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Show UTAH IGNORED IN ALLOTMENT OF U.S. FUNDS Road Construction Plans In Nine States Win U. S. Approval Practically ignored by the federal government in its allocation al-location of money to provide work for the unemployed of this state, Utahns feei keenly keen-ly the inability of its leaders to include any major make-work make-work projects on the initial list'of works to be started immediately. immedi-ately. With an allotment of $8050 of the share is probably less than that of $64,000,000 appropriation, Utah's any other state, it ia believed. Idaho fared much better, as did Wyoming and other adjoining states.' WASHINGTON, July 18 (U.R) Driving forward in its campaign to transfer workmen from relief rolls to payrolls, the public works administration today gave nine states the signal to go ahead with expenditure of $40,363,948 on highway high-way construction. Out of the $400,000,000 set aside for highway projects throughout the country, expenditure of $166,-532,948 $166,-532,948 in 24 states has been up-proved. up-proved. Maine), Idaho, North Dakota, Da-kota, West Virginia, Florida and Montana were among the latest whose plans for spending their share were approved. Boulder Dam favored Largest item in the list was $3 ,-000,000 ,-000,000 for the great Boulder dam in the west. From that they ranged down to the $300 chicken coop and Insect trap which the agriculture department will build at Vice Presi-1 Presi-1 dent Garner's home town, Uvalde, I Texas. |