Show WASHINGTO N N ct 0 WS S ev FROM OUR congressman W WK K GRANGER penally on stolen cattle I 1 the president recently signed legislation imposing a maximum penalty of and five yeara imprisonment for persons convicted of transporting stolen cattle in iii interstate commerce the le term rm cattle is defined to include bulls steers oxen cows heifers heffers hei fers calces sheep hogs and horses scrap metal from car rails the works progress administration tio n has announced a program for removal of abandoned publicly owned streetcar rails by to lo salvage the steel for defense production all state administrators have been directed to expedite requests of local governments for assistance and to give the work first priority in the program it is estimated that more than tons of public owned rails alone lie abandoned in city streets part in de Ded lanse anses women can help in the national defense program by checking the increase in the cost of living because it is important to file ue ele tense program to see that price increases do not rise above amounts made necessary by actual cost increases the division of consumer protection of the office of price administration and civilian supplies has set forth the tasks for each consumer as 1 to write the consumer division 0 of the office of price administration and civilian supplies about unreasonable advances in the cost of living 2 to consult city and county officials to S see ee whether increases are justified 3 to buy defense savings bonds instead of a new car refrigerator or or washing machine 4 to buy this winters coal now 0 0 o to compare milk prices with others in the general area 6 to cooperate in sponsoring community canning of fruits and vegetables 7 to see all community production production facilities are us ed d to full capacity 8 to see baci family lives at a safe nutritional nutrition il level 9 to help provide free community lunches for under privilege ed children 10 to learn what to buy and ad how 11 to report rapid rapi d rises in rents to state or local agencies set up to prevent such a situa aluminum von fon campaign returns gansl contributions of pots and pans and other items to the recent aluminum anum collection campaign amounted to about i pounds of f scrap yielding pounds of aluminum enough for 2800 fighting planes office of civilian defence director laguardia announced mr laguardia maids returns were still incomplete lbs ibs of the scrap have already been sent to smelters shelters sm elters |