Show A WEEK OF THE WAR WAP AIR A navy aviation t ti tili nn i gram designed to davi lop of I 1 the toughest pilots in the 1 01 ILI J i dually for the navy and manni corps will be put into may 1 navy secretary bounced noun ced applications for tf ii i are now accepted ti ai ir asked U S high school uth auth ti T aid the navy by producing aircraft models of 50 different types of fighting planes to be used in 1 aircraft recognition and range angel r estimation in gunnery practice and d for training civilians in aircraft recognition the office of ovilun D defense invited college flyers flyer q jred ind aviation enthusiasts to participate U ui the civilian air patrol which is seeking to enlist civilian cienian pilots sixteen years is the minimum n age ace for enrollment for ground service and 13 for flight duty the war front enemy losses during the week included in 11 planes plus an undetermined number destroyed in the air and on the ground in an attack on japanese occupied marshall and gilbert islands many fleet auxiliaries two transports and ana probably a third and an enemy warship torpedoed U S losses were 13 planes two tankers and two freighters NAVY the navy said men have enlisted since the attack on pearl harbor and the marine corps has passed the man mark in officers and men both reserves and regulars three destroyers and one battleship were launched and two more destroyers and one cruiser will be launched on Lincol ns birthday production and conversion the WP B announced it cleared contracts amounting to 3 billion in in the week ending january 21 the war department announced production of 30 caliber ball ammunition was nearly doubled during the first three weeks of january 1942 over the corresponding period last year war department production director knudsen announced the chrysler corporation will construct a million dollar plant in chicago to turn tum out wright 12 cylinder air cooled engines civilian supply price administrator henderson announced rationing of new passenger autos to eligible users will not begin before february 26 20 and not livery of cars purchased but not delivered before the Govern government nent froze all sales will begin february 12 the food supply branch asked sugar retailers to take care of small industrial users who have bought sugar from them in the past so they can conduct business on a mini minimum inurn basis the OPA colsum eer division said wool products sold during the emergency still must carry a label telling the fiber content of the article mrs airs rutus rufus bradshaw and her son marel came in from delemar nevada the first of the week to visit relatives for a few days mrs baradshaw Bard shaw will probably stay here for some time to lo help care for her parents mr and mrs oscar decker who have been in poor health this winter it is reported that mr deck er was taken to the hospital on wednesday suffering with infection first organ the organ is first mentioned in the fourth of genesis gene s |