Smyrna times., 1941-08-07

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nation of ground and air strength
in the Beauregard, La, area from
1-30, in the simulated
warfare between $4,000 men of the
Second and Third Armies, and in
the First Army maneuvers TO be
held in the Carolinas, Nov. $50.
Oil
Defense Petroleum Coordinator
Ickes recommended 100000 gaso-
line filling stations in the following
States be closed from Z P. NJ. to
Z A. NJ. every night beginning Sun
day, August 3; Maine, New Hamp-
shire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Con-
necticult, Rhode Island. New Jer-
ey, Delaware, Maryland, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, District of Columbia, and
"all marketing areas in or east of
the Appalachian mountains in the
States of New York, Pennsylvania,
Virginia and West Virginia" He
appealed for voluntary one-third
cut in consumption and said he
hoped closing the stations in East
ern States nightly plus the volun-
tary 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
conditions in the Far East" Mr..
Stettinius announced new plan to
grant blanket preference ratings
to projects which must be complet-
ed promptly. He issued a limited
preference rating to 40 manufac-
turers of mining machinery and to
rs 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 short
ages of farm equipment and ma
chinery now hindering efforts to
increase farm production. The Of
flee of Price Administration revised
its 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 OPM Production Division
formed defense advisory commit
tee of the pulp and paper products
industry and said defense require.
ments will increase consumption Of
the industry's products by 2,000,.
900 tons this year and an addition.
al 100000 tons next year.
o. P. NJ. announced plans to in
crease the scrapping of worn-out
automobiles by 100000 tons {
year and said one car provide;
enough scrap for a light cannon
and 20 cars, enough for a tank
OPM asked zinc producers to SCI
aside 27 percent of their June pro
duction during August for an EN-
ergency pool, and said the supply
of fabricated alloy steel for air
craft manufacture will be triplec
before the end of next year.
Labor and Employment
Labor Secretary Perkins report
ed non-agricultural employment in
creased by 484,00O during June t.
reach new all-time high of SO,
99,000-an increase of 3,365,00
since June, 1910, and 1,900,00t
more than the June, 1929, record
WPA employment dropped 1900
and NYA $4,000, she said. OPN
Associate Director Hillman askeC
airplane companies to employ anc
train women in defense jobs with
out lowering wages or working
standards.
The Navy, War and Commerc,
Departments jointly proposed tn
60,000,000 Americans born in thi
country but without documentar.
proof of citizenship apply to tat
bureaus of vital statistics and sim
liar agencies for delayed brit
certificates" to break the bottle
neck by which native-born worker
are barred from jobs in defens
plants for lack of such proof of cit
izenship.