Show SHING I 1 TO lt 1 11 congressman ON GRESSMAN mour GRANGER W K I 1 q progress 14 i 1 F paul ua ft R hawley chief I 1 army in europe 49 i tile the irus 0 nf f vil london t that hat the sick led in of american forces in brit ns rate 14 mg the past six months was tell lak that of troops in the united I 1 IN st S f A nel pi veverly DI director rector of ar nt e forces technical inspection 4 AZ great t need for enlist there e is grea 4 directly in in the A air of f men who ho are qualified mechanics 1 18 and 44 and who are U 4 eizens applications should be at the nearest A army amy recruit filee applicants do not have vair airplane plane mec mechanics anias to be elii because automobile diesel 11 t tractor and farm mechanics readily adapt their skills to air maintenance and repair inq mt int y Q ant makers gunsmiths gun smiths clock water neter meter repairmen are ten B yi those who can be utilized as pt t amor ers radio and corni comi fr tion men can become radio gors on and mechanics and all of welders and metal workers a n find opportunities among the as und crews the announcement 3 i iti western defense command i ced the army will convert 71 it a anita aaita race track into a train y benter baiter as soon as japanese there 3 3 moved inland to relocation cen li i fl 41 ibe be war department mailed aas X u to relatives and dependents t t men in the army depre i ang about beneficiaries A se ae are the first full payments i ionized under the emens I 1 en dents allowance act of 1942 3 1 cover all amounts accrued since I 1 s 1 the staff of the adjutant brals office branch of allow and allotment is working in I 1 e shifts 24 hours a day include sundays and applications are 4 processed within 24 hours department said ere tary stimson praised a N ne r II 11 aviation engineer battalion A by working 24 hours a day moving equipment many miles land and rushed to completion an ome in new caledonia which jy idy afterwards was effectively I 1 by army and navy aircraft ie battle of the coral sea the zm anding officer of the unit made tile the report to the war department and said the met men unloaded gasoline from a supply ship brot the fuel ashore on rafts and a lid quickly moved it to th the airdrome just in time to service the battle planes in the lend lesse lease aid reciprocal lend lease aid to the US already covers a range as wide as the requirements and geo garphy of a global war and is being provided to this country 0 on ri the same basis as we are arc providing lend lease help to other countries in in order to pool all the resources of the united nations for most effective use against the enemy such aid is being provided without dollar payment under the terms of master agreements grec gree ments with countries receiving US lend lease help such as russia china and others by which agreements grec gree ments reciprocal aid is given as the need arises and where war conditions ma make k e it possible for them to furnish us such supplies and services for american forces abroad it ranges from squadrons of spitfire Spit fires to new fan belts for army trucks from building airdromes aird romes and naval bases to ID D ration chocolate bars and bananas at the soldiers mess from convoy protection for U S troopships arriving in british waters to filling the gas tanks of US ferry planes at airports newly laid out in jungles or deserts the owl said american fighting men are getting these and many other kinds of supplies and services in great britain and northern ireland in africa and egypt in the hot countries of the middle east in india australia new zealand and islands of the pacific australian and new zealand lend lease help already provided the US forces enthat in that area compare in volume to our lend lease help to those two countries |