Show A Week ee eee Of the e War ar Gen s Aust Australian headquarters reported on the that Australian troops have cleaned cleaned cleaned clean clean- ed out the entire Milne Bay area areathus areathus areathus thus consolidating the biggest Japanese Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese defeat of the war in the Australian zone Despite heavy fighting in the Owen Stanle Stanley mountain mountain mountain mou mou- pass where the Japanese got gotto gotto gotto to within 32 air miles of oC the Allied bases at Port Moresby Gen Mac MacArthur's MacArthurs MacArthurs MacArthur's MacArthurs MacArthur's Arthurs Arthur's bombers and fighters have made heavy raids on troops and on key enem enemy bases Inthe in inthe inthe the northeast Australian zone in a continuing offensive A strong Japanese naval force Including battleships and cruisers was WIlS attacked by Army bombers northeast of with possible hits on two battleships After the attack the Jap fleet Cleet turned and fled tIed northward U. U S. S Marines continued continued continued con con- to hold their Inthe Inthe in inthe the Solomons despite constant air from attacks-from the enemy and successful successful successful suc suc- landings of small numbers of enemy troops and supplies U.S. U.S. U. U S S. S planes destroyed 41 41 more more enemy enemy enemy ene ene- my planes In the Solomons fight- fight Ing The damage to Pearl Harbor has been repaired far beyond The aircraft carrier Yorktown Yorktown York- York town toW 1 vas was sunk June 7 after da f continuous battle cruising News of the Yorktown's sinking was Fuel oil for lr heating homes willbe will willbe willbe be rationed this winter This affects affects affects af af- af- af the eastern states largely Gasoline rationing is in effect in sever several l states stat s. s Wm M. M Jeffers of the Union Pacific Railroad has full responsibility for Cor and control over the nations nation's rubber program As to labor Jabor an order to freeze labor Jabor where most needed may be soon t Labor shortages es are becoming acute Approximately Approximately persons were employed employed employed em em- on VP A projects from the 1st To fo the of Jul July The size of oC the army has been Increased married married men with children children children chil chil- dren will be called the last quarter quarter quarter ter of 1943 men from 18 to 19 ma may maybe maybe be c called next year A million to toa toa toa a million and a half married men will be taken and men with dependents will be called this year |