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Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

August 15. 1941.

Almost BALD

-NOW

NEW HEAD OF HAIR

Wheo hair iris to fall and, it's sure aign that is being stayed. But even when baldness sees rapidly approach

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FUTILE TERRORISATION

HORROR raids on virtually unprotected Chinese cities have constituted a feature of Japan ese air force activity for the past four years; the culminating point was reached during the week-end when Chungking was bombed with the utmost fero city on 14

between occasions Friday and Monday. Perhaps the Japanese still nurse the tender belief that a nation can be brought to its knees by

Is the

United States

War?

Prepared for

Is the United States prepared for war?

The answer to that question-one your after the all-out defence effort began-ls thig

The United States Navy has now the world's most powerful and heavi ly armoured feet, although the second-ocean part of the "two-ocean" navy s at in the making.

The United States Army is ready

with Reasoned troops and strong fustifications in in great defensive outposts at Hawaii and the Canal Zene, but even there Incks ultra- frodem anti-aircraft weapons,

The basic lund army and ale forec will not be ready for about a year. Many of its men still are green; its up-to-date artillery and tanks are just beginning to come out of the factories; few of its fighter planes in service now equal Euopenn stond- arda.

defence Here

Ja the delailed pleture to-day as shown in a United Prosa survey. Wherever possible, In miny official data were obtained. cases, exart muren now are impos-

lble to obtain.

a year ago.

ita

The Navy

A little over a year ago, the then leisure- ly American defence programme was given a tremendous spurt as a result of the Nazi drive through France. Since then a great deal has been accomplished, and apart from strictly national requirements the United States has been able to give increasing aid to Britain as well as to other countries in the democratic front. The United Press survey here published answers a vital question- how far has the defence programme pro- gressed in the first 12 months?

is

"

Omahn, is expected to go into pro- duction In the late fall. When in full operation, these plants are ex- pected to produce 3,600 heavy and medium bombers # year, These plants, together with additional facilities to be bulit by aireraft manufacturers, will be geared to Lurn out 500 heavy bombers a month by the full of 1942.

This is what existing plants are turning out:

Aircraft about 1,000 milliary planes in May: about 40 per cent. trainers. Until recent months, the ratio was more trainers thun combat Chips.

Tunks-light (13 tons), about 150 month. Medium (26 tons) only a few pllut models, but about 200 n month experted beginning with Oc- teber.

Ordnance-powder output up 1,000 per cent, small-arins ammunition up 1,200 per cent. in less than a year, Output of 30 calibre machine-guns trebled; .50 calibre machine-guna

production up 40 per cent.

nds itself How Ands resources,

Virtually all of the present 1,00 Field and anti-aircraft

men.

There has been an Increasing di-

A 9,400 aircraft, Including trainers, year ago, the Bgure was 5,000. Ap- lauks are of the light, 13-1on type. are army ernil. Only a few "pilot" models of the 26- proximately 4,000

tinks have comu off The Navy had 3,470 alteraft on hand ton mediu

production lines. Out of 4,500 quar- pinched for needed aluminium and aircraft production. ter-ton "Jeep" reconnaissance cara agunese for The Navy, which would carry the May-1. brand of the fighting If the Axis

Only a small percentage are of the ordered, about 3,500 have been de-There is not enough steel to go around for both anns and civilian #vered.

1150 wants. Civilian

of eiretrie challenged America's determination most matters combat types,

Most of them inek urut proles. to "deliver the gools" to Britain, is

and sufficient machine-guns Ale tres, parachute troops, ski power may have to be curtailed. agreed to be the world's inlghtlest. tion

nerial cannon. Production troops at balloon barrage troups

e tour The Economic. Situation That is true alfheight Ins fewer and combat ship in service la-day than of the latest models did not be- are being trotned. There

gh until early this year, and the parachute trop battalions of about New ships that were ordered early bulk of those proured were shipped 500 zen each. the New Deal have been put into to Britain. New-type four-engined

The $017,000,000 programine for 21 version of production and materials. servied. The 35,000-ton battleships bombers and interceptors are con- North Carolina and Washington re sidered the equal or superior of any new camps and cantonments and en- from civilian supply. Priorities have largement of existing establishments been imposed on 24 categories of in commission and will join the fleet abrond.

is virtually completed, Housing now materials. The public is beginning feel It is not WHA Breakdown by types

1,800,000 sufcient for

Just beginning-to

example, to KORAL

The Navy's far dong patrol system available but it was estimated that Twenty-eight sites for additional becoming difficult, for

are being selected get aluminium lighting fixtures or has for more than a year given it about 2,000 or the army craft a training centres operating experiente under the next trainers. Of the Navy's total, 2,542 for use when and if the Army is refrigerator fee trays.

enlarged to

to 2,000,000 men.

Industrial production, measured by thing to war conditions, it reports were listed herervice craft, includ- good progress un programme of ing trainers; 213 as obsolescent; 352

There are suficient basic weapons the Federal Reserve Index, is run- experimental: 337 reol titles and machine-guns-for ning at the highest level ever. modernited anti-aircraft protection obsolete; 52′

The Labour Department reported secret. serve.

There are sill for its older ship. Delnils are

Air Corps has placed the Bold force.

April's non-agricultural employment The Army

serious shortages in important Ils personnel ls 240,727 oftkers and

orders for approximately 21,000

offensive and defence wea- ut an ull-time peak of 37,017,000, up men, against 140,603 a year

Fighting ships in major categories planes, Congress has been asked for dern

pons: anti-tank guns, anti-aircraft 2,735,000 in a year. Later unofficial before an additional $2,710,000,000 for up wins, heavy field artilery. The estimates of unemployment are ap- number 334. A year ago, transfer of 56 testroyers to Britain proximately

Army te just beginning to get de- proximately 7,000,000. several thousand very of the new?

A national Income of more than 105 mm. howitzers. and the conversion of 45 to other uses, planes of which

0,000,000,000-second only to 1929 The 20 mm. there were 395, The net loss Is not will Le long-range bombers.

anti-aircraft gun has $80,0 The Army has about 4,500 pilots not yet come off production lines. In forecast for this year, and some as great as it might neem. The des

that went to Britain or were against 3,322 year ago; the Navy The 37 mm. anti-aircraft and anti- estimates are as high as $100,000,- erted were over-age unes.

Com- 4,500 against 2,000,

tank guna sro now going into large 000,000 for next year.

Appropriations. contract authori missioned in the last 12 months have The Army Air Corps is working scale manufacture. The Garand semi- been 24 new destroyers, eight sub- toward a training goal of 30,000 automatic rifle, of which more than sations and Federal loans for de- marines and the wo 35,000-ton pllots a year. A year ago, the Army 175,000 have been produced, is be- fence and British aid since June 1940

out at a rate of 1,200 was training pllots at a rate fewer ing turned than 500 month. The pate was daily.

415

battleships.

14,000 More

Under Construction stepped up until 1,000 prospects en-

with now:

Production

mo-

and

$37,871,000,000, by the OPM's this tho ction. Adding to $3,710,000,000 in orders placed here by the British up to May 1, it brings ไก the current armament programme The two-ocean fleet programme tered its schools in March. Despite

required, applicants This 13 what John D. Biggers, the U.S. up to $41,500,000,000. A called for a total of 602 fighting craft high standards

Army by 1947. The Navy, hopes now to so far have outrun Army facilities. OPM Production Chief, says must be $9.452,000,000

appropriation 1946. It lists the entire With expansion of facilities now, the

វា $520,000,000 supplemental complete it by

Navy bill are pending. They will programme-350 new combat ships Army is making a special drive to done by the end of 1941 as compared

"building" because contracts interest men graduating from col-

Aeroplanes, output doubled; tanics,

000,000, have been let. About 70 actually lege. are on the ways. The others, in-

Only $5,300,000,000 actually has Present Navy pilot output is 200 quadrupled: powder, trebled; small put the over-all total over $5,000,- arms ammunition, trebled; Garand 68,000-ton a month and fast approaching 500. rifles, doubled and machine-guns, in been paid out by the treasury so far. cluding four projected

believes that after six battle cruisers, The Navy.

creased five-fold.

Defence contracts placed to date battleships and

January its training programme will About a month ago, Biggers pre-

leaving are in preliminary stages. Normally, I takes

18 supply a pilot reserve ahead of the dicted that the next 30 days" would aggregate $20,000,000,000.

It hopes to have by see the beginning of "real produc- many billions in orders still to be

placed. months to build a battleship, 38 for 15,000 planes

tion.""

This was based on the know-

Here is an OPM breakdown of a cruiser, 30 for a destroyer, Navy July 1, 1943. yards are working three shifts and At several coastal polls, some ledge that hundreds of new and ex- cutting these schedules by from two air corps combat. units are at war panded facilities were nearing com- contracts placed up to May 17:

Plants, engines, eta., $4,291,000,- strength in numbers of planes and pletion.

$4,643, months to a year.

Construction started during the 000,000; ordnance, Of the 15 battleships listed as "un- men.

The Army Air Corps Is spending year on 1,000 new plants or expan- der contruction" now, keels have brutal and indiscriminate airen laid for eight 35,000 and 45,- $81,321,000 for expansion of its fields sion projects at a total of $2,839,- other coinment, $2,120,000,000; pay, subsistence and other services, $1,- Work

these is and schools and construction of 503,000. Three-fourths of these are 112,000,000, strategic materials stock-

ones. Many have being financed the Government from two years to a few months dozens of new are been completed. 15 battleships flone.

All scheduled to be commissioned at

attacks, although it is hard to understand on what they base this assumption in the light of their own experience in China, together with the lessons of Spain and Britain.

As

It has long been proved that the destruction of private pro- perty and the slaughter of civilians by aerial bombings effects little, if anything, in the way of lowering morale. Modern warfare has demonstrated that. civilian morale disintegrates only under the influence of and skilful military defeats Fifth Column operations. China has not suffered the former for more than a year, and Japan has never succeeded in manipulating the latter to any appreciable extent,. China's morale to-day is as high as ever, Terrorisation bent low the spirit of the Chinese people in the early days of the conflict, but it wields no power at the present, least of all in Chungking, which, like London, has learnt how to "take it."

900-tonners.

on

about

The

various dates from 1942 to 1940.

fleet of auxillarles-tankers,

The Army

men.

000 naval ships and $3,930,000,000;

pile, $328,000,000; construction (in- directly or indirectly.

dustrial facilities), $1,503,900,000; There is disagreement as to the need for further plant expansion; as posts, depots, housing $1,734,000,000,

whether civilian Industries, as supply ships, transports, repair ships, its total strength on May 29 was automobile factories, should have Other Defence Activities etc.-is composed of 104 vessels, 1,345,800 officers and

The been curtailed earlier or converted arms production. Men a year ago. Also 104 are immediate goal is 1,418,000. A year for greater against 122 under construction and 25 under- ngo, the Army's personnel totalled like OFM Chief Willan S. Knudsen by Mayor Florello H. LaGuardia of

have no doubt going conversion,

Here is a breakdown of combat ships built and building: Battleships

Aircraft Carriers Cruisers Destroyers Submarines

Total

17

Built Building

15

4

12

37 .54

103 199

100 78

334 358

Lin-

Once of Civilian Defence, headed

only 230,772.

that America can New York was set up on May 20, Germany in virtually and soon will begin moblilsation of Of the men, 269,000 are National outproduce Guardsmen and 907,000 selectees. It everything when it gears itself to a millions of volunteers Into units for is worthy of note that there are also real war basis. But they frankly protection of the civil population in 402,000 regulars now on three-year do not know how long it would the event of war. One of the first

take. Some say the armed services tasks will be the creation of a net enlistments.

**

full quirements.ely

The sea-going merchant tonnage

The Army's ground forces com- have been too slow in making up work of 500,000 volunteers to serve.

27 Infantry divisions, four ar- their minds about their specifle re- an air raid, "spotters."

divisions that await

The National Defence Mediation $2,000,000,000 is Board, headed by Clarence A. Dyks equipment, two and one-half cavalry divisions and five general headquare owned plants for planes, engines, first two months of its lifet

spent for 33 government- tra, settled 30 labour disputes in the ters tank battalions, A year ago the Regular Army had only six infantry machine guns, ammunition powder, A $300,000,000 programme der way for development and pro- divisions and a cavalry division. The TNT, chemicals and artillery. Only of the United States is smaller that a year ago despite a vastly It was tection of outlying bases. This in- National Guard then had 18-Infantry a few have been placed in operation, it

Mast noteworthy in production are xpanded construction programme, cludes the Army's share in the and four

Mechanisation and motorisation of the powder plants at Charlestown, This is caused largely by transfer of protection of these bases. Hawali is four cavalry divisions. considered the world's most strongly the Army has been slow. Only one Ind., and Radford, Va., and the Chry- nerchant bottoms to the Army and held naval base. Above-ground fuel infantry division is fully motorised. sler Tank Arsenal at Detroit. Many Navy and to Britain. The U. S. a others will be producing this sum- Merchant Marine had 1,103 sea-going depota, vulnerable to possible serial But long-developed plans for

vessels totalling 7,051,298 gross tons Four government-owned member on April i as compared with 1,350 attack, are being put underground powerful armoured-motorised force mer.

7,069,518 gross tons inst being built ships of Ten more. GHQ tank battalions assembly plants aro there and at other strategic points. are on the verge of reality. Chains of supplementary bases are

islands from will be formed. Four more armoured Sub-assemblies will be provided for year. There are 851 ships under com-construction or contracted for as being developed on Aluska to distant South Seas. Few, divisions of 11,000 men each will to these plants by automobile

panies. The first assembly plant, at compared with 152 a year ago. under present plans, will be strongly organised. fortified. In the Atlantic, Puerto Rico is being converted into a great stronghold and fleet base. base Bites acquired from

from Newfoundland Britain, South America, are being Some

nrg

The

already groped.

by

Air Strength

The Army Navy and Marine

At the most the vicious small forces and are in use as air Japaneso raids on Free China patrol stations. Little actual forti- territory can only leave its fication has been accomplished yet.

203 officers and strength-51,203 citizens without homes and tem- Its porarily dislocate war Indus-mene nearly double, that a year ago. Its striking forces have been trics; the last mentioned factor rrorganised into

two

streamlined could be serious if the major divisions of 14,000 men each. Old portion of the war Industries destroyers have been converted into were concentrated in the towns, fast transports for landing forces, which they are not. It is true that Chungking's normal life is seriously dislocated while the Corps combined have approximately raids are in operation, but this dislocation is more inconvenient than vital, as the capital chiefly concen- pressed itself on the minds of the trates on administration and is not Japanese air chiefs; or maybe it is annnufacturing centre. Elsewhere, because they have so many "excess Chinese powers of recuperation have bombs to be used up; or do not want been so long establislied, and labour their pilots to get stale through lack

willing, that

that tem of activity. Whatever the reason, so plentiful ant porary enforced pauses in war work these ur-attacks do the Japanese are speedily overtaken, rendering war cause rio benent, and serve only to create a feeling of revulsion negligible any lost time and labour.

Apparently, however, the futility throughout the civilised world, They of terror raids on Chungking and may yet prove to be the death war other Chinese, cities has not yot im- rant of the Japanese nation,

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One result of the invigorated American defence pre Douglas army bomber, largest military, plane in the wor!

fights, the machine, was pronounced peffect by the U.S. Army

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the glant B-19 er a series of thal hleg fent pilot