The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-28

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 Finally, the most difficult part of the Archangel route is through the neck of the White Sea, l1ar- row strip only fifty miles wide where the land juts out under the water, making the channel even narrower. In this shallow water the ice freezes almost solid, and 1t is feared that U. s. vessels, getting stuck in the White Sea, will sit there all winter, easy targets for Nazi bornbers.
 VITAL RAILROAD JUNCTION
 The next big hazard is the ratl- road south to Moscow. This is Q 70O-lnile stretch, and half way be- tween Archangel and Moscow, at Bo!ogda, another rail line shoots east to the Volga River and the new line of Russian defense. This route east Is the one over which U. s. water material will be hauled.
 So g terrific battle is sure tO be wayed to capture the B0lOgda railroad junction. In fact even today, confidential reports from Russia declare that Finnish ski forces are being organized by the Nazis for an expedition to cut the rail line.
 Another rail line runs down from Leningrad to Bologda Junc- ton. And If the Nazis can clean up Leninsrad, they are sure to launch drive along this route.
 However, the Russians have been concentrating a tremendous army in this area between Mos- COW and the vital port of Arch angel. They say they can defend the entire rail line, and so far they have been able to convince Tfarriman's hard-boiled military experts.
 UNJUST FOOD PRICES
 Are you paying high prices for pork chops Administrator Ru- dolph Evans says food prices should be falling, not rising.
 As he made this statement, Evans had in his hand a slip of paper just handed him by AAA market experts. It read, Hogs, slow, generally 10 to 20 cents low- CT than Tuesdays average"
 Evans pointed out that hog pric- es had dropped nearly $50 per hundred, from the recent high; also that other prices are falling off. Butter, usually the bell- wether of farm products, is cheap. (The British are buying cheese, not butter) Also, wheat and corn are off.
 AAA is endeavoring to prevent British food purchases from boost- ing domestic food prices, and Evans says there are abundant food stocks to supply the British without causing the slightest trl- crease in U. s. prices. ..4
 His chief worry, however, IS the future, when British buying and the U. s. defense boom are over To the question of what will hap pen to the American farmer then Evans gives this two-fold answer (ll Resumption of the AAA
 crop and acreage reduction pro-
 gram; (2) a large-scale drive for foreign markets, even ct the
 cost of heavy subsidies.
 MERRY-GO-ROUND
 If you haven't made your blood contribution to the Red Cross blood bank, don't fail to do SO. There's nothing to 1t. It takes only a few minutes and at no time is there any pain or discomfort. The usual donation is q pint from men and a hslf pint from women. This is one way you can make Q truly personal contribution to the Army and Navy .. Square shoot ing Attorney General Francis Bid- de has ordered prosecutions on every antitrust case that was pending when he took office. Bid Iclle is militant defender of little business men and has issued or- ders to his Justice Department to protect their interests to the limit ... The special House committee, headed by Representative John TOlan of California, that is iEa- vestigating defense problems, will shortly issue a scorching report on the defense housing muddle. Co., ordlnator Charles Palmer will be sharply critized and the committed will recommend a complete re- organization of federal housing agencies, with Q new big apprcp- rlatfnn fnF mora oanqtkuctfnn.