Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-02-06
ted States.

ted States.
The Army Ordnance Department
estimated it has been spending S21
million a day for The past five weeks
for 1920 various types of items in
GLIDING ammunition, small arms, ar
tillery, tanks, etc. The Army an
nounced its new 105 nm. howitzer is
now in mass production, War Produc-
ton Chairman Nelson told a meeting
in New York City the job facing bus
inessmen is to rush war contracts
through to completion without stop
ping to count the cost"
The War Production Board an
nounced a simplified production re-
quirements plan to speed conversion
of small manufacturers doing less
than 100000 business a year. The
Board also set up a special section
to collect information on all vacant
industrial buildings so the Army and
Navy procurement branches can a
ward contracts in such way as to
utilize these buildings.
Ernest Kanzler, WPB official in
charge of converting the automobile
industry to war production, said the
industry up to January Is had orders
for So billion worth of guns, tanks,
planes, and other war material. He
said the industry's present employ
ment of 100000 workers may be doub
led when peak war production is
reached late this year. He said lack
of machine tools is the present bot
tleneck in the conversion effort but
labor supply may be the next big
problem.
Attorney General Biddle ordered all
German, Japanese and Italian nation
ais to leave specified vital areas in
San Francisco and Los Angeles by
February "a Mr.. Biddle said 27 addi-
tional prohibited areas recommended
by the War Department would be
published later.
The Senate passed and sent to the |
House a second War Powers Bill eX-
tending the Governments requisitiOn-
ing power and carrying criminal pen
alties for violation of the priorities
system. The WPB cut radio produc-
ton by 40 percent, prohibited use of
aluminium except on war contracts, !
and restricted consumption of nickel,
brass and copper for advertising and
decorative purposes to so percent of
last year. The Board also announced
it will withhold percentage of can
ned goods in 1912 to insure ample
supplies of certain foods for the arm
ed forces.
War Production Chairman Nelson
placed full authority in the Office of
Price Administration to ration all
goods and commodities sold on the /
retail market and for goods to sat
isfy personal needs. Price Admins
traitor Henderson said initial sugar
sales under the rationing plan to be
next month probably will
be restricted to IL ounces week for
each individual. The Department of
Justice announced the Antitrust Di
vision is investigating the practice of
cusomers to purchase desig-
mated amounts of groceries in order
to obtain limited amounts of sugar.
Labor Secretary Perkins said labor
require temporary ''relaxa-
ton in accepted Standards" and ask
ed labor and management to place
war production on a 24-hour, 7-day
basis Immediately. WPB Labor Direc-
tor Hillman announced ratification by
unions and owners of an agreement t
for continuous shipbuilding opera
tons on the Pacific coast. The agree
ment will be extended to the Atlantic,
Gulf and Great Lakes zones, Mr.. Hill
man said. The National Resources
Planning Board outlined in a 19-page
pamphlet a plan for full employment
the war.