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MONDAY. OCTOBER 23, 1944.
PRODUCTION LAGS
According to Lt. Gen.
Brehon^ B. Somervell, chief
of the Army Service For
ces, shortages of essential
materials on the battlefield
are lengthening the war
because production on the
home front has failed this
year to meet the demand.
One general had to call
off 100 bombing missions
because he didn’t have the
right type of bombs.
Another commander had
to abandon 3,500 trucks
because he couldn’t get
parts needed for mainte
nance.
On the whole, according
to Somervell, the Army is
in fine shape with respect
to supplies. He might have
added that compared to
the armies of the Axis, ours
is in excellent shape. But
the Army is short in about |
320 critical items. Produc
tion expected during the
first part of this year fail
ed to materialize. As a re
sult, production for the
second half will have to be
expanded further than
planned. Hence the recent
new regulations in the
manpower field.
Deliveries during the
first six months of this year
averaged only a tenth of
one; percent more than the
1943 average, and deliver
ies during this June were
2.5 percent below the 1943
average. To take up the
slack and provide the ma
teriel for the final blows
in Europe, production must
be stepped up to where it
will be 14.5 percent above
the 1943 average during]
the remaining months of
this year- with the peak
coming in October.
This, of course, will
mean that American in
dustry must hit a gait un
precedented in history
and that all available man
power be used.
To quote Gen. Somer
vell:
‘‘This is the final round.
Phere isn’t any doubt about
that, and if you can give
these fighting forces what
they need, all the heavy
artillery they need, all the
trucks they need to haul
the ammunition5 if you
give MacArthur the tents
foe needs so he can take
care of his men without
i topping to build shelters,
they’ll push along fast
enough and everybody is
perfectly willing to do it.”
—(Juneau Empire).
NORTH SOUTH
1944 STYLE
! AN ALEUTIAN BASE, Oct.
23. — Saturday inspections have
resulted in many novel explana
tions, and the Aleut, the soldier
daily newspaper on this post,
has recenly uncovered a new
one.
It seems that chance had plac
ed together, in the same quonset
hut on this island, four GI’s from
Michigan and an equal number
reared in the South, and they
were apparently living together
in perfect harmony. At least
there had been no reports of
pitched battles or re-enactment
of the battle of Bull Run.
Just before the battery com
mander finished his regular Sat
urday inspection of the hut, he
noticed a white line painted down
the center of the floor. Turning
to the sergeant in charge, he re
marked:
“Well, sergeant, if I’m to con
gratulate you on the condition of
your quarters this morning, I’ll
have to hear a plausible explana
tion of the white line that is
painted on the floor.”
The sergeant, a jolly, rotund
true gentleman of the south was
quick to reply:
“Well, you all see, suh, ever
since those bloomin’ yankies done
moved in hyar with us, we all
had been inclined to have a few
trifles. In order to keep ordah in
this hut we had to make a boun
dary line. That line you all see,
| suh, is the Mason-Dixon line”
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LANE
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
(October 23, 1934)
The Order of Eastern Star
is holding a Hallowe’en party,
with Mrs. Frank Whaley’s danc
ing girls as a special program
feature.
President Roosveelt addressed
the nation’s bankers with some
what of a challenge, asserting
that he expected them to supply
the credit needed by the country
and to begin supplying it at
once.
TO CONTINUE
ORGANIZATION
KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Oct.
23. — (Special) — "According to
present plans, the U. S. Coast
Guard Auxiliary will not be dis
enrolled at the conclusion of the
war.”
This statement was issued re
cently by Captain J. P. Murray,
acting District Coast Guard Offi
cer, correcting an erroneous re
port recently released to the
press.
The announcement that the
Auxiliary would cease to function
at the war’s end was the result of '
a misinterpreted statement pub
lished following a two-day dis
trict conference of flotilla rep- j
resentatives in Ketchikan.
“Auxiliary members have been
doing an excellent job,” added
Captain Murray, “and the Coast
Guard is looking forward to their
continued service after the war.”
CUTTER "BEAR" SETS
PATROL TRIP RECORD
The famous Coast Guard cutter
“Bear” set a record when she
made 42 patrol trips to the Ber
ing Sea, during which she sailed
almost 700,000 nautical miles in
treacherous, ice-filled waters.
Once the cutter arrived at its
destination, fires, fish and seal
poachers, and Eskimo weddings
were all in the day’s work.
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