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Show FOREIGN PACTS: Due for Congress' O. K. Agreements that the executive branch of the government may en- WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Allied Military Representatives Plan Over-All Strategy for Defeat of Axis; Red Troops Close on Nazi Strongholds; October Draft Quota to Include Dads (EDITOR'S NOTE : When opinions an expressed In these columns, they tri those of Western Newspaper Union's news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.) Released by Western Newspaper Union. ,. ter into for the tem- ( porary management ! of conquered countries coun-tries will be subject to a majority vote of the house and sen- ate, according to plans developed in conferences between Secretary of State Cordell Hull and congressional representatives. m - - I; . 4 M r r If Such action would Arthur give congress a Vandenberg check over the government's gov-ernment's policies in the restoration of order in the devastated areas. Since congress would be called upon to appropriate funds for the execution execu-tion of such policies, it demanded the right to control their expenditures expendi-tures to protect this country's best interests. In discussing the plan, Sen. Arthur Ar-thur Vandenberg of Michigan stated that mere congressional majorities for approving temporary agreements agree-ments in oo way would affect the constitutional provision for a two-thirds two-thirds vote of the senate for the ratification of a final post-war treaty. SOUTH PACIFIC: Finish Job Heading northward, American airmen air-men nosed their craft for Weewak, New Guinea. Raiding that Jap air and supply base the day before, they had surprised the enemy and shot up 120 planes parked wing-to-wing on the ground. As they returned, 30 Jap interceptor inter-ceptor planes zoomed up. But the American air armada mowed its way through the attackers, knocking out 28. Then sweeping low over the airfield, the Yanks bombed and cannonaded can-nonaded the planes and hangars that had been spared. Of the total of 225 enemy craft that had been sent to Weewak to re-enforce the Japs on the Australian front, 215 were demolished. de-molished. Meanwhile, American warships lurking in the Solomons, pounced on a Jap convoy moving supplies to its beleaguered forces. Broadsides struck three enemy destroyers, sinking sink-ing one. Most of the barges in the j convoy were shot up in splinters. - '" f runmrr' ny i With the historic Chateau Frontenac in the background, English-American English-American political and military leaders meet for memorable conference. Seated from left to right are Prime Minister MacKenzie King of Canada; President Roosevelt, and Prime Minister Winston Churchill of England. Standing from left to right, Gen. H. H. Arnold, Sir Charles Portal, Sir Allan Brooke, Adm. Ernest King, Sir John Dill, Gen. George Marshall, Adm. Sir Dudley Pound, and Adm. William Leahy. MEDITERRANEAN: Zero Hour The zero hour for Italy arrived. Across the Mediterranean Allied transports massed in North African ports. Axis planes flying in to bomb the shipping were met by walls of steel anti-aircraft fire and scores of fighter planes. Plowing along the Italian shoreline, shore-line, Allied cruisers and destroyers destroy-ers poured heavy shells into important impor-tant railroad junctions junc-tions and power stations. Overhead, Over-head, all kinds of bombers fighter, fight-er, medium and heavy dropped high explosives on Axis troops moving mov-ing along open r FASTEST TANK i Killing two birds with one stone, the army has produced the M-5 ' tank, with an automatic gear ' ' shift and two Cadillac engines which auto mechanics can easily service on the battle field. Reputed to be the fastest tank, ' the M-5 has two hydra-matic transmissions which operate through a transfer unit, to deliver WORK-STOPPAGE: Strikers, Plants Hit Cancellation of draft deferments and suspension of a striker's privilege privi-lege for other employment were authorized au-thorized by President Roosevelt for refusal to comply with orders issued by the War Labor board for settlement settle-ment of industrial disputes. Mr. Roosevelt also recommended that war contracts, priorities, fuel or transportation be withheld from companies failing to observe the WLB directives. Other penalties for non-compliance authorized by Mr. Roosevelt include government seizure of plants in extreme ex-treme cases, and withholding of dues and cancellation of other union benefits bene-fits until conformance with the WLB orders. Office of Economic Stabilization Director Fred Vinson was charged with imposition of the penalties. Of 1,000 cases settled by WLB, there have been only seven instances of non-compliance. Miners on Trial Thirty miners who appealed for dismissal . of indictments against them for conspiring to conduct a strike in government held pits on the grounds that the Smith-Connally anti-strike law was unconstitutional, were denied their motion and ordered or-dered to trial by Federal Judge F. P. Schoonmaker in Pittsburgh. Judge Schoonmaker answered the miners' contentions that the law violated vio-lated the constitutional provisions for freedom of speech and against involuntary servitude, by declaring that the government's war powers were unlimited. To the miners' charge that the law would prevent them from discussing dis-cussing working conditions in any plant, the government attorney contended con-tended the crime of sedition was almost al-most always committed by the utterance ut-terance of words alone. But that did not prevent punishment for such speech, he said. DADS' DRAFT: Certain to Go With the draft quota for October set at 312,000 men, the War Man- ; ' . j: i the power of the engines to the tank tracks. This is said to be ' the first automatic shift ever installed in-stalled in a military vehicle, i To every one mechanic schooled i 1 in air-cooled aircraft engines gen-, gen-, erally used in tanks, there are 10 , mechanics familiar with automo- 1 bile engines, army officials said. 1 Hence, adoption of an auto engine J , for tank use will allow the use of . i many mechanics for servicing on ', the front with a minimum of instruction. i fell w r i power commission commis-sion reported that induction of pre-Pearl pre-Pearl Harbor dads would begin, with those in non-deferrable jobs being be-ing the first to go. While the WMC was making its announcement, Sen. Robert R. Reynolds of North Gen. Dwight - roads and through Eisenhower mountain passes. As Allied artillery artil-lery pumped shells into Italy from Sicily, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower counted 167,000 Axis casualties in the 39-day campaign which won the island. Our own losses were placed at 25,000. , Peace and the Sivord Assault of Hitler's European fortress for-tress and policies for dealing with re-occupied countries upon these momentous questions turned the sixth conference between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill Chur-chill in Quebec. Formulating the military grand strategy were approximately 350 army and navy officials from the U. S., Great Britain and Canada. Over their maps they planned, first, the invasion of Europe, then, the conquest of Japan. Joining Roosevelt and Churchill were their foreign secretaries, Cordell Cor-dell Hull and Anthony Eden. With them, the two Allied leaders discussed dis-cussed the measures to be taken in restoring order in re-occupied nations, na-tions, and the policies to be pursued to meet Russia's territorial claims and demand for participation in the rehabilitation of Europe. RUSSIA: Push Nazis Back Russian troops closing in on the charred ruins of what was once the mighty industrial city of Kharkov, found their advance delayed by strong German counter-attacks. But as fighting raged at the gates of the former "Pittsburgh" of the Ukraine, other Red forces worked their way northwest to seal off the last railroad rail-road running out of the embattled city. Farther to the south, the Nazis claimed the Russians threw in tanks to re-enforce 150,000 Red troops hammering along the big bend of the Donetz river. This would indicate the Russians concentrated their striking strik-ing power along the whole Ukrainian Ukrain-ian front, where the Germans have been making a slow retreat with the Reds pressing forward in the teeth of intensive defensive artillery, mortar and machine gun fire. The Russians claim the Nazis have 211 divisions, approximating 3,000,-000 3,000,-000 men, on the eastern front, with 38 divisions in reserve in Poland. TAXES Americans buying goods over and above actual necessities may have to pay a spending tax in 1944. Such a tax is under study by the treasury department, which is considering sources for raising an additional 12 billion dollars in revenue next year. The treasury also has under study a congressional proposal for taxing all income over and above an individual's in-dividual's normal peacetime return. At any rate, individual and corporation cor-poration income taxes, excess profits and goods' taxes face an increase. GAS: Planes Fill Up Gasoline for airplanes, ships, tanks, trucks and other vehicles of the armed forces will consume 30.6 per cent of total production east of the Rocky mountains for the rest of this year and approximately 40 per cent by 1945. Airplane' consumption of gas is enormous, heavy bombers eating up a weight of fuel equal to the weight of its engines for each two hours aloft. Flying Fortresses average more than one gallon to a mile. In the Tunisian campaign, 1,100,000 gallons gal-lons of gas were burned daily in the planes in Maj. Gen. James Doolittle's command. Civilian allotment in the 17-state East-coast area approximates 13,-776,000 13,-776,000 gallons of gas daily. When 126 refineries in the U. S. begin producing pro-ducing 100-octane gas for military planes, their capacity will be in excess ex-cess of the East-coast area's daily quota. Many are in operation, while others are being rushed to completion. comple-tion. LEND-LEASE: Record Shipments America's lend-lease exports during dur-ing the first half of 1943 exceeded normal U. S. exports for a full year during the 10-year period from 192S to '39. In round figures, lend-lease shipments ship-ments amounted to slightly less than four billion dollars. Other exports of IVi billion dollars for which America received payment, brought total shipments to nearly 51-2 billion dollars. Robert Reynolds Carolina declared that congress soon would act to establish a definite draft policy and eliminate the confusion con-fusion arising from varying WMC directives. Reynolds favored the induction in-duction of all single men in the nation na-tion before drafting any fathers. The October quota was set on the basis of the services' goal of 10,800,-000 10,800,-000 men by January 1. Of these, the army will get 8,200,000, and the navy the rest. However, the navy recently revealed that it had already al-ready achieved its mark of 2,665,000 in uniform. EXPLOSIVES So huge a quantity of explosives is being turned out by the nation's chemical companies that the government gov-ernment has ordered output be reduced. re-duced. Less than four months after Pearl Harbor, powder production had surpassed the peak of the first World war. Because of decreased demands de-mands for the army and lend-lease shipments, eight army ordnance plants have been placed in a "standby" "stand-by" or non-producing status, by Undersecretary Un-dersecretary of War Robert Patterson. |
