The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-12-10
A Week Of The War

WASHINGTON. Dec. 5.-Production
for War. The Owl announced
that the U. S. in the year of 1912
will have produced approximately
$4,000 planes, $4,000 tanks and
s~elf-propelled artillery, 1900 anti
aircraft guns larger than 20-MM
100000 tons of merchant shipping,
thousands of an%tiaircraft machine
guns, and thousands of scout cars
and maitland full-track carriers
Munitions and war construction were
'above the most optimistic estimate
of our production possibilities a year
ago." and food production-a large
proportion of which vas meat, milk,
eggs, and soy beans-was IL per
cent above the previous year.
Expenditures for the year for
munitions and war construction will
total SAT, OOO, 900, 900. In the first
10 months of 1912, more than
$4,000, OO0, 900 were collected in
taxes and more than $33,OO0,0 00,-
900 through the sale of bonds and
other government obligations. Ap-
proximately 17,50O,O00 people are
now employed in war work-com-
pared to 100000 a year ago-but
in 1913 an additional ,O0O
will be needed for war work and for
the armed forces. BY March Is,
1912, the cost Of living had risen
Is percent over the end of 1889,
but price regulation, instituted in
April, held down the increases in
those prices subject to control to
Clio of one percent as of October
Is.
Report On Pearl Harbor
The Navy Department announced
that all of the eight battleships in
Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941,
were hit, seven of them temporar-
lily disabled and one, the Arizona,
permanently and totally lost. Those
reported damaged had returned to
the fleet. while others critically
damaged are being repaired and will
soon be ready for battle action. Of
the 202 U. S. naval aircraft based
al Pearl Harbor, $50 We're per-
manently or temporarily disabled.
Army planes destroyed totaled 81.
A. q ree17t of the Japo~cso atta"t
2,343 officers and enlisted men OF
the U. S. services were killed, l.
272 wounded, and $50 are still re-
ported as missing.
The Navy estimates that 105
enemy planes took part in the at
tack, and that the enemy lost 20
aircraft and 3 submarines of As
tons each.
The War Front
Navy Secretary Knox told a pres
conference that Japanese troops on
Guadalcanal may be running short
of supplies. The enemy attempt
to land supplies and reinforce
ments on the night of November 80
was a complete failure, he said. At
that time a U. S. naval task force
intercepted and engaged Japanese
troop transports and vessels and
sank nine ships-two large destroy
ers or cruisers, four destroyers, Cwo
troop transports and n cargo, ship
at a loss of only one U. S. cruz
ser. The enemy will try again Mr..
Knox said, but the November 80
attempt indicates clearly that the
condition of the Japanese on the
island is becoming acute. Navy
communicates throughout the week
reported ITO Japanese killed on the
Island, three planes downed and one
cargo ship hit. The Navy estimates
that los enemy planes took part in
the attack, and that the enemy lost
% aircraft and 3 submarines of 40
tons aech.
The Navy reported five U. S. naval
transports were sunk by axis sub
marines during the occupation OF
North Africa in the early part OF
Novmeber, and during the operation
three other U. S. transports. n de-
s~troyer, and one tanker were dam
aged. Reports bowed that 21S axis
planes and 10 tanks were destroyed
and a number of prisoners were
captured, with the allies reporting
Ia planes missing and five lost.