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Show WASHINGTON Nays fpl FROM OUR CONGRESSMAN W. K. GRANGER thost countries receive regular American Red Cross standard food parcels and necessary clothing as soon as the International Red Cross committee in Geneva is notified no-tified of their capture and camp location. Prisoners receive a package a. week and internees one every two weeks. A total of 5,931 food parcels were reported dispatched dis-patched during November to U. S. prisoners of war and internees in camps in Europe. A prisoner may also receive one supplemenrary parcel every 60 days from his family Or friends as soon as thty have been officially notified of his whereabouts by the Provost Marshal General's office. Information may be obtained from any post office on what may be included in these parcels to prisoners of war, for which no individual export license is now required. ' ' The office of War information announced completion of a survey sur-vey of drinking conditions in and around Army camps. From the survey it was found that there is not excessive drinking among troops, and drinking does not constitute a serious problem, and that no American army in all history has been so orderly. Not only is the American army more orderly than any other present army, but it also drinks vastly less than the American army of 1917. In the last war camps were bone dry, but bootleggers did a thriving business. In making the survey, observees from the agency traveled more than 12,000 miles. They visited most of the areas where there are large troop concentrations con-centrations New England, the Pacific Pa-cific Northwest, California, Arizona, Ari-zona, the Middle West, Texas, Louisiana, nad other Southern States. AGRICULTURE The Agriculture department reported re-ported farm land values increased in all regions of the nation during the period July ' 1, November 1, 1942, except for New England where prices remained unchanged. unchang-ed. Largest regional gains, approximately ap-proximately 3 per cent were noted in the East North Central, South Atlantic and Mountain States. Land values advanced in 31 States, dropped in 6 and remained re-mained unchanged in 11. Accompanying Accom-panying the general rise in values, val-ues, however, was a decrease in sales activity. Potential shortages HEALTH AND WELFARE For the care of children of working mothers, Defense Health Director McNutt approved grants of $7,866 to Washington, $4,293 to New York, and $3,000 to Oregon, raising to 15 the number of states to receive such grants. President Roosevelt has approved approv-ed i 39 war nurseries and day-care centers to be financed from Lan-ham Lan-ham Act funds for children of working mothers. This is the largest group of projects yet to be approved at a single time under the FWA's child care program. Thixy-six will be located in Salt Lake City where a survey revealed that 664 children need centers. RELATIONS WITH NORTH AFRICA Milton W. Eisenhower, Associate Associ-ate Director f o the office of War information, just . returned from North Africa where part of his time was spent with his brother Lt. General Dwight Eisenhower, told a press conference that there will be serious trouble there unless un-less substantial quantities of food and clothing arrive before February Feb-ruary 1. Emphasizing the dire poverty of the African people, Mr. Eisenhower said that although al-though much of the food ear. marked for that area by the Lend-Lease has arrived, much more is needed. As for political developments in Africa, Mr. Eisenhower Eis-enhower said he understood that all former French political prisoners pris-oners have been releastd and that some 400 pro-Axis French, men have been arrested. At the same conference, director direc-tor of OWI . Davis stressed :' that meeting the needs of the African population would not ,only avert trouble but would also win the active good will of the peoples accustmed to the Axis practice of stripping occupied territories of all provisions. UNITED NATIONS STRENGTH Office of War Information published pub-lished figures to prove that if the United Nations had been united on September 1, 1939, as they are today, Germany could not have plunged the world into war with a chance of winning. Trained soldiers sol-diers numbered twice those of the Axis 34,918.350 against 16,950,000; allied sea power strength almost doubled the Axis 1.173 warships against 620; the United Nations could have marshalled 13,175 first line fighting planes against the 9,800 of Germany, Italy and Ja. pan,, and could have held a similar sim-ilar advantage' in regard to tanks. The War department announced America is turning out enough rifle and machine gugn ammunition ammuni-tion each month to fire 83 rounds at each individual soldier in the Axis armies. In the first year of war, production of small arms ammunition has increased more than 550 per cent, and is still rising ris-ing rapidly. '. WELFARE OF THE ARMED FORCES, American fighting men taken prisoner by Germany or Italy and American civilians interned by of labor, machinery, fertilizer, and other materials and increased income in-come taxes were named as the principal factors retarding rise in values. NAVY The Navy announced inauguration inaugura-tion of a nationwide recruiting cmapaign to bring thousands of women into the naval service during 1943 said it plans to expand ex-pand the WAVES by at least '50 per cent Monthly recruiting quotas for the Naval districts have already been raised 35 per cent. The latest announced figure for the size of the WAVES was 25,000, an estimate made in November. No-vember. , ' FOREIGN RELATIONS The State department announced announc-ed receipt from hte Mexican Ambassador of a check for $500,-000 $500,-000 in payment of the ninth annual an-nual installmnet in accordance with the convention between the U. S. and Mexico signed at Mexico Mex-ico City, April 24, 1934, providing for the en bloc settlement of the claims presented by the U. S. government to the commission' established es-tablished by the Special Claims convention, concluded Septtmber 10, 1923. |