Show ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS National and Ind Intern International 1 I km lcm em In inseparable rahle from Ironi local wel- wel T Few v c men uncut have any precise knowledge know know- ledge hedge of the extent o eif of American arms production today And none can or will describe it except in m general terms Facts and ami Ii figures ures which could be of any service what whatsoever whatsoever whatsoever to the enemy arc are not released eel ed or published It is is to the credit of oC the American press that it has accepted and amid made workable a n vol voluntary voluntary voluntary censorship system which keeps the American people the best hest informed in in the world and anal still stilt makes public nothing which could be he used to advantage by hy the intelligence intelligence intelligence intelli intelli- gence and anel espionage espionage c services of the Axis powers lint Hut statistical non reports are being printed written by when who have been heen permitted to see what industry is doin doing for the war effort At long last those thos reports are arc becoming be be- becoming e- e coming encouraging in This country is is is of oC course still stil far away from the ge goal al o of maximum war production But Hut it is is approaching that goal and in some instances schedules arc hein brim brim- exceeded Industry big bigami amid ami little is the time complex change from peace production to war-production war with far greater celerity and ami economy e of f motion than Ihan many expected And in Washington Wash Vash ington Defense e He Head Donald Nelson Nel Nel- N Nelson 11 son i is is making nuking use e of f the unprecedented powers recently given him hint to towe we weed d out bure bureau heads and employ es who threatened to smother the defense drive ill to in red tape T Th h m mam atu emphasis is is on airplanes As Time writes The world has not yet seen se-en felt Celt nor imagined the full and anal awful might of oC air power Whit hat the Germans did with planes to in in conquering Europe is is re regarded as merely the beginning Ships of oC almost range rang firepower firepower firepower fire fire- power a and ami 1111 load capacity are planned plan plait ned Today the lar largest est airplane engine en engine engine en- en gine in m production has an output of 2200 horsepower Designers Design Design- ers say that such engines will seem almost tiny by hy comparison with gigantic gi- gi gantic ones of the future Writing some months n ago o in it the Atlantic Monthly Major de dc said sud search Research is is proceeding successfully successfully successfully success success- fully on airplane engines that develop de- de as IS much as i horsepower The Time super simper bom bombers ers of tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow tomor tomor- row will fly fir from front 50 SO to tons of explosives A 1 thousand such stich craft will wilt accomplish as much destruction de tic- in m a single action as Germ Germany Ger Ger- mummy many m has been heen able to score in six six months of continuous bombings At least Coven tries could be he destroyed In Inn the meantime this country is building planes pi mes which reliable experts experts experts ex ex- sty say are arc unsurpassed anywhere any any- where The Time war v has leas made it plain that tint the bomber bomher is i the most effective tive ti offensive weapon any nation can Use if it is is supported support- support ed eel with sea Sla and land laud power The United States airplane production schedule involves res a very high proportion proportion proportion pro pro- portion o of giant four engine four cuginI ships o of the till Flying Fortress and Consolidated Con Con- l 24 types It is is those ships which the Dutch h have vl used used so effectively el to harry and a destroy J shipping and military con coil lo To quote Time lime once again a It has already peen been established es- es t that hat in m building the heavy y bombers with which air power strikes es the the- theU U U. S S. is is far and ami awa away ahead of the till rest of the world And the rest of oC the world combined cannot equal our potential bomber production production produce tion lion c capacity The Clue grave disasters we and our Allies have hart suffered in the Pacific can he be laid to but one thing lack of supplies timid and equipment and aud a terrible inferiority in In Inthe Inthe Inthe the Philippines Philippin s and Malayan campaigns campaigns campaigns cam cam- Japans Japan's control of the thc air has b been en almost unquestioned Mere Iere handfuls of Allied planes have gone Rone into action against veritable ver ver- veritable swarms of enemy planes mes The Allied I d pilots and amid ships have given hen a account of i themselves es but butt in the lon long run the very weight of numbers wins the day At the present time Italians are permitted but 3 ounces of meat meata a week werk 15 of a pint of milk a da day and 24 ounces of butter a month liven Even oil oil basis of 1 Italian cooking is is limited tp pint a-pint per p person monthly month Mussolini's friends are literally l bleeding the ther r tintry white of fx foodstuffs stuffs and other supplies |