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Show FOOD 3 WAR NEWS l'rovixions have rx'en made for ornliinr operators who do custom work over wide areas to obtain motor fuel. These operators may obtain additional fuel by contacting contact-ing the county farm transportation transporta-tion committee where a recommendation recom-mendation to the office of defense transportation may be issued. The OIjT can then issue certificates for the necssary fuel. The expiration date of May 1st, for filing of applications for release re-lease from the Army by soldiers .'',8 years of age and over has been extended to July 1st. The outright discharge of these persons has been discontinued. Hereafter, t hey will be transferred to an inactive status in the Enlisted En-listed Reserve Corps, subject to the requirements that the individual indi-vidual enlisted may has: 1. Attained his 38th birthday on or before Feb. 28, 1943. 2. Enlisted or been inducted in the Army on or before Feb. 28, 1 013. 3. Prior to July 1, 19-13, volun-arily volun-arily submit ted to his immediate commanding officer a written request re-quest for release from active service serv-ice and transfer to the Enlisted Reserve Corps. With this request must be a written statement from a prospective employer or other responsible person to the effect that he will be employed in essential es-sential industry, including agriculture, agri-culture, if he is released from active service in the Army. America's food supply for 1943: Less of most foods than in 1941 and 1942. More fluid milk and cream and poultry, More cereals. About the same egg supply. More citrus fruits and canned juices. Less fish, butter, canned and dried fruits, canned vegetables, dry beans and sugar. But plenty of ' food for health and vitality. ' A loan program for the 1943 wheat crop, which increases the i basic loan rate from $1.14 to $1.22 per bushel, was announced this week by Wilford A. Schmutz, chairman of the Washington county coun-ty AAA committee. Loans will be made by the Commodity Com-modity Credit corporation on a note and loan agreement for wheat stored in approved ware-bouses. ware-bouses. Any producer who has not exceeded his farm wheat acreage acre-age allotment or with respect to whose farm no payment deductions deduc-tions have been or will be made under the 1943 agricultural conservation con-servation program for failure to meet 90 per cent of the 1943 war crop goal will be eligible for a loan on his 1943 wheat production. Wheat produced in 1943 grading grad-ing U. S. No. 3 or better, or grading U. S. No. 4 or 5 because of test weight only will be eligible for loan. Loans will vary from the basic rate of $1.22 per bushel to take into account location, grade and quality. With the freight differential of around 28 cents .deducted, the loan rate for Utah will average about $1.08 for U. S. No. 2 hard winter. Brief Bits The farm transportation committee com-mittee and county US DA war board can make recommendations on applications for trucks, but the office of defense transportation, only, has the power to approve or disapprove an application. No approval by a county farm rationing committee is necessary when the purchase of any -one item does not exceed $25, irrespective irre-spective of the value of the total purchases of several items. Feed wheat is again available. Congress has released another 50 million bushels of government-owned government-owned wheat for livestock and poultry feed. |