Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 190, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 23, 1942 Page: 1 of 10
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.Land Says Labor Agitation Delaying U. S. Ship Building Program
feezing n — t> Shift Dares tl.S.-British
delations OROWNWOOD BULLETIN Allies To Push Seen
During May
VOL 41, NO. 190
BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, THURSDAY. APRIL 23. 1942
TEN PAGES TODAY
Add Arkansas, Louisiana to Corps Area
Ickes Irked By Prices Will Be
Out of Area W Frozen As Of
WASHINGTON, April 23 <UP —
Chairman Emory S. Land of tba
Maritime Commission charged to-
day that “infernal agitation”
among shipyard workers and de-
wy* In deliveries of steel piste are
starting the a hipbuilding pro-
gram.
"This infernal agitation is going
around in everybody's besd about
whether It should be a closed or
open shop, or whether they should
tain this or that union.” Land told
the Senate committee investigating
the war program.
Ha called for “stabilization of
labor relation#- ■ sometimes known
aa freezing relations.”
When he smarted that the ship*
huslding program could be 50 pep
ihtid of prtMDt production,
Sen. Harold H. Burton. R.. O .
asked whether “loafing'' was re-
sponsible for the lag.
"It certainly has a bearing on it.”
Land replied. “One of my pet
paevee is leafing in the yards. We
here got to build up morale and
that includes everybody from man-
agement to lehor.”
WASHINGTON. April 2* —
Four states In the south and south-
west have been transferred in e
realignment of Army Corps areas
designed to facilitate defense, sup-
ply. administration and control,
the War Dpeertment announced
today.
The shifts are Arkansas from
the Seventh Corps Area to the
Eighth Corps Area, whoye head-
quarters are at San Antonio, Tex.;
Louisiana from the Fourth Cops
Area to the Eighth Corps Area;
Arisons from the Eighth Corps
Area to the Ninth, whose heed-
quarters are at Fort Douglas. Utah;
and Colorado from the Eighth
Corps Area to the Seventh, whose
headquarters are at Omaha. Neb.
Selective service records, per-
sonnel end administrative proce-
dure will be turned over to the
WASHINGTON. April 22 <UP>—
Sometime before the end of this
month you should be able to pur-
chase virtually anything that is for
sals without being told that the
wm repUc. ...
“going up" trend of recent months.
The general price-freezing order
to be announced Tuesday by the
office of Price Administration will
become effective almost immedi-
ately, probably or or before May
1. it was learned today. The or-
der will, with a few exceptions,
freeze retail, wholesale and factory
prices of all commodities.
One draft of the tentative order
provided for the freezing to take
effect next Wednesday But of-
ficials said that would ha changed
to give retailers and others a few
days to bring prices in line with
their March quotations.
The highest price charged in
Mareh will be the figure froeen by
the OPA order.
Order te Be Brief
The order will be relatively
brief. The permanent price regu-
lation can be short because it
bitnkets all prices except those
specifically listed, an informed
source said. The exceptions in-
clude only two major groups, both
classifications or agricultural com-
modities.
Fern products below the levels
set In the 1542 price control act
will hf exempted. The only ether
UiwpMd M
' WASHINGTON. April 28—<UP1
—Petroleum Coordinator Harold
L. Ickes today told a pram con-
ferenae he “refused to believe that
people win be put on any such
short rations” .as the 2<4 to 5 gal-
lon* of gasoline per week as an*
nounced by the Office of Price
ish sources agreed with the Rus-
sian estimate of Axis strength on
the eastern front, reporting that
Httler had planned to use about
85 per cent of his strength in the
Soviet Union this summer while
maintaining IS per cent in the
west to guard against Allied at-
tacks from Norway to France.
Two factors, however, have ap-
parently disrupted the Nasi plana.
First, the Red army has kept on
attacking despite the spring thaw
Stockholm Tidtagen. according to
the Star, reported belief that a
British invasion of Norway was
planned for about May 1. Them
rumors were said to be elreutatlBg
in various places in Norway. wtMrn
the Nazi air commander Horst
Stumpff was transferred from (Mo
to new headquarters In northern
Norway. Nazi Admiral Boehm
was reported scheduled to movi to
northern Norway shortly.
The Evening Standard said that
Hi tier had warned the coastal pop-
ulations of the continent against
anti-Aida activities or attempts to
aid AUtos landtag parties from
Norway to Franc*, where many
vital sectors have been cleared ef
civilians, mined or further forti-
fied. Marshal Gerd Von td-
stedt. now reported ta command
of the entire area, baa been report-
ed on aa inspection trip in the low
"That brings up the question
whether morale should be built up
fcy legislation or whether w«
should go to other factors.” Burton
aaid.
T don't care how it is done as
long aa we stabilize relations,"
Land said. T want ships.”
Ho presented 10 points bearing
sm^ths^problem of increasing pro-
1. Maximum production should
ha the test of any program.
2. Strikes are not seribus now.
S. Slowdowns "may be serious”
4. “Loafing is serious now.”
5. The 40-hour week has “serious
implications for inflation” which
should he considered by Congress.
8. Machines should work seven
days a week and man six days a
7. Saturdays, Sundays and holi-
days should ha considered work
N* Batieu far Us
Ickes also disclosed:
1. That he sees "no immediate
need” to extend the rationing pro-
gram to *11 parts of the nation.
2. That he already has asked
Price Administrator Leon Hen-
derson to authorise price Increas-
es to compensate for additional
costs of production and transpor-
tation of petroleum products.
S. That the OPA’s card ration-
that “immense” Russian reserves
were moving into battle in a cam-
paign to break up offensive plans
of the enemy's armies from the
Arctic to the Black Sea. A Ger-
man order of the day. captured
by the Russians, was said to warn
the Axis troop* of Impending Sov-
iet offensive action on a big scale.
Second, the Aids appeared to be
taking extraordinary precautions
against an American-British in-
vasion of Europe this summer—
one London dispatch suggested
May 1 was a possible zero hour
—as well as against the Allied
aortal *nd Commando offensive.
should be
ition of the
Hooting Authority Dorrows
$315,000 for .79 of 1 Pet.
otto’* and would be willing to give
He revealed also that the ship-
building program is suffering from
delays in deliveries of steel plat*.
Aa unfilled backlog of 160.000 tons
exists, he informed the committee.
Money ig cheap. It'» worth .79 of one percent for a year
on $315,000.
Chemical Bank and Trust Company, New York, yester-
day loaned the Houainf Authority of the City of Brownwood
that amount for that interact rate.
The New York firm submitted low bid fpr short-term fi-
nancing of the Authority's tempor-
ary loan notes for the purpoee of
providing immediate cash for con-
struction of an S4-anit housing pro-
ject ta Brownwood, and the bid
was accepted.
The .79 of on* percent is the In-
teract to be paid by the Authority
on the loan. Second tow bid ef J2
tod by Barmy Ftafc A Bona, tec.. 40
Wall Street. New Tort
Chemical Bank k Trust comp-
any's bid provided that tlm ob-
ligation shall ha ta the farm of
two notes—on* for $900,000 add
the other for $15,000
Preliminary work has begun
under s 8287.000 contract for erect-
ing the tow-rant haustag unite an
the North Sid*
J D. Taylor, attorney from the
Fort Worth regtooal offices of tbs
Fedefbl Public Haustag Authority,
was her* ta cannaritan with the
receipt of bids for the Brown-
wood s authority $115,000 short
term obligation.
The Chinese admitted the loss
of Pytamana and s withdrawal to
s point about 150 miles south of
British Bombers
Raid Denmark's
Capital Today
A British communique issued at
New Delhi told of the abandon-
ment of Taungdwingyt. northwest
of Pylanman*. and said the Brit-
ish forces there had fallen bock
after "successfully protecting our
AUtos* flank.”
The British presumably held out
until after the Chinee* withdraw-
al northward from Pytamana ba-
ton giving up Taungdwtagyi.
Earlier official Chinese dispatch-
es said that Chines* troops had
driven the Japanese beck eight
miles in the western Burma stl
fields, just west of Taungdwtagyi.
Band Concert to
Boost City War
Stamp Sales
land munitions factory.
Francs—Eighty more French
hostages threatened with death
following execution of more then
100 by Germans ta reprisal for
sabotage and attacks pu oecupa-
Officers Promoted
To Rank of Major
John C. Worcotfgr Lggvgt
Army Po*t For Ngvgl Duty
John C Worcester has left an
army camp for service in the
navy.
A lieutenant commander in the
naval reserve. Mr. Worcester, su-
contmcton for new construction
work at Camp Bowie, has been
called to active duty with the
Draft Board Member
Loeevaky aaid be was unable to
estimate the German forces now
■oread along the Russian front but
that their vast numbers were in-
dicated by the Germans' efforts
to bring sbou# 1,500,000 more
troops under arm*.
Two Mara Classes Called
The German x he said, have
railed up two more military class-
es numbering 900.600 men and
have demanded that Adolf Hitler s
satellite nations in Central Europe
provide another 500,000.
(A Berlin dispatch to the news-
paper Tidningen in Stockholm
said that aU German boys between
If and II wiU be mobilized for the
ear effort and that boys ef 17 and
It wfll be put under military
‘^oaovaky aaid that, opposing the
Sormsns and the troops of such
latelllto nations as Hungary and
hmeoia, the Red army Is using
mh its sum forces.
“The Russian armies are tire-
and uninterruptedly engag-
ag In flare* oombat along the
■Mgs Brant from the Arctic to the
Btaefc Baa against II Axles ar-
Dr. Bon ShoRon M
Dr. Ban M. Shelton. 10 since
Sunday, is confined to bed at
Medical Arts Hospital for obser-
vation and treatment. "Ha is hi
good condition but needs a rest,”
It was said at the hospital today.
He will probably be ta bed about
a week, it was stated.
WASHINGTON. April 29—<Ul*1
—The government today asked
motorists to observe the follow-
1. Eliminate all unnecessary
driving.
2. Form ear-sharing pools with
neighbors who work in the same
general area.
3. Drive under 40 miles an hour.
4. Don't idle the motor unnec-
essarily.
5. Keep your ear ta good mo-
DBC Commencement
Dates Announced
Purple Heart Given
Texan 14 Others
6. Align the wheels properly.
Wheels out of line literally era
s drag on a ear. Wheels ta prop-
er alignment will not only save
gasoline but will reduce the wear
on tires.
7. Lubricate the car regularly
with the proper oils.
I. Drive at steady speeds.
9. Start slowly. Avoid spurting
and don't attempt quick get-
MRS. C. A. GOTCHER
EXHIBITS EGG WITH
RAISED FIGURE ”3"
Mia. C. A. Geistar.
ChapsL IsuBabl 4» lbs Bi
ARMY PLANE CRASHES
NEAR CHCKASHA. OK.
Weather
Rdin Adds fo Local
Supply of Moisture
, The .04 of aa inch ef
tasfe*
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