> Bethlehem Steel, which launched 45 ships in 1941, expects to launch two ships a week throughout 1942. Its shipbuilding backlog is now three times as big as its steel orders.
> Brazil got a $100,000,000 U.S. Government credit (for rubber, iron ore, railroads, etc.) to pile on top of almost $70,000,000 still unused from her last credits. Meanwhile, the balance of trade (nearly $65,000,000 last year) is still running all Brazil's way.
> WPB's Bill Batt announced that U.S. manganese output for 1943 will be stepped up 1,400% over 1940 (to 600,000 tons a year) by developing high-cost mines in...