DISCUSSIONS ON STRATEGY

Evening Star, Issue 24284, 27 August 1942, Page 5

DISCUSSIONS ON STRATEGY

MR FRASER IN AMERICA NEW LEND-LEASE AGREEMENTS NEW YORK, August 26. The Washington correspondent of the ‘ New York Times ’ says that informed circles say that President Roosevelt and Mr Fraser will discuss world-wide war strategy, and will be aided in their talks by the fact that Mr Fraser recently held lengthy conferences in Australia. In addition Mr Nash has just returned from London, where he conferred with the War Cabinet.

Mr Fraser is expected to sign new lend-lease agreements in connection with the reciprocal aid New Zealand has been giving American troops. Mr Fraser will also probably engage in conversations dealing with the question of a second front, since New Zealand is interested in any United _ Nations’ strategy affecting the operations in the South-west Pacific. Mr Fraser is expected to attend Thursday’s session of the Pacific War Council.

MR CURTIN UNLIKELY TO GO (Rec. 1.45 p.m.l CAIBERRA, August 27. Mr Curtin is not likely to visit Washington this year, says a political observer. One reason for not accepting the invitation is that he dislikes air travel. The Labour Party also ruled that the Prime Minister should not leave Australia in war time, but this objection could be overcome if Mr Curtin felt he should go. However, he is known to hold the sincere belief that his most important work lies in Australia.

AMERICAN SHIPBUILDING ANOTHER RECORD IN U.S.A. ALAMEDA (California), August 25. _ Two steel cargo ships were Launched simultaneously at the Pacific Bridge Company yard 22 working days after the keels had been laid, which is another shipbuilding record. The previous record was 30 days. The keels were laid end to end in the docn, Bft below water level, and the vessels were launched by flooding the basin.

NEWS IN BRIEF WILMEMSTAD (Curacao) , Aug. 26. —A Royal Netherlands air liner crashed) in the jungle in Trinidad when on a flight from Paramaribo to Curacao, killing all the 13 passengers and crew. NEW YORK, Aug. 25.—A message from Hartford says that Kura Milzahn, the Lutheran pastor, who was convicted on a charge of assisting Nazi spies, was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment. LONDON, August 26.—The British Ministry of Food distributed 27,300,000 eggs—two-thirds of an egg per headlast week. Nine-tenths were home produced. The Ministry announces that the liquid milk allowance average will be not more than three pints a week. It is hoped that there will be no further reduction until the end of October.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.—The War Labour Board has granted wage increases of 5} cents an hour to 250,000 employees of the United States Steel Corporation. The increases have been' made retrospective to February 16. LIMA (Peru), Aug. 26.—At least 42 were killed and 50 injured in a severe earthquake, which rocked the towns of Nasqa and lea, 200 miles south-east of Lima.