AIR WAR Virtu a lly all the war news tonight is in the air. Precision bombers of the #•~g~f?:!,,,.f.~ visited Antwerp in Belgiu ■ today and struck a blow at Razi war factories there. Thia ' j ; 1 ~ i~c&l~ •P•• the huge night raid itabat the British and Canadian Royal Air Force aade on Iiel last night, Kiel, the second l argest if not the largest of all Ger ■ an naval baaea, ~ r~± the heaviest raid .. c.~ ,=,.~.TF ta history~ London correspondents were allowed tc report that the boabing fleet probably nuabered between seven and eight hundred planes. As a rule they are not ~ all••-A even to estimate the size of the attacking force. Last summer Iiel was raided by a thousand O"M..... planes atlf time. But those were two-aotored craft which carry nothing• like the hugh tonnage• of bombs that this year's four-aotored British planes can unload. ~ was the seventy-first raid on Iiel. A. AIR WAR_- 2 The Britishers flew through a belt of clouds across the Borth Sea. lhen they got to Iiel they dropped flares. A few minutes later, the clouds were red with the 71.1q-~ reflection of fires. The,\ dr-;;;;i both two-ton S, and four-ton blockbuste)'-9e ■••· One pilot said:••• dropped our bombs right i~ the aiddle of those fire• and then climbed back to the protection of the clouds. A few minutes later there was a big explosion below ., and all the clouds around us were lit up.I•• ••~•••1 .--. El d ~ ~ Th~ IELj lost twelve planes ~n t ~ i a i t to (iel, 1 ~hree of them Ganadian. le d o ~ know how many et 1ft Flying Fortresse• and Liberators went to Antwerp today,but it was 4 ~ ) admittedly a large force, ~ u r ef the■ were lost. ~ th el .ghteenth attack since Friday night by ~ was e American or B4ritish planes. So the air war on the AIR AR. 3 ------- . ~ continent :.!_ becomin /~e•l)( a non-stop affair. The official communique reported that the Americans had scored what are called 1 good bombing '' results. eerJerail fieee aaa frn E wt e ■ vke wema. aeea._ A There was a dogfight over Antwerp that lasted ~ ~ half an hou~ The Ger11an interceptors us"'a new technique. •••••~ly ieYeloplii, One pilot reported that there were anywhere fro ■ seventy-five to a hundred Ger■an fighter planes attacking at one t i m e . ~ J ~id &&st a : ~ e i r new technique consist.-.,f of getting aboTe the bombers and dropping a shower ot ~ small boabsJ' Bft)(one of ~e• burst close enough to do any damage. ' 0 Meanwhile, Uncle Sam's Flying r;;;:~J:' ~ -4 ~, .b~ .. 7;;;...--, . 1 Africa battered the daylights out of the ieaai1tal ) - ~ ~ r b o r of Naples. There were nearly a hundred of the ill_!!L- 4 great bombers~ s the first rai d of that size on -----~ ~ continenta Europe~ of Africa. The report is ~~--~~~' ~ A sank or dam g e d ~ thirty-fin German aoi Italian ships.'lt;;t was not exactly the first raid on Naples. American Liberato~s had visited the harbor befor. ¾~a. ~ 4 - 4 ( , ~ ~ r u - - - . But i : was the f i r ~ t ~ j ' tbat ah• J The Fortresses drop..,::;Jfour times the tonna g e ol ~,■NJ any A_ ~ A previous raid.f(.hey ■ et with little opposition. The Forttess•s roared past the historic island of Capri, the scene of so many novels and stories, past the flaaing cone of Vesuvius. Then t h e y ~ t h e i r ~~ ......, /.J e . . i•elf ~ttack ~ fifteen minutes; •••f completely overwhelm~oth the ground and the interceptor " 1E defenses of Naples. They scored direct hits on ten ships of considerable size incldding two liners. One of i■mediately burst int@ flames~nly a few Italian fighter planes rose to intercept the Fortresses, and they were shot down. AFRIC! Rothin bi or decisive is reported tonight fro ■ the ground fighting in Tunisia. In the north, the British troops consolidated their position. A United Press correspondent r ports that he found out what those words really mean. In the front line the patrol• were feeling out the enemy. Behind the ■ infantryaen were digging their foxholes deeper and strengthening their gun positions. Elsewhere soldiers were••*•--•• washing clothes, airing blankets, cleaning equipaent. Engineers were filling holes aade ln the roads. Signal Corps men replacing wires. The A ■ ericans made a small advance, capturdd a couple of hills overlooking the road between ElGuettar an d Gabes. There was an artillery duel on the northern front. In the south, Field Marshal Rommel is reported to be in a precarious p osition, tw nty miles north of 6 is Gabes. The Eighth Army/\.at his heels a nd thq Americ~ns AFRICA. 2 -- are aiain g at hie flank from ElGuettar and Uaknassey. According to the Paris Radio, which is controlled b7 the Geraana, violent bighting has been going on in both the E Guettar and Maknassey sectors. But nothing decisive has happened, nothing exciting. Here is a = \ ~ sideli ht on the victory of the British E i hth Army at the Mareth Line. They did it on water. Yes; no beer. And when To my Atkins goes without his beer ration, he is re lly givin g u something for hia countryJ11r 1112 -~ Montgomery needed all the transport facilities he had for military e q uipment and food•~ _.ke casf ■ *IJ 1JJ011111 u of ■ alls tl2luks ::czs t& e•etl••J:9 •l•tsagt Iii 1,1111• 11t1J1J •abeO. a tuet+·, la Bas,• •• . aake bill for Ill lf ■ il ass f1s111. -c,-t,... te..c,--=r ~ , After they captured Mareth, ~thad wine, African wine:--. strong heavy atuff.~t:tt:=:1a1.:::~l~t,::::iJ■ wa:a::s:s~t.:::a1:a.k •Z- ~ ~ te 11 me, •sisNc-tlh!ll&;llV:il~&~t~IIDUAtc::::=t.;iat=::::T~ltl:l1uFB~iRB•••·••~t:a .. t 1111 etf1oeN 110:b g J ti e od •tit•\ «J? after t ey Tripoli they ~ N . d ~ there which will soon be :f ■ »•i starte ~ I • 11'1 , " o p er at in at full c a pacity. SPAIN --- a ~ in • t L ff q A z t, d is patch d e s crib es a v i s it o 1' high ranking American army officers t~,anish Morocco. 171::Lt~ A-I~ The dispatch was defayed three days~ officially I\. A released as a communique of the United States Army. Lieutenant General Mark Clark was the chief visiting officer1 and be was accompanied by his chief-of-staff; ~ A by representatives of French General Nogues, the French Resident General of Morocco, and Brigadier General Gomes, chief of the Brazilian military mission that ia visiting in those parts. ¥-ea wHl re ■ e ■eer titn,. lt, was General Yark ~ Clark who made that 4e•i•~ aission to Africa, which j( I\ was then under Vichy control, and pre .. .. ~ for the landing of thl',BuJ!ea ICitlw ...-""' the wa 7 • •••iee~ There is no explanation of his visit. But it is acknowledged that he was hospitably received by LiE~tenant General Orgas, the Spanish High Commissioner, SPAIN - 2 turned out the troops for the visiting Americana and held a review of the Spanish L egion. The expected meetin g between General Charles DeGaulle and General Giraud in Africa has been postponed . The Allied Commander-in-Chief in Africa, our own General Eisenhower, has asked DeGaulle not to come just now. le do not know what Eisenhower's reasons are, but they are believed to be practical. Th;DeGaulle Committee put out a statement saying that General DeGaulle and the Rational Coamittee regret this delay, which cannot be prolonged without serious disadvantage. But officials in London explain that General Eisenhower and General Giraud feel a little delay will cause no material hara. They point out that the DeGaullists for many weeks were Tery coy about accepting the invitation to come to ifrica. Fighti ng on the Russian front has been principally in the air durin ~ the last ~•pis 11 da s. ....-"'\ Both th e patrols. Only from the Caucasus and R ost v are there reports of «•e•a• action on a big scale. The Nazi high command saye the Soviet troops let loose a fierce artillery bombardment J--the bridgehead on the Iuban ~ River 1 in the Cauca s ua. , . was followed by a general attack. But the Nazis claim the German and Rumanian troops repelled it. However, the Nazis admit the Red Army still is attacking there. The Soviets, for their part, report that they have captured several important enemy positions near Hovorossiak. The Germans also la unched two heavy attacks ~ on Rosto~~t ~hox_ were broken u p . Moscow ad mits that nothin g has chun ed on th t eastern front. In the Battle of the Atlantic,• the war a g ainst the submarines, April may be the crucial month. That is the latest word to come out of London. There 1• urgent need for escort ships, especially new A ■ erican destroyers. The ship sinkings for March were much belo• what the Germans claim. Still, they were quite nu■ eroua. From a naval proving ground in the South we have word that our Ravy has developed a new weapon to fight the submarine, new and most powerful. Naturally, it• details are a secret. But we are told that this new weapon has already been installed on some of our shipa, as the enemy will soon find out. _A_us_T_RA~ll General MacArthur reports that his Flying Fortresses sank or damaged twelve Jap ships, thirty-six thousand tons, in three days. That was in the Battle of Iavieng which ended Sunday. There were twenty-six of our giant bombers in the action, and they caught tne Japa by surprise. The enemy thought Iavieng was outside our ombing range. The battle r•quired a round trip of eleven hundred ailes for the Fortresses all the way to the northwestern tip of Bew Island. To enable the ■ to do that they employed a special technique, but of course we are not told what that special technique was. At any rate, they caught the Japs and among the twelve ships they destroyed or damaged, were several warshipa. MONEY ---- Secretary of the Trea ury orgenthau has made public plan to stabilize money throughout the whole world when the war is over. It includes restoring the A -~~~ gold standard, cad Liaat 1• .news y engaged A ~ in business, particularly bankin~ ~~:z - ~ C l a p p e r , xe9'-'11nt~ United Press coluaniat ,µt,ttlA re ■ arked that he does not know of any way to ■ ake ).. monetary stabilization interesting. •• io, •~ •• pgiet1 ffe-""'>- ~ ~ \ t~ dullest of all sub · jects, aeen-iq to laymen~. ~~-~ "?-~ ~ However, It affect~ all .-le 0 p]a whether tke,- understand ~ A /\ ~ it or not, f o r ~ ■ n ~ stabilization depends on the stability of world :rade. ~ ~±;:;t{~K,fl ~ W.JP,The ad■inistration's plan includes the establishment of an · international stabilization fund. In this fund, all the United Nations and associated 7i~ countries would take part. Uncle Saa would contribute ft five billion dollar .'f But the p lan also includes M EY - 2 - - precautions to prevent any one country or group of ft-.-.c,'..1,. Fe,,, countries from control l in g all the other~ the und would be administered by an international board, JR appointed by the governments of.At e countries taking part. The release of this :!~roused one protest in ,( Congress. Representative Andr sen of Minnesota comp/Aina loudly because the British newspapers bad first crack at this information. Said the Congressman: •It is to be regrett d that the President and Secretary Uorgenthau do not trust the American people and our press with thia i ■ portant information and that we are compelle~ to secur the first news of it from the newspapers of London ~ .,_-..._.x- Secretary of State Bull alsoAhad something to say about the stability of W. worldt:a trad~-;rought to the front once more his pet policy, international 4 c ~ trade a reements. If we do not haveJ{eciprocal L le agreements, he said, we c · nnot g e ~ ; ~ . ; , peace ~ settlementa. Then he added these wo,ds: 11:f late BU ...• ·-·• · ,. r•sol··t e ly arouse theaselves an · d deal practically with these terrific new problems, nobody knows h~ soon the world will go into chaos when we start out in a new world.• The O fie ~ of rice Adm in istra . i on h a s ut a ri id sc edu : e of c i in , o n me ~ . A mat r of fact, 's i t:a nc:£ one sch du e but an a n ly t nty-four ~ ~ ~ The A country has been en ♦ Hf' into A 1, t elve zones, ith t · o kind of r t ai l stores in each, Kkai•xat ■ % ■■ A inde endents an ch a ins chh ~ e ~ s than indepen business. ore. Chain stor e h e to e n t ~ ~ m a ller volume of :A. ,A Here are some fi ures th twill ive you an ----. idea.- \ h y are th prices for Zone . Nine, which includes the New~n and States, New Jer ey, Delaware, part of Ne York, ennsylvania, Maryland and the District 0f Columbia. In that zon~, the ~ndependent stores may ch r g e forty-fi ve cents a pound for :e of _amb; fifty-three for lamb rib cho p s; fifty-two cen s for veal cutlet; forty cents for rib roast beef; fifty for round-st ak with the bone 1n; si . ty-three for M A ---- por t r o u se; t h ir - th fo r ha m b ur r. ' r e is a new ru l in · fo r bu che s who are ob l i e d to cut p oin t v a lues t o a void spoila e of meat. I f they lo er the r a tion p oint v a l ues, they must also low e r th one rice t w enty-five per ce nt below the ~,-- _ # - ~ ~ ~ c e ilin • ~ v h i , i """ea..t,~ t.o r member. Thi l oo } · 1. e a e: for o m an C at holics . ~~o/A. an e n for Protestants whoo r ve Lent stric y. TheNJ ~ A - ~ t,\ / ~ ike t as o , the r eat e ~ t hi p in ' oint for ish in the United S te ~ . T he Sa ' ood Wor ers Union, six hu o red .._. strong, w 1 ed out and p ickets are sto __ ing any shi ments comin c through the lines. . L I ------ Ca vin ..... eon ~ r s. h a m of oust on, Te xa s , is too youn to fi ht . So s a y he av . Bu t h i n , t too p ro u d to i gh t. As a ma er o f fact, he ha been r· in throu h sever i battle s and only last Saturday ~~ ~ his ~hirt.,:. e n__!:h_birthd a y. If Ca l v i 's gran mot e r ha d not died, the Navy would not now how youn he is. He jumped shi p and went A . . O.L. when he learned his grandmother was dying. And that is how everything came to light about his age. Calvin ran away from home last year and joined up. Sever a l months ater he was ammunition pa ser on a b ttleship. He ent through several attacks by Jap p lane s. He w a tched an American aircraft carrier go down. He w a s at Guadalcanal and he lp ed pick up wounded after their hi ha d ~ one do ~ n. He did so ve l l th a t he w as p romo ed to Seaman First Cass, whic TP~~-e, is not so bad for a twe ve y e r old lad. , thins he is p r etty old ,., n O \' ' , a l ;-- " I O e d f i v e 1 s me f those i r t ft cverth l e , N av y r ~ u : a ions ind him too y o un to o on i n in , no m ai~ rh o able a s e aman ~ ~ ~ tie , s choo l -,!" hope • 4l-join ' } ~o~ \ e s • So he i-&- g a i '1. 1ft b ci c k t the ma i t i me s E: z· v i c e wh en he ,1. s o 1 d en o u h • "' )