The Durant news., 1942-08-06

from meat dealers to renders.
Price Administrator Henderson es-
tablished 60-day temporary ceiling
on wholesale and retail lamb prices,
at the highest levels charged by each
seller during the period July 27-31.
The temporary ceiling on lamb prices,
effective August 10, places every
major meat item except poultry un-
der Government price regulations.
The OPA said Armour and Company,
Swift and Company, and Wilson and
Company, Inc, have agreed to sub
NIT for auditing the sales records of
al their branch houses for the pur-
pose of refunding to their customers
wholesalers and retailers) all charges
made in excess Of the maximum
prices for beef and pork.
President Roosevelt told his press
conference there are three reasons
for the current meat shortage in tha
East and some mid-Western States:
(1) it is the off season for beef; (2)
people have good deal more money
with which to buy more and better
cuts of meat; (3) this country has
around 100000 men under arms
for whom meat supplies must be pro-
pared in advance. Mr.. Roosevelt said
the people will have to expect new
shortages from time to time because
that is part of the price of winning
the war.
| Farm Income
| During the first half of 1912 cash
income from farm marketings totaled
S,773 million compared with 4,0i2
million in the same period last year,
the Agriculture Department report
ed. Income from crops was AS per-
cent greater. The Department said
g record volume of marketings is ex-
rected during 1912, including Gov
ernment payments, probably will 4x-
ceed $14,500 million, the report SAID.
Rationing
The outlook for obtaining sugar
supplies from the Caribbean has
''taken turn for the worse" because
of submarine warfare and the amount
Of shipping diverted to war purposes,
the OPA said. The Office asked SUI
gar refiners in Louisiana and Texas
rot to ship to sugar markets in Indi-
ana, Illinois and Ohio until at least
September l because of a shortage
in their home states. OPA said these
restrictions will have to be continu-
ed if receipts from Cuba and Puerto
Rico are below expectations.
Under rationing regulations per-
sons owning more than one type
writer may dispose Of their machies
only to authorized dealers or to the
Procurement Division of the Treas
ury, OPA said. The Office ruled all
new adult bicycles are subject to Ia
tioning "even though they may have
been disassembled or altered or the
parts changed
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 as
sembled for the purpose of driving
them out of China. The climax was
reached July 80, the communique
said, when II japanese bombers and
new type Zero fighters were shot
down. Gen MacArthur's Australian
headquarters announced Allied planes
conducted raids on Japanese positions
from Amboina Island in the Neither
lands East Indies to Guadal-C Canal
island in the Solomons. The Navy
announced the sinking of four Uni
ted Nations merchant vessels by en-
emy submarines.
The Armed Forces
The President signed bill Great
ing the Women's Auxiliary Reserve
in the Navy, which will be made up
at first of 1000 commissioned Off
GERS and about 10000 enlisted men,
bers. He also signed bill to permit
the CAA to train airplane mechanics
in its Civilian Pilot Training Centers.
The Army has asked for training or
$1,000 mechanics. Selective Service
Headquarters instructed SIS local
boards to induct during August sosne
men classified in 1-B with certain
types Of physical defects.