Show weekly news analysis jap reinforcements axe are smashed yanks weaken nazi strength EDITORS NOTE aben opi opinion wons are jj expressed pressed ez in these columns column they ire are those ao of 0 western newspaper union news analysts and not fly of el this newspaper PACIFIC smash reinforcements despite the fact that ground fighting on leyte island stalled in bad weather with november rainfall totaling 23 inches there was no lull in action in the philippines As jap general tried to take advantage of the inclement weather to reinforce his beleaguered beleaguer ed troops on leyte U S airmen rose to combat enemy transports plough ing through western philippine waters to ormom in one long assault on a convoy U S aviators sank 10 enemy transports sending troops to the bottom and bringing total jap losses in reinforcement attempts to 26 ships with a tonnage of and men meanwhile B continued their raids over the tokyo industrial area encountering moderate opposition infuriated by the bombings chattering japanese news commentators threatened that albino apes parachuting onto japanese soil from dis N gen macarthur on leyte airdrome with ace bong at left and lt gen george kenney right Super fortresses would be killed on the spot by angry people japs gain pushed to the wall in the philippines the japs had better luck in china where chiang kai armies were hard put to it in an attempt to blunt an enemy drive aimed at cutting the burma road to thrusting westward from their north south juncture at Li Ll where they joined jo seal off the whole eastern chinese coast jap columns stood about miles from the burma road key communications line linking much of the southern part of the country As the japs pressed forward they claimed chinese troops were falling failing back on the big highway bastion of Kwei yang where a strong stand was expected to block any drive further northward toward kai HIGHWAYS postwar Post ivar project following separate action by both houses senators and representatives got together in the nations capital to settle on a definite postwar federal highway program the first ma jor public works project planned for peacetime after the senate had approved of the expenditure of an three years after the war for construction of rural secondary and urban highways the house passed a bill providing for annually tor for three years under both versions states would have to contribute an equal amount of money for road projects and sums would be distributed throughout the country on the basis of regional importance under the house bill tor for instance would be allotted for rural highways for secondary roads and for urban arteries X 01 supported by tanks in the rear U S infantrymen advance near gellen geilen kirchen inside germany on western front WESTERN FRONT battle of attrition to the nazis being pressed back to the rhine the great battles raging along the western front were the most ferocious in all history to doughboys dough boys of the U S ninth first third and seventh armies slogging forward in heavy gush they were the hardest of the war with desperate resistance encountered at every step with airplane activity limited by somber skies and rainfalls rain falls the battle battie was being fought along the ground with heavy U S field artillery and big rumbling tanks pouring their deadly fire into enemy entrenchments trench ments to clear the way for the doughboys dough boys of the infantry although general rations Pat ions third army about the and general patcha seventh army east of the maintained heavy pressure on nazi lines the focal point of action centered on the ninth and first army fronts between julich and duren east of the small but strategic roer river both of these towns are vital communications centers with elaborate highways running in from the rhineland to feed other roadways which run to the north and the south As the great battle of attrition wearing down rose in tempo this highway network was vital to the germans in rushing troops and materials to the endangered front and then transferring them to the north and south indicative of the great pressure general eisenhower was exerting in this sector was the report that his opponent foxy field marshal von had transferred troops from the dutch front to the julich duren sector to cope with the allied powerhouse no sooner had the report come through than it was announced that canadian troops had taken the field on the dutch front increasing allied pressure back in this sector and giving the german high command no rest slowed in their frontal assault on budapest russian armies crossed the danube to the south of the hungarian capital to thrust one spearhead northward toward the embattled city and another westward toward the austrian frontier less than miles away wars end facing the facts squarely in the new opening session of britaina Brit ains parliament li bull but eloquent prime minister winston churchill said the european war might well last into next summer said he with all the flower of his speech 1 I took occasion some months ago to dampen down premature hopes hop esby by speak las ing of the german war as run ning into january and february I 1 followed this up by indicating the late spring or early summer as dates for the ending now it if I 1 were to make any change in predictions it would be to leave out the word early before the word summer after declaring that the british drive through holland had secured the allied flank in hi the north churchill said that americans were holding the greater part of the mile front bearing the brunt with customary tom ary distinction and courage SEDITION TRIAL denti death ends it with the death of 65 year old justice edward C eicher of iowa the seven month long and at times farcical sedition trial of 26 defendants in washington D C came to an abrupt end with small chance of resumption although government counsel said the trial could go on it if both the U S and defendants agreed to the selection of another judge it was recalled that a federal court previously had ruled that justice required completion of a case by the same judge and jury and no substitutions could be made even with consent thus the government was faced with the alternative ter native of starting new proceedings even though the trial of the 26 defendants accused of trying to undermine the morale of the U S armed forces and establish a nazi form of government in this country had already taken up seven months government counsel revealed that at least six more months would be necessary to complete presentation of its evidence with defendants attorneys expected to consume an additional three to six months the case promised to last about a year and a half FARM INCOME up again with income from crops 10 per cent greater than last year and receipts from livestock and livestock products 4 per cent more farm income for the first 10 months of 1944 to 6 per cent above the same period in 1943 the U S department of agriculture reported at the same time the USDA said that farm prices which have only changed about 2 per cent within tha last year would probably remain exceptionally stable for several more months with the domestic supply of the four principal teed feed grains put at tons the USDA declared that not only would all requirements quire ments be met but additions would be made to reserves which were cut substantially in the teed feed years WAR BONDS needed with government outgo in the first nine months of the present fiscal year ending in july to talling and receipts equalling uncle sam will be forced to borrow war finance director ted gamble said of the gambel revealed will be spent on the war and other government uses while will represent money needed to redeem securities curi ties maturing within the nine months although bond sales to businesses and corporations are at a satisfactory level gamble said individual subscriptions could be higher with payroll plans stimulating sales in factories etc gamble said there was a need tor for emphasis on purchases by farmers and professional people at the same time gamble declared the treasury had no intention of altering its present easy system of bond cashing through commercial banks claiming that redemptions ons for U S securities during the last 12 months averaged only 8 per cent yanks in battle with the greater number unknown wn heroes U S soldiers slogging through the mush on the western front into germany are only identified in the mass as members of the various army units driving onward included in general simpsons Simp sons fth army battling along the roer river were the 2nd and armored division the and infantry divisions organized in the corps with general hodges army fighting east of aachen were the 3rd ard and ath armored divisions and 2nd and 3rd ard ath ath ath and infantry divisions organized in ath ath and ath corps general pattons Pat tons 3rd ard army driving into the included the ath ath and armored divisions and ath and infantry divisions organized in the and corps fighting alongside the french in general patcha ath army east of the were the 3rd ard and U S infantry divisions organized in ath and corps among other units reported on the western front were the and U S airborne divisions and the ath U S armored and U S infantry divisions CANADA worst crisis although pudgy prime minister mackenzie king looked to a vote of confidence from canadas parliament over the question of partially conscripting the home army for overseas service it was expected to come only after one of the most severe crises of the country principal hostility hosti hostility lit t to K kings I 1 coal corns promise proposal io to send dovec A D of the home guard to the y front to bolster the vo lurker luMer force came from the province of quebec where the french long allowed to keep their own speech and customs and religion stood firmly on their traditional opposition to conscription where the rub came in was that king long has depended upon quebec for political support and the province almost to the last pressed the prime minister to abide by his governments earlier pledge against conscription for overseas service despite his obvious effort to compromise by restricting the number of draftees to despite quebeck Que becs violent opposition king relied upon his compromise to draw some support from its representatives to ride out ou storm r 10 I 1 NEW FACE smiling diplomat As elder statesman cordell hull 73 passed from the presidential cabinet his place as secretary of state was assumed by 1 1 personable edward 44 another of the nations b big I 1 g business men who have made good recently in governmental ranks son of a morgan partner edw talked out of joining the ministry started his own business career in the stock room of a roller bearing works then rose rapidly as vice president of general motors and at 37 as chairman of the U S steel corporation po ration smiling hearty and blunt has been chiefly noted tor for his ability in handling people secretary of state for 12 years hull held the post longer than any other american in history before forced out by ill health in the position he worked for a freer world trade through his reciprocal agreements and from the first advocated use of force for the suppression of aggression an old line southerner in a new deal government hull was considered a tempering factor in a liberal administration highlights in the weeks news meat bleat the largest production of beef and veal on record for any Nove november niker was made at federally inspected meat packing plants last month according to a review of the livestock and meat situation today by the american meat institute total production of all meat last month was pounds this was 6 per cent more than that produced in october eye latest is an electric eye exposure meter which enables a single crew of xray x ray technicians to examine the chests of a thousand people a day for signs of tuberculosis the photo timer as the new xray x ray control device is called is already in use in tuberculosis survey clinics it measures the precise amount of x radiation passing through a human chest and shuts oft off the xray x ray tube when a sufficient quantity has passed through to make a film exposure of the proper density and contrast fat calf seven hundred and sev enty five thousand dollars in war bonds was the sale value ol of a pure bred holstein bull calt calf at omaha recently A life insurance company in omaha bought the calf for in bonds and then they offered it for sale again with the douglas county dairy breeders bleeders Bre eders association paying for the animal which they will put in service reunion war reunited sac joseph M accurso of chicago ill in naples italy with his father and sister whom he had not seen for 28 years mother and dad separated when I 1 was just a baby and dad took my sister and went to new york se ses J ad a D man accurso said mother ant I 1 rest of the family went to chicago just before dad and my sister left for naples to live he came to chicago to see me but he bring my sister with him so before I 1 found her in naples I 1 had never seen her released by western newspaper union |