Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-02-13
HAPPENINGS IN
SOME AREAS OF
WORLD WAR II

President Roosevelt told his press
conference Pacific councils coord.na-
ting the war effort of the United
States in the southwest Pacific have
been operating for about a month.
The military command in the AIDA
area itself, the President said, IS in
the hands of Gen. Archibald Wavell,
but strategical problems are refer
red to Washington and London. The
Joint military and naval staffs sit in
Washington.
The Senate passed and sent to the
White House a joint authorization for
a S5OO,OOO,000 loan to China. Presi-
dent Roosevelt said the money will
make it possible for the Chinese to
purchase numerous war materials,
both in China and in other countries.
He said the loan would be a definite
relief for the Chinese financial struc-
cure strained by the long war with
the Japanese.
The White House announced the
L S. through the Raj has dropped
q second pamphlet over several oc-
.upied French seaports in the big
gest pamphlet bombing job ever
done" The first pamphlet, announc-
ed month ago, stressed the tradi-
tional friendship between this coun-
try and France; the second told of the
rapidly-expanding U. S. war produc-
ton.
A Navy aviation training program
designed to develop 10000 of the
toughest pilots in the world annually
for the Navy and Marine Corps will
be put into operation by May l, Navy
Secretary Knox announced. Applica-
tons for training are now being ac-
cepted. Mr.. Knox asked high school
youth to aid the Navy by producing
100000 aircraft models of so different
types of fighting planes to be used in
aircraft recognition and range esti-
nation in gunnery practice and for
training civilians in aircraft recOgni-
ton. The Office of Civilian Defense
invited college flyers and aviation en-
thusiasts to participate in the Civilian
Air Patrol which is seeking to enlist
10000 civilian pilots. Sixteen years
is the minimum age for enrolment for
ground service, and Is for flight duty.
The Civil Aeronautics Administration
reported a 60 percent increase in pri-
vate flying during 1941.
Gen. MacArthur's troops in the
Philippines repulsed continuous at
tacks by the enemy throughout the
week. Enemy losses during the week
included II planes plus an underter-
mined number destroyed in the air
and on the ground in an attack on
Japanese-occupied Marshall and Gil
bert Islands, many fleet auxiliaries,
two transports and probably" a
third, and an enemy warship torpe-
doed. U. S. losses were 13 planes,
two tankers and two freighters. The
Navy and Marine Corps reported l.
294 officers and men missing or pris-
oners of war. The House passed and
sent to the Senate bill to continue
the pay of persons in the armed for
ces and civilian employees of the War
and Navy for year after reported
missing, captured or interned.
Congress passed the largest appro-
priation bill in history of nearly $24
billion in direct cash appropriations
and 81 billion in contract authorize
tions for the Navy. The Navy said
100000 men have enlisted since the
attack on Pearl Harbor, and the Mar
inc Corps has passed the 100,000man
mark in officers and men, both re-
serves and regulars. Three destroy
ers and one battleship were launched
and two more destroyers and one
cruiser will be launched Lincoln's