Show W washington N flom OWL CON ES SM W K GRANGER six more doctors doctor to serve on veterans board the names of six eminent medical men who have accepted invitations to serve on the special medical advisory group to the administrator of veterans affairs were announced recently by brig gen frank T hines administrator these acceptances bring to 14 the number of distinguished doctors who are now serving on this group which has been selected to include leaders in all the major specialties of medicine i conventions ConTen lions respond to byrnes request an immediate nationwide nation wide response to justice byrns byrnas request for the wartime cessation of group meetings conventions and trade shows is indicated by the scores of voluntary cancellations now being announced announced according to the report of the office of defense transportation rising war losses losse this country now is face to face with a serious problem of replacing the manpower that is being used up in fighting two wars in the armed forces losses of men from all causes are running outrunning out new supplies of men As to casualties the trend is steeply upward through 1942 army and navy casualties in killed wounded missing and prisoner prisoners were in 1943 losses were in 1944 they jumped to losses from all causes are laver averaging about a month or ii 1 j a year this includes about battle casualties per month and discharges due to illness or other causes inductions are averaging fewer than a month on the basis of intake in december and january this points to a total deficit of ak it 50 jjr donth ron lh hn 1 n actual deficit substantially lower than that is in dictated however because of enlistments and because the less seriously wounded may return to duty at a rate of possibly a month all told this country now has its goal an army of well over and a navy of more than considering the quality of our arms the total of more than will make U S armed forces the most powerful in the world it is to offset all deficits and to reach and maintain such strength that inductions duct ions a are ae e being increased sharply in the months ahead |