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A WEEK OF THE WAR WARPresident _ _ _ _ 4 _ _ _ _ _ President Roosevelt Roose\elt Roose elt Rooseielt \ a asked ked congI tongreps cong tong ] ie I reps e's es ' s to enact by October 1 leglslation legislation leglsia leglsla legisla | tlon tion under which he helould hs he " , , \ would \lould lould be bespeclficalIy bespecifically bespecifically | speclficalIy specifically authorized to stabIlize stabIlizethe stabilizethe stabilizethe the cost of living Jvlng ! including the thepnce thepace theanee pnce pace of all farm fann commodities In Ina Ini a Inla special message to the legislatorsthe legislators legislatorsthe legislatorsthe Inl the president said Inaction on onyour onyour onyour your part by that datelill date \ will \lill lill leaw leave leawme leaveme leaveme me with an Inescapable respon responslbiJty responsibilrty responsibihty slbiJty sibilrty ! to the p opie ople ogle of this coun coup country couptry counry try to tv see to it that tl ti e a war ef of effort offort etort fort is no longer Imperiled by bythreat bythreat bythreat threat of economic chaos In the theevent theevent theevent event that the congress congrpss should shouldhII shouldfail shouldfill hII fail to act and act adequately adeQua tel Ishall I Ihall Ishall $ hall shall accept the responslb responsib lity Iity and andI andI I will actMr actMr act actMr Mr Roosevelt said the purpose purposeof purposeof purposeof of the legislation should be to tohold tohold turold hold farm fann prices pnces at parity or at atlevels atlevels atlevels levels of a recent date whlchevel whichever whichevelis whlchevelIS whicheveris IS higher He sild S"lld Slld said " At t the e same sametune sametime sametime tune time that farm prices are tabllz stablltz stablltzed stAbillzed tabllzed ! ed \ ' . ages can and will be stabihzed stabllIz stabrlra stabllIzed stabrlraed ed also This I'I I \'I 'I I \ ' Bill will ill aoThe aoThe do ao doThe The pC"ident pCident president ti " evident recalled that t\lO t lO tlOpoints tw twoncints \ o points of his h1S original ongmal onginal seven pOint poin pOintanti poinanti pointmti t ' anti Inflation program requirea require requirealegislation requirelegislation requlreocgislation a ; legislation- legislation legislationAn - - An adequate tax pro progralr prograir progran gralr grair " and a law permitting DennitUng the th thfixing thetxfng e , ' fixing of price pnce pace ceilings cCllmgS on fam facet facetproducts famproducts I products at parity prices He aia sale aiadelay saledelay < ; saladelay I delay in enacting enactm this legislatioi legislatiox legislatioihas legIslatIOII legIslatIOIhas legislatioxhas I has no v reached t ths tire point of o odanger oldinger f ! d1.nger d1nger danger . to our whole economyWe economy economyWe ! We cannot hold the actual cost of offood o ofood olfood f [ food and clothing ' down to ipro\imately ipro imately 1P ap 1Pproximately approximately ' ! proximately ? \ the present level le\el le el letel \ be beyond beyond yond October 1 But no one can cangive ca cagive carilve n give any assurances that the cost cos cosof cosiof t , of living hvmg can be held down after afte aftethat aftelthat t : : that date He renewed his re request request request quest of last Apnl AprIl for an individual lndividua individualnet Indlvlduanet lndividuanet 1 net income Incomp limitation of $25000 25000 $25 25 $25000The 25000The $ 000 000The The Va.r Var "ar ar W " , ar . FrontAfter FrontAfter Front FrontAfter After ten tcn straight raids withoua wrthoua without wrthou withouta t a loss two U US S flying fortress fortressbombers fortr fortreabombers ea eabombers s bombers missinfSeptember mISsingse were reported as mISsing mtsstn mtsstnSeptember g greatesAmerican se September tember 7 following folJowlng the greatest greates greatestAmencan greatesAmerican t [ Amencan American aerial aenal attack of the wa Iva war waron Ivaon r ; on Nazi occupied France Three Threesquadrons Thresquadrons Thre Thresquadrons e < . " squadrons of the big bombers at attacked attacked attacked tacked the airframe factory at atMeauIte a aMeaulte aMeaulte t MeauIte Meaulte near Albert for the thesecond th thsecond thisecond e second tune time while wl1Ile a fourth squad squadron squadron squadron ron bombed the St Omer airfield airfieldIn airfiel airfielIn airfieldIn d [ In the raids the fortresses destroy destroyed destroyed destroyed ed five the fi.e fie . enemy flghtprs flghtpTS fighters and pro probably bably destroyed destro ed 13 more an andamaged and anddamaged andamaged d < damaged another 25 The bombers bomber bomberwere bomberwere s were \ ere escorted escort.ed . by 400 allied fight fighteJS fighters fightes eJS es ; thl thiee three of , which \ hlch " were erc shot shotdown sh shdown shodown shodownGeneral of down downGeneral General MacArthur s AustralIan Australia AustralIanheadqu Australiaheadquirters Australiaheadquarters n ) headqu headquarters .rtrrs rtrrs < > . reported September Septembe Septembe7 r - 7 that heavy allied bombing planes plane planesattathed planeattacked planeattacked s > attathed attacked a Japanese cargo shIp shIpsoutheast shisoutheast alv alvsoutheast p ] > southeast of New Ne " , Guinea Gumea Gumeahich which \\hich hich \ wabelieved w " , wbelie4ed as asbelieved believed belie4ed to tv have betnttemptmg been betn ! Utemptinto attemptmto \ttemptmg ttemptmg attemptm ' \ ttemptmgto g ; to supply the trapped enemy forces force forcesIn forceen forcem s ; In en the ' M 1 ' Ine lne 1ne Bay area U S Army ArmyAir ArmAir Arm ArmAir y Air forces m In China contmumtl contlnumg contlnumgtteIf continuin continuintheir g ; tteIf their eir offensive offensl\ offensl offensle offensiie \ e scored scered a direct d11"ect d11ect " hIt hIton h hion Lt on Japanese military mlhtan militari headquarters headquarte headquarterin headquartein rs 's s ' 111 in Nanchang san sank ! . . . at least se\en se en seensteamers sere sevelsteamers \ steamers blast d da a railway lailwa lall\'la lall 'la la \ ' seret sta stahon s stron station t a hon tron and warehouse and strafed strafedtroop a ' troop trainT train trainTo T T\o T o 10 s \ o na nai navv \ v i , vessels essels easels the destrol destroy destroyBh destroeBli ; : er erBIt : BIt Bh e a and the auMiry aUlllry auMi aUl\ll aUl ll snail : \ \ry ry try ' \ \ tr'11'p'Jrt tr11pJrt tr'11'p'JrtColroun tri tea ' Tp-irColboun Tp irColboun ' ' - rt t Colroun Colloun have ha\e ha e hate \ been lost in m actio action aerie actionIn aeriethe : " rm m In tho the th South Pacific in the "ast ast "asttwo r " rtwo TEKtwo a " two twoecks \ weeks \\ecks ecks the navy announced announce announcedThere announcerThere d There were few ca casualties < ualtles The Thenav T Tnavy Thnavs he nav navy also announ ed the slnhm sinki sinkiof smkmof s " of nine nme rime moie mOle United Umted r > . rations .ahons ahons mer met metchant merchant i ichant chant , vessels essels easel by enemy submaiinein submallnein submallne submar in inin e in the Atlantic Atlantical AtlanticV\ai AtlanticV ai AtlanticRat \\al al Rat \ \ Ain-s Ain s AIT15 Aits AIT15nd Ait ' " + -s s - ind \nd nd and ' \ Foreign RelatIOnsPresident RelationsPresident Relations RelationsPresident President Roo evelt eveIt event in m to an ad address address a adress d dress broadcast to an mternatlonal mternation mternatlonalstudent internationastudent mternationstudent al student assembly in Wasl-mgto Wasl mgto Wastmgton bVaslrngto Wastmgtonand bVaslrngtoand - n : and short " wave "ave ave nave to other partstl parts of oftl o tl e a eorld world \\orld orld \ tated rated the thear war \\ar ar \ is go nto ng ngtv n S g to tv be Ion lcn " ' and haid hald hard and bItter bItterbl.t bitt bittbtt bittebLt er ( bl.t blt btt . ) this tIme'Ie time \ ' we \'Ie 'Ie Ie shall know knowho knoi kno w " ho I to make full use of VICtOrv vteto n ' to build LUild Luilda a better world \ \ orld He satie said saidtl aid aidII II tl e a government goernment goernment111 , \ will \\111 111 sa s to it that thatmen thatmen thmen men retUl retuimng returning nmg from the fronts can canresume canresume CEresume n resume their Ir II it terrupted C3reers careers C3reersand careersand caree s and education and that , vork foil or ! . . , IS ISprovIded isprovided . , s provided for trwe those tto e will \ wiling III ng rig ind 1.nd 1nd and . abl able ableto ab : . - to vo 1'0 10 v ' o kReciprocal kReciprocal k kReciprocal Reciprocal lend lease aid to the theU theU tl U S already alreadl : covers a range as asIde aswide , s wide \Ide Ide ' \ as the tbe reauirements reqUirements reouirements aigeogracjiy and andgeograLny ' Islbemg geogratny geograLny : of a globalar global ' war \ar ar \ and Isl is isbeing : being bemg p ovided oVlded to this country 01 of 01I 01the ofthe othe t I the same basis ase as we \\e e \ are piovid plovid piovtd na nalend n lend lease help to other countne countries countriesthe ! > the Office of War Inforrration InforxratlOn Inforxratton Ie 1e Ieport 1eport K port d Such aid std is Doing being I : > emg provide provldea provided providedithout d w \ without \ Ithout dollar d01lar payment under the theterms theterms tl-terms tl terms - e terms of mast'r mastr mastar master ' < > . igreements .greements greements agreements 'Iltlcountn ' wit 'Iltl Iltl furl furlcountries l countries countn s receiving U S lend lea leas lease leasestd " " aid std for Amencan American forces lorces abroaa abroad abroaaranges abroadranges abroaranges id ranges from squadrons of pit pt pitflres pllfires ptfires ! . flres fires to new fan belts foi for army armytrucksflom armytrucksfiom arm trucks trucks-flom trucks flom trucks-fiom fiom - fiom building bUlldmg aiidromand alldrome airdromes airdromesand ( & and naval na\al na al nasal \ bases to D ration ch chch chcheoiite crucolite ( ) . cohte eoiite bars and bananas at th the " protecbo piercedo mss-from mss from n- n 1T nss - ss-frem ss frem ss - from convoy protec pierce ; bo do 1 r for U S troopshIps arnvmg arrl.ing arrling . 1 r 1BritIsh rBritish British waters to filling the ga gas g ; is tinks bnhs tanks gastanks of U S terry ferry : planes rlanes at aJI alt aJIports altports ports ne\\ ne newly nely \ \ ly laid lard out in jungles or ordeserts ordeserts < > r deserts the OWI OW ! said The pros presl press ; dent presldent pressdent announced a special U ! b btechnical ; > techncal technical miss on " ' will 111 leave leae lease lea\ lea \ e fOI for fOIBrazIl K KBrazil > i Brazil soon to assist a.slst aslst asrst . the Biazil BIaz11 Biazni al ar ; i poi government go\ernment go ernment \ ernment in . expansion of it"ar is Ita it < ! , "ar ar par " > ar machineArmy machineArmy maiChlne machine - " " - - Arm- Arm Army and SelectIve Service M Assistant Jstant < ; Secretary ot of War Mi Mt Mo > > MiCloy MoCloy Cloy February1 said that between beteen " , February 1 and August 30 U S army plane planes , destroyed planesdestroyed 234 Japanese planes 11 rt 11lOe rtthe nme lOe the air a11 au " comcarea comtarea compares : with Amerlcal American . Amerlca.1losses Amerlca1losses Amerlcallosses Americanlasses losses lasses of 109 Tnis Tnls Tots record together togetherv.lth togetherwith togetherftilh v.lth vlth with . the Flying Tigers record recordof recordof recordof of destroyedas 218 Japanese planes pldnes destroyed as against losses of 84 is 35 duemainly due duemamly duemainly mamly mainly tntP theY to the perormance performance $ of tnt the : P Y 40 fighters he said The army said armysaid It has developed , a system 01 of 01technical oftechnical technical 01technical inspection and . malntel1 maintetr malntel1ante maintetrante malnuri.ance malnuriance . ante supervision of aircraft that 1 is ' > isundoubtedly isundoubtedly undoubtedly the finest in the theworld theworld 'orld orld world " ' Ihe 'lhe lhe The ' " , war ar department sem sent 3 36 sent36 QUO OUO Ou0 dependents detendcnts : aHo also aUovance aHoance \ance ance ante \ checks checkstol8.hng checkstoraling checkstoialing tol8.hng tol8hng toraling . t.4&0iouo t.40iouo t40iouo y4 . 4 s00 & : > 00 ( OUO 000 to relatives and andderendents anddependents derendents dependents ancdependents of enlisted enl1Sted men then in tne the tnelOUl thelout tnelom lOUl lout 10 to lover I ier er grades grade $ of the service servici.selective serviciselective ervlc . . elective selective / : > service headquarters hcadquarters 11 ix 11structed ixs ns'ructcd nsructcd structed s placetheir placethell ' + ructed State SS S5 boards to place thell their righinov " calls so that most men right rightno rightno no \ . \ will 111 come from local boaras boards boarasluth boardswith boarosnitti luth with the most singi slngl singly * men 1\n 1 n ' \ ( : or men menwith menwitn with \ Itl1 oependents aependents Dependents other than wives wivesand \ wivesand ivcs ivcsand and chIldrenNavy childrenNavy children .Navy Navy . and ShlpbwJdmg Shipbtuldmg ShlpbwJdmgNavy ShipbtuldmgNavy isavy Navy Secretary Knox KnOK said theubmarine the tht : sUl suomarine ubmarine s : > marine menace is 15 1s not by anymPaIJS any mpans mPaIJS means solved but there has been beeu beena beeua a . steady diminution d1mlnution of ships shif- shif shifsunk shipssunk - ' > sunk off our own shores A she ship shllJ ) , shipbuilding shllJbwldmg building bwldmg compilation , for Labor day daysno daysno snoCd sno \ ved \Cd Cd fed 174 launchmgs launthmgs launchings and 49 keel ktel ktellayings keellaphigs keellayings : layings laphigs during durmg the day for many kinds lands manylands manykinds and sizes of combat anacargo ana anacargo cargo snips SlUt : & . . The Maritime Mantune Corn Com Commls Cornmission mls mission ion reported 68 vessels vesels : , wert were wereput wereput : put into service in August Augu.st . and andthere andthere andthere there is every Indication t.n tn the thegoal tnrgoal . . goal of three completed completcd ships d a duay < ioay uay uay111 \ will \\111 111 b by < > b reached read1ed In September Rationing Ratlorung RationingThe RatlorungThe The War Production board re relea.sed leased lea.sed . 50 50000 000 of the refrigerators refrigeratorswhIch refrigeratorswhich refrigeratorswhich whIch have been frozen in the thehands thehands thehands hands of dealers and d.stl1butorssmce distributorsince ! . distributors d.stl1butors dstl1butors distributor s since smce February 14 for sale to the thegeneral Lh general public after finding thai thaithey tha thathey they were not needed for essentlal essenteal essen tial tlal teal purposes Another 50 50000 000 w \ wbe ill illbe be released by authorization illf illd ofWPB o oWPB of f WPB toi fOI for delivery to tv dealers and andtrallSfer an antransfer d trallSfer transfer ! to o ultimate consumers consumersThe The WPB Food Requirements com tom comInlttee tomrmttee mittee Inlttee rmttee recommended to the boardthe boar boarthe board d the following follo\\lng follo lng \ meat conservatloi conservatfol conservatiot conservatfolprogram conservatiotprogram program - ( (1) 1 ( ) limitation llnutation of we weamounts LI1 UK-amounts UK amounts - amounts of meat packers may sell sellto se seto selto ll to the civilian trade so that eacn eacr eacnclvlhan llt t civilian clvlhan will be able to buy Zy 2 . - pounds a week (2) 2 ( ) direct consunel consun consunei consunet ei el et rationing ratlonmg to be sL started .rted rted . as SOOI soot SOOIas as po.slble-1I1 po.slble1I1 po.slble poslble 1I1 po-stble-m po stble m po- po poible . - - ible - - m . about four months montll5 (3) 3 ( ) an interim mtenm voluntary conseI consex conseIvatlon vation vatlon program programPurchase programPurchase Purchase of Viar "ar ar ltiar " BondsTh Bonds Th Tlv The treasury department announced an nounced pounced sales of \ war 1\ar 1 ar bonds bond.s . m in mAugust August totaled tvtaled $697'o5 697o5 $697X05 $697 697 $ "as as X05 ' " ' 000 m bond bOnCl bon a ' > ; ' through the ten per cent payrol payr01l payroll |