The Electra Star (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 4, 1945 Page: 6 of 8
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before weighing anchor to launch
recent assault on Mindoro.
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I’fc. Thomas Gilgore, near Kurgen, Germany. Upper right, Pvt. James
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the Japanese balloon found recently in Montana. They arc bolding parts
of the base of the balloon. Its explosives failed to go off. Another
mysterious balloon was reported drifting inland from the ocean over
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ca’s factories to Russia, have been shipped through the Persian Corridor.
The goods are sent by rail and truck across some of the most varied
and difficult terrain in the world. This is the only theater where the
Russians, British and Americans are fighting together.
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More than 4,380,440 tons of war implements and goods from Ameri-'
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motley but fanatical home guard
units
Only a few days after purchasing
his own plme, 21-ycar-old Howard
Hoy of Uro.-na, III . was killed when
It crashed in the barnyard of his
own farm
Testifying that her husband
refused to work as long as Mr.
Roosevelt was president, Mrs.
Catherine Jngrassia of Detroit,
Mich., was granted a divorce.
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Delivery of a premature two pound
baby boy to Mrs. James Snodgrass
of Forest Park. Ill , came as a com-
plete surprise to both husband and
wife. “We had no idea we were go-
ing to be parents again, and I ought
to know,” said Mr. Snodgrass. “I’ve
got two boys already, one seven and
the other eight years old," The child
was born after Mrs. Snodgrars*
complaint of a back-ache.
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Production of grains, fruits, nuts
and commercial vegetables wore all
i above last year, with all-time top
harvests of corn at 3,228.301,0(10
bushels and of wheat at 1.078.0-17,000
bushels. Output of dry beans and
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] British themselves.
'TIRES
‘ With increased military demands
and manpower shortages limiting
; supply, no passenger tires will be
available for ”A“ card holders or
less essential “B” card applicants
through the first three months of
119-15, trade circles reported.
At the same time, it was said,
the supply of heavy truck tires dur-
ing this period will be the smallest
for any quarter since 1941. Release
of experienced workers from the
army was proposed to help remedy
the truck tire shortage.
----WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS-------
German Drive Reminder of Last
Desperate Fling in World War I;
Farmers Harvest Banner Crops
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(EDITOR’S NOTE; When opinions are expressed In these columns, they are those of
Western Newspaper Union’s news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.)
Attired in civilian clothes, and with some of their number carrying
mace-like antitank projectiles, Heinrich Himmler’s home guard parade*
In Berlin.
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POSTWAR PLANNLVG:
Stability Sought
Looking forward to the day when
the war will end and the cessation
of wartime production will pose
problems of providing adequate op-
portunity for a peacetime economy,
senate and house committees busied
themselves in developing a program
for the prosperous employment of
both labor and agriculture.
Most specific action taken was by
a senate committee headed, by Mon-
tana’s Senator Murray; which sub-
mitted a proposal for an annual esti-
mation of the amount of expenditure
necessary for full employment and
the probable outlays by private in-
dustry/ with any differences to be
made up by federal investment. Be-
fore the government would under-
take any expenditures, however, ev-
ery effort would be made to stimu-
late the flow of private capital.
While Senator Murray’s commit-
tee presented the proposal, a house
committee held hearings in Chi-
cago, Ill., on means of bolstering
postwar agriculture.
While advocating a reapprais-
al of farm credit needs,, inter-
national agreements to dispose
of surplus commodities and low-
ering of trade barriers, Ed-
ward A. O’Neal, president of the
American Farm Bureau federa-
tion, also called for realistic
marketings based on feed and
labor costs to replace subsidies.
Movement of 2,000,000 persons
from farms after the war to pro-
vide them with sufficient income and
guard against overproduction was
advocated by Chairman Oscar
Heline of the Iowa Farmer Grain
Dealers , association. In agreeing,
Prof. Noble Clark, chairman of the
Land Grant Colleges’ committee on
postwar agricultural policies, urged
a broadened educational program to
equip rural youth for occupational
opportunities.
WAR COSTS:
Pricing Policy
Aiming to cut government costs
and at the same time impose great-
er efficiency on some firms with a
resultant release of manpower and
material, the war department an-
nounced the adoption of a new pric-
ing program employing teams of
experts that will comb over con-
tracts before letting.
Expressing the belief that lower
prices would lead to greater use of
manpower and material, Col. Fred
C. Foy, director of army service
forces purchases, said: “ . . . When-
ever a contractor’s selling prices
; _ar^dose to-his £ffRtSi thg* contrac-
" Tory has an incentive to
costs to increase profit. . .!. ”
To firms establishing close pric-
ing policies went the promise of
consideration for a higher rate of
return in reviewing contracts for ex-
cess profits and maintenance of
work in case cutbacks, or re-
ductions, are made in their line of
war production. y
AGRICULTURE:
New Crop
I Thanks to a new oil extraction
and harvesting process, the raising
i of sunflower seeds may develop into
I an important farm crop in the mid-
I die west, following successful experi-
i mentation in Illinois’ Fiat county.
| Due to a new solvent process of
Stcttlnius (left) with William 1 bio-chemist Ezra Levin, oil now ex-
| traded from the sunflower seeds
' and the resulting mash no longer
become rancid, while the construc-
tion of a new combine cuts the once
high harvesting costs.
Planted in 40-ineh rows and culti-
vated twice through the season, 1.600
pounds of seed were obtained from
an acre, with a yield of oil at 14':>
cents per pound reportedly higher
than that obtained from a similar
planting of soybeans Not only is the
oil good for salads and cooking, it
, was said, but seeds were found to
.have protein content of 53 per cent
WAR SHIPPING:
: Big Profits
I With nine American steamship
■ lines having made $26,817,000 in
profits on $31,364,000 worth of busi-
ness from April to September on
lend-leuse runs to the Middle East,
1 the U. S. maritime commission
started court action against seven
of the operators to recover excess
income.
Operating on rates that the
commission itself set at the
- time when subs were scourging
the seas and ships were needed
to haul material, to the British
in the middle eastern and north
African sectors, the companies
averaged S300.000 profit per ves-
sel, or 91U per cent of the book
value of each.
WESTERN FRONT:
History Repeats
To many, the mighty German
counter - offensive Field Marshal
Von Rundstedt launched against Al-
lied armies on the western front was
reminiscent of General Luden-
dorff’s last desperate throw of the
dice in 1918 in an effort to improve
Germany’s position for the negoti-
ation of a peace.
Then, Ludendorff’s drive failed;
this time, resolute IL S. troops
moved in to stem Von Rundstedt s
attack, with decisive Allied counter-
measures expected to not only blunt
the enemy’s thrust but also sap the
most formidable part of his force
and reduce his war potential for
next spring.
There was one difference between
Ludendorff’s suicidal gamble in 1918
and Von Rundstedt’s of this war,
however, and that lay in Hein-
rich Himmler’s success in holding
the German home front together to
supply the wehrmacht with men
and materials for the big drive. In
1918, on the other hand, Ludendorff
was faced with a crumbling home
front, once rising to a bawling rage *
in those months because a tottering
government failed to provide suffi-
Although two of the companies
tobacco and hay ■ have refunded $300,000, the otheis
ing in strong detachments of his 'and forage crops has been seldom J—’-- *"
exceeded. Cotton was about aver-I 1 lc>v niercb’ charged
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PACIFIC:
Put on Heat
All through the scattered Philip-
pine islands, the enemy came un-
der increasing pressure of U, S.
land and naval forces as the
Americans speeded up their attack
on this great archipelago guarding
the Japs’ vital inner imperial lines.
Latest threat to the enemy was
the U. S. landing on Mindoro island,
where the Yanks drove forward
against negligible opposition to es-
tablish air bases from which land-
based bombers could join carrier
planes in hammering the main is-
land of Luzon to the north, nerve-
center for the whole Jap defense in
the Philippines. Even as the dough-
boys plodded forward, carrier
planes ripped at enemy shipping
feeding island^ garrisons from the
main staging point.
On Leyte, General MacArthur’s
triple-pronged offensive continued to
squeeze the Japanese into an ever
narrower corner on the island.
STATE DEPARTMENT:
O. K. New Setup
Amid fierce debate, in which
charges were -levelled that the re-
cent reorganization of the state de-
ix^nlnflucntlal position inFth’e’-®ap-~
ing of U. S. foreign polic'y, the ^2n-
ate confirmed President Roosevelt’s
appointments of William L. Clayton
and Nelson Rockefeller as assistants
to Secretary of State Stettinius.
With ardent New Dealers Pepper
(Fla.) and Guffey (Pa.) leading the I
attack, it was charged that the new |
setup in the state department fol-
lowing Secretary Hull’s resignation
might indicate a reversal in a liber-
Sccrelary
L. Clayton.
al U. S. foreign policy, to which
Senator Connally (Texas) replied
that President Roosevelt would
chart the country’s course regard-1
less of the reorganization.
As the storm over the state de-
partment reorganization first
mounted then subsided under presi-
dential pressure, Mr. Roosevelt told
newspapermen that the Atlantic
Charter was not a formal document
signed by this country and Britain,
but merely a statement of principles
to guide the Allies’ war aims.
CROPS:
Banner Year
Surmounting weather and man-
power problems. American farmers
again answered the nation's cal) for
high level production with a neat
record output of crops, 24 per cent
above the 1923-’32 pre-draught av-
erage. the U. S. department of agri-
culture reported.
Pointing to near record acreage, |
the USDA said: ”... Farmers I
planted only when they could and I
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tered stiffening Nazi resistance in [ normal
the Saar, with the enemy following j seemed
his favored pattern of throwing in i cess. . .
short, sharp armored countcr-at- I
tacks in an attempt to momentarily
check the Yanks’ push.
Meanwhile, it was announced that
Himmler himself had taken over
command of German resistance in
the Colmar pocket in Alsace, throw-
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pattern of other major Nazi at-
tacks of World War H, with pow-
erful armored spearheads
punching through forward de-
fenses and then speeding on-
ward to let the trailing infantry
deal with opposing elements sur-
rounded to the rear.
It was thus that the Germans
wiped out the Poles; broke France,
and marched a third of the way
across Russia. This time, however,
the enemy faced a stronger, better
equipped, more resolute foe, and
as his attack developed, U. S. re-
serves thrown into the battle moved
to dam the surge.
In launching the offensive, Von
Rundstedt followed the 1940 inva-
sion pathways, pointing spearheads
across Belgium and Luxembourg.
In choosing this battleground he-
lm’ Aachen, the Nazi field marshal
concentrated the bulk of his forces
agamst the First army, which had
thrown the Germans onto the edge
of the Rhineland plain.
In the early fighting, the Nazi
thrust against Monschau was ap-
preciably contained by the Yanks,
but the spearhead farther south
probed as deeply as 22 miles to
the important road juncture of
Stavclot in Belgium. Still another
Nazi force pushed across the Bel-
gium border and threw a pincer
around St. Vi th
In Luxembourg to the south, the
Germans drove through the Ar-
dennes forest beyond Echtcrnach
after meeting stiff U S resistance
Once the German attack got
underway, the battle turned into
a slugging match, with the ene-
my pouring men into the initial
breaches to exploit their breaks,
while the Allies nioxed reserves
to the front to check the drive.
Coincident with Von Rundstedt’s
smash to the north, Gen. George S.
Patton's U. S. First army encoun-
flig|
Mindoro Leaders
The honorary degree of doctor of
laws was recently awarded Adm. C.
W. Nimitz, USN, by Fordham. The
citation read, “modest, patient, bril-
liant and courageous. He has proved
himself an admiral’s admiral—and
American’s American.”
Admiral a Lawyer
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Wells: Moral indignation is&rfalousy 4
with a halo. . . . Anon: Sno*
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The Intelligentsia: John B. Ken-
nedy is one of the few news analysts
who can take the teletype’s prosaic-
reports and turn them into words
that march like armies. He steam-
rollered American bigots and left
them flatter than their heads. . . .
CBS reporter Bill Downs' deft de-
scription of captured Nazis: “They
have the look of men caught steal-
ing.” . . . Criticism over the film,
“The 7th Cross” (alleging it por-
trayed “good” Germans), astonished
author Helen Deutsch, who points--
out that the action in it takes place
in 1936 when the underground Ger-
mans were trying to purge the na-
tion of the wicked, etc. The good
Germans, she adds, included the
Manns, Einsteins and other refu-
gees. . . . Pert Lee Carson, the
INS girl correspondent covering the
war in Europe, inherited the spot
vacated by the ailing Richard Tre-
gaskis. She’s with the 1st Army.
Richard was invalided home after
more years of war than most men
would care to have any part of. . . .
Irving Berlin, his own music pub-
lisher since Sept. 15th, has already
sold 700,000 copies of two songs:
"White- Christmas” and “Always.”
The latter is 18 years old.
The Story Tellers: For those
wrapped in the illusion that fame
comes on a silver platter, Pic mag
traces careers of various celebs and
proves no one climbs the ladder of
success without picking up splinters.
. . . In the Atlantic Monthly, W.
Lippmann examines the stumbling
blocks that might become tomb-
stones for the post-war world. You
don’t have to wait for tomorrow’s
events to confirm his warnings—just
read today’s front pages. . . . Ira
Wolfert turns in a vivid job of trans-
lating soldiers’ emotions with his
typewriter via Esquire. A GI’s long-
ing for home is something so great
“it takes the mind up as with teeth
and shakes it and bangs It and
rakes it with aching.” , . . Drew
Pearson gets as much out of tea-
leaves as Aladdin got from his lamp.
His forecast in Cosmopolitan of Al-
lied diplomatic troubles in 1945 has
already come true.
The Magic Lanterns: A cinematic
B-29, "Winged Victory,” is zooming
Into town loaded with dramatic
blockbusters exploding emotional dy-
namite. This is a stirring tribute to
America’s 4-mile-a-minute-men who
have made the skies safe for 48
stars. Long mny they fly!
"Hollywood Canteen” displays* a
starring jamboree running the diver-
■ sion gamut from ah to zing. Listing
I the film’s mighty names is all the
■ praise it needs. They provide the
| most potent example of amusement
| since laughs were invented.
The Wireless: We liked the re-
union with Roy Shields’ show. This-
listener hasn’t had an opportunity
to enjoy it for some time. It re-
mains A-onederful, displaying silky
music trimmed with literary lace-
continuity. . . . Ethel Barrymore’s
regular spot on the dial proves ra- «
dio drama has emerged from the 1
knee-pants stage, despite soft soap j
operas. Amazing how ordinary dia- Ji
logue glitters when it comes in con-
tact with Ethel's magical voice. . . .
Within three hours one station stabs
the air with 25 singing commercial
smellodies. One dose of that and
you turn into Marconi's sworn ene-
my. . . . Wheezes about shortages
skidded into deserved oblivion re-
cently, but the ciggie shortage
spoiled it. If you recall the cracks
about sugar, coffee, meat, et all,
you know all the cigags.
Wells: Moral indignation i
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laundering the countryside||jj
The quote recently credite^Z,,
Broun, "Experience is wn^; 1 aS
call their mistakes,"
been credited to O. Wilde. Then we
are informed that Musset once
penned: “Experience is the name
men give to their follies or their
sorrows.” . . . Alan Gale: Was it
the Atlantic Charter or just so much
Atlantic chatter? . . . Bob Burns*
advice to after-dinner speakers:
Stand up to be seen, speak up to be
heard and shut up to be appreciat-
ed! . . . Eggleston: Journalism is
organized gossip.
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Lint From a Blue Serge Suit:
I Before Morton Downey departed
for overseas he was the only enter-
tainer invited to perform before all
chiefs of staff in Washington. Gen.
Hap Arnold threw it. . . . Tony
' Martin, the screen star thrush, is
now a staff sgt. with the Army in
France. . . . Eileen Barton, Si-
natra’s new canary (and so easy on
the ears, too), is making beautiful
melodies with an up-and-coming
swoon-singer named Tad Bruce.
. . . Radio reports a 400 million
dollar “take” for 1944. Highest in-
come in radio history. . . . Wendell
Corey (he plays the lead opposite
star Gertrude Lawrence in her new
touring show) had a tiny part as a
sergeant in “Follow the Girls.” . . . ■
Wonderful little Margaret O’Brien is ■[
waiting permish from her movie-jB1
boss to do her own radio program.
Heading a panel of quiz kidlets. . . .
According to an OPA bulletin there-
are 30 billion cigarettes in stores in
the U. S. right now.
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