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Show he said. AUTOS AND TIRES The OPM banned all sales of new passenger automobiles and the SPAB approved an OPM plan to halt production of these vehicles ve-hicles "within a few weeks." The temporary ban on the retail sale, delivery, purchase, or lease of new passenger cars and new light and heavy trucks will remain re-main in effect until January 15, at which time a permanent rationing ra-tioning program will be put in effect. OPM delegated to the Office of Price Administration authority to withhold all new tires except for essential health, safety and industrial in-dustrial services. OPA set up tire-rationing boards in each I county of the nation and issued I sions in the Naval Reserve r Engineers Corps are available f"' college graduates wiUl practical engineering expert Former non-commissioned Ma Regular and Reserve officers nv re-enlist in the rank held W''V last discharged, if they have been out -f the Corps more ft four years- ua The Maritime Commission l0w. ered admission requirements fj maritime cadets and cut th, training time in half. The Civil Service Commission issued a for thousands of stent raDW needed urgently for national rtj fense work in positions rav; $1,440 a year to start Appii tion forms may be obtained any first or second-class M-office. M-office. m- ARMY The War Department authorized return to active duty by February 1 of all inactive enlisted Rescrv ists the majority former trainees and National Guardsmen recent-ly recent-ly released from active duly The Department said it will continue voluntary enlistment of men from 18 to "35. The Department adopted a uniform system for temporary promotion of all officers offi-cers on the basis of merit. regulations providing no tire can be obtained even for "essential'' users unless a local garageman appointed as inspector has certified cer-tified the need, the local board has approved the application and tlie number of tires sold in each county is within the county quota. New tires were defined as those used less than 1,000 miles-No miles-No new restrictions were placed on the sale of rctreaded or re-capned re-capned tires. TRICES Price Administrator Henderson set maximum manufacturers' prices pric-es for household cooking and heating stoves and for cigarettes, and issued a temporary schedule for rugs and carpets. He sent a iim MM M Ml Elicit letter to all wholesalers and retailers re-tailers of sugar stating the responsibility res-ponsibility for keeping stable the price of sugar now .rests with the nation's retailers. He set top prices for 39 grades of imported green coffee, and' revised previous schedules for some 1,800 fats and oils, as well as for Douglas fir doors, paperboard and cotton goods. OPPORTUNITIES FOR WAR SERVICE j The War Department announced an-nounced it will employ American-born American-born civilian pilots between 21 ; and 46 to ferry aircraft from U. S. factories to nations receiving Lend-Lease aid. The Air Corps will train a limited number of , men 20 to 27 years old in meteorology. Both groups may receive Reserve commissions. Third and fourth-year medical students and first-year internes may obtain Reserve commissions in the Army and Navy, and will be permitted to complete their medical training before being ordered to active duty. Between '200 and 300 additional commis- Twenty-six nations, including the United States, Britain, Russia and China, signed an agreement pledging their military -and economic eco-nomic resources in a finish fight against the Axis and banning any separate peace. The nations also subscribed to "a common program of purposes and principles" prin-ciples" embodied in the Roosevelt-Churchill "Atlantic Charter." The signatories of the declaration declara-tion include Australia, Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, the Dominican Republic, Salvador, Greece, Guatemala, Gua-temala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Luxemburg the Netherlands. New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Poland, South Africa and Jugoslavia. The declaration may, it said, be "adhered to by other nations which are, or which may be, rendering material mater-ial assistance and contributions to the struggle for victory over Hitlerism.'' THE WAR FRONT ers. The Navy also said it is converting con-verting the French liner Norman-die Norman-die into an auxiliary. LABOR SUPPLY AND TRAINING President Roosevelt denounced as "stupid" and "unjust the increasing in-creasing discharges of loyal, efficient effi-cient workers in American indus-dustries indus-dustries ' "simply because they were born abroad or because they have foreign-sounding names." He said such unfair discharges engender "the very distrusts and disunity on which our enemies are counting." OPM Associate Director Hillman announced almost 2,500,000 persons have been enrolled for training for war industry work since July 1, 1940. He asked vocational schools to expand their courses to permit use of all their facilities facili-ties on a "round-the-clock" basis. bas-is. Some war contractors are planning to employ as many new men in the next six months as they have in the last eighteen, The Navy said it had evacuated evacu-ated Cavlte and the Army an-' nounced Japanese troops entered Manila which earlier in the week had been declared an open city by General MacArthur, commanding command-ing the U. S. forces in the Far East. Before entry of the Japanese, Jap-anese, American and Philippine troops were withdrawn and all defense installations removed or destroyed. General MacArthur eSrlier reported re-ported the enemy had "mercilessly "merci-lessly bombed "churches, hospitals, hos-pitals, convents, schools . and other civilian installations in Manila after it was declared an open city, whereas they had only attempted bombing military installations in-stallations previously. The President Presi-dent sent a message to the Philippine Phil-ippine Islands pledging that their "freedom shall be redeemed and their independence established and protected . ." During the week the Navy reported sinking 2 additional ad-ditional enemy ships and said three U. S. destroyers were attacked, at-tacked, but only slightly damaged. PRODUCTION FOR WAR OPM reported $78,212,000,000 "has been authorized for war purposes. purpos-es. The President told a press conference that although present spending is at the rate of 27 per cent of the estimated 1942 naional income of $100,000,000,000 production will be stepped up so that by next July 1 the nation will be spending at the rate of $50,000,000,000 a year or hall the I national income. Asked about reports that Canadian, Can-adian, British and U. S. production produc-tion would be pooled, resulting virtually in the end of the Lend-Lease program as such, the President said that military resources re-sources have been polled since the Japanese attack. The matter mat-ter of repayment would be adjusted, ad-justed, he said, and would largely large-ly depend on where the articles sent other nations were used. SHIPS The Maritime Commission said the ship-a-day goal in launchings of new ships has been reached and by the second quarter of 1942 delivery should reach two ships a day. The Commission took over 16 Finnish ships that have been tied up in U. S. ports. The Navy announced launching of a destroyer, des-troyer, a floating workship and a minesweeper, and said keels were laid for two more destroy- |