The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-06-18
and candlesticks.

board prohibited use of any but low
alloy steels in manufacture of chisels,
hammers, punches and other tools,
and prohibited, after September /,
! production of mattresses or pad
containing iron or steel.
Office of War Information
Established
President Roosevelt created an
Office of War Information, headed
by Elmer Davis, writer and radio
commentator, who was given authori-
" to direct all the war information
functions of the Government. The
new agency will consolidate the func-
| tions and duties of the Office of
Facts and Figures, the Office of Gov
eminent Reports, The Foreign In
| formation Service of the Office Of
| the Coordinator of Information, and
certain activities of the Division of
Information in the Office for Emer-
gency Management.
Foreign Relations
The White House announced the
| President and Russian Foreign Com
missar Molotov reached "full under
| standing with regard to the urgent
tasks of opening a second European
front in 1912" at discussions held in
Washington from May 20 to June
4. In addition, the President and Mr..
Molotov discussed measures for
speeding U. S. war aid to the Soviet
Union and the fundamental problems
of postwar cooperation to safeguard
peace and security to the freedom
loving peoples. Both sides state with
satisfaction the unity of their views
on all these questions the announce
ment said. The State Department re-
ported the U. S. and the Soviet
Union have signed a lend-lease a.
greement similar to those between
the U. S. and Britain and China.
The President announced the U.
S. and Britain have established q
combined production and resources
board to bring together "the pro-
duction programs of the United
States and the United Kingdom into
a single migrated program, adjust
ed to the strategic requirements of
the war and to all relevant
production factors" Mr.. Roosevelt
also announced this country and Bri.
tain have established a combined
food board to investigate and for.
mulate plans on any question com.
mon to both COUNTRIES" relating to
the supply, production, Transports
ton. disposal, ALLEGATION or distribu.
ton, in or to any part of the world
of foods. Agricultural materials from
which foods are derived, and equip
ment and non-fod materials aux
Hilary to the production of such
foods"
The Armed Forces -
The Senate completed Congress
sional action on legislation to raise
the base pay of members of the
armed forces to $50 a month, re-
troactive to June l. The House pass
ed and returned to the Senate a bill
authorizing a basic allowance of $50
a month for dependents of numbers
of the armed forces, $28 to be paid
by the Government and $S2 to be
withheld from pay. The War Depart
ment reported arrangements have
been completed for voluntary trans
fer to u S. Armed Forces of AM
orleans serving with Canadian Armed
Forces.
The President asked Congress to
appropriate $40 billion for the fiscal
1943 army supply bill including ap-
proximately $11 billion for the air
forces, $40 billion for ordnance, 81
billion for quartermaster and trans
portation services, 81 billion for army
pay, So billion for the signal corps
and SO billion for the corps of en-
gineers. The Senate passed and re-
turned to the House an %appropria-
ton bill providing $3.50 million in
cash and So billion in contract au-
t%horizations for the Navy Depart
ment. The House passed and return
ed to the Senate a bill authorizing the
Navy to acquire a total of 200 lighter
than air craft, and increase from 70
specified in the Senate legislation.
The War Department announced
that previous flying experience has
been eliminated as a necessary quail
fication for glider pilot candidates.
Applicants must be between Is and
35. Those without prior flying ex-
perience will receive five weeks in
| structions in light power-driven air
| planes.
The Department said applicants
| for FAAC commissions will not be
accepted if they have persons VINO
are dependent on their pay.
The War Front
The Navy announced the Japanese
shave made landings on a small scale
| on Attn Island at the extreme top Of
the Aleutian Archipelago and ].
japanese ships have been reported
in TIE harhor Of Kiska in the Rat