Show weekly news analysis allies tighten trap in tunisia russ menace foe at EDITORS NOTE when opinions ar are expressed in these columns they ar are those hose of western newspaper union news analysts and not cot necessarily of this newspaper TUNISIA smooth teamwork irresistibly the allied offensive in north africa had r rolled on toward tunis tuni s and Bizer bizette te like well coordinated co c teams the various commands performed their tasks principal objective of the british first army had been the axis last mountain barrier before the plain of tunis in the el bab sector chief assignment of lieutenant general pattons Pat tons american troops had been the overwhelming of three enemy hill positions on the road to Bizer bizette te and although the american forces ran into heavy counterblows counter blows in their enveloping tactics around amateur and Tebo urba they had continued to drive ahead while these two strategic movements were being carried out a as s a prelude to a combined allied assault french troops in the south so uth executed a maneuver that had cut the pont du fahs road and exposed the flank of the axis troops facing general eighth army while the germans faced the inevitable decision of final surrender or annihilation their commanders were using every possible device to slow down the allied advance resistance si against the british first army had stiffened sharply at the crest of bou mountain overlooking the valley to tunis observers reported that american artillery fire had been unusually effective in helping to gain ground against strong german positions RUSSIA battles in the air while berlin reports announced that a large scale russian offensive had been undertaken against the nazis kuban bridgehead in the caucasus moscow said that aerial fighting was the principal activity along the far flung front this aerial activity had various on various sectors in the caucasus the russian strategy was to wear down nazi air power and thus enhance the red army ardys Is efforts at dislodging the germans from their bridgehead around novo ros in east prussia red aerial bombing assaults were directed at breaking up concentrations of german troops and supplies being prepared for hillers Hit lers spring invasion russian bombing forays were likewise reported in the ukraine where nazi hangars and an enemy airdrome south of Bala kleya were fired REFUGEES V U S britain to aid plans to ease the plight of war refugees in areas outside of occupied europe and to reject any measures that might involve bargaining with germany were believed by observers to have been embodied in a set of recommendations agreed on by delegates to the anglo american conference on refugee problems held in hamilton bermuda observers indicated that the conferences feren ces recommendations include the temporary relocation in africa af it refugees now in neutral countries until the end of the war as well as provisions for the feeding and care of refugees unable to leave neutral countries in a outlining the scope of their discussions the delegates emphasized that their recommendations ions were limited by shipping difficulties and other wartime problems affecting the movement of refugees as well as by the tact fact that no measures could be undertaken that might delay the prosecution of the war 4 7 ma 0 16 Z aa b TZ ri 1 C I 1 4 t t 01 4 IX M n S M IS adm william F halsey commander of the U S naval forces in the south pacific right is shown as he conferred with hon walter nash new zealand minister to the U S following nases arrival at allied headquarters recently nash visited halsey during an inspection tour of pacific islands in which new zealand troops are active TRAINING for Post postwar ivar youth the idea that the youth of america making use of industrial plants and military camps might well give a years service to their government in the postwar era was advanced by president roosevelt declaring that his recent inspection trip of war activities had convinced him that the armed forces and the home front factories are in their stride the president said he was wondering what could be done after victory is won with camps and plants in which millions have been invested while he had no specific program to offer he emphasized the benefits in physical condition and mental alertness that men and women in service and war work er uniforms had realized in the last few months he indicated he thought their training should be extended to all young men and women in some form after we win the war any program that might develop he said probably would be only partly military COAL SHOWDOWN moves swiftly blunt had been president roose belts warning to john L lewis head of the united mine workers to end the tie up in the nations soft coal fields the need for blunt action however had been clearly evident for even at the moment the president had threatened to use his powers as commander in chief to prevent interference with the war effort miners already were on strike and a walkout of the entire bituminous miners had been threatened terming the miners walkout as strikes against the U S government itself the president said that such action was clearly a violation of labors no strike pledge JOBS VS PAY essential shifts OK As the war manpower commission extended its employment stabilization program to the entire nation workers anywhere in the united states were permitted to shift from one essential job to another at higher pay provided such transfers enhance the war effort previously such job shifts could 1 take place only in 70 areas covered by the regional stabilization programs the commissions action was taken after representatives of organized labor had protested that job transfers under the former regulations ions favored workers workers in the stabilization areas at the expense of workers in other regions under the new plan any worker in an essential industry may transfer to a higher paying job in another essential industry it if he obtains from his employer from the U S employment service office in his area or from his local office a statement of availability which declares that his transfer will benefit the war effort INFLATION CIO cries failure stating that the government had completely failed in carrying out the national economic stabilization policies enunciated by president roosevelt particularly with respect to cost of living prices philip murray president of the CIO declared that key officials were responsible for the failure mr murray accused prentiss M brown OPA director james F byrnes director of economic stabilization liza tion and chester davis food administrator not only with failure to meet the presidents hold the line directive but with permitting further price increases refusing to permit the war labor board to correct CHORES smith college students will be called upon to give one hours service daily without remuneration ne to the college in the hope of eliminating the necessity of an additional fee to meet rising cost president herbert davis announced BEER A beer rationing system limiting purchasers to 36 pints a month has been decided upon by the ontario liquor board SCRAP unable to salvage the french fleet scuttled at toulon last november the nazis are contenting themselves with stripping as much metal as possible from the sunken ships according to reports received in sweden while most of them were scuttled led some ships escaped to africa GOOD SCOUTS twenty nine members of boy scout troop 21 barrington ill earned the right to have a american bomber named in their honor by selling I 1 more than in war bonds since last november pay inequalities and with arbitrary freezing of sen to jobs without relationship lation ship to needs of wa war r production the CIO leader also assailed congress for rejecting incentive payments to farmers denying appropriations to the farm security administration and repealing the 25 net salary limitation MASSACRE japs ape nazis na zis employing the same technique that their nazi partners had used in massacring the inhabitants of lidice ladice czechoslovakia jap troops slaughtered every man woman and child in the coastal areas of china where many of maj gen james H doolittles Doo littles fliers had landed after the bombing of tokyo this latest sequel to the japs execution of some of the american fliers captured after the raid was related by secretary of the treasury in an address in san francisco reports covering the chinese li dice were received from generalissimo 0 chiang kai shek who d declared e that the japs had reproduced on a wholesale scale the horrors which the nazis had inflicted in czechoslovakia TEENAGE TEEN AGE workers aid war more than boys and girls between 14 and 18 years of age will hold full or part time jobs this summer katherine lenroot chief of the childrens bureau of the department part ment of labor said miss lenroot urged local communities muni ties to protect the health of boys and girls of high school age who are combining school with part time jobs working through vacation or entering full time jobs BOOM Post postwar ivar view bright A potential era of unparalleled prosperity faces the united states as soon as the war ends the department part ment of commerce reported the major potentials the report said will be present the day after victory is won employment on an high level the greatest productive plant of all time national income at a peak hardly dreamed of in pre with a large accumulated savings ravings and an unmeasured demand for goods denied to the consumer by the wars exactions one big problem the department asserted is to prepare now to so manage these factors as to translate potentials into realities adding that this is primarily the job of private enterprise aided and supported by government H highlights I 1 G H L I 1 G H T S in the weeks news MEMOIRS paul reynaud former french premier now lodged in a small dark cell in a prison in the pyrenees Pyre nees is spending his time writing memoirs marksmanship allied medium bombers scored a direct hit on a 2000 ton japanese vessel in the ara fura sea north of australia the united nations headquarters announced noun ced antifreeze ANTI FREEZE the war production board warned motorists to store the antifreeze anti freeze mixtures in their cars to supplement the limited supply that will be available next winter BONUS legislation to keep american service men on payrolls for six to nine months after their demobilization has been drafted by representative rankin of mississippi as an answer to any demands for a bonus A world war I 1 veteran rankin led the successful fight to raise enlisted mens pay from 30 to 50 a month withholding TAX painless extraction soothing words to taxpayers faced with rising federal levies were spoken by chairman doughton of the house ways and means commett committee who declared that the 20 per centt nt i withholding provision of the pending pay as you go tax bills will notre net result in a single extra dollar being taken from the taxpayers pockett pocket t book the proposed pro proposed posea 20 per cent withholding is only a method of collecting currently all or part of the taxes imposed by the existing tax laws he said mr doughton said that from some persons will be withheld more than is needed to pay their taxes and from others less refunds will be made later it if too much has been W withheld ith held all salary and wage earners will be called upon to file a regular income tax return on march 15 he said the amount which has been withheld from their wages will bif b credited against the actual ta ji owed RUSS POLES issue Is territory territorial differences came to the fore as the principal issue at stake in the polish soviet controversy although the break in diplomatic relations had been caused by a demand of the polish government in exile tor for an investigation of the alleged massacre by russians of polish troops in the sk region in a statement which neither opened nor closed the door to reconciliation premier affirmed the polish governments policy of aiming at friendly relations with russia but challenged the soviets right to claim the western ukraine and western belo russia the poles demand a return of the eastern part of the territory they ruled before their 1939 collapse the russians who took this land over and were in turn routed by the 1941 german invasion say that the land is historically theirs whether the controversy could be breached remained a problem for united nations chancel lories to worry about ALEUTIANS joins raids american airmen keeping up their marathon bombing tactics in the Aleut aleutians ians were joined by canadian pilots flying U S fighters in attacks on jap held positions on kiska whether the bombings were a softening up prelude to american land and ad naval action against the Aleut aleutians ians or a diversion to hamper enemy activity observers did not know but they were unanimous in their opinion that any assault on the jap held aleutian positions would be considerably more difficult than had the american offensive agair t south pacific guadalcanal Guadal canal av t A naval said that the continuing raids made by liberator and mitchell bombers and war hawk and lightning fighters scored damaging results on tide the main camp area and runway on kiska 25 BILLIONS saved by renegotiation an estimated saving to the government of more than az 2 billion dollars has been effected by the renegotiation of contracts by the war war and navy departments and the united states maritime commission in the past year according to an announcement no by the office of war information the sum represents of price reductions on contracts 4 in refunds by cont tors and miscellaneous ds recoveries released by western newspaper union |