Show weekly news an ulysis germany admits grave situation as allies continue contina e to adv advance a nce EDITORS NOTE opinions are expressed in these columns they lie are those of nf western newspaper union sews news analysts and sot not necessarily of this his t newspaper SECOND FRONT hedgerow battle beautiful in peace treacherous in war the hedge rowed fields checkering normandus Nor mandys picturesque countryside were the scene of some of the bitterest fighting of world war II 11 with desperate nazis using them to conceal their rifles machine guns and artillery to impede the relentless advance of the american doughboys dough boys farther to the east gen bernard L british and canadian forces girded for a large scale assault against js strong trong concentta shortly after he had told his son capt quentin ju entin roosevelt Rooseve ltv that the old machine is pretty well worn out 56 year old brig gen theodore roosevelt jr son of the immortal teddy quietly succumbed to a heart attack in an army tent on the normandy battlefront where lie he had bad been assistant commanding general of the ath infantry division eions of german armor in the plains below caen while e nemy enemy units continued to jab into int 0 their flanks to unsettle their positions As the allies edged forward in northern france and received a continuing c on stream of reinforcements some allegedly direct from the U S american and british aviators were swooping down on german communications lines in efforts to disrupt the flow of enemy reserves and supplies to the flaming front german soil no longer able to maneuver freely on the vast spaces of russia and with its back to its own homeland the german army on the northern sector of the eastern front found itself confronted with the problem 0 of f being forced to stand up and fight or allow the russian troops to carry the war into their own country As the russian army became the first allied force to approach the threshold of germany bitter fighting continued to rage before the gothic line in northern italy where the nazis again took advantage of the high mountain country to slow up the fifth and eighth armies advance to the rich agricultural and industrial regions beyond As the germans tell fell back toward their east prussian border in the north german propagandists made no bones about the critical situation declaring that the time had come for the complete industrial and military mobilization of every man in the reich capable of working or bearing arms PACIFIC spotlight shifts the spotlight in the ever widening pacific warfare shifted back to northern new guinea where desperate japanese sandwiched between U S beachheads bach heads all along the coast repeatedly attempted to break through the iron ring being forged around them iri in the islands farther to the north U S warships and planes continued to pepper the important stepping stories stones to the japanese mainland with guam below captured saifan the major target despite the ferocity of their attacks in new guinea the position of the japanese forces was hopeless with yanks occupying large patches all along the miles of coastline to their west and other allied forces firmly entrenched to their east U 41 V AM R A france surprised by sniper while on patrol U S doughboys Dough boyi boys make for ditch and prepare to return enemy fire DIPLOMACY good neighbors provision of american transportation facilities for movement of goods to mexico a and n d close economic cooperation between the two countries in peace as well as war dominated the formal discussions of U S secretary of state cordell hull and mexican foreign minister ezequiel padilla not only did the U S promise to secretary hull helps hold up the mexican economy by maintaining the shipment of goods to the good neighbor but it also agreed to furnish technicians and equipment for bolstering the count rys own sagging railway system basing their discussions on a program drawn up by a U S mexican commission created as an outgrowth of president Roosevel ts visit with president camacho in 1943 hull and padilla announced that the two governments agreed to discourage trade barriers which may unduly interfere with the economic development of mexico and trade between the two countries oil parley organization of an international administrative agency to provide orderly marketing and development of world oil resources will be the principal topic of discussion of a formal oil conference between the U S and britain T the h e conference promises to be of particular interest in the U S with depletion of american reserves as a lord result of record war beaverbrook Beaver brook time production for the supply of the major bulk of allied needs and with the projected construction of a private pipeline pipe line across arabia to the mediterranean with U S government funds the conference will follow technical discussions between petroleum experts of the two countries with secretary of state cordell hull and lord beaverbrook Beaver brook being in charge of the U S and british delegations DRAFT depends on war future induction of the over 30 group depends entirely upon the course of the war selective service director lewis hershey declared in discussing present draft policies calling for the induction of all possible able bodied men under 26 and all men between 26 and 29 not necessary to an essential industry in revealing that there were 4 selective service f bials told a congressional subcommittee that one third of the U 6 S population was physically or mentally unfit and recommended a program of public clinics tied in with private doctors to improve c vilian civilian health in commenting on draft policies hershey said that unless the military situation should take unforeseen turns maintenance of the size of the present army would continue to determine induction calls U S SECURITY urge preparedness maintenance of a strong U S air force in the postwar era to assure national security and help preserve peace was advocated by the war and navy departments bea before ore a congressional subcommittee studying demobilization and legislation to provide for the development of a strong air force and as a means for increasing production in an emergency the officials also called for government retention of its rights on eight huge bomber plants and preservation of a strong aircraft manufacturing industry U S defense industry must be maintained in the future on the assumption that this country will not again be given a long period of time to convert to war production undersecretary of war robert patterson said agriculture bumper crops overcoming machinery and manpower difficulties U S farmers are expected to turn in bumper crops in in 1944 the department of agriculture reported with the wheat harvest anticipated at an all time high of bushels over the former top of 1915 prospects were reported good for au all grains with the corn crop expected to ampro approximate dimate the fifth largest in U S history although near record harvests were predicted for hay fruits vegetables and soybeans and a 20 per cent increase in truck produce for the fresh market is anticipated the department looks for smaller dry beans and peas peanuts and potato crops harv harvested e sted acreage wa was s set at acres for the 52 principal crops largest since 1932 and 2 per cent over last year unloading trouble latest problem to arise as a result of the manpower complications resulting from the war is thle unloading of grain cars at wheat ma markets with permits needed for shipments from 11 points in the s southwest with no less than bushels of wheat sta standing anding in OX kansas ansas oklahoma and texas because of the unloading situations situation it was predicted that about six months would be required to move the crops from these s tates states and colorado instead of the usual 60 to 90 days large crops and insufficient rail cars were said to be contributing factors to the terminal crisis but except for bad weather there is no threat of grain spoiling in the fields population big shifts As a result of military and civilian migrations in the U S between 1940 and 1943 the south and west gained more than innab inhabitants stants while the north central and northeastern states lost approximately twenty per cent increases were e noted for arizona florida nevada and california with the latter state alone with its great shipbuilding and aircraft industries showing a boost of montana north dakota and south dakota lost more than 10 per cent of their populations but new york showed the greatest numerical decrease with H I 1 G H L I 1 G H T S in the weeks news BUSTLES something faintly resembling sem bling the old fashioned bustle has made its appearance in the new york fashion shows its only a little bulge its true sometimes in the torm form of a stiff bow sometimes a series of fishtail ruffles in the center of the back but its a legitimate descendant ant of grandmothers day so tar far it has only appeared on afternoon gowns and cocktail suits but the possibilities area are enormous MANGANESE the largest open pit deposit of good grade manganese ore available in the united states is the three kids mine near las vegas nev recent geological explorations pl orations show the mine is not yet in full production as the refining in full production as the refining plant being erected by the defense corporation is not complete INFANTILE PARALYSIS an outbreak of infantile paralysis has struck N carolina and kentucky particularly in the piedmont regions more than cases of the disease have been reported there have been 13 deaths so far in N carolina and four in kentucky all southern states are taking vigorous measures to combat the threatened epidemic although only a few more cases than normal have been found excepting in the two states the red cross has assigned nurses to the emergency centers at charlotte and hickory N C 0 0 0 COCOA the tight situation will soon be relieved by the arrival of bags of cocoa beans from africa the new brazilian crop will soon be coming in dealers say recently manufacturers of cocoa products have had to reduce their grind to 70 per cent of the 1941 base quantity for civilian use but they can now go on a full schedule again because of the new receipts HOUND DOG after 10 days of toil 40 men and boys of the ozark hill country succeeded in freeing a coon hound who had been trapped in a cave it was necessary to cut a tunnel through a limestone blurt bluff to reach the animal who came to grief while hunting near lesterville westerville Lest erville mo he was 10 years old FOURTH TERM TERAI willing one week before the democratic national convention met in chicago franklin D roosevelt looking cool in his seersucker pants and white shirt but wriggling nervously told a gathering of quiet newspapermen that if the people of the U S decreed he would be willing t to serve a fourth term as president tat with the objective being a speedy end to ane war a P durable peace and the creation of a prosperous economy F D R said that he would have to accept a fourth term as a good soldier it if the people again called upon him to remain at the helm of state F D R s announcement was front page news the world over with both british and russian papers playing it up without comment the german radio disclaimed interest saying one is convinced here in berlin that military and political issues which are now now at stake are not to be influenced by this or that president of the united states POTATO PRICES advance in few states 7 prices on the 1944 irish potato potato crop will be the same as during 1943 month by month with the exception of five states in these five there will be increases for the second half of july the OPA announces noun ces effective july 15 the fob shipping point price will be in creased 20 cents a hundredweight in nebraska and 30 cents in kansas maryland north carolina and virginia the advance was granted because of a lowered yield TURKEYS for servicemen so that servicemen will be assured of plenty of turkeys for thanksgiving christmas and new years the war food administration has ordered that all birds produced produce D and marketed within 24 states and ancl parts of three others shall be reserved for army and navy purchasing agents until the necessary quantity is obtained last year supply services bought and it is expected that this year they will want even more to satisfy festive doughboy appetites released by western newspaper union |