Show weekly news analysis allies drive on german border expand navy by ships E EDITORS D MOTE wien when opinions a r a pressed in a ties these columns they are ar t tier hose jr of 0 western newspaper union BW no we analysts ms and not cot necessarily of th is newspaper EUROPE nazi losses having suffered losses of men since D day and with its power in france broken the once proud german army reeled back toward the siegfried line guarding the border there to hole up for a final stand although the bulk of the german armies escaped annihilation in both the north and south swift moving allied armor hacked enemy rear guards to shreds and U S and british planes swarming over the battlefields took a heavy toll of men and equipment in the retreating columns As the british and canadians drove up along the channel coast they overran many of the robot bomb installations but the continuance of attacks on southeast england with the flying missiles indicated that the germans moved their dispatching ramps farther inland the vast scope of allied operations in france since D day gen dwight eisenhower reported that we had lost planes ourselves required more than tanks for replacements in the first 70 days of fighting dropped more than tons ot of bombs and used gallons of aviation gas As the battle tempo heightens and supply lines lengthen there is also need for or more trucks and tires ike declared deep in balkans rolling on american wheels the surging russian army pushed through rumania and pointed spear heads at hungary to the northwest where marshal josip titos rugged partisans have been waging relentless guerrilla warfare against the axis occupational forces As the russian drive carried deep into the heart of the balkans red forces in northern poland stepped up their pressure against re enforced nazi troops battling grimly to stave off the capture of warsaw in their developing rumanian offensive the russians sought to exploit an early break into the carpathian mountains guarding hungary where adolf hitler desperately sought to keep that country in the war by agreeing to rush reinforce ments to bolster its tottering eastern defenses by rolling through bucharest to the southwest the reds also had the choice of driving forward for a junction with titos partisans and endangering the entire nazi hold on the southern balkans BEEF cheap grades abound reflecting the heavy run of grass fed cattle august beet beef production in federally inspected plants reached the all time record output for that month of pounds and 21 per cent higher than the same period last year meanwhile august pork prodoc tion was 19 per cent under august of last year reflecting continued short receipts in the markets which were expected to prevail until october when the spring crop is moved to slaughter As a result of the heavy grass fed ample supplies of lean pointless utility beef will be avail able to consumers but the governments government recent order to packers to set aside 50 per cent of their higher grades tor for military and lend lease account will decrease the supply of the choicer roasts and steaks Z I 1 41 seated on ground at hotel majestic following their capture by free french forces force in liberation of paris high ranking german officers await i removal to prison quarters WORLD MONOPOLY peace threat declaring that cartels agreements among different international a I 1 business firms for controlling world trade formed the basis for germa nys military rejuvenation attorney general francis biddle told congress that such enterprises must be destroyed if the allies are to control the enemies capacity for future war As a result of cartel agreements biddle said important companies were kept from south american markets others could not manufacture such strategic products as synthetic rubber development of the magnesium industry was re retarded t added an american company was prevented from selling a certain nit on to the british and restrictions were imposed on plastic production even though certain giant german corporations were prevented from manufacturing military products after the war biddle said they worked around these restrictions by organizing subsidiaries in other countries WORLD WHEAT ample surplus with the four great wheat prodoc ing nations of the U S canada argentina and australia expected to harvest bushels in 1944 and with a carryover carry over of 1100 bushels as of july 1 total supplies will approximate bushels for the coming year of the amount the international wheat council reported the four nations will consume about 70 bushels and use another for seed and other nonfood non food uses leaving a reserve of bushels of this amount about bushels will be exported the council said and will constitute a working stock leaving a holdover supply of As the result of unusually favorable july weather for spring wheat in minnesota and north dakota the U S department of agriculture estimated a total wheat crop of bushels for this year which would make the U S harvest about half of the big tours fours REDEEM BONDS at increasing rate holders of war bonds are cashing them in at a steadily increasing rate treasury officials reveal this is particularly true of the smaller denominations series E F and G the percentage of cumulative re dempt ions compared with cumulative sales of these three series since may 1 1941 has risen steadily from per cent last february to 1188 per cent in june sales since may 1 1941 amounted to 36 billion million dollars on july 31 total redemptions ons on that date stood at 3 billion 45 million dollars INCOME TAX new returns thirty million taxpayers earning under per year no ion longer ger face the ordeal of filling out a complicated income tax form under a new system of the treasury uncle sam himself will undertake to figure out the taxpayers liability next year after he has filed a withholding receipt furnished by his employer showing income and payas pay as you go deductions with space for listing exemptions in figuring out the taxpayers liability uncle sam will allow 10 per cent for charitable contributions interest medical expenses etc and anyone claiming larger credits tor for these items will have to file a 1040 form WAGES top levels with employment 28 per cent over january 1941 weekly and hourly earnings in 25 manufacturing industries rose to record levels for june the national industrial conference board reported As a result of the payment of higher wages to obtain help in the flourishing labor market and overtime to meet war demands workers weekly earnings averaged for the month 60 per cent over january 1941 while hourly pay totaled a rise of 40 per cent over three and a hatt half years year S ago because of a slight dip in livin living 9 costs for the month real earnings or income in rela relation tio n to the price of goods increased air almost 2 per cent over may POLIO incidence increases abating in some sections infantile para paralysis I 1 ysis has increased in others with the result that the U S is experiencing its worst polio cupl epidemic in 28 years although the cases reported up to august 19 were far below the 1916 high of Off offsetting settin g downward trends reported in north carolina and kentucky were increases in new york pennsylvania virginia and the district of columbia states reporting mild or normal incidences included california karsas kansas utah florida arkansas arizona missouri wyoming and oklahoma new england and the mountain states reported few cases As a result of the high incidence in some areas school openings have been delayed as much as a month all ali children under 14 were banned from swimming pools and theaters in kentucky and those under 12 were placed under house qua ne in milwaukee wis television here after war although television will come into general use after the war it will be an addition to and not a substitute te for radio chairman james L fly of the federal communications commission declared said he you cant sit and look at a television screen for 18 hours a day you cant turn on television and make the beds or play bridge or wash the dishes as you can with oral broadcasting television will be interspersed with other programs fly also recounted the spectacular rise in revenue of standard stations and networks during the war years time sales in 1943 amounting to million dollars with net income of 66 million dollars as compared with time sales in 1942 of million dollars and profits of 45 million dollars highlights in i the weeks news RICH DIET FOR ARCTIC A series of tests conducted at the U of illinois indicates that the best diet for high flying aviators and soldiers stationed in arctic regions is one rich in starch sugar and fat these three food essentials were found foun d to minimize the drop in internal and surface body temperatures and to reduce the effect of cold on the coordinating of the muscles WALNUT WOOD members of the douglas county ill walnut pool have sold trees and stumps during the year realizing a total of walnut wood is now selling for about 90 a thousand board feet one man cut 52 trees SHOTGUN SHELLS while the war production board has lifted restrictions strict ions on the sale of shotgun shells during the hunting season the supply in dealers hands is said to be so small that little actual benefit is anticipated 14 in 1 some regions wildfowl are Ue Ve considerable sid erable grain appendectomy A successful operation for removal of a diseased appendix was performed on a woman in an iron lung she has been encased in the lung since she suffered an attack of infantile paralysis an attack of appendicitis struck her and the operation had to be performed immediately she was given a light anesthetic and oxygen one section of the lung was lifted during the operation the woman is 24 years old and the mother of two boys the operation was performed in a seattle wash hospital it was described as a rarity in surgery ALUMINUM MATS landing mats made of aluminum are thoroughly satisfactory the army air force reveals after a number of tests previously steel had been used for this purpose but when the mat sections have to be transported by air aluminum which weighs less than half as much as steel is more satisfactory the aluminum sections can be laid faster SAFETY COUNCIL such problems as the postwar traffic jams safe and suitable jobs for wounded veterans reduction of farm accidents and of accidents among children in industry will be considered at the 1944 national safety congress to be held in chicago october 3 to 5 several hundred high ranking officers of the army navy and marines will attend and a large number of sessions will be devoted to military accident prevention FOOD manufacturers profits of food manufacturing companies declined in the first half of the year the grocery manufacturers of america reported A dip of 45 per cent was the average for the industry the comparison being with the preceding six months higher costs of raw material labor and other expenses principally higher taxes more than ollsen gains PACIFIC subs boost bag while U S army and navy planes pounded the japanese pacific outposts p preparatory to further strides long along the stepping stones to the asiatic mainland american submarines continued their deadly warfare against enemy shipping supplying hard pressed garrisons in latest operations in far pac waters U S subs were credi credia with bagging 17 vessels including two destroyers to bring the total number sunk or damaged to since pearl harbor of these 58 were warships operating from advance bases U S bombers hammered halma hera strategic gateway to the philippines and also hit the supply lines in neighboring waters U S NAVY rapid buildup reflecting the american genius for mobilizing the count rys tremendous resources secretary of the navy james forrestal revealed that U S naval strength had increased by vessels since the outbreak of war in 1939 and personnel ha been expanded from men 3 of the vessels 11 here were major fighting ships at the same time forrestal divulged that the navys air strength streng tt navy secretary forrestal left discusses operations with vice adm H K hewitt had been increased by planes since 1939 20 times more than before the war in addition to being built up into the greatest fighting force afloat the navy lend leased 5 billion dollars of ships materials and services to the allies forrestal said with the british receiving 92 per cent of the aid WAR CRIMINALS list may be shorter there probably wont be as long a list of axis war criminals as most people anticipate cecil hurst vice president of the permanent court of international justice believes this will be due he explained to the extreme difficulty of the tactual factual situation with which we are confronted the responsible persons will not escape punishment however by fleeing to neutral countries the justice asserted exact degree of guilt of many gov gos ern mental and party 0 officials at J army officers may be hard to determine hitler and mussolini and a number of their close associates however are certain to be wanted mr hurst intimated young wizard an inventive genius at high school age stanley hitler hiller jr now 19 demonstrated a new type helicopter to the army navy and national advisory committee for aeronautics at sari san francisco calif one day before his induction into service using opposite rotating propellers hillers helicopter is designed to overcome the conventional rno models dels torque or inclination to pull over with the turn 0 of the single blade built to cruise at u front from to 90 miles an hour with to speed of miles an hour th the e nei ile j helicopters heli copters longest flight has been about 90 mites miles son of a pioneer pacific flier and steamship company president hiller fliller founded a large miniature automobile manufacturing business using a special die casting process I 1 the company is now engaged in war bork work released by 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