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-WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Allies in "Big Heave" Seal Off
Ruhr Valley Production Center;
Clay to Rule Occupied Reich
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German dead litter road as British Tommies drive toward Berlin in
rout of enemy forces on 21st army
EUROPE:
Last Great Arsenal
The last great source of Ger
many's supply of war materiel had
been sealed off as tanks of Lieu
tenant General Hodges' U. S. 1st
army swept before them all resist
ance in their spectacular dash to
wards Berlin. The British 2nd army,
pounding across the north German
plain, had steadily drawn closer and
closer to the 1st army. Ruhr valley
War production centers had been ef
fectively sealed off.
Typical of the magnitude of the
American forces was the one-day
bag of 14,000 Nazi prisoners taken
by General Patton's 3rd army in its
sensational drive eastward.
City after city had fallen into Al
lied hands under Eisenhower's steam
roller. Among the rich prizes were
Frankfurt - on - the - Main (546,
000), ranking ninth in the German
Reich, Mannheim (283,000) which
fell to Lieutenant General Patch's
7th army, and Essen which led all
Europe in the production of muni
tions.
Clearly the final doom of Nazi pow
er was sounding. Prime Minister
Churchill of Great Britain declared
he believed the "hour of success"
was at hand. Still some military
authorities pointed out that a final
Nazi stand might be made in moun
tainous southern Germany but
tressed by defenses in northern Italy
and the industrial resources of
Czechoslovakia.
Spring rains and fog had kept the
Italian front quiet, but observers
had expected Gen. Mark Clark's
armies to begin massive smashes
northward.
Relentless Reds
In the East, Russian armies had
kept up their relentless pressure on
Berlin and elsewhere with ar
mored divisions sweeping over the
Austrian border from western Hun
gary and closing ever closer on
Vienna.
Marshall Rokossovsky's 2nd White
Russian army battered deeper into
Danzig.
Once unconditional surrender was
achieved, civil affairs in Germany
of
Gen. Lucius D. Clay, who had had
charge of materiel procurement for
the army service forces when War
Mobilization Director Byrnes bor
rowed him last December as his dep
uty in charge of the war program.
The appointment, the White House
said, was made by Gen. George
Marshall, army chief of staff. Clay
was appointed deputy to General
Eisenhower.
PACIFIC:
W orst to Come
Already feeling the sting of heavy
U. S. aerial bombardment, Japanese
found no comfort in Gen. H. H.
("Hap") Arnold's announcement
that America would bring the full
weight of its tremendous air power
to bear upon the Nipponese once the
war in Europe ended.
As Arnold spoke, the strategic
Ryukyu islands stretching between
the Jap homeland and Formosa be
came the latest target for American
assaults, with carrier planes team
ing with warships in blasting the 500
mile-long chain preparatory to
ground attack.
In declaring that the U. S. planned
to use every plane against the Jap
anese after Germany's fall to has
ten their defeat, General Arnold
said that not only would Amer
ican air power smash the enemy's
industry, but it would also shat
ter his communication lines to bring
about his collapse.
Italian Prisoners Save U. S. Manpower
'Million Man-Days'
Italian service units in the U. S.,
helping to relieve the manpower
Shortage by contributing one million
man-days per month of essential
skilled and unskilled labor at mili
tary installations, total approximate
ly 85,000 men, the war department
reported.
The members of the Italian Serv
DEMOBILIZATION:
Small Scale
Though some combat troops in
the European theater of war will be
demobilized after Germany's fall, all
service, air force and naval person
nel will be retained to continue the
fight against the Japanese, officials
indicated.
Demobilization of some combat
troops will result from inability to
make full use of them in the Pacific
for geographic reasons, it was said,
but the exact extent of release will
depend upon conditions in Europe.
All members of the service branches
will be needed for the construction
of staging areas and bases in the
Pacific, and the air force intends to
bring its full weight to bear against
the Japanese.
Because all approaches to the Pa
cific theater of war are over water,
and because ships will have to bear
the bulk of supplies, all naval per
sonnel will be required to bring
about the Japanese's fall as quickly
as possible, Fleet Admiral King de
clared.
MANPOWER:
Buck Controls
Though the President made a
strong appeal for passage of the
compromise manpower control bill,
under which plants would be limited
in the number of persons they could
employ and workers and farmers
alike would be frozen to present
jobs, the measure encountered rough
going in the senate.
Despite the fact that the legisla- j
tion fell short of military leaders' j
demands for a labor draft, the Presi- !
dent said, its terms assured contin- j
ued high production for the knockout
blow against Germany, and provid- 1
ed for keeping workers on the job
after the Nazis' fall. !
Senators pointed up the great war
time production record of the U. S. I
in opposing legislation tightening
control over both employers and em- :
ployees, and O'Mahoney (Wyo.) hit 1
arguments that passage of the bill j
would convince G.I.s that the home j
front was behind them. Rather, he
said, defeat of the measure would i
assure them of retention at home of
the freedoms for which they are
fighting.
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Calling for authority to slash tar- j
iffs 50 per cent under January, 1945, '
levels in an extension of the recipro- j
TARIFF:
cal trade agreements act for three !
years, President Roosevelt touched j
off a renewal of the historic tariff 1
fight in congress.
While the President said that
further tariff cuts would offer
other countries the opportunity
to obtain funds for purchases
here, the Republicans argued
that a flow of cheap goods into
this country would threaten
American producers. And while
the President declared that in
creased imports would add to
employment in the processing
and distributing businesses here,
the Republicans predicted the
program would defeat the an
nounced goal of 60,000,000 post
war jobs.
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Passage of the President's propos
als would allow as much as a 75 per
cent tariff reduction under the
Smoot-Hawley rales of 1930 on some |
items, it was pointed out. Under
the original reciprocal trade act of
1934, , reductions of 50 per cent were
permitted, and since these cuts al
ready have been made on some
items, another 50 per cent decrease
would amount to 75 per cent in all.
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ice Units wear Class B army cloth
ing from which all army buttons
and insignia have been removed and
on which have been sewn distinctive
sleeve and hat patches bearing the
word "Italy." They are paid $24
monthly, which approximates the 80
cents per work day paid ordinary
prisoners of war engaged in labor.
The government receives the regu
lar wage scale for their work.
RATIONING:
Smaller Supplies
Already warned of a 12 per cent
reduction in meat for the next three
months, civilians took the first big
hitch in their belts for the current
quarter with the announcement of
increase in the point values of pork,
sausages and canned meat products!
While news of the tightening
these and other controls over fats
and oils occupied the home front,
was announced that all babies'
leather shoes would be rationed
after April.
In raising the point values
pork, sausages and canned meat
products, OPA said that there would
be 5 per cent less meat available
during April, but the decrease in
supplies would hit civilians harder
in May and June. Coincident with
the new controls over the aforemen
tioned meats, it was announced that
point values also would be boosted
on lard, along with shortening, mar
garine, and salad and cooking oils.
Hit Shortages
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Discussing the meat shortage,
; the national livestock committee
i of the American Farm bureau
j charged that low price ceilings re
tarded increased production of beef,
and said assurances of minimum re
turns would lead to greater pork out
put.
The committee's report came even
as congress conducted hearings on
the tight meat situation, with rep
resentatives of all branches of the
industry calling for an upward re
vision in ceiling prices.
In establishing ceilings on grade
AA and A beef, the committee said,
OPA assumed that the last 200 or 300
pounds a steer gained in the feed
lot was mostly fat later wasted in
the kitchen. On the other hand, the
committee declared, fat of a steer
is distributed through its meat.
Speaking of pork, the committee
stated that farmers cut hog produc
tion at the government's request, and
would raise it again if guarantees
were forwarded against market
breaks.
ARGENTINA:
On Band-Wagon
With Germany's collapse immi
nent, Argentina was quick to jump I
on the Allied bandwagon with a dec- j
laration of war against the Axis,
but in so doing, she carefully point- j
ed out that her policy was governed
by the desire to cooperate with j
other inter-American countries and !
participate in the United Nations' !
peace parley in San Francisco. j
By taking this action, Argentina
ended six years of hemispheric iso
lation, during which time the coun- i
professed a willingness to co
°P era te in inter-American affairs, i
but maintained an independent |
course in foreign relations,
Final determination to play a full
an< ^ important part befitting her po- :
sition in inter-American affairs led |
t° the decision to declare hostilities
against the Axis, with ardent na- :
tionalists and some army leaders,
however, resisting the move to the
last.
LABOR-MANAGEMENT:
Postwar Charter
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Rising in Britain's house of com
mons, Laborile Ivor Thomas asked For
eign Secretary Anthony Eden: "Would
it be the duly of a British soldier who
seeks Hitler to shoot him or try to bring
him back alive?"
Replied Eden: "l am content to leave
that to the judgment of any British sol
dier;'
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Recognizing management's control ;
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Chamber of Commerce, William
Green of the AFL, and Philip Mur
ray of the CIO signed an agreement
looking toward good relations be
tween employer and employee in the
postwar world when lower produc
tion migut lead to unrest. 1
In effect, the agreement proposes
the establishment of voluntary ma
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William Green (left), Eric Johnston (cen
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management charter.
chinery for the peaceful settlement
of disputes and continuance of pro
duction in the postwar period, to
take the place of present wartime
government controls regulating re
lations. Toward this end, creation of
a special arbitration board ap
peared likely.
In reaching the agreement, the
parties tended to relieve manage
ment's fear that an oversupply of
workers might be led into a violent
left-wing movement after the war,
and labor's apprehension that com
panics might deliberately hire sur
plus help to break unions.
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Significant changes are taking
place m land tenure of eastern Eu
rope, according to the Alexander
Hamilton institute. In Poland, Ro
mania and Hungary, the big estates
are being broken up and the land j
divided among the peasantry. This ;
development is likely to lead to low
er production and declines in ex
ports.
Reduction in outputs is partly due
to the fact that cultivation on small
plots is not as economical as on
large estates.
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V.F.W. Event At Falls
Mrs. O. R. Burdett, past state
president of the V. F. W. Auxiliary,
and Mrs. Cora Roberts returned to
Laurel Thursday morning from
Great Falls where they had gone
Sunday to attend the official visit
of Mrs. Hazel Miller of Des Moines,
Iowa, national president of the V.
F. W. Auxiliary.
I The two Laurel ladies attended
the Auxiliary meeting Tuesday eve
Mrs. Burdett had attended
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the council meeting of the depart
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ment Monday evening
Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Burdett
and Mrs. Roberts visited the East
Base hospital and Gore field. At
Gore field they saw a bomber that
had returned from 62 missions over
Germany, and other important
pi anes .
j There was a luncheon for visiting
Auxiliary members and department
officers at the Paris cafe. Wednes
day morning a 10:30 breakfast was
j n honor of Mrs. Irene Lee, pres
ident of district No. 2. Wed
nes day evening a banquet at the
p a u s hotel was attended by 200,
i nf .i u dine: J. H. Brunner of Brooklyn,
NY V. F. W. national chief; Mrs.
Hazel Miller, national president of
the Auxiliary; Vern Kelly of Kalis
^ Montana V. F. W. department
' d Mrs . Mildred Eilefsen
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of Billings, state president of the
Auxiliary; Mrs. Lucy Clark, depart
junior vice president, and
ment
other department officers.
While in Great Falls, Mrs. Rob
erts visited an aunt, Dr. Blanche
Diestler.
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The Outlook Says:
Arriving during the week for a
visit with relatives were Seaman
Paul Mogan of San Diego, Calif.,
Sgt. Francis Mogan of the air corps
at Newberg, N. Y., and J. P. Mogan
of Rio Linda, Calif.
Mrs. L. A. DeFrance, whose hus
band Staff Sgt. DeFrance is in ser
vice on the Pacific, moved this week
from Billings to the property on
Juniper avenue which she recently
purchased.
Mrs. Meta Mees arrived last week
from Rosebud and spent Easter with
her daughters, Mrs. Joseph Nicholas
and Miss Betty Mees.
Miss Ella Rothwell spent the week
end with relatives in Roberts.
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Easter dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. E. A. Fuller and Mrs. Bertha
Shively were Mr. and Mrs. R. S.
Shoecaker and son Stevie of Har
lowton, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Mur
phy and daughter Teddy Rae and
Mrs. George Elevens and sons, Ron
nie and Darrell, all of Powell, Wyo.,
Mrs. D. Shively and sons, Billy and
Donnie of Billings, and Cpl. Paul
Shively, who is on furlough after
serving in the Aleutians.
Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Knoll had as
guests at dinner Sunday, Mr. Knoll's
brother, Alex Knoll of Forsyth, and
Mrs. G. G. Adams and son Larry.
Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Ricci and Mr.
and Mrs. J. J. Rothschiller spent
the week end with relatives in Liv
ingston.