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- -WILMINGTON, N. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1942 FINAL EDITION ESTABLISHED 1867.
ips Capture
lading Field
k Singapore
Als° Cla\m8
Irfeh Fleemg Toward
S,burbs Of City
vavalbase attacked
Full Dress Offensive For
Fortress Started Late
Sunday Night
TOKYO (From Japanese borad
T?K‘rIb 9 _(iP—Japanese forc
caS S' maided by Lieut. Gen.
es C°T Y mashita in a full
TTataub on Singapore island
E"*3«.””llesnort,’wc“
of Singapore city.
British forces are fleeing along
the island roads toward Singa
h^HCOWTER-ATTACK
I SINGAPORE, (6:30 P. M.),
Ffb g, _ (IP) - Singapore City
anxiously awaited this evening
the outcome of a counter-attack
launched this afternoon by Im
perial troops against the strong
Japanese force that landed last
night along a 5,000-yard stretch
c( the northwest coast of this
island under cover of darkness
and a powerful artillery bar
rate.
Early this evening British
headquarters had no word of
results in the attempt to push
the Japanese back toward the
Caches whence they fil
tered eastward, pushing back
the -fenders in some places.
But throughout the afternoon
observers saw Japanese planes
bombing and strafing positions
in the sector where British and
Japanese are locked in hitter
struggle amid rubber trees,
palm groves and mangrove
swamps.
1 urn's suburbs closely pursued by
lapanese troops and newly landed
;ank units, Domei dispatches said.
Otter forces which penetrated
eeplyin the northwest part of the
island were reported by Domei to
ie attacking from the rear the
British positions which had been
arranged to defend the Singapore
and of the Johore Bahru causeway,
lieached when the British with
tef into the island.
Naval Base Attacked
He naval base on the north
itore also was reported under at
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MLEYNAMED
MATE TO RUSSIA
t*tired Admiral To Handle
U. S. Interests
In Moscow
WASHKGTON. Feb. 9.- (A -
i.er.t Roosevelt named Admir
ir-j1 larn Garrison Standley, re
' 88 ambassador to Moscow
toif"18 for the second time
lanrill ik,a ^ naval officer to
i kev r'S country’s interests in
%fMOpean Capitol.
IdnSVS” and a haU ag0
entss lam D- Leahy was
love ! taSSador t0 Vichy’ in a
oilabo ti 6P .^rance from ful1
Korn Wlth the Axis.
bZTtl0n of Standley, former
* C m'1 °Perations, to fill
lifted to th!l0cSCOW P°St Was sub'
and , pSen,ate t°r confirma
'aali tnpBtndlC»abo.lls were that it
0!iti“n in Jlth U!tle’ if any> °P’
ecotj0f °t the admiral’s
5e{athW1V1C,e in the Navy and
e has b»pm ’^e past tew months
uthority sornething of an
lie }Ln iease-lend affairs,
eld bv ,w assignment, last
* hauren^e A. Steinhardt,
Two; Col. 1)
Guards Carried Out
Orders In Shooting
At Private Plane
GRANITE CITY, HI., Feb. 9.
WP)—In a sharp warning that
“this country is at war and the
public must realize it,” the
Army today declared guards
were “merely carrying out
their orders” in firing on a low
flying airplane over a restricted
defense zone at nearby Alton
Sunday afternoon.
The terse rebuke was issjued
by the Seventh Corps Area Army
headquarters at Omaha, which
declared the plane piloted by
Delbert Richardson of Collins
ville, and carrying two passen
gers, committed an act “strict
* ly in violation of a restricted
area.”
One passenger, Delbert Hen
son, 21, was critically wounded
by a .30-caliber steel jacketed
bullet which pierced his abdo
men. He was given three blood
transfusions. His condition was
slightly improved tonight.
N0AC1T0NTAKEN
ON HOLDING FAIR
Association Seeks To Stage
It To Clear Up Outstand
ing Indebtedness
No action was taken on a re
quest for permission to hold a fair
here next fall, presented by Em
mett H. Bellamy for officers and
directors of Coastal Fair, Inc., by
the county commissioners at the
Monday afternoon session.
Some of the members of com
mission said they would not oppose
a fair consisting of an agricultural
exhibit and various riding devices
for amusement, but they would not
agree to the bringing in of a com
pany which carries side shows of
vice.
In making the request for the
fair organization, Mr. Bellamy said
the reason for appearing before
the commission now was to obtain
a contract with a high grade show
which must be done far in ad
vance. He said the organization
tentatively planned to open the fair
the week beginning October 19 if
granted permission by the com
mission. He said officials of the
Coastal Fair already were in con
tact with the John Marx company
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BRITISH EXPECT
DRIVE FOR SUEZ
Great Spring Offensive By
Axis Expected By In
formed Quarters
LONDON, Feb. 9.—OP)—A great
spring offensive by the Axis to
capture Suez and Gibraltar was
predicted today by informed mili
tary experts.
The object would be to deprive
the United Nations of two of the
major bases on which Allied stra
tegy rests.
Attacks by the German armies
would be timed to coincide with the
maximum Japanese effort against
Singapore and Burma, in a vast
pincer. operation to hem consider
able British forces in treasure
laden India.
To combat* these Axis schemes,
the British would be forced to fight
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s
African corps with forces now sta
tioned in the Arabian regions.
Reinforcements either from Brit
ain or the United States would be
difficult because of the dearth of
shipping forced by the spread of
the war.
Nevertheless if the Germans aim
another drive through Turkey or
around the northern shore of the
Black sea through the oil-rich
Caucasus, military experts said
reinforcements of American, Brit
ish or Russian troops must be
found.
They pointed out that Axis suc
cess against Gibraltar, Suez and
Singapore would leave the Panama
canal, Pearl Harbor and the Brit
ish Isles as the next objectives of
the German war plan, rewritten
in view of the successful Russian
resistance.
Hanover Birth Rate
^°ars During January
^Banover01 Wilmington and
1111 of 58 no,, county showed a
iouary Cn cent> or 70 births in
«od in Sared ™ith the same
* in the rtf: according to rec
*, city-coif C6u°f Dr' A- H- E1'
^hiie the officer.
10re ltlan an n h rate increased
' ci*y and 61 cenl> deaths in
?.as total Sy decreased by
numbered "11S for January,
a similar “ against 76 dur
<r. Penod the previous
the^ity 169 babies were born
! "Ported r danuary—none be
.iB J*nUarv ^ county-against
'toucty m the city
s!
r*
Of the total number of deaths
in the city last month 11 were
white males, 16 white females, 23
colored males and 17 colored fe
males. Deaths in the county were
three white males, three white fe
males and one colored female.
Organic heart disease from
which 11 persons died was listed
as the cause of the greatest num
ber of deaths in the city in Jan
uary. Included ip other causes and
the number caused by each are
prematurity, 7; hepritis, 6; cir
rhosis of liver, 6; cerebral hemor
rhage, 5; cancer, 2; automobile ac
cidents, 1, and other accidents, 2.
Of the deaths in the county three
iwere caused by organic heart dis
I ease and one by whooping cough.
Nazis Beaten
Backfeeds
y.
r" ^nts
■
Sovk o° Sh Ahead As
Germa. flounder West
ward In Disorder
MANY TOWNS SEIZED
American-Made Planes Aid
Russians In Carrying
Out Offensives
By EDDY GILMORE
MOSCOW, Feb. 9.—OP—Aided by
American-made planes, the Rus
sians hurled the Germans back
for new and smashing gains on
both ends of the 1,500 mile front,
today and Soviet authorities an
nounced the capture of “one vil
lage after another” from German
forces floundering westward in dis
ordered retreat. %
Slashing through vast, hastily
laid German mines, Red forces
made their most important gains
in the Donets basin where the Ger
man withdrawal appeared to be
taking on the appearance of a rout.
The drive in this area was all
the more impressive because Mar
shal Semeon Timoshenko’s men
were battling the Nazis through
heavy snowstorms whipped by
gale-like winds.
Massive Blows
Farther to the south, Soviet com
manders announced massive blows
against the Nazi besiegers of the
big Crimean naval base of Sevast
opol. In the battle for that vital
port alone Soviet commenders de
clared the Germans have lost up
wards of 40,000 men killed and
wounded.
In the north, the Russians an
nounced that in the past few days
the Red Army surge had liberated
more than 30 villages, annihilated
two battalions of German infantry,
wiped out a big headquarters and
captured important enemy staff
documents.
In tins area the Germans were
falling back rapidly, fighting stub
born rearguard actions. The heavi
est fighting rated in the Kalinin
sector, where large German forces
above and below the city.
Central Front Gains
Additional gains were registered
on the central front where the un
interrupted drive toward Smolensk
blasted the Germans from 18 more
localities between that Nazi-held
strong point and Moscow.
(In still another smashing So
viet success, Stockholm reported
Red forces had occupied the East
ern suburbs of Rzhev, northern
anchor of the Germans’ shattered
Moscow front. Rzhev, 80 miles
southwest of Kalinin and 130 miles
northwest of Moscow, has been vir
tually encircled for days. Nazis
remaining there were described as
“putting up a hopeless resist
ance.”)
The night Soviet communique,
hewing to the official policy of giv
ing Hitler no clues as to the exact
location of Soviet gains, said mere
ued to advance and captured a
number of populated places.” This
policy has been followed since dis
ruption of Nazi communications.
Russian sappers paved the way
for the Donets basin advance,
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generalcIang
REACHES INDIA
Meeting Is Termed Affair
That Bodes [The
Enemy No Good
NEW DELHI, India, Tuesday,
Feb. 10.—(S’)—Generalissimo Chiang
Kai-Shek has arrived in India with
his staff officers for consultations,
and his meetings with the British
and India officials was hailed by
the viceroy as one “which bodes our
enemy no good and this they will
soon learn to their cost.”
"This meeting sets the seal upon
the comradeship-in-arms of two
great nations which between them
number 800,000,000 souls, one-third
of the world’s population,” Viceroy
Lord Linlithgow told Chiang at a
reception.
“‘It is a meeting which bodes our
enemy no good and this they will
learn to their cost,” he emphasized.
In reply, the generalissimo re
ferred to the movement of Chinese
troops to the defense of Burma and
India and added:
"We pledge to our valued ally,
who occupied an important and
unique position, our friendship and
cooperation in defeating the com
mon foe, prepared to defeat aggres
sion and insure victory for the demo
cratic front.”.
The announcement today of
Chiang’s arrival said he had come
for talks with the government and
especially the commander-in-chief.
Chiang is the United Nation’s su
preme commander of all land and
air forces in the Chinese theater of
war.
LINER NORMANDIE SEVERELY DAMAGED
BY FIRE A T HER HUDSON RIVER PIER;
OFFICIALS THINK SHIP CAN BE SAVED
RAVAGED BY FLAMES
The great liner Normandie, former pride of the French msrchant marine, which was damaged by fire yesterday in
New York. The Navy saps she can be repaired.
BOARD ASKS BIDS
ON NEW SCHOOLS
Proposals Also Invited For
Addition To Local
Institution
Call for bids on general contracts
and heating and plumbing contracts
for construction of new school build
ings at Lake Forest and Sunset
Park and addition of a second story
and cafeteria to the Forest Hills
building has issued Monday by Dr.
John T. Hoggard, chairman of the
Board of Education of New Han
over county.
Sealed proposals will be received
by the board until 12 o’clock on
February 26. Doctor Hoggard said.
In announcing the call for pro
posals on the three projects, Doctor
Hoggard said that this was the sec
ond section of a nine project pro
gram. While construction of three
annexes to buildings already is un
derway, Doctor Hoggard said the
board hoped to ask for bids on the
last three projects within th« next
ten days.
The new Lake Forest minding, io
be located on South Thirteenth
street, will consist of twenty class
rooms, auditorium, gymnasium and
cafeteria space. The Sunset Park
building, to be erected at Summer
Hill, will have twelve classrooms.
The project at the Forest Hills
school calls for a second story to
the building and a cafeteria.
Preparation for beginning of work
on the three new projects is only a
step in expansion of the New Han
over county school system to take
care of the rapid increase in enroll
ment.
The entire nine-project program is
being built at a total cost of $867,
000 with $614,000 being furnished
by the federal government and $253,
000 by the county. Federal aid for
current expenses amounts to $25,
000.
Annexes already are under con
struction at the Williston primary,
Carolina Beaeh and Winter Park
schools at a total cost of $85,000 for
general and heating and plumbing
contracts.
The projects for which bids are to
be asked shortly are a new building
on Chestnut street, a second stor>
annex at Bradley’s Creek school and
an annex to Peabody school buil
ing.
School enrollment shows an in
crease of more than 2,000 students,
of -which 1.600 are defense family
children, over the 9,500 registration
during the last school session.
In addition to the large increase
in school children, 1,800 adults are
now receiving instruction at night
at the Vocational building. Thir
teenth and Market streets, under the
direction of George West. Men be
ing taught at the night school are
receiving training in all types o
trade skills.
The Vocational building was erect
ed bv the board of education and
equipped by the federal government
During the past several months
$250,000 has been spent on senera
repair and recondition of the 28
present school buildings.
Southport To Open
Bids February 17
On Power Plant Work
SOUTHPORT, Feb. 9.—Bids
for the construction of additions
to the Southport municipal
power plant, which will include
generators and transmission
lines to the Navy section base
near Fort Caswell, will be open
ed by the board of aldermen
here at 8 p. m. Feb. 17.
The cost of the project,, esti
mated at $91,142, will be de
frayed by a FWA Defense Pub
lic Works grant of $46,142 and
a loan of $45,000,
Philippine Forces
Repulse Japanese
1
Manila Bay’s Big Guns And
MacArthur’s Men Deal
Jolting Blows
WASHINGTON. Feb. 9.—1The
big guns of Manila bay’s forts and
General Douglas MacArthur’s land
forces jolted a renewed Japanese
effort to crush the stubborn de
fense of the Philippines, the War
Department reported today.
Heavy artillery of Corregidor
and other offshore island fortifica
tions put out of action several hid
den batterfw-or«nfflHyT§ifg6 guns,
while MacArthur’s men repulsed
in heavy fighting a series of Japa
nese assaults on the Bataan penin
sula.
The forts scored direct hits, a
communique reported, on several
of the concealed and scattered bat
teries which from the south shore
of the bay had been pounding at
Corregidor and other harbor de
fenses for three days.
On the peninsula fighting front,
where Japanese attacks have been
frustrated repeatedly for the last
month, the little American-Filipino
army beat off several attempts at
penetration and infiltration such as
have often preceded mass assaults.
Hostile dive bombers were ac
tive over the defense lines, the
mentioning the guerrilla force of
American fighter planes which sev
eral times have scored aerial vic
tories.
Destruction of the enemy siege
batteries appeared a substantial
triumph in the duel which has been
developing since enemy guns on
the shore of Cavite province loosed
their initial heavy bombardment
on Saturday.
For three hours that day the
Japanese artillery concentrated its
fire on Fort Drum, the battleship
like concrete fortification on El
Fraile islet a scant two miles off
shore. Some shots were directed
against Fort Mills, on Corregidor
island, and against nearby Fort
Hughes.
In a two-hour bombardment yes
terday, shells were hurled also
against Fort Frank at four-minute
intervals. Fort Frank is the south
ernmost of the string of offshore
fortifications.
In each instance, the War De
partment reported, the resultant
damage was not serious, but the
new Japanese tactics raised the
question how long the forts could
withstand a siege battering.
Before the siege firing started,
the fortifications scored an early
success by destroying gun em
placements on the Cavite shore.
WEATHER
FORECAST
North Carolina: Warmer Tuesday,
occasional rain in the mountains.
South Carolina: Warmer Tuesday,
occasional light rain extreme west por
tion.
E. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
WEATHE RBCREAB
(Meteorological data for the 24 hours
ending 7:30 p. m., yesterday.)
(By E. S. Weather Bureau)
Temperature
1:30 a. m. 38, maximum 50; 7:30 a.
m. 30, minimum 29; 1:30 p. m. 45,
mean 40; 7:30 p. m. 42, normal 47.
Humidity
1:30 a. m. 67; 7:30 a. m. 55; 1:30 p.
m. 44; 7:30 p. m. 39.
Precipitation
Total for the 24 hours ending 7:30
p. m. 0.00 inchs.
Total since the first of the month
0.94 inches.
Tid»s For Today
(From Tid Tables published by E.
S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.)
High Dow
Wilmington _ 5:11a -
5:30p 12:28p
Maaonboro Inlet _ 3:02a 9:25a
3:17p 9:38p
Sunrise: 7:02a. Sunset: 5:51p.
Moonrise: 2:33a. Moonst: l:18p.
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Morgenthau Thinks
Donald Duck Movies
A Good Investment
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—UP)—
The treasury and the house of
representatives found them
selves in sharp disagreement
today on the value of Donald
Duck as a promoter of prompt
income tax payments.
Ratifying an action taken
tentatively last Friday, the
house defeated, 259 to 112, an
appropriation of $80,000 to pay
for a Donald Duck movie, now
being shown in theaters
throughout the country. It is
designed to make people cheer
ful about their income taxes.
Half the $80,000 was to reim
burse Walt Disney for produc
tion expenses and the other
half to pay for prints. Several
representatives criticized the
movie as unnecessary.
Secretary Morgenthau, speak
ing at a press conference, com
mented: “I still think, the Don
ald Duck was one of the best
investments the treasury ever
made. If I had it to do over
again, I would repeat it.’”
landIsoffered
COUNTY FOR PARK
MacRae Will Donate Strip
On Smith Creek If Board
Gives Similar Tract
An offer to give a strip of land
on the south side of Smith creek
for a park on condition that the
county would contribute a similar
piece of land on the other side of
the creek was made by Hugh Mac
Rae to the county commissioners
at the Monday afternoon meeting.
Mr. MacRae said he was making
the offer for the purpose of per
petuating the beauty of the flow
ers and other wild growth along
the stream.
After hearing Mr. MacRae the
commissioners agreed for a com
mittee from the board to go out
and see the place and report to
the board.
The commissioners voted to hold
R. A. Cromwell responsible for
all the back tax, without a penal
ty for interest charge, on a piece
of property, owned by Mr. Crom
well, on which taxes had not been
paid since 1915.
It was explained that a plot ol
property located in the block sur
rounded by Meares, Marsteller,
Ninth and Tenth streets, was sold
to Mr. Cromwell by E. F. Bass
on January 15, 1912. On the tax
book part of the property was
charged to Mr. Cromwell and part
of it remained in the name of
Mr. Bass.
Chairman Addison Hewlett ex
plained that Mr. Cromwell said
he had paid taxes on a piece of
property in that block every year,
but did not realize that he had not
been paying on all of the property
he owned in that block.
The board relieved G. T. Sulli
van of a 1941 tax charge on $665
of personal property and $2 poll
tax in Hanrnett township, but held
that it must be paid in Wilmington
township. He was listed as being
delinquent in Harnett, but it was
learned that he had listed the
property in Wilmington township.
Chairman Hewlett appointed a
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SALWEEN RIVER
UNE STABILIZED
American Volunteers Shoot
Down 101st Plane
* Over Burma
RANGOON, Burma, Feb. 9.—W)
—The 101st aerial combat victory
for the American volunteer group
over Burma was confirmed today,
and afield it appeared that the
British, aided by Chinese and In
dian reinforcements, had stabilized
their front along the Salween river
and still were holding the Japan
ese invaders in check some 100
miles short of their major objec
tive of Rangoon.
A communique from Imperial
headquarters mentioned no change
in the position along the Salween
and made it clear that British
forces not only were breaking the
invader’s attempt to force cors
sings in heavy force but still oc
cupied the east bank in the Paan
area about 30 miles north of fallen
Moulmein.
Enemy bombing attacks on the
Paan positions were reported,
along with an exchange of small
arms fire.
All this appeared to support ear
lier expressions of belief that Ran
goon, the sea head to the Burma
supply route to China, would be
held—expressions based upon a de
claration of “reasoned optimism’’
made by Sir Archibald P. Wavell,
the allied generalissimo, after
| visit to the Burma front.
It was in the skies, however,
where the greater drama of Ran
goon’s defense was being played.
Proof that the Americans had
gone' beyond the 100 mark in shoot
ing down Japanese raiders came
in the discovery of a smashed
bomber which Robert Keeton of
Manzanola, Colo., had attacked
Feb. 3 without being certain of the
results he had obtained.
Keeton, a former Colorado col
lege fullback who had left a naval
bombing patrol assignment at San
Diego to join the AVG, bagged
this 101st plane in a spectacular
flight.
At an upcountry flying field dur
ing a Japanese raid, Keeton took
up a Tomahawk plane with the
main intention of saving it. Cruis
ing at high altitude without helmet
or ogygen equipment he had to
descend to avoid losing conscious
ness.
Streaking downward, he spotted
a remaining Japanese bomber, on
which he opened fire with all his
guns. 3
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110-BILLION DEBT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. — (A>l —
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau
said today, "in the not too distant
future I will ask congress to in
crease the debt limit to at least
$110,000,000,000.
Devastating Inferno Touch
ed Off By Sparks From
Welder’s Torch
110 ABOARD INJURED
Vessel, Listing 10 Degrees;
Settles And Scuttling
Is Averted
NEW YORK, Feb. 9.—(/P)
Sparks from a welding touch,
landing on life preservers,
touched off a fire today
which roared through the
three upper decks of the for
mer French liner Normandie,
once the pride of the French
merchant marine.
As the crackling flames
were brought under control at
about 6 p. m. (EWT) after
three and one-half hours
battle by firemen, the $60,
000,000 vessel, now the U. S.
Naval auxiliary Lafayette,
listed 10 degrees to port in
her berth.
To counter balance the weight
of the tons of water pressing her
to port, Rear' Admiral Adolpheus
Andrews, commandant of the Third
Naval District, ordered a hole
chopped into her starboard side
and water was pumped into the
ship’s starboard tank.
Can Be Repaired
“I know the damage has been
confined principally to upper decks
—the stydeck, a deck and some
of the B deck,” Andrews said, add
ing that the ship ‘‘definitely will
be able to be repaired.”
He would make no estimate of
damage.
The admiral said the hole was
hacked into the Normandie’s side
after “we thought first that it
would be best to sink the ship by
scuttling her.” A plan to open the
seacocks was abandoned in pref
erence for the other method.
Although approximately 2,20b
workmen and Navy personnel were
one workman was known to have
been killed. He was Frank Trent
acosa, 36, who died in Roosevelt
hospital of a fractured skull and
internal injuries suffered when he
jumped from a deck to the pier.
At least 110 persons were hos
pitalized and about the same num
ber treated for less serious burns
and injuries. Six of the injured
were of the Navy. They were taken
to the Navy hospital.
Fear was expressed in first re
ports of the fire that 200 men
were trapped deep in the vessel
but Andrews said after an inspec*
tion trip of the smoked scarred
interior that no bodies were found.
Following a survey of the vessel,
the admiral said “there is nothing
to indicate sabotage.”
An Accident
The fire spread from the burlap
wrappings of life preservers, he
said, to passageways and into mat
tress-fillea bunks. With the first
sign of flames, he said, a hose
was pulled out on deck and ex
tinguishers brought into use, but
when they proved ineffective, the
ship’s fire alarm was sounded and
a call was sent in for the city
fire department.
The admiral’s version of the fire
was upheld by Fire Marshal Thom
as P. Brophy who was aided in
his investigation by members of
the detective bureau of the police
department, the staff of District
Attorney Hogan of New York coun
ty and the intelligence services of
the Navy and Coast Guard.
It was “an accident,” Brophy
said. 2
Tons of water from every avail
able piece of land and sea-going
Manhattan fire equipment were
thrown into the grey-clad monster,
from which huge billows of mid
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22 Billion More Asked
For Army By Roosevelt
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 9—UPl— I
A request from President Roosevelt
for $22,888,901,900 for immediate
emergency needs of the Army sent
to a staggering total of over 60 bil
lions today the amount congress has
been asked to provide this session
for defense purposes.
Chairman Cannon (D-Mo.) prom
ised the House Appropriation com
mittee would handle the new request
with the same speed given other
measures appropriating approxi
mately $39,000,000,000 for prosecution
of the war.
The terse presidential letter to
Speaker Rayburn told only in gen
eral terms of how the Army appro
priation would be spent.
Topping the items makiqjj up the
-. ■T
total was $13,252,200,000 for ordnance
services and supplies. Another waa
for $2,245,701,000 for Army trans
portation.
To aid the secretary of war in
expediting production, $3,011,512,000
was requested. Other items included:
Signal Corps, $1,349,000,000; Alt
Corps, $167,440,000; Medical depart
ment, $171,178,000; Corps of Engi
neers, $1,226,300,000: Chemical War
fare Service, $288,336,000; Seacoast
defense, $31,769,000; subsistence,
supplies, clothing and equipment,
horses and pack animals, $1,145,465,
900.
A separate request was made for
$1,502,000,000 for construction of
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