Show weekly beekly news analysis russ front grows in importance as nazis win new african victory EDITORS NOTE when opinions r a ej expressed in la these columns they ta ey are those of the news analyst sni lyst toil and not cot necessarily ol of this newspaper RUSSIAN FRONT increased importance with the tall fall of bobruk in alb libya ya the fighting on the russian front took on added importance for it became increasingly clear that it if the united nations were going to fight hitler to a standstill the soviet forces must continue to occupy the major portion of nazi armed strength soviet soldiers were doing just that even as the british were admitting the loss of their libyan stronghold a report from moscow took the optimistic note that with the continued material aid of britain and the united states the russians would be able to hold out against germany I 1 while an official russian co ammu admitted a german breakthrough at sevastopol soviet troops had blasted their way across the donets river in the critical kharlov area and recaptured a number of localities in a terrific counterattack earlier two german regiments with heavy air and tank su support p had crossed the river in a vi violent 10 attack and forced the russians back the german success at sevastopol came only after huge losses according to the russian official v version er which admitted in the sevastopol sector of the front our troops repelled repeated furious german attacks at a cost of enormous losses the enemy succeeded in driving a wedge in our defens defensive iv positions strong nazi reinforcements forced the first reported withdrawal of the sevastopol garrison after a series of bloody struggles at close quarters and the soviet army news newspaper red star indicated that five german and two rumanian divisions had been wiped out in the battle WEST COASTS shelled almost four months to the day after a submarine had shelled the california coast another U S state oregon felt the impact of enemy shells the more recent shelling took place against the shoreline north of seaside ore just south of astoria at the mouth of the columbia river the fourth army and western defense command announced the firing of six to nine shells by an unidentified craft near the midnight hour no damage nor casualties were reported although the army did not immediately identify the attacking vessel it was believed to be a jap submarine this conclusion was reached after the canadian government had announced that about 24 hours before the oregon attack a submarine had landed shells at the government telegraph station at estevan point vancouver island this was the first time that an enemy submarine had attacked shore installations in canada and the first time in canadas history that enemy shells had landed on her fier toil soil canadian officials said that while one of the shells landed near enough to the telegraph station to shatter windows the other mis sies fell harmlessly on the beach the U S ardys first brief announcement no of the oregon attack indicated that the firing had lasted about 15 minutes earlier residents of astoria had reported hearing between 10 and 16 shots fired at sea and said they could hear the shells whistle avei over head still another report said that an astoria resident had sighted a submarine off the coast washington and oregon had of their coasts at the time 91 p the attack 1 11 g J d n 1 V 4 4 4 Z photo shows oil wells located near salem VI ill which has been designated as the terminus for the proposed oil pipe line from longview Long view texas the announces that the cost of the project will be between 30 and 40 million dollars acute oil shortage and gasoline asoline g shortage in the eastern states will be considerably alleviated by the new line JAP FOOTHOLD on kiska island japan gained a second foothold in the western hemisphere when forces were put ashore at kiska island to establish a base on that aleutian island less than miles from the navys base at dutch harbor the japanese operating under cover of fog were able to establish their base the occupation was not a surprise kiska is approximately miles east of attu aatu island which the navy announced on june 12 had been occupied by the japanese A break iri in the weather within the past few days enabled discovery of the occupation of kiska A navy said that tents and minor temporary structures were observed to have been set up on land kiska has a fair harbor the site of a former coaling station for ships attu aatu has few facilities for ships of any size in honolulu gen delos C emmons has urged all non resi dents not engaged in essential war work to leave for the mainland as soon as practicable and at the same time warned that japan might attack hawaii at any time PARITY fight goes on farm church and labor groups united in a move to back president roosevelt against a legislative bloc which is opposed to the administrations plan to sell government owned wheat and corn below parity prices in a letter to the white house these groups said that the success of the presidents program for farm security in this regard was essential for the winning of the war included in the groups backing the letter were the national farmers union the american federation of labor the congress of industrial organizations the railway executives association the national catholic rural life conference and the federal council of the churches bf christ in america this joint move was believed to be part of a plan being set up in opposition to the high price through scarcity concept backed by the american farm bureau federation headed by edward A oneal the farm bureau federation is reported to have been successful in withholding approval of the presidents formula for selling government owned wheat and corn at 85 per cent of parity TAXATION PROGRAM behind schedule to ease the taxpayers burden in 1943 the treasury department proposed to congress a modification of its plan to withhold federal taxes at the source under the plan the treasury would collect 5 per cent of the taxable income starting on january 1 1943 instead of 10 per cent would collect 15 per cent in 1944 and 10 per cent in 1945 earlier the treasury department proposed a per cent war to carry out president roose belts recommendations for limitation of individual income to a year after payment of all t taxes axes the president told the press that taxation provisions of his anti inflation m program were running slightly behind schedule and that in in his opinion the bill should be sp split lit into sections in order to get part of it into effect as soon as f P possible os sible WAR MANPOWER staggering total the effect of the war upon everyday life was emphasized in a statement of the war manpower commission which said that the goal tor men in the armed forces is six to seven million men by the end of 1943 and eventually may be 10 million by 1944 at least 20 million workers will be needed in war production and transportation the 1943 crop will be harvested by 12 million workers chairman maclean of the presidents committee on fair employment practice stated that in 1944 high school enrollment might be reduced by 40 to 50 per cent college enrollment by 70 to 80 per cent and halt half the nations schools may be closed due to increasing needs for war workers within the next few weeks all registrants in the nonmilitary age group 45 to 65 will have received occupational questionnaires these will be used by the national roster of scientific and specialized personnel and by the U S employment service to locate individuals with professional and scientific qualifications and with essential skills secretary of agriculture claude said the farm labor supply problem might be solved if either the government paid transportation expenses as part of the war program or if farmers pooled expenses of bringing the migrant labor they need railroads already have agreed to reduce fares tor for migrant farm workers MORE ROYALTY in washington second monarch in ten days to visit washington and hold conversations with president roosevelt was the 19 year old boy king of king peter II 11 he arrived in the capital by plane and was accompanied compa nied by foreign minister M main topics of discussion with the president were unrelenting guerrilla warfare against germany and the effects of a master lend lease agreement for his country which would provide for after the war understandings and collaboration king george II 11 of greece had left the capital before king peter arrived and queen wilhelmina Wilhelm lna ruling head of the netherlands was on her way to washington via canada at the time its aftermath when the fall of bobruk was officially fici ally confirmed by the british allied plans for a second front received a setback egypt and suez are threatened by axis forces under the leadership of nazi marshal erwin rommel according to german and italian british soldiers and several generals wye e captured these figures almost duplicate the number of italians captured when bobruk surrendered to the british in january 1941 australian and british troops moved into bobruk 17 months ago when gen sir archibald wavell was driving across libya the italian troops offered little resistance although they burned much of the material in the city following the italian defeat german troops were sent to africa and a strengthened axis army drove A IV y x GEN SIR ARCHIBALD WAVELL Is ft was 17 months ago back across the desert to egypt borders bobruk was placed under siege in april 1941 the garrison was kept in action by the british navy which managed to hold open the sea lanes for supplies and reinforcements explanation wanted the news of To bruks fall came as prime minister winston churchill was in the united states to confer with president roosevelt on the war conduct of the war and the winning of the war not since the prime minister satisfied the house of commons over the losses of hongtong Hong kong malaya and singapore has the nation been more unified in demanding a full account of the conduct of the war charges of inefficiency and blundering are widespread CHINA rocks grenades A rough mountain pass along the honan shansi border north ol of the yellow river was the scene of a bitter struggle as poorly equipped chinese troops repulsed the attempt of the japanese to f V V P through 00 fighting with rocks hand grenades and machine guns against jap troops supported by planes and heavy guns the chinese are extracting a bitter toll from the enemy spokesmen claimed that the chinese still were holding a gap along the kiang si railway in the area south of the yangtze river the japanese opened a new offensive f e n sive north of the yellow river d driving r i ving from the north honan province they succeeded in pushing the chinese back to the foothills of the mountain range FARM production all records it if the weather for the remal I 1 iL F of 1942 is normal says secretary agriculture farm production will break all records 01 this announcement came at the time was reporting that the 1943 national wheat acreage allotment had been set at acres at the same time he asked growers to plant part of the allotted acreage in other needed crops because the prospective 1942 wheat supply is nearly bushels including carryover carry over meanwhile the senate passed and sent to the house bouse bills affecting the farmer in the following ways 1 a bill authorizing farmers who do not wish to plant a full acreage of cotton as allowed by the AAA act to loan that acreage to other farmers 2 a bill removing the time limit for operation cooperation co between the bureau of reclamation and the farm security administration in the development of farm units on public lands under federal reclamation projects an and d 3 a bill extending through june 30 1945 activities of the federal surplus commodities corporation FIGHT UNREST nazis begin purge beginning in vienna and the lower danube province of austria a nazi purge of antisocial elements is being conducted by special commissions set up by nazi the purge is expected to embrace the entire german reich announced by german news agency the purge is directed against anyone who owing to criminal anti state or querulous inclinations continually enters into conflict with the penal law the police and other authorities the special commissions compile blacklists and those arrested will be sent to an institute of welfare to forced labor or to a labor educational camp of the state police the latter are schooling camps conducted by the gestapo h H highlights I 1 G H L I 1 in f the weeks news V AID TO ENEMY judge thomas siddal atlantic city defense council chairman has charged that signals to axis submarines were flashed from hotel windows along the atlantic coast RESUMED workmen at the strike bound pullman standard car manufacturing company plant in michigan city ind voted to return to their jobs of making gondola cars needed by the U S army their dispute was submitted to the war labor board under a 60 day agreement EDUCATION forty one per cent of white soldiers inducted into the army during the past two years are high school graduates or have had some college training this compares favorably with 9 per cent during world war I 1 BUNKER HILL bunker hill monument which commands an all inclusive view of the boston navy yard has been closed to the public for the duration ALUMINUM the national aluminum collection campaign last july brought in pounds of scrap metal including pounds of aluminum decoration vassily stalin son of josef V premier of russia has been awarded the order of ofa red banner for his services service ila colonel in the russian air for force ce released by western newspaper union |