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Production of Planes Cut as Arms Output Suffers Labor Shortage By the AsMcUted Presi. War production plana see-sawed today as announcement of a 3 per cent reduction in aircraft goals coincided with a report that labor shortages have posed a major threat to armament output. Aircraft sights were lowered to an objective of slightly more than 100, 000 planes for 1944 by trimming schedules for the next five months by 3 per cent. This will bring production to about 8.274 planes monthly for the rest of the year—far lower than the 9118 delivered in March but higher than the July figure, announced yesterday, of exactly 8,000. July output was 499 planes behind sched ule and 49 planes behind June’s I tally. No Unemployment Likely. Charles E. Wilson, executive vice chairman of the War Production Board, said yesterday the modest cutback would cause no unemploy ment and was made for “strategic reasons, not because of inability to produce more.” The new production level will persist, he added, “until Germany is brought to her knees.” But Mr. Wilson joined Lt. Gen. Brehon B. Somervell, commanding general of the Army Service Porcea, in declaring that the labor short age in foundries and forges, steel mills, heavy tire factories, heavy artillery plants, ammunition works and some other fields is endanger ing the armament program. "We have a job on our hands to get those items up and get them up fast,” Mr. Wilson asserted. Arms Shortages Reported. Gen. Somervell yesterday report ed production shortages existed in 320 arms categories. In some 90 items, he declared, the Army did not have even half of “minimum requirements the reserve supplies here and abroad which may be drawn upon by commanders in the field. He declared' the Nation needs to recover “the same sense of urgency that we had a year ago.” The Army's needs will grow steadily, he said, until the Axis is crushed. To reach its planned peak, he as serted, production must rise from June's total of $1,852,000,000 to an October total of $2,308,000,000 — an increase of 24 per cent. Production Report Delayed. WPB's production report for June, not yet released although Its nor mal issuance date is long past, is expected to show a 1 per cent drop in total output from May, which was 1 per cent under April. The June production, it was said, ran 3 per cent behind schedule for all produc tion. War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes meanwhile reportedly was preparing to issue later in the week an announcement of plans being drafted jointly by production of ficials of the Army, Navy, WPB and War Manpower Commission to stem the reported exodus of workers from war jobs. The recruitment of about 250,000 workers for war industry in the next few months is one of Mr. Byrnes’ goals, his associates said, but more important at the moment is the finding of 40,000 to 50,000 workers for the heavy industries now farthest behind. * Bilbo Goes Under Knife; Condition Is Satisfactory By the Associated Press. VICKSBURG, Miss., Aug. 2 — Chairman Bilbo of the Senate Dis trict Committee underwent a seri ous gall-blader operation yesterday Bt the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., and his condition was de scribed as satisfactory a short time afterward in a telegram to the Sen ator's personal physician, Dr. A, J. Podesta of Vicksburg. The operation was described as ‘very serious” by the Mayo surgeon. ‘ He stood the operation well and his condition Is very satisfactory at this time,” the telegram stated. Every mile our boys win means longer communication lines. These mean greater expense, more energy, more of everything from all of us. Let's all back the attack. Buy more War Bonds. Ympemg heme fa father he hes a new peek ef Mertm Blades" YANKEE FROM OLYMPUS Jintif Hoi mu and Hit Family By Catherine Drinker Bowen . . . is magnificent book . . . •bout inspiring men” (Los dm gtlts Times). Am dtlemtic Monthly Press Book <3.00 French Bridges Hit By Bombers Before Weather Closes In By the Aisocletid Prese. LONDON, Aug. 2.—Virtually all Allied aircraft based in both Britain and Italy remained grounded last night by unfavor able weather, but conditions over the French battle area promised to improve today in time to en able Allied airmen to return to systematic attacks on the Ger man forces being rolled back from Normandy. Twelve bridges—most of them rail spans over the Seine, Loire, Marne and Eure Rivers—were blast ed yesterday as American heavy bombers' joined the tactical air force in cutting oft routes of sup P1ANOS FOR RENT JORDANS 1015 7H» St. N.W. NA. 3221 [ plies and reinforcements for mauled l German troops and at the same time reducing their avenues of escape. Nasi Fighter Bases Bombed. The heavies also bombed five enemy lighter bases in a 125-mile long area stretching below Paris from Melun to Tours, and an oil dump at Rouen. Medium and light bombers hit a fuel dump at St. Malo, just ahead of the fast-travel ing Americans on the Brest Penin sula and an ammunition dump ahead of the British sector south east of Qaen. In another daylight operation yesterday American Fortresses and Liberators smashed at flying bomb launching sites in the Pas-de-Calais area only a few hours after a dou ble-header blow at the same area by British heavies. Although' the weather was un favorable for defense against flying bombs, the overnight robot assaults on Southern England appeared to be on a reduced scale. Raids on feast Prussia Reported - Night-flying Mosquitos made their usual patrol over France, shooting down two enemy planes. 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