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...brought out more Christmas cheer last week. WPBoss Julius Krug declared the second liquor holiday since the ban was imposed in October 1942. Beverage distillers may make whiskey during January, can look forward to more holidays in 1945. Reason: the industrial alcohol reser voir is now 64,000,000 gallons, more than twice minimum, requirements...
...WPBoss Julius A. Krug warned civilians that cotton textiles and shoes would continue in short supply. Cotton piece-goods production this year will be down to 9.9 billion yards, 12% under...
...personal physician, Vice Admiral Ross T. McIntire, said: "He was hit by the flu, and hard hit when he was sick recently, but he's right back in shape." Last week the President took things easy. Main news was his acceptance of the resignation of Donald Nelson as WPBoss, moved Acting Chairman Julius A. ("Cap") Krug into the top post. Don Nelson, just back from China (TIME, Oct. 2), will stay in the official family in an as-yet-undefined job as the President's roving ambassador on postwar foreign trade. (In Chungking, Chinese smiled, talked of renaming...
...Overriding priorities for the auto industry which will permit it, and other industries wholly converted to war, to get machine tools ahead of all other civilian industries. (Two days later WPBoss Krug turned down this suggestion...
Down on a Chungking airport came a big C-54 from over the Hump. Out stepped three U.S. guests of China: WPBoss Donald Nelson, dressed in a snappy blue suit and blue tie; Major General Patrick Hurley, wearing a bush jacket; and General Joseph Stilwell, in khaki field jacket. On hand to welcome the visitors were Chinese officials led by T. V. Soong, Minister of Foreign Affairs...