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Show 1--- 1 I - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A WEEK YEEK OF THE W tiYARPresident WAR tiYAR WARPiesident 'A A ' a _ _ _ - - - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ' Piesident Plesldent President Roosevelt Roosevet ] announced announced'creation announcedcreation announcedcreation 'creation creation ' of a PacIficVar Pacific _ \ War \Var Var Council which \\hlch hlch \ \ will sit in m rep representmg representing representing I ( resentmg resenting Australia Austraha New Zealand ZealandThe ZealandThe ZealandThe The Netherlands Canada Chma China ChmaBntam ChinaBritain ChinaBritain Bntam Britain and the United States 'I11e I11e The 'I11efirst Thefirst ' Thefirst first meeting meetmg \ was \ as scheduled schodued ] for forApril forApril Arn April ; ] 1 at the White Hous Hom , ' Mr MrRoosevelt MrRoosevelt MrRoosevelt Roosevelt said It is imperativethat imperativethat \ that all of the Umtod United Unit d Nations now nowactively nowactively ] actively engaged in m the Pacific con1lCt conf con ' I 1lCt 1 f ict rct consider together matters of ofJY ofpolicy ofpolicy JY > policy l1cy elating leatmg relating i ] to our jomtar joint jomt \\ar ar war wareffort \ wareffort areffort effort He said the council will willbe \ willbe be in m intimate mtlmate contact1Ih contact with \\1Ih 1Ih \ \ a as as as s ir IT nilar ! liar Jar bod bodi body } in LondonProduction London Production and Cony Com Cons cr-Ion cr Ion ersion crIonThe ersionThe croonThe - I crIonI The presid presld nt authorized authonzed tlie the war warand warand warand and naY navy nav } ; department and the theImantlme themaritime themaritime , Imantlme [ maritime commission to 10 guarantee guarantee'lor guaranteelor ' or make mahe duect cluect deect loans to small bu-I bu I buss buInesses bussnesses bu - inesses nesses nesseseekmg - ' seeking -eekmg eekmg 'eekmg to engage 1'1ar n 1'1 11 ii ' war \\ar ar w \ warreduction \ aruoductlon ar reduction uoductlon troductron Any F ' < Federal deral Reserve Reservebank ! ] bank ma may mav } serve as agent tor for the tre de departmenls departments departments partmenls partments concerned Loans dls dis disoinks disoiribS 01 oinks n.s ns . advances ad\ances ad ances adsances \ and coTrl1utments eotrnutments coTrl1utmentsmgy eotrnutmentsmay con-mitmentsmay con mitmentsmay - mgy may , be arranged \ with Ith private privatebanks banks ' The 'I11e I11e \ war \ ar production board boardre.orted boardretorted board'reported boardreported ' re.orted reorted retorted . organization ot or of a bureau bureauof bureauof of finance \ with Ith 3 3o 3a ; > representatl\ representatl representatles representativeslocated \ es . located m WPB field offices ofllces tohelp to . help contricto contr.cto contrcto contracto ' ! . s and subcontractorsin subcontractors in solving sohmg solsmg financial pioblems plobems problems ] arlSme ariame aris arlS aria me me : ; in connectionllh connection \ with \\llh llh war ord rs rsThe The federal reserve resene reserse board said saidsteel saidsteel saidsteel steel production \ was as at 93 per percent percent pericent cent of capacity in the third week \ of March War Production ChaIrman Chairman Chair Chairman man Nelson said more than th2n 100ar 100 war \\ar ar \ \ arplants plants have already 01 oigaiwed organized management labor pro p productiondrives r o d uchon uction uchondlives uctiondrives dlives drives The : ; president rresldent approved a aplan aelan aplan | plan elan by Attorney General Biddle Biddleto Biddleto Biddleto to det def del r I ' federil feder'11 feder11 federal ' anti trust action actionWhICh actionwhich actionwhich WhICh WhIChoud \ would \\oud oud ] interfere mterfere mterfereIth with \\Ith Ith \ theoutput the output of guns tanks tanhs planes andShIPS and ShIPSRallOnm shipsRationtn ships Radonm- Radonm RallOnm Rationtn " ' * - The OPA said county clerks eerks eerksthrou ] throu throuphou throughou hou the country CoUntl1 now noy , ha\e ha e hale have180 \ 181) 181 180 ) million mll1ol1 ] s gar rationing books bookswhich bookswhich bookswhich which will w111 be transferred to schoolsfor schools for registration of commercial sugaru'ers sugar u-sers u sers u'ers uers users ' - April 28 and 29 and of IndlV1dua in iii throughMay dividual dlV1dua divrdual ] consunrers consulTers consun-ers consun ers - May 4 throu.hlfay through throu.h throuh . \ May l\fay l fay 7 The off ce cc released for ratlonm ra tionin- tionin tlonm tiomn tioninbennning - " bennning helZlnmng beernning April ApI'l ApIl ' ] 13 more I moreI I than th3n 100 100000 000 n new \ typewriters type\\'riter type 'riter riter \ ' noI noin nowin now no\\ no nowin \ in the hands of dl distributors < ; tI'lbutors tIlbutors ' I Iwh distributorsIwh \ wh"lesalers whlesalers \ h " le-saers le saers lesalers - ] ana anct deal dealersApril dealers dealersApril < rs rsApril April quotas for tires rroude prosrde : ; providelO 10 ? O OOO 090 O . tues toes tl1 new nev es and 470 4700 0 0 recapped re capped tires hres for es ential entlal passengelcars passengercars passengei passengel passenger passengeicars cars and mo oicscles 01 C\ C cycles Cell'S \ ell'S ellS ' 2 25000 5000 5 000 ne\\ ne new neIre \ \ ire and 250001 25000 Z5000) Z5000 ' ) ) lecapped ecapped recapped 1 for fortrucks tori trucks and a 1 ] mited mlted number ofre of re apped tires for w \ war "I I " r " ' \ workers orkers orkerstaxi taxi cabs farmers sale m n nmd nnd ' \ -md md \nd nd and - ndgoverrunent government goverrunent agencies The OPA reoasE'd re1'ased re ] 1'ased 1ased oasE'd oasEd ' ' foi for rationing ratlOmng several c classes classeslof classesof ] ses ses'Iof ' of higher : ; pri rn ed eel cars and tho e eordered eordered eordered 'Iof Iof lof ordered by st stite state te and local agencies during agenciesduring 1941 The office of de defenso defens detens Iduring agenciesIduring fenso fens * ' transportation tramportatlon \ will III ration rationambuhnces rationambulances rationambulinces ambuhnces ambulances hearses ind 1.nd 1nd and ' . station stationwagons stationwagons wagons wagonsCivilian \ agons agonsI agonsCIvIlian I | Civilian DefenseThe DefenseThe Defense The president si"ned sined SInned sr'ned srned " ' a bill bII biII ! pro prosiding providing vidlng siding providlng fedeial fedelal federal insi-rance insi rance lnStrance instrance - for h"mes hmes h"mesfactories h"mesfactoiies hmesfactoiies " factOlles factories and farrrs farms daimged dam'1ged dam1ged damaged ' bv by bvenemy byenemy bvenemy enemy action CI\ CI Cgs Civiliin CIilhn \ ilhn ilian Deff'nse Deffnse Defense Deff'nseDirector DefenseDirector DefenseDirector ' Director Landis said establishment establishmentof of first aid supply centers1 centers \ wl \\1 1 1 i h hdupllcat hduplicat hduplicat dupllcat duplicat " ' equipment already exi exl t tIng ting tIng Ing In the OCD emergency medi meth medical methcal medlcal cal s c rvice mce mice threatens to cause a asenous aserious aserious senous serious shOl shoitage shortage tage of medical essen essentlals essentials essentials tlals tials The OCD said an air all ' raid raidsilen raidsiren raidslien silen siren that could efficiently emelenty ] ene erne enean ernean civean an area of eight to 10 square miles miles111 mileswill mileswill \\111 111 will \ be in ploductlon production pi eduction soon and andmlgrt andmiglt andmigl-t andmigl t mlgrt migl-t migl t - - cost as Uttle little as $1500 1500 SI500 $1 1 SI500Army $ 500 500Army Army Progress ProgressAll ProgressAll ProgressAll All U S ariry arrry army air all ' stations slutlons ex except except except cept those tho e < e at certain certam str.tegic strtegic strategic str.tegicpoints strategicpoints stritegicpoints ' ! . points on the \ west st coast will hold holdopen holdopen holdopen open hou&e houe hOUbe house & on Army day April 6 6Air 6Air 6Air Air Forces Forees Commander Arnold Arnod ] said saidlate saidlate saidlate late model mode ] fighter planes and andbombers andbombers andbombers bombers " will lll be placed on exhibit r , ' ind 'nd nd all aft force actl\ actl activities actlitles \ itles itles111 \ will \\111 111 \ be ex exarned exI I Tinned hmed arned to visitors Congress com corn compIp cornpre cornDip pIp pre ed eel a tion t10n on leg1sla legislation tion which whichwill \ whichwill mch mch111 \\111 111 will \ ' enable approximately aprroximatey ; ] 20 20030A O 000 000Ame O OArne Arne Ame me icai Ical icat s In Canadian ind 1nd and ' Bntlsh British BntlshfOlces Britishforces Britishtoices fOlces forces to regain their cItizenship cItizenshipand citizenshipand citizenshipand and be transfeneo transfenea transfer ! en . to the U S Sarmy Sarmy Sarmy SarmyThe , army , armyThe The house passed and sent to the the'Ienate the'enate thesenate ' 'enate enate - ' an $18 18 $ b ] llion lIon \ war ar apPlopriqtlon appropciotton appiopri apPlopri appropci appiopriition 'I-enate 'I I enate ition qtlon otton < bill including Incudmg ] $7 7 $ billion for for31000 31 000 airplanes alrplams and their eqUIp equipscent equiprrent Trent scent War Secretary Stimson saId saIdt"e saidt"e saidt'e saidte t"e te " ' ' armv annv army : ; plans rlans to induct mduct 175000'Ieglo 175 175000 175000Negio 000 ' - \ selectees this year vear ear He lIe saId saIdjastlc saidplastic jastlc plastic : ] fuzes IIIreplace willreplace " will III replace the thestandard thestandard thestandard standard aluminum alumll1um fuzes for fortrenrh fortrench fortrenrh trenrh trench mortars thus freeing tons tonsof tonsof tonsof of aummum aluminum ] and many machme machine machmetools machinetools machinetools tools for other production Army ArmySurgeon ArmySurgeon ArmySurgeon Surgeon General Genera ] Magee listed listedrrany listedmany listedc-any listedc any rrany many - ph physical sical defects no longer longerconsidered longerconsidered longerconsidered considered a barrier for lffilted limited limited'ervice ] limitedservice lffiltedervlce -ervlce ervlce 'ervice ervice - ' foi fOl for officers of the army armysUjpy armysupply armysupply sUjpy supply : ] arms and services semces servicesThe servicesThe The \ "ar ar " \ ar FrontT'1e FrontT're Front FrontT"ie T"ie Tie T'1e T1e T're Tre ' " ' army and navy announced announcedIhe announcedthe announcedthe Ihe the nau n3\J n3 J navy \ has 11as been given gl\en gl en grsen \ full "om om "oin oin "ommand "oinmand "ommand ommand " mand over all anti submanne submarine submanneacl11tles submarineactivities submanneactivities acl1\1tles acl1 1tles activities \ on both coasts and and1lrmy andarmy andarmy 1lrmy army ; air units have been allocated allocatedto to the naval comrranders commanders of sea seafrontiers seafrontiers seafrontiers frontiers The president a\\arded a arded awarded aardedthe awardedthe awardedthe \ the Congressional Meaal MeoJ,1 MeoJ1 Meodl , of Honor Honorto Honorto Honorto to G"n Gn G'n G " ' n MacA MacAitiu- MacAitiu MacArtrur MacAitiufor 1 t 1U ' - for conspleuoUS conspicuous conspleuoUSle.dershlp conspicuousleadership conspicuousleadership le.dershlp ledershlp leadership ' ! . against the Japarese in inth inft intb th ft Philippn PhiliPll Philippa ] : es Piesident Plesldent President Quezon Quezonand Quezonand Quezonand and members of the Phll1ppme Philippine Phll1ppmegoernment Philippinegovernment Philippinegovernment go\ernment go ernment government goernmentar \ war \\ar ar \ cabinet eabmet Jomed joined JomedC.en joinedGen joinedGen C.en Cen Gen . MacArthur in Australia wrele where wrelethe wherethe wholethev the ) \ will \ III continue to carry carrJ 0'1 01 oz 0'1goernl11ent ozgosernnient 01government ' go\ernl11ent go ernl11ent gosernnient \ functions Corregldor Corregidor CorregldorIsland Corregidorisland Corregidorisland Island Islandas \ was \\as as \ raidedeveral raidedseveral raided several -everal everal - times trues by byeJ"lemy byeremy byeremy eJ"lemy eJlemy eremy " pianos planes but anti aircraft fire firekept firekept firekept kept the planes at such high al altllude alLitude altitude tllude Litude that the bombmgsere bombings bombmgs \ were \\ere ere ereery \ery ery sery serymnaccu \ veryinaccu erymaecu maecu mnaccu ate at " and little 1Ittle damage was wasdone \ wasdone \ as asdone done U S submarines submarmes sank four fourmer fourmer tourmcr mer hant ships and two cruisers cruisersin In Ja.aneseaters Japanese Ja.anese Jaanese . \ waters \\aters aters U S na\al na al nasal naalforces nasalfore's navalforc \ forces fore's fores ' s also d'stioved dstioved d'stioyed dstioyed d.stlO dstlO ' . ed installations installationson on Japinese Jap'1nese Jap1nese Japanese ' held Wake Island and andJajanese andJapanese andJapanese Jajanese Japanese : 0 o ovned 0ned \ned ned vned \ Marcus Island Isand ] U US US US S losses los.es loses . reported included mcluded , two t\\O t O \ de destlo destioyers desti stlo stioyers overs ers a tanker and eight mer mercrant merctant mercrant crant ctant shl ships s sunk - sunk-Prices sunk Prices sunkPrices sunkPricesMaximum Pnces Prices Pnces'faxlmum PricesMaximum ' Maximum 'faxlmum faxlmum prices for gasolmeand gasoline gasolme- gasolme - and andfuEl andfuel andfuel fuEl oil 011 in m 17 eastern eastC'ffi eastCffi ' states and andthe andthe andthe the District D.tnct Dtnct Drt . tract of Coli-mb Coli mb Coh.mb Cohmb Cole.mb Colemb . - . aere a \ were \\ere ere set setby setby setby by th th Ui < > ' OPA To stimulat stJmulat * ' produc product10n production production t10n tion of Pennsylvania Pennsyl\ama Pennsyl ama Pennsylsania \ crude oils oilsthe oilsthe oilsthe the office authorized authonZ"d authonZd " an mcrease increase mcreaseot increaseof increaseof ot of 2 2'i 2i 25 ' ) ' cents tents a barrel barter for all a11 grades gradesOPA gradesOPA gradesOPA OPA asked ashed retail meat markets marketsnot marketsnot marketsnot not to raise- raise raisepork - pork products ] : pri ri es esaboe esabose esabove abo\e abo e abose \ m d March levels From FromApril FromApril FromApril April 1 to May 30 standard ne\\s ne s news nespunt newsprint newspunt \ punt print one's ones pnC"s pnCs wnio"s wnios ' " ' " \ will 11 ] ba be frozen at the thecunent thecurrent thecunent cunent current price of $50 50 $ a ton and a apermanent apermanent : permanent puce pllce order \ will III be issu issued issued issued ed before May 30 ' The 'I11e I11e OPA set setretail setretail setretail retail ' ] : price Trice nce ceilings ceflmgs for new tvpew typew t } type pe pew w Iters at March 5 levels and for for'radIo forradio forradio 'radIo radIo ' receiving recelvmg sets phonographs phonographsdomestl phonographsdomesti phonographsdomesti domestl domesti " ' washing waslung and Iromng ironing Iromngmachme ironingmachines Ironingmachines machme machines domestic heating heatmg and andookmg andcoking andookmg- andookmg andookmgstoves ookmg coking - stoves at March 19 levels levelsPnorit ] levelsPriori e\es e es eesPrloril \ ] Prloril Pnorit ! cs es and Allor AllocationsThe AIIocitions Allocations AIIocitionsThe ' ! . 1Ions 1IonsTre The Tre WPB oldered ordered manufacture manufactureof of ele ere tnc toasters flatirons fiatirons and andot"ef andother andot-er andot er ot"ef otef other ' ' " - electrical appliances apjllances : to ceaseafter cease iffr 1.ftl'l 1.ftll 1ftll after ' . ' " ' May 31 preparatory to con convertmg convertirrg converting vertmg vertirrg the $63 63 $6G 6G $60 60 $ million Industry to towar towai war \ al production The board ordered orderedproduction orderedproduction orderedproduction production of straight and safety safetyazors safetyazors safetyazors azors and blades held to the 1940 1940total 1940total 1940total total of 2 2400 400 million about 600 600million 600million 600million million lethan less le- le les : ; - than last year years s out ut utThe utThe utThe The boal boaid board d also prohibited manu menu manufactUle menufacture manufactuie factUle facture of metal meta ] household furn furni furniture furniture ! ture after ' May 'fay fay 31 curtailed m'lnu mlnu manu m'lnufa manufa |