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Show exceed $125 million a month by the end of the year. The WPB ordered the production produc-tion of domestic laundry equipment equip-ment to be discontinued by May 15 so the entire capacity of the industry can be devoted to war production. The WPB said during the three months following Pearl Harbor more than $72 billion has been made available for the war effort. ef-fort. Appropriations by Congress and additional funds made available avail-able through RFC were larger than all the funds authorized for defense during the 18 months before be-fore the attack. The total for the 21 months amounted to almost $140 billion. The Office of Price Administration Adminis-tration announced men in the armed forces and those called for induction may sell their new passenger pas-senger cars with restriction. The OPA placed used typewriters under un-der a complete allocation program, pro-gram, prohibiting their sale until un-til April 13, but authorizinz unrestricted un-restricted rentals under a 60-day price ceiling based on rates prevailing pre-vailing March 5. Allocations will be handled by existing auto and tire rationing boards. Maritime Commissioner Vick-ery Vick-ery reported the 1942-43 "Victory" "Vic-tory" ship construction program has been increased from 18 million mil-lion to 20 million dead-weight tons to produce 2,000 ships in two years. Admiral Vickery said U.S. ship production will be greater than all the rest of the world combined. The Commission's 0-ver-all program calls for 2,877 ships to be commissioned by the end of 1943. War Production Chairman Nelson congratulated 4,000 shipyard workers at the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Yards at San Francisco who offered to donate do-nate a Sunday's work without pay in order to get maximum production of war vessel. A WEEK OF THE WAR- Office of Government Reports War Production Chairman Nelson Nel-son said man-hours now being Cut into military production could e doubled if all equipment involved in-volved were used 24 hours a day. He asked manufacturers for monthly reports to show how rapidly ra-pidly industry is being converted to war work, the degree of utilization utili-zation of equipment and any factors fac-tors interfering with maximum production. The WPB reported 95 per cent of the radio and phonograph industry, in-dustry, which ceases civilian production pro-duction April 22, will be completely com-pletely converted to war work June 30. Production of communication communi-cation equipment needed by the military services is expected to |