Senate group plans probe of gas ration
Truman asks nation’s cooperation until study is completed
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Vichy ignored –
U.S.-Martinique pact revealed
Americans won’t occupy French isles, Hull says
Washington (UP) –
A defense and economic agreement which will make it unnecessary for the United States to occupy Martinique and other French islands in this hemisphere was announced today by Secretary of State Cordell Hull.
At a press conference, Mr. Hull said that the agreements of 1940 and 1941 have been continued as a result of successful negotiations recently concluded in Martinique. The principal purpose, he said, is to assure American security. A secondary phase concerns the economic life in the islands.
The new arrangements were negotiated by RAdm. John Hoover, USN, and Samuel Reber, Assistant Chief of the State Department’s European Division, in conversations with Adm. Georges Robert at Martinique. The agreement was concluded without any contact between the United States and the Vichy government.
The agreement also covers French Guiana on the South American coast.
The new agreement, it is understood, provides outright demilitarization of the French warships at Martinique.
WAR BULLETINS!
London, England –
Radio Vichy said tonight that Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain will broadcast to French West Africa tonight. Earlier, Radio Vichy had said Premier Pierre Laval would also speak.
Madrid, Spain –
Generalissimo Francisco Franco dissolved the National Council of the Falange Party today and set up a new council which included Ramón Serrano Suñer, recently ousted as Foreign Minister.
London, England –
A broadcast by Radio Dakar tonight indicated that the vital French West African base of Dakar and its surrounding territory of Senegal has swung over to the pro-Allied administration of Adm. Jean François Darlan. If correct, the reports indicated a bloodless victory for the Allies of tremendous strategic importance.
Washington –
U.S. forces on Guadalcanal in the Solomons are slowly advancing their positions on the west flank in face of stubborn enemy resistance, the Navy announced today.
Capital grumbles as ‘bureaucrats’ invade U.S. life
Congressional resentment grows at inclusion of annoying details and questions in rationing programs; link to vote results seen
By Thomas L. Stokes, Scripps-Howard staff writer
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10 KIA in the navy… something doesn’t sound right. Did they get an accurate count… looking from a 2021 perspective.
The numbers account for just the recent action over the North African area, not overall.
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Message censorship extension endorsed
Washington (UP) –
The Senate Judiciary Committee today approved a House bill authorizing extension of the government censorship jurisdiction in communications between the United States and its territories and possessions.
Present law covers censorship on communications between the United States and foreign nations. The new bill also authorizes censorship on communications between territories and possessions of the United States.
Allied troops gain slowly at base in Guinea
Jap destroyer sunk as foe lands reinforcements at night in Buna
By Brydon C. Taves, United Press staff writer
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Bill to lift duty
Washington –
The House today approved and sent to the Senate a bill exempting from duty gifts valued at less than $50 sent by servicemen overseas to their families in the United States.