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Show U. S. DEFENSE ' .... in ,he C Federal Loan Administrator Jones announced that defense commitments commit-ments of the RFC now aggregate more than Sl.000.000.000. including approximately S550.0O0.0O0 in loans for the construction of defense plants; SI25.000.000 in loans to manufacturers: man-ufacturers: SCcUOOO.OOO for the purchase pur-chase of strategic metals; and S140 -000.000 for the acquisition of stocks of rubber. 1 CThe war department announced ts Plans to maintain the army at 1.418,000 enlisted men and 97,3 ficers during the coming fiscal year This would include selectees anri National Guardsmen. t A long stream of American-made V bei"S flown from Bot. ood Newfoundland to England the record being from "breakfast to ta |