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Drastic revision of ot the adminis adminis- administration administration administration - - tration s a subsidy program was J.ndi Jndi indi J.ndicated indisated . indicated cated sated by action of a senate and andhOUie andhouse house hOUie conference committee COlTlmlttee which whichprohibited whichprohibited prohibited use of funds tor for the rollback rollback roll back of 01 retail food tood prices The ThecommIttee Thecommittee committee s I a move would kill thepresent thepresent the thepresent present roll back of butter and andmeat andmeat meat . , , only permitting payments paymentJt toproceasorJ toprocessors to processors proceasorJ for tor commitments to June Junel June10 June10However l 15 15However However the committee did autborize au authorJ.ze authorize thorJ.ze thorJze thorize . the payment of ot 150 million milliondoUars milliondollars dollars doUars In subsidies lubsidles to offset in increased increased increased creased transportation costs costa and and.t1mulate andstimulate andstimulate .t1mulate t1mulate stimulate . the production prodpct1on prod action of ot scarce scarcemetals scarcemetals scarcemetals metals and essential food productsCongressional products productsI productsCongressional I Congressional approval however however.would howeverwould , . , would be required for expenditures expendituresover over 160 150 million dollarsThe dollars doUars dollarsThe The conference committee s ac action aclion actlon tion lion Ignored an appeal by the WarLabor War WarLabor WarLabor Labor board for the adoption of 01 the theI theadmlni.tration theadministration theadministration admlni.tration admlnitration administration . s roll back pro pro- proI program program - I I ' gram Jrl'am Jrlam Citing Its policy of ot limiting limitingwage limitingwage limitingwage wage Increases to IS 15 per cent overthe over overthe overthe the . January .Tanuary Tanuary 1941 level the WLB WLBdeclared WLBdeclared WLBdeclared declared that the cost of living has hasIplralled hasspiralled hasspiralled Iplralled spiralled up 6 8 per cent since last lastOctober lastOctober lastOctober October with topd fopd alone alole ) ri&ing riing rla.1nl rla1nl rising . & .129 129 .129per . 12 2 9 9per 9per per cent centThe centThe centThe The conference committee in increa.ed increased Increased crea.ed creaed creased . the Commodity Credit cor corporation corporation corporation poration lending authority 750 mil million million : lion dollars doUars to an aggregate of 01 3 bll bit blllion bitlion billion lion 400 million dollars Under theterms the theterms , terms of ot the bill bll1 which also extended extendedthe extendedthe ! the life lite of the CCC for tor two years yearsI yearsthe yearsthe . the war food tood administrator would wouldbe wouldbe wouldbe I be allowed to buy food from trom farmers tarm farm tarmI farmera . era a aid a"ld ald " rd resell It at a loss to sUmu sUmulate sUmulate slimulate I late production . . CHEERS ALLIES : Major Blotv Blow BlowInvasion BlotvInvasion Invasion talk quickened with the theItatement thestatement thestatement Itatement statement of Malcolm MacDonald MacDonaldBritish MacDonaldBritish MacDonaldBritish British high commissioner to Canada Can Canada Canada ada that the Allies AWell would soon assault as aslault assault lault sault Hitler s European fortressIn fortress fortressIn In predicting the Invasion Mac MacDonald MacDonald MacDonald Donald said a series of small forays forayscould forayscould forayscould could be expected exp expo .cted cted < . cted to feel teel out theenemy the theenemy theenemy enemy before a major bluw blow would wouldbe wouldbe wouldbe be struck struckMacDonald MacDonald saw further turther cheer In Inthe inthe inthe the Allies AllJes Allles operations agalI1.t agalI1t against againstU agalI1.tU . U boats la in the North Atlantic Evenas Even Evenas Evenas as he revealed that one submarine submarinehad submarinehad submarinehad had been sunk each day during the theprecedlI1g thepreceding thepreceding precedlI1g preceding two weeks Gocrii Goerh Goers g s Es Eslener Essener Essener lener sener National Zettung Zeltung confessedthat confessed confessedthat confessedthat that the Allies had surprised theNazi the theNazi theNazi Nazi U boat force by the use ot of otaircraft ofaircraft ofaircraft aircraft carrien carriers In convoysAs convoys CQnvoys convoysAs As A Invasion talk Increased Allied Alliedbombera Alliedbombers Alliedbombers bombera bombers continued to pound Germany GermanyTREASON Ger Germany Germany manyTREASON many TREASON : New Netv N etv Trials Trrals m In ChicagoBasing Chicago ChicagoBasing Basing part of Its decision on arecent a arecent arecent recent Supreme court ruling the theUnited theUnited : , United States Circuit Court of Ap Ap- Appeals Appeals Appeals - - peals voided the conviction of ot sixdefendants six sixdefendants sixdefendants defendants for tor treason in Chicagoand Chicagoand Chicago Chicagoand and ordered the case reheard reheardIt It was pointed out that the Su Supreme Supreme Supreme preme court had held arral arraignment arraignmentbefore arraignmentbefore ent entbetore betore before a magistrate necessary be before be- be before before - - fore a suspect could be questioned questionedIn In the treason case statements b.d bd had b.dbeen hadbeen hadbeen . been taken before such arraignment arraii arraignmentalthough .IDent IDent . , , although the government claimed claimedthe claimedthe claimedthe the suspects had hd _ waived the right ofappearance 01 of 01appearance ofappearance appearance before a Judicial omcerThe officerThe officer omcer officerThe The appeals court also als-o als o - held thatthe that thatthe thatthe the individuals were entitled to sep sep- seperate separate - . arate erate Irate trials which the court dented denied dentedend deniedand deniedand ' " ' end and Judge William WilUam.T WilUamT J . Campbell bad had | erroneously instructed the lury jury _ I I | UYE RYE Rye sold at a 15 year peak peakon peakon peakon on the Chicago market at $1 1 $ tor for forJuly forJuly 1 1July July delivery deliveryCHEMICALS . . e I IC j C CHEMICALS EI\IICALS EI IICALS \ ' Three 'I1lree I1lree chemical chemicalI chemicalcompanies I companies have been indicted on onI onthree onthree onthree I three counts alleging violation of theanti the theI theanti theanti anti trust act . . They are NationalLead Nationa1 National Nationa1Lead NationalLead Lead company E I du Font Pont deNemours de deNemour deNemours I Nemour Nemours . company comp&n:1 compn1 & : , . and Titan com corn company cornpa4y cornpany pany pa-4y pa 4y - _ FARM : Approve FSA FundsFinal Funds FundsFinal Final congressional congre.slonal congreslonal . action on the th 873 870 875 million dollar farm bill bID was twther fur further furthen ther then delayed with the senate a s returof return returnot returnof ot of the bill to a conference commit- commit committee commKtee - . tee tor for adoption of provisions tor for torcrop forcrop tocrop crop insurance and Incentive pay paymenta payments payments paymentsBefore menta ments mentaBetore mentsBefore Before Betore returning the bill biU . , the senate lien sen lienate senate ate approved conference recommen recommendations recommendatlona recommendationa dations dationa for tor the farm tarm security pro- pro program program prcgram - gram Twenty million dollars dol1ars W8J was W8Jappropriated wasappropriated waappropriated appropriated for the adminlstratloiof administrationat administrationof administration at of the agency and It was authorizelto authorized authorizedto to borrow 60 tin millions millJons for rehabillta rehabilltation rehabilltation rehabllltation tion loans Transfer of the FSA FSAfuncUons FSAfunctions FSAfunctions funcUons functions to the War Food administration adminis administration administration tration also aillo was approved approvedIn In sending sendinc the bill bID back.0 back yt1e yt1ecommittee . ftbecommittee \.0 .0 \ . .0commJttee , commJttee committee the senate insisted on onacceptance onacceptance onacceptance acceptance of Its provisions for con continutng continuing continning tinutng tinuing wheat wbeat and crop Insurance Insuranceand insuranceand Insuranceand and on removal of restrictionsagainst restrictions restrictionsagainst restrictionsagainst against use of 400 million dollarsof dollars dollarsof dollarsof of soil conservation payments tor for torincentive forincentive forincentive incentive awards to producersThe producers producersThe The conference version had recommended rec sec recommended secommended ommended an appropriation of 30 30million 30million 30million million dollars doUars tor for loans to tenants tenantstor tenantsfor tenantstor tor for farm purchase purcbase It also permit permiti permitted permitted i ted the FSA ioffdse tdjse _ as al much of its itsfunds Itsfunds Itsfunds funds as necessary neceS8'ary neceS8ary ' during the firstfour first firsttour firstfour tour four months of ot the fiscal year be- be before before be before - - fore passage passale : of legislation in con congress congress congress gress over the future futuce of ot the FSAThe FSA FSAThe FSAThe The senate approved both sections sectionsCABINET sectionsCABINET CABINET RIFT RIFT-Wallace RIFT Wallace - ' I . Wallace vs JonesDifferences ] Jones JonesDifferejices ones I IDlfTerences Differejices DlfTerences Differences in the presidentialcabinet presidential presidentialI presidentialcabmet presidentialcabinet I cabmet cabinet flared Into the open when whenVice whenVice whenVice Vice President Henry A Wallace Wallaceaccused Wallaceaccused Wallaceaccused accused Secretary of Commerce CommerceJesse CommerceJesse CommerceJesse Jesse Jones of ot hamstringing opera operations operations operations tions of the lhe Board of Economic Wartare WartareAs War Wartare Warfare tare fare tareI fareAs I As chairman of the BEW Wallace Wallacei Wallacedirects Wallacedirects i directs the agency s . program tor for the theI thepurchase thepurchase thepurchase purchase of o1 material and develop develop- development development - . I ment of ot strategic natural resourcesIn resources resourcesin I in foreign torelgn countries As chairman chairmanof of the Reconstruction Finance cor cur curporation corporation I poratlon poration Jones Is 19 responsible tor for forfurnishing forfurnishing ; furnishing the funds tor for the BEWoperations BEWoperationsWallace BEW BEWI BEWoperations I operations operationsWallace Wallace claimed that the RFC waslax was wasI waslax waslax I lax in building up a stockpile of ofstrategic ofstrategic . strategic material before Pearl Har Harbor Harbor Harbor bor although expressly authorizedto authorized to do so s-o s o - Jones countered with the theassertion theassertion theassertion assertion that of ot 154 1 % billion blUlon dollars dollarsot dollarsof dollarsof ot of precious material bought by thill this thillcountry thiscountry thiscountry country the BEW HEW Initiated only s 5 : 5per sper Sper per cent of ot the purchases purchasesPACIFIC purchasesPACIFIC P PACIFIC ACI'rC ACIrC [ ' PACIFICAction Action in m AirWhile Air Ar AirWhile , While American aviators bombedKigka bombed bombedKlska bombedKiska Klska Kiska seven s'ven sven ! ' times Umes In one day In the theNorth theNorth theNorth North Pacific the deliverance ot of otheavy ofheavy ofheavy heavy blows at Japan In the South Southwest Southwest Southwest west Pacific Pacrt\c Pacrt c \ was promised by MajGen Maj MajGen MajGen Gen Cla Cia re Chennault upon his re return return return turn to China from trom conferences conterences at atWashington atWashington atWashington atWashingtonAs Washington WashingtonAs As the soupy Aleutian weather weathercleared weathercleared weathercleared cleared en ugh to warrant operations operations opera operatlons tlons tions medium bombers hammered hammeredat at Kiska Klska blowing up anti aircraft aircraftemplaC't'men aircraftemplarementa aircraftemplacements emplaC't'men emplaCtmen emplarementa ' ' and runways nmways Theraids The Theraids Theraids raids brought to 18 16 10 the numberstaged number numberstaged numberstaged staged by Arr An Arrerlcan erlcen erican airmen In three threedays threedays threedays threedaysIn days daysIn In predicting an offensive againstthe against againstthe againstthe the Japs in the southwest , . , General GeneralChennault GeneralChennault GeneralChennault Chennault said conferences in WashIngton Wash WashIngton Washington Ington had convinced him that the theU theU theU U S wag was concentrating most of ot itsnaval Its Itsnaval itsnaval naval action In the Pacific and that thatAllied thatAllied thatAllied Allied leaders were making makin , a mostjudicious most mostjudiclOl.s mostjudicious judiclOl.s judiclOls judicious . use of r resources sources for tor global globalwarfare globalwarfare globalwarfare warfare _ JS H HIGHLIGHTS I G H D L I G H T S . - . . I in Ih . rh the . w week's weeks . . ' . n news . . . I ORDNANCE A huge ammunition ammunitiondepot ammunitiondepot ammunitiondepot depot is 111 being constructed In the thedesert thedesert thedesert desert of ot Utah on s a 20 26 28 000 acre plotBuildings plot-Buildings plot Buildings plot . - BUildings housing explosives are arewell arewell arewell well 1IIoia Isolated t d In thp tht the ' great expanseINSURNCE : expanse eJlpanse . . . INSURANCE INSURNCE INSUR "NCE NCE " % Ufe Lite Life Insurance inforce in intorce inforce torce force now totals more than 139 bil bll bilUon blllion blllion Uon lion dollars according to a 8 report reportot reportof reportof ot of the Consolidated Chart of Insur 1naur- 1naur inure - 1naurance inureance Insurance ance Organizations Oreanizatlons _ CHESTER DAVIS : Resigns Food Job lob JobAs JobAs A As . aup support Ort grew flrew in congress congre.s congres . to fc fchis tohis ! hi his . appointment as |
