Show intermountain war front i l is M HI ii MH war wai pi production during the critical months immediately ahead will ft ill be hampered seriously Bly sly unless scrap and junk can be kept freely flowing in increasing inci easing quantities to war plants producing ma lor for our lighting fighting forces denver regional leg lonal officials 0 of a bureau budeau of industrial conservation se warned last week the warning came as defense councils and salvage cammi committees tt ees the rocky mountain west completed organization for the national salvage program pi which opened july 13 and for the national scrap harvest hanest of junk from farms facts and figures of the war wai production situation show chow clearly it was pointed out that the supply of raw materials la is now tho the most important tant limiting factor in ili the ro auCtiOn of planes tanks guns guas and ships wl B officials appealed to all localities to organize for foi the scrap campaigns and to all citizens zens a to do their patriotic share in ili the collection of junk now in order 01 dei that war plants will not have hae to slow down this winter A reserve scrap pile of 10 million tons of scrap iron and steel for foi example Is needed to keep wills running this winter when weather hampers the movement ot of junk from homes and farms through dealers to the production line I 1 needed in the national salvage program are metals particularly iron and steel rags burlap rud rub ber and household fats meat dealers in the west and throughout the nation more than of them are cooperating in the tats fats collection campaign are asked to strain oft their waste tats ancl ana greased ivr A into a hort shortening ening or coffee can call and nd to keep the can in their re filger ator until they have a pound or 01 more moi e this li Is sold tu to the nearest meat dealer who pa parses ues it on to a lend eier eventually tile tiie waste fats als become hiie lor explosives asked to limit luggage to one bag so serious aeilous hap hai the baggage koblein on railroad lalli oad passenger pass esger trains become that joseph 13 easton bastou director has appealed to travelers tia eleis to limit themselves to oue one bag wherever possible our lic ilses order older A 3 un on truck leading revisions of general order no 3 governing over the road boad operations of motor trucks by common carriers can leis wan announced announce d by the office of defense T es ea a more moie flexible standard for conservation of trucks and Is 19 et ef tion the ills revised order establishes a more flexible flex able standard daid tor for teethe august 1 trucks may de be operated with less than a capacity load or empy empty over oer a portion ot of the trip out or 01 back only it after exercising due diligence the owns owne or 01 driver Is unable to comply with the minimum icum load the revised order also established a au mlle an hour limit new record set for I 1 oil transportation petroleum coordinator tor for war harold L ickes announces a new nen record movement ol of barrels of oil each day to the east coast was set tor for the week ended july 11 this Is an ln increase crease of barrels banels dalli daily over the old maik of barrels av a during the file week ended june 20 new e sugar ration rules announced S se secial eral important new provis tons of the sugar rationing lation ing regulations lat lons have hae been announced by bi the office of price pi ice tion persons who live le in ili ai dieas aas of the country ilow may buy their sugar iu ili large laige quantity t ranchers Kan cheis sheep harders herders and other consumers who are aie haedl capped by transportation difficulties now are aie permitted pel gilted milted to pur chase a quantity quant lt of oc sugar now in ill excess of twelve pounds as an advance against theli their regular rations local war vai price pi lee and rationing boards now are aie authorized to issue isue ue new ration books ly to persons who prove beyond a reasonable lea doubt that their book were lost stolen or 01 destroyed desti housewives are urged to take advantage of ripening fruit crops and can as ag much fruit as possible there Is 0 specific limitation on the amount of sugar which a fanelly faill may obtain tor for the purpose of home canning anre llio linen duo due july jul 23 tire the sellers fiel leia hane hae been given a ten da day extension of time tor for tiling fiting their june 30 inventory len tory reports with local price pi ice and rationing boards all tire dealers au to mobile supply companies motor vehicle dealers de aleis service stations finance companies and others who sell bell or 01 hold new or used tires or 01 tubes for or sale are aie required to tile file the inventory report leport by july 25 the original tiling filing date was wag july 15 continued on last page intermountain war front continued irom from page bonef one articles article s made uy by blind not under arico ceiling malj Sa lj by nonprofit non profit agen clea for the blind ol of articles manufactured by blind persons persona are ex clouded from the provis loui ot of the general maximum price regulation the OPA has announced 4 acts to permit electric sales approximately electric ecilio el ranges frozen since may chave 2 have been released by for sale to the public upon C certification aa to need the action releases all electric ranges in the hands ot of dealbera as well a ranges having a factory sales value of lot 80 and over which are in the hands bands ot distributors and manufacturers ranges having a factory sales bales value of less than 80 are he held ill for defense housing or war a genales gen cles wibb extends freeze on softwood lumber the order freezing softwood construction lumber has haa been extended by the war production board until august 13 it origin ally had been scheduled to expiry july 13 at the same time the order was revised to aid small saw mills and local distributors the revised order permits sawmills which normally noi mally engage in local retailing because their com mun itlen are not otherwise served by a regular lumber yard to resume sales at retail in another action affecting lumber amber froze all sitka spruce logs of 0 grades 1 and 2 and cents cants and fl itches ot of these logs auto graveyards Grave ards produce much scap metal automobile graveyards of the country are bi eating breaking all records in the amoling of 0 scrap metal which they ae turning tinning over tor for war production ac acceding coding to elme J blankenfeld denver regional 9 I 1 0 nal i representative ot of the auto graveyard section during june the yards produced tons or more than tons toas more than the monthly average in 1941 of 0 this total 7 tons came caine from colorado from wyoming from utah a aad ad from new texaco further reduces Ile duces of bicycles the war production board has curtailed further the production 0 f bicycles A new limitation or der has h as been issued to permit the manufacture of approximately victory model bicycles between july 1 and august 31 1942 IS 42 this depre enop production po at the rate 0 of 32 per cent ot of bl bi |