Show weekly news analysis pacific war strategy changed by latest allied attacks in solomons vj v J C EDITORS NOTE NOT when vh en 0 opinions ions art are expressed in tz these columns th they ey are those of western newspaper union n news ew 9 e analysts and not cot necessarily of this ne newspaper ws paper Ma macarthur eARTHUR ATTACKS advance in pacific under cover of bursting shells and strong aerial formations american forces in the south pacific ic strengthened their hold on the solomon islands and opened up another front against the japanese in new guinea protected by big guns of the navy and a protective canopy thrown across the skies by fighter planes U S troops scored a surprise landing on rendora and new georgia islands in the solomons and soon were shelling the big jap air base on munda to the west am american units swarmed ashore on the huon gulf of new guinea and soon were advancing toward the important japanese position at Sala maua already menaced by an allied force which had hacked its way through the jungle to within 12 miles of the outpost between these two theaters of operation era tion american forces occupied the Wood lark and islands without opposition more than japanese planes were shot down resisting the american landings our own losses were 17 along with a ton transport and several other ships damaged in the dangerous reefy waters FOOD SUBSIDIES banned by congress the administrations plans for the use of subsidies to roll back retail food prices were strongly jolted by congressional action in passing the commodity credit corporation bill outlawing such payment except as incentives to producers As a result the rollbacks roll backs recently instituted on meat and butter would be wiped out with payments only being made on previous commitments in passing the bill congress acted in opposition to administration support of the subsidy program prior to passage the war labor board came out tor for rollbacks roll backs to offset the increasing cost of living which threaten its policy of limiting wage boosts to 15 per cent over january 1941 in passing the bill which extends the life of the for two more years and adds million dollars to its lending authority congress permitted payment of million dollars for subsidizing increased transportation costs and the production of critical minerals and food EUROPE clearing a path europe rocked from all sides as british and american air squadrons continued pounding vital axis industries dus tries installations and air bromes nowhere did the axis find rest british bombers flew into germanys germanas Germ anys ruhr to strike at the already badly battered industrial centers and even while the blockbusters and incendiaries plummeted the nazis munitions minister walter speers complained that axis workmen were compelled to labor in the open in in many places in the mediterranean american flying fortresses accompanied by lightning fighters struck at airfields in sicily apparently striving to cripple bases from which axis craft could oppose allied landing expeditions oft off to the east american bombers began lambasting lam basting axis air bromes and installations in greece along the route an allied army might take to invade the lial balkans kans in anticipating a major allied drive in this direction the axis reported fortification of mountain passes along the whole rugged grecian coast e P 41 S t i liml A all R 0 I 1 I 1 troops in maj gen jarmans antiaircraft anti aircraft artillery command receive alert warning of approaching planes in practice drill and are about to release barrage balloon besides forcing enemy planes to high altitudes thereby affecting bombing efficiency barrage balloons P cables are strong enough to destroy any craft striking them GAS tight pinch completion of the big oil pipe line in the Midd lewest and declining petroleum production in california might well spell a tightening of gasoline supplies in those sections with within in the near future secretary of the interior harold ickes declared at the same time ickes could see no relief in the gasoline situation in the east in all cases ickes said the services huge consumption of petroleum is digging deeply into the nations supply ickes cited gen ells estimate that military demands now approximate barrels a day exclusive of gasoline and lubricating products while american refining capacity stands at barrels completion of the big pipe line in the Midd lewest ickes said will tree free many tank cars for haulage of oil from the area east of the mississippi sis sippi however ickes pointed out it is this area which is suffering from a decline in production and further diversion of its supplies necessarily essa rily will result in a further pinch in civilian consumption there CHINA press japs back seesaw see saw warfare in china continued with chinese forces recapturing a large section of on the yangtze river thus driving the japanese further out of the great rice bowl which they had threatened to overrun assisting the chinese in their successful counterattack was the american air force which has been established in the southeast of china under leadership of gen claire chennault the yanks have been concentrating on japanese locomotives freight trains and other heavy equipment which the enemy finds most difficult to replace japanese attacks near shanghai and were also checked with chinese troops regaining several important points at once famous treaty port on the Kwang tung tung coast HOGS flood market with principal markets flooded flooded with heavy receipts prices on hogs dropped and government and industry representatives appealed to farmers to restrict shipments although the government had promised to support prices for to pound pigs at 1375 hogs of this weight brought less as a result of the large receipts it was explained packers lacked the labor to handle such huge supplies prices for hogs over the pound weight sagged as the government made nd no commitment to prop returns at the 1375 mark the action was seen as a move to induce farm ers to market pigs at lighter weights to relieve the critical corn situation which continued to plague processors and manufacturers who said they would be compelled to seriously restrict operations unless further grain was forthcoming martinique asks for envoy declaring it sought to avert bloodshed the french caribbean island of martinique heretofore loyal to the vichy regime of marshal petain broadcast an appeal to the U S to send an envoy to discuss the islands association with the free french committee headed by generals giraud and De Martini ques action came after privation had reportedly beset the island following americas halt of food exports to it as evidence of displeasure over its political stand ARMY arms pro program t ram cut emphasis of war production on aircraft cargo ships and navy combat vessels has resulted in a reduction of the army ground supply program and delayed full equipment of its forces until 1944 gen brehon somervell declared because of the production drop somervell said the army has been compelled to ship equipment in camps to the fighting front not only does this affect the training of troops he remarked but it also tends to lower morale somervell said U S and british military chiefs had planned operations for 1943 predicated on a 95 billion dollar production program but the war production board stated the industrial output of this country could only approximate 75 billion dollars AIR AMBULANCE fly wounded sick or wounded allied soldiers have been flown from the african war theater brig gen david N W grant air surgeon of the army air forces revealed some days Lie general grant said as many as patients were moved three times the number that an ordinary hospital train can carry on a single trip in a further demonstration of how air transport had been utilized by the medical corps to afford immediate facilities to casualties general grant said allied airmen once flew a bed hospital from one sector of the african front to another declaring that the medical corps use of the airplane will be expanded general grant said that such transport not only increases efficiency in treatment but also serves as a stimulus to the wounded for a wounded man to know that he is soon to be in a sate safe friendly area clean and comfortable with all the skill and equipment of modern medicine at his side his will to recovery is much greater general grant said CHURCHILL must cooperate co operate the united states and great britain must continue to operate cooperate co in peace as well as in war to assure their security prime minister winston churchill declared in a speech in which he also predicted heavy fighting before the leaves of autumn fall stating that great britain sought no profit nor desired any aggrandizement diz ement from the war churchill chu added that it would accept no compromise rejoicing that may was the best month tor for the allies in the U boat warfare churchill revealed that 30 german submarines had been sunk in that month and new ships were being built at a rate of seven to every single loss H highlights I 1 G H L I 1 G H T S in the weeks news capt edward visited the russian front while on an official mission to moscow tor for the secretary of war MILK synthetic milk made of vegetable oils was pronounced an unsatisfactory substitute by the two government experts the artificial product failed to stimulate growth and development properly in feeding in tests BALLOONS A ring of barrage balloons protects new york city metropolitan area it was revealed when 34 of the sky barriers were tested lately king peter of go slavia in exile in london urged all factions of ns to unite in a national front against the axis he praised the guerrilla bands fighting with little equipment HOSIERY there will be little sheer hosiery available for women this winter manufacturers are predicting dic ting heavy rayon or cotton will have to substitute they blame OPA price ceilings A new alloy called nu lit lite e said to be 40 per cent lighter than aluminum and much stronger has been developed by an idaho metallurgist according to the wallace miner cornstarch corn refineries are facing shutdowns because of insufficient supply of corn executives of the industry warn only about 5 million bushels are believed to be available to processors for the year SERVICE A law making almost all adult men and women subject to wartime service wherever needed is being urged by rep wadsworth of new york 0 FISH forty eight species of fish are included in the OPA wholesale price ceilings recently placed on the fish industry top price for cod will be wt cents a pound WHEAT the loan rate on the 1943 wheat crop has been increased by one cent to a bushel the commodity credit corporation announces noun ces VICTORY victory may be tar far ahead in the opinion of secretary of the navy knox war may continue tor for three or four years more he stated PLANES american planes are technically superior to the japanese now gen Ash Ashi inari narl admitted in a radio address CORN fertilizing with manure and limestone increased the corn yield to bushels per acre at the experimental farm at aledo ill III WALLACE VS JONES renew feud war mobilization director james F byrnes efforts to patch up WS t feud between vice president he hen riga wallace and secretary of commerce jesse jones apparently had come to naught as the two ripped into each other once more cause of the controversy was wallaces aces charge that jones as reconstruction st ruction finance chairman had been niggardly and slow in advancing funds to wallaces board of economic warfare tor for the purchase and illy development of strategic material abroad jones struck back by stating that the BEW initiated only 5 per cent of the governments purchases wallace started the ball rolling again by stating that the two dis mutants had agreed to have the BEW warfare ask congress for separate funds to continue operations then he repeated his charges that jones g agency had been slow to act T BEW projects flaring up jones called wallaces statement dastardly and repeated his demands for foi a congressional investigation of the BEW BLOOD PLASMA the latest miracle of transfusion plasma has been described as the no I 1 agent in saving the lives of our american soldiers plasma is the liquid element in the blood in which the red and white cells float by adding salt of sodium citrate to fresh blood the blood remains and is allowed to stand for two or three days during which the cells settle and the plasma then is poured off 03 formerly it was necessary to type blood since it was discovered in 1900 that substances in certain bloods destroyed red corpus cles in other kinds plasma however removes these substances and makes use of the fluid general dried or frozen plasma can keep for weeks or months it can be shipped to any part of the world and used through the agency of the american red cross blood donors throughout the country are making plasma possible MINERS return 9 ickes pleads despite the plea of secretary of interior harold ickes to return to work about miners remained idle most seriously affected were the steel companies coal fields in pennsylvania De declaring clarini the miners wage demands were among many received in washington ickes said it was necessary for particular groups to submerge their personal considerations for the general welfare he then asked the miners to return to the pits on the eve of the greatest military operation in hastoy history f more than other mined mine 19 wj were back at their jobs following their unions decision to return to work only if the government maintained control of the mines although granted a wage concession amounting to 20 cents a day it was expected that the miners might press efforts to obtain compensation for travel to and from their working stations finis since its beginning in 1935 the oft times was charged with squander but when the time came for going out of existence the agency returned in unexpended funds and materials to the government officials say that the records r J show that spent 1012 belll biais dollars and employed more than eight million persons only a small staff was left behind for liquidation ne released leased by western newspaper News papel union |