| Show COAL rationing poss possible ible As the OPA drew up plans tor for possible coal rationing john L lewis united mine workers and secretary of the interior harold L ickes office found themselves in disagreement on the nations supply A spokesman declared that shortages of some by product coals used by industry may exist but production john L lewis from other mines would more than make up for such scarcity on the other hand ickes ollice office said weekly production would have to be indrea increased I 1 if total supplies for the year were to approximate estimated needs of million tons it was said any increase was questionable in view of the constant loss of miners to other industries RATION POINTS increased sharply because of declining production the office of price administration has raised the point value of butter from 12 to 16 points the total allotment of red points per person each week at the same time increases in points on n nine ine items and reductions in four others were announced the following increases have been ordered based on the no 2 size can apricots from 27 to 36 points red sour cherries 14 to 25 other cherries 14 to 23 figs 13 to 21 grapefruit juice 10 to 18 plums and prunes 7 to 15 points grape juice was raised from 3 to 6 points a quart asparagus and mushrooms also were elevated in point value reductions were ordered for canned green or wax beans down from 10 to 8 points for the no 2 can corn from 16 to 13 except for or whole kernel vacuum packed which went down fro 20 to 18 points dried peas and lentils have been placed on the rationed un list OPA dealers licensed only farmers fishermen and government agencies are exempt from federal licensing following an OPA order that all persons or concerns selling services or commodities under price controls are required to have licenses I 1 most wholesalers and all retailers automatically were licensed and the recent order was designed to take in canners meat packers auctioneers brokers and other agents licenses of operators found guilty of price control violations can be suspended for as long as 12 months NAZIS AND JAPS strength greater recent victories have failed to affect in any vital degree the strength of the enemy I 1 with these words word s undersecretary of war robert patterson summed up statements of gen george C marshall gen H H arnold arno id and maj gen george V strong to a gathering of ranking n labor gen H H leaders and news arnold paper executives As chief of military intelligence general strong revealed that the nazis now have three times as many combat divisions as they had when they invaded poland and their domination of conquered countries has given them a labor force of 35 million workers despite recent heavy losses the nazis air force exceeds its prewar pre war strength japan can call upon four million soldiers for action general strong said and like the nazis her conquests have given her a vast pool of manpower and natural resources RUSSIA last ditch the river reached the nazis dug into its western banks in an attempt to throw back the charging russian armies failure to hold the line along the mile river would compel the nazis to withdraw to prepared defenses on the 1939 prewar pre war boundaries no sooner had the nazis reached the broad however than russian units forced their way across the river at several points and paratroopers were dropped behind the german lines on the west bank the nazis sought to wipe out these detachments tach ments before they could establish footholds in the oil rich caucasus the last german troops were thrown out relieving the threat to the russian fuel supply in all the reds have regained over miles of the territory overrun by the nazis |
