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Show INDIA: Gandhi's Gain WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Powerful Strength of Nazi Thrust Drives to Greatest Gain in Russia; Aussies Smash at Rommel in Egypt; U. S. Forces 'Change Policy' in China (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions are expressed in these columns, they are those of Western Newspaper Union's news analysts and not necessarily ol this newspoper.) i- Released by Western Newspaper Union. CHINA: Change of Policy "There has been a definite change in policy since July 1. (This was the date on which regular U. S. army air forces started operations in China.) Hankow, Canton and other cities in occupied China which were never bombed before have been bombed now." So began a hard-hitting statement from the headquarters of Brig. Gen. Claire L. Chennault, chief of air operations against the Japs in China. "We are going deeper and deeper Into China. All cities under Japanese Japa-nese occupation will be bombed. There will be a more active policy from now on. You can draw your own conclusions as to what will happen," hap-pen," he further stated. Meanwhile, concrete evidence of this new surge of strength was revealed re-vealed in an announcement from Lieut. Gen. Joseph Stillwell's Chungking headquarters which said that Linchwan, important base for RUSSIA: Deepest Drive Even Moscow admitted it. The powerful Nazi thrust had finally driven deeper into Soviet territory than at any time before in the history his-tory of the war. Last year it was toward Moscow that drive penetrated pene-trated to its farthest point. But the current German campaign cam-paign wasn't headed directly that way. Its spearhead had thrust itself it-self across the Don river and swung around the big bend of that river heading southeastward down the valley toward Stalingrad. Though there were immense losses of Nazi men and machines Hitler kept on going for he wanted Stalingrad on the vital Volga. But even more he wanted what he could find beyond . . . the rich oil pools of THE CAUCASUS. The Moscow-Rostov railway had been cut earlier and Soviet communications commu-nications thus suffered a hard blow. When the Germans slash across and solidate their positions on the Volga it means that still another highly important link between the final battleground bat-tleground for the Caucasus and Moscow Mos-cow would be severed. Crumpling of their forces further to the north of Rostov would also leave the Russians Rus-sians open to a hard new push by floods of Nazis released from that battle sector. Russia's hope was the heavy toll of German strength that was being extracted as the Reds fell back in their delaying action all along the fighting front. German claims of success spoke of the breaking of "local resistance everywhere." Some military sources were inclined to agree with them in this regard but there was speculation as to whether or not communiques like this one were true: In one day's fighting Germany lost only six planes and on the same day Russian losses were set at 63 tanks and 74 planes. Berlin said so, but Moscow didn't. SABOTEURS: All Doubt The eight Nazi saboteurs as they I were tried for their lives before a Washington, D. C, military commission com-mission had the benefit of govern MOHANDAS K. GANDHI A step-up in moral pressure. His doctor had ordered him to rest because of his extreme exhaustion but Mohandas K. Gandhi was again on the road to beating down the British Brit-ish and he would not be stopped. After six days of discussion at Wardha, Gandhi's All-India Congress party's working committee agreed to adopt his project for a step-up in moral pressure to force Great Britain Brit-ain to give India full freedom immediately. im-mediately. News out of New Delhi indicated that this step came as triumph for the 72-year-old advocate of Indian nationalism over Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, left-wing leader of the party. Nehru has been described as the best friend the United Nations have in India and thus it appeared that any movement to force freedom from Britain would be so carried out as to refrain from interfering with the war effort there. For most sources did not believe Nehru would have been won over so easily if he thought the United Nations cause would be endangered. CEILINGS: Some Changes When first the General Maximum Price regulation was introduced it was pretty difficult to adjust cases that appeared to be directly harming harm-ing someone unfairly. This has now been amended to permit Leon Henderson's Hen-derson's Office of Price Administration Adminis-tration to adjust ceiling prices in certain cer-tain "hardship cases." Frozen fruits and vegetables were among the first ceilings to face adjustment. ad-justment. Ceiling prices on these products are being increased to prevent pre-vent crops from rotting in the field because of increased gathering and packing costs. Price relief will also soon be granted for jams, jellies and preserves. pre-serves. Some idea of the amount of money to be spent, taxed or saved throughout the country in the coming com-ing months came from Commerce Secretary Jesse Jones in a statement state-ment to the effect that the American people in 1943 will have over $30,000,000,000 more income than "the value of things for which the money can be spent." RATIONING: Gasoline About 8,000,000 eastern motorists were to get their basic permanent gasoline coupon books, said OPA, and local boards were instructed to insist on complete proof of eligibility eligibil-ity and need before granting supplemental sup-plemental rations of any kind. However, congressmen, members of state and local legislatures, and other government officials will be eligible for "special rations" for use in legislative or official business. Bona fide political candidates may have extra rations for travel necessary neces-sary to the prosecution of their candidacies. can-didacies. Newspaper reporters and photographers will be eligible for supplementary rations up to a quantity quan-tity sufficient to permit 470 miles of occupational driving per month if they can meet car pooling provisions. provi-sions. Gasoline stations which have been supplying war workers will be granted increased monthly quotas and the WPB granted OPA authority author-ity to require filling station operators opera-tors to submit coupons or other evidence evi-dence that rationing regulations are being complied with when gasoline is delivered to their stations. Tires Eligible motorists may be refused new tires by local rationing boards if an inspector's report shows that the purchaser has abused his old tires, according to an announcement announce-ment made by OPA. Also local boards may receive application for new tires from purchasers of tractors, trac-tors, farm implements, and other vehicles sold without tires. BILLIONS: For War Congressional war appropriations now total more than $225,000,000,000, but the U. S. actually has spent less than 40 billions, according to current War Production board figures. fig-ures. There is an average daily rate of expenditures for war by government gov-ernment agencies of $158,600,000. Last month the WPB bureau of finance obtained $62,120,464 in the form of loans or advances on payments pay-ments for war materials for 397 manufacturers. GENERAL JOSEPH STILL WELL Helped with a "change of policy." the Jap thrust in Kinangsi province, had been bombed by "Allied planes." But not only air power seemed to be growing in the Linchwan sector, for the Chinese ground troops were reported driving back the Japs toward that city and toward Nan-chang. Nan-chang. EGYPT: Again the Aussies German Field Marshal Rommel had to deal with the Australians again. His mobile columns and artillery ar-tillery had smashed the British back in a headlong drive that had dangerously dan-gerously extended his communication lines back to Bengasi and Tobruk. And then at El Alamein the British army of the Nile, reinforced by Australians, let him have it. They chose the coastal route to slap back. Along the Mediterranean they rushed at the Nazi and Italian forces who had little time to dig in and consolidate their positions. The British, South African and New Zealand Zea-land desert units threw out an offensive of-fensive to the south and west of their El Alamein line and the Aussies charged in against the German tanks. Reports from Cairo said that they were using a new type of anti-tank gun and they used it at shorter range than usual. It had been a pre-dawn assault and some of the enemy had been caught napping. Time after time the Aussies were way out in front of their supporting tanks. They overran enemy gun positions po-sitions and in some cases turned the guns around to the west and fired at the German-Italian positions beyond. There developed later, however, ' the most important angle of the battle for the Suez. It was an all-out all-out air battle. Rommel had suffered suf-fered some heavy plane losses as he kept hammering the British back but now his air strength seemed to be strengthened. For as the Aussies Aus-sies caught his tanks temporarily off guard, Rommel's planes rose to blast the advance British lines. This seemed to mean that from somewhere some-where had come help. Answer in Crete? Experts looked toward Crete for the answer. For on that island in the Mediterranean were based the Nazi ace in the hole. This consisted of the powerful plane force and the parachute troops that had taken the island from the Greeks last year and which now were poised to relieve re-lieve pressure from Rommel PACIFIC: JVeii Guinea Front Strategic New Guinea now bases U. S. troops and will likely be used as a jumping off place for attacks on the Jap invaders of the Pacific. Same day it became known in the United States that our troops had been stationed at Port Moresby on that island the Japs sent over 21 bombers with eight fighters to add another raid to the oft-hit area. Kept high by anti-aircraft fire, the bombing bomb-ing "was scattered and wild and there was no damage." ELMER DAVIS Releases were "circumspect." ment-appointed counsel which tried to give these enemy agents the benefit of all doubt as to their guilt. Extensive cross-examination by defense counsel of prosecution witnesses wit-nesses slowed testimony but during the trial little information leaked out to the news-hungry public. Elmer Davis, director of the Office Of-fice of War Information, had a tough round with the court in getting release re-lease on any news whatsoever. He. did get two daily press releases but they were described as "circumspect." |
