The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-12-02

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everywhere is the fact that the
army must recruit 10000 nurses
Immediately in order to care for
wounded and sick soldiers, both at
home and overseas. In addition,
1000 nurses are needed by the
Veterans Administration for its
services The navy will need 500
nurses a month for several more
months. In an effort to stimulate
the interest of nurses in this in
dispensable service, Paul v. Nc
Mutt, War Manpower chairman, has
sent kilograms to all state procure
ment and assignment committees
requesting that additional names
of nurses be made available to the
American Red Cross for recruit
ment purposes. Nurses who enter
the service are commissioned and
,, will enjoy all rights extended to
the armed forces under the CT Bill
of Rights.
FeaU Consumer Developments
With industry and government
war agencies straining to keep
abreast of military needs of equip
ment and ammunition as the armed
forces increase the tempo of bat
tie, consumer news developments
this last week of the month have
been slight.
The Office of Price Administra-
ton, however, took steps to in
crease future supplies of non-ra-
toned footwear by officially class
flying that pikskin leather may be
used for non-rationed shoes. This
type of footwear is largely a war
time development. Ultimately the
new shoes will be mainly available
in infants, children's, Misses and
women's sizes. OPA cautioned that
the shoes with pigskin uppers will
not be available in quantity for
some time as very little raw ma
terial is at present being tanned
into leather.
The OPA assured consumers that
advance rations of fuel oil will be
granted to them while they are
having central heating equipment
reconverted to burn oil under the
provisions that recently made ra-
tons available to east coast and
middle western consumers who CO.
operated in the original CONVEX
sion program.
The OPA has set ceiling prices
on two types of army shoes for
men, which the Treasury Procure
ment division proposes to sell for
civilian use. Retail ceiling will be
$3.50 pair on both types, one of
which is leather soled with leath-
er tap over the sole, and the other
a leather soled shoe with outside
rubber tap Both types are russell
tan with straight tips and bellows
| tongue.
Home Loans To Veterans Speeded
| American communities have a
stake in the fact that the Federal
Housing Administration has acted
to speed the making of insured
home loans to veterans by private
| institutions under the terms of the
CT Bill of Rights. The FILA is now
accepting at its field offices from
private lending agencies applica-
| tons for the insurance of principal
loans supplemented by loans under
section sos of the CT Bill. These
! are cases where the Veterans Ad-
ministration guarantees an equity
loan not to exceed $4,000, and
where the principal loan, which
must comply with FILA regulations,
is insured by FILA. The federal
agency seeks all possible protec-
ton of veterans in what may be
the most important single finan-
ole oil f~o e.
Rubber Problem Remains Serious
The overall rubber problem re-
mains far from solved and allied
crude rubber stocks are now at the
lowest since the start of the war,
the combined raw materials board
reports. This statement makes a
distinction between the successful
synthetic rubber program and the
natural rubber supply. 1t is natural
rubber that is being used faster
than it can be obtained and it is
natural rubber that is so needed
in heavy truck tires and airplane
tires-which the war uses UP at
an appalling rate. The upshot of
this situation is the unrelaxed de-
pendence upon civilian tire users to
conserve and conserve. The shifts
to synthetic rubber mean, the board
explained, some sacrifice in guam
tity and quality, but such is an
essential price to pay to conserve
n afY7ra1 rubber