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WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Allied Drive in Italy Gathers Speed As German Forces Face Encirclement; Aerial Blows Hit Japs in New Guinea; Battle Lines Drawn for Subsidy Fight (EDITOR'S NOTE: Wbe- opinion* or* expressed In these columns, (hep are those of Western Newspaper Union's news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.) _____ Released bv Western Newspaper Union. ... —, - This picturesque chapel in an American military cemetery on Guadalcanal in the Solomons was designed by natives. Chaplains Oliver Grotefund (left) of Detroit, Mich., and John O'Niel of Boston, Mass., are shown conducting firrt service. ITALY: Take Big Air Base Clinging stubbornly to the moun tainous terrain, German small artil lery and machine gunners slowed the progress of Lieut. Gen. Mark Clark's advancing Fifth army in the Naples area. The whole German line facing the Fifth army, however, was in dan ger of encirclement, following the British Eighth army’s capture of Foggia, 80 miles to the northeast. With the British threatening their rear, the Nazis could continue to hold out only so long as it would take Montgomery's men to cross the mountains and get behind their backs. Thus, a slow and bloody Ger man withdrawal up<the Italian main land loomed. Possession of Foggia gave the Al lies a network of airfields from which they could blast southern Ger many and the Balkans. From Fog gia, Munich is 500 miles, Vienna with its airplane factories 465 miles, and the Ploesti oil fields of Ruma nia 580 miles. Feet in Both Camps With the restoration of Fascism in northern Italy under German aus King Victor Emmanuel pices and the re ported recognition of King Victor Emmanuel’s gov ernment as a partner by the Al lies, Italy appar ently has stuck a foot in both camps. Although the U. S. and Britain have refused to accept King Vic tor Emmanuel's government as an ally, they would welcome its assistance in helping throw the Germans from Italy, and thus give it rank as a military rath er than a political partner. King Victor Emmanuel's government has been anxious to enter the Allied camp as a military partner, hoping that its co-operation would promote better peace terms for it. Meanwhile, Benito Mussolini has been active in reforming his fallen Fascist regime in the north with German support. The Duce expects to raise an army to fight alongside o< the Nazis again, and he has prom ised to abolish the monarchy and es tablish a republican government in which the people, rather than the king, would have the final voice. SOUTHWEST PACIFIC: On Move Again Continuing Gen. Douglas MacAr thur's policy of striking directly at enemy bases, Allied troops moved farther up the northeastern coastline of New Guinea to strike at the Japa nese shipping port of Madang from the rear. As the Allied forces worked their way up the Markham Valley toward Madang, other units bore down on Finschafen, the important sea and air base which lay encircled from three sides. Australian troops land ed by sea to the north of the Jap base encountered bitter resistance. Despite heavy attacks by Jap bombers, more American troop* were put ashore on Vella Lavella is land in the Solomons. Reinforce ment of the U. S. garrison there fur ther tightened the noose around the last Jap holding of Kolambangara island in the area. DRAFT: Eye U. S. Employees With Sen. Burton K. Wheeler’s bill for the deferment of fathers doomed, Sen. Josiah Bailey Sen. Josiah Bailey proposed another measure which would require the induction of all draft-age single or childless married men now on the gov ernment payroll who did not switch to essential work. Senator Bailey’s bill also provided for the transfer of all physically fit army ana navy commissionea om cers between 18 and 38 years of age from noncombatant duty tn Wash ington, D. C., to actual fighting. In recent testimony before con gressional committees, it was esti mated that approximately 650,000 single and childless married men were on the government payroll. Op ponents of the dads’ draft insist that all eligible men from this group should be taken by the services be fore fathers are called. A bill drawn by Sen. Robert Taft would first draft all dads under 30 years of age. Workers Needed Declaring that in 1943 the civilian employment has remained below the level reached last year by 1,300, 000, the army’s industrial personnel director, James P. Mitchell, said the nation was faced with increasing the efficiency of the present labor force, or of drafting workers from non-essential to essential occupa tions. Manpower is poorly distributed, Mitchell said, so that while there Js adequate labor throughout the coun try, there are acute shortages in some areas and surpluses in others. Mitchell urged that more consid eration be given to the employment of women, stating that they compose the chief source of manpower re maining in the nation. SUBSIDIES: ‘Fight Is On “The battle is on!” With these words the American Farm bureau president, Edward Edward A. O'Neal A. O’Neal, declared that agricultural or ganizations would back up the con gressional farm bloc’s opposition to subsidies for the de crease of consumer food costs. The battle lines were drawn follow ing reports that ef forts would be made to Increase the Com moony v,rean cor poration’s operating fund by at least 250 million dollars, to continue the crop loan program and initiate sub sidy payments to producers, par ticularly to vegetable growers. Au thority also would be sought to al low the CCC to resell produce at a loss. Strong criticism was directed in congress at the government’s an nounced plan for subsidizing dairy men between 25 and 50 cents per hundred pounds of milk for increased feed costs. It was felt prices should be determined by production costs. HIGHLIGHTS • • • in the week's news STEEL: Production of ingot steel recently touched a new peak at 100.8 per cent of theoretical capacity. The old record was 100 6 per cent. This means 1.756,900 net tons a week. • • • LIBERTY SHIPS: American mer chant vessels chartered to foreign nations will all be of the compara tively slow Liberty ship class, it was reported. PANT CUFF: Canadians can have cuffs on their pants again. The do minion government believes that supplies of wool from Australia will be larger. • • • CARDINALS: Billy South worth, who has led the St. Louis Cardinals to two pennants, will continue as manager next year, according to club officials. COAL: Rationing Possible As the OPA drew up plans for pos sible coal rationing, John L. Lewis’ unuea Mine work ers mid Secretary of the Interior Har old L. Ickes’ office found themselves in disagreement on the nation’s supply. A UMW spokes man declared that shortages of some by - product coals used by industry may exist, but pro duction from other John L. Lewis mines would more than make up for such scarcity. On the other hand, Ickes’ office said weekly production would have to be Increased if total supplies for the year were to ap* proximate estimated needs of 600 million tons. It was said any in crease was questionable in view of the constant loss of miners to other industries. RATION POINTS: I ncreased Sharply Because of declining production, the office of price administration has raised the point value of butter from 12 to 16 points, the total al lotment of red points per person each week. At the same time increases in points on nine items, and reduc tions in four others were announced. The following increases have been ordered, based on the No. 2 size can: Apricots, from 27 to 36 points: red sour cherries, 14 to 25; other cherries, 14 to 23; figs, 13 to 21; grapefruit juice, 10 to 18; plums and prunes, 7 to 15 points. Grape Juice was raised from 3 to 6 points a quart. Asparagus and mushrooms also were elevated in point value. Reductions were ordered for canned green or wax beans, down from 10 to 8 points for the No. 2 can; com, from 16 to 13, except for whole kernel vacuum-packed, which went down from 20 to 18 points. Dried peas and lentils have been placed on the unrationed list. OPA: Dealers Licensed Only farmers, fishermen and gov ernment agencies are exempt from federal licensing following an OPA order that all persons or concerns selling services or commodities un der price controls are required to have licenses. Most wholesalers and all retailers automatically were licensed, and the recent order was designed to take in canners, meat packers, auction eers, brokers and other agents. Licenses of operators found guilty of price control violations can be suspended for as long as 12 months. NAZIS AND JAPS: Strength Greater . . Recent victories have failed to affect in any vital degree the strength of the en emy . . With these words Under secretary of War Robert Patterson summed up state ments of Gen. George C. Marshall, Gen. H. H. Arnold and Maj. Gen. George V. Strong to a gathering of ranking industrial ists, labor leaders and newspaper Gen. H. II. Arnold executives. As chief of military intelligence. General Strong revealed that the Nazis now have three times as many combat divisions as they had when they invaded Poland, and their dom ination of conquered countries has given them a labor force of 35 mil lion workers. Despite recent heavy losses, the Nazis’ air force exceeds its pre-war strength. Japan can call upon four million soldiers for action, General Strong said, and, like the Nazis, her con quests have given her a vast pool of manpower and natural resources, RUSSIA: Last Ditch The Dnieper river reached, the Nazis dug into its western banks in an attempt to throw back the charg ing Russian armies. Failure to hold the line along the 750-mile Dnieper river would compel the Nazis to withdraw to prepared defenses on the 1939 pre-war boun daries. No sooner had the Nazis reached the broad Dnieper, however, than Russian units forced their way across the river at several points, and paratroopers were dropped be hind the German lines on the west bank. The Nazis sought to wipe out these detachments before they could establish footholds. In the oil rich Caucasus, the last German troops were thrown out, re lieving the threat to the Russian fuel supply. In all the Reds have re gained over 300,000 miles of the ter ritory overrun by the Nazis. REAL ESTATE: Enjoying fioomlct Rising selling prices in 87 per cent of all cities in the country, and in creased sales in 71 per cent, dis tinguish the current real estate mar ket. Realty is in greatest demand in cities with war-time industrial ac tivity, and buyers’ interest has not been dampened by ceilings on rent als. Inquiries for business proper ties have decreased because of goods shortages. Manpower-Draft Situation Is Nation's No. 1 Problem Political Shadows Darken Vital Issues Con fronting Every Family; National Service Act Subject to Debate. By BAUKHAGE News Analyst and Commentator. WN U Service, Union Trust Building, Washington, I). C. Today, a whole year stands be tween election day and the capital but the shadow of coming events cast their shadows before them. Like the dark patches on the ground when scudding clouds cross the sun, the Washington scene is flecked with pol itics. And there are issues this time which reach right into every home, touch the family where there are men and women of fighting or work ing age, reach into the larder and the ice box. It is hard for anyone to see these issues clearly because of the shadow of politics. There is the draft, the manpower question closely interwoven with it, there is food, its production, its dis tribution, rationing and prices. It takes a keen eye to see where merit ends and politics begins. When Senator Wheeler, fathering the deferment of draft for pre-Pearl Harbor fathers, said the defeat of his measure would be a blow at morale and the nation’s children, there was no reason to believe that he was in sincere. Certainly there was no in sincerity about the army and navy heads who opposed the measure, ex plaining that there were just so many men of fighting age and physique and that a certain job had to be done. But to a reporter who has been reporting the doings of mice and men for more than a quarter of a century, I could not help suspecting some of the folk who battled over this legislation. What a juicy mor sel it was for the vote-getter! True, the Wheeler bill aimed to exempt those who, with no foreknowledge of war, produced families without a thought that babies, to quote the ancient wheeze, like weatherstrips, could keep them out of the draft. But what about other fathers, quite as Pearl Harborish in their pater nity whose offspring sprang after the deadline simply because time or op portunity had lingered? President's Views There was no doubt what the Presi dent thought when he talked about men with children who were doing no useful thing an(i who might, if they wished immunity from military service, easily get into a war indus try. They, one opponent of the Wheeler bill said, were told that they had no responsibility in the war ef fort, at home or at the front. Of course, this argument would not hold if the National Service act, that nightmare of politicians, were passed. The army wants it, Sena tor Austin and Representative Wads worth who introduced it, and their followers want it—the White House has never spoken but of late is Silent when it is "said to be willing.'’ Now politics, long before the elec tion winds started blowing, has dulled men’s minds on that subject. Manpower Commissioner McNutt has been willing but not emphatic. Perhaps you never read the con tents of a recent statement issued through the Office of War Informa tion from the Manpower commis sion. I have treasured it and want to quote its first sentences: "Better utilization of our work force is the primary means of get ting the manpower needed to supply productive establishments of the na tion." (You and I can understand that, despite the fine four and five syllable derivatives.) "Labor reserves in shortage areas have been exhausted and the com mon lack of community services and facilities in such areas usually makes it impossible or undesirable to bring in more workers." (Also quite understandable, on a little thought, but would it make you rush out and hunt for a defense job?) "Where there has been rapid mo bilization of manpower, utilization is not always at its highest level. This is not necessarily a reflection on em ployers. When a plant has expand ed its labor force several times, ex amples of ineffective use of man power are certain to follow." There is a careful exposition of the situation for you! Now what ' could the man who wrote that be running for? Somewhere where there were a lot of toes to be stepped on, it would seem, for he certainly was pussyfooting among the poly ! syllables. Situation Is Serious And yet the manpower situation is serious. It is so serious that it has long worried War Mobilization Di rector Byrnes. Indeed, that is why he called on his friend, Bernard Baruch, the unofficial elder states man of the administration, to advise him. Baruch advised him all right, not wisely perhaps, from a political standpoint, and too well for the sen sitive olfactory nerve of Republican Senator Vandepberg (who used to be a newspaper man himself). The wily Michigander scented a rodent. Had he not, you might never have heard Baruch’s words of wisdom. Among other things, Mr. Baruch commented on hoarding labor. I had heard of that subject in indignant letters from the wives of workers who wrote that their husbands were paid to loaf. And Senator Wheeler made similar charges and recalled that Senator Truman and his doughty investigators had found a lot of hoarding of labor with (as Wheeler put it) "employees falling over each other” and being paid for on the cost-plus basis. Testimony before congress had in sisted that there were no cost-plus contracts under which labor hoard ing would be profitable. That was when Vandenberg arose and waved the Baruch report which he had demanded and finally re ceived from Mr. Byrnes. Mr. Vandenberg read Mr. Ba ruch's words on the subject of cost plus: "The government pays all the costs, whatever they are. Since the government is footing the bill, there is no incentive for the manufactur ers to economize in the use of ma terial, facilities or labor. More workers are hired than needed. Workers stand idle—it costs the manufacturer nothing. Much labor is wasted.” Political Breezes This is only one item in the long and forthright document which has had considerable publicity. Perhaps it might have been neglected if it had not been blown into the public’s face by the political breezes stirred up by Mr. Vandenberg. Perhaps Mr. Vandenberg might not have gen erated those breezes if Mr. Baruch had not been pretty critical of gov ernment agencies that compete^ for power; perhaps Mr. Baruch would not have been so frank if he had not thought that, as he requested, the report was not for publication. Mr. Byrnes, when he sent the doc ument to “Dear Van” at the latter’s insistence, said that it was not in tended for other than private use but that it was "a splendid argu ment in favor of action taken by the War Mobilization committee” (in re gard to the labor situation on the West coast) and he requested that it be placed in the Congressional Rec ord, which it was. And so there it was for all to see with Mr. Baruch, presumably still the best of democratic pals but also the severest of critics, lambasting jealous government agencies and calling manufacturers "manufactur ers” and not “productive establish ments” and apologizing for nobody, business men or bureaucrats. Thus the political breezes blow, sometimes in one direction, some times in another, though, of course, in election years the “outs” usually blow the loudest. They are the prosecuting attorney, and the “ins” are the defense. However, there is this satisfaction, blow where it will, it is an ill wind that blows nobody good. • • • Diary of a Broadcaster The other day, at the President’s usual press and radio conference, I was interrupted, for Fala, the Presi dent’s scotty, walked out between the forest of legs and made one of the most thorough trouser-cufT in spections I had ever seen. Unfortunately, I had on one of those liberty suits with no cuffs so he started to pass me by and I had to engage him in conversation to get his attention at all. What he said was not to be at tributed—I can only say that I learned from authoritative Scotch circles that the newspaper and radio fraternity displayed a lot of scents. _> B R I E F S • • • by Baukhage The 2,000th ocean-going vessel ! built under Maritime commission ■ contract since Pearl Harbor was de livered, with steam yp, on Satur day, September 11. • • • A total of 1,425 aliens serving with the armed forces overseas were granted American citizenship by special representatives of the Immi gration and Naturalisation service. There are only 40 automobile* where 100 were before, according to the Public Roads administration. • • • To maintain its record of meeting Allied invasion requirements, the Merchant marine during the next year must recruit at least 35,000 ex perienced officers and men now hold ing shore jobs, the War Shipping ad ministration has announced. Released by Western Newspaper Union. DIET FOR THE AGING It is true that as we grow older we need foods easy to digest but many as they grow older still have physical work to do and need nour ishing foods some of Dr. Barton which require chew ing before they will digest readily. Therefore if the in dividual has but a few or no chewing teeth — grinders—he should be fitted for artificial teeth by his dentist. In his book, “The Patient Past Fifty,” Dr. Ernest P. Boas states. “It is most important to see to it that every aging person has dentures (plates) that will en able him to chew varied and ade quate foods. An old person com monly restricts his dietary to cere als, soft bread and tea and coffee because he cannot chew most of the food that is set before him.” The most important item or items of food for the nourishment and well being of the elderly individual are the protective foods. The protective foods as described some years ago by Dr. E. B. McCollum, Johns Hop kins, are milk and other dairy prod ucts, meats, fruits, and green vege tables, because of their vitamins and minerals. Vitamin A is found particularly in milk, butter, eggs, cheese, liver and green vegetables; vitamin B in whole wheat bread, beef, mutton, and many vegetables; vitamin B-2 in milk, fruits, and leafy vegetables; vitamin C in fruits—or anges, limes, lemons, tomatoes and melons. • Another suggestion is that elderly individuals should try to eat three meals of about the same size in stead of making the evening meal the largest and heaviest one. In fact, the large meal of the day should be eaten at noon, with a light supper in the evening. A rest of an hour after eating, instead of walking or working immediately after eating, aids digestion and avoids overtax ing the heart which otherwise would have the duty of increasing its work to take care of digestion and exer cise or work at the same time. If tea and coffee agree, one or two cups daily are allowed. • • • Nicotinic Acid Relieves Tie’ Pains In past years treatment for the relief of that terrible pain, tic dolo reux (trigeminal neuralgia), was surgery. While surgery must still be considered the most effective treatment, other methods have giv en relief for months and even years and are preferred by patients and physicians before surgery is used. Recently I spoke of a sinusoidal current as reported by Dr. Ben jamin Ulaski of Philadelphia, which gave relief in a number of cases. What causes tic doloreux? The cause is unknown, but it is known that very little is needed to set off the nerve trigger causing the out burst of severe pain. Two British research workers, Drs. W. E. Adams and W. Robin son, thinking that the cause of tic doloreux was in some way connect ed with the blood supply to the tri facial nerve supplying head and face not receiving enough blood or oxy genated blood, tried drugs to close off the blood supply and drugs to increase the blood supply to this nerve and the large ganglion from which the trifacial nerve emerges at a point under the ear. Their findings are reported in the Lancet, an English medical journal. In three cases they gave drugs that partially closed the blood ves sels supplying the trifacial nerve; in one of these cases the drug (adrenalin) caused an attack of tic doloreux before the patient had been put on treatment with dilator drugs (the drugs that open up the blood vessels). In the other two cases benzedrine sulphate (another "ves sel” closing drug) increased the number and severity of the attacks of tic doloreux. The dilator drug, nicotinic acid, was used (to give an increased sup ply of blood to the trifacial nerve) to seven patients, two male and five female, ranging from 39 to 62 years, In doses which varied from 50 milli grams twice a day to 75 milligrams four times a day. "In every case there was im provement, amounting in some cases to complete relief." In two patients a return of pain was re lieved by breathing in amyl nitrate, a dilator drug. • • • QUESTION BOX Q._What causes lack of balance, dizziness? A.—Lack of balance, dizziness, la often caused by some disturbance of the ear. • • • Q.—What causes pain between the ribs? A.—Pain between ribs and along the right side when pressed, Is called Intercostal neuralgia, false pleurisy, muscular rheumatism, etc. Heat In i any form la helpful. JUST Reasoning Teacher—Rastus, why does Mis souri stand at the head of the mule raising business in this country? Little Rastus—I dunno, ’xactly. Must be 'cause de other end am too dangerous. All That! Mrs. Reed—I'm going shopping to dear, what does the paper nar about the weather? Hubby—Rain, hail, sleet, thunder and lightning! Could It Be? Wife—I was quite outspoken at the club today. Hubby—I can’t believe it. Who outspoke you? Dan Cupid First Soldier—What’s up Bill? Second Soldier—/ sent my girl ttoo letters every, day since / was drafted and now she s married the postman. Five Up Scot (at riding academy) — I want to rent a horse. Groom—How long? Scot—Longest ye’ve got. Theca are five of us going. Fingerprint Camera The fingerprint camera is the only one that photographs skin impressions and other similar marks by being placed over them in contact with the object on whose surface they have been left, whether it is a door, a typewriter or a drinking glass, says Collier’s. Hence, it is the only camera that must illuminate its subject, using for this purpose four nvniature lamps that, with their batteries, are housed in the box. ~ GIVE HEAD COLD THE AIR Open cold-clogged breathing passages. You breathe freer almost instantly, feel the difference. Caution: Use only as di rected. Always use Peaetro Nose Drops. Admirals may be admirable, butt that isn’t where the word comes from. It comes from an old Arabic word “amir-al” meaning “com mander of.’’ That’s what the Ad miral is, the top-ranking officer in the Navy. Top-ranking cigarette with our Navy men is Camel—the favorite, too with men in the Army, Marines, and Coast Guard, accord ing to actual sales records from their service stores. Camels are a top-ranking gift, toe. And though there are Post Office restrictions on packages to overseas Army men, you can still send Camels to soldiers in the U. S., and to men in the Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard wherever they are. —Adv. Relief At Last For Your Cough Creomulsion relieves promptly be cause it goes right to the seat of the trouble to help loosen and expel germ laden phlegm, and aid nature to soothe and heal raw, tender, In flamed bronchial mucous mem branes. Tell your druggist to sell you a bottle of Creomulsion with the un derstanding you must like the way it quickly allays the cough or you are to have your money back. CREOMULSION for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis —Boy War Savings Bonds— • --• SNAPPY FACTS JkD\J V A RUBBER Heat and friction aro the greatest enemies of rubber. Tire tread# wear out five times as fast in a temperature of 100 degrees as when the thermometer registers 40 de grees. Rubber previously used for gar den hose will provide for tires on carriages of 8,500 “75's" and 6,800 37-nun. anti-aircraft guns and 600 pontons for Army bridges. Samuel Peal was granted the first rubber patent in England in 1791. It covered the water proofing of leather, cotton, linen, etc. KjMKvJDI k LB >4 I I ni 'I \M