In North Africa, the U.S. advance was stalled for lack of air superiority. From the Solomons came little news of fighting. Sole bright spot on the fighting front was Buna, which finally fell into U.S. hands. But from one battlefront—on which all others ultimately depend—the nation received dramatic news of great successes.
Out last week was the seventh of Franklin Roosevelt's quarterly reports on Lend-Lease. The others had been inconclusive, sometimes disappointing. Now at last came one in which Americans could take real pride. Better than any purple language, its simple facts told the story of how...