The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-09-17
A WEEK OF THE WAR
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ems Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, to
ferry smaller Army planes from fac
tories to airfields. The Weather
Bureau called for 75 women air
plane pilots to take a course in me-
~teorology. Mr.. Stimson also said the
Army expects to call most, and pos
sibly all, student ~reservists who have
reached Selective Service age to ac-
tive duty by the end Of the college
term beginning in September. The
Coast Guard is forming a fleet of
$50 fir~e-fighting boats, most of them
~embodying a new design in propl-
sion and fire-fighting machinery, to
be used in protecting waterfront ia
cilities along U. S. coasts.
Transportation
Office Of Defense Transportation
Director Eastman announced mo
special train or bus service, including
charter bus service, to football games
or other sports events will be per-
mitted. At the same time ! am d.
recting that steps be taken by my
office to prevent the overcrowding
Of regular trains serving areas in
which such events are to be held"
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion ruled that for the duration all
railroad carriers may disregard any
present regulations governing length
Of trains when necessary to assure
prompt movement of freight or pass
engers.
The ODT ordered all operators of
commercial rubber borne vehicles
except motorcycles to carry and
show a Certificate of necessity" in
order to obtain gasoline, tires or
parts after November Is. The reg
ulation covers almost 100000 nom
military trucks, 10000 buses, 5O,-
900 taxicabs and all ambulances and
hearses. Applications for certifi-
Gates, as we'll as other pertinent in
formation, will be mailed about Sep
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tered last December 81 as Of
motor vehicles available for public
rental.
War Production
War Production Chairman Nelson
asked war workers to stop taking an
extra day off and to refrain from
"quickie" strikes over minor griev-
ances because such absences slow
production. He said the nations pro-
duction record is not nearly good
enough. The President by Executive
Order prohibited payment of "ren-
atty double-time" pay for work on
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, but
permitted payment of double-time
for the seventh consecutive days
work and of time-and-a-half for all
overtime work after 40 hours a week.
Under Secretary Of War Patterson
said u. S. plane production in Aug
ust was greater than that of Ger
many, Italy, and Japan combined and
tank production, already at an I'M
presive high, will be twice as great
in December.
Labor Supply
WPB Chairman Nelson ordered a
48-hour work-week established in
lumber camps and sawmills in the
Pacific northwest because log inven-
tories are the lowest in five years.
To relieve growing labor shortages,
War Manpower Chairman McNutt
ordered that workers in the lumber
and nonferrous metal industries in
Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana,
Utah, Wyoming, California, Nevada,
Oregon, Washington, New Mexico,
and Texas, may not seek jobs else
where without obtaining Certificates
of separation" from the U. S. En-
ployment Service, and no employer
in the critical area shall employ such
a worker if he has no certificate
The industries affected employ ap-
proximately 100000 workers.
CARD OF THANKS