Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-10-03
FOURTEEN SHIPS
LAUNCHED ON
LIBERTY DAY

Fourteen new ships were launched
in Liberty Fleet Day" ceremonies
held at shipyards on Saturday, Sep
TENDER 81, at Baltimore, Md, Los
Angeles, Calf, Richmond, Calf,
Portland, Ore, Quincy, Mass, Chest
er, Pa, Kearny, N. j., Pascagoula,
Miss, Seattle, Wash, and Wilmington
Del. The Navy announced launching
of the battleship, MASSACHUSETTS
three minesweepers S U M M / T,
GUIDE( and IDEAL, and the SUBJ
marine chaser PC515.
The Navy Department announced
Is British and Free French warships
currently in United States ports, and
said IL others already have left U. S.
ports where they had put in for re-
pairs or supplies. The War Depart
ment said SO officers and enlisted
men of the British armored corps are
studying American methods at the
Army Armored Force School at Fort
Knox, KY. Treasury Secretary Nor
genthau announced the Soviet Gov
eminent has already repaid in gold
"a little more than half" of the $10,-
100000 advanced by the U. S. Treas
ury to Russia in August.
Assistant Attorney General Arnold,
| speaking at Yosemite, Calf, said
"there is not an organized basic in
dustry in the U. S. which has not
been restricting production to avoid
what they fear may be ruinous over
production after the war. They
have concealed shortages by over
optimistic predictions about supplies"
Mr.. Arnold also said a few stra-
logically located labor unions" were
costing the American consumer one
billion dollars a year through labor
restrictions on production by strikes
and boycotts for illegitimate purposes
price fixing, restricting labor-saving,
devices, elimination of small compe-
titors and owner operators and Ety.
ing up huge industries in the struggle
to determine which of two unions
shall dominate the field"
Director Odlum of the OPM Con-
tract Distribution Division announced
between 100 and 200 offices to help
small shops and businessmen get de-
Tense work will be opened soon. Al
ready scheduled are offices in Hart
ford, Conn.,, Providence, r. I.>
Youngstown, Dayton and Columbus,
O., indianapolis, Ind, Rochester and
Albany, N. Y, Portland, Me-, Spring
field, Ill.,, Springfield, Mass, Trenton,
N. j., Wichita, Kan, and Spokane,
Wash. Existing offices at Harris
burg, Wilkes-Barre and Allentown,
Pa, will be enlarged and the present
80 offices of the abolished Defense
Contract Service will continue to OPP
crate, he said.
Mr.. Odlum asked Sc major defense
contractors to appoint" farming out"
directors to cooperate in spreading
defense work among smaller firms.
II also announced defense contracts
with five aluminium war companies
forced to abandon civilian production
by shortages and priorities. Con-
tracts such as these to avoid COM
munity hardship can be negotiated up
to Is percent above minimum prices,
performance bonds can be waived and
bid splits allowed to enable pools OF
small firms to obtain contracts for
"bits and pieces"
Assistant War Secretary McCloy,
speaking in Jackson, Mich, said the
u. S. has an army and an air force
"in the sense that one is in process
of production Some of its elements
are prepared to meet any foe Yet
that army is just becoming an ar
my
He said the army has its full a
mount of the fundamental weapons
rifles, bayonets, machine guns, ar
tillery, grenades-but does not have
it's full equipment of light and medi
, UNI tanks, anti-tank and anti aircrat
weapons. He said there is sufficien
5 equipment for training but heavy pro
|, duction will not come until this white
e or next spring. He said the Army ha
$ much to learn about the tank-plan
and anti-tank-plane combinations an
1--WE still have a long way to go Il