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writer may dispose of their ma
chimes only to authorized dealers
or to the Procurement Division O,
the Treasury, oPA said. The Oficg
ruled all new adult bicycles are
subject to rationing "even though
they may have been disassembled
or altered or the parts changed"
war BOND PURCHASES
July sales of War Bonds totaled
$500, 100000, second highest month
ly amount on record and $3.50 mil
lion above June sales, Treasury
Secretary Morgenthau said. The
highest monthly total was that of
January when the amount was
$1,000 million. Mr. Morgenthau
said the August quota has been
placed at $815 million. Because of
seasonal variations in income dis
tribution, it would not be practi-
cable to establish monthly quotas
at uniform figure of $1,000, ,00O,-
000," he said.
TRANSPORTATION
The Office of Defense Transport
tation took over ALLEGATION of all
new buses and froze all integral
type buses in the hands of manu-
facturers. Under the new plan, the
ODT will grant permission to buy
new buses only when the purchas-
ers sign an agreement giving ODT
authority to transfer the buses for
use elsewhere if transportation diff
ficulties develop. ODT Director
Eastman asked Public Service
Commissions of the States to make
a nationwide survey of local rail
and bus passenger services to elm
mate Implications.
War Production Chairman Nell
son said the WPB is studying the
proposal of shipbuilder Henry
Kaiser to build 5000 large cargo
planes in converted shipyards. The
Maritime Commission reported U. |
S. shipyards broke all records in
July as II new merchant vessels
were put into service, making a
total of 299 cargo vessels and |
tankers produced during the first /
seven months of this year.
THE WAR FRONT
1t. Gen. Stilwell's China head
quarters reported U. s. airmen have
broken the back of an elite force
Of Japanese bombers and fighters
assembled for the purpose of driv-
ng them out of China. The climax
was reached July 80, the communi-
lue said, when II Japanese bomb
srs and new type Zero fighters
we're shot down. Gen. MacArthur's
Australian headquarters announc-
ID Allied planes conducted raids on
Japanese positions from Amboina
sland in the Netherlands East In
lies to Guadal-Canal Island in the
Solomons. The Navy announced
he sinking of four United Nations
merchant vessels by enemy subma-
ines.
TRIAL OF NAzI sABOTEURs
The Supreme Court ruled that !
he charges preferred against the
light Nazi saboteurs allege an Of
ense which the President is au-
horized to order tried before a mil
tary commission" that the COM
mission is lawfully constituted,
md that the saboteurs are held in
lawful custody" The saboteurs ,,
we're brought again before the mil
tary commission.
THE ARMED FORCES
The President signed a bill Gre
lting the Women's Auxiliary Re
Ierve in the Navy, which will be
made up at first of 1000 commits
ioned officers and about 10000 en- /
listed members. He also signed a !
ill to permit the CAA to train !
irplane mechanics in its Civilian !
'ilot Training Centers. The Army
as asked for training of $1,000 ,
lechanics. Selective Service Head 7
uarters instructed SIS local boards +
0 induct during August some men +
lassified in 1-B with certain types +
t physical defects. I