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Drive to Win Back 500 000 Lost Days in Industry Is Launched.

3 By JAMES THRASHER

Times Special Writer “Pay’s Battle Costs U. S. 25,000 Killed and Wounded” . . . “23,000 American Bombers Lost Last Year” ees “All U. S. War Plants to Close 1% Days Each Month.”

What if these grim headlines 5 were to appear in tomorrow's pa- |i

per? It’s not a pleasant hypothesis.

And it's even less pleasant when |

you know that’'those headlines represent the truth in America’s home~ front war against the unseen enemy, Accident. Accident dealt us some damaging blows in the year that followed

Pearl Harbor. But this month the |EFe

war production fund to conserve manpower, mobilized 18 months ago at President Roosevelt's request, is opening a counter-attack. :

cs Half-Billion Days Lost

Its object is to win back from

this unseen enemy the 500,000,000]

man-days lost in 1942-—-man-days equal to 18 shutdown days for each factory, man-days enough to build 23,000 heavy bombers or a fleet of merchant ships, or to outfit 200,000 soldiers. It is a campaign to halt . the preventable slaughter that killed 52,000 workmen last year and permanently disabled 165,000 on the production front, and that took a total civilian toll of 100,000 killed and more than 9,000,000 injured. The war production fund is the maney-gathering dgency of the national safety council. A delegation of its officers, now touring 14 key industrial cities, hopes eventually to include in its campaign every American who is old enough to walk, talk and think. In doing so it will be carrying out the President’s appeal for “every citizen in his public and private capacity to enlist , . . and do his part.” Sets General Patiern

First stops in the tour were Minneapolis and St. Paul, where the drive set a general pattern that will probably be followed in every sizable community. Press, radio and even ministers from their pulpits announced the campaign's opening. On the opening day the slogan, “Stop Accidents Now,” appeared on the bumpers of all street cars, cabs, delivery trucks, highway patrol cars and many private autos. It was printed on hoiel and restaurant menus, and even on signs in the hands of school children’s snowmen.

- Billboards, street banners and

store windows proclaimed the \ safety drive. A big electric power Keompany sent out 50,000 accidentprevention pamphlets with its monthly bills. Most of Minnesota's 200,000 farm families received safety messages from 27,000 neighborhood ‘leaders and forest rangers.

WOMAN DIES OF BURNS

¥ PT. WAYNE, Feb. 5 (U. P.).—

Mrs. John Crume, 48, South Whit-

_ ley, died yesterday at the Lutheran |.

hospital of burns suffered Wednesday morning. She attempted to refill a kerosene stove when a glowing burner caused the container to explode.

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Foatre ALIENS IN U.S. FAST DECLINING

Year; Almost All Live In 10 States.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 (U. P.)—

formed congress today that more data is now available on this na~tion’s non-citizen population than on native-born citizens, as a result of the alien registration program. Mr. Harrison said the alien ponulation as of Dec. 31, ‘1042, was 4,280,056, a decrease -of 641,346 fro.a Dec. 31, 1941, when the initial registration closed. The drop was attributed to departures, nationalizations and deaths. Among the facts established by studies of the registration, Harrison said were: 1. More than 80 per cent of the alien population lives in 10 states: New York, 1,235,425; California, 531,-

Number Drops 641,000 in|

Earl G. Harrison, immigration and |i naturalization commissioner, in-|j

Sergt. Elbert R. Bolt

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.| were born in Europe, 20 per cent in

neighboring countries of North and Central America, and 5 per cent in South America, Africa, Asia and the islands of the Pacific. 3. The medium age of aliens in

48, contrasted with 28 for native- |

810; Pennsylvania, 365,192; Massa-|born and naturalized citizens.

chusetts, 360,390; Illinois, 320,125;

Three little sisters? No, Just & |eo0. mexas 209,625; Ohio, 200,328, pair of twins, Jane and Jean Mc- |. connecticut, 157,119. Nabb, who do it with mirrors in 3

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WARN OF PERILS AFTER THE WAR

British Told Strict Control Over Industry Needed

When Peace Comes.

By HELEN KIRKPATRICK CoP hl Dal ede LONDON, Feb. 5.—Britain must be prepared to accept. the continuation of certain wartime controls over industry, and of government subsidies, after the war in order to maintain price levels and the standard of living, Sir Kingsley Wood, chancellor of the exchequer, has warned parliament. He emphasized that post-war industry would have to depend much more on private than on government enterprise. The basic objective of the government’s study of post-war conditions has been aimed at present maintenance of high employment, the chancellor told parliament.

Strive for Employment

Private enterprise would receive all possible help from the government in order to achieve this. The burden on the treasury would not be too great and might even leave room for lowered taxation. A high level of employment can certainly be maintained for the first few years of pedce,. owing to the necessity to rebuild cities and replace rolling stock and thousands of items of consumer goods Now unobtainable, Wood said. With this must go, however, the chancellor pointed out, a tremendous increase in export trade if essential imports are to be paid for. Unless export trade could be increased, and commodities made available to customers at attractive Britain’s standard of living would be bound to fall disastrously, he declared.

2 | ORDINANCE LISTING BY NOLL SOUGHT

A bill to require City Clerk Frank Noll to prepare a compilation of all existing city ordinances and to add to the compilation ‘all subsequent ordinances was introduced in the house yesterday by Reps. Wilbur Grant and Mrs. Mabel Lowe, Indianapolis Republicans. This compilation would be made available for reference and use by the various city departments and the general public, For this additional work, the city council could pay Mr. Noll between $1000 and $1200 annually. His present salary is $2400 per year.

URGES MEDAL FOR FDR BOSTON, Feb. 5 (U. P.)—A congressional medal of honor for Presldent Roosevelt, for: his flight to Africa was proposed today by the Boston Post. ;

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Sergt Warren Rosselot adioeal New Year's festival celebrated the recent

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CHUNGKING, Feb. 5 (U. P.).—|last night with a lantern. China's wartime capital began ajthrough the" festooned streets three-day celebration today on the|Chungking. first legal holiday permitted by the; Prominent Chinese will discuss

and the nation’s new responsibil With galety unseen in recent ties today at a mass meeting in the years, China’s millions held their|new life movement center,