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-WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Allied Invasion of Yugoslavia
Poses Another Threat to Reich;
Plan for Small Standing Army
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(EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions are expressed in these columns, they are those of
Western Newspaper news analysts
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Entering Chambois, France, the Allies found abandoned, wrecked and
burned German equipment, common sights along the enemy's battered retreat
route to the Reich.
EUROPE:
Netv Front
For the little man with the clipped
mustache, there seemed to be no
end of trouble.
Although his broken armies in the
west were reorganizing for a stiffer
Stand against the U. S. and British
onslaught, and although his bat
tered armies in the east were slow
ing the Russians from the Black sea
to the Carpathians, the Allies posed
Still another threat to his narrowing
defensive circle by an invasion of
Yugoslavia.
As Russian troops tore across
Romania onto the eastern Yugoslav
border near the capital of Belgrade,
U. S. and British forces landed on
the western coast for a drive in
land.
worked forward for a junction, Mar
shal Josip Tito's Partisans were ac
tive in harassing German troops and
sabotaging communication lines.
The twin offensive in Yugoslavia
doubly imperilled the harried le
gions of Adolf Hitler.
First, the U. S., British and
Russian drives promised to link
the Allied armies for a con
certed attack against southern
Austria and Hungary, and, also
to outflank the Nazis manning
the Gothic line in Italy to the
west; and, second, an Allied
junction would cut off an esti
mated 260,000 enemy troops re
maining in lower Yugoslavia,
Greece and the Aegean islands.
Stiffen at Border
As the two Allied armies
Bleated the German radio to
fanatical Nazi rearguards resisting
the U. S. and British drives to the
Reich's western frontier:
"Every day gained now amounts
to a reinforcement of our national
strength for the defense of the Reich
itself. ..."
Partly because of such resistance,
partly because the fast-moving Al
lied armies had outrun their length
ening supply lines, the U. S. and
British thrusts in the Lowlands and
France temporarily lost their whirl
ing momentum.
Fighting
particularly
heavy in northeastern Belgium
before the fortress city of Liege
and in the rugged Ardennes for
est, and directly to the east of
Paris, where American troops
drew up along the Moselle river
for an assault on Nazi defenses
guarding the rich industrial
Saar basin.
was
Mounted thickly in the precipitous,
wooded heights east of the Moselle,
the German artillery maintained
a steady drumfire against doughty
U. S. troops seeking to establish
firm bridgeheads across the river.
Farther to the south, Lieut. Gen.
Alexander Patch's Seventh army,
driving up from the Mediterranean
for a juncture with Lieut. Gen.
George Patton's Third army along
the Moselle, drove on the Belfort [
gap. the low-lying plane between I
the Vosges mountains of France and
Swiss border leading into Germany.
Costly Fighting
Reflecting the strong pressure th»
Russians were exerting to the north
east of Warsaw, the Germans ac
knowledged their withdrawal across
the Narew river, . .to avoid the
danger of a Russian breakthrough
on the southern border of East Prus
sia."
In withdrawing across the Narew,
the Nazis continued their policy of
economizing their forces by giving
ground when the superior weight of
their opponent promised to grind
down their manpower.
Because of the proximity of the
Russians to German soil, however,
the Nazis no longer were free to
make wholesale withdrawals, but
now faced bloody front-line fighting.
MISCELLANY
OPA VIOLATIONS: In the first
half of this year, formal enforce
ment of Office of Price administra
tion regulations was necessary in
42,000 cases, involving violations of
price ceilings, rationing quotas, and
rent levels. Action included revoca
tion of 20,684 consumer gasoline ra
tions, 4,265 suits for injunctions, 1,158
triple damage suits, and 2,191 crimi
nal prosecutions.
CIVILIAN GOODS:
Postwar Formula
Manufacture of civilian goods will
begin in earnest with the fall of Ger
many, with war output due to drop
about 40 per cent, and 4,000,000 work
ers freed for other jobs, the War
Production board revealed.
At the present time, a limited re
conversion program has been insti
tuted, with emphasis placed upon
preparation for the eventual resump
Because of the U. S.'s record
breaking production of 79,350,000
tons, world steel output rose to
146,500,000 tons in 1943. While
production increased here, it
dropped from 28,000,000 to 20,
000,000 tons in Germany and
from 18,000,000 to 12,000,000 tons
in Russia.
tion of civilian production. Under
current regulations, manufacturers
are permitted to develop working
postwar models and order machin
ery for civilian output.
In allowing those manufacturers
not engaged in war work to start
turning out civilian lines after the
Nazis' downfall, the WPB will main
tain priorities for military produc
tion alone and will relax most of
its controls over materials. Further
more, it will provide assistance for
manufacturers in switching over to
civilian work.
DEMOBILIZATION:
Discharge Plans
Total length of service, time
served overseas, combat record and
dependency will govern the demobi
lization of soldiers following the de
feat of Germany, the army an
nounced.
Under the army's plans for releas
ing surplus men, each of the first
four mentioned factors will be worth
a certain number of points, with re
lease going to doughboys with the
highest ratings. However, it was
pointed out, men with qualifications
needed for the war in the Pacific
will be transferred to the Far East
regardless of their status.
Because the war in the Pacific
will receive first call on shipping, it
may take many months for men
eligible for demobilization to return
to this country, the army said. Since
men in camps here are expected to
have the lowest priority ratings, they
will constitute the principal pool for
replacements.
Since the U. S.'s full seapower
will be needed in the all-out war
against Japan, there will be no de
mobilization of the navy when Ger
many falls.
Future Army
Declaring that ... "a large
standing army has no place among
the institutions of a
modern democratic
state," Gen. George
C. Marshall told of
ficers planning the
postwar military or
ganization to work
on a small, efficient
force with a re
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trained citizens.
In issuing his di
rective, General Marshall assumed
that congress would pass legislation
requiring every able-bodied Amer
ican youth to undergo training be
fore placement in the reserves.
By advocating a small, efficient
force with a large pool of reservists,
General Marshall said that there
was more opportunity for advance
ment in such an organization than
there was in a big standing army,
where the size made it necessary
to maintain a large, professional
officers' cast at all times.
Gen. Marshall
HELP WANTED
A shortage of 200,000 workers
ists in the principal industrial
gions of the country, and it can be
remedied only by shifting men and
women from areas where there is
less stringency, the War Manpower
commission declares.
Heavy war industries in New Eng
land, North Atlantic, Middle West
and the Pacific Coast are being
hampered by lack of skilled help.
Only in the South and Southwest is
there an approximately adequate
labor supply.
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PACIFIC:
Tougher Going
With U. S. forces edging closer to
the Philippines and Japan itself
through intensive operations against
the Bonins lying 600 miles from
Tokyo, Navy Secretary James For
restal warned the country that the
going would become increasingly
tougher as the enemy concentrated
his forces for a fight on a shorter
front.
In speaking of the enemy's air (
force, Forrestal said: "The Japs,
have obviously been saving their !
planes for the engagement to come.
Except for the battle of the eastern
Philippines, they have not risked a
big aerial battle for months.''
In addition to concentrating num
bers, the Japs have also been im
proving the quality of their planes,
Forrestal revealed. Said he: "Jap
planes of every type . . . now have
greater fire power, armament,
speed, range and load capacity.
United States navy planes have
been imp: oved, too, but we don't
now have as big technical advan
tages ... as a year ago."
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Remove Rationing
Because War Food Administrator !
Marvin Jones advised that available ^
and prospective supplies justified the !
step, the government removed from
rationing all canned and processed
jams, jellies, fruit butters, aspara-1
gus, lima beans, corn, peas, pump-J
kins, squash, mixed vegetables, j
baked beans, tomato sauce and |
puree and all varieties of soups and I
baby foods.
At the same time, a WFA spokes
man declared that heavy runs of j
cattle may permit the removal of
commercial grade beefsteaks and )
roasts from rationing in October or !
November. At present, sizable mar- !
ketings of grass-fed stock have re-1
suited in ample point-free supplies !
of utility grade meats. Lighter runs j
of prime cattle, on the other hand, I
will make continued rationing of top I
cuts necessary.
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observatory of Fordham university, charts \
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far southwest as Wisconsin. According to ]
cross-sectional model of the
Reverend Lynch, disturbance centered i J
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CATTLE:
War Prices
As the war entered its sixth year
this month, price levels of meat ani
mals were from 45 to 105 per cent
higher than they were in September,
1939.
On the Chicago market, cattle that
brought $12 per hundredweight six
years ago sold at $18.35. Steers that
averaged $10.30 then drew $15.85.
The rise was equally marked in
hogs, with head under 240 pounds,
which brought $8 per hundredweight
six years ago, selling for the $14.75
ceiling. As a whole, the average of,
$7 of 1939 was far below the 1944
figure of $14.35.
Against the top of $10 in 1939,
lambs drew $14.65 per hundred
weight, with the $9.50 average of six
years ago below this month's mark
of $14.25.
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As a demand was made in con
gress for an investigation of the war
department's handling of furloughs.
FURLOUGHS:
Shipping Factor
especially in the Pacific a letter
Gen Douglas MacArthur
stated that the scarcity of shipping
hindcred a more liberalized policy.
ment of all men who have served a
specified length of time would,
course, halt our offensive against
Japan and might Indefinitely pro
long the war.
While the demand was made fori.,
the investigation, Rep. Carl Hinshaw
(Calif.) urged that soldiers stationed
in Alaska be rotated by units to
other posts.
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Release Vehicles
Excess stocks of war materials are
being declared surplus at the rate
o, .00 miHton dollar, worth a month,
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Eighty-five per cent of the materials
are from the war department at
present, and consist of airplanes,
motor vehicles, medical supplies and
radio equipment. So far, goods sold
have brought 83.8 per cent^f origi
nal cost. 9
Citing the shipping shortage, Gen
eral MacArthur said: "The return to
the United States without replace
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Feed and
Succeed
BY JACK MAYNARD
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Feeding experiments show that
t contain a valuable supply
fattening costs when fed with gram
Tops from each ton of
of feed nutrients that can reduce
jand hay.
beets contain feed value equal to
46 pounds of corn and 150 pounds
of alfalfa.
Just what part of this feeding
jvalue is saved depends largely on
how well this tops crop is harvest
ed and stored. If tops are siloed
green, or if they are dried and
stacked, there would be little loss
f feed nutr ients and benefits de
. . from this feed cou id mean the
ff ce betwee n profit and loss
f eeding operations this year.
in comparison of cor n belt and
* by .p ro duct rations for fatten
two-year-old steers demon
strates the saving that is possible.
At the Nebraska experiment sta
tion, steers fattened on corn and
^ . f alone pro duced a net market
of;*. f 2 06 pounds per head daily
, ti of 17 . 9 pounds of corn
™ pounds of alfalfa hay. Fed
ff a'250-pound gain in 120 days,
ca ttle required 2,150 pounds
, nrn an d 672 pounds of alfalfa
j' compa rison to this straîght
! ain an d hay ration, these same
l steers fed a typical beet by-product
I ration for a 250-pound gam would
i require only 625 pounds of corn
with th® 3 f f "^ pu i p an? 875
heets, 4 , . comDar i
pounds £•>«£
wffl tdicate the relative economy
of the two ra lon ®' d pa tti e
Jake Amend, farmer and cattle
feeder at Bil mgs,
two-year-old ste ®I s 070
last winter They gamed 270
pounds. He b ° u ff ht ld at
,$10.61 per cwt. and they sold at
$14.45 per cwt. Jake figures they
netted him a profit of $1,100 or $20
per head. What did he feed? Ac
cording to his figures, beet tops,
about 10 pounds daiy, or tops lr- m
four tons of beets per steer; grain
(oats and barley) about six pounds
daily, starting off with two pounds
and finishing up with 10 pounds, a
total of 720 pounds per steer. Wet
pulp, 50 pounds daily or three tons
per steer, and alfalfa hay, very
little.
ate only about one pound per head
daily or 120 pounds per steer. He
bedded his corral with good bright
straw and they ate a good share of
this bedding.
Jake always feeds a mineral sup
plement to provide sufficient phos
phorus during the early part of his
feeding operations when his cattle
are getting a liberal supply of low
cost by-products apt to be lacking
in this essential mineral.
Feeding operations of this type
demonstrate the fattening value of
well preserved tops and other by
products properly supplemented to
secure most effective results.
Jake figures these cattle
Attention !
Cream Producers
Your feed subsidy payments will be in
creased to ten cents a pound butterfat,
starting Sept. 1st.
For your convenience we keep a record
of your butterfat deliveries and send it
to your Triple A office each month.
LAUREL CREAMERY
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Substance
was the subject of
the Lesson-Sermon which was read
in all Churches of Christ, Scientist,
on Sunday, Sept. 10, 1944.
The Golden Text was:
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A good
name is rather to be chosen than
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great riches, and loving favour
rather than silver and gold" (Pro.
22 : 1 .)
Among the citations which com
prised the Lesson-Sermon was the
following from the Bible:
grace of God that bringeth salvation
hath appeared unto all men. Teach
ing us that, denying ungodliness
and worldly lusts, we' should live
soberly, righteously, and godly, in
this present world;" (Tit. 2:11, 12).
The Lesson-Sermon also included
the following passage from the
Christian Science textbook, "Science
and Health with Key to the Scrip
tures" by Mary Baker Eddy:
God is substance and man is the
divine image and likeness, man
should wish for, and in reality has,
only the substance of good, the
substance of Spirit, not matter
(p 301).
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