Show washington it IN leiws diw ra FROM OUR congressman W K GRANGER amed forces F 1 II the senate ete passed and sent to the hite house a bill permitting mem in zlote sers Is of the nations donned forms forces to tend end gifts valued up to 50 into the ej J S or any of its possessions with 01 yat nit payment of duty members of the armed aimed forms forces and persons sending money to them trill ill rw receive e iw a 50 per cent reduction in n rates tea on domestic telegraph won mon vy ny orders up to 25 after debem december her A there will be a flat rate of 5 1 br ord orders ers of 10 or less and 6 boc ifor orders ord up to 25 the reduced fetes fates will not apply to orders order for snore doce than 25 elective service 1 under alerv a new ruling issued today selective S service avice registrants at al beady required t to carry regist registration rution ads must most also 1 c carry arry thew their classi ti cation cards with them at all ajmes beginning january I 1 upon entering active service the regis want rant must surrender his win lon card to his commanding officer manpower because of the increase in demand or technically t trained personnel he be national I 1 roster of scientific md and saml specialized alize d personnel has ask id d senior and graduate students of Jie herni stry physics engineering and ther specialized ed fields to rp register gEster hex heir skills the nations national I 1 ro roster ter a aart of the now has listed ip proximately names in nore than 60 specialized occupy lons ions priorities and allocations Alloca lions has authorized a 33 per cent nerease ale in production quotas for rectors Tac tors tractor mounted bents combines harness hardware nd hand tools as of november I 1 me he production quota for power 91 hearme e ring machines was raised from 15 5 to 1 per cent of production in 1940 0 or r 1941 whichever is higher has directed canners to set aside ande approximately Y 6 0 10 cabes rf if canned r ed citrus fruits f and ii d law cices em or the armed fore forces and lend lease rhe hie use of alpaca wool was re aristed itric ted to production of m materials or uniforms worn word by aircraft crews wid and troops stationed in cold clim ites to save materials manpower and transportation facilities the is as restricted 0 all 11 production of As ahalt and tarred rooting roofing products after january I 1 to specified grades grade and ta bipes es it placed restrict restrictions i ad additional d deliveries of natural gas to Indent residential ial consumers in sections of kansas utah and wyoming effective december 2 in an effort to prevent threatened shortages of I 1 coke needed dd by west w e coast c ship a h ap builders bul the OPA I 1 increased brithe r real e d maximum on prices for or first t grade bech beehive oven ve rk coke brodu produced d at sunnyside Sunny side utah from 6 50 to 7 SO a to tons a at the close of business on no w vember 14 a total of 2 tires had been turned in by motorists un no dr der the idle tire purchase plan almost double the total reported on november 7 rationing to relieve manpower shortages in farm communities the OPA announced that children who work part time m on farms have been made eligible for purchase of bicycles nrc needed ded for ts transportation between school and home or farm stabilization of farm prices OPA has ruled that every person m the U S who bo slaughters and delivers to other even so much as a one animal of the sort it listed in the OPA meat order of october I 1 cattle sheep lambs and hogs is subject jj j j to the restriction of the order and its penalties in case of violations Faro farmers ners who slaughter animals only for thew their own use are ex empt coopt from the regulation the purpose of which is to limit delivery of meat from these animals to civil ans so that at there here shall hall be enough fam fag or ithe the fighting forces fore a of the united states state and its allies everyone from the country butcher botch or I 1 the farmei f who slaughters luchte Is meat for others to the largest packing houses must keep records of all slaughter for delivery cry to others and make them available bable to OPA inspectors falls statements of the number of animals slaughtered and delivered or other violations of the ord order er a subject the offenders to fines up to or 10 yeats in jail or both trading with the enemy the state department announced the existence istance ex of a german extortion system for selling exit permits from occupied c countries t I 1 for as much as 75 and said drastic penalties would be imposed on persons who ho participated in the scheme the Depar department departs tm nt said the german practice is to select victa victims with and wealthy relatives t oves broad abroad and s then subject them era to unbearable restrictions aric the victims are then told that their release can be purchased and the extortion tion plan is put into effect an P ansons arsons here who pay ransom mom wun mon y will be prosecuted under the trading with the enemy act foreign concerns which act as agents in the traffic w will ill be placed on the american america blacklist strategic materials the B bureau an of mines reported its chemists are analyzing the crude oils made from coal to determine their I 1 possible uses m various fields them tri of american mo ricart indu industry Y the bureau has been producing gasoline and oil from oal coal c at a pilot plant at pittsburg coal is now being tested as a source for far compounds and I 1 solvents used in the lacquer and plastic industries in making special fuels aro aromatics matics and raw m material for synthetic rubber NAVY navy surgeon eon coin general 1 mcantire t re reported navy fatalities among the wounded at are I 1 les t than 1 per cent compared with an average e of 7 per cent wounded c ci in i world war I 1 modern medical discoveries d cover co 1 in treatment of war wo 1 havo wounds woud d s have cut the anticipated mor mortality t lity I 1 figure egure by 85 per cent the 1 Q wounded are flown by transport navy transport planes to an island several hundred miles away tor for treatment |