Milford chronicle., 1942-11-27
A WEEK OF THE WAR

President Roosevelt, in radio
address, said that During the past
two weeks we have had great
deal of good news and it would
seem that the turning point of this
war has at last been reached. But
this is no time for exultation. There
is no time now for anything but
fighting and working to win"
Navy Secretary Knox reported
the following total damage inhict-
ed on Japan in the Battle of the
Solomons November 1915: sunk-2
battleships Il may have been a
heavy cruiserl, 6 heavy cruisers.
light cruisers, destroyers, s
transports, cargo transports; dam
aged-2 battleships, cruiser, de-
stroyers. The Japanese lost be-
tween 20,O0 and 10000 troops, as
we'll as large numbers of naval
personnel. u. S. losses were light
cruisers and destroyers sunk.
Mr.. Knox said U. S. forces are in
complete control of the area in
and around Guadalcanal and our
hold on the island is very secure. "
The President said the battle is a
major victory. War Secretary Slim
son said Army aircraft from Aus
tralia and New Caledonia played an
active and effective role in the
battle.
Allied headquarters in North Af
rica reported that American, Brit
;ah ond ENrapoh fr0opC ara dYirrif, o.
into Tunisia from all sides, closing
in a ring around the northeastern
triangle of Bizerte and Tunis. The
British First Army, reinforced by
U. S. and Frenc hunts, engaged
Axis mechanical columns in Tuni-
sia and drove them back, the War
Department announced. General
MacArthur's headquarters report
ed November 81 that American and
Australian forces are driving hard
against the Japanese, who are pin
ned along the northeastern coast
of New Guinea between Buna and
Coma on a narrow beachhead ex-
tending 20 miles along the coast
and 6 miles inland, -aj,., .s..x. Z
SelectiVe Service
President Roosevelt ordered reg
istration for Selective Service for
all young men who have reached
the age of Is since July 1, as fol-
lows: those born July l to August
81, 1924, inclusive, to register the
week beginning December IL;
those born September 1 to October
81, 1924, to register December 1S-
"a; those born November l to De-
cember 81, 1924, to register Decem-
ber 26-31. Young men reaching IS
after January l will register on
their birthdays. Selective Service
Headquarters ordered distribution
of questionnaires to IS and 19-year-
old registrants, who will be in
Quoted as their order numbers are
reached.
ITO make sure that no one is
really irreplacable shall be sepa-
rated from an essential position" ="
the President ordered the Secre-
taries of War and Navy to "see to
it that present Government en-
ployees, who have been deferred,
are not enlisted or commissioned
unless they can produce the
approval of the head of their
agency" Mr.. Roosevelt said that
after his order November II for
cancellation of all deferments al
ready made on the basis of Federal
service, there was a rush of Gov
ernment employees to get into uni
form. He said his new order should
apply not only to the regular civil
ian employees of the Government
but also to employees in Army
arsenals and in Navy yards and
Navy shore establishments owned
or operated by the United States. :"
The new manpower setup to be
completed soon, the President said,
would provide for deferment and
prohibition on enlistment of men
needed more urgently for war pro-
duction than in the Army. More
uniformity could be obtained from
local draft boards. he said, by plant
managers certifying to the boards
cases of men who are irreplaceable
and by more consultation between
draft boards and war production
employers.
The Armed Forces
Navy Surgeon General McIntire
said Navy fatalities among the
wounded at Guadalcanal are less
than one per cent, compared with
an average of seven per cent wound
ed in World War due principally
to use of new medical discoveries
in treatment of wounds. The Pres
ident appointed Brig. Gen. Freder-
ick H. Osborn. Chief of Special
Services of the War Department.
as chairman of committee which
will work out plans for postwar
education of young men whose
school years are interrupted by en-
trance into the armed services The
President increased the maximum
size of the WAAC's from 25 1000 to
100000 women. More than 1000 900
soldiers have applied for benefits
on behalf of their families under
the Servicemen's Dependents AL
lowance Act.
The Office of War Information
announced 1896 members of U.
S. armed forces have been officially
reported as killed, wounded. miss
ing or prisoners since the war be-
gan-exclusive of the African cam
paign. The War and Navy Depart
ments organized the United States
of America Typhus Commission.
headed by Rear Admiral Charles
S. Stephenson, to function as a
board of strategy against typhus,
the common foe of all armies and
of all people"