CANDIDLY SPEAKING —
Caught in air raid on Capitol Hill
By Maxine Garrison
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Ten years of Roosevelt
Fifth New Deal underway for U.S.
By Peter Edson, special to the Pittsburgh Press
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Fair workers told to forget smudged faces
‘Helpless’ feminine appeal out for duration, ODT official says
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America be like :
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Völkischer Beobachter (March 6, 1943)
Ein offenherziger USA.-Admiral –
„U-Boote – das Hauptproblem“
dnb. Vigo, 5. März –
Die anglo-amerikanische Schiffahrt befindet sich trotz aller Ableugnungsversuche in den USA. und in England in einer schwierigen Lage. Das geht aus einer Äußerung des USA.-Admirals Stark hervor, die in der New York Herald Tribüne zu lesen ist.
In auffällig pessimistischen Worten schildert hier Stark, der Kommandeur der USA.-Seestreitkräfte in den europäischen Gewässern, die Lage, die „heiß wie die Hölle“ sei.
Wenn wir die U-Boote nicht erledigen, sind wir wie in einem Schweinestall gefangen.
Die enormen Kriegsanstrengungen der USA. wären völlig umsonst, wenn nicht ausreichende Tonnage für ihren Transport zu den Fronten zur Verfügung stände.
Jeder, der die Tatsachen kennt, wird wissen, das das U-Boot unser Hauptproblem ist. Jede Bewegung, die wir machen, hängt von unserer Tonnage ab.
Mit der Atlantikschlacht verhält es sich wie mit jeder anderen Schlacht, „man kann einen guten Monat haben, dann ist aber der nächste schlecht.“
Die Angriffe auf die U-Boot-Basen an der französischen Küste, meinte Stark dann weiter, hätten bis jetzt noch nicht die erhofften Ergebnisse gehabt. Auch das von den Engländern immer wieder vorgebrachte Argument, den Deutschen fehlten ausreichende Mannschaften zur Bemannung ihrer neuen Boote, will der Admiral nicht gelten lassen. Wenn deutsche Gründlichkeit die Schiffe bauen kann, erklärte er, dann können auch die Mannschaften dafür ausgebildet werden. Im übrigen, meinte er, seien auch die Mannschaften der anglo-amerikanischen Abwehrschiffe nicht mehr die besten.
70 holländische Schulkinder Opfer des USA.-Terrorangriffs
tc. Den Haag, 5. März –
Bei dem im heutigen OKW.-Bericht gemeldeten Tagesluftangriff nordamerikanischer Bomber gegen das holländische Küstengebiet am Donnerstag wurden 70 Schulkinder im Alter von 6 bis 12 Jahren auf der Halbinsel Voorne westlich von Rotterdam getötet. Vier Sprengbomben trafen mitten auf zwei Schulen und zwei Wohnhäuser und legten die Häuser in Schutt und Trümmer. Die in den beiden Schulen befindlichen Schulkinder sind fast ausnahmslos ums Leben gekommen.
U.S. Navy Department (March 6, 1943)
Communiqué No. 301
South Pacific.
On March 5:
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U.S. aircraft bombed Japanese positions at Munda on the island of New Georgia and at Buin on the southeast coast of Bougainville Island.
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During the night of March 5‑6, a U.S. task force composed of light surface units bombarded Japanese installations at Vila and at Munda in the central Solomon Islands. Light Japanese surface forces attempted to drive off our bombardment group and two large enemy destroyers were sunk during the engagement. No U.S. vessels were lost.
The successful completion of the convoy mission of a U.S. task force in the South Pacific now makes possible the following announcement:
On February 17, a formation of seven Japanese torpedo planes located and launched an attack against the tack force. Five of the enemy planes were shot down and no damage to U.S. vessels was suffered.
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The Pittsburgh Press (March 6, 1943)
NAVY SINKS 2 JAP WARSHIPS
2 destroyers sent down in night battle
Task force shells enemy bases in Solomons; raid on convoy fails
By Sandor S. Klein, United Press staff writer
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Yanks in Tunisia seize key town
Capture of Pichon puts U.S. forces in position for drive on coast – armored forces take Nazi position
By Virgil Pinkley, United Press staff writer
Allied HQ, North Africa –
Allied armored forces have captured the important town of Pichon in central Tunisia in a drive eastward that now threatens Kairouan and the vital Axis reinforcement port of Sousse.
The capture of Pichon was accomplished by U.S. forces. The first troops in the town were armored patrols consisting of infantry and armored cars. By taking the town, the Americans won control of the entrance of a pass that leads to Kairouan.
The drive carried the advanced elements of the Allied forces to within about 50 airline miles of the coast of Tunisia. If the offensive can be sustained, the Allies might be able to drive a wedge between the northern and southern Axis forces in Tunisia by cutting all the way across to Sousse.
Sousse, heavily battered by Allied air attacks in recent weeks, is the port which Marshal Erwin Rommel has been using to feed troops and supplies to his forces in central Tunisia which rolled through Kasserine Pass and threatened to break the entire Allied line a few weeks ago.
Enemy activity on the northern Tunisian front died down, and Allied patrols seized the initiative and made local gains, a headquarters communiqué said.
A total of 30 enemy tanks have been destroyed since Rommel’s forces started their attack in the north.
Evacuate town
Front dispatches said that British forces, after driving the Germans from Sedjenane in a bitter street fight, had evacuated the town after dark Thursday and taken up positions covering Tamera, eight miles west of Sedjenane. At 8:30 a.m. yesterday, the Germans still had not established any contact with the British.
Patrol activity continued along the Mareth Line, and British 8th Army artillery shelled enemy working parties which were preparing to resist the push that Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery is expected to order soon. French patrols continued to operate in the Chott el Djerid area.
Air operations were restricted by bad weather in all parts of Tunisia yesterday, but the Allied air force flew patrols without losing a plane.
Control key road
The capture of Pichon gave the Allies control of an important road that runs eastward to Kairouan, 20 miles away. From Kairouan, the road goes on into Sousse and cuts across the Sousse-Sbeitla railroad.
The British still had strong positions in the Sedjenane when they withdrew for tactical reasons. The evacuation of the town was not regarded as serious so long as the British can maintain their new positions.
The Germans delivered a stiff attack on Sedjenane, using large armored cars, infantry and dive bombers which worked on the roads leading to the town. The fighting for Sedjenane surged back and forth – often within the streets of the town – for 24 hours.
Officers to escort reports in Tunisia
Allied HQ, North Africa (UP) –
Tunisian frontline correspondents will travel with conducting officers in the future, and are to be under closer supervision than heretofore, it was learned today.
Conducting officers, who will be responsible for transportation and accommodation, have been available in the past, but some correspondents have preferred to take care of themselves.
The number of correspondents on the southern Tunisian front has risen from two to almost a score and under such conditions the informal way in which frontline press relations has been handled could not continue. Under these conditions, it is not possible to get the latest information simply by asking the general. Hereafter, correspondents will have to go through “fixed channels,” as the Army says.
Lt. Quentin Roosevelt wounded in North Africa
Washington (UP) –
The War Department today disclosed that 1st Lt. Quentin Roosevelt was wounded in action in North Africa.
He is the son of Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt and the grandson of the late President Theodore Roosevelt.
The lieutenant was wounded while serving with a field artillery unit on the Tunisian battlefront. Two days after his injury, his condition was reported to be good and he was considered out of danger. His father is also on duty in North Africa.
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After convoy victory –
Allies prepare Guinea mop-up
MacArthur’s planes blast Jap airdromes
By Don Caswell, United Press staff writer
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20% withholding tax wins approval of subcommittee
Forgiveness plan awaits decision of full House group as question of authority is raised
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I DARE SAY —
Look to the 11 million
By Florence Fisher Parry
Eleven million men in the Armed Forces: the most potent political power ever to be snapped to dispense the future of this country.
All over the world they are hearing – from the peoples of other countries – about their President, who has become to the occupants of those countries the most almighty figure of benevolence and hope ever to sit in the White House. Yes, I am thinking of Washington and Lincoln and Wilson. Their influence, however benign, did not extend so far nor touch so many people.
Whatever we on the home front may think, whether or not we consider that the President deserves this reputation, it is his to enjoy.
He is now the Commander-in-Chief of THIS generation of voters. And THIS generation of voters is going to decide whether our two-party system and limited tenure of office in the White House are to endure. It is one of the most vital decisions ever to be made in this Republic.
What is being done to influence this potential voting army of 11 million men?
They are far from home. They are far from the domestic issues confronting our voting population on the home front. They hear vaguely of the farm problem and labor problems which are giving us such a headache. They hear very little about the confusion and unrest which exists in Congress and in the minds of the home front rank and file. They are thus supported in their belief that all goes well under the paternal dispensations of their President.
When they move out of the country this conviction becomes even more deeply rooted. The very name Roosevelt is a bright legend, it is known and loved in the furthermost outposts of the world. So, the myth takes new hold on them. It is easy for them to imbibe some of the hero-worship which seems to exist everywhere abroad.
A fourth?
So, when the question of a fourth term comes up, it seems to them a natural consequence.
I have talked with many of our boys returned from camp and from actual service in combat. THEY ALL – without exception – say, in substance:
Well, why NOT let our President finish the job? He’s the best able, he’s had more experience.
And you know how their ballot is going to be cast.
Never in the history of the world – yes, the world – has ANY man been given the opportunity to advance his popularity as has President Roosevelt.
Of these 11 million voters, how many even remember our having another President? Franklin D. Roosevelt celebrates his TENTH anniversary in the White House. To our boys from 18 to 25, this is a lifetime! They were little boys, 8, 10 years old, when he came into office. They have been conditioned to him. His unending term is not unique to them. THEY HAVE KNOWN NO OTHER.
Republic?
So, the issue of a fourth term is no issue to them at all. THAT issue was lost to America in November 1940. Now we see that it was one of the great lost causes in our history. Perhaps the greatest.
But there are those of us still remaining who, when we pledge allegiance to our flag, resolve that it will stand for THE REPUBLIC, for the two-party system.
How we will manage to get our declaration over to those 11 million armed men, I don’t know. Without the support of at least half of them, our cause is lost.
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