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'.7EEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
r^azi Forces Retreat Toward Rumania
As Russians Regain Rich Farm Lands;
Allied Troops Drive New Wedge Into
Germans' Main Defense Line in Italy
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Italy -Row on row, these little white crosses in Mount Soprano cemetery
mark the graves of fallen American Doughboys in Italy.
OPA:
Renewal Sought
Claiming that OPA has held war
time price increases to half the
level of World War I,
H Price Administrator
1 Chester Bowles ap
I peared before the
P senate banking com
|y mittee to testify for
continuation of the
agency for another
year.
Following early in
creases to iron out
prewar depression
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prices, the cost of liv
ing has been held ab
solutely stable during
the last 11 months, Bowles said.
Asking for retention of present
powers, Bowles said OPA would con
tinue with present techniques for
keeping down prices, including sub
sidies, which he called essential.
Cattle Subsidy
To bring cattle off the range and
prevent a market glut in the fall,
OPA considered increasing packers'
subsidies by 30 cents to enable them
to offer higher prices for the stock
during spring and summer.
At the same time, government of
ficials considered placing a floor un
der medium and lower grade cattle
whose quality may be affected by
the tight feed situation, with floors
for the spring and summer above
those for the fall.
While increased subsidies were be
ing considered for cattle, lower sub
sidies were being studied for hogs,
in line with government policy for
decreased pig production. Now $1.30
a hundred pounds, the hog subsidy
may be cut by 30 cents.
Chester
Bowles
SOLDIER VOTE:
President Gets Bill
Passed by congress, the compro
mise soldier vote bill, allowing use
of the short federal ballot if cer-.
tified by the governor and state bal
lots are unobtainable, found its way
to President Roosevelt's desk for sig
nature or veto.
Once outspoken in his opposition
to a bill limiting soldier voting to
state ballots alone, the President
took up the compromise measure
with caution before acting, wiring
«11 48 governors to report to him
whether they would permit use of
the short federal ballot, which only
lists the presidential and congres
sional offices without including the
names of the candidates.
If the governors O.K. the short
federal ballot, servicemen will only
be able to use it if their states have
no absentee voting laws, or if they
have applied for state ballots but
have not received them.
RUSSIA:
Free Ukraine
Germany's remaining foothold in
the Ukraine was loosened as Rus
sian troops smashed into Nazi lines
and the
along Bug as en
emy's forces fell back toward Ru
mania, the Reds regained the rich
farm and mineral land.
As Russia scored its military suc
cess in the south, Finland in the
north turned down Moscow's armis
tice offer, based on restoration of
the 1940 borders and internment of
German troops entrenched in the
little country.
Russia's southern drive carried
Red troops to within 30 miles of the
prewar Rumanian border, while far
ther to the northwest, they were
Within 100 miles of the old Czech
«nd Hungarian frontiers.
HIGHLIGHTS • • • in th« week'» newt
PENNIES: Since the copper situ
«tion has improved considerably,
the War Production board has de
clded to permit addition of enough
of the red metal to pennies to re
atore the old copper-zinc ratio of 95
carts copper to 5 parts zinc. Pro
" • rate currently is at 150 mil
duction
lion one-cent pieces per month.
iB expected that the annual output
will exceed a billion steel pennies.
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EUROPE:
Drive Wedge in Italy
Having driven a wedge into the
German's main defense line by lev
eling Cassino with a devastating
aerial attack by heavy bombers, Al
lied forces fought hard to advance
up the road to Rome and get at the
rear of the enemy hemming in U. S.
and British troops on the Anzio
beachhead.
Although the thunderous leveling
of Cassino left that once-fortified
village standing directly on the road
to Rome a pile of jumbled mortar,
Nazi established in the
guns sur
rounding hills continued to rake Al
lied troops, making progress slow.
Preliminary to the big showdown
in the west, Allied bombers contin
ued to roar over Axis Europe, rip
ping at Nazi channel defenses,
France's network of rails over which
the enemy plans to shuttle troops to
meet invasion armies, and German
industries turning out the weapons
of war. To counter the raids, the
Nazis sent up swarms of fighter
planes, and great sky battles raged.
PACIFIC:
Troubled W ar-Lords
As U. S. army and naval forces
kept up a running fire over the en
tire Pacific area, Japan's jumpy lit
tle war-lords had this to worry
about:
Continued Allied bombings of Wee
wak, New Guinea, and Rabaul, New
Britain, feeder bases for Jap troops
in those regions.
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U. S. control of the Admiralty is- |
lands lying along the supply route j
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to Rabaul.
General MacArthur's increasing !
isolation of the 30,000 Jap troops
hemmed in on Bougainville island
in the Solomons, with the U. S. fleet ]
and air force in control to prevent |
major reinforcement or general |
withdrawal.
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outpost of Truk, guarding the en
trance into the waters of the ene
my's South Pacific empire.
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DRAFT:
Tighten Deferments
In order to meet the services' de
mands for 1,160,000 men by July to
bring military
strength to 11,
300,000, local draft M
boards have been J
directed to tight- if
en up on all de- S
ferments, particu- H
larly for those in
the 18 - 25 age
group.
Under the new
directives issued
by Selective Serv
ice Chief Lewis B.
Hershey, only in
dispensable employees, regardless of
family status, are to be deferred,
and only the state draft head or na
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Gen. Hershey
tional headquarters is to pass on
any deferments for the 18 to 25 year
age group.
Only farm workers producing 16
units will be eligible for deferment,
and careful consideration will be
given to the cases of 470,000 farm
workers under 26.
While Selective Service pressed for
more men, General Hershey said few
of the 3,485,000 4Fs will be found ac
ceptable for military service. Only
about 11 per cent of those with de
pendents, including fathers, have
been taken thus far, he said, and
only about 1 in 10 will pass physicals.
1 FOOD PROCESSORS: There will
be a need for at least 700,000 sca
| sonal workers in canneries and oth
I er food processing plants this year,
Paul McNutt, manpower commis
sioner, says. This is 100,000 more
than were needed last year. Stu
dents, women, and part-time work
ers will be the 4 only source, he be
lieves, though prisoners of war and
soldiers on leave can be called upon.
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Season's Prizes Are
Awarded Tuesday At
Royal Neighbor Party
The concluding number of the
series of card parties which
sponsored by the Royal Neighbors
during the season was held Tues
day at the L. L. club. Grand prizes
were awarded in addition to those
given for the evening's scores.
The winners of the women's
awards for the highest total scored
during the series were Mrs. W. P.
Sexton in bridge, and Mrs. A. P.
Elliot, in five hundred,
grand prizes went to M. O. Skille
stad in bridge, and to C. E. Rod
gers in five hundred.
Honors in bridge during the eve
ning were received by Mrs. H. J.
Cook and Mrs. V. J. Daniels of
Billings for the women, while Mr.
Skillestad and J. O. Speare won for
the men.
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The men's
At the tables of five
hundred the winners were Mrs. Bud
Roberts and Mrs. George Fahy, first
and second; A. J. Motzko,
and Dr. R. J. Rosselot, second.
first,
V.F.W. Auxiliary Is
Visited By Burdett;
Candidates Received
A class of five candidates
was
initiated when the Veterans of For
eign Wars Auxiliary met Wednes
day evening of last week at the
L. L. club.
Mrs. B. V. Friedman
presided. Mrs. O. R. Burdett, de
partment president, made her offi
cial visit and gave a talk on her
work. Mrs. C. M. Brenden, legis
lative chairman, gave a report on
what the auxiliary is doing in that
direction. Mrs. S. S. Bliss, district
president, was introduced. Refresh
ments were served and a gift was
presented to Mrs. Burdett.
Announcement has been made
that the next meeting will be pre
ceded by a pot-luck supper, Wed
nesday, March 29, at the home of
E. L. Fenton.
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VJoming Events..
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Friday, March 24.
A meeting of the Episcopal Guild
will be held at 7:45 at the home of
Mrs. George Graves. U. T. O.
boxes will be turned in.
Monday, March 27.
The Rotana club will meet for
election of officers at the home of
Miss Stellavee Wooters.
Tuesday, March 28.
Past Noble Grands of Evergreen
Rebekah lodge No. 86 will meet at
the home of Mrs. Lynne Callaway
at 2 p. m.
Wednesday, March 29.
A pot-luck supper at 6:30 will
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Precede the meeting of the Veter- |
ans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary at
the E. L. Fenton home.
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DENVER.—Have
you
the new gas-fired pistols, rifles and
shotguns? If you're a sportsman, jot
i down in your notebook to look into
this right after the war.
Ray Monncr of Denver, a college
professor who invented this new fir
ing principle, says the ammunition
for the new gun will cost about
one-tenth as much as the gunpow
der type and will weigh only one
thu d as much. ,
Guns never heat with the gas ex
plosive and barrels never have to be
cleaned because tnere are no pow
der fumes or smokes. The recoil is
as gentle as a kitten's purring and
noise is negligible.
"This gun fires carbon dioxide gas,
otherwise known as C02 or dry ice,"
says Monner, who is blonde, has a
pleasant smile and has spent months
in Washington attempting to adapt
the new invention to the U. S. army's
needs.
"I discovered the firing principle
when I was fooling around in my
home workshop trying to make a
toy," he says. "The first gun I
made was just a toy that fired
common BB shot, similar to com
pressed air rifles.
"The C02 is carried in a small
cartridge that will hold four ounces
and will sell for around VA cents.
This will fire about 2,000 lead pel
lets of .22 caliber that cost about 50
cents a thousand. The pellets are
not mounted in a cartridge, as a
gunpowder-propelled slug is, but in
stead are placed in a magazine be
side the barrel of the weapon.
"The explosion of each shot of gas
propels the pellet through the barrel
at about the same velocity as if it
was fired by gunpowder. The re
coil is gentler than that of gunpow
der because the impact is applied
to the slug throughout the entire
length of the barrel of the weapon.
Gunpowder applies its impact in vir
tually one instantaneous blow.
Building Bomber
The building of a single bomber
involves approximately 12,000 tele
phone calls.
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Cretonnes and rayons, 36 and 48 inches wide, in blues,
rose, tans and some with light backgrounds. See this
lovely new material at once.
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Program Relating
To English People
Mrs . j oe Marcure was hostess to
the Laurel Woman's club Monday,
The presid ent, Mrs. Marion Craw
ford presided at the session. Roll
n answers were quotations of
English authors,
ri g Mrs . s . g. Bliss and Mrs. C. *C.
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Topic o t e progiam . on a>
" as England and Mrs. R. A. Mc
Cracken read an interesting paper
that described the development and
progress of England from the tune
ft was a P ar t t* 16 mainland of
France to the present, when it
Mrs. C. L. Mor
to the
teems with war activity.
Queen Victoria's reign was out
standing because of many reforms,
which was the removal of
and girl workers from the
Another was the plac
among
women
coal mines,
ing of limits on the number of
hours children could be worked in
factories, although at that time six
hours were not considered too long
for a 7-year-old to work in a day.
Provision was also made for part
time education of working children.
Early in the twentieth century the
labor party established itself as an
active force in politics. The con
flicts between capital and labor led
to the desire to improve standards |
of living for all classes, and trade
unions fought for more equitable
conditions.
One of the most significant
came in the position of
changes
women, who were admitted to col
leges and entered professions pre
viously forbidden to them. In 1918
they won the right to vot
before American women ob
two
years
tained equal suffrage.
As a result of the depression fol
lowing World war I, a system of
unemployment insurance was estab
lished. Two schemes are being
worked out. The subsistence pro
duction is an undertaking for the
benefit of those who are and may
always remain on the dole. The
other, a land settlement policy, aims'
at turning the ex-wage earner into
a small holder who lives by the
produce of his land.
England also has large housing
projects in congested areas. The
projects are financed by the gov
ernment.
As early at 1937 northern areas
were classified as "special." Those
areas were situated towards the
west and would be less exposed to
air attacks in war and were there
fore suitable for locations of muni
tion plants. Measures were being
studied at that time on "what to do
To Cream
Producers:
The government subsidy payments
on butterfat for March and April will
be eight cents per pound.
Apply for your payments at your
county Triple-A office.
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in event of war; also, the removal
of inhabitants from bombed vil
lages.'
being operated for Red Cross res
cue work and damage from gas and
bombs.
The next meeting of the Laurel
club will be April 3, with Mrs. S.
S. Bliss as hostess.
Schools of instruction were
The Outlook Says:
Miss Betty Mees of Billings was
a guest Sunday of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Nicholas.
Mrs. C. L. Morris was hostess at
dessert luncheon Tuesday for her
contract club and Mrs. H. T. Smart,
a guest.
were won by Mrs. J. A. Spencer
and Mrs. Joseph Gehrett.
The afternoon's awards