East Granby, Connecticut (UP) –
The War Department notified Mrs. Mary Ronan Lipinski a few hours before she reported for duty in the WAVES that her husband, Pvt. Joseph Lipinski Jr., 28, had been killed in action in the Pacific Theater.
Use of industrial-scale pilot plant planned in experiments
By Robert Taylor, Press Washington correspondent
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Airliner brought down in perfect landing, passenger says
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Catholic Welfare Conference executive calls it more destructive than Japs at Pearl Harbor
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Roosevelt stands accused of fourth term bid, Spangler says
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By Lyle C. Wilson, United Press staff writer
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Taft voices opposition to Roosevelt’s system of planning
By Daniel M. Kidney, Pittsburgh Press staff writer
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Effect of the ‘abandonment of Italy’ on others also feared
By Helen Kirkpatrick
Allied HQ, North Africa –
The fact that German reinforcements are apparently still going to Sicily leads to the conclusion that the German High Command feels that Italy must be kept in the war – at least until the winter campaign relaxes pressure on the Russian front.
Italian resistance has been almost worthless from the Nazi viewpoint.
It is probable that the Germans are conducting a kind of “Gallup poll” to discover whether an Allied attack on the Italian mainland itself would create a greater spirit of resistance.
There are two principal reasons why the Germans must attempt to stem the tide of the Allied offensive. The first is the proximity of Italy to German industry.
But more important is the effect the abandonment of Italy would have on the rest of Europe and on Germany’s prestige.
But the Germans might find that only the northern part of Italy could be held. This would at least give them defensive airfields in the Po River Valley from which to ward off Allied air attacks against the Alps and it would allow them to say that they had not abandoned Italy.
Allies put little credence in reports from Berne and Sweden
By Helen Kirkpatrick
Allied HQ, North Africa –
The general opinion here is that reports from Switzerland, Sweden and other neutral countries on the situation in Italy should be treated with the greatest reserve, if not altogether discounted.
It is felt here that the transition period of the government of Marshal Pietro Badoglio cannot have been sufficiently long to permit the Italian situation to crystalize nor yet for recent messages to the Italians by President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill and Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to have percolated through the country.
Leaflets ask Churchill’s stingers to meet foe in decisive fight
By Robert P. Martin, United Press staff writer
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Producer has spent $50,000 extra for retakes
By Erskine Johnson
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End of European conflict by Christmas now viewed possible
By Harrison Salisbury, United Press staff writer
London, England –
The Allies are believed revising their strategy in the light of the Italian situation for a spectacular drive to come to grips with Germany this fall and possibly end the European War by Christmas.
No Allied statesman allows himself to voice hopes for such a speedy conclusion of the war but it is obvious that military fundamentals call for fullest possible exploitation of the opening which Italy has presented.
Satellites falter
Officials warn against use of the 1918 parallel for comparison with the present situation, but a careful examination of that argument shows that it is not necessarily valid.
As late as July 1918, Germany was still capable of mounting dangerous offensives on the Western Front. The German position had been strengthened by elimination of the whole Eastern Front.
But in 1918, the Allies’ peripheral attacks – most similar to their present strategy – finally began to bite into the German satellites. The attacks finally exposed the fatal German weakness – inability to continue to supply the army and maintain its far-flung battle forces.
Enemy’s collapse begins
The British made headway against the Turks and the flimsy German outer structure began to collapse, starting with Bulgaria and running quickly through Turkey, Austria and Germany itself.
The German Army today may not have been beaten in Russia but it has suffered severe casualties and losses.
If the present Allied momentum can be kept up and increased – and shipping is probably the chief factor therein – chances for repetition of 1918 are certainly within the realm of possibility.