Show washington JN K W S aft L I 1 j FROM OUR congressman W K GRANGER sale of defense savings saving bonds passes billion dollar ma mark rk the treasury department reports that cash expenditures tor for de defense ferise totaled about in july and cash receipts from sale of defense savings bonds passed the billion dollar mark three months af after ter they went on sale nearly complete records in july showed paid out thru the treasury and thru the R F C G final reports officials laid should show defense expenditures of almost one billion dollars for july largest for any month 1 since the war U S pa population P increases latest figures from the ge census esus bureau bureau show that the nations population I 1 indrea increased ed in the last nine months of 1940 and totaled on january 1 I 1941 the population of the continental U S on april 1 1940 when the last census was taken was copper placed under per pei cent priority the office of production management placed under per cent priorities con A new preference signed under which refined a copper can be a upon specific direction dl previously the industry aside 20 per cent of I 1 it production in ani all enle and had been non defense orders tense demands as io had bew been the order assigns a rating of A 10 to a all I 1 I 1 delli dell defense orders order that have lived a higher ratin rating j graph of the order re cep tance of defense ord cordei ers and manufacturers products and copper ba and requires that all tb the h en priority over non mands i scout cars ot f aj in plane ordered tile ibe corps has at a contract to bt build adi 6 O 0 qa reconnaissance 0 ca cars r sl amai m ito to fit into a transport 1 fast enough to carry a 1 gun over rugged terrain a an hour production awill on cn will begin in october and completion by january Is ast 1st tract is for ampro lion dollars an initial 1500 of these scout cars ha h been completed july morgan county fair be |