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Show HIGHLIGHTS in the week's news New York: Radio men on ships of one large coastwise concern had been given a salary boost of $21.50 a month, and war risk bonuses. The action closely followed the sinking of one of the company's ships. Valetta, Malta: There had been 13 raids by Italian-German planes on Malta in a single day. Reinforcements Reinforce-ments continued to arrive for the beleaguered be-leaguered Mediterranean port. Montpelier, Vt.: The Vermont supreme court was to decide whether wheth-er to pay Vermonters in the armed services a bonus as of September 11, when the state of Vermont declared war on the Axis, or as of December 8, when the nation did the same thing. Washington: Chairman Dies of the committee bearing his name said that he had information that a combined Japanese, German and Italian effort at invasion of the United Unit-ed States from both coasts would be made within the next 12 months. Buy Defense Bonds Chicago: Reviewing the municipal bond market for the past 12 months, Barcus, Kindred & Co., Chicago financial house, found a decrease of $236,969,369 in the amount of state and municipal financing last year. The 1941 total was $1,389,302,154, compared with $1,626,271,523 in 1940. A factor in the decrease was the smaller volume of federal grants for municipal improvements last year. Buy Defense Bonds Washington: Sumner Welles, taking tak-ing cognizance of the situation in Northern Africa, in which the Vichy government is accused of actively aiding the Axis campaign, bluntly asked Petain what his government's intentions were. Buy Defense Bonds-Lafayette, Bonds-Lafayette, Ind.: A second "Father Duffy," a major in the army and a wounded veteran of the last war, had been revealed as principal chaplain with MacArthur's army. He was a personal friend of Father Duffy of the "Fighting Sixty-Ninth." |