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Show Materials To Be Issued For Potato Pits Arrangements have been completed com-pleted to provide additional storage stor-age facilities for handling the late crop of 1943 Irish potatoes, according to a release received from the War Food Administration Administra-tion by G. Frank Nelson, Utah county war board chairman. At the request of WFA, the War Production Board has approved ap-proved the allocation for materials mater-ials for the construction of storage stor-age facilities sufficient to take care of 15 million bushels of potatoes. po-tatoes. Use of materiols for construction con-struction of this storage capacity will be governed by provision of a WPB conservation order, which limits all new construction construc-tion to essential projects. The storage program applies to both farm and comerclal storage facilities. Construction must, however, conform to specifica- tions which have been established establish-ed regarding the use of critical materials. The county war board will handle this program locally, and specifications as to the type of construction and materials to use have already been received at the Utah county Office. Special arrangements have been made by WFA to speed up the handling of applications for approval to begin construction. Farmers, as in the past, should apply to their county war boards. On-farm applications recommended recom-mended for approval will be sent to WFA, or a regional office, for .special handling. For purposes of this program, persons who wish to obtain approval for ofl-l'arm, ofl-l'arm, or commercial construction, construc-tion, should also file their applications appli-cations with the county USDA war board in order to conic under un-der the arrangements for speeding speed-ing up the handling of applications. |