Show jfhn in 1 t IN DEFENSE arming oi 0 filp ships s the ho house se passed a bill modifying the neutrality act to permit arming of merchant ships navy secretary jknox told his press conference the navy is ready to put guns aboard american merchant ships as soon as congress authorizes the action lie he said there are sufficient guns for all merchant men although not all can be used against against both airplanes and submarines lie he said arming merchant ships will slow w down submarines and impair their marksmanship because they will have to stay bolow below the surface and use their limited supply of torpedoed instead of attacking with shellfire production price administrator henderson speaking in detroit said although the U S is producing 35 per cent i more than ever before 45 per i cent more more than in 1929 only va 42 1 j to 14 per cent of national income is I 1 going goi jig into defense he said america is is 9 iving giving only one hour of eight tor for defense work although schedules show this will be increased to two out of eight hours by next june he said hitler is using five of every eight hours for german war efforts i the war department medium tank production almost doubled in september as compared com compare parel with august and light tank production showed a good gain con gross gress passed legislation authorizing a increase in bor bo rowing and lending power to hi used partially to expand steel producing facilities by 10 million ton at a cost of one billion dollars 0 07 M ordered auto production for january 1942 cut at least 51 per cent below last january levels the navy instructed its officers to impress on companies behind schedule on ordnance contracts acU the necessity of speeding deliveries even if it means working three shifts seven days a week until caught up the department asked manufacturers who can increase production by revising their contracts to start stait new negotiations at once agriculture the agriculture department reported the farm labor supply at 54 per cent of normal and 25 per cent below last year and said farmers have been able to keep their ill hired ad men from taking industrial jobs only by sharply increasing wage rates the agriculture department announced national prospects for all crops improved about two per cent during september indicating one althe of the largest total farm yields on an record the department said farm fann ers do not need priority orders to pur purchase chAte farm machinery except special classes because ratings arc ara assigned to manufacturers and ware war housemen houseman hou semen who supply farmers manuscript covers box letter files and other office supplies on sale at the times office PHS RAMS HAMS LOSE TO CEDAR BY CLOSE SCORE the parowan carowan high school six held the league m man an football team leading cedar ceda r high school redman to lo the lowest score of the season this afternoon on a muddy held field with the final gun seeing the visitors win by 12 to 6 cedar schied its first touch touchdown down early in the first quarter on a long pass but missed the kick for extra point from here until the third period no scores were made and the ball changed sides several times during this time ime t firs first one team then the other losing it on downs or interceptions intercept ions in the third quarter jack dalton ram quarterback who was injured in the game with hurricane was again hurt and had to leave the game soon after this the scored cored s again on I 1 a long pass against which the ram defense was weak cedar missed the kick for the extra point again and soon after a the next kickoff kick off the rams drove over a touchdown on straight football but also missed the attempt for the extra point this ended the scoring for the game although both teams threatened in the closing period and only desperate goal line stands by both teams prevented further scores |