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Show HIGHLIGHTS " the week's hews INSURANCE: British maritime insurance companies have reduced the war risk rates on cargoes to and from the United Kingdom to about half the former rate, reflecting the greater security of the seas. RESTAURANTS: The nation's restaurants, hard pressed by food restrictions and difficulties in keeping keep-ing employees, are serving 25 million mil-lion persons daily. CARTOONIST: Arthur Young, famous fa-mous cartoonist and author, is dead at 77 in New York. He was active in campaigns for woman suffrage, labor organization, abolition of child labor, and other reform movements. He worked on Chicago, Denver and New York papers. AUTOS: Postwar automobiles will be lighter and will consume about half as much gasoline as the present pres-ent models do, says an official of the Socony-Vacuum Oil company. He also mentioned the possible development develop-ment of steam and electrically propelled pro-pelled cars to save motor fuel. PRESSURE COOKERS: The government gov-ernment has taken pressure cookers cook-ers off the ration list, but all purchasers pur-chasers will be required to specify that they intend to use the cookers for preserving food. Retailers have been instructed to take the customer's custom-er's word for it. Those wanting cookers for other purposes must make application with the War Food administration office in Washington. FAT: The housewives of America Amer-ica have salvaged 120 million pounds of fat and turned it in for munition manufacture since the campaign began be-gan in July, 1942, it is announced ROOSTER: A "crowless" rooster roost-er and a new breed of "all-purpose" chickens are on display at the poultry poul-try show in New York. FASHIONS: Ruffles and unnecessary unneces-sary trimming are coming off costumes cos-tumes of movie actresses, as designers design-ers strive to comply with wishes of the Office of Price Administration. The new and simple fashions are intended in-tended to save cloth. |