Show washington N S r 7 1 of U 0 q FROM M OUR congressman W K GRANGER utah projects approval the president liaa has just approved a project for or to perform flood control and stream bank protection work for the protection of lands within th elower vergin santa banta clara soil conservation district the work includes construction ways to carry flood waters uro across s 3 theat george and washington canal construct bridges etc Prot luction progresses director nelson speaking in ili new york city before benoie the military order ot of the world war said americas 1 industrial plant Is really bal toe t to roll ile ho said president Roo Roosevel ts war production goals are being met as follows airplanes schedules tor for january february and march have been met or t tanks D 11 it 8 ahead ot of schedule merchant shipping rising rapidly and this years eais schedule should be met garand rifles rides now available tor for every one ot of our combat sol soldiery dieni who la is suppose to have baye one antiaircraft anti aircraft and antitank anti tank guns bung schedules this year should be methe said this Is not lot time for easy optimism because the production of war goods Is so huge a job that we can call break every record we ever made and still tall fall short ot of need cancer control president roosevelt proclaimed april api 11 as cancer control month and invited abato and territorial governors to take similar action wen men rind women the proclamation said should Bh bo be urged by every eveia educational means to make use ot of available facilities tor for early diagnosis and treatment of cancer lit in their communities muni ties with a view to reducing the annual total ot of lives taken by cancer and allocations the curtailed radical style lit in clothes and ordered manufacturers and dressmakers to eliminate such excessive rills as trench french cuffs balloon and leg of mutton sleeves full daytime da time skirts or sleeves restriction on woolen garments are aie effective apri 9 those on garments of cotton rayon and other materials are effective june 19 and retailers are prohibited front rom selling ensembles of more than two pieces at a unit price after august 17 the order will not effect clot clothes lies tor for this spring and summer roost most of which are already mado made the board said skirts may be shortened but now new ones cannot bo be made longer than han the present average Il february miary income aggregate at annual rate of billion the commerce department announced the hat national ional aggregate of individual incomes amounted to 7 in ili february equivalent to an annual rate of compared rom mra pared with 0 in january 1942 and in february a year ago seasonal decline in agricultural incomes and in dividend and payments largely account for the six per cent decrease between january and february 1942 1941 1 tine the department said the wage and salary component of national income was per cent above a ove the average in february compared with per cent above in january reflecting increased production P 1 cioll in the commodity producing industries wages lit in service and distribution industries remained abut the same irom from tn jn 1 iy ay zeb eh while government wages show od led a moderate increase the department said BaL price administrator henderson enderson II said defense workers will be able to ret get recapped capped le urea tires rot for their motor cars only when no other means of transportation to their jo Is available aftel although ougah a limited number of le recapped capped tires Is available for tor I 1 defense workers taxi trivet and other mr henderson said thel fact the 1 1 car la is within the definitions does not automatically mati cally entitle tRIE 1 ll to a recapping br or re treading certificate the governing factor will the national intel est eat and not the convenience 0 of f ill alie 0 war worker he aid 1 ir tild foil the president proclaimed may 10 ps is mothers day he directed government ornnie nt officials to fly the flag on all buildings and requested private citizens to observe a widespread vide spread display of the flag the president also named may 17 as 1 I arn am an ali american day in recognition of citizens who have reached their ithell majority or were naturalized during dining the past year the war front 11 war secretary stimson i announced tor for the first time that tha t successful efforts were organized in mid january to set get food and ammunition ammu niton to the ithe isolated defenders of bataan ile he said by fhe seventeenth of january 1942 united states army officers were arriving lit in Austra llla ta organ ise a base of supply and toyio break ilie he blockade he said brigadier Se hurley minister of new zealand had been directed to take every extraordinary step possible to get supplies there alron the southwest pacific andaas and was successful in getting a b number ot of shiploads ship loads through but for every ship that arrived with its cargo nearly two other were lost in lie he attempt navy ni y navy secretary knox sent telegrams to heads of 1000 colleges and universities urging them to give their support to the new class vl V l 1 program unde which college freshman lind ind soph morAs would enlist to meet we the navys future officer needs approximately institutions have already thred 1 macl pate lit in the program mr knox sail america la Is counting counton t iton ion the nations college freshmen and soph mores classes to provide future yer arror mr the united states navy kt the lie same time a committee of df prominent educators and navy officers formally inaugurated the vl V l 1 program today explaining it to the college university and secondary school representatives meeting at yale university new haven conn and at columbia university now new york city between now and may 1 similar meetings will be held la in other sections of 0 the country the na navy ry said the navy asked the public to use only one of two designated post of fice actresses in writing to navy personnel afloat and overseas ea C ca 0 ovedio postmaster new york an and ca 0 p postmaster 0 B t san fancisco d depending upon which Is nearer the addressee even if you know that a seagoing ship of the U S navy Is at a certain harbor dont address mall mail to her there to do so may reveal her position to any person who sees or hand les the letter and this information may fall into the hands of the enemy the navy 0 said aid |