| Show weekly news analysis motorized columns spearhead advance budget tops 98 billion EDITORS NOTE when opinions vi ara expressed in these columns they ire are those of western newspaper union news new a analysts and not necessarily of this his t newspaper EUROPE drive on smashing through weak disorganized german resistance U S forces bursting out ot of normandy plowed into brittany with powerful motorized columns driving on the big seaport of brest and the nazi submarine base of st nazaire while gen omar Br bradley adleys s U S forces put the foe to route in the west british troops smashed forward in the central and eastern sector of the front against stronger german resistance with the enemy seeking to retard the advance with continual armored counterattacks counter attacks with prisoners streaming to the allied rear the bag was over since D day disembarkation point for dough boys during world war I 1 and second largest port in france brest along with cherbourg Cher bourg would give the allies important terminals for the convenient supply of their armies after repair of the nazis extensive demolitions to facilities the once proud polish capital of warsaw became a flaming battleground for the second time during dur ing the war as russian forces battered through its eastern environs on the central sector of the eastern front on the northern end of the front the reds strove to seal an estimated german troops cut oft off in the baltic states from other nazi units sorely pressed around east prussia by russian forces under command of 36 year old gen ivan chernia kiovsky khov sky with the russians gen chernia only about miles kiovsky from central germany on the southern end of the front the nazis were putting up a stand behind the vistula river while hungarian and rumanian troops guarded the mountainous gateways to the balkans in northern italy allied forces girded for a full scale assault upon the vaunted gothic line with their advance on the new fortification fi system hewn in the mountainous terrain slowed by the foes stubborn stand before the art center of florence production boost needed because of an upward revision in the requirements of heavy artillery and ammunition transport equipment aerial bombs and communications equipment U S armament production must be speeded up by 24 per cent by october gen brehon somervell of the army service forces declared revealing that manpower shortages were the principal deterrents to increased production general somervell said that contributing factors to the tight situation were absenteeism a search for peacetime jobs and the unpleasantness and lower pay for work in such critical heavy industries as forgings forg ings and castings As allied lines lengthened and the pace of battle stepped up requiring longer columns of transport and more and more munitions the need tor for trucks shells bullets etc will continue to rise general somervell said demanding stepped up output said the general we have our choice we can expend more heavy ammunition in more big guns or we cali can expend more lives 4 1 v 2 W 2 49 g 3 va france with comrades covering their advance with gunfire U S infantrymen sprint print down village street in normandy to new positions PACIFIC deadly enemy pocketed by closing american pincers on all of the south pacific fronts japanese soldiers were desperately pera tely fighting to the last with U S troops literally advancing over their dead bodies following the heavy enemy loss on saifan no less than enemy dead were counted in the fighting on guam with japanese units still resisting while fell on tinian finian with scattered bands directing sniper fire from caves and dugouts dug outs to the south along the northern new guinea coast where a succession of U S landings between enemy forces cut them off from one another fierce japanese efforts to hack their way out of the steel trap were countered by heavy american resistance ROBOTS damage reported over persons killed seriously injured and many more only slightly hurt houses totally destroyed and damaged to varying degrees that was the toll taken by the germans robot bombs during a seven week period prime minister churchill said churchill revealed the extent of the robot damage during a speech in which he declared that the shape of military events throughout the whole perimeter of hillers Hit lers fortress europe indicated a possible early victory with continuing american successes in the pacific also raising hopes for a shortened war against japan although admitting the severe damage from the robots churchill said that the shower of buzz bombs would not crack british morale adding there is no question of diverting our strength from the extreme prosecution of the war or allowing this particular infliction to weaken in any way our energetic support of our allies BIG BROTHERS business epic more than 40 years ago two of the fisher boys from norwalk ohio came up to detroit mich to take a job with the wilson body company several years later they started up a business of their own bringing their tour four younger brothers in with them as they grew up building their business on the belief that people preferred closed auto bodies the six fisher brothers developed the famous body company bearing their name over which general motors corporation took control in 1919 sticking with the company they helped make body by fisher a byword in the auto trade until last week when the last four brothers remaining with the firm resigned from active service wealthy in their own right with numerous investments in which a seventh brother Is is interested the fishers may again reenter the manufacturing field independently it was rumored practical body builders themselves it was their honesty in passing production savings on to an early auto manufacturer which inspired his friendship and gave them their first big boost years ago STRIKE philly tied up production of radar heavy artillery bombs and other ordnance was seriously hampered in philadelphia when I 1 transport transportation atlon lines running to the surrounding war plants were paralyzed by a strike of bus trolley and subway operators over the hiring of negro drivers adding to the transportation tie up which was only partially relieved by OPAs increase in gas rations to permit use of automobiles were scores of clashes between whites and negroes flaring throughout the whole city and accompanied by extensive damage to property and looting although the army took over operation of the lines upon GIVE EM AIR firemen are credited with saving the lives of thousands of fish pickerel black bass catfish and other varieties that were slowly suffocating in the north farms reservoir near wallingford conn the firemen pumped part of the water from the pond and then sprayed it back thereby aerating it this job took two days only 10 per cent of the fish have died ROADS unless highways throughout the nation are repaired and improved there will be a startling upturn in automobile accidents as soon as peacetime conditions return the national safety council warns the huge number of old machines that will be on the roads as soon as gasoline and tire rationing are lifted will constitute a menace of fearful proportions added to these will be a constantly increasing number of fast new cars that will be purchased with war bond money in 1941 the last peace year there were almost fatal accidents NEW FIGHTER A new army fighter plane the P 63 King cobra has just been announced by the army air forces the King cobra will replace the P 39 Aira Alra cobra the major improvements contained in the King cobra are 50 per cent greater range a ceiling of feet and a dent Roosevel ts orders to carry workers to their vital jobs drivers persisted in striking unless the company discontinued its newly established practice of hiring negroes U US S BUDGET near billion figuring on germanys germanas Germ anys defeat before next summer but a longer war against japan budget director harold D smith estimated U S expenditures of 98 billion dolls dollars ars during the fiscal year ending next june 30 of the total of 98 billion dollars about 89 billion will be for the war smith said with possible increases in the event that the european conflict is prolonged requiring a greater output of munitions with receipts estimated at 45 billion dollars there will be a deficit of over 52 billion smith predicted with the national debt rising to over billion dollars DRAFT tighten inductions although selective service reaffirmed its present policy of concentrating cent rating on the induction of men under 26 draft director lewis B hershey prodded local boards into calling all men over that age not engaged in an essential occupation at the same time director hershey r instructed authorities to clean up the reclassification of all men over 26 in essential industry from fr am IA I 1 A only leaving non in that group originally selective services policy of concentrating on induction of men under 26 permitted postponement e of the drafting of all men over 26 regardless of the status of their occupation BABY SERUM doubly effective A method of immunizing infants against diphtheria and whooping cough by a single injection of serum has been developed by three doctors connected with the evanston ill health department the physicians mixed diphtheria and whooping cough vaccine and injected infants over a five year period with a high degree of success doses were given at three week intervals and one week intervals the longer period gave more satisfactory results highlights in the weeks news top speed of nearly miles per hour it is powered by a V 12 liquid cooled allison engine of 1500 horsepower armament consists of a cannon shooting through the propeller hub and an undisclosed number of machine guns changes in wing design have aided performance EGGS production of eggs will be considerably lower in the second half of the year than in the first the department of agriculture estimates civilian supplies will not be affected it was added because of the record stocks in storage chickens will become less plentiful in the months ahead the department went on and turkeys will be scarce because of military demands ANOTHER SECRET WEAPON the german air force has put another secret weapon into action a sort of super glider bomb the glider is an old junkers 88 bomber stripped of all armament and armor and loaded with four tons of explosives A Messer schmitt fighter is attached above the junkers pick aback a back fashion the pilot of the Messer schmitt who is the only man on both planes controls the junkers the planes rise together all three engines pulling when over his objective jec tive pilot sets the junkers controls for a dive releasing it DIPLOMACY swing to allies with the allies battering in german defenses throughout europe neutral turkey with one eye closely cocked on the impending peace table took another step toward the united nations ranks by breaking off political and economic relations with the nazis meanwhile little finland afo i M 0 to reassert her independence min marshal baron von mannerheimo Man assuming sumin 9 the presidency from risto who had bound the country to a finish fight against russia by ger banys side with the nazis reported to be pulling troops out of finland there was talk of peace negotiations tiati ons with moscow with the reds demanding restoration of the 1940 border with allied victories in europe consolidating their position in the near east turkey sought to gain their favor by breaking with germany but not before it had obtained promises of military assistance in the event that the nazis should attack the country in dedham mass a 64 year old attorney woodbury rand left for the care of his pet tomcat buster constant companion of the millionaire lawyer during his last illness not only did rand leave 60 to the cat and to a Q housekeeper for its care but he also provided that his radio sweaters blankets three electric fans and favorite chair should be used if they would contribute to busters austers Bu comfort because of their contemptuous attitude and cruelty toward the cat rand cancelled in bequests bequest to nine cousins FARM LOANS aids A ids tenants A fund of has been allocated by congress to be lent to tenant farmers to purchase farm land the loans will be handled by the farm security administration under terms of the jones bankhead farm tenant act the war food administration estimated that t ta 1 fund should be sufficient to h N 2700 tenants to become owners largest state quota of the fund went to texas which will be allowed to lend up to mississippi comes next with illinois iowa and missouri were granted about half a million dollars each released by western newspaper unum unlue |
