Milford chronicle., 1942-08-21

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! their positions; jim theg .Fulagi sre
!, Of the SOLOMON Islands. At th
same, time, U. S. Army and Allie
shore based aircraft from Austra
liza continuously attacked Japan
: ese air bases and ship concentrs
tions in enemy held harbors." /
support Of the invasion. Com
mander-in-Chief of the U. s. Flee
: King reported early in the battl
. that the U, S. appeared to have ha
at least one cruiser sunk and tw
cruisers, two destroyers and on
transport damaged, while a larg
number of enemy planes were de
stroyed and enemy surface unit
were put out of action. He said tn
type ofsoperatisn being undertakes
imthe. Solemons is one pflthe mes
difficult in warfare. 'Se3J1.yf' sAe
The Navy; raised the toll of Jap
anese ships sgnkspS idaEsged il
adding a destroyer to those hit II
the surprise attacks OF August S3s
on Kiska harbor, 10. S. headauar-
ters. in the European theater re-
ported Army Air Force \ lighters
participated with thelR A. f. in 81
sorties offsthe coast OF England in
AS hours ending August 1S.. Air
Forces heavy bomhers based In
India and China continued destruc-
tive raids against the Japanese.
The Navy announced the sinking of
seven United Nations merchantmen
by enemy submarines, the lowest
weekly number Of such sinkings
announced in the past 16 weeks.
RATIONING III
Sugar ration stamp No. 8 will be
good for 5 pounds of sugar in the
10-week, period beginning August
20 and ending October 81, the Office
Of Price Administration announced.
While not changing the basic ra-
tion of one-half pound per person
per week, 1t will enable consumers
to make purchases in larger units
and facilitate the. disposal Of 5. 10
and 25=pound packages. ..,.il5 .slg /
Price administrator Henderson
and Petroleum Coordinator Ickes
announced jointly that fuel oil ira
tioning on the east. coast may be
unavoidable next winter Ali East
ern motorists were told by the OPA
to display 4 their gasoline ration
stickers Sinmed ediately, because at
is illegal for any service station, at
tendant to sell gasoline to a vehicle
unless the sticker corresponding to
the type Of book is conspicuously
displayed on the car" The ration
ing regulations for new passenger
were amended to make |
members of the U. S. armed forces
eligible to purchase. new cars upon |
proof that a car is : needed for |
transportation between residence |
and post of duty OF on official mill
tary business where no military
is available.
FARM PRICES
Livestock price ceilings would
require very complicated controls
Of marketing conditions, even to
insectfon at individual farms, Agri-
culture. Secretary Wickard said.
Such ceilings would benefit small
packers, he stated, but would mot
increase supplies. If it, becomes
necessary, however, the Depart
ment of Agriculture will assist in
working out a ceiling. program, he
said. Mr.. Wickard reported the
available meat supply after. dedtic-
lion of Lend-Lease and military re-
Ipirementslr would furnish fCuRll
pounds more meat per person be-
tween now and June 1943 than the
lverage per capita consumption
rom July 1874 through sIuIy 1910.
Ihe Agriculture Department esti-
mated the number of cattle on feed.
DR. market in the .corhbelt. States
in August j had dropped 10 per
tent from the comparable figure a
rear ago, apparently because Inn
losition of ceilings on beef prices
'aused feeders to- deviate from
heir plans as, reported in April
his year. a.~' ,~-. ...-
Secretary Wickard said the corn
iupply is being used faster than
,orn is being produced, and next
rear, unless we feed more wheat
han usual" over 200 million more
,ushels of corn will be used than
8 being raised this year. There
re still large stocks, however, in
he national granary, he said.
FERTILIZATION OF WAGES
The National War Labor Board
.ranted an increase. of TN cents an
our to $1,000 workers in 40 New
1ngland and IL Southern textile
nillsg The Board denied any wage
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