Show washington N RW S i it F ROM FROM OUR congressman CON GREiSSMAN W K GRANGER manpower the U S office of education re ported that even before the 18 1819 19 year old dra draft it t cut into the number of students enrolled in scho scholastic lastar in an striations of higher education the number of college and came university mity teachers in the US U S dropped 5 per cent the drop which occurred be tween the fall of 1941 and the fall of 1942 was 1 7 5 6 per cent in men teachers eachers and 1 3 per cent in women teachers the report is based on data obtained from approximately of the institutions of higher education in the country the office also reported a lengthening lengthen mg of the col ilage instructors day and the discontinuance of certain established courses are am among the most common steps being taken by such schools to avoid the leicher shortage go situation created led by the wartime wargo emergency approximately teachers have left colleges in an the e last year to enter the tried armed services or to take jobs in the feder al government war industries oz or other fields Age agriculture nathene end and food conlisk the agriculture department to re ported that stocks of feed gram on an farms farm s are am the largest on record and it that lat conditions we are favorable for far another year of good production WM C chairman n mcnutt promised farm ers that lh t the e goy government corni new will do everything in to see that th ley ey get gel the neco yary ry labor this ra i a decisive year i ij the war every ounce of our st reth nth U and res resources every acre of p pj ground must work for victory the 2 bushels of ca corn a on farms 01 january jannary I 1 constituted the largest reserve of the 17 years on record stocks of wheat on an to farms january I 1 totaled bushels also the largest on record ARMY the war department reported that hat when the alcan telephone system te as a completed there them will be 1 7 talking and 14 teletype circuits a 1 lable for far A AY army Y lafear communications n 1 I the th first fast section see two of the 1 line an e joined I 1 Edw edmonston Edmond andton ton alberta to dawson creek british columbia and tied facilities at helena in a with regular montana work started on an nov november be 22 and it was completed december I 1 francest A report in an the january bulletin of the federal reserve board said acorne payments of individuals ideal at the he end of 1942 were 0 at the he rate of an increase of 20 per cent during the j year the board said it expects such payments to continue to advance during clair mig 1943 1 according to a treasury announce announcement in ant there was 50 in circulation on december 31 1942 for every person in an the U S the in an increase of 4 43 over the prin lous awas month total money in erectile tion lion on Dea december rember 31 was wait 15 mari to derrace mn men because the problem of mail de ii veries to men of the navy mar me corps and coast guard has been complicated by the fast an increase crease in personnel the navy kavy sald said new rules will be placed into effect on janu ary 15 to insure prompt service 1 parcel post pact packages will be accepted which weigh not more than 5 pounds and measure not more than 15 inches in length and 38 36 inches in an length and girth garth combined 2 an second and third class matters such as advertising circulars will not be forwarded to men overseas secretary of war St stimson ionson an trounced that the large volume of mail said and packages sent to troops troop overseas has made necessary new army amy postal restrictions beginning january no package may be sent beat to a soldier overseas wilen unless I 1 it t cards contains an article requested by the sold soldier T and the request has been approved by his has commander A package w will I 1 not even be accepted at t the post office unless the etc written request hearing bearing the commanders command crI approval as 13 presented the only exception will be in the cast case of sold I 1 lers sent seat brand abroad while packages addressed to them were I 1 in transit magazines and newspapers may be mailed only by the publishers V mail will continue to be welcomed but ordinary letters b bearing bag ag stamps will be handled like ordinary mail |