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Show missioned by the end of 19-13. War Production Chairman Nelson congratulated 4,000 shipyard work-; ers at the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Yards at San Francisco who offered of-fered to donate a Sunday's work without pay in order to get maximum maxi-mum production of war vessels. Air The Civil Aeronautics Administration Adminis-tration announced expansion of its program in order to train 45,000 men a year in elementary flight training instead of 25,000 and 30,-000 30,-000 men in secondary courses instead in-stead of 10,000, and to inaugurate training of 31,000 ground technicians techni-cians annually. Priority In th& 111 1 nn4-a4 phiffanfc outlined plans for temporary ir pitalization of civilians injured"" I a result of enemy action 7 plan provides all voluntary ,v ' governmental hospitals will " 6.r,' as casualty receiving hosptials a-j certain hospitals in "safe at01i. will be designated as emerjr,, ! base hospitals. The program ? be carried out by the OCD Met ' cal Division in cooperation the U. S.; Public Health SenliJ the state and local authorities. The OCD Issued a booklet suj. gesting safety procerures for if. partment stores during an air rii Prices . . , President Roosevelt, In a radii addres said the fight "against ir. WASHINGTON NE3.WS 'mm tires K insure ieyan t"iu icw cluing clu-ing at proper times. The Office of Defense Transportation and Department De-partment of Justice offered their assistance to local business enterprises enter-prises seeking to pool delivery services ser-vices as a means of conerving truck, tires and other equipment. The WPB said deliveries of gasoline gas-oline to service stations and bulk consumers in 17 eastern states, the District of Columbia, Washington Wash-ington and Oregon will be cut by one-fifth beginning March 19. Service Ser-vice stations in the curtailment areas must limit their operation nation is not fought with buta or with bombs, but is equally vim It calls for mutual good will m willingness to believe in the otitt felow's good faith." The Lata Department reported the avwut family's food bill Jumped 0.5 pit cent between mid-January arj mid-February. The department saii rents in many defense cities wen raised during the last quarter ot 1941 on as many as one in everj eight rented homes. The Bituminous Bitumin-ous Coal Division of the Intern Department and the OPA sa!( they are prepared to take whatever what-ever steps are necessary to prevent pre-vent wartime inflationary price! for coal. Help Scrap The Japs B More and More Defense Boili and Stamps 'A mt mini hi B.iftr am -.tti PROM OUR CONGRESSMAN W. K. GRANGER training win uc giajjuw eligible for appointment as aviation avia-tion cadets. The Army Air Forces' first class of flying sargeants were graduated as military pilots. An air corps officer candidate school will be established at Miami Beach, Fla., to train air corps enlisted men. Army and Navy Army Chief of Staff Marshall said reorganization of the army has reduced the general staff from about 500 officers to 98 who will concern themselves primarily with planning of military operations. The War Department's Construction Construc-tion Advisory Committee and the Contract Negotiation Board were consolidated into the Construction Contract Board which will recommend recom-mend and negotiate contracts awarded by the Engineer Corps. Navy Secretary Knox announced Admiral E. J. King, Commander in Chief, TJ. S. Fleet, will also be Chief of Naval Operations. Admiral H. R. Stark was named Commander, IT. S. Naval Forces operating in European waters. The War Front United States forces in one raid on Japanese shipping sank two Japanese ships, set four more on fire and beached one. In another action TJ. S. naval forces sank a heavy destroyer and a large tanker tank-er and put three cruisers and one aircraft carrier out of action. TJ. S. forces also sank three freighters freight-ers and one passenger cargo ship, shot down five enemy bombers, and destroyed three Japanese-held airdromes in New Guinea. The Navy reported 12 United Nations' warships were lost in the battle for Java, including the U. S. cruiser Houston and the U. S. destroyer de-stroyer Pope. Two U. S. tankers and two freighters were sunk in the Atlantic. Gen. MacArthur reported re-ported no activity on Bataan Peninsula. Pen-insula. Civilian Defense OCD Director Landis and Federal Fed-eral Security Administrator McNiitt to a maximum of 12 hours in any one day and to a total of 72 hours a week, except to provide service for certain essential civilian users. To conserve stocks of fuel oil in coastal areas, the Board curtailed installation of new fuel-oil burning burn-ing equipment In the same states affected by the gasoline order. Price Administrator Henderson asked filling station attendants to impress on motorists the necessity for saving automobile anti-freeze for use next winter. Rationing The Office of Price Administration Administra-tion announced men in the armed forces and those called for induction induc-tion may sell their new passenger cars without restriction. The OPA placed used typewriters under a complete allocation program, prohibiting pro-hibiting their sale until April 13, but authorizing unrestricted rentals under a 60-day price ceiling based on rates prevailing March 5. Allocations Al-locations will be handled by existing exist-ing auto and tire rationing boards. Shipping1 Maritime Commissioner Vickery reported the 1942-43 "Victory' ship construction program has been increased from 18 million to 20 million dead-weight tons to produce 2,000 ships in two years. Admiral Vickery said U. S. ship production will be greater than all the rest of the world combined. The Commission's over-all program calls for 2,877 ships to be com- War Production Chairman Nelson Nel-son said man-hours now being put into military production could be doubled if all equipment involved were used 24 hours a day. He asked ask-ed manufacturers for monthly reports re-ports to show how rapidly industry is being converted to war work, the degree of utilization of equipment equip-ment and any factors interfering with maximum production. The WPB reported 95 ipercent of the radio and phonograph industry, in-dustry, which ceases civilian production pro-duction April 22, will be completely complete-ly converted to war work before June 30. Production of communication communi-cation equipment needed by the military services is expected to exceed a rate of $125 million a month by the end of the year. Nelson announced 31 regional conferences of labor and management manage-ment representatives from prime contracting plants engaged in making mak-ing guns, ships, planes, tanks and machine tools will be held during dur-ing the next two weeks. The meetings meet-ings will lay plans to meet or exceed ex-ceed the production goals announced announc-ed by the President. The WPB ordered or-dered the production of domestic laundry equipment to be discontinued discon-tinued by May 15 so the', entire capacity of the industry can be devoted to war production. The WPB said during the three months following Pearl Harbor more than $72 billion has been made available for the war ef- iort. Appropriations Dy uongress and additional funds made available avail-able through the RiFC were larger than all the funds authorized for defense during the 18 months before be-fore the attack. The total for the 21 months amounted to almost $140 billion. Rubber, Gasoline and Oil President Roosevelt in a letter to state governors proposed speed limits of 40 miles per hour be established es-tablished " throughout " the country to conserve rubber. He also proposed pro-posed the states enact regulations requiring frequent checking of |