The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-09-10
A Week of The War

President Roosevelt asked Con.
gress to enact by October ! legisla,
ton under which he would be ''speci.
fically authorized to stabilize the cost
of living, including the price of all
farm commodities" In a special
message to the legislators, the Presi.
dent said "inaction on your part by
that date viii leave me with an in
! escapable responsibility to the peo-
pie of this country to see to it that
the war effort is no longer imperiled
by threat of economic chaos. In
The event that congress should fail
to act, and act adequately, / shall ac-
cept the responsibility, and / will
act"
Mr.. Roosevelt said the purpose of
the legislation Should be to hold
farm prices at parity, or at levels
Of a recent date, whichever is high
err" He said Eat the same time that
farm prices are stabilized, wages can
and will be stabilized also. This
will do"
The President recalled that two
points of his original seven-point
anti-inflation program required legis-
lation-"an adequate tax program,
and a law permitting the fixing of
price ceilings on farm products at
parity prices" He said delay in en-
acting this legislation "has now
reached the point of danger to our
whole economy . we cannot hold
the actual cost of food and clothing
down approximately the present level
beyond October /. But no n can
give any assurance that the cost of
living can be held down after that
date -" He renewed his request
of last April for an individual net
income limitation of $4,000.
The War Front
After ten straight raids without
a loss, two u. S. Flying Fortress
bombers were reported as missing
September 7, following the greatest
American aerial attack of the wal on
Nazi-occupied France. Three squad
rons of the big bombers attacked the
airframe factory at Meaulte, near
Albert, for the second time, while a
fourth squadron bombed the St.
Omer airfield. In the raids the for
tresses destroyed five enemy fight
ers and probably destroyed 13 more,
and damaged another rs. The bomb
ers were escorted by 400 Allied
fighters, three of which were shot
down.
Gen. MacArthur's Australian head
quarters reported September 7 that
heavy Allied bombing planes attacked
a japanese cargo ship southeast of
New Guinea which was believed to
have been attempting to supply the
trapped enemy forces in the Milne
Bay area. Australians were hopping
up the remnants of Japanese forces
in China, continuing their offensive,
scored a direct hit on japanese mill
tary headquarters in Nanchang, sank
at least seven steamers, blasted a rail
way station and warehouse and
strafed a troop train.
Two Navy vessels. the destroyer
Blue and the auxiliary transport Col
houn, have been lost in action in the
South Pacific in the past two weeks,
the Navy announced. There were
few casualties. The Navy also an
nounced the sinking of nine more
United Nations merchant vessels by
enemy submarines in the Atlantic.
War Aims and Foreign Relations
President Roosevelt, in an address
broadcast to an International Stu
dent Assembly in Washington and
short-waved to other parts of the
world, stated the war is going to be
long and hard and bitter (but) this
time we shall know how to make full
use of victory" to build a better
world. He said the Government will
i see to it that men returning from
the fronts can resume their interrupt
ed areers and education and that
work is provided for those willing and
able to work.
Reciprocal lend-lease aid to the
u. S. already covers a range as wide
as the requirements and geography
of a global war, and is being provided
to this country on the same basis as
we are providing lend-lease help tc
other countries, the Office of Wan
Information reported. Such aid is
being provided without dollar pay
ment under the terms of master.
agreements with countries receiving
U. S. lend-lease help. Reciprocal
aid "for American forces abroad . .
ranges from squadrons of Spitfires
to new fan belts for Army trucks
from building aidromes and Nava
bases to Duration chocolate bars anC
bananas at the soldiers mess-fron
convoy protection for U. s. troop
ships arriving in British waters tC
:illing the gas tanks of U. S. ferry
planes at airports newly laid out il
~juncles or deserts" the Owl said
The President announced a specia
II. 6 Technical Mission will leave fol-