Show weekly news analysis italy italis s industrial belt feels weight of allied bombing attacks EDIT EDITORS ORtS NOTE opinions a u expressed in ia these columns they its are those of western newspaper union news analysts jad and not necessarily of this newspaper ITALY toe and thigh As the bulk of the german forces streamed across messina straits from sicily to the big toe of the italian boot allied bombers struck at italis industrial belt high on the thigh of the leg like peninsula As the final curtain was being drawn on the sicilian campaign suicidal german rearguards rear guards planted themselves in the craggy islands island Is hill tops and mountain sides and with mth mortar and machine gun fought ar 1 1 41 S wr A 4 entering palermo with american troops private joseph mole of jamestown N Y found a 14 month old abandoned waif named josephine seen in his arms relief authorities took over her care allied advances fiercely as the bulk of their forces were evacuated with their equipment in those last hours the german rearguards rear guards position became more precarious as daring units from gen george S pattons Pat tons american ath army landed behind their lines and aided by naval batteries and dive bombers slashed their way through bayonets to firmly entrench themselves on shore despite heavy antiaircraft anti aircraft fire which was said to have thrown up a wall of steel waves of allied bombers hit the important industrial center of milan terrific detona eions could be heard on the swiss border miles away as the bombers pushed their way through the flak to drop their incendiaries and block busters austers bu DRAFT Induct induction inductivo io n order now that selective service officials have authorized the drafting of fathers october 1 plans have been drawn for induction according to the importance of a mans occupation under the new plan a new classification fi known as super eligibility would be created under which certain skilled jobs in direct war production would place the employee last in the draft list the plan also would extend the list of nonessential non tion essential jobs holders of vach would be eligible tor for immedi oae call regardless of number of children in this case such men would be given the opportunity to twitch switch to more essential industry industries les thus those in nonessential non essential occupations cupat ions would be called first be tore fore essential and super eligible employees about fathers are to be drafted this year accord ing to estimates ALLIED MEETING politics and war with allied forces at the gates of the european fortress with marshal pietro military government of italy reportedly receptive to peace terms and with russia having indicated willingness to negotiate with a democratic germany purged of Nazli sm prime minister winston churchill and president franklin D roosevelt came together for their sixth personal meeting of the war flying to the north american continent with churchill was a staff of military and naval chieftains and joining them tor for discussion were ranking U V S army and navy officers the combination of these staffs indicated further operations of joint character such as those in north africa and sicily where the services of the two nations teamed for effective action As churchill and roosevelt met russia threw a bombshell into the diplomatic picture by declaring that premier joseph stalin had not been invited to the conference and therefore neither he nor an accredited soviet representative would attend dussias Rus sias diplomatic jockeying to share in the dominion of europe after the war will be one of the allied leaders chief considerations MINERS test strike law seven weeks after passage of the smith connally antistrike anti strike bill 30 coal miners including officials of various united mine workers locals stepped into federal court and asked that the case be thrown out on constitutional grounds th the e miners counsel declared that the antistrike anti strike law was in opposition to the first amendment of the constitution ution guaranteeing freedom of speech and the amendment to the constitution against involuntary servitude the motions to quash the case also contended that the governments seizure of the coal mines was illegal since it was said the authority to take possession and the executive order of the president was sanctioned neither by the constitution of the united states nor by any act of congress GAS ration change reduction in the gas ration in the midwest and southwest was planned by the office of price administration following petroleum Petra leum administrator harold L ickes report of a critical ell fuel shortage formerly rationing e had been imposed in the area to limit driving and conserve tires according to the plan A B and C harold ickes coupons p will be cut from tour four to three gallons many holders of C cards will find their gas allowances trimmed from a maximum of miles per month to preferred motorists like doctors ministers and certain war workers will continue to receive unlimited supplies according to need it was said increased movement of oil to the east through the newly completed big inch pipe line would draw from th we e affected areas supplies contributing to any reduction in th gas ration there BUSINESS biggest merger originally incorporated in new york state in 1851 the western union telegraph company with a capital of almost immediately established a policy of purchasing people in the news on march 8 1912 1942 wiley M crops creps of chicago was killed in action in the north atlantic just recently his father revealed that creps was only 15 years old having altered the date on his birth certificate to enter the service 0 0 seventeen year old richard lajeskie of passaic Pas N is got oft off to a good start in the baseball world the new york giants paid Y e from left to right dick LaJe sid mel biel ott and mr dir charles lajeski the youthful shortstop to sign a contract then shipped him to jersey city in the international league for seasoning 0 0 after 67 year old frank A wil halml tacoma wash paper executive had bad sunk an eight foot putt in a golf match he be swung his arms over his head bead in joy then he dropped dead of a heart attack or consolidating with less formidable competitors biggest step in the policy loomed recently when stockholders of the postal telegraph company voted to merge with western union now ow more than a enterprise worldwide world wide in operation the proposed merger has been sanctioned by the army navy congress and the department of commerce final authorization lies with the federal communications commission to western unions employees would be added portals Po by act of congress western union would be compelled to keep employees hired on or before march 1 1941 for a period equalling that of their former employment but in any case not to exceed four years A total of shares of no par value would be issued agriculture below 42 total production of the five leading grain crops was set at bushels tor for 1943 less than harvested last year on the basis of estimates of the department of agriculture SPORT OF KINGS t A group of 54 thoroughbred yearlings yearnings year lings ot of such famous racing sires as blenheim il II and sir galahad III sold at an average price ot of at the lexington ky sales 0 0 STAR while flying over europe to take pictures for the aircraft gunnery school dark clark gables plane was hit 15 times but returned to base LABOR the executive council of the rejected CIO proposals tor for the formation of a united political front for the coming political campaigns the first of a new type of mercy or ambulance airplanes has rolled off a st charles IU ill assembly line WHEAT four senators on tour have protested against the united states north african economic because of favorable growing conditions in july the department looked tor for a corn crop of bushels against last years harvest of a wheat crop of against an oats crop of against a barley crop of against and a rye crop of against combined production of the tour four feed grains corn oats rye and barley was estimated at tons below last years yield soybean harvest was set at bushels the department said present conditions indicate a fruit supply 11 per cent under 1942 but 7 per cent above the 10 year average e commercial truck crops were in good shape milk milk production held close to last years level and egg output was vas at a peak except in the west TRAFFIC DEATHS high toll while vaille americans lost their lives in combat since pearl harbor persons were killed in traffic accidents in the U S according to robert raleigh acting director of the international association 0 of f chiefs of police in addition 1400 have been injured of them permanently As trained policemen enter service supervision of traffic becomes more difficult raleigh said congestion around war plants Is another cause of accidents he added LABOR shun lewis big burly john L lewis found the road back to the american federation of labor pl from which he once bolted to form the CIO blocked headed by 7 N president william green 5 I 1 41 the unions executive committee official officially ily refused to accept the united mine william green workers application for re entrance instead the council said that the matter would be referred to the annual convention in rejecting lewis application the council showed no disposition to bargain with him whereas lewis had insisted that the be b accepted as presently composed the council called for dissolution of district 50 which has been unionizing various branches of labor jabor otherwise the council said district activities might inter fere with established unions H highlights in the weeks news boards plans plan gor or purchasing the surplus of the north african wheat crop at 29 per cent above american prices DOCTORS medical schools choals have speeded up their courses by condensing tour four years work into three nearly doctors a year are being graduated by the 66 approved schools 0 0 0 LIVING COSTS cost of living in cities declined about 1 per cent in july principally because of a 2 per cent drop in food prices according to frances perkins secretary of labor BARGES the mississippi valley ilarae line company of st louis has asked the interstate commerce commission for permission to lease all the boats and barges of the campbell transportation company of pittsburgh the campbell company has six tugboats tug boats and 94 barges PACIFIC hit both ends while american troops hemmed in the last surviving band ol of jt JS nese on new georgia island iff if liev solomons U S airmen lifted tt their relis liberator bombers off of the aleutian runways and headed them lor for the northernmost northern most chain of islands of the japanese empire As the liberators rumbled over these islands known as the auriles Ku riles 40 enemy fighter planes rose up in defense but the americans opened their bomb bays and death and destruction st tumbled on the designated target areas two liberators were shot down but the others swung their noses homeward to complete the 1000 mile trek bad weather made the jungle on new georgia a stew but nevertie 0 77 4 4 A A 4 A latest addition to the Us S fleet is this new aircraft carrier bataan less U S doughboys Dough boys slogged clogged through the mire to complete encirclement cir of the remnants of the japanese force on the northwest coast of the island TAXES v who pays of the total of 22 billion dollars collected by the Us S treasury tor for the fiscal year 1943 which ended june 30 the states of new york and illinois contributed almost 28 per cent the treas figure showed that the people in eight highly industrialized states paid 59 per cent of the governments total revenue besides new york and illinois these states were connecticut massachusetts new jersey pennsylvania ohio and michigan by contrast the treasury said north and south dakota each with a small population paid about 08 of the total revenue of the revenue collected more than 10 billion dollars was in 0 form of individual and eor corporate J income taxes nl RUSSIA fighting unsurpassed dussias Rus sias re surging manpower rolled like a tidal wave over the endless russian hesslan plains and germa nys stubborn armies gave under the weight to the north the reds drove on sk from two sides leaving the nazis a mile gap in which to retreat along the corridor napoleon bonaparte used over a hundred jears years ago to pull his ragged and beaten army out of the country to the south the reds bore down on kharlov Khar kov like they bore down on orel from three fronts the north east and south possessed with no natural fortifications battered burghD ahr i kov once the mighty Pittsburgh pit ts feS of russia lay exposed on the barren plains to the reds massed fire power and troops hv by MM nr is n nor ar |