The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-28

EusVH pIOuuCeo, Wnlcn Is 349,000, or an average of not quite three engines per plane.
 Using the accepted figure of 10 million men in the armed services by the end of the year, the type- writers would figure out at one writ ing machine for every 30 and 6 frac- tion men. It makes you wonder what they do with them.
 The typewriter procurement pro- gram for the armed services is sup. posed to come to an end on Sept. 30. But that doesn't mean that the serv- ices have all the typewriters they want. Oh, no. Manufacture of 63,- 900 more wide carriage and special keyboard typewriters has been au- thorized for the next seven months, and the armed services will get them all.
 REVISED REPORT
 What constitutes an honest pro. duction report seems to be Q matter of considerable difference of official opinion in Washington. The Pres ident's message to Congress, giving all the figures the Germans ought to know and far more specific in- formation than any production re- port since the beginning of the war, was glowing and well over on the optimistic side. Yet when War Pro- duction Board Chairman Donald M. Nelson sent his report on August production over to the War Depart ment for clearance, the office of the undersecretary asked that the re- port be held up and revised because 1t was too optimistic. The Nelson report gave no specific figures at all just an index number showing production a few per cent higher than in July. '
 Curious postscript on the idea at- tributed to Vice President Henry Wallace for wanting everyone to have at least a quart of milk Q day is found in the increase in milk consumption in the United States during the war boom. As prosper ity has increased, 50 has the con- sumption of fluid milk. The in- crease over the past 20 months has been a steady rise of per cent Q month, so that today per capita con- sumption of milk is the highest on record and there simply aren't enough milk COWS to produce more. Viewed in that light, consumption of milk is a direct index of prosperity. LUXURY FOR LADIES
 Studies made by various econom. ic units indicate that an increasing proportion of Americas increased payrolls in the war boom prosperity is being spent on and by women. Census figures on retail sales for August show an II per cent increase over year ago. Some of that is of course attributable to increases in the cost of living. But the classes of stores showing the big increases in sales are those catering to wo- men-jewelry store sales Up 20 per cent, dry goods stores up IS per cent, department stores up 17 per cent, apparel stores up i3 per cent.
 An Army officer just back from Africa tells about a WAC captain over there on special assignment, who was invited to have dinner with general at his headquarters, be- fore the Sicilian and Italian inva- sions got rolling. The general and his staff had taken over quite an elaborate layout, big estate coun- trv house. As the WAC came in to the enormous living room. the of- ficers all rose to greet her, but the magnificence of the room stopped her on the threshold and she glanc- ed around the room, trying to take it all in. How do you like tt?" asked the general proudly. The WAC didn't hesitate minute. T was just thinking" she said, "of Valley Forge"