Show weekly news analysis decisive moves against 0 japan JL forecast AV in washington strategy M mee EDITORS NOT NOTE noth when h opinions are expressed ap essed in these U e columns they ey are those thos e of 0 I 1 western newspaper union news a analysts 1 and not necessarily BY of this ne newspaper ws paper offensives europe and asia both not only allied smashes against europe but decisive campaigns against jap held domains in asia and the south pacific in weeks to come were on the united nations war timetable scheduled by president roosevelt and prime minister churchill in their washington conferences feren ces that activity against japan would be stepped up on a major scale was indicated by two developments one was the presence at the washington conferences of commander in i chief sir archibald wavell of india admiral sir james somerville the eastern fleet commander and sir richard geirse the india air commander the other was the disclosure that admiral william F halsey and gen douglas macarthur had met to ordinate coordinate co future op in their areas indicative of the trend toward decisive american action was a tokyo radio report that strong U S forces had invaded the jap held island of attu aatu to in the aleutians Aleut ians observers believed that future moves on japan might take on a nutcracker character one prong would close in on nippon from the east via halseys Hal and macarthurs Mac Arthurs combined forces in the pacific the te other would squeeze japans flank from the indian ocean and the india burma front using the combined commands of wavell somerville and geirse but whatever form the attack took one thing was clear the cleanup clean up in north africa and the reopening opening re of the Medi terrane 0 o had so shortened allied shipping lines that transportation of greatly augmented supplies and military personnel to the east was now possible this meant that sorely pressed china would be due for some long delayed relief TRADE PACTS green light by house surviving debate and the threat of crippling limitations president Roosevel ts reciprocal trade program was extended by the house of representatives for a term of two years As debate had divided on party lines and the republicans had supported a series of amendments which the democrats charged would have been a kiss of death to the entire program speaker sam rayburn had rallied support sufficient to insure favorable action while gaining main support from republicans the amendments were offered by democratic congressman west of texas only new deal member of the house ways and means committee to oppose extension of the act reciprocal trade pacts have been negotiated with 27 nations in the last nine years POSTWAR A mighty floia envisioning a mighty flow of goods and materials to war ravaged areas in the coming peace era jesse jones secretary of commerce said that the united states should welcome and encourage the development of other nations when the war is over today private business as well as government is determinedly planning for a postwar period that will be so economically sound that peace can be permanent he said while conceding that our first consideration must be to continue the war to victory mr jones cautioned against neglecting foreign trade mechanism and technique at the present time Z k AA 4 1 4 11 P 44 1 A M with activity against the japs on all eastern fronts forecast by recent washington conferences allied air attacks against the enemy loom large in the tactical picture above are shown four american trained chinese pilots looking over the instrument panel of a P 40 in company with maj grant mahoney of the U S air force in china RUSSIA donets flares anew even as the red army had continued its methodical grinding drive against the line of german fortifications outside last nazi held bastion in the caucasus other russian forces to the north in the donets river valley had opened fierce attacks near about miles southeast of kharlov Khar kov for weeks soviet dispatches had reported trainload after trainload of german troops rolling eastward to the russian front but hitler had kept his moves for what would be his last chance offensive well masked in the action near gateway to the eastern donets basin the russians said the enemy had tried a wedge shaped drive into rus sian held territory but this thrust was pushed back in pursuing the retreating nazis the red troops were able to establish themselves on a hill of great tactical importance elsewhere along the otherwise quiet front artillery duels in the leningrad and kalinin areas and I 1 s scouting skirmishes on the sk I 1 sector comprised the main action t I 1 MERGER wire giants unite improved telegraph service for those engaged directly in the war and for the general public in the postwar post war period was forecast as a result of the merger of postal telegraph iric inc and western union telegraph 1 1 I 1 9 company together the two companies do a business of about a year and their combined assets will approach culminating negotiations and discussions cus covering more than 20 years the merger was made possible by recent congressional action and by approval of the federal communications commission under the terms of the agreement western union will acquire all assets and all business of postal telegraph and assume its liabilities and obligations including the amount owed by postal to the reconstruction finance e corporation po ration at the time of the closing of the agreement WAGE BOOSTS may act the war labor board got back some of its discretionary authority to make wage adjustments james F byrnes economic stabilization director announced the new policy in a directive specifying that the board may now raise wages to aid in the prosecution of the war or correct gross inequities mr byrnes however qualified his action with the limitation th such wage adjustments must not cause price rises or stand in the way of price reductions the new policy directive was issued in response to the appeal for clarification of its position as a result of president Roosevel ts re recent C ent hold the line anti inflation order the board had complained that it was virtually stripped of all discretionary powers in wage cases since the presidents order had limited its actions while restoring authority to eliminate gross inequities mr byrnes directive did not restore to the board the power to correct inequalities which it held prior to the presidents hold the line order CURB war plant building ordering a halt on virtually all war plant construction which cannot be completed by october 1 the war production board announced that the nation now has enough in industrial du plants to produce the materials required to beat the axis meanwhile the board had directed a widespread conversion of machine plant tools and other existing fac facilities to the production of more urgently needed goods calling its action a significant milestone in the war program the said that men and materials released by its new directives would be channeled elsewhere into the war program officials estimated that construction st of between and in new war plants would be halted even if it were necessary to dismantle partially completed ones many machine tools orders will be cancelled and tool plants will be converted to the production of things that shoot the announcement emphasized that there has been no easing off in the demand for critical materials there is on the horizon no indication di whatever of a lessening in the demand for labor AIR RAIDS bombs write history CoI cologne ogie and dortmund had suffered destructive allied air raids that dwarfed the damage visited on london by the in the battle of britain but it remained for duisburg guisburg Du isburg center of german war and transportation hub of the nazis defense of western europe to be smashed by the heaviest aerial assault in all history the RAF was the allied instrument of destruction it was estimated that as many as 2000 tons of bombs were dropped the heaviest previous raid ever made anywhere was that on cologne on may 31 I 1 1942 when 1000 bombers were em aloyed and more than 1500 tons of explosives were rained on the nazi city an attack on doram dortmund und had reached the intensity of the cologne foray but the duisburg guisburg Du isburg raid was the heaviest of all time that the Da duisberg isberg raid was but a prelude to what nazi held europe might expect was indicated by devastating forays which followed immediately american flying fortresses continued the marathon by making their own heaviest attack since the war began on st omer and in northern france meanwhile in the east the russian air force took the initiative away from the nazis while red planes smashed at german communications at warsaw capital of poland and its suburb of praga in the mediterranean area U S bombers strafed airfields and shipping facilities cili ties in sicily and on the italian invasion coast CANNING kitchens defined A definition of home canning was released by the office of price administration to allay housewives fears about giving up rationing points for foods foods processed in cooperative centers now being organized in many parts of the country the OPA defined home canned foods as those processed in a kitchen primarily used for the preparation of meats meals or in a kitchen used to demonstrate preparation of such meals such as in a school or home economics center if a farmer has a separate building where he customarily does his canning he must get permission from his ration board to use it LIFELINE for small business hope for financial aid for small store owners operators of gasoline and service stations and other small businesses adversely affected by the war was held forth by the reconstruction st finance corporation in announcing noun cing a loan program jesse jones secretary of commerce said the program would be in the hands of the mortgage company the company he added is ready to consider loans against real estate including stores privately owned gasoline and service stations and business properties generally that have lost their earning power by reason of wartime restrictions eions s and regulations mr jones announced that three types of loans will be considered participation loans refunding loans and care and preservation loans submarines allies defense grows the allies were making S ste 1 progress against hitler hillers Hit lers S hith most potent wea deap athe the sabrna sub maril decreases in dahly 7 s yso s sl app in losses by the united natio tit nd die goes 8 will preponderance of ocean tj t vill ill is ace allied munitions and s ries b hi north africa at the victot us death were indicative of this P cr calise i ser to i evidence of how the allies allfie v w and awak t aund 0 d for arl L successfully apply applying ing air andl and 8 of pat p do D power plus grit and sto stout ut hea he i romeo against the nazi P pi and nd robin r n abounded in epic report iss aed s later t the british admiralty describing rig trail jea navy escort ships and royal C eav avo the n than dian air force planes had sunk 0 i as ta tal k e probably sunk 10 germainia Germai EiA nes int rines in an eight day battle arts contin atlantic v characterizing the action ach CHA biggest single allied viktoryj ictor U boats the admiralty reports reporT n angus that planes destroyers frigates c cj bulked booked 2 cutters joined s he s sa the battle continue it I 1 leay ard ni yelled a for eight days A sany t bany as a i 25 1 1 going ar t emy submarines were in action with him one time the battle finally turl tun obeyed in favor of the convoy corae so n I 1 e dd the e door age was suffered the admira agus gus clo clos said but the majority of the m T pace bet chantlen chant men reached port in sa safety lety F lah e ad y from the 0 oye e to a to guide consumers eeme plans of the OPA tor for k h reed ced in more ore investigators to hell T s sa the cost of living were 0 price administrator pr n scared brown i but the new investigators jo is is it all said will be to educate ignoc to h he violators of price rules and pun bay I 1 willful chiselers mr brownt Brownf to 10 this rl dared that his aids had estimate estima a tf u V that effectiveness of OPA reg regu spoke pa i 1 eions depending mostly on together personnel could cut the cost of liv IN was a mi 5 per cent j said the 1400 extra investigators s I 1 did 1 to be added to an existing force ot of the pat proximately ve e had tr months be b WAR PRISONERS PRISONER Sj ng g in alee ale to till U S farms i en of and t tt transportation of most of it sold sorn som axis prisoners in aai aurant aarant be b hands in tunisia to north Nort hImer amerl i 1 and dad for work on farms in the unit spotters v states and canada was predicted lere they military observers in North jAfrI larm fr such an action it was baked ed be would dolve olve the question of 5 athe ther and caring for these prisoner 4 I 1 Ii s d de area already crowded alt alth 1 hayy AU ies to ma troops moreover it would he he h had a d 1 solve the manpower problem lem hebon ih e on h and in canada ans fishov hol 1 t almi t WV r H I 1 G 11 L I 1 G H T S in the weeks aa iw why di did GASOLINE servicemen on leave or furlough tor for three days or more will be granted special allotments of gasoline up to five gallons the OPA announced 0 promotions the appointments of simon bolivar buckner jr and john lecese dewitt to the temporary grades of lieutenant generals in the army were confirmed by the U S senate CORN TIRES manufacture of the first farm tractor tire made from shelled corn was announced by the firestone tire and rubber company ten bushels of corn were required to make the butadiene for the set of tires this ibis was the first time that a complete operation starting with grain and ending with synthetic rubber ribber was applied to making tractor tires STRAW LIDS straw hats win will cost about the same this year as they did last year the office of price administration announced so will sun suits garden furniture and other hot weather comforts it SO COFFEE beginning jun jells e berks vre americans will get enough co coffee ee and I 1 in y b make one and one fourth cups a d compared with pres ratio 0 s W im s had na 1 OPA announced ff 6 wy y so the dad F PAPER the office of war ware led formations output of news ne re relf iasi chis wa reached a record high ler from g S single day included was one P s supplies lacity release urging conservation its why paper 2 an n SUMMER WORK school deac teace alyin him ju u ers who take summer jobs will n be frozen into them the war md mal 1 0 se 0 power commission announce announcer in a awer to inquiries from teachers 4 wl thought wanted to do war work during su sur 7 his oard mer vacations jg athing 01 0 0 0 oil last nig COLD because of fuel 0 ratio tag ing abraham Lincol ns torb i to choked lalog h springfield ill V visited by chousa thousand thou sanf annually has been colder than us s sw e custodian herbert Ws s fay dj 00 dared he said a al I 1 e oat W board had den denied 1 e re ask a add cro barter oar ter s dional oil and that at he e was appeal to was washington in to n i as paa t ino released by we western tern New newvit pit |