The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-08-07
THIS WEEK in DEFENSE

patton notes intended to help tax
payers set aside sufficient money 70
meet increased tax bills of the COM
ing year. The notes are redeemable
in cash or as payment Tor income
taxes and bear interest up to LIZ
percent. Secretary Morgenthau, IN
a letter to all banking institutions
said 1T is important that the tax
payers of the nation become aware
of the unprecedented taxes they VIII
have to tay next year on this year ;
income, and they should be eacoGr
ed to set aside funds ro| wiki wh'cn
to meet these later payments
ARMY
The War Department created flVe
ar support commands in order 10
coordinate the activities of aviation
units and ground forces. The Depart
ment announced the Signal Corps has
developed electrical sentries that Will
warn of invading aircraft long be-
fore they are actually sighted, but
said the Army needs 500 men from
the radio engineering field to learn
to operate the secret devices.
War Secretary Stimson said J.
600 airplanes and 10000 Air Corps
officers and enlisted men will take
part in maneuvers stressing coordina-
ton of ground and air strength in the
3eauregard, La, area from Sep
100, in the simulated warfare be-
tween $4,000 men of the Second and
Third Armies, and in the First Army
maneuvers to be held in the Caro-
! linas, Nov. $50.
OIL
Defense Petroleum Coordinator
Ickes recommended 10000 gasoline
filling stations in the following
States be closed from pm. to Z
a. m. every night beginning Sunday,
August 3; Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Massachusetts, Connect
cut. Rhode Island, New Jersey. Della
ware, Maryland North Carolina,
South Georgia, Florida, District of
Columbia, and "all marketing areas in
or east of the Appalachian noun
tains in the States of New York,
Pennsylvania. Virginia and West Vir-
ginia." He appealed for voluntary
third cut in consumption and
said he hoped closing the stations In
Eastern States nightly "plus the vol
untary curtailment will be enough to
put us across"
PRIORITIEs
Director of Priorities Stettinius
issued an order freezing all stocks OF
raw silk because of unsettled cOndi-
ton in the Far East" Mr.. Stettinius
announced new plan to grant blank
ct preference rating to projects
which must be completed promptly
He issued limited preference rating
to 40 manufacturers of mining ma.
chinery and to IS producers of
cranes and hoists needed by defense
manufacturing plants.
AGRICULTURE
OPM Director Knudsen told Ag-
riculture Secretary Wickard the OPM
will cooperate to meet shortages OF
farm equipment and machinery now
hindering efforts to increase farm
| production. The Office of Price
| Administration revised it's ALLEGATION
program to increase storage space
| for farmers for the current grain
harvest by increasing the quantities
| of steel and zinc for grain bin
construction.
MATERIALS
The OPH Production Division for
| med a defense advisory committee
of the pulp and paper products in
dustry and said defense require
ments will increase consumption Of
the industry's products by 100000
tons this year and an additional e.
100000 tons next year.
OPM announced plans to increase
the scrapping of worn-out automo-
! biles by 100000 tons a year, and