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Show WASHINGTON. NEiws nsn FROM OUR CONGRESSMAN ' W. H GRANGER T Scrap Dealers Licensed Price Administrator Henderson announced announc-ed all dealers seeking waste scrap or salvage material will be put under un-der Federal Ucens automatically May 20. Mr. Henderson said that under the order "any dealer violating violat-ing the price schedules or regulations regul-ations governing such waste or scrap materials may have his license suspended sus-pended as provided In the Price Control Act. He thereby will lose hl3 privilege to do business." This is the first application of OPA licensing li-censing authority to a specific Industry, In-dustry, although retailers and wholesalers generally will be licensed licens-ed under the General Maximum Price Regulation. Production and Conversion W P B Production Director Harrison reported new machine tools, presses and other metal-working machinery shipped to war plants during March were valued at $108,600,000, an Increase In-crease of 73 percent over March, 1941. Machine tool shipments alone were 24,300 units, with a value of $98,400,000. The production rate for' metal working machinery has reached reach-ed about $1,300,000,000 a year and Is steadily Increasing, Mr. Harrison Harri-son said. National Income Highest in History His-tory The Commerce Department reported payment of Income to Individuals In-dividuals in the U. S. during March totaled $8,654 million, an increase of 21 percent over a year ago and of 8 percent over February. After allowance for seasonal influences the Department's index of income payments rose 0.9 percent from February Fe-bruary to March. The Increase during dur-ing March raised the annual rate of income payment to $106 billions, the highest figure ever recorded, compared with $92,090 billion for a year ago, and $82,587 million in 1919, the Department said. Army Progress Under Secretary of War Patterson told a press conference con-ference the War Department cannot answer Individual inquiries as to the whereabouts of Army personnel person-nel or as to whether men are casualties cas-ualties or have been takn prisoners. Nearest of kin of casualties will be notified by official telegram immediately im-mediately upon receipt of information informa-tion from the field, he said. Prisoner Pri-soner or War lists are received from the International Red Cross at Geneva, Gen-eva, and when such lists are received re-ceived the next of kin are also no tified immediately. He said the peat nuincer of persons who have seut sw.li inquiries to the Department Depart-ment should follow the precept, "No news is good news." He said this is not merely an emp'y phrase, it is a logical point, rather than a psychological one." Consumer Credit The Federal Reserve Board ruled Installment purchases must be liquidated in 12 months, and pfaced stringent limitations limit-ations on charge accounts. The order, or-der, effective immediately, also requires re-quires that loans of $1,500 or less which are to be met in one payment pay-ment have a maximum maturity period of. not more than 90 days. Down payments whlc hitherto weie not equired on some installment purchases are mandatory on all products in the future. Down payments pay-ments may range from one-fifth to one-third of the purchase price, according to the order. Previously, 1 under Presidential authorization, the Board specified installment purchases pur-chases be liquidated within 18 .months, and later reduced this to 15 months. The new order covers many commodities not brought under un-der earlier controls: automobile batteries and accessories, tires and tubes, bedding, draperies, binoculars, binocu-lars, household electric appliances not previously mentioned, used furniture, fur-niture, Jewelry, luggage, athletic equipment, table and kitchenware, pottery, glassware, yard goods, and non-military clothing and furs, including in-cluding hats, shoes, and other items. Down payment requirements on all products listed Is increased to 33 1-3 lercent of the purchase price. State and Local Trade Barriers Public Roads Commissioner Mac-Donald Mac-Donald said the following regulations, regula-tions, if put Into effect, will remove the more serious restrictions on inter-State truck traffic: maximum width of trucks, 96 inches; height, 12 feet six inches; length, 35 feet for single vehicles; load for a single wheel, 9,000 pounds; load for a single axle, 18,000 pound; gross weight, 30,000 pounds for vehicles having two axles and 40,000 pounds for vehicles having three or more axles. A. W. Fuchs, Senior Sanitary Engineer En-gineer for the U. S. Public Health Service, told the conference present pre-sent dairy products Inspection laws cause needlless duplication of inspection inspec-tion procedure, and in some Instances In-stances tend to limit distribution, he said. He said a model milk ordinance ordin-ance designed to promote greater uniformity and a higher level of excellence of local milk control practices, is available to States and communities from the Public Health Service, Washington, D. C. How to Address Mail to Soldiers Mall from home is the bright event of the day for the soldier and hi the opinion of the War Department, Depart-ment, supply of mall is second only to the supply of food as a morale agency. In keeping with its policy of striving for prompt and certain delivery of soldier mail, the Wr Department today reiterated instructions in-structions for proper addressing of mail for military personnel. Mail addressed to Army personnel serving OUTSIDE the continental limits of the U. S. should clearly show - Grade, first name in fuJ. middle initial, and last name of person addressed, followed by his Army serial number, if known; Letter Let-ter or number of the company o: other similar organization of whica the addressee is a member; Designation Desig-nation of the regiment or separate battalion, if any, to which the company com-pany belongs; Army post office number in care of the appropriate Postmaster; The location of the overseas station should not be used; Names and address of the sender jn the upper left corner. Mail addressed to Army personnel person-nel at posU, camps or stations WITHIN the continental limits of the U. S. should show the same information in-formation as prescribed for units outside continental U. S. except that the Post Office address of the post, camp, or station should be used, preceeded in appropriate cases by the APO if applicable; Mail addressed ad-dressed to Army personnel on maneuvers man-euvers within the continental limits of the U. S. should show Uie same information as prescribed above for outside continental U. S.; Prior to beginning of maneuvers, the Post Office Department with the concurrence con-currence of the Army, will designate desig-nate the postmasters in whose caie mall for personnel Involved will be addressed. i Conservation During March, WPA workers salvaged more than 6,600 tons of abandoned street car rails, containing enough scrap steel to build four destroyers or 325 medium me-dium tanks, Acting Commissioner Dryden announced. He said a new plan - a nation-wide WPA salvage collection project, sponsored by the WPB Bureau of Industrial Conservation, Conser-vation, to remove rail from city streets is expected to increase the rate even more. |
