Show 4 intermountain war front prepared Pie pared by the denver regional office of war information recent control has been ex tend to eight more areas in the rocky mountain region bringing to eleven ee en the total number in the region legion in which the federal Is holding rents lents at tile the levels of af march 1 1942 the eight new areas in which rent lent control will ft be enforced effective october 1 are colorado Coloia do the colorado springs area including all of el paso county idaho the pocatello idaho rails falls area including all of bannock county new mexico the carlsbad ora aia including all ol of eddy county um clio roswell area including all of chaves chaes cou county lity and the silver city area including till ill of hidalgo county utah the brigham biggham area in luding all of box elder county wyoming the casper area in luding all of natrona county count nd the cheyenne area including all of laramie county counts ein W colllns collins ot of denver rei lei lonal administrator toi for the oto of price administration said lent directors toi for the now new areas will hlll be appointed before october I 1 and rent lent offices will be opened to begin I 1 registration egi of all rental dwelling units in the areas ire he pointed out tha conkol is being extended only to portions ions of the silver city lordsburg an and the pocatello idalio idaho falls areas because investigation and inquiry into the rental situation in tile the remaining portions ions of these areas did not reveal leveal immediate necessity tor for making maximum rent lent regulations effective tenants jn in the areas being brought under control are in sti ticked to pay no more for foi their october rent lent than the rent lent which the same were bringing on oil maich I 1 of this year sear lali all purpose ration look hook being printed the first of the nations all purpose pui pose ration books designed provide a swift means for rationing any article or commodity almost at the instant the danger of a critical shortage appears are now being printed the book contains coupons on eight pages each page a separate color and each cach coupon separately designated by bs number and letter the design make possible the use of the book for straight coupon rationing such as now used for foi sugar or 01 use of the point system whereby the consumer may spend his ration on various grades and kinds ot of a general type aspe of commodity send truck applications to detroit Deti olt says applications for the certificates of war necessity which chic h all trucks must carry after no november eveln 15 should be mailed to the office of defense transportation in darolt rather than headquarters quai teis in washington asa J merrill men ill rocky mountain regional leg lonal manager reports mi air merrill said application bl blanks alks will be mailed soon to every person registered as a com ill meichal erp ial i vehicle owner on last december Decem bei 31 those who do not receive application forms must obtain them from the near sest district office the offices are aie now being established in denver pueblo cheyenne casper billings butte boise balse and salt lake city mountain nc glon ships tons of steel the five states of the rocky mountain region shipped tons of iron and steel scrap in july according to official bureau of mines figures released last month wyoming led the other states by shipping 2680 tons 13 8 per cent of its quota of tons to be moved before january 1 quota la is tons thirteen and six tenths per cent of its quota was shipped during july or tons colorado Coloia do shipped 13 per ce cent nt ot of its quota of 0 tons or tons utah shipped 13 per cent of its quota or 01 tons and now mexico shipped tons toils or 7 79 9 per cent of its quota of oe 1200 ions tons AIM mexico railroad i will m go to lo avar ar rails which once carried can led produce and cattle over the elkhart and santa re fe line from dolse boise city oklahoma to farley faile new mexico shortly will go to war and carry steel for foi the ture tuie of munitions guns and naval stores to fight the axis this was announced last week following a conference between senator call A hatch of new mexico mid and donald al nelson chairman chali iuan entry anti ot of aarm workers arom mexico authorized athorne Atto iney general francis li anels biddle biddie has authorized the Ini migra tion and naturalization service to grant giant admission to mexican agricultural workers when lien the need for foi them Is ia certified li by the U S nm service the is expected to help hell relieve tile the critical shortage of farm faim liboi labor in rocky rock moun tain region legion states cost of aking is 01 per cent to AUR aug 15 led by b sharp increases toi for certain foods exempt from price pi ice control tile the cost of 0 living lining rose lose by 04 per pel cent from july jul 15 to august 15 william ir II slaton rego reghinal inal economist for foi the bureau din can of labor statistics in denver re le ported last week the bureaus Duie aus cost ol of living index now stands it at 1174 per pel cent of the 1935 30 39 level about 19 per pei cent higher alian when vilen the war stai stalled led in III I 1 III mope ope ola against upgrading of meat following up tip closely close its I 1 alg ig orous nationwide nation wide drive against tile the upgrading of meats inears the offe of price pi ice administration lias ordered more moio ilg orous grading ecat 1 li of both beet and veal eal by b every ei meat ineat packer in the united states slates As the initial corrective step in fit this program opil OPA lias has directed that all beef and real cai or brasses causes asses and cuts sold as choice quality must be so graded and grade under su pervasion pei per vision of official department or of agriculture graders typewriter Tipe liter writer rationing buttles ire are changed an amendment to the typewriter rationing regulations ma ina teri serially tei lall ally broadens bio adens the classi fica tion lion of those eligible to buy both standard stan daid and portable poi table machines added to the list of eligible pur pui ell clia seia at aie e conti contin tois engaged enia gec in fit vai the merchant mei chant mai inai ine labor UlI unions tOllS els as soc lations and agencies auxiliary to ill alie var vai effort such as the united service pei vice organization and tile red ned cross ah appeals to 0 o factories im for Irnen tory toi reports all ali urgent appeal to all nian mail of the rocky alock melia mountain region legion to report idle frozen or 01 excess invent inventories orles of matei lots to regional leg lonal war production board headquarters in denver was nas made last week by leslie A miller regional leg lonal chief mr miller that purpose of the appeal is to aid factories ny dy relieving i excess inventories Invent oi ies through hirough arranging purchase by b plants ui urgently gently needing ma materials trials aalt dzaak walton pulton league campaigns for deer rat fat led by bi the mile high chapter of the izaak walton learge sportsmen of the west will il turn in the fat from the deer they kill its ills fall to make glycerine toi for explosives the campaign beart beai the endorsement eldoi lemeut of conser allon division authorities who point out that the deer expected to be killed hilled in colorado Colo indo alone would produce more moie than 50 tons toils of fats enough to produce 58 pounds of explosives |