pacific flier and steamship company president, Hiller founded a large miniature automobile manufacturing business, using a special die-casting process. WORLD WHEAT: Ample Surplus With the four great wheat-producing nations of the U. S., Canada, Argentina and Australia expected to harvest 2,000,000,000 bushels in 1944, and with a carry-over of 1,100,-000,000 1,100,-000,000 bushels as of July 1, total supplies will approximate 3,000,-000,000 3,000,-000,000 bushels for the coming year. Of the amount, the International Wheat council reported, the four nations na-tions will consume about 700.000,000 bushels and use another 700,000,000 for seed and other non-food uses, leaving a reserve of 1,600,000,000 bushels. Of this amount, about 600,-000,000 600,-000,000 bushels will be exported, the council said, and 200,000,000 will constitute a working stock, leaving a holdover supply of 800,000,000. As the result of unusually favorable favor-able July weather for spring wheat in Minnesota and North Dakota, the U. S. department of agriculture estimated a total wheat crop of 1,132,000,000 bushels for this year, which would make the U. S. harvest har-vest about half of the big four's. POLIO: Incidence Increases Abating in some sections, infantile paralysis has increased in others, with the result that the U. S. is experiencing its worst polio epidemic epi-demic in 28 years, although the 6,258 cases reported up to August 19 were far below the 1916 high of 17,375. Offsetting downward trends reported re-ported in North Carolina and Kentucky Ken-tucky were increases in New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and the District Dis-trict of Columbia. States reporting mild or normal incidences included California, Kansas, Utah, Florida, Arkansas, Arizona, Missouri, Wyoming Wyo-ming and Oklahoma. New England and the mountain states reported few cases. As a result of the high incidence in some areas, school openings have been delayed as much as a month. All children under 14 were banned from swimming pools and theaters in Kentucky, and those under 12 were placed under, house quarantine in Milwaukee, Wis. REDEEM BONDS Holders of war bonds are cashing them in at a steadily increasing rate.- treasury officials reveal. This Navy Secretary Forrestal (left) discusses dis-cusses operations with Vice.Adm. H. K. Hewitt. had been increased by 57,600 planes since 1939, 20 times more than before be-fore the war. In addition to being built up into the greatest fighting force afloat, the navy lend-leased 5 billion dollars of ships, materials and services to the Allies, Forrestal said, with the British Brit-ish receiving 92 per cent of the aid. PACIFIC: Subs Boost Bag While U. S. army and navy planes pounded the Japanese Pacific outposts out-posts preparatory to further strides along the stepping-stones to the Asiatic, Asi-atic, mainland, American submarines sub-marines continued their deadly warfare against enemy shipping. In latest operations in far Pacific waters, U. S. subs were credited with bagging 17 vessels, including two destroyers, to bring the total number sunk or damaged to 875 since Pearl Harbor. Operating from advance bases, U. S. bombers hammered Halma-hera, Halma-hera, strategic gateway to the Philippines, and also hit the enemy's supply lines in neighboring waters. WAGES: Top Levels With employment 28 per cent over January, 1941, weekly and hourly earnings in 25 manufacturing industries indus-tries rose to record levels for June. As a result of the payment of higher wages to obtain help in the flourishing labor market, and overtime over-time to meet war demands, workers' work-ers' weekly earnings averaged $49.23 for the month, 60 per cent over January, 1941, while hourly pay totaled $1.06, a rise of 40 per cent over three and a half years ago. Because of a slight dip in living costs for the month, "real earnings" r-or income in relation to the price of goods increased almost 2 per cent over May. is particularly true of the smaller denominations, series E, F and G. The percentage of cumulative redemptions re-demptions compared with cumulative cumula-tive sales of these three series since May 1, 1941, has risen steadily from 9.27 per cent last February to 11.88 per cent in June. Sales since May 1, 1941, amounted to 36 billion, bil-lion, 252 million dollars on July 31, and redemptions above 3 billion. |