Show A WEEK OF THE WAR WAH lt general henry H arnold chief of the array army air forces said american airplanes generally are superior to those of the enemy he said that in the pacific theater since the war started 1110 army planes have battled 1459 japanese aircraft and have shot down with the loss of only these figures do not include planes destroyed on the ground those shot down by antiaircraft fire navy and marine corps action or the work of the american volunteer forces in china gen arnold said the goal of a man air force with fighting planes would be met he said the recruitment and training of pilots bombardiers bombardiere bombar diers and navigators is progressing perfectly there is however a growing demand for gunners various enlisted technicians radio operators and glider pilots gen arnold said american planes are arriving in britain every day in preparation for the aerial offensive against germany in union the RAF rationing lation ing sugar ration stamp number 8 will be e good for five pounds of sugar in the he ten week period beginning august 23 and ending october 31 the office of price administration announced noun ced while not changing the basic asic ration of one half pound per person per week it will enable consumers to make purchase in larger units and facilitate the disposal of 5 10 and 25 pound packages packaged gei price administrator henderson and petroleum coordinator ickes announced jointly that fuel oil rationing on the east coast may be unavoidable next winter farm prices livestock price ceilings would require very complicated controls of marketing conditions even ao to inspection spec tion at individual farms agriculture secretary said such ceilings would benefit small packers he stated but would not increase supplies mr reported the available meat supply after deduction of lend lease and military requirement would furnish four pounds more meat per person between now and june 1943 than the average per capita con from july 1931 through july 1940 secretary said the corn supply is being used faster than corn is being produced and next t year unless we feed more wheat a t than usual over million millio n more bushels of corn will be used than is being raised this year there are still large stocks however in the national granary he said transportation mail deliveries and pickups pick ups face curtailment in many localities because of lack of men and the need to conserve trucks and tires the post office department announced definite curtailment plans were announced for washington D C and detroit the office of defense transportation said local transport systems throughout the country will face the heaviest load in history by mid september the prohibited railroads effective september 15 from hauling refrigerator and box cars carr carrying civilian freight unless loaded to capacity |