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Show WAR MATERIAL! On Sale As the army and navy put surplus material on sale. Secretary of Com- WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Meeting of Allied Military Strategists Foreshadows Heavy Anti-Axis Blows; Nazi's 'Winter Line in Italy Cracked; Fierce Fighting Continues in Pacific (EDITOR'S NOTE : When opinions are expressed In these cohimni, they are those of WesLern Newspaper Union's news analysts and not necessarily ef this newspaper.) , . Released by Western Newspaper Union. I merce Jesse Jones told a congressional committee that the government's Defense De-fense Plants corporation corpo-ration favored disposing dis-posing of its multi-billion multi-billion dollar factory fac-tory facilities after the war to private industry without helping companies build monopolies. . ' Y J i 5 VX iv v Wash Day On a tropical Pacific island, marines pay natives $2.50 per month for laundering their clothes. 4-H: Young Producers Topping off the 22nd national 4-H congress in Chicago, 17-year-old PMJI UIaIIHM Richard Lacey of Kansas, 111., increased in-creased his total earnings to approximately approx-imately $19,000, with the sale of his prize grand champion cham-pion Hereford steer for $4,080 at $4 a pound in the Chicago Chi-cago market fat stock and . carlot competition. Recipients ol chests of sterling Richard Lacey Declaring it was ... , Jesse Jones selling surplus materials ma-terials to aid the home front's war effort, the army asked bids on mechanics' me-chanics' precision tools, airplane parts, lubricants, refueling funnels, etc., while the navy was selling mattresses, mat-tresses, bedsprings, pillows, paint, etc. Jones said the government should be careful in selling these holdings to large companies which could monopolize mo-nopolize these fields through additional addi-tional acquisitions. Ask Better Distribution To help meet consumers' needs, the War Production board authorized author-ized manufacture of 64,000 three-burner three-burner electric stoves in 1944, and also called conferences to plan better bet-ter distribution of available goods. Few of the 24 electric range manufacturers man-ufacturers will turn out 64,000 stoves, only 10 per cent of the normal production. pro-duction. Civilians will share the output out-put with the army, navy and hospitals. hos-pitals. To provide a greater flow of goods into congested war production centers cen-ters and open new sources of supply sup-ply to retailers whose previous wholesale channels have been cut off by the war, the WPB is expected to formulate a policy depending upon the voluntary compliance of distributors. distribu-tors. RUSSIA: Fight for Ukraine Having stopped the Russian tide, German troops struggled to roll it back again in the prized Ukraine, long the apple of Hitler's eye in the east. Its top soil rich for farming, the bowels of its earth full of essential minerals and ore, the Nazis followed their early capture of the Ukraine by vast resettlement projects. Squeezed out of the eastern portions of the province, they tried to cling to the western. Having pulled 300,000 troops out of the Gomel bulge, the Nazis also slowed the Reds' drive in the north. All along the 1,200 mile front, inclement in-clement weather made mush of the terrain, complicating transportation problems already made difficult ty the two sides' disruption of rail facilities. LABOR: Want Wage Boosts Spearheading a drive to smash the government's "Little Steel" formula formu-la limiting wage increases to 15 per cent over January, 1941, levels, the CIO's United Steel Workers announced an-nounced they will ask 485 companies to reopen negotiations for new contracts. con-tracts. Meanwhile, the senate was to act on a resolution granting 1,100.000 non-operating railroad workers a flat 8 cents an hour wage increase, after the Office of Economic Stabilization refused to allow the raise, proposing boosts ranging from 10 cents per hour for the lowest paid to 4 cents for the highest. The Steel Workers said they would ask the companies which possess 85 per cent of the industry's capacity, capac-ity, for a general pay increase of 17 cents an hour over the present hiring rate of 78 cents, and a guaranteed guar-anteed weekly wage. CHILD DELINQUENCY: Blame Parents Famed founder of "Boys Town," Father E. J. Flanagan told a spe- FOUR POWERS: Map New World Meeting in the Near East, the "Big Four" of the Allied powers plotted the destruction of the Axis, with the provision that all territory overrun by the enemy must be returned re-turned to the subject people. For Germany and her small allies, al-lies, President Roosevelt, Premier Stalin and Prime Minister Churchill drew up an ultimatum demanding unconditional surrender or else vowing vow-ing the enemy's destructive defeat. Administration of reoccupied territory terri-tory along the pattern of joint cooperation co-operation employed in Italy also was formulated in accordance with principles prin-ciples of the Moscow conference. Conferring with Chiang Kai-shek in the shadow of Egypt's pyramids, President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Min-ister Churchill agreed upon unconditional uncondi-tional surrender for Japan, with restoration res-toration of Manchuria, Formosa and parts of China proper to Kai-shek's government, and return of all other territory occupied since Pearl Harbor. Har-bor. ITALY: Crack 'Winter Line' Striking at both ends of the Nazis' winter line in southern Italy, the Allies Al-lies made deep penetrations in their drive to Rome. To avoid giving up any billeting or other facilities, the Germans dynamited towns in the Allies' Al-lies' path. The smash against the Nazis' defenses de-fenses began with the Eighth army's assault on the enemy's hilly posts overlooking the Sangro river. Aided by swarms of Allied fighter-bombers fighter-bombers and massed artillery which laid down a carpet of fire on the Germans' ground, U. S. and British troops pushed forward for gains which were measured in miles. To offset the Allies' charge, it was reported that Nazi Rommel rushed reinforcements to the battle zone. SOUTHWEST PACIFIC: Aussies Gain Moving to cut off supply sources feeding embattled Japanese troops to the south, H. S. Liberator bombers bomb-ers flew in force to the enemy's big base of Wewak to dump tons of explosives. ex-plosives. To the south, Australian troops slowly picked their way through jungle jun-gle up the northeastern coast of New Guinea, isolating strong Jap outposts out-posts on inland paths. Disruption of communications would cripple enemy ene-my resistance at these points while the Allied forces worked toward main points. On Bougainville, U. S. troops were held to short gains by stubborn Japs, entrenched in strong fortifications behind jungle foliage. U. S. advances ad-vances resulted from careful squirming through the dense brush. Bloody Action The single bloodiest action of U. S. forces in the war thus far was the capture of the Gilberts, where the Yanks suffered 3,722 casualties. Fiercest fighting was on Tarawa, where 1,026 marines and doughboys were killed and 2,577 wounded, charging the Japs' steel and palm-logged palm-logged fortifications. Losses at the other little islets totaled 66 dead and 123 wounded. Gilberts' casualties compared with 3,767 suffered on Guadalcanal, and the 3.497 during the struggle for the Salerno beachhead. Jap losses in the Gilberts were estimated at 5,700. silver from President Presi-dent Roosevelt as well as $200 scholarships were 18-year-old Billy Sol Estes, Clyde, Texas, who has amassed $28,739 in six years of 4-H work, and 18-year-old Geneva Duhm, Black Creek, Wis., who has won $1,626 chiefly in household or personal per-sonal use items. Eight hundred delegates represented represent-ed 1,700,000 members who raised 5,000,000 bushels of garden produce; 9,000,000 poultry; 90,000 head of dairy cattle; 600,000 head of livestock; and canned 15,000,000 jars of produce. Besides, they sold or bought more than $25,000,000 of war bonds and stamps. AGRICULTURE: 1944 Outlook Because supplies of inedible tallow, tal-low, grease and imported cocoanut and palm oil will not be sufficient to meet soap-makers' needs, they will receive a large share of the 450 million pound increase in lard production pro-duction in 1944, the department of agriculture said. Coupled with boosts in soybean and linseed oil output, U. S. fats and oil stocks should be one billion pounds over 1943. Although feed disappearance per animal in 1943-'44 should not exceed the 1937-'41 average, the department said, almost half of total wheat production pro-duction will be used for feeding, with imports from Canada bolstering dwindling stocks. Based upon meat production goals, the number of sows for farrowing next spring should approximate 10,-325,000, 10,-325,000, the department said, compared com-pared with 12,140,000 this year. Next fall, it is estimated 6,898.000 sows will farrow against 8,515,000 for the season in 1943. Of the 76,842,000 head of cattle and calves making up the 1944 goal, 51,901,000 will be beefers. Heavy Hog Shipments As winter hog marketing reached record proportions to tax packer facilities last week, business closed with large lots of unsold animals left in farmers' hands. As a result of the congestion, prices slumped, with only 200 to 270 pound government weights commanding the $13.75 floor in Chicago. At the peak of the flood, it was estimated that farmers held 100,000 head valued at $3,000,000 at markets after bidding closed for the day. In Chicago, almost 15,000 hogs went unsold, un-sold, even though packers have capacity ca-pacity for 32,000 daily. Shippers said some smaller markets mar-kets demanded a week to 10 days' notice before accepting hogs, with many places refusing animals from old customers because of the heavy congestion in the yards. cial senate committee commit-tee investigating the present tide of juvenile ju-venile delinquency that the mother should remain in the kitchen where she belongs. "The present war is being fought primarily pri-marily for future generations, and it would be a hollow victory if we were to sacrifice our children chil-dren in . . . winning win-ning it," Father Father Flanagan Flanagan said. "A mother renders more invaluable service to her country coun-try right in the home than the most skilled riveter or machinist could ever contribute." From the Judge Baker Guidance center. Dr. William Healey of Boston, Bos-ton, Mass., declared parental duty required correction of "natural tendencies ten-dencies of a boy to display he-man qualities . . . and of a girl to . . , give herself to a serviceman." WHEAT MOVED The nation's railroads have succeeded suc-ceeded in moving practically all ol this year's wheat crop from farms to elevators and terminal markets, despite the tremendous burden on rolling stock. In particular, all grain in danger of spoiling has been hauled to safe storage. A large number of freight cars is being concentrated at Buffalo, N. Y., Toledo, Ohio, and other ports in that area to handle 40 million bushel? movm-' n the l-i!es- |