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" Here's How We Are Doing In Planes, Tanks, Shi
planes this year, 125, 000 next year—one new plane every
Two years ago President Roosevelt made his famous “50, planes-a-year” speech. What have we done since? Here Is the see ond of three articles with the latest publishable figures.
By WALTER LECKRONE Times Special Writer
WASHIN GTON, May 21. —Americans think today in_
terms of a $200,000,000,000 , That is what we expect
war machine. to have. What we do have is
a $26,000,000,000 war machine. Money actually paid out by the treasury is the true key to arms production, men, ships, guns, munitions actu- -
ally delivered and ready for battle.
Up to May 1, 1942,
the United States treasury has paid for munitions, ships, guns, planes and fighting men $26,534,000,000. That money has bought not only the material to equip the army and navy as they now exist—but also the facili-
THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1942
ties to build equipment for the army and navy that are to exist next year and the year after. Today those facilities are beginning to produce at rates that for the first time. have become of world importance. That production includes: Planes
Building at rates well in excess of 3500 a month, of which an estimated 2000 are combat types, superior in quality in all other bomber models and at least equal in
quality in all other models to enemy warplanes.
Govern-
_ ment officials say schedules of production are being met or exceeded. To continue to meet schedules, production must reach 5000 planes a month by June, around 7500 a month by October, including, by the end of this year, one new four-motor bomber every 45 minutes. The quota is 60,000
814 minutes.
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Tanks About 6000 have been built in two years, but true
mass production has existed only for weeks.
Assistant
Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson announced recently that U. S. output now is greater than the combined output of all axis powers, and that one factory is delivering “a trainload a day.” Another factory is known to be delivering 15 a day, and a number of other factories are in production. ‘To fulfill schedules, which officials say are being “met or exceeded,” it will be necessary this year to pro-
duce an average of 3750 tanks a month—more than 100 a (Continued on Page Six)
- PRICE THREE CENTS
This new, photo shows B-24 Consolidated heavy bombers in fight
trouble on the wing
for the axis powers.
G0 SLOW IN DRAFT OF SKILLED WAR WORKERS -\'NUTT
Manpower Commission Directs Selective Service System to Assist in Deferment Of All Who Are Irreplacable.
WASHINGTON, May 21
commission today directed the selective service system to consult with the commission’s agents before drafting
any individual who is “skilled
Commission Chairman Paul V. McNutt announced the
‘move as one of eight “imme: diate steps to promote the fullest utilization of the manpower of this nation.”
Officials said the directive did not mean blanket ‘deferment of skilled workers. But they. indicated | that the manpower." commission’ 4500 field officers, which are operated by the U. S. employment service, would request deferment-of{-virtually every irreplaceable war worker.
Voluntary Idea Stressed °
Mr. McNutt. also ‘urged “that all employers recruit their new workers through the employment service, and that all persons desiring war work register with the employment service.” “Unless there is orderly recruitment of workers, it will be impossible to bring about the fullest utiligation of the manpower of this nation,” he explained. “1 should also like to emphasize that insofar as it is possible to insure the full and effective utilization of our manpower through voluntary co-operation with the government, it will be unnecessary to put into effect legal controls which will inevitably limit the freedom of action of workers and employers alike.”
Compulsion Possible
Mr, McNutt said last night in a New ' York speech, however, that “compulsion may be necessary from . time to time” for mobilization of the ndtion’s human power behind the war effort. He spoke before the national industrial conference. The program which he announced today also included a request “that the publishers of this nation refrain from accepting advertisements which ' (Continued on Page Five)
REPORT NORMANDIE CAN BE SALVAGED
WASHINGTON, May 21 (U. P)). «Secretary of Navy Frank Knox reported today to President Roosewelt that the navy would be able to salvage the former French luxury liner Normandie, which burned and capsized at its New York pier. By “salvaging” it was not known fmmediately * whether the ship would be recommissioned and put in service, or whether she would be scrapped and the material in her used by the navy. It was assumed, however, that Mr. Knox meant she could be righted and repaired.
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REPORT MNUTT
Ludlow Says. avs He's in Dark --About-Story Suggesting Salary of $15,000.
By DANIEL M. KIDNEY © 7 Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON, May 21. — Rep. Louis Ludlow (D. Ind.) declared today that he had no knowledge of a letter reportedly sent to the house appropriations - committee - of which he is a member asking that FSA Administrator. Paul V. McNutt’s salary be increased from $12,000 to $15,000 The story about thé raise request appeared in The Washingion Post today with a copyright line by the New York Tribune, Inc. It reads: “A subcommittee of the house appropriations committee, it was learned yesterday, has rejected a request by President Roosevelt to increase the salary of Paul V. McNutt, federal security administrator from $12,000 to $15,000. “The action was taken in executive session in the course of a. recent discussion of additional budget estimates submitted to the pending supply bill for the federal security administration and the department of labor. It was based, committee members indicated, on the conviction that: the proposal would be rejected by the house in any event.” Mr. McNutt’s office said he ‘knew nothing about the matter either. Nor would the appropriations committee comment.
LOCAL MAN KILLED IN 4-VEHICLE CRASH
Mallard Sears. Victim of Road 43 Accident.
; Times Special CRAWFORDSVILLE, 1nd, May 21.—Two men, one from Indianapolis, were killed near’ here early today in a four-vehicle traffic accident on Road 43 north of the Cherry Grove elevator. The dead: Mallard R. Sears, 54, of 108 E, 13th st., Indianapolis. ‘Edgar P. Overpeck, 27, of Attica, Ind. Six were injured: Ww. A. Jackson, 49, of 901 N. Audubon road, Indian‘apolis. Elmer Jenkins, 34, of Pine Village, Ind.; Thomas Bailey, 42, of Romney, Ind.; Richard Barton, 19, of Worthington, Ind.; Mrs. Rhode Hoese, 18, of Chicago, and her 11-months-old’ son, Jerry. State police said that a truck driven by Barton stopped to make repairs and that Bailey, driving another, stopped to help. ; An auto which said was driven by Sears, accompanied by Overpeck, collided with. the two trucks and then a light truck occupied by Jackson, Jenkins, Mrs. Hoese and her child crashed Into the wreckage. |
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PAY HIKE ASKED
21 (U. P),|43 tory |
Riley of A. E. F.
When word came that First Sergt. Walter Riley, 37, had landed in ‘northern Ireland with a new
| contingent of American .dough-
boys, his wife, Mrs. Florence Riley of New York. City, got out this fighting pose (photo above) of the “Fighting Sergeant.” She also told of how Riley had stowed away with an A. E. F. in World War 1, at the age of 13.
JAPS STEP UP DRIVE IN CHINA
Seek to Smash All Bases Allies Could Use for
Nippon Invasion.
CHUNGKING, May 21 (U. P.).— Chinese counter attacks were blunt ing a major Japanese offensive toward allied air bases and supply lines in eastern China, an official communique said today. Chinese infantry attacks, supported by artillery have thrown back the enemy south of Hangchow and Ninpo in Chekiang province, it was said. ’ 2 The Japanese appeared to be. attempting, with all their strength, to seize or destroy united nations air bases from which devastating bombing attacks might. be delivered against Tokyo and other Japanese cities..
Mass 110,000 Troops
They have massed at least 80,000 iroops in the east coast province of Chekiang and 30,000 more in at the Kiangsi province capital of Nanchang. A Chungking military spokesman, emphasizing the pressure of the enemy offensive, said the Japanese were using five plane-supported divisions in a six-pronged drive against Chinese resistance centers in Chekiang.
Fight on 200-Mile Front
Each enemy column, he said, was covering an area about 80 miles wide, spreading the entire offensive over roughly 15,000 square miles since the attack was launched last Friday. From Japanese-captured Chukihsien, -Fengkiao "and other towns southeast of Hangchow, the Japanese were reported driving toward Kinghwa, a main Chinese strongJold in :Chekiang province. _ So far, the Chinese Have held the enemy within 50 miles of Kinghwa, the spokesman said. He said severe battles were raging along a 200-mile front in Chekiang, with at least 40,000 Japanese employed in: first-line. action. The entire offensive _ heavily sup-
ported by planes.
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URGES ADVANCE TAX DEDUCTION FROM PAY
HINT ROBINSON READY TO SEEK
TUCKER'S JOB
G. 0. P. Reports Deputy Changes Mind on Secretary Post.
By VERN BOXELL
Maurice G. Robinson, chief deputy secretary of state, has reconsidered his recent decision to seek:a staté: tion at}
the Republican “convention -June 18]
and is now “ready to run” for secretary of state, G. O. P. sources reported today. For several month, Mr. Robinson reportedly has had the blessings of James Tucker, retiring secretary of state, for the nomination as his successor. When the chief deputy recently expressed a desire to seek a supreme or appellate court judgeship, Mr. Tucker gave his approval for that move. Since that time several other candidates have been striving for Tucker approval.
Means Test for Tucker
Mr. Robinson, a young attorney who has been active in G. O. P. af-
fairs for several years, was at his
Anderson home and could not be reached for comment today. Mr. Tucker, : who returned from Iowa today, said -that he still was “agreeable” to his deputy’s candidacy. ~ If Mr. Robinson’s name goes before the state convention for the secretary nomination, it will provide a direct test of Mr. Tucker's power. The Tucker organization, built on auto license patronage, now has control of the state organization and the Anderson attorney is regarded as the secretary's “right hand man,”
Eyes U. S. Senate Seat
Chief objective of the Tucker organization is to secure the 1944 G. O. P. senatorial nomination for the Paoli attorney. This factor is believed to have influenced Mr. Robinson’s reported decision, since it is necessary .to retain control of the secretary of state’s patronage to hold the organization together. Most active candidate for the approval of the Tucker forces before Mr. Robinson’s reported change was Ruz Alexander, Pine Village, an auditor in the license department and new sixth district G. O. P. chairman. He reportedly had the support of R. Lowell McDaniel, chief of the license bureau. Anti-Tucker Republicans, stirred (Continued on Page Six)
On the War Fronts
(May 21, 1942) RUSSIA: Red army crashes through main German defenses on Kharkov front and fights to destroy inner ring of defenses around city; large German losses re-
ported reducing number of tanks| -
available to support Nazi infantry; one big tank battle still raging with issue undecided.
GERMANY: Nazi high command acknowledges continued Soviet attacks at Kharkov but says they are repulsed with grave losses.
GIBRALTAR: German news agency, in dispatch from Madrid, claims . American troops, escorted by Btit-
tar.
CHINA: Chinese fight strong Japanese offensive by 80,000 troops won 200-mile front in .Chékiang province, where enemy seeks to knock out allied air and supply bases to eliminate possible threat of new Tokyo bombing.
AUSTRALIA: Allied planes start fires and destroy two Japanese planes at Koepang and Dili, on Timor island. Four of 12 Japanese bombers damaged in 53rd raid on Port Moresby.
SCORE AT KHARKOV REMAINS IN DOUBT
It Will Take Another Day or
Two to Decide.
By WILLIAM H. STONEMAN Co RD BS Te LONDON, May 21.—It was completely impossible today to determine which side was having the better of the fighting around Kharkoy. The Russians apparently are still making some progress north of Kharkov and in the salient which stretches south of the city to the neighborhood of Krasnograd, 50 miles southwest of the former Ukrainian capital. This latter thrust is, at least theoretically, endangered by the German counter-offensive against its rear in the direction of Barvenkovo and Izyum. It is a question of who is going to surround whom and it will probably take another day or two of fighting to decide. The continued violence of the Russian attacks indicates that Commander-in-Chief Marshal Semyon Timoshenko has no idea of calling a halt and that
he is not particularly worried by the stroke at his rear.
RUSS HAMMER AT KHARKOV'S INNER’ LINES
Battle for Knockout After Break-Through; Both Sides Weakening.
BULLETIN MOSCOW, May 21° (U.P)— The Red army reported today that
ish destroyers, arrived- at Gibral-| open
rillas have captured a “large city” deep behind the Nasi lines. ‘By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign Editer The Red army fought inside the inner circle of defenses around Kharkov today in a diminishing but still undecided battle to knock out Hitler's main offensive strength and seize the communications cenfer of the Ukraine.
Both the Nazis and the Russians
appeared to have lost some of their driving power in attack and counterattack on the Kharkov front. But Moscow said the Red army still held the offensive, had crashed through or swept past the main enemy fortifications on the outer defense lines and was hammering at weakened German mechanized units. Advance in Far North’
One big tank battle was still in progress and still undecided but, elsewhere, Nazi Field Marshal Fedor Von Bock was able to muster only ten or 15 tanks to support infantry. Meanwhile, Moscow reported, a new Russian offensive inside the Arctjc circle has advanced 13 miles against German-Finnish forces, and inflicted 3000 casualties on the enemy. The northern front ‘fighting prob. ably was part of recent Soviet counter-blows designed fo strengthen the defenses of Murmansk, main port for entry ‘of American and British war. supplies; - which the Germans have been seeking to knock out. Russ Paying Big Price? There was still no specific word as to how close the Russians were to Kharkov itself or whether their main onslaught was’ against the city cr, as appeared more likely, aimed at cutting the enemy communications and destroying his men and riachines. In any event, the Red army has advanced some 40 miles as an(Continued on Page Six)
Germans ‘Cool’ to Goering’ s Pep Talk; Food Crisis Blamed on an Unkind Nature
LONDON, May 21 (U. P.)—Hermann Goering
in’ a singilar pep-talk to the German people last night disclosed that drought threatened the already
inadequate German crops, announced “temporary” reductions in food rations and promised workers
longer hours and a long war.
LISTENERS TO GOERING'S radio speech in |
Frequently Goering peed: Yor: applause, and was forced to resume amid dead silence.
"Goering told Germans that the was was & terrible
Speaking at a ceremony, nationally broadcast,
at which medals were awarded to armament workers, the No. 2 Nazi, who is Adolf- Hitler's official heir, announced the slice in food rations and said:
“Nature has really treated us
unkindly. Last
year we hoped for record crops. Then: Tala came
and: the harvest was reduced.
“Now, however much we enjoy the warm sun, | we-are longing for rain falls t bring what the farmer
needs.” . Then he told the workers:
“You must fulfill the fuehrer’s demands even if They ‘Recessliate longer working hours.” .
“Repeat to yourselves: “This war has to be stuck out, no matter how long it lasts,’ he. urged. gn with proud contempt all ememy propaganda. Uok Believe Sores being old. Brg a
’ $ 2,000 seven.
WASHIN GTON, May 21
How Tax Rates Affect You
Times Special WASHINGTON, May 21.—Here {8 a comparison of U. S. income taxes now paid by individuals and the schedule for next March 15 if rates gpproved .in committee become law.
The income column refers to net income before personal exemption. The figures do not take into account deductions for Sonttintons, interest, etc.
Single Person
Tax $ 0 14
49 67 4 119 1m: 258 345 47 651 875 1,119 1,667 2,205 4,221
1,500
2,500 S0sacpiisnee 3,000 4,000 ..co0e0nnns 5,000 .. 6,000 8,000 .coc.va0s 10,000 ......... 15,000 .... 20,000 esses tessa 4,929 . 6,621 25,000 .i......... 1,224 9,381
Married, No Dependents Present Proposed Tax $
7 165 221 . 347 483 haus nis 649 +2 1,081 .. 1,493
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LOW INCOMES FACE DOUBLE, TRIPLE LEVIES
Of Estimated Taxable Income at Se A : Committee Action Awaited. |
(U. P.) ~—The treasury today
formally recommended that part of individual income taxes be collected in advance by withholding 10. per cent of an individual’s estimated taxable income at the source. : For a single person, 10 per cent of all their income in a excess of $11 a week would be withheld under the treasury i
plan. : The 10 per cent withholds we ing tax would be applied to a married man, without chils dren, on all of his incomé over $26 a week. An additional exe emption of $8.50 a weel would be granted for each child or additional dependent, , If congress raises his pay: to 45( a month and does not grant special exemptions for men in the armed forces, a private would have 40° cents of his salary withheld ‘each month, No Immediate Action
Treasury - tax expert Randolph Paul presented the treasury’s with ah holding plan to the house ways and
pleting its draft of the 1942 re 1 bill. .The committee did not.
The committee already has ve to double and in some cases | the individual taxes. on income ceived this year. Instead of individual paying these heavy in full in 1943, the begin collecting part of them the new bill is enacted, late this summer or early fall. taxpayer meantime would be fir ing his payments of taxes. on y income. ‘ Mr. ‘Paul, at a press confe later explained that the grow
|danger of infation had caused
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|HITLER DEFENDED
IN HOUSE OF LORE
3 treatment of ‘the - German | after the war. .
| The 54-year-old 12th Duke made ' his Stabements | approval of Hitler while d di 8 “Justice for the. German |
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