The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-04-09
A WEEK OF
THE WAR

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proximately so million pairs Of
trousers now on hand in store. The
salvage clip will make about 100000
new suits.
/. The Board ordered production OF
cover caps of tinplate or terneplate
used as closures for catsup, jelly
ETC., stopped Immediately, and Of
crown caps for bottled beer and soft
drinks stopped April 80. Production
of f%luorescent lighting fixtures wa.
also ordered ended Immediately: OF
vacuum cleaners, April 80; and to.
and games made of metal, plastic
and other essential materials, June
80. The Board curtailed use of crude
rubber and latex in SO articles, in.
GLIDING fire and mill hose, storage
batteries, etc.
Priority Order Compliance
The WPB reported investigations
of $4,000 firms for compliance with
priority orders have been undertaken
since last June. Reports have been
completed on $500 firms, the Board
said, and of these 1000 showed No
violations while approximately the
same number reported minor viola.
tons through misunderstanding
The reports resulted in IS suspension
orders, affecting AZ firms and one
individual. Thirteen Federal agencies
and more than $500 investigators
are cooperating with the Board in
the surveys.
Prices
The Office Of Price Administra-
ton froze manufacturers, wholesale
and retail prices of plumbing fixtures
and Of Al common household electri-
cal appliances, all at March 80 levels.
Ceiling we're also set on wholesale
prices of bond, ledger, book and plain
and fancy v paper and Bristols,
and on producers quotations for Pen
~nsylvania anthracite coal. The Agri-
culture Department said the retail
cost of food is now Is percent above
the 1859 average, but is still be-
low the 1929 level.
Civilian Defense
Civilian Defense Director Ian Us
said Axis air raids on American war
industries this spring are entirely
possible" He said "It's worth a doz-
en- bombers to the Germans to
wreck vital industries, even in the
heart of the country" Mr.. Lands
said $40 million of OCD funds have
been transferred to build facilities
for manufacture of civilian gas
masks. First shipment Of helmets,
arm bands and other equipment for
air raid wardens and auxiliary fire.
men and police were sent to more
than 40 Atlantic and Pacific coast
cities.
The Armed Forces
The Senate passed and sent to the
House a bill granting pay increases
from $40 a month to SAP for pri-
Yates and apprentice seamen, and
providing proportional increases fol-
other classes of enlisted men in the
armed forces The Post Office De-
partment issued regulations for
granting Of free first-class mailing
privileges for all ranks Of the armed
forces. The Senate passed and sent
to the House a bill eliminating res
trictions on marriage of Army and
Navy officers during the war. The
President signed legislation to per-
nit the War Department to recruit
American technicians serving in
foreign armed forces and to pay
them more than $21 a month during
the first four months.
The Navy Department said meet
ings have been arranged in IS States
between April 9 and II to acquaint
educators with the Navy officer
procurement program under which
$4,000 college freshmen and sopho-
mores will be recruited annually.
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