Show I II I G GR R U D DI I ci oR w Pea I Washington D. D C. C PLANS FOR PACIFIC WAR It has hns all been kept very hush- hush hush but top army officials have ve made a vitally important decision on war production after Germanys Germany's defeat Original war production schedules I cutback called for a 40 per cent after Germany caves in permitting a vast program and andI I the early production of automobiles refrigerators radios and other goods I However the army plus wigs have now decided to keep the thi war machine rolling full tilt not cut cutting cutting cutting ting back any but a few items Japan is defeated Behind the vital decision is an important new plan to speed victory in the Pacific Confidential Confidential Confidential war department surveys disclosed that it would take takeover takeover takeover over a year to return European veterans together with their equipment much of it geared for winter rather than tropical fighting Allied shipping shortages shortages shortages short short- ages would make it a long job fob to crate sort repair and reship reship reship re- re ship heavy equipment from the Atlantic to the Pacific In addition the army survey disclosed disclosed disclosed dis dis- closed that a lot of European equipment equipment equipment equip equip- ment will be obsolete for Pacific fighting would have to be rebuilt taking valuable time Instead the new plan calls for bringing the men back at once issuing them new equipment specifically designed for forFar forFar forFar Far Eastern combat Later the army will bring back overseas war gear and use it for Pacific replace replace- ments This should speed final blows against Japan and shorten the Far Eastern war by many months As a result 1945 production schedules schedules schedules sched sched- ules will probably be a billion dollars dollars dollars dol dol- dol- dol lars higher than those of 1944 The war department which had a pile of telegrams two feet high canceling canceling canceling cancel cancel- ing war contracts to be sent out the day Germany is licked has now culled through them and may only cancel a few dozen orders MacARTHUR AND MARINES i The boys in the Pacific long have known about the rivalry between General MacArthur and the U. U S. S navy Many are the wisecracks about MacArthur and the U. U S S. S marines marines ma mn- rines land army of the navy However However However How How- ever in only one case so far as is known has MacArthur ever come up against one of these jokes face to face It happened on one of the Philippine Philippine Philip Philip- pine islands a few days after it was taken and when MacArthur was inspecting in inspecting inspecting in- in a battery of marine artil artil- lery Solemnly he passed from gun gunto gunto gunto to gun making no comment Then suddenly as he came to one gun he turned on the marine lieutenant lieutenant lieutenant lieu lieu- tenant in command and let loose the most terrific dressing-down dressing that young officer ever had received The air was smoky with expletives The lieutenant at first stood be be- The gun was carefully polished Everything was in place Then he looked a little closer Beside Beside Beside Be Be- side the gun an nn enlisted man had placed a sign It read With the help of God and a afew afew afew few marines MacArthur retakes the Philip Philip- pines The lieutenant thought at first that he would be busted But several days passed and nothing happened He is now back in the United States and the story can be told I INSURANCE LOBBY The insurance lobby is headed for trouble rouble regarding its its bill to exempt insurance companies from the Sherman Sherman Sherman Sher Sher- man trust anti-trust act If the lobbyists arent aren't careful they will get a White House veto The bill passed the senate in a form which met with round all-round ap ap- ap- ap But in the house the insurance insurance insurance in in- lobby sharpened its ax and quietly tacked on some amendments which will not be acceptable either to the the White hite House or probably to toa toa toa a majority of the senate Chief effect ef ef- of th the amendments was to make it impossible to revive the trust anti-trust act regarding insurance companies without ut a special act of congress minded Fair Senator 0 Mahone of Wyoming who vho was quite willing to give the insurance companies a are re reasonable compromise will fight this extra grab to the end So will willa a great many of his colleagues CAPITAL CHAFF C Q l General Francos Franco's controlled Spanish Spanish Span Span- ish press has been using the same propaganda line as Hitler regarding regarding regard regard- ing the recent Big Three conference C. C l Despite the fact that American diplomatic relations with Lithuania Lithuania ania hang by a thread the Lithuanian anian anion delegation celebrated Lithuanian Lithuanian anian Independence Day even after the Big Three conference Q l The war departments department's departments G 2 oris or military intelligence is is being reorganized reorganized re re- organized again partly as a re result of failures to spot Nazi I troop concentrations concen concen- preparing for t the he bulge at at- at fa faC tack C l The Mexico City confab is the most sorrowful Pan-American Pan conference conference con con- ference in history for Dr Leo S S. S Rowe benign longtime director of the he Pan American union This is isAm the first important Pan Pan- Pan Pan-Am Am parley held outside the confines of his union Dr Rowe says I HI I cannot over speak but my heart is r running a |