| Show f i This Week eek in Defense 1 I n n In a radio address to te tl ti e a army armyon armyon arm on on the r asor S for extension eJ of c c service War tar ar Secretary Stimson said the government tea rea realized the p sacrifice of ad addI addi addi dI lonal ser sen ice b its it as also con conscious serous of o the dangel to the U S SHe SHe SHe He said some of the most signs symptoms which m variably forecast the coming of a nex Axis attack are occurring g in South America the most dangerous as eme a ente of attack against us The Thear ar var de announced that ss as the tte international si sr u at on becomes more serious senous it intends m in intends tends to release by De ember 10 1 0 nation 1 m An L mau tea last 0 indi ted last ember No No em bar and Dec and re cne e officers The I release will ull be made mado upon appl appi cation in m accord accordance accordance ante ance It ith I the following priorities I Dependents and hardship age of more than 28 on July 1 1 1941 and ige marriage for those nho ho have served 12 months Men enlistment enlIst enlIstment ment will also be on re reI st I request lid aid to n Cl CI ins Ina InaThe inaThe The president ann announced aIr aIrcraft aircraft aircraft craft f f try and air tI transport an sport se sei sires Ices ices to West Africa and U tie e MId Middie die Eastern Estern s ar zoi zor e a to provide pro seI I and speedy del sery ery to a critical point in m the t e front against The route loute will a ill III be beso beso beso so arranged that trat it ft will ill not pass h the zone of actual passI ar I arfa fa a P Mi Mr Roose alt eit sa as d The Resident president told his dI press con I Russian RU lan needs tall fall into t vo categories 11 1 fl Mat Mat rial nun linn edl edi atel a to help hel them In theIr summer campaign 2 ma maten maten-Is maten ten Ls is which will be available for far the campaign next neat year ear earR r s s ia s ill not get lent lena lease aId aidt the e qa a d because earI th the I g E stets nets ha hav hav v the nex earl car cash fo materials ms trials TO T i li cu-li h alth sent sen en i e a an an Cl a 16 member U S medi medical medica cal COT mission will 11 go to China to toI toc t c net r I e C t health hearth n es ea UI uses es foi for GOO GOOCh Ch nese build ns ng n 11 Ii c e 1700 1 mIle mIler r roll U oad al nil ng the Burma Bunna road Production President Roese alt eit to d is press e a that on tl ti tie e a a de fen e a product on is up to est eat mates mate matesa deI I a d in s-mo s arm m c ees c dually exceeds exceed e es stillie He card aid aId er hc e cr he s still i ie not with lh armament pro no d prod nod He said several hundred tanks manufactured this Year sear ear hav haY o ie gore o Ie to the British the quota of n fl anti ant air Ir raft suns buns moi 1101 IS i being ing more mOle than met 37 mm min inA liA ant tank guns uns will be he del ered in A Bust gust In September and it r C 0 81 mm mortars moi ar v Ill 11 be m nude mide de In August OM D rest r Knudsen told a apes ap pes p es the rate rale of de I defense fn e progress is rs sulk sufficIent to pro pro side Ide adequate for this the thee e my OT m within six or seven months He Hc ted again tl e U Scan S can cut r any other nation but aid that the nation is till not Tessin ln the correct spirit rather than shipping Ie he said j Is tl ti c greatest bottleneck in la U S SaId Said Said aId to Erita n War Uncles Secretary sp aking nt at n t Syracuse said the army anny will not have to resort to broom broomsticks broomsticks broomsticks sticks instead of weapons for training because America is at last pushing toward peak production production tion Tooling up will wall soon be 0 over er Guns tanks and planes are coming in dilly dally increasing num numbers numbers coming Ibers bers He cited production pi In InI Increases increases Increases creases In the past six months I Tanks per cent other vehIcles per cent machine guns per cent anti aircraft guns per Pcr cent smokeless powder per cent Civilian Supply and the office ce of Price I Administration ordered auto pro pro- production production pro production for the 1912 model sear ear cut t td to cars during the four months beginning Agust 1 corn com pal paced ed with Ith 1 during the four months ended July 31 General Mo ors Chrysler and Ford were ere asked to make a R 27 6 per cent cut from list last years eRr ears s le levels els Studebaker Hudson Na Nash h Packard Pickard Willys and Crosley Crosle 20 2 OM 0 M Associate Director HIllman I said unemployment in m the industry could be headed off by b transfer of oi workers to defense plants and other defense industries and the conversion lon of auto production ma to defense work ork along the same lines as similar moves in m t the e 1 silk Industry Defense Contracting The announced changes in army aimy and navy purchasing polIcIes to combat unemployment m plants and communities threatened with shortages of materials because of ol priority action and to utilize more of the nations productive capacI capacities capacities tIes through sub onti acting The can negotiate contI contracts acts at puces prices up to 15 per cent above abate abo e current quotations deal with joint groups of small contractors eliminate nate bids and performance bonds when hen n necessary inspect products at the plant to facilitate prompt pa pam m nt ai ar d call for bids to be broken do into optional units to tc permit smaller firms to te bid Agriculture Price Administrator Henderson set oct ce ceiling mg prices of burlap used m in the packaging of feed fertl lizer and agricultural products at approximately 20 per cent bolos belo recent Nea Ioel York quotations announced 35 to 40 i 1 ew egg e egg crying cj mg plants will be bu It by bs private at a cost of from to each esch m in Illino Illmo s slow I low Ie 0 Indiana Indian Kansas hansas Minnesota Ne v York Tel Ter ne ce e Wisconsin and Ohio mCI ng capacity from frem ln 12 to more than rounds annually to provide dIed eggs to Great Britain Similar pro Je ts is ate aie al e under consideration a hon to t expand e milk drying dr cheese and anc other d food production for for American and British I require requirements ments Civilian Defense Civilian Chilian Defense La LaGuardIa LaGuardia GuardIa arranged for tor tho th first state stateside ude side t to be he held night th-night tho th of September Sepu 12 In Ne New I Mexico Two lie to ns as will sil b bombed fires will II be started i it n vacant lots and ind other eila l be Mr LaGuardia also announced ta a training program for volunteer nurses aides with the collaboration of the Red Cross and local hospitals The public health nice S1 s Ice called for tor 50 young women omen to begin professional nuts nurs nursIng nursing Ing training this fall faU to meet a future shortage At present the i service said there are aie al e 10 vacant vs va cant positions for registered nursed nurse In the nation nations s hospitals Credit Control The federal reserve board Issued tentative regulations 1 i It said wIll probably be placed in effect In n September to increase the re size of down n on Installment buying they win sill be from 15 to 33 per cent and to te shorten to 18 months the time for payments on autos airplanes po poser er boats motorcycles ref riger atols washing cashing machines stoves air conditioners radio sets and household ap appliances bances OilI Oil I Deputy Petroleum Coordinator Davis reported only a 10 diy day sup rid of nf n on th- th thAt th At lantic antic seaboard eb i and n ci Price AdminIstrator Henderson ordered a 10 ter er cent cut in deliveries to filling stations In east coast states Fm Fill Pilling big Ing station operators were ere told to reduce gas sales to their customers eqUItably but to allow necessary fuel to public and health vehicles ChIcles Ships Maritime Commission Chairman Land speaking in California said the goal in ship is more than 1200 merchant ships b bs by the end of 1943 and the theU theU theU U S would be producing an ave average average average rage of t two t 0 ships s a day until then The navy launched the sixth th since January 1 ai as d an that during the first half of August t o minesweepers mmes two torpedo boats land and two to district craft were and 18 keels hid |
