Milford chronicle., 1942-07-31

President Roosevelt said Admir-
al William D. Leahy, former U. s
Ambassador to Vichy France, has
been called back to active duty tc
serve as Chief of Staff to him as
Commander-in-Ch Chief of the Armed
Forces. Ben. Macarthur reported
from Australia that the new $500
man Japanese invasion force land
ed in the una-Ambasi-G Coma area
in New Guinea on July 20 has been
subjected to such damaging raids
that few, If any, Japanese ships are
left in the vicinity of the invasion.
The Navy announced II more Uni
ted Nations merchant vessels have
been lost to enemy submarines.
Army
The nine Army Corps Areas
were reorganized and renamed
Service Commands" The reorgan-
ization will further decentralize the
operation of Services of Supply ac-
tivity and eliminate duplicating ia
cilities. War Secretary Stimson
said $4,000 jaundice cases develop
ed among Army personnel in the
U. S. and abroad between January
/ and July 4, apparently due to
the use of yellow fever vaccine.
Sixty-two deaths resulted. There
has been a change in the form of
yellow fever vaccine now used
which the Surgeon General thinks
will eliminate the whole trouble"
Mr.. Stimson said. Director Hobby
of the Women's Auxiliary Corps
said 20 companies of $50 women
each will be trained by the end of
this year and $4,000 women will be
trained by April 1943.
Taxation and Profits
The House passed and sent to
the Senate the War Revenue Bill,
estimated to yield about $1,000 mil
lion, providing a As per cent nor
nal and surtax income rate on |
and a 80 per cent ex-
cess profits tax. Treasury Secre-
tary Morgenthau, however, said a
tax program of less than $500 mil
ion of additional revenue would be
inadequate. He recommended re-
noval of these special privileges:
ak exemption for State and muni-
,ipal securities, exemption from
axation of 271s per cent of income
rom oil weels and mines, and sep
lrate tax returns by married cou-
)les.
The House Naval Affairs Com
nittee, after investigating 10000
contracts, said "95 per cent of the
var contractors are doing an hon
,st and effective job and receiving
,nly fair and reasonable profits"
he average being 8 per cent.
Scrap Salvage Campaigns
President Roosevelt reported the
'ecent scrap rubber collection
lrive added 454,000 tons to the Gov
,rnment's stockpile-exclusive of
'ubbef in small piles still at SER
yice stations and junk dealers.
NPB Chairman Nelson asked State
md local governments to lend
heir trucks and workers to local
alvage committees to help trans
,ort scrap material collections be-
ore winter sets in. To keep steel
furnaces going at full capacity,
more than 100000 freight cars will
,e required to carry scrap iron and
teel, most of which must be NOV
ID by trucks to rail points.
The WPB extended the tin can
alvage program to 104 cities in
Lddition to S6 metropolitan areas
announced, because de-
lining plant capacity requirements
AVE been increased from 250,000
o, 5000 tons. The. Board said; the
S0vernment will requisition from
unk dealers all useless automo-
'iles-those that cannot be repair
ID on a practical basis-to main
ain the present peak movement of
scrap to mills. On the
,asis of a QUESTIONABLE to $50
rms, the Board estimated 100 mil
ion pounds of essential chemicals :
ould be realized in the next 1S
months if manufacturers of war
quipment began now to recover
Tasted spray paints.