Milford chronicle., 1942-08-14
A WEEK OF THE WAR

ADMIRAL William ID. Leahy, the
Presidents Chief of STAFF, in a
radio broadcast August 9 marking
the first anniversary of the At
lantic Charter, said @This war will
probably be long. 1t will be the
toughest, hardest, most merciless
war We have ever fought. 1t calls
for the united power of every Am
erican, in uniform and out OF uni
form, on the firing line and on, the
, production line. / have no
doubt of Americas decision"
President Roosevelt, In a mess
age read on the broadcast, said
great progress" has been made
in the battle of production, but ain
terms Of what will be required to
defeat our enemies we have only
just begun to get into our stride.
Elmer Davis, Director of the Office
Of War Information, said Ameri-
cas- conversion Job has largely
been completed; the emphasis now
must be transferred from finished
goods to the raw materials from
whic hthey are made. I'VE will /
get them-by full use of existing
! facilities, and by tapping new, or
marginal, or abandoned sources of |
supply. We will develop new pro-
cesses, eliminate waste, and work
for full salvage by every Citizen"
Mr.. Davis said.
Vice Chairman Bait of the War
Production Board, on the same
radio program, said the public
must see to it that all waste and
scrap metal is collected and sent
to the mills-quickly. There is
plenty Of iron and steel scrap
that must get back to the furnaces
if the steel needed for the war is
to be produced. You and / can
help by keeping our eyes open" I
In a general review of the war
situation, the Office of War Infor-
nation said June production of
military planes fell slightly behind /
schedule, despite the fact that the {
U. S. made more planes than any {
other country in the world. The {
same was true of tanks of most {
types of artillery, and of naval {
vessels, the owl said. Because of
enemy submarine activity, the Of I
flee said, it probably will be well 9
into 1943 before we equal merchant
shipping as of December Z, 1941.
The WPB announced Inaugural
ton of nationwide inventory of
used construction machinery to be
made through WPB field offices in '
an effort to place an estimated I
100000 pieces of vitality needed .
construction equipment into use.
A complete inventory of available i
equipment will be kept up to date v
at the regional offices for the in v
formation of war agencies and pri-
vate contractors engaged in war
work. T
The War Front n
The Navy announced United :
States naval and other forces have T
attacked enemy installations in the :
southeast part of the Solomon Is !
lands in force. and the attacks are
continuing" Later the Navy said 4.
Considerable enemy resistance :
has been encountered and it is !,
still too early to announce results
or to estimate either our own or !
enemy losses" General MacAr- r
thurs headquarters in Australia =
reported August 10 that Allied !,
planes from Australia were, main :,
tanning a 24-hour-a-day offensive I.
over the entire invasion zone in :
support of the attack against the
Solomon Islands. The Navy also =
reported U. S. Naval forces "bom- =
barded enemy ships and shore es- q
adjustments at Kiska" in the
simultaneously with the !
beginning of the attack on the Sol u
omon Islands. q 3.
Major General Clark, Command q
ing General of U. S. Ground Forces .
In Britain, said the u. S. Army is q =
picked combat divisions" "A =,
10 Britain and "the sooner a second y
front could be opened the better" J"
He said obviously we are not here -.
% sit on the defensive" The Pa ..
life Coast, from the Canadian to "
he Mexican borders, was ordered LII
limmed out beginning August 20 -,
Ind for the duration by Western ~
Defense Commander Dewitt as Ni
against enemy attack at :.
lea and one the shore. The Navy ~ ~
the torpedoing of IA ad- lIS nS
United Nations vessels. ~ ~
Sabotage and Subversive ii, til
Activities M
The White House announced six
# the eight Nazi saboteurs landed of
n this country by submarine were tn
Executed in the District of Colum- en-
ia Jail August 8. The sentences ST.
4 the other two were commuted
" the President to life and to 80 Nj
ears Imprisonment, because of HI
heir assistance to the Government
# the United States in the appre- so
tension and conviction of the SO
'thers." The First Ground Air be
support Command in New York su
,ity announced the discovery by
Army fliers of ingeniously contriv- OF
d markers, aimed directly at Eas- be
ern airfields and airplane factor Et
es. The markers, invisible from
he ground, were eradicated and the &C
anger to the war bases .averted, Hi
he announcement said. Proper ac- wi
ion" was taken against the per- N.
ons who built the markers. su
Transportation tu
The WPB approved the proposal Al
# Henry ]. Kaiser, shipbuilder, to To Ta
construct 500 70-ton cargo-carry- 20 &c;
ng planes, patterned after the fly "
ng boat Mars" built for the Navy. &c, &c
The program is contingent, how -, 20
'ver, upon our being able to do it on ~,
Without interfering with the pres ,t pt
mt combat plane program" WPB n,
chairman Nelson said. Army Air ~