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Show of--- of - - - - - - - - - - + 1 ofI ofA I ! A Weekof Week of the War 1 , _ _ + - - - - - . , press"I / . ' * Presld president Fresid'flt Fresidflt ' nt Rooses Rooseielt Rooselelt elt told his press pressconference "I I " "Iconference presst conference Pacific councils coordi coordl coordinating > Ltmg coordiLtmg -nating nating natmg - the war lIar ar effort of the Umted United Umted"states UnitedStates Unitedy "states states " States in the southwest sOl1th\lest sOl1th lest soiithest \ Paclfct-fliave Paclfct fliave Pacirc Pacif Pacirc"f c cpave "f f "fl1ave " - pave l1ave ] been operating for about a amonth 1 1natmg ; } month The military command In Inthe inthe inthe presidentf the ABDA ' . irea 1.rea 1rea Itself itseJf the presidentaid president -f f - . 'aid aid ' < nJd aid is Is in m tne the the 1ands hands nanns , of 01 General ' ' 'Archibald Archibald 'Arch1b31d Arch1b31d ' ' Wave Wavell ! ! but strategical strategica strategicalproblems strategicaI , * problems are referred ref'rred refrred ( ' to VI V Varlingcton an I Ing Ington ington ton and said London The joint nulitarl nulitarlnd militar nulltar ; ( | and nd naval stiffs st1ffs cit < ' it la in WashingtonThe WashingtonI Washington ? The .me me . wiflte cenate nate passed and sent seIlt t to tc to111e tclhe < ; "lhe lhe 111e " White House a joint authorlza autboriza authorlzahon autborization authoriza-tion authoriza tion - hon tion frr fe-r fe r fc'r fcr - ' P I e ' $500 500 $50000.1000 50000.1000 500001000 $ OOJ . 000 loan to te tot toChll'la teChifia tc , t , ? China Chll'la Chllla Chifia ' Pros Pr's Prs Pres ( ' dent Rooseve t "aid aid Qaid " < aId the themones th thmone < ' 1 1mone [ mone\ mone mones mone11 moneill \ sill \ ill 11 mik ntk m\b.e mb.e m b.e be ' \ . ? it possible foithe for forth the th Chine e to ; : purchase urchase numeroust numerouslar numerousknar numerous numerousiiar ' t knar \ iiar \lar lar materials material matenisis ! . both in China and andin andfm 1 1ill ill in other countries He sid srid ? the loanwould loanwould loan ' would be a definite relief rellef for theChine the theChine theChine Chine e financial structure stramed strained stramedb strainedb3 strainedta b b3 } the lonrr Ion ? II'IrI vir II'Ir IIIr ir ' \I I \ with Ith the Jap'lne Japlne JapneceThe Japine'e Japinee Japnece Japine'eThe ' ' < e eTbe The Tbe White House announced thl the thlU theU thi.U thiU . U fi S thiough thlough thiouigh the RAF has dropped droppeda a second pamphlet 01 oer o er sel several seeral eral oe oc oecutu occuoi'd occuor'd occuord cutu cuoi'd cuoid ' ' d F ench seaports caports ceaports in the thebiggest thebiggest thebiggest biggest camphlet 1'amjhlet 1amjhlet ramphlet : ' : bombing Job Jobever jobever jobever . ever done The first pimphlet p'lmphlet plmphlet p'tmphlet ptmphlet ' ' an announced announced I nounced r p month ago stussed iUlssed iessed tl tI e etraditional ei traditional tradltional fr ft endship endshlJ endshsp ) bet I \ ceen een thiscountry this thiscotaitry ' thislcm.ntry thisl cm.ntry cmntry cotaitry . and end Prince Fr'lnce Frlnce Frince ' the second'told secondtold second 'I I : I 'told told ' told of the tI-Je tI Je tbe - rapidly rapidJy expanding expandmg US U S , nM scar production productionlir productionIr productiontin lir \Ir Ir tin tinA \ lirA IrA A nav navi auaticn a\lahen a lahen asiation \ trairing truring program prograni programdesigned progranidesigned prograndesigned designed to de de\ de del dekn \ lo kn 10j 30 000 of the thetoughest thetoughest thtoughest ' toughest pilots in the thelorld world \lorld lorld sconid \ annuallv an annuallv annuallv nuallv for the tl-Je tl Je tile - navy and Rnd m\llne m llne inmne mllnecorps inmnecorps niiunicorps ' \ corps will be put into mto opeiation opelahon opesation by by'May b : May 1\ay 1 ay 'May \ . ! : ' 1 Navy Seer Secr Sect taiy talY tasy Knox Knoxnnounced .n n 'n . . -nnounced nnounced - 'nriounced ' ? .nnounced nounced riounced Applications for traimniare trl.lmng trllmng training trl.lmngare trainingare : . ; are now nOli noi beine bemg being ac ae iic epted Mr h.nox hnox Knox h.noxasked Knoxasked . Kno3asked : asked tl U tie e U S high school ) outn outnto outnto outito ' to aid the 12al nas na\i na i \ bv liv p odl edt odicing cmg cung 500 500000 ! 000 aircraft alrcraft models of 50 dIfferent differenttypes differentypes ' tyjes types : of fighting plines phnes plies to be b u u'ei uei u'e ue ' < "j j edl " mi ! . mie in aIrcraft rpcobmtion rf'cofniticn rfcofniticn ' and range rang , e estimation in gunnery practice and andfor ancfor andfor for training trainmg civilians in arcraflre arcraltre arcraft arcralt arcraftre re ognition ogmtlon rhe OlTice OiTlce Office of CIvilian CIvilianDefense CivilianDefense CivilianDefense Defense in\ in inilted inHed insited \ Hed college fi fleers fIcrs crs and andaViatIon andaviation andaviation aViatIon enthusiasts to participatem participateIn participate In the Civilian Air Patrol Patrollh1ch whichis \lh1ch lh1ch which lh1chi whichi \ lh1cheeklng i "eeklne eeklne -eeklng eeklng 'eekinig eekinig " - ' to enlist cnllst JO jQ HOO 000 c vlll vili'n vilin vili'npilots vili"npilots vilinpilots " ' n npilots I [ pilots Sixteen years is the mini miniI minimum minimum minimum mum age for enrollment for ground groundcervice ground'crvice groundcrvice ervice cervice ' < and arid 18 for flight dut > ) } TheCnil The I 'nil nil ( ' ( ' ! % ii Aeronautics "tdmlnlstJatlon tdmlnlstJatlon dministiatiOn "tdmlnlstJatlonlIported " idminlstiationloported dministiatiOnseported lIported seported : a 60 per cent h Ii liciease CI ciease ease In inpricate inprivate ' prhate pricate flung thmg during 1941The 1941The 1941 1941I I The War 1'ront 1ront Front . ' "font font " , I General MacArthurs MacArthur s h tioops oops in inthe lithe the Philippines Phlhtpmes Philupines repulsed conlin contin conlinuous continuous continuous uous attacks by the enemy em'my emmy ' thlough thiough thloughout thioughout thioughout out theleek the \ week \leek leek ceek Enemy losses dmtaE dwlng duiin duiint'ie : , fie t'1e t1e t'ie tie ' ' II a week eel eek . Included II 11 planes plus plusan plu plus plusan ; I an I indetprrlned trideterrined ndetpr 1'ined 1ined ' number dcst dest 0 oied oieditt ' ed , In itt the ahand air a1r ah and on tho thoground th * ground m in mIan U Uan . an attack on Japinese Jap'lnese Japlnese ' occupiec occupied j occupiecj occupiedfarshal Ian Marshal \farshal farshal \ \ occupiedfarshal and Gllbeit Gilbeit Gilbel t Islands man maw mans leet 'leet sleet manssleet ' 'II II it ' n\ljiries n ljiries 'IIllI'ules \llI'ules llI'ules llIules uhinies \ ' ) ' two tao tll 0 tI tianspoits anspolts and andI andprobably andprobably andi probably a third and an ( in eneiw enemy enemyarship I | warship Ilarshlp arship torpedoed U S losses lossesw'le lossesweie lossesweie ! w'le wle weie ( ' 13 planes jlanes : two tankers andtwo and andtwo two andjtwo freighters The navy n'lVY nlVY risvy ' and andmarine andmarine andmarine andj marine corps reported 1 " ' ' 94 officers officersand officersand officersand and men missing missmg or prisoners pnsoners of ofar ofar olar ar The house pass-d pass d pass'd passd pass - ' d and sent tothe to tothe tothe the senate a bill to continue the thena thenay thenav na nay v of persons in the armed forces forcesand forcesand and civilian emptoies emplo3es emplo } es of the thewarand II -warand warand - iar iarand ar arand and naiy nalY nasy foi a ) iear sear ear after reportedmissiIlo reportedinissin reported , missiIlo inissin , , captuled captus ed or Interned 'I I ' : I , NailI .a\ .a . Nail .aCongress \ , Congress pissed p'1.SSed p1.SSed p1SSed ' . the largest ap'PI apVi9 ap 'PI PI ' pip Vi9 J ilatlon liation ilation bill bili in m history hlswry of nearly $ S2 $2 2 2 billion in direct dlr'ct dlrct ( ' cash appropriot appropri appropni appropnitir'ns ot qticns tir'ns tirns ! 'ns ns < ' ' ! end and nd < 4 billion in m contract contractauthorizations contractauthorizations authorizations tor for the navy Thena Thenasy The I na na\y na y nasy \ y said SIlld 100 100000 000 ' men t'nen tnen risen ha ha\e ha e hae \ e enlisted en I llisted listed since smce the attack a ttacb . on PearHarbor Pearl PearlI PearlHarbor PearlHarbor I ( Harbor and arid tho th rrarine 7I'arme 7Iarme iran'ne iranne ' ' corps has has"issed - . 1ssed "issed issed " the 100 100000 000 man marl mark . . inrfficers in incfficers ( ' cfficers 'fflcers fflcers rfficers and men both lesenes lesel"les leselles ieserses " andregulals and andregulaus regulais regulals regulaus Three destroyers destroers destro3ers } and one oneb onebettleship b bttleship bettleship bttleshipere ? ttlesillp \ere ere 'ere sere \ ' launched and t\lO t lO tvo tlOI tlOmOl tvomoie \ mOl moie e destro destroyers destrojers ) ers and one cruIserv cruiser I v 11 be launched Lincoln s bIrthIday birthday birth Iday day bIrthI I . mi mie e I I"elective " Selective "elective elective Sen Srnice Ice IceSelectile iceSelectiie Selective Selectile Selectiie Eel Seivi VI e Director Helshey Heishey Heisheyasked Heishe : - asked asb.ed asbed . local diaft dlaft boards to aid de defelment deferment ferment felment of apprentices in essentiawar essential essentialliar essentialsar liar sar production trades be ause ausethere a ausethere us'there usthere ' ; there is a mounting demand for forI fors1llled forskilled toskilled r s1llled skilled s1llledIorkers ( workers \Iorkers Iorkers uorkers \ Gen Rershey said saida saila I a plan has been pioposed ploposed for al allo 10 I lances ances and allotments allotmDnts to 1 i leleasifor elease eleasefor eleasefor ; I eleaseI for induction man\ man mans manregistrants manregistrantnov \ registrants registrantsno registrantnov I no v deferred on grounds of deI deendency de I | helsa : ; pendency endency In World War I hel he hesa h hsa < : sa d payments paynments pa'III1 paIII1 } ' nts up to $50 50 $ a month montha montiwere monthI II a ere made He said no figure- figure figures figureBitbe - II Bitbe In ill Inbe illbe I be Issued on the numbel numbet of men mei\lo mei lo 11 ' \ 1 0 o register February 16Shipping 16 Slu Shipping ShippingPiesldent ShippingPiesident lng lngPlesldent Plesldent Piesldent Roosevelt told his prec pre's pres pre pre'sc s < sc ' ; > c nference nierence emel emeigency gency shipping shippingj shippingcredules shipplncl'edules shipplncledules shippingcl'edules ( \ credules cl'edules cledules ' ' make it almost Imposslbk imposs1bb imcosslblito . . . j to utilize full cargo capacity capact ! } o of ofAmencan ofAmerican : ; American Amencan merchant s , vessels essels easels becaus because < . war liar scar developfnents develoP'1lent.s develoP1lent.s develoP1lents develop'nents developnents ' ' . often m in ke i Inecessiry 1necessiry ' , nccess"try nccesstry necessiry " for the ships to sail sailllthout sailic sailwithout \llthout llthout Ithout ic \ advance notice The Mari Marl Maritime Marltime Marltime time comml conunl'aion conunlaion cornmi'aion cornmiaion sion < ' slid s'lid ssld ' through co cooper cooperitive coopcntlve oper operitive lIive action " , , , with Amorlcanship Americanship Amorlcan Arn'rlcan Arnrlcan Arn'rlcanship ' ship operators imports of 1C 1mportant im tm important tmportent portant portent riw nil risc materials inateiials increased increasedabout increasedabout increasedabout about 200 per cent during 1941 1941The 1941The 1941The The commission cc.mmlSSlon ccmmlSSlon . maintained > s .5 5 sship . sship .5ship ship a day construction schedule bhunching b bhunching bhunching hunching 14 new vE vessels ve'sels vesels sels < ' during duringthe duringthe duringthe the last halt half of Januarv JanuRrv January Bight EIght BightFrcm.h EightPrcnth EIghtFrench Frcm.h Frcmh French . merchant "ships ships chips " hlps Tn 1n n U S Sports Sports Sports ports were "ere ere ssere " requisitioned requlsitiened by ticommission tl ti 01comn 01 comn commission sslon : I , . ! , I 1 reduction roductlon roduetion and Com ConiersionThe Comersion Coniersion ComersionThe erslOl\ erslOl erslOlThe \ The WPB announced it cloaled cl'aied claied cl'aiedcontracts cl'ftiedcontracts clftiedcontracts ' contracts contractsmountin imountinic imomting \mountin mountin ' \ to $3 3 $ billion billionI billionIn billionin in the II week cieck erl " ending January Januarv 21 21IThe 21The 21The The I \ ar departmpntnnounced department departmpnt \nnounced nnounced imnounced ' \ innouncedp imnouncedP IThe I P ' eduction oductlOn oduction of 30 caliber ball am am'munitIOn ammunition ammunition munition \ was \las las aas neirly ne\rly ne rly riesrly ' \ doubled dur dun durIng duning during 'munitIOn munitIOn 'munitIOnlas ' Ing the first three veeks of Janu11 Janu Janu11 Janu'U 'U U ' y 1942 o 0 cr CC the corre corresponding correspondingcried correspondingcriod pcndll1g pcndll1geriod /11 11 / parttnentPioduction partmentPloducl1on partmentPioduction eriod cried last } scar lear ear War D I > partment Ploducl1on Pioduction Directoi Dlrectol Directos Knudsen 'ln ln in 'lnno ' inno inno no reed rced the Chrvsler Chmler Chrysler corpontlor corpor"tlor corportlor corporstior corpontlorill corporstiorill " ! /no no / plantin ill 111 consfru constru t 1 ' \ c $100 100 $ Oat OUt 00 ( . 000 plant 111 in Clicago Cl icago to turn out Wnght Wright 12 12yl 12yl 12yl yl nder rider air cooled enginesWal enginesWai engines enginesWai Wai Wal Production Chaiimin Challm\n Challm n Chaismin ' \ Nelsoninnoul Nelson Nelson'lnnOUI NelsoninnoUs 'lnnOUI lnnOUI innoUs ' ced adoption of a II system of ofdaily ofdaily ofdaily daily progress reports to check checb . pro ductlon duetion production productlon produetion dela5 delaS dea3s ] } } anywhere anYllhere anyahere along the thelme theline theline lme line He merged priorities and andsubcontractmg andsubcontracting andsubcontracting subcontractmg subcontracting field offices In a an an an n w sc \ Bureau of Field Operations to topovide topiovide topiovlde povide piovide faster more efficient serI ser51cc ser I 51cc ice to busine busine's busines < ' s 1nd ' nd The - WPB \VP VP \ asked the typewriter manu manufacti manufactu manufacti facti factu ring rmg Indltrv indi mdi , strv which Jroduced nroduced ' : woduce'1000000 woduce1000000 ' 1000 1000000 000 mi m'1 m1 mt ' . nines hines in 1941 to cut cut1I.S cutu.s cuiia 1I.S 1IS u.s us . . noimil nOlm\l nOlm l ' \ production 95 ? ' ' 5 per cent centimmedla centimmediately cenimmediately immedla immediately tely and comeit conseit com el t its Jts facilities faclll facili faclllties facilities ties to1 to \1 1 \ war ar ploducl1onCentral pioduetionCentral pioduction ploducl1on pioduetion pioductionCentral Central Information Ser\lce Ser lce SerlcePre Sen \ ice icePre'ident icePresident Pre Pre'ident Preident < ' ldpnt Roosevelt directed th\ th thL thUmtcd thiUnited thLUnited \ . Umtcd United States information semeto serllco serllcoto sets ic ' ; to expand its facilities so that thatVIsItors thatvisitors thavisitors VIsItors shall have one central pl'lce pllce place pl'lceto placeto plaoto ' ? to tollnch \ which \llnch llnch icliich they can go for d rectioi rectJon rection rectJonand . and Information The president said beciuse benuse becuse many businessmen business-men business men - and andother andother , other citizens a are r ( ' coming commg to toWashington t tWashington toWashington Washington in 111 increasing numbels nunibeus numbelsseekmg nunibeusseeking . ' seeking seekmg Information ind 1nd ' nd the as ascistance governmentIt < iistance lStance cistance of their government it has become more and more dlf dif dlfflcult difficult ficult flcult for those coming on ons onS 01 01s s eciflc eclfie business busmess to 10ca locate te the thegovernment thegovernment th government official offlclal officialwho who can gh gise giseasthonitative e eat.thontative , I authoritative at.thontative atthontative asthonitative . an anI ansn |