The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-17
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still stand. Also unaffected is the
voluntary agreement limiting the
travel of baseball and football
teams.
ODT Director J. Monroe John
son said regulations governing
wholesale and retail deli. cries will
be lifted "as soon as conditions
permit" He added that further
travel relaxations would have to
be "step by step in relation to
overall requirements.
AS the government moved ahead
with its program for prosperous
peacetime. economy, there were
these other developments:
l. Gen. Brehon Somervell, COM
mander of Army Service Forces,
said army contract cutbacks shoul1
end freight congestion and release
vast quantities of raw materials.
He said $4,000 contracts already
have been cancelled. The War De-
partment meanwhile announced !
1872, OOO, 100000 cutback in Army Air
Forces procurement affecting more
than 81 1000 planes.
2. Howard Bruce, Army director
of materiel, estimated that Army
cutbacks would release between D.
$780, 900 and 100000 workers. -.
said the Army has virtually stop
ped buying hard metals.
3. The Navy ordered its procure
ment offices to make sure manu-
facturers stop delivering copper,
steel and aluminium to war plants
whose contracts have been cam
celled.
4. War Manpower Commissioner
Paul v. McNutt said that some
5000 workers who operated now
abolished manpower controls will
be available to give job help to
those who ask it. Veterans and
displaced migrant war workers
will be given top preference.
S. An OPA spokesman cautioned
..B'' and &C" motorists meanwhile
to hang on to their gasoline ration
books if they are in hurry for
new tires. In rationing tires, he
said, local boards will give first
call to motorists who hat to give
theirs heavy use during the war.
New tire certificates will be is
sued more speedily with "B" and
.'C' books as evidence. The OPA
said yesterday that motorists
could use their coupons to light
cigars as far as it was concerned.
s. The spokesman i'd it also
might be wise to keep blue stamps
that were used for now unrationed
canned goods. He said that if OPA
finds it unnecessary to print the
new ration book, the blue stamps
may be made interchangeable with
red ones.
7. Informed sources predicted
that all rationing would be ended
by Christmas except for sugar, but
ter and some fats. Cheese and
canned fish are expected to go of
the ration list next week.
8. Prospects also were good for
an early return of two-pants It's
and of vests with double-breasted
suits. War Production Board Off.
Gals said clothing manufac turers
probably would be given a go-ahead
next week.
9. The OPA official said the gov.
eminent does not intend to aban.
don prosecution of thosc who vic.
late rationing regulation. Those
charged with violating gasoline re-
strictions, for instance, will not
escape trial merely beca' gaso-
line rationing is ended.
10. Chairman Clarence Cannon,
D., Mo-, of the House Appropria-
tions committee, announced plans
to reduce government spending and
to recapture as much as possible
of 1927, 1000, 100000 in unexpended
war funds.
Cannon returned to Washington
as soon as Japan surrendered and
Immediately asked government
agencies for a report of their fin
ancial condition.
''All activities that are not abb
solutely essential will be discon-
tinued," he said. eve want to gel
back all the money we can get
our hands on"
In addition to the orders affect
ing fairs and conventions, five Of
the travel regulations revoked are
nationwide in scope. The other two
affect New York and the Miami