The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-30

Big Offensives
Likely to Come
in Short Time

Observation-Disclosures Roos
evelt is expected today to follow
through his historic Quebec confer
ercs with Prime Minister Winston
Churchill by making fireside radio
chat. 10
Actually, according la word in
= Washington. the President planned
to make the address weeks ago but
the quebec meeting was scheduled
suddenly and the President sent
War Mobilization Director James
F. Byrnes. so-called president Of
the home front" to the microphones
TO substitute.
II is likely that major new often.
siyes may be under way in both
Europe and in the Pacific by the
time the President speaks. Japan
probably will get its heaviest blows
when the North American winter
sets in-both from Burma and from
the central Pacific.
More and more emphasis is being
placed on the war against Japan,
not that the American high com
, mand did not want to get in and
slug as soon as war broke out but
shipping was lacking. This is sig
nificant: Figures for August will
show that America produced nearly
100000 tons OF combat ships. High
est monthly tonnage since Pearl
Harbor, it is equivalent to one
fourth OF all out combatant naval
strength at the time war broke
out.
L. s. admirals returning from Pa
cific war fronts to the capital esti-
mate that Japan's first line aircraft
carrier strength Is equal 10 that OF
the United States. However, the
Japanese fleet refuses TO come out
and fight and L. S. task forces may
have to thrust deeply into the cen
trail Pacific TO force a battle.
Canada. according to military at
taches returning TO Washington. Is
anxious TO get into the battle OF the
Pacific on a large scale. That was
the story behind the Navy COM
munique that Canadian and Amer
lean troops had recaptured Kiska
without opposition. II was the first
TINA that Canadian troops were
used as a part of a task force in
the Pacific and the American Navy
F,,1 20 h.
credit. Canada like her sister do
minion OF Australia. recognizes the
Japs as a distinct threat. 1t saw
Jap occupation Of the Aleutians as
a dagger aimed at its northern pro-
yinces.
Behind the departure OF Nicholas
Roosevelt from the Office OF War
Information lies the feud between
the Owl and the armed services.
The Owl was only a few days old
when it clashed with the Army over
the way publicity was to be handled
at the military trial OF eight Ger
man saboteurs last July. From then
on. 1t was an almost constant fight.
hCOSBNtll. d ECNObu NOholh VI
r." and distant relative OF ''F.
D. R." was brought in as haison Of
ficer between the OWL and the
Army and Navy, stayed nine
months, decided 1t was futile, re-
signed.
Elmer Davis propaganda agency
fights for more war news. steadily
1er lee ~, af "a ~
armed forces to hide war develop
ments under the guise OF military
security"
Classic example Owl compiled
a list OF German cities, showing the
Industrial facilities and the i'm
portance OF each. The Army baked,
saying that 1t would not do to let
the Germans know that we pos
sessed such information. OWL fir
ally succeeded in having the data
released on condition that it would
never be printed in full at one time.
used only In bits as background
when a particular German city was
bombed. Fact Is that most of the
information came from records and
books available at any public IL
brary. And. a former American
commercial sttache in Berlin has
written a book containing virtually
the same information.
More chocolate. more bananas
and more tapioca are coming into
the United States because Of the
same improvement in shipping
which led to the elimination o.
coffee from the ration list The pu n
lie can expect more chocolate bars
breakfast cocoa. chocolate mix
shakes. etc: more bananas. too.
But increase n tspioca imports
will first benefit the adhesive IN.
dus.ry where tapioca is vita -
needed. practically irreplacea5 ..
for stickum. Abundant tapioca for
pudding will not be available for
some time.