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Show GOOD NEIGHBOR : Not So GoodCharging Good Charging the present Argentine Argentinegovernment Argentinegovernment government wlth with oft'erme ofterme ofermg ' friendly friendly.uPport friendlysupport .uPport uPport support . to Axis estabbshment establishments . and and.cotchlng andscotching .cotchlng cotchlng scotching . the .olidarity olidarity solidarity solidaritysof . sof of y'estern yestern yiestern yiesternhemispheric y'esternhemispheric . ' hemispheric opposition to the ene- ene enemy enemy - - my , the U . . S government reasserted reassertedIts Its non recoenttlon recognition of the new re relime regime lime gime limeIndulging gimeIndulging Indulging In no diplomatic double doubletalli doubletalk talli talk : the government &brouch brouch through & Sec Secretary Secretary retary of State Corden Cordell HuD Hull brand branded branded ed Areentina Argentina as a deserter to the theAllled theAllied Allled Allied cause causer r ' then went bn on tocharge to tocharge charge that the new regime assisted assistedAxis assistedAxis Axis subcontractors to bid on work workutillzmg workutilizing utillzmg utilizing American material . , and andalso andalso also IIllowed dllowed distribution of imported importednewsprint importednewsprint newsprint to Axis papers attacking attackingthe attackingthe . - the UnJted United Nations cause causeTIRES TIRES : Less H HeaVles Heavies HeaviesBecause eaVles Because B cause of the army s increased increaseddemands increaseddemands demands and a shortage of man manpower manpower power 10 in manufacturing plants civillan ci civillan villan allocations of heavy and smalltruck small smalltruck truck and bus bres tires for August were weresharply weresharply sharply reduced while the quota forpassenger for forpassenger passenger use remamed remained unchanged unchangedAlthough unchangedAlthough Although the War Productionboard Production Productionboard board recogDlzed recognized that the present presentgrave presentgrave grave truck and bus tire situation situationmay situationmay may result In a curta1lment curtailment curta1lmentof curtailmentof of es essential essential sential transportation It revealed revealedthat revealedthat that the army refused to consent to a adiversion adiversion diversion of its earmarked stocks to tocivilians tocivilians civilians civiliansIn In tendepng his resignation as asRubber asRubber Rubber Director Bradley Dewey de- de declared deGlared - - clared Glared that U S plants were now nowproduc1Og nowproducing . produc1Og producing synthetic.rubber syntheticrubber synthetic rubber at a rate rateof rateof rateI of 836 000 tons yearly and that fu future futore I ture tore manufacturing costs may eventually even I Itually tually be cut to 12 cents a pound poundU.S U U.S US . 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SENATE : New Faces FacesWhen When the next congress convenes convenesSenators convenesSenators Senators EDison Ellison EDisonCotton \Cotton Cotton 1Cotton \ Ed Smith SmithS (5 5 ( S C ) and Hattie HattieCaraway HattieCaraway Caraway ( Ark ) will willnot willnot not be among the themembers thel l * members membersDean Dean of the sen- sen senate senv - , v w wate ate WIth 36 years of ofservice 4 l/ l lservice * / service and famedfor famed famedfor for his champion championship kro championkro ship of the farm farmI farmers farmors I ers ors Cotton Ed Edwas Edwas was defeated for re- re renomination renomination - - nomination for a aseventh aseventh seventh term by byGov Gov Olin D John Johnston Johny y , t ston former textile textileworker textileworker worker Besides his hist , t ardent support of ofagnculture s ofs " agnculture agriculture Smith Smithalso Smithalso also was known for forhis forhis his oPPosItion to tar tariffs - upholdmgScnators upholdingSenators iffs ifs his upholdmg upholding Scnators Senators Cars- Cars Cara- Cara Carsof Caraof . - - of states rights and andway andway way and Smith his advocacy of ofwhite white " , hite supremacy in the South SouthOnly SouthOnly Only woman member of the senate sen senate ate Mrs Caraway was fourth In Inthe inthe the Democratic primary in Arkan Arkansas Arkansas sas where Representative Ful Fulbnght Fulbright bnght bright s failure to W10 win a majonty majority majontyof majorityof of the votes necessitated a run oft off oftbet offbetween bet\\ bet beteen between \ een him and Governor Adkms Adkins AdkinsON I ION ON THE HOME FRONT FRONTTo I To prevent the diversion of ma- ma material material - - terial Into hIgher priced clothing the theWar theWar War Production board ordered manufacturers man- man manufacturers - ufacturers to channel about 50 000 000- 000 000000 - ODD 000 yards of cotton fabric into cheap cheapand cheapand and moderate clothing during eack each eackqoarter eachquarter qoarter quarter of tbe the year . . . At the same time tbe the WPB WPBconSIdered WPBconsidered conSIdered a turther further reduction reductionIn In the release of retrigerators refrigerators refrigeratorssince retrigeratorssIDce sIDce since 55 000 relDain reptain out of an anorlgmal anoriginal orlgmal original stockpile of 700 000 whenproduction when whenproduction production was stopped in 1942and 1942 1942and and the present supply would wouldbe wouldbe be eJ\.hausted eJ.hausted eJ .hausted hausted exhausted \ . by the end of this thisear thisyear year ) ear . . . WIth 1Vith milk production in seasonal seasonaldeclme seasonaldecline declme decline and the demand for export- export exportable exportable - - able dairy products rlsmg rising the WarFood War WarFood Food admlDlstratlon administration ended tbe the Joly July Jolyice Julyice ice cream holiday by again bmltlng limiting bmltlngmanutacturers limitingmanufacturers manutacturers manufacturers to 65 per cent of the themilk themilk milk they normally used and 22 percent per percent cent of their milk soUds solids content contentPRODUCTION PRODUCTION : Army Sets Pace PaceWith With the war department declar declarlag ing lag montl1ly monthly war production goalswere goals goalswere were not be10g being met and output ot of otmaterials ofmaterials materials was $400 400 $ 000 000 behmd behmdschedule behmdschedule schedule durmg during the present quar quarter quarter ter the army service forces set the thepace thepace pace f9r fpr mcreased increased delivery by put tmg tag puttmg puttag both its mlbhry mklihry and cIvIlian cIvIlianpersonnel civilianpersonnel personnel on a 54 hour week In Inall all allestabhshments allestablishments estabhshments establishments With unfimshed unfinished work workThere workThere There was no mdlcatlon indication of how howmany howmany many of the ar aqny ny s 1 250 000 oo0 em employees employees ployees m in arsenals and depots would wouldgo wouldgo go on the extended week with thecivilian the theclvlhan clvlhan civilian personnel paid time and a half ahalf butthe for all work over 40 hours but the order was expected to affect 50 000 persons at aD all headquarters of the ofthe service forces forcesArmy forcesArmy Army plants operating on three threeshilts threeshifts shilts shifts were exempted from the or der order Where compliance would re result resuit sult suit In a surplus of labor workerswould workers workerswould would be tI ansferred tansferred to other jobsMYSTERY jobs MYSTERY STORY STORYPublishers Publishers report a nationwide de demand mand for mysteries-detective mysteries detective mysteries-detectiye detectiye - fic llc tlOn tion fictlOn llction and horror and ghost tales Av hasrisen elage etage Avelage Avetage sale of a mystery book has risen trom from 3 500 to 8 500 Stories by widely bywidely known authors are selling up to 20 000 copies each eachPsychologists Psychologists bclleve believe the mystery books come Into greatest favor dur mg ing durmg during tlmcs times of stram strain and because crisis be kmdof kindof cause they provide the purest kmd kind of escape mechamsm mechanism They enable the reader to forget the war for 1\ 1 ii \ 1little little while |