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Show WASHINGTON NE4WS (. . , Work of Se,e CommiHee, ;o Senate Itl.,st;Uli c m, h' - omniiltee l eiHirle I rl,, Military Affairs Conunit , V tho h,u provui;;: I os tor sabotage in the cap 1 ' '-: Pi'ovod the fill V ! -mi..-; vostiu-tions on the ph'oto-''val ph'oto-''val and nuliu House Ways and ;''.ns Committee The Majority Loader of the louse expects that Lie House oi hopu.se-.t.aives will receive the ; -o.-osod j.,,.304. 400.000 tax bill the Ways a,ia Means Cim ! muiee aronn.t Lie end of July l ie measiire is m the hands j le.ii.slativo draitmi; experts and -nimitiee attaches behove that t.'.o ar.uti:;.; SU;f Wll compl t its nors by the end of the week Iron, The War Department l-io American soldier of today sols twice as much milk us the Soulier of in 17. The .milk diet was stopped up to assure a sufficiency suf-ficiency of vitamin B-2 and calcium cal-cium T.io daily milk is divided equally between milk served in natural torm and milk used in eoo.-u:-.s or served in processed -oous sucn as cheese. W. P. A. Defense Projects, The P. A. Commissioner reported re-ported defense expenditures of nearly half a billion dollars during dur-ing the fiscal year ending June 30. with 42t.3S4 W.P.A. workers,' or almost 30 per cent of the 1,460,- 000 on the rolls, at work June 1st on airport, highway and other oth-er construction related" to the defense de-fense program. Total W.P.A. expenditures ex-penditures on defense projects during eleven months of rne 1941 fiscal year aggregated $408,813,-000. $408,813,-000. including $171,463,283 for .vork of hig.-i.vays, roads and streets, and S53.43S.676 for airport air-port and airways projects. American Troop Carrying Gliders Larger Than Those of Germans Troop carrying gliders, to be towed by airplanes, are being , built by the United States, and are much larger than those used by Germany in the battle of Crete. In Crete Germany used i gliders bearing six men each in irams o: as many as eight be-! be-! hind a plane. With the gradua-: gradua-: tio.i o; a number of Army offi-, offi-, cers to operate cargo-troop car- 1 rying gliders with a capacity of from eight to fifteen armed .men, it is no longer a secret that the Air Corps is in the process of training military' personnel to operate cargo-type gliders or that provision is being made for gii- laer-oorne troops as a military accessory to air-ground opera- i tions. i House Naval Affairs Committee The House Naval Affairs Com-Imittee Com-Imittee approved S585,000,000 tor expansion of shipbuilding, repair ana ordnance-manufacturing facilities fa-cilities at more than fifty shore stations. The committee action I came at the request of toe Presi-ident Presi-ident for $3,300,000,000 more for the Navy, for construction oi vessels and pay for the expand-in" expand-in" Navy personnel, was formally transmitted to the Committee. The $3,300,000,000 would include in-clude provision for 566 merchant snips, which would be so constructed con-structed as to be con-;m con-;m into Navv or military auxiliaries. Some of them would oe built in such a manner that they could be transformed into aircraft carriers. The $585,000,000 for shore-establishment expansion is expected expect-ed to 'be made up of $300 000 000 .or new shipbuilding $160,000,000 for repair flumes, and $125,000,000 for naI" manufacturing "Paris'0r5nance the $125,000,000 for ordnance, $70,000,000 would he spent for plant to make a "brand new type of explosive. Progress Of Our National Defense Program Some of the highspots are as iollows: tal V1 fnfTb airplanes were output oi M'", js a new manufactured, which is High in planes. The plan LSee are nVwcing flight be-Next be-Next month Prd" medium gmv011 VewGarand rifles tanks. The new rate of are 'being made at in gunS 1,000 a month 50 ca machme , 1,000 a month, 30-cau month guns at the rate of at Gunpowder PucUon 50 per cent of in;e"uthe peak of out already equal to the World War days. Me t now more than , h rate. . and Production a May. week: . t Patterson, Ogden. Mrs. John L. Paue Lake Miss Gladys Fike, City' i A Henkel, Salt Mrs. Ethel A. Lake City. |