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Thursday, September 24, 1942 PAGE TWO THE EEAUFORT NEWS, BEAUFORT, N. C. WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS New Allied Air Blows Take Heavy Toll Of Jap -Held Airports in New Guinea; Nelson Warns of War Production Cut; U. S. to Control Truck, Taxi Operation (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinion! are expressed In these columns, they are those ef Western Newspaper Union's newt analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.) . Released by Western nn ! ml IMF The above picture appeared in the Japanese propaganda magazine, "Freedom," and was brought back to this country by an American re patriated in the recent diplomatic exchange of nationals. The Japs de scribe this picture as showing a part of the 1,300 Americans captured at Wake island on their way to a prison camp in Kagawa province. The black uniformed officer is identified as Commander Winfleld Scott Cun ningham, ex-garrison chief at Wake. The picture is being used by the enemy as propaganda. RUSSIA: Nazi Advance While Nazi troops besieging Sta lingrad battled for a decision the German air force was reported to be concentrating its attack on Volga shipping, rail and highway commu nications as far southeast as Astra khan, where the Volga flows into the Caspian sea. The Russian high command an nounced that re-enforced German troops had made a further advance southwest of Stalingrad. German broadcasts told of Nazi troops en tering the southern part of the city after capturing additional fortifica tions. However, the Russians claimed they were holding firm to the west. The Red communique reported a new enemy drive on the western bank of the Don river, south of Voro nezh, employing an entire infantry division and 100 tanks. The Ger mans were said to have lost 2,000 officers and men. In the Volkhov sector east of Leningrad the Ger mans were reported battling for a 12-mile stretch of the important Leningrad-Vologda railway. Brighter reports came from the deep Caucasus. German troops in the mountainous region around Moz dok were said to be "withdrawing northward." Observers noted that recent snows in the Caucasus may have caused the withdrawal and said that the Axis may have re linguished hope of reaching the Cas pian sea in that area before winter. RAIDS ON BRITAIN: From the Stratosphere Germany's third new weapon for daylight bombing raids against Eng land was revealed in London with a disclosure that Nazi substratosphere bombers, equipped with super charged Diesel motors, have made several daylight attacks on Great Britain. The first of these bombing raids on Britain were made from altitudes of approximately 40,000 feet. The bombers were modified Junkers 86-P's equipped with experimental pressure cabins. Others used were lour-motor Heinkel 177's, carrying eight tons of bombs, equalling the capacity of Britain's biggest bomb ers, and the bomb-carrying Focke Wulf 190's. The latter planes are primarily fighters and they are able to speed low over coastal targets, getting away before the fast British Spitfires can get at them. PRODUCTION CUT: Faced by Industry In a straight-to-the-point speech, Donald M. Nelson, chairman of the War Production board, warned the nation that we are not winning the war and that, although the nation's production is not what it should be, shifts must be made in material al lotment that will enforce layoffs and production changes. He pointed out that further cuts In materials for civilian use and shifts in materials from one war product to another would be made to balance war production, and said such cuts and assignments would result In enforced layoffs for men and women intent on production for victory. HIGHLIGHTS NICKEL: Secretary of the Treas ury Morgenthau has announced that the new nickel will contain copper, manganese, silver and no nickel. AUTHORITY: Organized with the assistance of United States experts, a central autonomous authority will be set up by the Brazilian govern ment In a move toward stricter con trol over all phases of the nation's war effort. Newspaper Union. 1? reft rH 1 - , PACIFIC FRONT: Action Continues Allied bombing attacks against Japanese bases in New Guinea con tinued with smashing blows taking a heavy toll in the battle area. Lae and Salamaua were targets for the main attacks. Two bombers were destroyed on the ground at the Lae airdrome, where 17 tons of bombs were dropped on installations. The communique stated that ground action in the Owen Stanley mountain range, where the Japs were halted about 40 miles north of the Port Moresby base, was con fined to patrol activity. Meanwhile, the battle of the Solo mons seemed to have settled down to a battle of supply lines. The United States and Australia have poured planes and supplies in to the marines on Guadalcanal and Tulagi against Japanese sea and air oppo sition. The Japs have not attacked in force since the major battle on Au gust 24 and 25, when U. S. forces de feated an enemy invasion force of more than 40 ships. They have con tinued their occasional bombing for ays and attacks with light naval craft. Recently the Japanese have bombed from high altitudes, using delayed action bombs. MORGENTHAU: Lauds Bond Sales Flatly denying that he regards the voluntary war bond sales program as a "failure," Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau de clared in a statement to the war savings staff that the treasury "will continue to rely upon voluntary lending for a large part of our financing." The secretary's statement was made following a recent press con ference. He said: "The impression seems to have spread that I regard the voluntary war bond program as a 'failure.' This is not only a distor tion of anything I have said on the subject, but it is also an injustice to the hundreds of thousands of de voted volunteers in all parts of the country. TRANSPORTATION: U. S. Control Before the operators of 5,000,000 trucks, 154,000 busses and 50,000 taxicabs can obtain gasoline, tires or parts after November 15, they will be forced to show "certificate! of war necessity." Government control of these ve hicles as a conservation measure was announced by Joseph B. East man, director of the Office of De fense Transportation. Eastman said the certificates for commercial ve hicles would require a tire check every 5,000 miles, or every 60 days whichever occurs first. Certifi cates, he indicated, would be issued to all types of trucks and vehicles built primarily for transporting property and passengers and others available for public usage, such as ambulances and heaises. The control measure was inaugu rated to limit the use of vehicles to operations necessary to the war effort, or to the essential domestic economy. in the week's newt NAVY: Approval of Clinton, Okla., as the site of an $8,000,000 naval aviation training base has been an nounced by Navy Secretary Knox. RATIONING: When Verney Har rop of Toronto, Ont., decided that "William, aged 6" should have a ra tion card, be ran into trouble. The wartime prices and trade board dis covered that "William, aged 6" was a dog. Mr. Harrop was fined $100. LAVAL PROTESTS: Madagascar Occupation Even as the British advanced on Tananarive, inland capital of Mada gascar, pro-Axis Frenchmen were demanding a "blow for blow" re prisal against England in retaliation for the invasion. Britain's reasons for the occupa tion of Madagascar were speedily set forth. They charged that the island had supplied Japanese sub marines for raids in the Indian ocean and the Mozambique channel; that German spies had operated there with the help of Vichy French officials, and that Jap planes had made reconnaissance flights over the southern end of the island. The state department in Washing ton was quick to endorse the British campaign to take the French pos session out of the sphere of Axis Influence. Pierre Laval in Vichy was equally quick to protest the American endorsement. He said that defending forces were "very in sufficient, and I regret it." He ad mitted that the French on the island were putting up mere token resist ance as a matter of "honor.'.' And, as usual, little attention was paid to the almost chronic com plaints of Laval. 3-A DRAFT: 'Inevitable' "If Hitler landed on the beach now, this afternoon, there would be no question in the minds of wives in sparing their husbands." With that statement, Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, national draft di rector, made it clear to the nation that the need for man power in the armed services has made inevitable the drafting of now deferred hus bands with dependents and war pro duction workers. "We will have to come to the real ization that there are not enough single men, that there are not enough married men without de pendents, for the mobilization of, say, between 10 million and 13 mil lion in the United States," Hershey said. ENFORCED LABOR: In France Passing one of the most drastic laws in French history, the Petain government established the princi ple of forced labor and total dicta torship over employment. The law, originated by Pierre La val, states that every Frenchman between the ages of 18 and 50 and every French woman between 21 and 35 are subject to be called up "to effect all labors which the gov ernment will judge useful in the highest interests of the nation." The law contains no limitations as to where the laborers could be shipped. Every man must prove to the gov ernment that he is engaged in work "useful to the country's needs," or be subject to assignment elsewhere. Employers may not hire workers unless they are provided by the gov ernment labor service. GAS RATIONING: Discomfort, Not Defeat Approximately 27,000,000 motor ists throughout the nation have made drastic changes in their driv ing habits and, faced by a matter of "discomfort or defeat," are prepar ing for further restrictions. When Bernard M. Baruch's spe cial rubber committee handed its hard-hitting report to Mr. Roosevelt, the President was ready to act. His opening gun was an announcement that "as rapidly as arrangements can be made" he would put into ef fect a set of recommendations sub mitted by the committee. These in cluded nation-wide gasoline ration ing and severe restrictions on civil ian motoring. Strategists K 4 -p i ' " ' Z "7- A 1 Maj. Gen. Russell Maxwell, left, head of the U. S. forces In the Egyp tian battle sone, works out a tactical problem with Sir Allan Brooke, chief of the British Imperials gen eral staff. This picture was made at Middle East headquarters In Cairo. INDIA'S PROBLEM: More Complex The Indian problem appeared more complex than ever with the statement by Mohammed All Jin nah, leader of India's Moslem league, that the Moslems would not be prepared to enter a provisional government unless their demand for "Pakistan," or the establishment of a separate Mohammedan state, was met. The demands made doubly difflcuT Britain's job of placating Indiai factions long at odds with each other. West Coast Ship Builder Explains Program I it " yfel fx f f t , f Henry J. Kaiser, West coast ship builder, is pictured here (center) as he spoke with reporters after his meeting with Donald M. Nelson, chairman of the War Production board. It was indicated that the most that Kaiser could get out of his visit to Washington was a contract for two or three sample cargo planes of the type he seeks to produce in quantities. Sports for U. S. Captives in Jap Prison Camp 1 lfM'ra fmt-"y ' . I This photo which appeared In the Japanese propaganda magazine, Freedom, published in Shanghai, was brought to the U. S. by a national recently repatriated. The Jap caption states that it shows a "playtime" scene at a war prisoners camp in Shanghai. The caption says that base ball and volley ball are provided for V. S. marines, and cricket for the British. Work on Alaska Highway Being Rushed V'. tit? V C .," 4 -A JhHe L ' H - ; - The Alaska highway, which la being; rushed to completion through virgin forests on the east side of the Rockies, will make a military road protected by a chain of coastal mountains from the raclfio Northwest to our Alaskan defense area. Photo shows a pontoon bridge over a river. Substantial loads of equipment and supplies may be moved freely over this type of bridge. Hatching Trouble 4. 11 Lieut. Gen. B. L. Montgomery, commander of the British Eighth army, Is shown bareheaded as he discussed a tactical situation facing the 22nd armored brigade facing the Nazis in the western desert. Under lontgomery's brilliant leadership Allied troops stopped General Rom lel's drive towards Alexandria e i Cairo and drove the Nazis back to ..e starting point of their last at.-ck. it for Nazis in Desert """V! Ill MI- V "-' ' I Army Wife Gets Aid 1 v L 1 Mrs. June Roehrer of Grantwood, N. J., is shown with her 13-month-old daughter, after discovering that the law is not so heartless as she thought. Wife of a national guards man called into tne army, Mrs. Roehrer was served with a dispos sess notice because of her owing $210 for seven months overdue rent. When she appeared in court six lawyers came forward with offers of assistance. Jap Propagandist Joseph Smythe, who was arrested by the FBI in connection with plans made by the Japanese government to propagandize the United States, Is shown as he was arraigned before a federal judge In New York. I The V. S. coast guard falls back on an old-fashioned way of traveling the waves in order to combat the submarine menace. Sailing schoon ers which can ghost along the ship ping lanes silently, with alert coast guardsmen at the listening devices, help locate the subs then bring planes to the scene. A schooner of the coast guard fleet and a roast guard plane are the ships that pass. To Replace Suner Gen. Francisco Jordana, who was named by General Franco to re place Franco's brother-in-law, t ie Nazi-admiring Raymond Serrr 10 -inner, as foreign minister for Spli Ships That Pass CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT SOY BEANS SOT BEAMS NEW VARIETT One pck IIS lbs. I will plant one acrt. Will yield 40 bushels or more. Write lor free circular and proof. W. MAGINNIS, ALLENTOW.V, N. J. To prepare uncoated iron or s'eel for painting, wire brush it, unless it is extremely corroded. In that case, crude oil or spent lu bricating oil will loosen the rust. Slake aprons out of worn house dresses. The worn parts around the arms are cut out and the dress shaped like a big apron. Or if small aprons are desired, two can be made, one from the front of the dress and one from the back. The lower part of a short sleeve can be used for a pocket, already hemmed. Wash ice cream boxes, dry them and store seeds in them with the name written on the box along with any special planting informa tion. Furniture bought in piecemeal fashion on a small budget should serve as many purposes as con veniently possible and should lend itself to arrangement with added pieces. Wrap cheese in a clean cloth dampened in vinegar and keep in a cool dry place. To prevent mold from growing on stored fat be sure the container is dry, cook until the moisture is all out when cooking down the fat for storing, keep in a dry place. Acid Indigestion What msny Doctors do for it When excess stomach sctd causes ams, four stomach or heartburn, doctors prearriba the faitest acting medicines known for svmtomatic relief medicinea like those in Hell ans Tablets. No laiatlre. If your eery first trial doesn't prove Rell-ana better, return bottle to os sod get double your money back, 2ba. Speed of Forest Fires Forest fires have traveled five miles an hour, lava has flowed at the rate of 50 miles an hour and clouds have attained a velocity of over a hundred miles an hour. At Our Best If everyone would do as well as possible for even one day, we all should do well. Henry Ford. TOVi V- OF I A 66 LIQUID TABLETS S Al VE NOSt UROPJx COUCH CROPS Seeking Novelty Human nature craves novelty.' Pliny the Elder. 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