U.S. WAR PRODUCTION

Grey River Argus, 31 October 1942, Page 4

U.S. WAR PRODUCTION

CRITICISED BY BRITISH LABOUR LEADERS. (Rec. 10.30) CLEVELAND, Oct. 29. British labour leaders who are touring war plants are not impressed by American war production. Mr Jack" Tanner, president of the- British Amalgamated Engineers’ Union, declared: The plants are well laid out, and are finely equipped, but there did not seem to be an appreciation of the urgent need of turning out munitions rapidly. Possibly, they were not working as fast as we- are in England. Mr Arthur Roberts, secretary of the British Public Employees’ Union, expressed similar views. NEW YORK; Oct. 29.

The War Manpower Commissioner, ' Mr. McNutt, has deferred all necessary farm workers from military service in order to ensure sufficient production of milk, cheese, and eggs. The workers are, subject to immediate calling up if they quit the jobs. The Associated Press says it is reliably reported that General Eisenhower' is returning to Washington within a week for important consultiat’ons. Mr. Stimson, United States Secretary of War, announced et Washington that the Alaska highway was now open for traffic for the entire length of 1671 miles. Paul Smith. Government war information official formerly editor •of the “San Francisco Chronicle,” has resigned his commission as naval I'eurenant commander, and has enlisted in the marines as a buck private. He explained: “I could not run a destroyer, which lieutenant commanders are supposed to do. Now, I am going to learn how to use a bayonet.” “ ■ A bus coll'ded with a Japanese submarine in a San Francisco street. The midget “Tojo Cigar” was captured in the Pacific, and was mounted on a truck en route ‘to Chinatown for Navy Dav ceremonies. At Los Angeles a Congressional Committee blamed the collision between an Army bomber and an airliner in which 12 were killed, on to an air rendezvous .previously arranged between the bomber pilot and the co-pilot of the airliner. The committee said that the pilots met. at a party on the preceding night * v nd arranged for the bomber pilot to time his take-off to coincide with the airliner’s so that the planes wou.u meet in San Gregorio Pass. When the meeting occurred, the bomber pilot wigwagged his wings, went ahead, and crossed too close to the airliner. The bomber pilot will be courtmartiailed on a charge of manslaughter.