Syracuse-Wawasee Journal, Volume 38, Number 6, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 20 November 1942 — Page 7

‘Schools at War’ Program To Help Smash Dictators A national campaign is under way to enroll the nation’s 32,000,000 school children in the war effort. This campaign, known as the “Schools at War” program, was launched by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington, D. C., recently. Speaking over a national radio hookup and before 4,000 District of Columbia school children, Mrs. Roosevelt urged the boys and girls of the nation to dedicate themselves to active participation in the war effort through this program. Many of the Capital schools participated in the ceremonies which marked the opening of this notable campaign. These photos will furnish ideas, for other schools that are anxious to enroll their pupils in the important work of doing their bit towards whipping the enemies of freedom. k SMBUVih Wa b W Victory® A color guard composed of District °f Co/umfcia school boy cadets marches up Constitution avenue. Scrap collection, another vital phase of school children's war activities, is the theme of this section of the Schools at War parade. <• < .4. i ■ '^A. .•_..- x \ V I ' Ml."'' 'AI *'4? ywiyl |W. ILS Snwt W

A healthy nation is a fighting . nation, and the school children of America can do their bit by preaching and practicing the value of nutrition, as is being done by these school girls.

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A regiment of cadets from a District of Columbia high school marches to the Treasury building for the ceremonies marking the opening of the “Schools at War' campaign.

SYRACUSE WAWASEE JOURNAL

WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS - U. S. French North African Campaign Aimed to Aid British Egyptian Drive In Annihilating All of Rommel’s Army; AEF Operations Proceed on Schedule (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions are expressed In these columns, they are these of Western Newspaper Union's nows analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.) Released by Western Newspaper Union. . ||MPLW|IJW p p ) 0 U. S. 3. R. r« I —-FR. W. AFRICA ARABIA APR rl|S A r\ ; jWW'; Mt-' ; BELGj AM f AJXEnYa; S'» - ■” o* Arrows near top of niap show general locations of American troop landings in opening the long-heralded second front. U. S. troops struck at Algiers and other key cities, carrying out operations at a speed even greater than anticipated.

FIRST BLOWS: Gain Objectives Even as the city of Algiers fell to attacking United States troops, official communiques from Allied North African headquarters announced new successes in the second front drive to forestall an Axis invasion of French territory. The Algerian port of Oran was reported in American hands, as was near-by Arzew. The capitulation of Algiers, first announced by Vichy and later confirmed by Lieut. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in North Africa, provided for American occupation of the city. Before the city had surrendered, American combat teams and Rangers had captured two air fields in that area and a third near Oran. Possession of the airdromes will enable Allied forces to beat off Axis air attacks from Sicily and Sardinia and gives Mediterranean convoys much-needed aerial protection. From Allied headquarters in Africa came word of heavy fighting from several French naval units and shore batteries at Algiers and Oran ports, but this was dealt with by British and American naval forces. Coastal defenses at Algiers, manned by Admiral Darlan’s navy, sank two light Allied vessels in the harbor. Big guns from some of the greatest warships afloat put an end to the opposition. VICHY: Breaks Relations Meanwhile, the government of Marshal Petain, chief of state in Vichy, France, broke relations witn the United States. Pierre Laval, as chief of government, summoned S. Pinkney Tuck, U. S. charge d’affaires at Vichy, and informed him that relations between France and the United States were broken off. Thus was ended a strong bond of friendship which had persevered for many decades and which lasted through almost a year of war between the United States and France’s German conquerors! - .' At a Washington press conference Secretary of State Cordell Hull disclosed that the United States’ relations with Vichy had served their purpose and that the United States no longer cares what attitude the Vi-chy government takes. He pointed out that the major reason for maintaining relations was to prepare for the drive into Africa. Past relations with Vichy aided the groundwork for that operation. Petain took his action after talking to his highest advisers, including Laval and Gen. Maxime Weygand, former pro-consul for French North Africa. Early fragments of information reaching Vichy gave isolated reports of at least 10 American landings, air and sea bombardments and De Gaullist (Fighting French) uprisings. American forces were reported ashore in an area extending over about 650 miles of France’s North African coast on the Atlantic and the Mediterranean from Casablanca to Algiers.

HIGHLIGHTS’ in the week's news

HOROSHO— That was the word the Russians shouted through the streets of their towns and villages as they greeted the news of the American campaign opening up in Africa. "Hcrosho” in Russian is the equivalent of “swell.” KILLED— In Egypt, Peter Wood, son of Lord Halifax. British Ambassador to the U. S.. was killed in action.

OPERATIONS: ‘Proceeding Rapidly While Vichy evidenced its reluctance to believe battlefront reports, authoritative dispatches from American correspondents said that everywhere operations were proceeding rapidly. Americans were quick to seize airfields in the region of Algiers and Oran. Veteran fighter pilots set their planes down on the fields immediately after ground forces overran, the airports. The split-second timing was revealed when, in one case, American fighter planes coming in to land aided in the capture of the field at the last minute with a ground strafing attack which removed the last vestige of resistance. The feat of one eager American combat force was reported in early communications. One of the few submarines which reached the convoy disabled a transport, packed with the combat force. Instead of waiting to be towed back to port by the destroyers, the army commander ordered his men to take to their assault boats, tiny, flat-bot-tomed craft designed only for short forays to landing beaches. With destroyers as an escort the strange armada sailed 120 miles through rough water to land at one of the many beachheads. The seasick soldiers stuck to their posts throughout the dangerous journey and achieved what was termed a feat without parallel in such an operation. ROMMEL: Distance Runner The battered remnants of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s African army had new worries. Pursued relentlessly by the British Eighth army, the arrival of American troops in Algeria launched a powerfully equipped spearhead of power at Rommel’s back. The pincers appeared to be closing. Official British announcements told how the Germans abandoned their Italian allies to capture or annihilation. A Cairo ’dispatch said that six entire Italian divisions have been captured complete with all their equipment. “It seems clear,” said a British war bulletin, “that the Germans withdrew without attempting to extricate any cf the Italian infantry formations.” The fleeing Axis armies already had left Mersa Matruh far behind. Halfaya (Hellfire) pass, a narrow defile leading into Libya’s arid regions, loomed ahead. Even though the Nazis get through Halfaya pass, they are confronted with new obstacles. They have lost the bulk of their armored forces and most of their Italian support. They are a long way from home and face the possibility of being cut off. Should the battle be fought out in the Libyan desert, it will be possible for the British to flank the remainder of Rommel’s men. This they could not do at El Alamein because of the sea on one side and the Qattara depression on the other. >

REVERSAL— Capt. Fred Eldridge, editor of The Roundup, newspaper for American forces in China, Burma and India, urged sarcastically that “all you guys sweating it out up in Assam and China start writing letters to the States and sending little packages of goodies to buck up home morale.” He pointed to the “terrible” hardships of gas rationing and the $25,000 limit on salaries.

INTER-UNION ROW: Affects Detroit Firms Because of alleged interference with their organizational efforts by members of the United Automobile Workers (CIO), 7,000 workers left their jobs in a half dozen Detroit war plants, suspending operations in the production of vital war materials. The strike was Detroit’s largest since Pearl Harbor. It was called off at the end of the first day after War Labor board intervention. In a single day it forced the shutdown of 15 Detroit factories. The workers involved were members of the Mechanics Educational Society of America (Independent). Matthew Smith, M.E.S.A. president, described the work stoppages as a “labor holiday” designed to “see if there is any law and order in this town —if a man can join a labor union of his own choosing.” Smith said the trouble started between his union and the U.A.W. when, several weeks ago, a group of M.E.S.A. officials called at the Briggs Manufacturing Co. to attempt to organize workers there. He said some U.A.W. members threw his men bodily from the plant. MANPOWER: And Production There was much discussion throughout government, industry and labor circles regarding the advisability of increasing the number of hours in the standard American work-week. General opinion seemed to be that to increase the standard numbe? of hours from 40 to 48 was a good step but further than that few wanted to go. President Roosevelt at his press conference disclosed some interesting data on the subject. He said that intelligence reports show that last spring the German government decided to greatly increase the work-week, especially in certain munitions plants where the number of weekly hours went up from 70 to 80. For about two months, Nazi production greatly increased but then began to slip until the time came when the output of the 70-to-80-hour workweek was actually less than the former 48-hour week. Latest monthly reports, of U. S. war production show that the nation’s industrial machine continues to gain speed as it rolls along; mu? nitions production was up 7 per cent over the month before; airplane production up 10 per cent; ordnance 7 per cent; navy and army vessels 22 per cent, merchant ships 10 per cent. VOICE: From a Beer Cellar Speaking at the Loewenbrau beer cellar on the anniversary of his 1923 Munich .putsch Adolf Hitler spouted loud and long about the latest developments in the U. S. drive into the French North African colonies. He declared that the landings there would “no more win the war than the British landings in France early in the conflict.” But while his words were strong and scornful there was evidence to indicate that the recent events in Africa had given him cause for concern. Said he: “We will prepare all counter blows as thoroughly as always, and they will come in due time.” He spent much of his speech in a review of the war and was careful to stress the fact that there would U gs 1 H.: ............... . •.. . • ~gS : |g ws*? Illi liß iii ■ 111 ADOLF HITLER “We will prepare counter blows.” be no German capitulation as in 1918. He drew a parallel between himself and the kaiser, saying that: “The kaiser was a man who did not have strength to see things through . . .” But Hitler indicated that he would have more strength in the hour of crisis: “All the time from my boyhood I have kept the bad habit of having the last word.” Observers took the tone of his speech to mean that the trend of worrying noticed lately among German citizens had finally reached the stage where officials were inclined to counter with an answer—at least in words. Hitler said that so far in this war 350,000 Germans had been killed. He admitted the going was tough but claimed that Stalingrad was in Nazi hands. > ITALY: Double Trouble News of the American landing brought further pessimismToAn already unhappy Italy. The first official comment came when it was announced over Rome radio that . the Italian people—for this attack is directed against us—is facing a terrible trial. The maximum effort of the adversary has been directed against us, but shall we bow down before the ... weight of this foe without a struggle?”

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