Milford chronicle., 1943-01-15
A WEEK OF THE WAR

VI lIS pIOSIdHls Dul II Will D6
to Congress to work out the methC
for achieving that objective.
In his State of the Union mel
sage on January the Presider
had spoken of the Third Freedom
Freedom from Want-and of wha
the young men and women of An
erica want beyond the winning {
| the war. In addition to the oppoI
tunity for employment, the peopl
want assurance against the evils o
all major economic hazards, al
assurance that this great govern
ment can and must provide 1t il
possible, he continued, that thi!
will loom very large as a task o
America during the coming two
years-a task for the nation t.
study sympathetically and to work
out with fairness to all and with
injustice to none.
PRODUCTION
The President said the U. S. has
reason to be proud of the war pro-
duction accomplishments of 1912:
$4,000 planes. $4,000 combat We
hicles such as tanks and self-pro-
PEELED artillery, $4,000 machine
guns. 81, 900 anti-tank guns, 10.25O.-
100000 rounds of small arms am
munition and 1SI.OO0.OO0 rounds of
artillery ammunition IT he ar
senal of democracy is making
good"
A joint statement issued earlier
in the week by the WPB. the War
Department and the Navy said the
revised 1943 war production pro-
gram anticipates munitions pro-
duction double that of 1912. with
heavy emphasis placed Oh aircraft,
merchant shipping, and naval es-
cOrt and combat vessels. AS re-
vised and adjusted to fit our actual
strategic battle plans. the pro-
gram provides for about twice as
many planes as built in 1912. more
than twice the merchant ship ton
mage of 1912. and considerable in
creases in naval escort and combat
vessels. These are. for the most
part. items difficult to make. items
requiring large quantities of ma
terial, parts. skilled manpower
and special facilities.
AS for merchant shipping. Mr.
Roosevelt told the press the 1919
goal of S.O0O,00O tons was exceeded
by almost $1,000 tons. The present
rate of shipbuilding is 14.400,00O
-ons year. and as things look now
he 1913 goal of 16,OOO.OOO tons
nay even be exceeded.
THE WAR FRONT
Although Nazi submarines sank
ever American ships in December
han in previous months. the L.
,oat menace. according to OWL
Director Elmer Davis. is still very
erious. Reports also indicate. he
aid. that the Japanese are mass
ng Il large armada near the Solo
mons. presumbly for another drive
N the islands. /
According to the Nayy's iEforma-
ion, there have been no japanese
Of rciuforcements and
upplies on Guadalcanal in recent
;eeks. None OF the IL destroyers
,hich were headed toward the is
and and intercepted on January ,
Y L. S. airmen and torpedo
oats succeeded in getting through
he American defenses. On Janu-
ry &. American warplanes in the
outh Pacific attacked a Japanese
'ansport in the Shorthand Island
rea OF the Solomons and reported
possible hit on the stern of the
nip.
From Secretary Stimson comes Z
ord that on all fronts the out !
Ok is "favorable". In North
frica. the British First Army has :
ored gains in the north toward :
zerte. the French have ably
ught off German attacks in the
uthern sector. and Allied aerial Z
tivity against enemy shipping has :
en- highly effective. Mr.. Stimson /.
the German position in )
lssia as grave and pointed out {
at in the Caucasus German Z
thdrawal appears to have begun. !
lrLing to the Pacific. he said (
nerican and Australian forces
We virtually completed ejecting !
. Japanese from New Guinea Is 4
I'd. and i'll the SOlOmons Ameri- Z
n forces have been reinforced and 4
pplied and their positions
He pointed out,
wever. that the Germans and J.
panese have suffered few major
,erses. and cautioned against un-
their offensive capa-
tiles.
U. S. Fifth Army. to be COM
nded by 1t. Gen. Mark Wayne
lrk. is now being formed to