Daily Post - 30.09.1943, Page 4

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Sicilians Reach For U. S. Flags
Residents of Aragona, Sicily, crowd around an American soldier
distributing U.S. Flags and pamphlets which explain Allied war
aims to the eager people, who have been recently liberated
from the Axis.
D. S. Shipbnlding
fioals For 1943.
Continued from page 3.
400 feet or more in length; and
half of these were being used
for naval construction. Skilled
shipbuilders had either been
taken by the U. S. Navy or al-
lowed to disappear into other
trades. More than ‘90 percent of
those now building merchant
ships had to be trained before
they were employable. Today
the Commission has in operati-
on more than 60 shipyards in
24 States, turning out big car-
go ships from more than 300
shipways. The shipyard em-
ployment total is now at the re-
cord-breaking figure of 1,300,-
000 and will soon reach IV2
million. In addition, another
million are producing ships’ ma-
terials and parts in 1,000 plants
scattered through 35 States.
From 1938, when its first
ships were delivered, down to
the end of 1944, the Commissi-
on expects to deliver a total of
4,880 ocean-going cargo vess-
els, aggregating nearly 50 mil-
lion deadweight tons—equal to
two-third of the world’s total
merchant tonnage in January,
1941. Such gigantic figures lea-
ve any possible U-boat sinkings
far behind.
Round The Press
When flood waters threaten-
ed to inundate the field of the
Piper Aircraft Company, which
builds light liaison planes for
the U. S. Army at a plant in the
eastern U. S., men and women
employees left their stations
and flew 100 planes to higher
ground. They had learned to
fly on spare time.
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By producing 14 tons of in-
tricate communications equip-
ment for the U. S. Army Sign-
al Corps in 26 days instead of
the 26 weeks normally requir-
es for such a task, the Western
Electric Company played a maj-
or part in establishing comm-
unications for the new Alaska-
Canada Army Highway thro-
ugh the wilderness of western
North America.
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Mexico is now supplying an
increasing amount of the natur-
al graphite being used in the
U. S., especially for “lead” pen
cils, for the crucibles so impor-
tant in metalworking, and also
as a lubricant.
News Items
It was officially announced
today in Washington that dur-
ing the period May-August
4,000 Allied ships were con-
voyed safely across the Atlan-
tic without the loss of a single
Allied war or cargo vessel.
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President Roosevelt revealed
today that during August Lend-
Lease aid had reached the total
of $1,621,000,000.
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In Washington, Secretary of
War Stimson told his press con-
ference of the aid the Allies are
receiving from the Italian
people behind the German
lines. He said the Italians are
welcoming the Allied troops as
Liberators, and added that
some units are fighting bravely
against the Germans. Italian
civilians, he said, are rendering
effectve aid in sabotage and re-
connaissance operations.
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WASHINGTON. — The Ar-
my has adopted the new M3 a's
its standai'd sub-machine gun.
The 45 caliber M3 weighs less
than 9 pounds complete, as
compared with the 12-pound
Tommy gun, is only 22 inches
long and fires at the rate of
450 rounds a minute. The M3,
which has practically no re-
coil, is in mass production apd
will gradually supplant other
weapons of its types.
D. S. Small Town
(Continued from page 2.)
American towns like it.
But the Nazis do not under-
stand a quiet people: they can
not comprehend why a people
well-fed and content should die
for freedom. They say to them
selves, “Here is a people who
will soon crack.” And the pe-
ople of Mt. Carmel probably
would not trouble to contrad-
ict them, for the town does not
talk o fwhat it knows well—its
own deep, terrible, and tenaci-
ous strength.
Homejlews
WEST POINT, NEW YORK.
— The U.S. Army Specialized
Training Division has started a
special course to prepare en-
listed men for the 1944 exa-
minations for admission to the
U.S. Military Academy at West
Point. Eligible candidates serv-
ing overseas returned to the
United States for this training.
About 920 men will be en-
rolled.
Some 2,496 men are studying
t obe officers at the U.S. Mili-
tary Academy. Of these, 180
are men selected from the Re-
gular Army and the National
, Guard.
Save Our Secrets
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In Reykjavík
Today ...
AMERICAN BROADCASTS
1300—1335: News Headlines.
Contemporary American Mu-
sic. Personal Album with
Ethel Waters.
1600—1713: Beethoven Con-
certo in D Major, Jascha Hei-
fetz, violinist. Arts in Ame-
rica. Yank Swing Session.
News Headlines.
2203—2318: IBC Parade. En-
gineers String Ensemble.
News Roundup & Sports
Page. Downbeat with Duke
Ellington.
MOVIES
GAMLA BÍÓ: “Lady by good”;
with Eleanor Powell, Ann
Sothern, Robert Young.
NÝJA BÓ: “Talk of the Town”;
Ronald Colman, Jean Arthur,
Gary Grant.
TJARNARBÍÓ: “Road to Mor-
occo”; Bing Crosbie, Bob
Hope, Dorothy Lamour.
- Challenge -
Ratings of H.M.S. Baldur II
Reykjavík issue a challenge
to play any American or
British team at table tennis.
Dates to be arranged with
the Sports Officer H.M.S.
Baldur II or Phone Astra 55.
Fixtures welcome.
A watch,
lost by somebody, has been
found on Laugavegur. For
information apply “Daily
Post”, Austurstræti 12.
Entertainment. RAF Dramatic
Society present “Light And
Shade” in the Polar Bear
Theatre on Sept. 29th, 30th,
and Oct. lst at 8.30 prompt.
Don’t miss this sparkling
show.