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Show HIGHLIGHTS in the week's news TOUGH: Roane Waring, newly elected commander of the American Legion, declared in a speech before the AFL convention in Toronto, Canada, Can-ada, that any person, employer or employee who slows up war production produc-tion is a "criminal, a saboteur, a traitor" and ought to be shot by a firing squad. Considerable excited comment resulted from his statement state-ment at the meeting. 'WEEDING OCT': War Production Produc-tion board "middle bracket executives" execu-tives" are being released from that agency at the rate of 35 to 50 a week under Chairman Donald Nelson's Nel-son's "get tough" policy, said a spokesman for WPB. Some are $1-a-year men and other regularly salaried sal-aried employees. CONDEMNED: Norway's government-in-exile demanded from London Lon-don that Gen. Paul Eediess, Nazi Gestapo chief in Norway, be executed execut-ed after the war. He was accused by the Norwegian officials in the death of 135 patriots. EXPELLED: Three leading members mem-bers of San Francisco's Italian community com-munity and two other Italians were ordered by the army to leave the Pacific coast military zone. LONG DISTANCE: Priority for long-distance telephone calls becomes be-comes effective November 1, with messages relating to the war effort and public safety getting preference over all other calls. RETURN: After his 18-day trip to Brazil, Secretary of Navy Frank Knox returned safely to Washington, Washing-ton, D. C. TEST: Navy officials were under-taking under-taking a series of tests of a Japanese Japa-nese Zero fighting plane which had been forced down and captured in the Aleutians. Having been repaired on the West coast, the plane is being flown across the country to the air station at Anacostia (Washington) (Wash-ington) D. C. Preliminary exami-nations exami-nations have revealed that the ship has shown up many of the strengths and weaknesses of this famous type. |