The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-24
Inside
Washington
Special To Central pra

w a. Information leaves no sfon.
unturned in seeing to it thu s'V N
story of United States war No. No
ton girdles the globe - frouuc,
AXIS nerves ano buoying the bo on,s
OF conquered peoples everv, ,tupes
In sharp contrast to the seou se
VIII Oh shrouds Axis m.l;.arr Icy e
put, the amazing American roo WI,
is broadcast week after woo eC0g !.
cozens of foreign tongues ovsr ~" 81 IN
II short-Wave transmitte,s il wv we
country, the BIC and Padio 'a IA
giers. t0 Al,
WPB's production summarize,
reported as carefully to tbe are n
habltants of occupied Eurons III NJ
they are to United States ajt it, dS
More recently a new note has s'I T.
injected into the overseas r oeeA
casts-a note that reflects ths '"s'
proach of victory and the mo,, up
ing consideration being given u. IT.
postwar plans by statesnen y" a. 10
world over. ne
owl wisely recognizes that r,
rope by now must be thoronr w.
saturated with an awareness SA !,
United States production MICK u
Hence, a tapering off in S b.,.
production figures and sbit s'Ie
news that has to Go with post.y. !.
output. ''"dF
Typical of the overseas b,,,
casts are the weekly rerort t''a q,
Blake Ozias, aide to WpB cs,; W.
man Donald M. Nelson and t f.,
mer resident of France. Ola, tv,'
a fluent command of French .n md
for rs weeks has driven hons Wv ~
the people of that country ths t,io "
of American production. ''''
Ozias has the distinction ;rci
dentally, of being the realTt.
member of the owl triumvirsts
which included the fictitious ch.r ~
acters John Durfee, "Amerir.,
columnist," and Wallace Herrict
United States military ANALYST
All three participated in owl over.
seas reporting.
Ozias' recent news summarize,
have dealt with the production NJ,
agricultural machinery which i,
destined to help the return of pro,.
perity to the European countries
devastated by the Nazis.
The reconstruction of liberated
regions became the keynote n
Owl broadcastS following WPBs
ALLEGATION of additional steel for
farm implements. The work Of The
Office for Relief and Rehabilitation
headed by former Gov. Herbert
H. Lehman of New York was
stressed, particularly as regard,
Tunisia.
European listeners heard these
words:
I'm the United States today
plans are being made to put agri.
cultural industries in the liberated
countries on their feet As soon
as possible, after victory comes,
the farms of liberated Europe will
| have thousands of tractors
ploughs, harrows, reapers."
These words must have had a
pleasant ring to the prosperity.
starved countries overrun by lie
Boches.
Friends of Thurman Arnold see
his fine hand in the recent Justice
Department shake-up that saw
Tom Clark shifted out of Arnods
old post as trust-buster after only
four months trial and Wendell
Berge slipped into the anf,monop.
oily hot spot.
Arnold keeps close tab on The
war-throttled monopoly fight from
his perch on the federal bench,
He is already getting tidgetN Hom
lack of action and is said 70 De
anxiously awaiting the day Tnen
restrictions are removed 50 that
he can take up the crusade against
Industrial Giantism where he lett
off.
In the meantime, Arnold does
not want the government AMI
trust machinery to get rusty
>Selective Service headquarters
deny having any hand in it. But
at least one local draft board Is
taking an extra-curricular peek IN
to its pool of Woman-p0Wer'
A Washington mother Of three
recently received from her nus
bands draft board, No. Wv IL
Flushing, N. Y, q formal qle'
tionnaire similar to the one ne
head of the family had filled Oh
SnOIlly alter IeSIoVelHi3
years ago. Near the blank for ~
name of the registrant the |oE2
wife Of had been typed.
Although not required to % "
by law, the couple filled OUT 'H
blank and returned it in the spsc
fled five days, furnishing the boa"
with complete data on the @
Iman's previous working eXperesi,,
and qualifications for posS"
later call to war duty.
The Austin WadsWorth naflo'a
draft bill, which has yet 10 W.
administration approval, is s''"
languishing in Congress.