Show intermountain war front A plan developed by the national council of chief state school officers for conserving school busses will be the ward yardstick stick by which new vehicles will be allocated to school districts in the rocky hocky mountain region legion according to the danner office of defense transportation the plan ca calls alls toi for reorganization of all school bus routes loutes to eliminate loss less than capacity loads and sary trips school districts must adopt these recommendations 1 transportation ti anspon should not be provided tor for pupils who have less than two miles to walk valk except in conditions of physical handicap extreme danger or unusual conditions 2 transportation should not be provided for foi pupils who live in areas served by public carriers carrie r 3 use of school busses should be limited to essential transportation eliminating use tor for such trips as to athletic games or music sic contests 4 hours tor for opening of school should be staggered to permit one bus to serve sene two or more moie schools 5 permission should be granted toi for pupils to stand in busses where safety Is not endangered 6 stops should be reduced to a minimum antl sabotage rules set for explosives in a move to prevent sabotage through use of explosives and to prevent pi event disasters secretary ol of interior harold hal old L ickes has issued a set of rigid instructions regarding storage handling and transportation trans poi of explosives by the more moie tha persons licensed under the federal galo bivs act many of whom are engaged in mining and construction work in the rocky mountain region mg big sugar users notified titled of coming allotment the increases inci eases in the sugar allotments lot ments of industrial and institutional tut ional users tor for the months of july and august will be extended to cover the allotment period of 0 september and october industrial users will be given a 10 per cent increase Inci ease which will raise their allotment to 80 per cent increase boosting their allotment to 75 pei cent of their bases imported silver prices fixed the maximum prices at which silver bullon may be imported into the united states have been established by the office of price administration domestic sliver silver and doi domestic desales of import ed silver have been subject to the general maximum price regulation since may 11 after august 10 according to the new regulation no person may import standard commercial bar silver at a price bilco etian 35 38 cents per pei ounce regardless leg ardless of existing contracts conti acts cold storage available for 1142 1042 arnit pi nit crop fruit growers of tit the e mountain area last week had assurance of that sufficient cold storage space pace will probably be available for foi tile the 1942 crop provided proper use Is made of available facilities A survey by shows allows 1879 refrigerated warehouses in the nation with cubic tee feet bof of space capable of holding upwards 0 of f five billion pounds of food WIB renews appeal for extra typewriters leslie A miller rocky mountain regional director of the war brodu e tion board last week renewed appeal to american business houses and citizens to sell extra typewriters to the government more afore than are aie ui urgently gently needed for the armed forces and the government Is haying premium prices lie he said typewriters should be taken to the nearest new typewriter dealer army ann will purchase hugo wool chotu order the army will place orders in the near future for foi luge large quantities of wool cloth which will use the bulk of tile the domestic clip now available it le 13 announced jointly by b and the war wa de the came cama after wester wool growers for foi several weeks had bought such euch purchases to stabilize the market and profile a fair price pi ice the purchase pui chase program was worked out by bi the quartermaster general in order to coo cooperate erate with wool gi who now will be in a position to plan ahead and increase production ana condit plant joins joing 11 in production drive one of tile plants w bich have hae joined in the war wai pi dine prop tain la is the great falls reduction depart elint of the Ana anaconda conea coppe mining co rep reports oits moie alor oil tank cars cais lel lo 10 11 till itil to ra aaa t an ali additional 5 railroad ta tank n it bars cais will be froni from ser sen vice ice in the rocky Moun mountain region legion middle west and south vest nest to go into cross country counti hauling of fuel oil to the east the office of petroleum peti oleum coordinator tot for war wai announces the oil companies already ahead are using 62 tank cars cais moie inore than halt in the nation to move petroleum peti oleum from producing areas to the east coal price changes to BCD recommendations tor for the overall i revision of the minimum mine price pi ice for coi the nations bituminous coal have hae been filed with the aitu bituminous dinou coal D division avist 0 n an ali increase of 30 cents is recommend commend le ed to tor colorado ar arizona zona new me mexico and west central texas an increase Inci ease ot of 16 15 cents tor for montana and an increase Inci ease of the fib cents toi for wyoming utah and idaho all colorado Coloia do rubber 10 to lo lie ite slurped by B august 10 19 colorado Coloia do tile the first state to ship a carload of junk rubber lubber in the recent lecent scrap rubber drive is going to be one of tile the first to turn all of its collection into the war effort W D R elliott El llott state chairman man announces all of the tons collected in the state will be shipped before august said farin trucks ti licks exempt irom from I order in a further step to permit the free movement of farm products and su supplies during the harvest season has issued a general permit penult relieving trucks in such hauling from the feces sity alt ot of clearing their trucks truc ks through joint information offices I 1 now being established at all nepal trucking points farm trucks also are aie rell relieved eved from restrictions strict ions on mileage and limitations on number ot of deliveries cries both exemptions are void after october 31 |