Show i W R of S washington D 0 C CUTTING NAVY TAPE behind admiral kings forthright order sla slashing navy red tape 50 per cent and ordering more navy 0 officers out of washington was an interesting comparison with the japanese navy conducted d backstage by some of the pr presidents e 8 dents advisers advise s americans recently familiar with japan have reported that the japanese navy Is staffed by only about 1000 personnel in tokyo in contrast the navy department in washington has more than not including the navy yard the japanese navy also Is reported to have cut red tape and government reports to the bone and it gives widest latitude to commanders at sea the U S navy also gives wide latitude to commanders in distant posts such as admiral leary in new zealand admiral nimitz at pearl harbor but in home waters especially in antisubmarine warfare along the east coast insiders say the navy has suffered from a constant stream of reports and orders to and from washington requiring a tremendous staff for the paper work alone now admiral king offers promotions eions to officers who will decrease their washington bureaus rather than increase them GASOLINE CZAR the one man dynamo who runs the gas rationing system of the U S A Is a preachers son and a former professor of economics though one of the most harassed men in washington he Is constantly on the verge it breaking into a broad smile only 35 years year s old he pas las gray hair about the ears thin hair on top works so late into the night that his wife mother of a newborn new born boy seldom sees him 1 I generally make the 2 a in m feeding he says joel dean was borri to in vermont schooled in california and has a doctors degree from harvard where he wrote a thesis on small loans he spent a year as european manager of a travel bureau two years as traveling salesman for international business machine and seven stars as teacher and research expert As a fellow economist he always admired leon henderson but never met him until he came to washington less than a year ago to effect his bis own economy in gasoline he formed a drive in club with tour four other OPA officials they take turns driving to the office from arlington va across the river when brickbats brick bats fly in the OPA office dean recalls that his father a congregational minister wanted him to be a missionary on a south sea island many people says dean wish that I 1 had fulfilled that mission ARMY HOUR PROGRAM jamming radio programs is one of the recognized weapons of modern modem warfare but it Is a two edged sword and the war department radio branch is ready to swing on the axis it if the prize army hour on sundays is jammed again jamming by manufactured static or other interference is feasible in the united states only on short wave broadcasts the army hour features short wave talks from all over the world made by such noted personages as mme ame chiang kal kai shek general macarthur MacArt bur general wavell and others the most recent case of jamming was during a talk by a high ranking army officer from the dutch island of curacao A piano banged loudly all the time he be spoke winston Chur chills latest speech ech which cams came on the radio immediately before the army hour was jammed by a lutteral gut teral teutonic voice carefully observing Chur chills own pauses in an effort to escape detection tec tion these two cases of jamming were traced by triangulation to axis broadcasting stations the army proposes to retaliate if this deliberate interference stop WAR FLASHES fl 6 if you are a business executive and uncertain about tax deductions lor for advertising and pay increases increase you can get informal advice by applying to the internal revenue bureau under a new treasury ruling 41 C OPA agents are checking up on private airports on tips that the they y are bootlegging high octane gas to car drivers high octane wont run a car by itself but makes a very amoo smooth th running fuel if mixed with lower grade ga gas fl guerrilla warfare in russia has become so highly organized that every third guerrilla now is armed with an automatic rifle iii the war department soon will break still more precedents it will start accepting women doctors in the army medical corps they will be assigned chiefly to the and also for general eye ear nose lose and throat work 1 fl I the ardys new MI M I 1 helmet that comes harover fa rover the cheeks neck and forehead and is much stronger than the old tin hat is now being distributed to all soldiers solders |