Daily Post - 05.02.1943, Side 3

DAILY POST
S
E.S. Prodnctlcn Qnintnpled
It was innounced in Was-^
hington to-day that United
States war production has in
December last quintupled since
December 1941.
In December last U.S. air-
craft production increased by
20%, that of guns by 25%, am-
munition production rose by
9 '7' and that of cargo ships also
bjr 9%. In the first month of
th. year, U.S. shipping yards
launched 94 ships, or more than
three a day, which is con-
siderable more tonnage than
the Germans claimed to have
sunk (522,000 tons) during the
same period.
U. S. experts estimate that
war production there is now
twice that of the Axis powers,
and believe that at the end of
this year it will be three times
as great.
Old English
Custom
A guards officer tells me that
recently he was detailed to
meet a trainload of American
soldiers arriving at a wayside
station “somewhere in Eng-
land”.
When the train came in an
American officer alighted, came
up to the R.A.S.C. officer (with
whom my friend was standing)
and said, “Waal, Captain, what
do you want me to do now?”
The troops could be seen mean-
while getting on their equip-
ment and preparing to alight.
The American officer was in-
structed to get his men off the
train, form them up and march
them to some trucks waiting
outside the station.
“Oh, is that all? O.K.,” he
said, and pulling out a large
whistle gave a shrill blast. The
train at once pulled out of the
station.
(Peterborough in the Daily
Telegraph.)
Hitler Moves
London, Febr. 3rd.
The German Radio reported
1 day that 40,000 French skil-
d workers had gone to Ger-
many in January to work on
her war production. It also re-
ported that yesterday a great
number of skilled workers from
Paris, Bordeaux and Lille had
left for Germany for the same
purpose.
i: S: S:
An agency message from
Spain reports to-day that the
Germans are very active build-
ing coastal fortifications in
Greece, at the time heavily
fortifying the Vardar and the
Morava valleys. Southern
Italy is also to be strongly forti-
fied, both the east and the west
coast, as well as Sicily and
Sardinia.
Todaj’s B. B. C.
HOME SERVICE
1600 News, 1645 Collectors’
Corner: records, 1655 Serial,
“Robin Hood”, 1725 Worship
and Life, 1740 Talk, 1800 The
Services: “Ordinary Seamen”,
1830 Songs and story of the
film “Seven Days Leave”, 1900
News, 1940 B.B.C. Northern
Orchestra, 2015 Play: “The
Man Who Took too Much
Trouble”, 2045 Gaelic News,
2055 Organ.
FORCES’ PROGRAMME
1500 Operatic Records, 1535
Music Club, 1600 News, 1630
Accent on Rhythm, 1640
Famous Spy Stories, 1700
American Sp^rts Bulletin, 1705
Jack Payne and his Orchestra,
1730 Northern Music Hall, 1800
B B.C. Theatre Orchestra, 1830
“Seven Days Leave”, 1900
News, 1920 Jack Benny Pro-
gramrae, 1945 “Close-up”, 2000
Cairo Calling Middle East For-
ces, 2030 Oscar Rabin’s Band.
From All
Quarters
BLIND PRISONER
WRITES BOOK
A blinded British prisoner of
war in a German camp is wri-
ting a book the story of his ex-
periences.
This was disclosed with the
announcement that the first
Braille letters from prisoners
had arrived in Britain.
* * *
SHOES
Shoes taken for reparing in
England will in future be half-
soled and half-heeled with any
odd bits of leather the shoe-
maker has in stock.
He must use up all pieces of
leather before cutting into new
stocks.
The chief aim of this Board
of Trade Order is to save both
leather and labour. Cobblers
have no complaint against it.
❖ *
THE DOMINIONS
Commonwealth control of all
trained nurses is planned as a
solution for the shortage of
staff in Australian country
hospitals, according to a Syd-
ney message.
Soft drink prices have been
fixed in Canada, and deposits
on bottles are to be charged to
ensure the return of empties.
In Reykjavík
Today ...
CINEMAS
NÝJA BÍÓ: “That Night in
Rio” with Alice Faye, Don
Ameche and Carmen Miranda.
GAMLA BÍÓ: “Gone with the
Wind” with Vivien Leigh,
Clark Gable, Leslie Howard
and Olivia de Havilland.
TJARNARBÍÓ: “The Foreman
Went to France,“ wtih Tom-
my Trinder and Constance
Cummings.
REYKJABÍÓ: “And One Was
Beautiful, with Robert Cum-
mings and Laraine Day.
POLAR BEAR THEATRE:
“IRENE” with Anna Neagle
and Ray Miller.
RED CROSS
3.30— 4.30 Coffee Hour.
6.30— 8.30 Movie “Son of
Fury”.
8.30— 10.00 Helgafell Pro-
gramme.
10.00 Coffee Hour.
RADIO
I Music of the Allied Nations
5.—Russia.
SOLDIERS!
What do you know about Iceland? — Do you know the
historv of the country and the nation? — You can read it
in 10 minutes in the booklet “Iceland in a Nutshell.” to
be had in
“BÓKAVERZLUN ÍSAFOLDAR”
(Next to “Morgunblaðið”.)
Schoolglrl Writes Army Song
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Miss Lynne Rogers, 16, a student at New York City’s High School
of Music and Art, won first place in a school contest to choose
a marching song for a United States Army division. Miss Roger’s
composition, “Come on, Yankee Doodle,” was selected by a jury
of fellow students.