Five ordered to WAAC camp
Woman soldiers to take cosmetics with them
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OPA fights WPB over synthetic rubber policy
Farm group argues grain should supplant petroleum in process
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7 more ships sunk by Axis
Toll in Western Atlantic mounts to 376
By the United Press
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Nelson urges greater speed in war plants
Nation faces ‘rather long war,’ WPB head tells auto leaders
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Lake tankers to carry oil to East Coast
U.S. will shift vessels to transporting fuel through barge canal
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Air freighters built by Douglas factory
Santa Monica, Cal. –
The Douglas airplane factory has revealed that the construction of “double boxcars on wings” for the Army are far past the drafting stage. These flying freighters, it states, will weigh about 125,000 pounds, with a speed of 200 miles an hour and that 100 of them will do the work of 209 of the present giant, four-motored C-54’s.
James Stewart promoted
Washington (UP) –
The promotions of former movie actor James Stewart and Carter Glass III, grandson of the Senator from Virginia, to the grade of first lieutenants in the Army Air Forces was announced yesterday. Both were previously second lieutenants.
Senate group puts ‘ceiling’ on OPA funds
Henderson’s request cut $41 million by committee
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