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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1939
Page
6
Washington reports on the first training maneuvers starting December 31 at Camp Ord California and Fort Lewis Washington to test a streamlined division design. The plan halves manpower but keeps fighting power with motorization and new weapons while removing tanks to a separate unit.
The army staff in 1935 sought a streamlined arrangement to avoid exposed supply lines and costly counterattacks. A plan tested in San Antonio during the last year aims to form five infantry divisions in the United States Army. Units are dispersed but trained to assemble a coordinated, hard hitting division quickly.
Holiday diet tips show how to avoid weight gain by counting calories. Readers learn calorie values for common foods and favor vegetables over high calorie desserts. Also noted are a Portadown arrest for loud horn, ferrymen on the Upper Nile, and American bicycles becoming common in Chile.
To avoid shrinkage choose garments with a shrinkage label claiming fabric shrinkage limited to one percent. This ensures permanent fit for flannelette nightclothes and cotton dresses after repeated washes and helps you buy the correct size for children.
Japanese whaling ships obtained 483660 barrels of whale oil in the Antarctic last season, vastly higher than 12945 barrels recorded in 1934 35. The figures highlight a dramatic upswing in whale oil production for the fleets.
England pursues a campaign against fur from trapped animals. In Australia car sales slump leading dealers to delay 1940 models. Argentina bans homeopathic remedies. Japan shifts edible oils to rice fats. Venezuela plans social insurance program.
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