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Show WASHINGTON NElWS f-SPl FROM OUR CONGRESSMAN W. K. GRANGER Axis Has 9-10 of Rubber Areas, Situation Is "Grim", Top Officials Offi-cials Reveal Pour leading war agency officials offi-cials joined May 22 in a statement state-ment desigr.Ld to clarify the 'Jae.-s about toe severe rubber i-.orta.ge: "There haj been a greiat idoal of occlusion aibout the rubber situation, cniuch of it jaus-d by optimistic stories about the availability of synthetic syn-thetic rubber l an earlry date, or '.Lie large amount of scrap rubber wbich cam be reprocesueidi, out there is liitle real basis for euclhi cOti.Tii .m. Our rubbzir -hor.age is one of the lA-orst material ma-terial shortages face. We eai spare r.o rubber ,of air.y kind or 'nones;ential uses. State-,ni'.r.ts State-,ni'.r.ts to th-s contrary are' mis-.eading, mis-.eading, a.-.d do the country a re a. disservice, for the factj asi .ve see them are grim, and we need 100 per cent cooperation in c'O-'.servatioo measures by the public and by industry. The Axie occupies 90 per cen of toe world's rubber-producing laities araii straddles .Li sea lanes j-.o 7 per cent of toie- reit. The ipresent plans for syn-theiic syn-theiic rubber encompass toe production pro-duction of only 300,000 tons in bhe year cif 1943. INo rulbber at all cam be spared this year or .he next for any purpose mot directly di-rectly connected with the war effort. Nation-wide gasoline rationing awaits only development of a system and prime objective will be conservation of rubber. Army Tine .War Department announced announc-ed it will induct each' month 3,000 class 3-A selectees monthly, effective immediately, as volunteers volun-teers for oilfioeir frainingwlou-ole frainingwlou-ole the (present quota. An appli-car.it appli-car.it miust first be classified or ..ligible for classification as a 3-iA regis.ranit for reasons of dupe'nid.noy only and irnust not .be 'subject to deferment because vlf occupying a key position ati industry. Tine War Department raised from 45 to 49 the imiaximum age tor WAAC officer candidates, iiu vv.-ve-1, Aaiu.a over 45 wil. .-o ibe acc.pted as ir.on-officer members. The 440 Regular Army recruiting stations through out toe -na.ion l.vill Degm recruiting re-cruiting ;on ;Miay 27 for the Corps first oiificer cai.-.dida'.e school, to begin at Fort Dos Moiness Jiuiy 15. Apptica ionij must be f;Li3 on or beitore June 4. The .i.piicaaoni blanks are available 'n toe various Army recruiting a ici.-s, and mut be filled out aird brouiglht by mail or mi person per-son to one ol the 52 main recruiting re-cruiting stations. No applications applica-tions seir.it direo.ly to the War Department will be considered. On June 1 the Army Air Forres For-res will ibegin training great r.iUimbers of glider pilots at 27 ' chool ', he War Department an(-.-i;unced. Preliminary training a course to last four weeks will be given at 18 CAA schools located lo-cated mai.-ily ir.i he Middle West, while nine additional sen-colt l.vill give tAo weeks elementary and advanced training courses,! which will include instruction in piloting cargo type gliders. |