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Show WASHINGTON- NS ffyl FROM OUR CONGRESSMAN W. K. GRANGER Income Payments At Record High In June The Commerce Department Depart-ment said income payments to individuals in-dividuals during June reached a record high of $9,537 million. After allowance for large disbursement of dividend and Interest payments at mid-year and other seasonal Influences, In-fluences, the Index of total Income May to 165.4 in June (1935-39 as payments advanced from 162.7 In 100.) Although a portion of the rise In Federal payrolls, chiefly accountable ac-countable for the advance, represented repre-sented disbursement of pay Increases In-creases granted members of the armed forces by recent legislation, the gain in military and civil employment em-ployment was substantial nevertheless. neverthe-less. Factory payrolls continued to expand as the production of war goods more than offset the drop In civilian output, the Department said. Entrepreneurial Income (net income in-come of owners of unincorporated businesses, including farmers) represented rep-resented about 15 percent of all income in-come payments In each of the two years, the Department said. During the first half or this year, agencies of Federal, State and local Governments Gov-ernments paid out one dollar of every seven that went to the nations na-tions wage and salary earners. Agriculture Ag-riculture Improved Its relative position pos-ition between 1939 and 1942 as the net in:ome of the nation's 6,000,-000 6,000,-000 farm operators Increased from 5.4 to 6 6 percent of total Income lld out, while non-agricultural entrepreneurial net Income declined declin-ed slightly from 9.6 to 9.2 percent of the total, the Department said. Relations With Free French Sec-retary. Sec-retary. of State Hull told his press conference discussions now beln held In London were designed to enlarge the scope of economic and military collaboration with the Free French and might include arrangements ar-rangements for the U. S. to obtain French -controlled central African strategic materials from the Free territory. Army As of July 20, 7,000 Volunteer Volun-teer Officer Candidates have been inducted into service, with 30 percent per-cent choosing the Infantry, 18 percent per-cent the Quartermaster Corps, 14 percent the Army Air Forces administrative ad-ministrative service, 6 percent ths Armored Force, and the remainder the other arms and services, the War Department reported. "Unusual "Un-usual opportunities" are presented for Officer Candidates in'the Corps of Engineers, the Signal Corps, Antiaircraft Artillery and Ordnance Ord-nance Department, the announcement announce-ment said. The candidates comprise Class 3-A men, deferred for de-icr.dency de-icr.dency only, who volunteer for induction "for the express purpose of competing for admission to Officer Of-ficer Candidate Schools." The program pro-gram was Inaugurated In March and an overall quota of 1,500 per month was set; this figure was doubled In May. Nurses For The Armed Forces-American Forces-American Red Cross Chairman Davis, Army Surgeon General Ma-gee Ma-gee and Navy Surgeon General Mc-Intlre Mc-Intlre told their Joint press confer-en:e confer-en:e that the Red Cross had launched a campaign to recruit 3,000 registered nurses monthly to meet the needs of the armed forces. forc-es. "We need to get twice as many nurses a month as are now being enrolled for," Mr. Davis said. The Army asked for 2,500 nurses and the Navy for 500 nurses. To qualify the nurses must be registered, be rraduntes of an accredited nursing o ho.il, hi under 40 years of age, in good health and unmarried, Mr. Davis said. New Construction Despite a sharp contraseasonal decline in private construction, the volume of new construction in the se:ond Quarter of 1942 reached a record level of $3597 : million, 25 percent higher than the preceding quarter and 28 percent above the same period In 194 1 the Commerce Department reported. The Increase was due to public war construction which was one and one-half times as large as In the previous quarter and almost three times as large as la the same lerlod a year ago. The Department said the shift from private tot public pub-lic war construction probably will continue during trie rest of the year, and it estimated the total volume vol-ume of construcVon In the last six Bionths will be about $5,800 million compared with $5,934 million In th flrst six months. However, total construction probably will begin to taper oft toward the end of 1942" because of the Increasing pressure of material and labor shortage." Deposits In Federal Land Banks-Farmers' Banks-Farmers' "rainy day" funds are increasing In Federal Land banks and borrowers have deposited In excess of $10,000,000 since last September, Sep-tember, the Agriculture Department said. Pay-offs on principal oi land bank loans last year amounted to about $129,000,000, of which $66,-000.000 $66,-000.000 represented loans paid In full prior to maturity. Over $43.-000,000 $43.-000,000 in principal payments, a 45 percent Increase over the first quarter of 1941, were made by land Banks and Land Bank Commissioner Commis-sioner borrowers, the Department said. Army Army Ground Forces Commander Com-mander McNatr said the Army li permitting civilian observers from plants manufacturing war equipment equip-ment to attend summer maneuvers to study the durability of their companies' products under conditions condi-tions closely approximating those of actual combat. These observers will not alter or Impede the conduct con-duct of maneuvers and they will not be attached to Army units, though they will be assisted and supervised by military authorities in each area, General McNalr said. The War Department said letters for military personnel in Hawaii and the southwest Pacific should be sent by regular mall rather than air mall except In emergencies. The volume of air mall to the Islands Is-lands is so heavy that only a frao tlon of It can be carried by plane and the balance must be sent by ship, the Deportment said. Red Cms Aid Red Cross Chairman Chair-man Davis said the Army and Navy have requested a new quota of 2,509" pints of blood to be collected by the Red Cross during the next 12 months. Approximately 50,000 doners do-ners a week will.be needed to supply sup-ply the amount, he said. Labor Supply WMC Chairman McNutt said present and prospective prospec-tive physics and mathematics teachers should enroll In tultlon-free, tultlon-free, short-term teaching courses set up in 200 colleges and universities univer-sities under the war program of the U. S. Office of Education. The teaching load In physl:s and mathematics, math-ematics, basic needs for effective use and designing of the highly technical Implements of modern war, has Increased, and the number num-ber of teachers Is decreasing, he said . Many teachers are being drawn Into industry, research, and the armed forces. Summer courses now under way are offering programs pro-grams under the Engineering, Science, and Management War Program with Federal funds authorized auth-orized by Congress. While students pay no tuition, they are required to provide heir own subsistence, travel expenses and text books, the Office of Education said. .kVA U........1..... . |