The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1942-05-21
A WEEK OF WAR
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destruction of japanese ships
in the battles of the Coral Sea
and Macassar Straits, the ac-
compliShments of American SUBJ
marines in the far Pacific and
the numerous raids by Ameri-
can planes based on Australia.
The joint communique also
reported that during the first
three weeks of tn war, about
600 900 American troops moved
to battle stations, many of them
overseas. Unified command is
now in effect in every theatre
of war. The defense of the Phil
ippines, the communicate said,
demonstrated the comparative
weakness of the japanese as an
individual fighter" a factor
which alone forbodes disaster
for the enemy japanese in the
future when the battle is met
on terms approaching equality.
Cost Of Living
The office of price admins
tration said the general ceiling
on retail prices, now in effect,
is expected to cut the cost OF
living by IL per cent. The La
Dor department repotred that
by mid-April, families of wage
earners and loWer-Salarled Wor-
kers had to spend SLIT to buy
the same things for which they
spent $1.00 before August, 1889.
Price Administrator Hender-
son said the American standard
of living will be reduced to the
depresSion-bo bottom level by the
end of 1912. Civilian purchasing
power will be about three times
the 1882 figure while available
consumer goods will decrease "a
per cent during 1912. To aid the
anti-inflation program, repre-
sentatives of the $50, 900 ship
yard workers in the nations
private shipyards agreed to re-
linquish approximately $50 mil
lion in wage increases, the WPB
reported.
Rationing
The OPA announced gasoline
card rationing in Oregon and
Washington will begin June l
and continue until July l, when
a coupon ratioing plan will be
placed in effect. The WPB re-
stricted deliveries of fuel oil
and gasoline to the two west
coast states to so per cent OF
normal deliveries, effective i'm
mediately for oil and June l
for gasoline. Petroleum Coord-
inator IckeS said there is no
immediate need of curtailing de-
liveries of petroleum products
elsewhere in the country. The
OPA removed the so mile zone
west of the east coast rationing
area where motorists from the
rationed area were to have been
required to present cards for
gasoline.
Local ration boards will be
directed to open their records
to public inspection as soon as
practicable, the OPA announced.
The agency also said gasoline
dealers will be responsible for
checking ration cards to deter
mine whether they have enough
units to cover purchases, to see
that the descriptions on them
apply to the cars for which they
are presented, and to destroy or
mark used ration card units.
Commerce Secretary Jones an
nounced the Reconstruction FL
nance Corporation will make
$3.50 million available for pur-
chase of tires held by conSum-
ers. The OPA authorized man
ufacturers to ship adults bicy-
cles to distributors. and said
it will begin bicycle rationing
in about three weeks.
Civilian Supply
The WPB notified stove man
ufacturers whose sales for the
year ended June 80, 1941, to-
tailed more than 81 million, as
well as those in any of 80
labor shortage areas" that they
cannot produce domestic cook
ing and heating stoves after
July 81. Manufacturers author
lied to produce stoves were lin
tied to certain approved types
and to monthly iron and steel
use of 10 per cent of the aver
age they used in the year end