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C MORE 1 PLANES TO CHINA It can now be revealed that the bottleneck has been broken in transportation trans to China and greater greater- quantities of equipment for air operations op against the Japanese are arc being moved This is an encouraging development development development develop develop- ment following the successful Chinese Chinese Chinese Chi Chi- nese operations against the Japs inthe Inthe in inthe the area within recent weeks Incidentally these operations opera have been somewhat exaggerated exa by the Chinese It now appears ape ap pears that the Japs did not intend to move against nor did they have quite the number of men earlier reported The outstanding point however is that the Chinese were suc successful largely as a result of air power This was a tribute not only to Chennault Chennault Chennault Chen- Chen and the American pilots but also to a contingent of Chinese pilots pi pie lots flying with the Chennault group Until recently it was not desirable to increase the number of planes in China because the limited supply facilities by air from India constituted constituted constituted a bottleneck There was no need of having more planes i if they could not be supplied with fuel and nd bombs for operation Now however a greater number of transport planes has been provided for this service and it has became become feasible to increase the number of combat planes at the end of the line in China PLANES TO RUSSIA About a year a ago o Russian Red Rec army men in Washington almost go godown got gol down on their knees begging for air air- planes U. U S. S planes were much scarcer then than today Production Production Production tion was low and there were also heavy demands from Egypt anc and MacArthur At one time the Russians actually suggested that the best way to par eel cel out lend-lease lend equipment would be to adopt a very simple standard stand ard namely which army was killing kill tag ing the most Germans Gradually however planes were sent to Russia until today they are going in hi tremendous quantities This is one reason why the Nazis have lacked heavy superiority in the air air which previously they had In fact the Russians now have sh shifted their pleas away from airplanes airplanes airplanes air air- planes and concentrated them on food With the breadbasket of Russia Russia Rus sia in German hands large sections sections sections sec sec- of the population are starving MAIL 1 BAG E. E C. C S. S Charlotte N. N C. C An applicant applicant ap ap- ap for enlistment in the navy who has a nude woman tattooed on his arm will not be accepted until the lady acquires a tattooed dress One of the navys navy's causes for rejection rejection tion is obscene offensive or indecent indecent indecent inde inde- cent tattooing P. P B B. B Philadelphia Pa Technically cally speaking a W may no not res resign She may request a discharge discharge dis dis- charge through her commanding of of- fleer but the request will be granted grante only under such circumstances a as physical disability or extreme emergency emergency emergency emer emer- gency in her family F. F E E. E M. M Dayton Ohio The sinkIng sinkIng sinkIng sink sink- Ing of the battleship Bismarck was wa accomplished principally by the fleet flee air arm rather than by British bat ARMY DOCTORS STYMIED Next time the army tries to recruit recruit re reo re- re cruit doctors in peacetime a lot o of medicos who patriotically became becam reserve officers long before Pearl Pear Harbor are going to think twice before before be be- fore they do so again Reason is that the doctors who wh became reserve officers well in ac advance ad ad- vance of war have now been pena penal They are stymied on promo promo- Meanwhile doctors who have hav come into the army recently have hav shot way ahead of them in rank What happened was that after a alot alot lot of reserve corps doctors ha had been brought into the army stillmore still still stillmore more doctors were needed So th the medical corps upped its bids It offered higher commissions as majors majors majors ma ma- jors and lieutenant colonels Meanwhile when lower ranking rankin former reserve officers raise th the question of promotions the stock reply reply re reo ply is The tables of organization do not permit it ROUND MERRY C C. C The OPA or the navy army mIght well do something for army navy wives who have to pay terrific seasonal seasonal sea sea- rents at Atlantic coast C. C C Gen Albert C. C crac crack erack strategist of the U. U S S. S general staff who had opposed some of Churchill's Churchill's Church Church- ills ill's strategy ideas has suddenly I been transferred from War Plans Plan to North Africa I IC C C. C Harry Hopkins knew very little I about the th creation of Justice Byrnes Byrnes' i new War Mobilization office before lit it was created though created though he is a mem I her ber Some politicos interpret this this I as meaning that t Harry is slipping in his close personal friendship wit with but but he C C Q Shenango Depot Pa has bas a stock ade nde where about 2000 soldiers ar are detained as prisoners but thousands thousand of other 1 A 1 A men are sent there fo for transfer to other areas It is a transfer center and the fact that a aman aman man is sent there does not mean h his he heIs heIs is going to a dumping |