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IS EOJTCAY. AUGUST 9. 1S43 TEE JOUSJTAI, TIATTSMOTJTH,. HEBLASKA PAGE THREE Americans Moving On New Georgia After Fail of Mrnida Eeconstruction of the Airfield by Americans Will Start to Form Nrw Ease PATRfCSA DOW An Advanced South Pacific TIase. An?. 7. (UP) American troops. Lent on the complete annihilation of the remaining Japanese forces on Xiw Georgia Island in the central Solomons, moved against isolated en emy groups today as engineers start ed the rehabilitation of the captured Munda stronghold to facilitate fur ther l S. offensives. In view of the fact that more than lr Jap ships r.nJ numerous tari;e.s and small craft were sunk during the course of the cn-iapa i:ti and all l.tit the re;n:iari!s cf the en emy garrison ort r.Tunda w iped our, it unofficially was l.elk'Ved the de fense of Munda cost the Japs be tween r.(UM iw.d T,t;oo men. Seven months an Admiral Wil liam F. llalsey. Ai.icrii an co.nmaml cr in the Sd.ith Pacific. de;lart-d: "The .laps will build Munda and -we will use it." i Sou.t'u Pacific headquarters an-! uouiiced that llii!!i';a airiieh' oi'i'i-: cially fell daring miil-afternoon 01 ! Aug. f. . . A column of American troops j fought through from the coast aim : on to (Tie airfield A hi'.' and lu-jran ' i a systematic destruction of a Jap pocket iramediately northeast 01 i Munda. Another American force ad-j vaneing from P.ilolo Hill compltteci the wiping out of this pocket with a continued rain of bombs, artillery and mortars. Still further north, a large force of seasoned American veterans ot the Guadalcanal campaign swung northwestward 'into the jungle, fore-j ing the Japanese defenders to begin , evacuation of the airbase. j It was estimated that it won't he more than a few days until emer gency repairs on the airstrip will le completed. This involves filling bomb and shell craters and clearing revetments and approaches to ttiej 4500-foot coral runway. j These repairs naturally are only preparatory to the large-scale task of making Munda a permanent and; well-equipped air base, there is good ; teasoii to., believe it won't be long , before Munda-basod American air- craft will begin the task of soften- ing up Jap-held islands to the north i as far as their big base at Rabaul. Xew Britain. In spite of the cooperation of per haps the strongest air force ever con-;' cent rated in the South Pacific and; naval forces -which roamed the sea; and bombarded Jap bases almost: -without interference, the campaign j to capture Mnnda was one of the! most difficult American ground for ces ever had undertaken. The first landing'? in the New Ceorgia sector were made at the southern tip of the island where marines were snt ashore for pre liminary patrol work on June ?0. The landings were successful -without much ground opposition being encountered. On July 1 the marines -who had landed on the southern tip cf New Georgia made a surprise attack on Washington, D. C. (NWNS) ! From now on, practically anything the President says will be interpret ed from the viewpoint of its politi cal implications its relationship to fourth term ambitions. This was made obvious following the President's recent address to the nation when he outlined what he would recommend be done to help the men in the armed serv ices when they are mustered out. He recommended: (1) mustering out pay large enough to take care of each soldier's needs for a rea sonable time while looking for a job; (2) government-paid educa tion; (3) unemployment insurance; (4) credit under old-age insurance lor the time the men were in the service; (5) liberalized medical care for the disabled; (6) pensions for the disabled. Although his plan seems to have been well accepted by the people, members of congress and spokes men for groups of anti-New Dealers immediately interpreted this outline as a bid for votes from millions of soldiers and their families and rela tives. Harrison Spangler, chairman of the Republican national commit tee, expressed the views of most po litical opponents of the President's when he said: '"Under the pretext cf a major report on the war situation, he made a straight-out political speech and a bold bid for the vote of our soldiers and sailors who are risk ing their lives for freedom . . . Ev ery American is determined to take care of these returning heroes. It will be the nation that does it and not a personal beneficence of the President." On the other hand, the Republi cans, led by Senator Lodge, have been trying for some time to get action to make adequate plans for taking care of the returning sol- cuers. So the New Dealers feel the present Republican attitude is part ly '"sour grapes" because the Pres ident got the jump on them in for mulating a plan. But there is little doubt left that the President is considering run ning lor a fourth term and, with that being the case, it is only nat ural that political implications will be seen in all moves he makes from now on. Few people have found much to criticize about the actual plan he presented for talcing care of our armed forces, but from the po litical viewpoint, if the plan is car ried out and credited to the Presi dent, it cannot help but be a pow erful vote-producer. While the President may have amassed many potential votes by this step, political analysts here fig ure that he has lost a lot of ground over the widespread publicity given to the OWI broadcast in which the foreign division of OWI attacked the present government of Italy when peace moves were being made. This attack brought to light the fact that OWI's foreign branch has been quoting fictitious characters in its broadcasts, has been embarrass ing the governments of occupied countries, and has, at least in some cases, substituted manufactured propaganda for truth. This has cast suspicion on the whole OWI set-up and on the President for permitting such action to go on. The present investigation of OWI's activities by a congressional committee will keep the subject be fore the public for some time and there will probably be increased fireworks when congress re-convenes. Since the OWI has worked so closely with the President, much of the blame for its failings will fall on his shoulders. Outlook for Farmers Improves; j National Average Up 30 v. tv.V. Lu G. ELLIOTT President, La Salle Extension University 8408 12-42 Neat, Cool Pattern No. 8408 For a ne?ter-than-neat look, this house frock is the answer . . . and for real cool comfort nothing can beat the square neck and set-in belt. Pattern No. 8408 is in sizes 12. 14. 16, 18. 20; 40 and 4 Size 14 takes, with drop shoulder sleeves, 3s. i yards 35-inch material. MAN LEY By Journal Field Repreenrarir Name. Address Name of paper Pattern No Size. Send 15 ent j In cotn (for each pattern desired) Patricia Dow Fatten 26 W. 17lh St., New Tork, N. T. their way -overland through jungles l' liv'(l impassable and captured en- ( in v post ions at KiYogai inlet five John A. Stander and family were quests for the day on last Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fieker. Mr. Sicker and Mrs. Stander are brother and sister. Philip Schafer, residing a number of miles east of Manley, was in town the past week looking after some business matters. Mr. ard Mrs. Frank J. Rergman were at Lincoln on Monday of last wef-k.. visiting friends and relatives. Miss Gladys Hohman, who is em ployed as a nurse at the Veterans hospital In "Lincoln, -was an over Sunday guest at the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Hohman, last week." Miss Anna Marie Mockoiihaupt, j daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Moekenhaupt, who is attending school, was a guest at home last week end. Miss Anna V. Rauth. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. X. Rauth, and her j Mrs. Schafer has been enjoying a J visit with her father and sister the past two weeks. They have returned I home. Mrs. Alice Jenkins, past S4 years of age. who sustained a fractured hip and has been hospitalized in Lin coln for a number of weeks, has re turned to Manley and is staying with her daughter, Mrs. Elmer Pearson. Mrs. Jenkins is reported as doing very nicely, although as yet she is unable to get around much. Hold Line on Clothes ! I. .:,.! IV.turcnn .f Olllil- davs later. comnlotclv surprising " v 1 '" the Japs hr" v'ere quests last week at the home of Mr. and -Mrs. jonn Goes to Navy i jC. Rauth. Others in attendance at the family dinner were Mr. and Mrs Fnr of the Cass countv bovs that falter Moekenhaupt. John Crane, who has been visit ing in Omaha the past two weeks has returned to Manley. i vere passed at Fort Crook this -week) for service, have, been assigned to the Fniicd Smn-s navy as they had r. si-Led. These comprise: Ralph Hen. Donald II. Wiink, C.eorge f I rover Fledge, of this city, and Harlan Heil. of Ijouisviile. 1 I Washington. Aug. 7. (UP) The Office of Price Administration today issued ite "hold the line" order for women's, girls, children's and tod dlers' fall and winter clothes which will maintain price levels equal to those prevaiing last- -fall. Announced in July the official order, t't signaled as amendment No. 1 to Maximum Price Regulation 330, is effective now. With a previous order governing fpring garments regulations now apply to clothing sales which were made. CPA said the highest selling lim? that wholesalers or retailers may iTse for the fall selling season may be either that of their March. 1942 sales or that of the base period which is August 1st to Dee. 31st. 1941 for retailers and July 1st to Oct. 31. 1941 for wholesalers. Although the farm situation con tinues critical in view of the un paralleled 1943 demands for home consumption, requirements of our armed forces, and quantities ear marked for lend-lease shipment, conditions have shown a decided improvement during the past few weeks. .Growing conditions have been much more favorable, with the termination of the unseasona bly wet period which prevailed throughout the spring. The farm labor situation has been eased by releasing essential agricultural workers from military service, by encouraging the return of young men from industry to the farm, and by recruiting students from cities ' to form a "land army" to assist in vital food production on farms. Earring adverse weather condi tions, and unanticipated disloca tions of labor, the 1943 season should turn out to be a much bet ter farm production year than ear lier estimates indicated. By much hard work and long . hours after the planting .of crops had been delayed for several weeks by wet weather, farmers in most parts of the country have almost caught up and are now caring for about as many acres of growing crops as they had last year. Al though several of the major crops are not so far along as usual, there is still time enough to make better than average yields if weather con ditions continue favorable and if the growing season is not cut short by early frosts in the fall. According to present indications, total farm output will be large al though it can hardly equal last year's record production. Some de cline is natural after several years in which harvests were unusually good. Yields of the small grain crops now being harvested show considerable variations in different sections of the country but in many places they are quite a little above the average of the last 10 years. The estimated yield of winter wheat, for example, is about one bushel per acre more than average, even though it is close to 15 per cent lower than the crop last year. Spring wheat, oats and barley are making a slightly better showing. The situation in the production of commercial truck crops is typical of a large number of farm com modities. Production so far this year has been 13 per cent below last year, but 2 per cent above the 1932-1941 average. However, these figures do not take into account one factor which will contribute to a considerable degree in easing de mands for farm produce, as well as effecting a big saving in transpor tation requirements. That factor is the millions of Victory gardens, al ready a source of early fresh vege tables on the tables of the nation, and, in many instances, expected to provide the major portion of the vegetable needs of families, not only during the summer months, but for home canning for use next winter. The feed situation presents the most critical aspect in the agricul tural picture. With an increase in number of livestock on farms amounting to between 10 and 12 per cent, the ratio between feed supply and demand has changed, the feed requirements now running well ahead of this year's expecta tion of feed crop production. This has been aggravated by a large in crease in' the commercial usp of grains for such purposes as the manufacture of alcohol for use in synthetic rubber production. Farm ers will be forced to rely to a far greater extent upon supplying their own feed requirements. Alleviating this situation somewhat has baen the recent improvement in the con dition of pastures, in nearly every section of the country, as a result of the rapid growth of grass brought about by the heavy early rains. Current output of severkl farm products is even more favorable. JVIilk production is within 2 per cent of the unusually high rate a year ago. Egg production is higher than at any previous time and about 13 per. cent above last year. While production is high, the demand for foods has increased enormously be cause consumer incomes are much larger and the requirements of the military forces are mounting rap idly. Farmers are doing much to over come the shortages of farm ma chinery, even though not all of them have been able to get enough equipment to operate their farms most efficiently. The removal of limitations on the production of ma chinery and the allocation of more steel to manufacturers will help in the future. Farm prices are higher than they were a year ago and cash farm in come has been increasing quite steadily. The general average of the prices which the farmer re ceives for what he sells has risen more than have the prices of what he has to buy. In some lines, how ever, prices have been declining. The drop in prices of livestock has been most significant. It has made feeding slightly less profitable, but the ratio of feed prices to livestock prices is still favorable. The up ward trend in farm income is likely to continue for some time yet. The influence of these gains in farm in come -has. been felt in retail trade in rural areas, with both retail stores and mail, order concerns reporting new high records in dollar volume, despite shortages in some commod ities. While farmers are working hard to produce adequate supplies of foods and fibers, factory workers are also turning out increasingly large quantities of war supplies and essential civilian goods. Total output of factories is expanding each month and is now running about 15 per cent higher than even the high rate of a year ago. It is double the rate which prevailed at the outbreak of the war in Europe. The increase in war production has much more than offset the decline in the production of the less-essential civilian goods. Indications are that this trend will continue and that industry will make a new rec ord this year. May Abandon Kharkov London, Aug. 7. (UP) Military sources believed tonight that nazi held Kharkov was doomed after a German news agency had reported that the Russians had launched an attack upon the C'huguev sector, south of the key base, With Kharkov already threaten ed from the north, it was said here that the nazis might soon start evacuating Kharkov because the Russians at one point were believed only about 12 miles from the eity , i r .. . . 1. r, .1 unu tue pincers ncm uuiui uuu south were within perhaps 3" miles of each other. Kentucky Votes Today BY UNITED PRESS Ken'tuckians went to the polls Sa turuay to nominate a democratic candidate for governor to oppose the republican nominee who hopes to hand the administration a defeat on the border of the solid south. The republican candidate. Judge Simeon Willis of Ashland, Ky., was j unopposed for the GOP gubernator- j To see war equipment Fighting Reported at Paris Algiers. Aus (UP) Hand to Jan forces at Vim Harbor from the rear an:l opened the way for Ameri-; hand fighting in the streets of Paris can landings there. j "-as reported today by the French Additional landings were made committee for national liberation, north of Munda at Rice Anchorage j Information reaching the committee '.i ,. T,iTirtn nt z.maha Reach ! from underground sources told of ilUu i:cirl 'i i on July 5. Marines and soldiers. from Rice Anchorage, then fought j of risin increasing daylight attacks on Ger- starting j man personnel and installations and unrest elsewhere in France. . ' 4s M SUCCESSFUL PARENTHOOD Br MBS. CATHERINE CONRAD EDWARDS j Associate Editor, Parents' Magaxios. (Each week In this space will be presented a picture and word portrait oi someone whose name is news.) For four years Leo T. Crowley has been working for the . United States government without pay as chairman of the Federal De posit Insurance corporation, and as Alien Property Custodian. So the financial sacri fice attending his appointment as director of the new Office of Economic Warfare is nothing foreign to him. His new salary has been esti mated at approximately $35,000 a year less than he has been receiving as chairman of the Standard Gas and Electric company. Tall, white haired and ruddy faced, Crowley is a bachelor in his middle fifties who is deeply rooted in the business field with interests in chain stores, banks, service station chains, utilities, insurance companies, and paper factories. In typical Horatio Alger style, Crowley worked as a delivery boy while in high school at Madison, Wis. He attended that state's uni versity and at the age of 21 w as president of the General Paper and Supply company of Madison. The new OEW will take over the supervision of purchasing and stock piling abroad formerly administered by the now abolished Bureau of Economic Warfare. The financing of these nnprations. formerly a function of the Recon struction Finance Corporation, was also transferred to Crowley's Crowley has made a practice of keeping clear of Washington squabbles. Although he is reported to have a quick Irish sens? of humor, he is not known as a social lion. I Leo T. Crowley TEACHING YOUNGSTERS TO FINISH THE JOB Everyone knows that a child's enthusiasms are often short-lived, but the mother who wrote the fol lowing letter is concerned over the fact that her children never finish anything. She writes: "Almost ev ery week some new project is started at our house. Dad is nat urally a little over-generous, so he doesn't ask many questions when Don wants a quarter for wire or tin for an airplane, and Marian wants money for knitting needles, although just last week the extra 50 cents was for beads with which to embroider a headband. Unfor tunately, these ambitious plans rarely get beyond the spending and planning stage. How can I teach my children to finish what they begin?" Like many virtues which, we used to value without analyzing them. this matter of sticking to each proj ect until it is finished is open to question. Some things we start aren t worth finishing. Perhaps we find we have no knack for them at alL So begin the study of this problem, if you have encountered it in your children, by admitting that many things are wrorth trying just lor tne varied experience they of fer, but that they may not all be worth finishing if, with the best will in the world, the child's perform' ance of them is bound to be ex tremely poor. However, I am not miriimizing the importance of seeing a job through to the end. To begin with- it may be one in which skill is required, and so if the child gives up at the first sign of discourage ment ne may never discover wheth er or not he has a gift for it. Be sides, there is joy and satisfaction in viewing finished things a row oi jars of canned fruit will give most women a genuine glow of sat isfaction. A doll dress with the hem and both sleeves neatly fin ished is something for a little girl to be proud of. One completed model plane of simple design is better than a half dozen elaborate ones left unfinished when the work becomes too intricate. So encourage your children to fin ish their scrap books and rabbit pens and pirate caves, to tend then Victory gardens until frost. But don t go to the extreme of insisting that the bug collection started one summer on the farm become a ma jor hobby after your boy has re turned to school in the city. What are boys' pockets for if not for string and nails and marbles, knives and even sealing wax. though perhaps "cabbages and kings" would be a bit unweildy! Anyway, they were certainly meant for a "number of things"! Finally, the most effective teach ing is to set the family a good ex ample by finishing your own tasks one at a time. We all know women who tear up the whole house in a perfect frenzy when they should know from experience that they'll finish only half the jobs they've begun. Greeks Fight Italians London, Aug. 7. (UP) A Greek government spokesman said today that Greek guerillas are operating inside Albania, constantly attacking Italian communications at Epirus. All land convoys between Valona and Jannina are escorted by tanks and reconnaissance planes as a re sult of the forays, he said. i ial nominal ion. Nat ional republican j leaders were expected to lend him support in the general election next fall in an attempt to win Kentucky for the first time since 1 !31. Four candidates sought the demo cratic nomination for governor. J. Lyter Donaldson, Carrolton, Ky., bank president and former state highway commissioner, was the fa vorite, with the backing of Gov! Keen Johnson and many of the state's influential democrats. Omaha. Aug. 6. (UP) If Nebras ka's 4 -II cIuYj members needed any convincing that they have a tre mendous war-time agricultural job to do. Fort Crook and the U. S. army will see to it that the youngsters are convinced when they meet at Fremont this week for their state convention. Officials at Fort Crook announc ed today they, will send a fleet of motorized war equipment to Fre mont next Wednesday evening for display to the 4-H'ers. The exhibit will include a mobile kitchen in act ion, a team of ten motorcyclists, a scout car, a bomb service truck, three half-trucks, two armored cars and a 10-ton wrecker. Back the attack by tipping very next payday. Measure your savings by your new higher income. Destroy Axis Shipping London. Aug. 7. (UP) A total of 9,045, CSC tons of axis shipping j has been captured, sunk or damaged j in the 4 G months of war ending; June oOth, an admiralty report said today. The toll was credited to all types j of attack on ships, including sur- j face vessels, submarines, aircraft.! and mines. Large Income Payments A FEW BILLIONS A MERE TRIFLE Washington. Aiu (UP I In come payments of individuals in the United States reached an annual ; rate of $142,100,000,000 in June,! Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones announced today. In 1942, the in! come of individuals was $114,039,- 1 (00,000. ' - ! Jones explained that an increase of a little more than 1, 000.000,000 j in June over May resulted from the , usual May-June rise in dividend and interest payments and from the con tinued expansiof, of payrolls of manu facturing establishments engaged iu war production. Any Excuse You Can Find For Not Upping Ycur Bond Buying Win Please Hitler It's your job to help finance the kind of all-out war whiJi we expect of our country's fighting forces. As our gallant sons pay with their lives for each victory, our share on the home front seems such a mere trifle. All we are asked to do is to LEND ALL OUR SAVINGS TO UNCLE SAM, through the purchase of bonds. Let a JOURNAL WANT AD help you by selling your no-longer-used articles, or by renting out your extra room. Telephone your Want Ad to No. 6. Bad up the men w?io ore on the fighting front. They give fheif live you lend your money. a