Milford chronicle., 1942-10-30

One landed in Siberia. Severa
others made forced landings a
night in China" but no American
plane was shot down. He said "a
very few of the crews of these
planes are carried on the list Of
missing. Some may have been
forced down by the lack of gaso-
line in Japanese-controlled terri
tory" Later the War Department
announced the names of three other
participants in the Tokyo raid
understood to be- missing"
The ONCE of War Information
said secrecy was highly desirable
in the hope of saving the lives and
securing the freedom of certain
crew members who crash landed in
areas controlled by the enemy" f"
Complete examination of the rea-
sons for maintaining secrecy about
the results of the raid cannot be
made even yet, the OWL stated.
Lives "of great value to the Amer
ican cause" would be endangered
by "the very explanation" the an
nouncement said.
RatiOning
Price Administrator Henderson
ordered nationwide rationing of
coffee, effective at midnight on No
vember 2S, on the basis of one
pound each five weeks-about a
cup a day-for all persons who
were Is years of age or older when
they registered for sugar supplies
on May AS. All retail sales of cof-
fee will be frozen at midnight, No
vember 21, for the week before ra-
tioning begins in order to permit
merchants to stock their shelves.
Consumers will not have to regis
ter to obtain coffee. They will use
their sugar rationing book. To get
the first coffee ration, the consum-
mer will be required to surrender
the last stamp-No. 28-in the SUI
gar book. Subsequent rations of
coffee will be on coupons taken in
sequence toward the center of the |
book.
Rubber Director Jeffers reported
chemists would develop within
five or six months" a 100 per cent
synthetic tire good for all but mill
tary and heavy truck duty, but such
tires will be allotted for essential
civilian driving only. The first
large synthetic rubber plant will be
opened at Institute, W. Va, some
time in December. Sometime after
mid-1943, we ought to have
enough synthetic tires to make an
appreciable difference in the situ-
alton regarding essential driving.
Sometime in 1914, we ought to
have enough to begin to furnish
tires to civilians for family use,"
he said. Special gasoline rations
will be available for motorists who
are away from home when nation
wide mileage rationing begins, and
special allowances will be made for
motorists who must move their
cars "in the event Of a bona fide
change of residence" but not for
moves from summer to winter
homes. Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard said meat consumption of
25 pounds a week per person
would mean considerably less meat
for persons "who have always had
incomes" and more
meat "for people whose purchasing
power has increased only recent
ly."
ManpOwer and Production
Federal Works Administrator
Fleming directed State Administra-
tors to reinterview and reclassify
the 375,000 workers on WPA rolls
with a view to expediting the pro-
gram of putting qualified workers
into war industry and farm jobs.
The order will apply also to all
those waiting assignment to WPA.
Under Secretary of War Patterson
reported 1000 experienced miners
of copper and other vitality needed
metals are receiving Army fur
loughs to relieve a labor shortage
in that category. The men, who are
being furloughed to the mines as
civilians and who leave the Army
on a volunteer basis, will be call
ed back to active duty if they leave
their jobs at the mines or if the
need for the mis- eliminated, he
odlu. al OCCl CbdA y ObAhAoOh ooAo
the Army is studying plan to re-
turn older soldiers to civilian life.
President Roosevelt told his press
conference that the experiences of
U. S. planes and tanks in actual
combat have prompted a reduction
in volume schedules in order to
on heavier, more effec-
tive types of these war machines.
While the number of tanks pro- ;
duced will be smaller than sched-
uled year ago, the total produc-
ton will have virtually the same
weight, using the same steel ton
mage as called for in the original,
larger program. The President said
the present program calls for few
er actual planes than planned a
year ago, but that the decrease is
being translated into more gun
power, longer range and generally
greater combat effectiveness.
Scrap Salvage
The current scrap drive has
achieved amazing results" and
has raised steel production to 100