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PUBLISHED THURSDAYS THIS WEEK' IN DEFENSE The l'lionties and a!- I location Board rrdered its I tive director, Duiicld !».. St'ron, to compile an j«v: i*il 1 ,-t U. B. and lend-lea.j t.ps-c ueciM as i |>art of a detaiie'j nii-it plan for part of a detailed must.T plan .'Ol the defense effort. The SPAB rul ed that no materiais will be allow ed for new plants for civilian goods if the materials are needeJ for military purposes. Aid To Britian British Foreign Minister Eden Informed the Unietd States all materials received by Great Brit ian under the Lend-Lease Act were used exclusively for war pur poses and that none is being di verted to private channels. Secre tary of State Hull said there ha.i been some misunderstanding about British exports and the message explained what the two Govern ments are undertaking to do co operatively. Federal Security Administrator McNutt said the L*. S. Employ ment Service plans to seek several thousand American specialists be tween 18 and 50 for employment 1 by the British Civilian Tech nical Corps as radio and automo bile mechanics, electrical wiremen, instrument repairers, metal workers and other technical tradesmen for sefvice in England repairing vital equipment used by the British armed forces. Mr. Mc- Nutt said men needed for national defense jobs in this country will not be airepted bot selective ser vice headqoarters have authorized local draft boards to grant defer ment in Class 118 for men joining tte C. T. C. The Commodity Credit Corpora tion made available for Lend- Lease operations in the past twr weeks 100,130 bales of cotton and 1,345,000 bushels of corn. The Red Cross announced it will send a| delegation to Russia to study and report on most urgent needs in that country and how to meet them. » . _ .6 } If* Ships Built The Maritime Commission an nounced the largest mass launch ing of ships since the World War will take place September 27 when 12 ships slide down the ways. Four -other new merchant ships in the 560-ship long-range program are STOP AT 822 N. TRADE ST, WINSTON-SALEM, FOB —Real Bargala Prim In— Groceries, Feed, Meat, Flour, Priced to meet farmers' demmands CLOTHING AT CUT RATES , , , . .. Ladles' and Mens' Wear, Work Clothes *»7W ANGELO SUPPLY CO. T. J. ANGELO T; V: GARNER geing delivered to operators be- I 1 j tween September 11 and Sept em- j ber 19, making a total of 110 ves sels completed under the program. The Navy Department announced utunchings of two cruisers and one 'minesweeper. The Maritime Com- I mission said to meet ncrased de mand for officers in the merchant marine it has opened competitive 'examinations for cadet appoint ments Applications must be sub mitted to the Commission before November 8. Ships Attacted j The Maritime Commission an nounced the U. S. freighter "Steel I , Seafarer" was sunk in the Gulf of Suez. The State Department re ported the "Sessa", operated by an Aifrerican firm, was sunk near i Iceland with 24 men lost and the ("Montana", an American owned ship was torpedoed on the way to Iceland with a cargo of lumber. Army Safety The War Department estimated that, despite rigors of field maneu vers this fall, there will be a con siderably lower accident and death rate for the 752,000 troops par ticipating than for a correspond ing number of civilians. The esti mate predicted 236 deaths and 40,000 admissions to hospitals for dseases and injury. Air Assistant War Secretary for Air Lovett told the press Army War games will provide a preview of the "world's finest" military air we still have a long way to go" craft but "in point of quality.... although production is now begin ning to roll and.. .should enable us to equip combat units...one squadron every other day." The Air Corps announced it is testing a new four-engine flying fortress which is bigger and has more fire power than models now in use by the U. S. and Great Brit ian. Oil, Gasoline . .The Special Senate Committee j investigating the oil situation i said the only shortage of petrol jeum products or of transportation facilities "is a 'shortage* in a large surplus which is desired." Acting Oil Coordinator Davies issued a statement saying, "the admittedly low condition of petroleum stocks on the East coast continues to mean shortage... (and) the ne cessity for public cooperation con jtinues." SPAB refused to grant i priorities on steel plates for con struction of a 1,500 mile petrol jeum pipeline from Texae to New THE DANBURY REPORTER York. Mr. Davies said the South i pipeline between Port St. Joe, Fla., and Chattanooga, Tenn., will deliver 1,260,000 gallons of gasoline and other petroleum pro ducts daily fo Georga and Tenn essee within 60 days. Prices, Inflation Control j The Labor Department an nounced retail food prices are at ' the highest level in 10 years—l 2.3 i percent highest than a year ago. , Treasury Secretary Morgenthau, speaking in Boston, said "Inflatior, is no "longer distant... we are fac ing it and .. .if we are selfish am > I '! shortsighted... the consequences ' may haunt us and our children for years, but if we look at the ' 1 problem with firm resolve we can , ! beat this thing." | Mr. Morganthau said control o. ' consumer installment credli, put -1 j chase of defense bonds and stamps •'and tax-anticipation notes are no. | enough to prevor-t consumer pur icl.asir.g nr.vc* from foicing prices up. He su}.'gcsstd extcns'on anl ' increase of •>/ .a! security benefits an unemfbyn cnt compensate a 1 j "wage" for the workers and re- I duction in non-essential cxpendi | tures in Federal, State and local governments. He also suggested release of Government help sur plus stocks of food to hold down food prices. Priorities Priorities Director Nelson made mandatory all priority ratings, is sued ratings to assure civil air lines continued operation at high efficiency and to give assistance to 20 essential industries in obtain ing repair materials. ■ Priority Unemployment The Bureau of Employment Se curity and representatiwes of the OPM Contract Distribution Di vision and Labor Division began a nation-wide survey to find jobs for workers laid off because of production curtailment due to shortages and diversion of mater ials to defense. New Plants The Defense Plant Corporation and the War Department author ized. Training For Defense ———— j By Rufus T. Strohm s Dean, Inttrnstiond > Corretpondenct Schools THE big problem of American .in dustry la to get the utmost pro duction from existing machines and ■ men. We could profit by a plan originated in Canada that is re ported to be doubling the capacity . for production of war materials. I i .It has to do / with idle mi chines and busy f JB n*®ll - The Canadian V J 1 P*per and pulp Ck?/ industry began training a nnm ber of workers I. to make defense RufuaT.Strohm machine parts during the 16 hours dally when the repair shops of that industry were not in opera tion. When the resources of men and machines In the paper Industry had been cataloged, the operator* offered the government their (acu ities for the 1« hours daily to make airplane-engine parts, tank-engine parts, and fuses tor shells and bombs. Once the worker* proved they eoald deliver parts to spec 111 cation, the paper Industry received a flood of sub-contracts from the gorera ment Today this plan la providing a s liable part of the mill km and one-half man-hours seeded for all eat aid to Britain. Other Oaastllaa Industries which i are not directly engaged In the pro dactioa ct munitions have votaa teered their repair-shop facOttee daring staathy periods, TWy alao have offered te train ■neWied mea for war pradaetfoa. The mining ia destry, railroads, aad pahUc utili ties aow are following the suae Plan. This aasares that every Cana dian wheel is turning tor defense. • The added man power coatee from youthful and unskilled work era guided by skilled machinists. To taallfy for the higher paying lobs, the unskilled men are required to stody I.C.S. shop-practice courses in their spare time. * and awarded contracts for con tracts for construction of six aluminium, magnesium and or dance plants, totaling $94,579,000. Opm recommended to the Wai Department construction of an aluminium plant at Troutdale, Ore., to produce 90.000,000 poundb annually. Farming Out Acting Navy Secretary Forres ; Naval Contracts Distribution Di j tal annonced creation of the. vision to cooperate with the OPM 'in speeding up production by us ing facilities of small plants and employees whose industries are threatened by shutdown or dislo cation because of priorities. Un dersecretary of War Patterson di rected the Army's 815 purchasing offices to bring more of the nat ion's industrial facilities into the j defense program "to eliminate dis tress caused by loss of business' because of defense priorities. Defense Housing The Defense Housing Coordina tor distributed to all Federal Re serve Banks and branches appli | cation forms for special credit for : the repair and emodeling of homes in defense areas. Agriculture Secretary Wickard announced the 1942 farm pro gram, calling for all-time record production—especially of hogs, eggs, evaporated milk, dry skin milk, cheese and chickens —to im prove nutrition in this country and aid to other nations. Railroad Labor Board President Roosevelt eat up 3 five-man board to investigate the disputes between unions and rail ways and to report its findings Here are a few good sales made at SIMMONS' WAREHOUSE MT. AIR ¥, N. C. SUTPHIN ft DEATHRIDGE J. W. BEASLEY S. L. GOLDENG 156 @ 42 82 © 39 , 180 @ 39 , 32 @4l . '. .. ~ " 174 @42 44 @ 4l .» L : .. 40 @ 38 1 " 92 @ 42 JOYCE ft W. 48 @ 41 120 @ 44 182 @ 41 , 60(g) 39 , , 106 @4O ; 88 @4O A. L. SMITH SIMMONS ft SMITH ALBERTY ft S. 342 @39 i 7O @4l 86 @42 234 (g) 42 134 @ 41 116 @ 42 84 @ 42 48 @ 40 ' 124 (g) 39 118 @ 41 66 @ 38 266 @ 42 MAGGIE FELTS BILL STRICKLAND BOSS M'BRIDE 40 @ 40 180 @ 42 152 @ 41 108 @42 ~~ , 296 @4l . @** '94 @ 41 252 @ 37 * 40 @ 38 TOM COOK '• " j. B. 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