Show washington 1 I 0 NEW SE it needed no mind reading to fathom what was behind that war department announcement announce meat of the purchase of feet of f lumber and kegs of nails the biggest order ol of its kind in U S history the materials are for the construction st pt of numerous new army cantonments canton ments and the enlargement of existing ones army strength down to after the demobilization off of 28 2288 to 35 year olds last fall is due for foi a big increase at pleast another after the next draft lottery following follo wl the february 16 10 registration of men between 21 and 44 an estimated will register next month and on the basis of past experience only about 5 per cent will be rated IA 1 A that is subject to immediate cwi coil heretofore the thearty th army earmy has inducted only men in good physical condition with no dependents pen dents and not engaged in essential sent ial tiro production however as the need for military manpower develops IA I 1 A standards will be broadened and many thousands of IB I 1 B 2 A and 2 B de forces rees by prewar pre war standards will be called up for the present pre ent the army still is placing primary emphasis on youth the february 16 registration is expected to fo list around 2 2021 20 21 youngsters bra and the largest proportion of new inductees will come from this group registrants in the 38 30 to 44 group will have to be in top condition to get in the army at tills this time however big scale inductions from this ago age group can be expected by fall particularly those with no dependents and with previous military service for the present the army will take its older age recruits from tho the 28 23 to 35 year olds who were exempted because of dependency or defense work wark iRED TAPE BUSTER gordnn ordnance nce is the haughtiest haught iest lest and most hidebound hide bound branch of the army so much so that it has been the object of much bitter private criticism by civilian defense chiefs but there is one notable exception to this ordnance rule ile he is william van antwerp kemp a tall husky dynamic engineer who made a big success lin in private business and volunteered his services when the national emergency arose since then as an ammunition division ex he has been making history busting in tradition bound ordnance there are many tales of kemps kemp Is unconventional exploits the latest Is inq of of the best asked bya by a general to suggest a manager tori a new government plant about abort to begin arc production kemp becom recommended minde d a crack expert who had been loaned to the british to build a plant in england ahe he ought to be finished finish edwith with his job over there by now said kemp if he Is get him was vas the order F from afi the british kemp learned earned the expert had completed his work and was available so kemp picked up a phone and called called the state stalo department pai apartment part tient ment 1 I want to talk to the guy he said who gets guys back from england fiare there was a gasp but the operator switched kemp to td someone who asked him who he was and what ho he wanted im kemp of army ordnance he said theres a guy in england englad we waitto run an ammunition plant for us get him back liere here right away will you six days dayd later the expert reported to kemp and left for his naw new job A few days later the general again summoned kemp asked what had been done about tho the expert its all taken care of general il said kemp hes been on the job b at the plant two days how did you get him back here so fast an no trouble I 1 just called up the state department asked for the guy who gets guys back here and he arranged it kemp said the general severely do you know who that guys guy iia the state department was I 1 no sir ile he was the undersecretary ol of state notes bemp has persist persistently enily refused to accept an army commission finally pressed by the general for the reason he retorted some day I 1 may lantto come in here and blow up it I 1 I 1 do as an officer you could court martial me but as 6 a civilian all you can do Is ire fire me ar I 1 ra remaining aci a civilian villan JAP SCHOOL LESSONS after three years probing of subversive ve activities it takes a lot to ta excite rep hep martin dies but the othor other day the rangy texan hit on a discovery that took his breath away ills his committee has been making a sweeping inquiry of jap flolly on the west coast including subversive teaching in japanese language schools located all over southern california investigators found that from the primary grades up students in these schools are indoctrinated with militarism and the ideology of their jap ance ancestors storo |