Show washington N S M FROM OUR congressman W K GRANGER 1 army expansion and training the army enlisted reserve corps plan for college students which in general permits selected tedi qualified students to continue their college education bior the time being while in an inactive ve stattie st attia is was announced ax the department tho the plan in some respects sli similar tillar to the navys includes that recently announced by the army air forces its purpose is s to en ena courage mento men to continue their education particularly in preparation for technical branches of the service quotas tor for the irmy army and navy will be assigned to accredited colleges and universities in those institutions maintaining army ROTC units exclusively the p paramount ar amount interest tor for quotas quota 8 will rest with the army the same will apply for the navy in such universities as have navy ROTO ROTC units where both have units quotas will be agreed upon by both departments requisites tor for students are U S citizenship the basic qualities necessary for commis toned rank physical qualifications ons and an age of at least 18 students who have not reached their birthday will be included in assis assigned ned quotas if they agree in writing to enlist in the corps upon reaching that age aga the quotas lit in each 1 institution will not exceed percent of flie he number nu in ber of ferst year stu dents upon graduation members who are well qualified will be ordered tj td active duty sent to the nearest reception center as privates and after completing the normal course of basic military itry training will be eligible tor for admission to all ail officers candidate school students especially qualified tor for advanced study or research act may obtain approval appi oval to continue such study for 1st ast lieutenant medical corps regular aminy the war department announced an examination august 1013 10 13 1942 both dates inclusive for the purpose of qualifying candidates tor for appoint ment as first lieutenants in the medical corps regular army to fill va candies oc curing during the fiscal year 1943 the examination Is open to all al male graduates of acceptable medical schools n the united states and can call ada who havo have completed one years internship in an approved hospital and who will not be over 32 years of oe age at tile the time it will be possible to tender a commission full information and application blanks will be upon request addressed to the adjutant general war department washington D C will not be considered it if received lit in the war department after july 22 1942 airlines on oil aval tillie schedules in accordance with presidential instruction st the war department has taken steps to place the domestic airlines of the U S on a wartime tooting footing as follows 1 1 A substantial proportion of available flight equipment will be transferred outright to the army air forces tor for operation by army personnel in various services and commands 2 the airlines them will convert approximately 70 ships into cargo carriers title to most of which will remain in the companies to bs be operated by airline personnel under contract ifor the air service command 3 the remaining ships aggregating about halt half of those now in commercial service will until further notice continue to be owned and flown bythe airlines but will be considered always available for emergency military missions army the house passed and sent to the senate legislation increasing the number of cabets cadets each member of 0 congress may appoint to the U S military academy from three to tour four and increasing the authorized strength of the cadet corps from frolin 1960 to 2496 continued on en last page W ow at pa I 1 I 1 ls DI N w FROM OUR congressman W K GRANGER Con continued Linued from roin page four navy L president roosevelt signed legislation authorizing a ton increase in the nations submarine fleet which will involve construction ol of more than undersea cratl craft mr roosevelt also signed a ii bit bill chail changing ging the name of the navy dur bur eau ot of navigation to the bureau ol 01 Perm personnel ninel anti and uses phal OEM said some united nations in ili addition to tho the U S began to la by stores ot of rubber when the outlook ot oc war in ili the fur far eastbu came menacing arid and some also nofi nota ably russia experimented with synthetic rubber but by tar far the greater amount ot of dublier rubb er needed by the unit ed nations in 1942 must be supplied by them the P U S from its stockpile ot chudej the U S stockpile will be increased by about 30 per cent by reclaimed rubber the OEM said but reclaimed clain ted rubber has a limited number ot of uses and must be fortified with crude before it can call be used enormous quantities of 0 rubber will be required for barrage ballons ballans bal lons treads for tanks tires for planes and military vehicles and other war uses the OEM said A new battleship requires 75 76 tons of tubber rubber a 10 ton pontoon b aldge requires pounds and each of the more than a million rolls of adhesive tape ordered by the army requires more than two pounds i gf rubber tho the OEM said othel critical materials the reported the tin till salvage institute of newark N J acting as agent for the metals reserve company will he be the only organization authorized to collect tin till tubes which have been accumulated by retailers retailed under the conservation order requiring consumers consumer sto to turn in a collapsible tin tin till alloy or tin coated tube when buying new supplies ot of toothpaste and shaving cream retailers are requested to turn used tubes over to their most available wholesale supplier p or if f this Is not possible to ship them collect in lots of 0 five pounds or more to wholesalers who will be for shipping costs wholesalers warehouses junk dealers and others having large stocks of used tubes may ship lots ot of pounds or more boore to institute by collect freight the designation of a single agent tor for collection of salvage tubes la is intended to prevent loss of 0 tin till which occurs when junk dealers I 1 melt up tubes with other scrap metals tho the will said 1 finances the treasury department announced war bond sales during the first six business days ot of may totaled 6 60 0 0 a percent increase over april sales for the same period of and were more than 25 percent of the nations quota of for or may tho the department sald said series E sales 1876 act denominations were percent greater than tile the first six days dab of 0 april tho the commerce department reported U S income payments to bals were millions in ili march a 21 percent increase over a year ago and ir 81 percent more than february bringing the annual rate to bli bil llona lione figure ever recorded |