The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-28
Inside
Washington

wAsH INC the ,,..
can Eaa.t be told why American F s'Gsy
been able to maintain sM 'ot0 nave
na an 2s,t average against the c a!sa
Normally, the big bon,b 10 ~
ny t5 lar &c caliber machine Gar Car
Unnamed planes in rl't tSa powerful 20;
Cd fe ef,t a long time after t Snle s..
ed ea;G States Air Forces beg yae Unit u
Men, Men, was Va . sufficient to keen aEn n
4'd Pns at "a respectable dj stp the
But, after paying bIo n[dSlance.
c s9e experience, Nazi fIy livery 10 for
there. They also learned arm mere re and
order to carry as man,s that, in
possible, the heavy bomb uOmOs as
forced 10 to cut down tb theirs Were
OF ammunition. '''if supply
Thus the four-motored
unable to engage in ~ Joos We're
dog-fights and the N N,l Prolonged
1T n,a easier Ter picking of they s,S I, found
wait for the oombers a laid in
homeward with much Wlnging
of their 10y IL not al
pended. '"eady ex.
Those happy hunting d..
not last long, nowever' O'ys did
on one raid the Nazis toro !.
a formation Of Forts" 'q nnl., INTO
ilnd the bonlbers spewing glAy y,I to
a a1 from utterly strange nl5 oaeh
And, on the way home tbo p S
ers fought off clouds Of inta Ooln0'
TO-. Tors with apparently ipey F:'e9'
IDLE machine guns. 'A'aast'
In April, May and June F,,...-
Fortresses shot down 82l r nl:1as
against a loss of 1888 of our p aaD
| SsA1D w Ol
Very secretly bornbers had h,.,
sent to modification centers ' sea
transformed from the wo,i t.a
fastest big bombers to the worl H
biggest fighter planes! ''US
Instead of carrying bomb,
Europe, they were loaded dopn
with guns and ammunition '"I
T h ey were indistinguisb.v.
from their accompanying bom1
ers, but carried a far desdIs,
ting. ''
In the air forces they ar rov
known as Flying Hedgehogs,"
The War Food Administrative
warns housewives and Others in.
terested not to look for any in.
provement in the milk supply ST.
) uation in November-a month d
normally low milk production
Every effort is being made ia
spur the nations dairymen on to
greater prod tion thrusa
changes in the feed situation o.
in prices, but VIA officials ay
frankly that the vastly increased
consumption may cause eysry
city market to have more diff.
Guilty in finding as big a supply
as last winter.
Expectations are that a milk
sales control order will be in ef.
| feet in most cities in the northeast
and along the west coast by Oct,
/.
One way out of the difficulty
which is under consideration is
: reduction of the amount of milk
sold in restaurants, hotels and
, other public establishments.
/ The Treasury came generously
to the rescue Of congressman who
! passed the "pay-as-you-go' tax
: bill and were unable to make out
their tentative income tax re-
turns due September Is.
At the behest OF bewildered rep.
resentatives and senators, the bu.
reau of internal revenue assigned
t three experts, aided by ASST
! ants, to the Capitol to show the
, legislators how to make clt Their
: returns.
Two of the experts were gwen
offices in the House Office 0WN
ing, where they were swampea
with requests for appointments
! from House members.
Il The other expert was given an
, office in the Senate Office Ol.a'
: ing.
Furthermore, many mem0eH
of Congress wired in for appol'
ments before returning to WASH
: ington for the reopening OF TIE
t session.
= War Production Board otticlaA
!: have reduced the number Of GA"
: jars available Tor such things q:
r insecticides, ammonia, paint anu
S various household items so tA''
$ there will be enough Of the con-
1 tainers to package waE'V-'''
5 foods.
4 With tin and steel on the cru
cal commodities list and WIN
canned goods going to aEAsa
: forces abroad for anti-hreahs8,,
and other reasons, it looks a; \
civilians will find most processes
foods in glass instead Of TN lo' .
long time to come.