Show weekly news analysis american fleet planes strike major jap naval base in pacific EDITORS NOTE when opinion ominio ja s ara jr expressed in these columns they are ar those of western newspaper ui union on sews news analysts and not cot necessarily of this newspaper PACIFIC strike westward West ivard two years and two months after the japs assault on pearl harbor U S air and sea forces struck back bach at the own big pacific base of in the caroline islands central hub of jap naval operations tor for their extended empire reaching into the philippines and indies preceding 0 the attack on by several hundred planes operating from carriers shielded by a strong armada of battleships cruisers and destroyers long range liberator bombers plastered the other big jap bastion of in the carolines centrally located in japans pacific empire both and serve as a radiating point for enemy naval and air forces to operate against an attacking force while close to home stations loss of the carolines to the japs would mean loss of their advantage of operating close to defensive bases and vice versa give the allies the advantage As the liberators took to their wings to plaster the carolines U S ground forces were putting the finishing touches to fighting in the mar where small islet garrisons were being beina rooted out and in the solomons where allied landings to the north trapped japs ho holding ld out on bougainville bougainvillea Bou gainville buka and choiseul CONGRESS ban subsidies with congress voting against continuance ti nuance of subsidy payments to reduce du e retail prices of meat butter milk and other food items GOP house members served notice that it if the president vetoed the bill they would attempt to make it part of the measure to extend price control after june 30 thus forcing the president to accept it or kill his whole anti inflation program to assure continued existence of the commodity credit corporation in in i the event of a presidential veto of the subsidy clause congress wrote in an emergency provision extending its life until permanent legislation could be passed in voting against consumer subsidies congressional foes of such payments said they could only save the average family about 11 cents a day during a time when national income was at an all time level advocates of subsidies however said abolition of such payments would bring about a 7 per cent increase in the price of the foods affected and a 3 per cent rise in the general cost of living leading to a clamor for higher wages bucks labor draft while congress was voting d down own consumer food subsidies president william green told a senate military committee holding hearings on the austin wadsworth labor draft that wage stabilization in the face of M increasing living costs was the principal cause of strikes sen austin said green the way to prevent strikes is through upward revision of wage rates or even more effectively by rigid reduction and control of prices of the necessities of life while senator austin vt contended that a labor draft would reduce turnover in war plants and allow the war manpower commission tighter control over job placements green said the act would amount to involuntary servitude since civilian workers would have to take jobs in plants operating at private profit ap 4 1 V H italy the nazis are throwing everything but the kitchen sink at the allies in italy at left pat edward gazler michigan city ind is shown with concrete ball that the germans roll down hills at allied troops and at right is big U S tank crippled by heavy enemy gunfire gun fire WORKERS draft shakeup only those farmers who can produce 16 war units a year will be eligible for agricultural deferment and the farmers now in 3 C for dependency as well as occupational reasons also will be reclassified and put into 2 C only if their work is essential more than farmers are in 2 C of which are said to be single and under 22 years of age with the presently in 3 C farmers considered essential will be put into 2 C and given six month deferments with their cases again reopened at the end of that time action on farm workers cases followed general tightening up of draft regulations in the face of military demands for about more men by july 1 with city dads no longer deferrable for dependencies and industrial deferments subject to stricter standards EUROPE beachhead battle with the sea at their backs U S and british troops traded heavy blows with the germans on the anzio beachhead below rome rom e as the big battle for the eternal city raged while other allied troops crawled forward up rugged mountain slopes about cassino the forces at anzio fought with tanks on leveler terrain countering the full weight of the famed panzer units in assaulting the beachhead the germans concentrated on the northern sector 10 miles above the port of anzio through which supplies were streaming to allied forces with the area under fire of enemy artillery and bombers allied troops fought hard to keep the port open bloody fighting continued on the cassino front with doughboys dough boys taking one by one concrete houses made into fortified pillboxes pill boxes by the germans and other yanks struggling up monastery hill to gain command over nazi positions and the supply road leading to rome which lay below bombings big job nearly men were in on the record 2800 ton bombing raid on shouldering ing berlin which matched the shattering aerial blow at hamburg september 22 1943 of the men were flying dying personnel about men were required to load the planes with bombs the 1000 planes used gallons of gas and thousands of gallons of oil machine guns on the planes were loaded with rounds of ammunition about 43 planes were lost on the mission the heavy assault on the german capital I 1 CHICKS fewer feiver hatched A sizable decrease in the number of baby chicks hatched during january as compared with the same month of 1943 is reported by the department part ment of agriculture the department part ment estimates last months output at chicks as compared with in the first month of 1943 a drop of 20 per cent eggs put in hatcheries during january totaled A year earlier the number was difficulties in getting adequate feed supplies and unfavorable price ratios between production costs and market values were given as the reasons for reduced hatchery operations erat ions WAR COSTS cut by army because of indu speed in developing ve production efficiency and also because of the ardys insistence that savings be reflected in reduced prices costs of military goods have been cut by 20 per cent since 1941 brig gen albert J browning director of purchases declared in all savings have amounted to about and an additional will be saved in the first halt half of 1944 general browning said because the army has worked f tor or lower costs through price analysts in the purchasing departments better ways have been found to produce goods more efficiently and with less material to assure profit margins general browning said in cases where costs were not trimmed there was no incentive on the part of management to cut prices the general revealed RUSSIA finns talk peace russian troops made further gains along the estonian border on the north end of the mile eastern front while reports indicated that the finns were sounding out moscow for peace terms As the russ continued to chew into nazi defenses below leningrad the germans fell back to avoid encirclement cir from the rear and each step backward found them closer to estonia and the other baltic states of latvia and lithuania russo finnish peace report reportedly edly hung on terms moscow might offer with the finns receptive to proposals based on the 1940 border but opposed to occupation of their military and naval strongholds strong holds by the reds with the russ again in possession of much of the mining region of the southern ukraine finland remained one of the last sources of nickel for the germans and hitler reportedly sought to prevent Fin lands desertion of the axis to protect these deposits FARM LABOR import aliens an estimated allen alien workers will be brought into the united states for agricultural employment under terms of a bill recently signed by the president which appropriates to the war food administration tra tion about farm laborers were imported from mexico the bahamas and jamaica last year in addition the act authorizes the war manpower commission to bring in foreign lumberjacks lumber jacks to fill serious vacancies in that industry about has been set aside for this purpose highlights in the weeks news HICCUPS A 21 year old new york city girl hiccup ing for 44 days appealed to the president to obtain a furlough for her physician who is a captain in the army she said that the doctor saved her life two years ago by ti a delicate operation when she was suffering from another prolonged attack of hiccups cups the president granted a leave for the officer to treat her EXCHANGE SHIP the exchange ship Grips holm has set sail again 1 this time to lisbon portugal to take on a thousand internees inter nees mostly sick soldiers axis internees inter nees to be exchanged include 18 former vichy french diplomats 27 german consular officers several hundred german nationals and sick and wounded prisoners of war OLD PRINTS three old currier and ives prints of american scenes s sold old for surprisingly high prices at a recent new york auction old grist mill was bid up to 1050 across the continent to and winter to PIPELINE the canol banol pipeline in northwestern canada has been completed the line will supply oil to the northwest service command of the U S army to posts in northwestern alaska and canada centenarian george W camerer a veteran of the civil war who now lives in jerseyville Jerse ill has just reached his birthday he said he mind joining the army and going to africa if his I 1 feet would hold up he has 10 grandsons two great grandsons and a granddaughter serving in the armed forces in the present world war II 11 christianity natives of one of the atolls of in the marshall islands asked maj gen charles colletts Cor letts permission to hold religious services after american troops had occupied it the japs they said had discouraged christian services missionaries have been working in these islands for many years transportation the has released nearly two million tons of steel copper and aluminum for domestic transportation needs for the second quarter of the year this is enough metal to make freight cars and tons of rails the automotive industries request for tons of carbon steel for replacement parts was granted RETIRING representative will rogers jr of california stated that he would not seek reelection in november but would retire from politics and reenter the army in which he holds a second lieutenants commission BRITISH HENS the banging of the antiaircraft anti aircraft guns around london has had an adverse effect on egg production older birds ignore the noise having become accustomed to it but young hens seem to be suffering from shell shock and are laying fewer eggs ARGENTINA political battleground having broken diplomatic relations with the axis president pedro ramirez of argentina moved slowly ly before declaring war on germany X and japan since the count rys military caste opposed such action hints that ramirez foreign f ister was considering a beclar W 2 of war against the axis inflamed inflames n military caste known as the colonels lodge and forced the president to dismiss his foreign chief and reorganize his cabinet to hold the different elements together As argentinas Argen tinas internal situation boiled pro ally general arturo rawson who led the revolt against pro axis president castillo last june watched developments from brazil where he was reported under surveillance veil lance of argentine agents for expressing strong pro ally sympathies in opposition to ramirez policy of strict nationalism FUEL ask foreign sources americas allies should rec reca cate for our heavy drain upkie A 7 Z bestic oil resources for providing petroleum for the allied war machine by transferring a corresponding volume of proven reserves A from their fields to the U S after the war the truman investigating vesti gating committee declared although the corn com sen truman cittee headed by senator harry truman mo said the development of foreign petroleum fields should be left to private interests it recommended that U S diplomacy be directed toward supporting such a program gas from coal with government officials warning of only a 14 year U S oil reserve at the present rate of consumption rep jennings randolph W va introduced a bill which the house speedily passed calling for an expenditure pend iture of on the construction st of experimental fuel plants to obtain gas from coal oil shale and agricultural and forest products the U S bureau of mines laboratory at pittsburgh pa already has developed oil from coal through a chemical process utilizing hydrogen but costs have amounted to 16 cents a gallon compared with costs of only 5 cents for getting fuel from oil whereas U S oil reserves have been estimated as sufficient for 14 years the bureau of mines said U macj coal resources could furnish matfey y al for gas for years SCHOOLS rural education vital if a choice must be made the country child should receive a better education than the city child because his future is more vital to the national life dr floyd reeves of the university of chicago told delegates to the great lakes conference on rural education dr reeves pointed out that migration from rural areas with high birthrates to cities with low birthrates maintains the population copulation of the r big centers cities would dwindle and die without this migration |