Show weekly news analysis allies jolt nazi grip in FA france rance reds carry war to german soil EDITORS NOTZ iaia opinions jr art expressed in ia these columns colum s tiff they tin arm those of 0 western newspaper union news B analysts fad and not necessarily of this newspaper FRANCE form pincer with allied forces everywhere on the move the nazi hold on france loosened and german troops fell back to escape the death traps that lightning U S armored thrusts were forging or ging in the north U S columns that drove on paris threw out a long arm around the left flank of the german army that wriggled out of the falaise argentan argenian pocket in normandy threatening the retreating enemy with still another entrapment while these U S columns under leadership of gen george S patton pressed the germans around paris british and canadian forces hammered at the enemy in the region extending to the english channel to the north pushing him back on a continuous front swift allied advances in the north were matched by equally successful gains in the i new invasion area of southern france where liberation alz troops spearheaded spear headed by maj gen alexander M patcha american seventh army thrust far inland 0 before encountering stiffening enemy opposition in maj gen the mountainous A da M patch country As the regular army formations drove inland they joined hands with scores of paratroopers who had been dropped far back of the beachhead areas to sever enemy communication lines and hamper his forward movements to the fighting zones As was the case in normandy many czechs czecho poles and russians were included in the german units which manned the coastal defenses and as the fighting raged further inland from toulon to nice the allies bucked up against a better caliber of enemy troops encouraged by the allied successes the french underground intensified fied their sabotage of nazi communications and installations EASTERN FRONT enter prussia in the face of heavy nazi resistance and repeated counter attacks supported up ported by rocket fire russian troops under 36 year old gen ivan crossed the east prussian border to carry a war to german soil for the first time in 30 years As the germans savagely countered the russian invasion of east prussia with continuing counter attacks the nazis were reportedly throwing fresh reserves into the battle from Himm lers home guard on other sectors of the 1000 mile front german resistance was equally bitter with the nazis yielding ground grudgingly in the baltic states and employing tank and in infantry forces to slow the red drive on warsaw to the south the enemy also brought his mechanized units into counterattack to impede the russian advance on the central german border 75 miles away from the front CIVILIAN GOODS step although the war production board has allowed the use of surplus labor and factory facilities in the manufacture of civilian goods no appreciable increase in the output of such material can be looked forward to until germany is defeated when it should jump 39 per cent to prewar levels czar aza donald nelson declared CALAI BREST RUSSEL HAVRE C ROUEN NETH VANNE PARIS st NAZA LE manir I 1 TOURS NANCY to ROCH LLE F ANC strasbourg DIJON LIMOGES BORDEA X VICHY SWI rz LYON garonno R GRENOBLE 0 aw TOULOUSE AV ITALY SPAIN NICE TOULON 5 E N with landings landing in southern toul hern france and sweeping advances in the north the allies are forming a huge pincers to squeeze german forces in that tha country as arrows in picture show order permitting limited manufacture of civilian goods constituted the fourth and final step in its program for gradual previous provisions allowing use of aluminum and magnesium construction of postwar working models of products and immediate ordering of machine tools under the latest ruling manufacturers able to employ surplus labor will receive priority assistance si for p producing cing such items as electric ranges heating stoves pails and buckets electric flat irons farm machinery except tractors and water storage tanks for agricultural use SOLDIER READING ease restrictions irked by the ardys interpretation of the political propaganda ban in the soldiers voting law which resulted in exclusion of much popular reading matter in military camps the senate moved to ease the tight administration of this provision of the act originally the law stipulated that no newspapers magazines motion pictures or literature paid for or sponsored by the government and containing political propaganda could be distributed to the armed forces much of the trouble lay in the ardys rigid interpretation of the word sponsored which it took to mean permitting the sale of popular reading matter containing political material at service posts or use of company funds to subscribe to newspapers WHEAT perennial brand agricultural pioneers even back to the days of the czars azars when they developed artificial insemination at royal stables the russians claim to have developed an edible perennial wheat with a gluten content of 60 per cent according to the soviets ace agronomist prof N V Tsi tsin the perennial evolved from cross pollination of wild grasses of the rum family with wheat produced satisfactory initial harvests with real tests to come next season although plant breeders bleeders bre eders in the U S have long worked on development of a perennial wheat they have met little practical success thus far with one hybrid composed of wild grasses and the grain lacking regular qua litie tieu DROUTH crops periled perilea with only half a month of the june august summer season remaining ma ining the ohio valley anxiously hoped that showers east of the mississippi sis sippi would develop into substantial rainfalls rain falls and break a two and a halt half month drouth during which tennessee had only about 45 per cent normal precipitation illinois 50 per cent indiana 52 per cent kentucky 44 per cent and ohio 61 per cent besides inflicting damage ranging from 10 to 70 per cent on corn crops in some areas and threatening soybeans and gardens the heat and drouth seared pasturage compelling farmers to dip into dwindling feed supplies and inducing many to hold back on purchases of stockers for future fattening although the ohio valley remained hardest hit by the drouth continued dry weather threatened crops and pasturage in a wide region including the north atlantic coast area the northwest and texas and oklahoma COTTON seek parity in an effort to raise cotton prices to parity which is from 6 to 8 per bale above 1944 loan rates sen john H bankhead ala urged growers to keep the commodity off the market senator Bank heads action came in the midst of his conferences with government officials and cotton manufacturers over elevation of the price level in conformance contor mance with his congressional act calling tor for attainment tain ment of parity of agricultural crops during the conferences senator bankhead said it was agreed that early OPA revision of textile prices to reflect parity would help boost the market As a last resort he said to per cent parity loans were considered demobilization study discharges the all important but complicated problem of how to release servicemen and women from the armed forces after the war is receiving the consideration of both president roosevelt and the high command it was reported under a reported proposal personnel would be discharged under a point system with so many points granted for service abroad length of service and number of campaigns and marital status and dependency personnel with the largest number of points would be the first released at the same time the president was said to be considering use of some camps and training facilities in this country tor for vocational study and rehabilitation of vets and modernization of others tor for future defense forces el highlights IGEI LIGHTS in n the weeks news RADIO PICTURES A british radio and television expert recently disclosed plans to set up wireless photo telegraphy stations that can flash complete typewritten or printed pages at the rate of 25 pages per second at present the rate of transmission is six minutes for one page or picture it is possible to speed up photo telegraphy as much as times the inventor states 0 4 ALUMINUM COAL CART CAR the substitution of aluminum for steel in coal car construction reduces the weight by about 18 per cent the burlington railroad finds A conventional steel hopper car was rebuilt with aluminum replacing steel wherever possible the car which originally weighed pounds empty now weighs only pounds a decrease of pounds or practically four tons this means that four more tons of coal can be hauled per car without any additional power it was pointed out e 4 handicapped one out of every six persons in the country is handicapped physically in some degree according to a preliminary investigation vesti gation undertaken by a house subcommittee considering a federal aid bill about three million persons are so crippled that they are handicapped that is confined to bed or wheel chairs and are not considered capable of being rehabilitated WANTED CHEWING GUM A burglar who broke into a filling s station ta in new haven conn took gasoline coupons lor for gallons and then set to work to get what he really wanted chewing gum he smashed a vending machine grabbed sticks of gum and hastened away he ignored the pennies in the machine and the money in the cash register 0 0 0 FARM LABOR the labor force on farms is the smallest in 10 years reports the department of agriculture figures are for july 1 despite the shortage of help the department comments there has been little loss of crops A survey showed that the number of hired farm workers on july 1 was 9 per cent below that of a year previous while the number of unpaid family workers remained about the same an important factor in saving the produce has been the assistance of thousands of people who are not farmers by trade 4 WISCONSIN LEANS TO GOP almost 70 per cent of the total primary vote cast in wisconsin went to the republican aide the progressive party once the power in the state in the days of the lafollette has declined to a point where it barely commands enough votes to stay on the ballot gov walter S goodland was nominated to succeed himself as was senator wiley PACIFIC step up bombing with U S bombers operating west vest of new guinea and pounding the shipping plying beyond the philippines and celebes islands the position of japanese troops trapped within american lines in the south pacific continued to deteriorate As U S bombers co ed guisep range to the west of new guint lin fc other U S aircraft hammered at japanese bastions in the bonin islands guarding the southern approaches pro aches to the nipponese homeland miles away while U S bombers continued their softening up campaign of the strategic island defense system american ground forced dug into newly won positions in the marianas mariakas Mari anas adm chester nimitz declared that it might not be necessary to invade japan to win a lasting peace DONT n BITE heat affects fish the long heat wave that has blanketed most of the nation has a h fectea game fish particularly in W northern resort states of Wis wisconsin consiL michigan and minnesota it seems the heat makes fish dull and loggy and listless about eating fish tend to sink to the dee deepest pest and coolest holes in their lake or river and stay there until cooler weather returns the only way to catch anything in hot weather is to work the deep pools with live bait old timers declare EGGS stocks the war food administration holds a huge stock of eggs purchased at a cost of between and million dollars to maintain prices at 90 per cent of parity col ralph olmstead of testified before a senate committee that some five million cases have been bought including some quantities for lend lease shipments colonel olmstead stated that ta was uncertain what disposition would be maae made of the eggs although he be said that probably a large part can be sent to britain and liberated countries in a dried state he estimated that net loss to the government might be only about 10 million dollars released by western newspaper unton union |