The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-05
Inside
Washington

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son with what is to come Tho 'p p'1l
tary operations of United St ..'.-l'
forces have only been br 9Is'e'
skirmishes so far. The rssl a. 'llant
fighting is to start in 1914 lid"
Military timetables call f..
ginning the great Anglo.Am ~, oe'
invasion of Western Europe e' nan
spring or early summer. next
Semi-official confirna+i
these plans has already appesrs 81
in the Army and Nav P egistsId
a usually reliable service pg I'i
ton. P0''Ica'
The Register, says Gen c.,.
c. Marshall, who, it appears 'V ,,s
command the invasion nerso o, WIN
will not 60 to Great Britain " ,'t..,,
some time after the first ot 0 III
year. VI me
This the publication saw, +.
its current issue, rs in accor "A
80 VIC oIScIoSureS that III.
projected movement Of forces frono
the British Isles to the IowI .1o.n
and France will not be undertaL l'as
until some time in the sprin ,,'s q.
early summer" Ut
| Meanwhile, Allied Commando.
will step up the Commandment ~ >
Nazi industries, and military on VI
naval installations, during the Io oa
winter nights. Enemy defense, will
be weakened as much as possible
before troops start across.
The Germans, naturally wiI, b,,,
to guess the exact time and nIacs
OF the invasion across the Engli,h
channel. ''''A
But from six to seven month,
hence, the German defender, will ill
be awakened by pre-dawn visit
of vast masses of American Brit
ish, Canadian, French and Other
troops.
| The air war will have left blarl
smoking ruins along the stretchp,
of continental coastland The in.
Evasion will be protected bv III.
greatest air umbrella the world ba,
ever seen. The attack will be made
under the most stupendous naval
bombardment in history.
The Allied forces will suffer
losses such as Americans have mt
been accustomed to since Gettvs.
burg-and the home front must be
prepared for this. But Allied com.
manders mean to save all the lives
they can by hitting the Germans
with the most terrible array Of
mechanical killers that modern
science can devise.
! Secretary of State Cordell Hull
| and British Foreign Secretary An
thony Eden are believed to have
told Soviet Foreign Commissar
lViacheslav Molotov that spring Or
early summer will see the fulfill
ment of the Second front" com,
mitment.
But the United States and Brit
ish governments insist that the job
is wholly military in nature, and
that neither Russian desires nor
American politics shall influence it.
| Randolph Paul, general counsel
for the Treasury department, is
talking freely of resigning after
Congress passes the tax bill now
being prepared by the House Ways
and Means committee.
Paul has borne the burden Of
presenting the administrations tax
program to Congress, and he is
frankly tired of having these rev.
enue proposals turned down
His associates report that PaulS
health is not too good and he
doesn't feel that he can weather
another stormy session before Inc
highly-crltical Ways and means
committee when it considers INT
omnibus tax bill for 1914.
There is more than one reason
for gasoline rationing on the home
front. A primary reason of course
: is the use of gasoline IN necn
anized equipment on the hgn'l's
| fronts. But there are g '
many other military uses Tor saSo'
, line.
Gasoline is used in field hospl',
ais to heat sterilizers for Sulsl' a.
instruments. to light the lamps HI
tent operating rooms, and 10 pow d
refrigerator units in when pi00'
plasma is stored. -....
It furnishes fuel for tran$poL'
planes flying the wounded lLo ',,,,
field to base hospitals ana IN lla.,'
instances to hospitals in this co0''
try. .;o,e de.
Soldiers in the Arctlr regions W az
pend on gasoline for cooking anu
keeping warm and even mec ;!ads,
cal dough-kneaders in field N''"'
ems are run with gasoline
This all-purpose fuel is p" "
hundreds of other vital uses al. ~.
the list is expected to gro" d.
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