| Show weekly news analysis nazi armies fall back in france hillers Hit lers hold on balkans shaken EDITORS NOTE when opinions ere r expressed in these columns they ui are those of western newspaper baioa un a vows sews analysts md and not of this newspaper EUROPE na nazis is pull back As fast moving allied forces pushed the nazis back throughout all of france german spokesmen hinted that hillers Hit lers high command planned a withdrawal to the reich frontier so as to concentrate t the he greatest number of men on a short line but even as the nazis fell back swift armored thrusts by the U S british and french continued to slash at the harassed flanks banks and threaten his encirclement from the rear and clouds of allied planes roared over the battle lines to dip low and gun the retreating german columns with the bulk of their forces crowded in the area immediately north and south of paris the germans put up their stiffest stif test rearguard rear guard resistance in this re glon gion in southern france gen alexander M patcha seventh army fanned out quickly in all directions with only scattered bands of enemy troops standing up briefly to slow the allied drive after capture of the great french mediterranean port of marseille american engineers went to work quickly to restore facilities damaged by the germans and enable the A allies to funnel supplies quickly to their armies in the south use of marseilles installations would relieve the troublesome practice of landing supplies on the sandy beaches in shallow draft craft armistice arrangements for the german evacuation of paris having fallen through free french armored columns were compelled to fight through a screen of nazi defenders to liberate the city with heavy U S howitzers howit backing up gen charles de gaelles Ga ulles troops and helping to break enemy resistance occupation of paris with its people in need of food and fuel for utilities posed a supply problem for the allies turbulent balkans with formation of a peace government in rumania adolf hillers Hit lers unsteady grip on the turbulent balkans grew un steadier with Ru manias defection threatening to topple ger banys whole southeastern front As young king michael announced his count rys willingness to accept allied peace terms russia called for ru manias expulsion of german troops from her homeland or a war against hungary to clear the latter from transylvania as the price of armistice terms even as rumania acted to quit germany bulgarian peace proposals reportedly were forwarded to the allies who were said to have insisted upon the bulgara Bul gars withdrawal from all occupied grecian and yugoslav territory as one of the armistice terms to prevent any peace factions from crom obtaining a grip tn n hungary the nazi inspired regime dissolved all political parties including the conservative elements russ pressure figuring in the balkan countries swing toward the allied camp was the russians powerhouse power house drive bearing down from northern rumania As the reds hurled their might at the enemy lines they bored down on the galati gap between the transylvanian Byl syl alps and black sea barring the way to the heart of rumania and the oil fields from this region there was short going before the reds would reach the bulgarian frontier ka Z 5 IX carried on OB ox carts wounded allied soldiers arrive at air strip burma for transfer to hospital plane POSTWAR PEACE powers confer meeting in the quaint old dumbarton oaks estate in washington D C representatives of the U S britain and russia began momentous conferences on preserving postwar peace with emphasis on the need of force as an ultimate resource china was to join the conference after the reds had finished their talks since russia is not at war with the japanese and is unwilling to discuss repressive measures against them accepting the invitation vi of secretary ary of state cordell hull to discuss postwar peace john F dulles plans gov thomas E dewey sent john foster dulles his advisor on foreign affairs to the capital to consult on the conferences hull issued his invitation after dewey expressed concern that the major powers might overlook the interests of the smaller nations although the conferees were said to agree on the principle of employing force to suppress future aggression plans under discussion called for the use of force only after meas aves u s for peaceful settlement had f failed all e d LEND LEASE aid mounts JI declaring that continuation ot of lend lease was essential tor for speedy victory until both germany and japan were brought to their knees president roosevelt revealed that the U S share of such assistance el ss istance dolla approximated 28 billion dollars rs up to july 1 while other countries contributed tri buted in excess of 3 billion of the 28 billion dollars britan britain received over 9 billion australia and new zealand 1 billion africa the middle east and mediterranean 3 billion russia almost 6 billion china and india vi billion and latin america million As an indication of the gigantic contribution U S industry has made to the war figures showed that this country lend leased planes and trucks and other vehicles to russia planes and tanks to great britain and planes tanks and trucks and other vehicles to the mediterranean area ANTITRUST ANTI TRUST railroads named charging maintenance of noncompetitive rates prevention ot of improvements prove ments and facilities of western lines and suppressing development of 0 other forms of transportation the government filed an antitrust suit against the association of american railroads the western association of railway executives 47 railroads and the investment houses of J P morgan and company and kuhn loeb and company focusing its attention on western rail operations the government declared that establishment of higher rates in that territory than in the east placed it at a competitive disadvantage retarding its economic growth the government also claimed that movement of perishable commodities has been delayed by unwillingness to speed up schedules and efforts have been made to stunt the development of truck and water transport in naming J P morgan and company and kuhn loeb and company in in the suit the government chang charged ed that they controlled major railroad financing and possessed substantial industrial interests in the east WAGES wants boost declaring that the president possessed the power to raise wages and that the stabilization act calling for a balance in the nations economy afforded him the grounds for such a move the executive council of the american federation of labor asked for abandonment of the little steel formula limiting pay increases to 15 per cent of the january 1941 level at the same time the council chartered the international office workers union which would embrace a vast number of white collar employees plo who as a class have felt the squeeze of rising living costs more than any other group since most wage increases have been enjoyed in the heavier war boomed industries in appealing for higher wages president william green de dared the working men and women of this nation have been made to suffer from a maladjustment that exists between wages and cost of living this thi i s maladjustment has broken and depressed their peacetime standards of living U US S LAND acres acquired more than 34 million acres have been acquired by the federal government for war purposes exclusive of land taken over by the defense plant corporation according to senator of wyoming the war and navy departments have h ave stated that acres of their holdings are surplus for postwar purposes of this acres are tentatively classified as good agricultural ri land acres as grazing land and as forest tracts highlights in in the weeks news USE OF AUTOS A recent survey discloses that 74 per cent of car owners are driving their autos less than half the peacetime mileage this reduction has come about through shorter and fewer trips rather than the laying up of cars for the duration gasoline and tire rationing have combined with patriotic motives to lessen car use the survey continued TRAP SHOOTING capt joseph hiestand of hillsboro ohio has once again won the north american clay target championship in the grand american trapshooting tournament held at vandalia ohio this is the fourth time he has captured the award the previous occasions being in 1935 36 and 38 he broke straight targets to lead the held field of entrants PEPPER A shortage of black pepper and some other imported spices is developing in the country industry leaders say that the ceiling prices are so low that sales cannot be made without loss the ceiling on black pepper is now V 64 cents a pound stocks sufficient for two years are on hand more than one third of the 34 acres held by government co corporations po rations has been taken from the public domain the senator said about acres of the total holdings are being employed for direct war purposes the figures do not include land leased by the government for use of the army navy or any federal war corporation it was pointed out the total cost of land acquired is not known but so far the government has paid out for its various properties figures released revealed encampment want strong 17 S holding their annual encampment in chicago the veterans of foreign wars heard maj gen norman T kirk surgeon general of the army tell of the development of modern medicine to the extent that more soldiers now survive battle injury than ever before during business sessions the approved compulsory ml military at i ary training a strong army and navy to protect U S coastlines coast lines and prevent a repetition of pearl harbor discharge priorities based on length and type of service for vets of this war and voted to bar service women from their organization in revealing that at present the army has six amputation centers 19 for 5 tor for thoracic surgery 3 for vascular surgery 8 for plastic and surgery and 2 each for the rehabilitation of the deaf and blind general kirk said wounded soldiers are sent to those institutions closest to their homes TEA STOCKS the nations supply of tea is about double that of a year ago at this time being 25 pounds according to the tea bureau annual consumption at 75 pounds is pounds below normal ALL OUT IN JAPAN A story from tokyo radio states that a wom ans draft has been decreed requiring every healthy an to work for the country students also are being forced to spend part of the day in war work HEELS the war production board has lifted certain restrictions on shoe manufacture these win will permit introduction of new designs without employing any additional help higher heels will be allowed bows may be used if made of scrap leather ACCIDENT in the worst accident of its type that britain has suffered 51 persons died when an american liberator bomber crashed and burned on a school in freckleton E england thirty four of the victims were kindergarten children who had been removed to the country to escape the robot bombs in london agriculture seek to avoid glut looking forward into the postwar world with all of its economic problems the war food administration has sought to develop a procedure designed to avoid the accumulation of vast stores of surplus foods which might constitute a market threat when hostilities cease f under plans the agency n ny Q buys food only for foreseeable de mands and declares that any commodities modi ties required for relief in liberated countries will first be withdrawn from surplus army and lend lease stocks before purchases are marde in the domestic market in establishing a surplus sales division which is to sell current food stocks when demand is high to make room for fresh supplies the has set up machinery for future disposals world plans drawn up with the avowed ambition of improving the efficiency of farm production and distribution and bettering the economic conditions of rural populations plans for a permanent international abric agric U irl h tural organization on have been cupl supoj dl bitted for approval to the 44 united nations by their food conference committee to act in an advisory capacity only the proposed organization would consist of a governing body in which each nation would be represented with efforts directed toward promoting research spreading information and offering recommendations ions other objectives of the plan include the elevation of nutritional standards throughout the world and the development of agriculture as a contribution to an overall economic expansion fatherly marines s a having been removed from hill dugout on finian tinian tin island in the he pa pacific these native children were scrubbed clean by battle hardened but fatherly V U S marines then outfitted fitted with new clothes and sent to rear areas PACIFIC i bombers active with thousands of japanese troops stranded on the string of outer defense islands from the solomons down to new guinea gen douglas macarthurs Mac Arthurs air command concentrated on the bombardment of shipping lanes through which supplies might seep to bolster the sagging garrisons at t the same time adm chester nimitz revealed that navy planes continued their attack upon the strategic bonin islands which lie ap proximately miles fr from the di japanese mainland and just above above the U S occupied marianas mariakas Mari anas in an effort to soften up these stepping stones to tokyo in pressing their bombardments general macarthurs Mac Arthurs airmen ranged over mindanao important basing point for enemy shipping in the southern philippines released by western newspaper union |
