The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-01-16

major economic hazards, an assur.
. ance that this great government
can and must provide"
The President said the United
States has reason to be proud Of
the war production accomplishm.
ents of 1912, $4,000 planes, So,
900 combat vehicles such as tanks
and self propelled artillery, 670,.
600 machine guns. $1,000 anti-tanl
guns, 10,250, 000,O 900 rounds Of SIN.
all arms ammunition and 181, 00O, OOC
rounds of artillery aunition, the
arsenal Of deocracy is aking good
A joint stateent assumed ear
lier in the week by WPB the war
department and many said the
revised 1943 War production pro-
gram anticipates munitions produc-
ton double that of 1912, with heavy
emphasis placed on aircraft, mer-
chant shipping and naval escort
an dcombat vessels. AS revised and
adjusted to fit our actual stra-
tegic' battle plans, the program
provides for about twice as many
planes as built in 1912, more than
twice the merchant tonnage of
1912, and considerable increases in
naval escort and combat vessels
These are, for themost part, items
difficnlt to make, items requiring
large quantities of materials parts
skilled manpowar and special IA
cilities.
AS for merchant shipping, Mr..
Roosevelt told the press the 1912
goal of 100000 tons was eceeded
by almost $1,000 tons. The pre-
SENT rate of ship building is H.
100000 tons a year, and as things
look now the 1913 goal of 10000
600 tons may even be eceeded.
THE WAR FRONT
Although Nazi submarines sank
fewer American ships in December
than in previous mmonths, the u
boatm enace, according to owl
Director Elmer Davis, is still very
serious. Reports also indicate, he
said, that the Japanese are mas
sing a large armada near the
Solomons presumably for another
drive on the is ands.
According to the Navy there
havC been no japanese landings of
reiforcnements and supplies CD
acslcaal in recet weeks. Noe #
the 10 destroyecs which were head
ec toward the islard and ,n.er
certed on January by u. S. air
men and torpedo boats succeed
Cd in getting through the Amer.-
can defenses.
On January 6, American war
planes in the South Pacific at
tackled japanese transport in the
Shorthand island area of the Solo
mons and reported a possible hit
on the stern Of the ship.
From Secretary Stimson comes
word that on all fronts the out
look is favorable In North Afri-
ca, the British first army has
scored gains lin the North toward
Bizerte, the French have ably TO-
ught off German attacks in the
southern sector, and allied acri-
vity against enemy shipping has
been highly effective. Mr.. Slim
son interpreted the German with
in Russia as grave and pointed
out that in the Caucasus a Ger
man withdrawal appears to have
begun. Turning to the pa ,ific, he
said American and Australian for
ces have virtually completed Ell
Getting the Japanes from New Gu
inca Island, and in the Solomons
American forces have been rein
forced and supplied ad their posi-
tons strengthened. He pointed out
hofever, that the Germans and ia
panese have suffered few major
reverses, and cautioned against un-
derestimating their offensives.
A u. IS. fifth ormy, to be COM
manded by 1t. Gen. Mark Wayne
Clark, is now being formed to fl
ght in North Africa. This will
make 1t. Gen. Dwight D. Eisen-
hover supreme commander of two
allied armies, the other being the
British first army command in the
field by British 1t. Gen. Kenneth
A. N. Anderson.
COST OF LIVING
An OPA Report on three typi-
cal months of residential rent con-
troll gives complete details of how
the nations billion dollar annual
rent bill has been held in check.
Rent control has spread over $50
areas, and now covers more than
rs million Americans. Tenants in
these areas are assured of stable
rents in 1913 and freedom from
fear of evictions.
Moving toward sinplified and
standardized retail food prices, the
OPA has established uniform re-
tail and wholesale margines on
nine food commodities, coffee, can
ned fish, cooking and salad oils,
trus fruits and juices, evaporated
shortening, corn meal, canned ci-
and condensed milk, pure maple
in the principal population centers
and corn syrups, and flour and
flour mics Thus every housewife