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Reported Admiral Jonas H. Ingram, U.S. Atlantic Fleet commander: since 1941 the U.S. sub hunt had covered 30,000,000 square miles of ocean to fight a maximum German fleet of 450 submarines. The German attack peak was in 1942-43, but by spring of 1943 the defense had its fo'c'sle head above water. By V-E day the U.S. had 126 sure submarine kills and had escorted 16,760 ships across the Atlantic...
This week, thanks mainly to the slugging of moody Phil Weintraub, big-beaked Ernie Lombardi and stumpy Manager Mel Ott (total ages no years), the Giants strutted at the top of the National League ladder with a won-lost count of 21-to-6. The veteran trio reached its peak of efficiency with a homer apiece in a single inning while copping four straight from the Chicago Cubs. Other reasons for cheer in the Giants camp: the unbeatable pitching of Bill Voiselle (8-0), the fine shortstopping of Buddy Kerr, the .347 hitting of Napoleon Reyes...
...larger number-those who are bound for the Orient-will get U.S. furloughs, unless military necessity interferes. Some will go into brief retraining. The Army hopes to move 500,000 men to the U.S. in the peak month (August...
...Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. yard on the muddy "Singing River" at Pascagoula, Miss., where 11,000 men & women worked at 1943's hectic peak, only 8,000 worked this week. Within a year the last of the 73 big C-3 freighters for the United States Maritime Commission, and the special type craft for the Navy would be ready for delivery, and Ingalls' war work would be near its end. All this suited Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. just fine...
...greatest herd of cattle on record (80 million head) roamed the vast, greening ranges. But many packers closed down near the end of last month, or worked only part time. The reason: OPA regulations make peak production unprofitable (subsidies to non-federally inspected packers are paid only for a monthly production equal to last year...