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Show I WASHINGTON NEiWS TVt?! FROM OUR CONGRESSMAN W. K. GRANGER Projecis Approved For Utah The following projects in Uta'h- have "been designated as i'ocaptalble Cor inclusion in tlhe Works Project Administration program: ! Manti and Gunnison, Sanpete County, in 'the sum of $7,896, to construct grade school building build-ing on the -Man.ti High' School Camp us, and construct addition to and improve Gunnison High School Building, including ito-stallir.ig ito-stallir.ig heating, (plumbing and electrical ifacilities, constructing walks, landscaping, installing sprinkling system, and performing perform-ing appurtenant and incidental work. Mammoth, Juab County, in the sum of $7,583, to improve grade school, county shop and I recreation .building and grounds, and appurtenant and incidental inciden-tal wonk. Prices Price Administrator Henderson announced 'tha,., as -part of the Government program to in-erease in-erease .production of lead, cop-iper cop-iper and zinc, . the price ceiling lor lead has been raised 5.85 to 6.50 cents a pound at New York, .vith correcjpon'iiing diill'erentials in other imankets. The new Lthedule, he said, . covers all buyers, and sellers of .primary utiad, producers distributors, jobbers, dealers and plumlbing supply houses. Time new pro-sram pro-sram is expected to raise pro-auction pro-auction of lead and zinc at least 30 per cent above toe current rate toy toe end of 1942, with the Rooky (Mountain area showing show-ing ithe greatest lead production gain and increases in zinc output out-put ifrom nearly all producing districts. Copper gains are expected ex-pected to ibe smaller, Mr. Hea-derson Hea-derson said. Mr. Henderson also al-so a.ked manufacturers of metallic me-tallic lead products and lead ipjjgi.neuts l.ol to make any sales ai prices .aiuove those of January Janu-ary 2, ibel.ore the program was instituted. Protection Of Panama Canal President Roosevelt issued a proclamation establishirg the Crostabal and Gulf of Panama Maritime Control lAreas, assum-'ing assum-'ing cOiitrol over Panamaian waters wa-ters adjacent -to the Canal .The I proclaimation said .the Government Govern-ment of JPanama had requested tijie -cooiparation of the United States in patrolling the waters. .Establishmelnts of the Maritime Control Areas was designed, .he Proclamation said, "to safeguard safe-guard -the Panama Oanal and ior the purposes of national and hemiypheric defence." Civilian Defense The Oiliice of Civilian Defense is-ued the ifollowing inetnuc-lior.li inetnuc-lior.li to be observed Dy Air Raid Wairdens Cor assistanc'e and protection pro-tection of .persons Iwith impaired ;.arinig iiln event of an air raid: (1) .take a census of all .peopie who can not hear warning signals; sig-nals; (-2) urge the deaf to install signal lights so they can be reached in an emergency; (3) urge ilhose living alone to leave a pasJkey with nearby neighbors; neigh-bors; anldi, (4) arrange 'for Iwarn-ings Iwarn-ings to ibe given iby .two or more people to those 'who can not .:ear the signals. Uniform Procedure Ask ad For Delayed Registration of Births Under Secretary .of War Patterson Pat-terson said although "ibarring od1 loyal non-citizens irqm iprivate employment. ... is an .uh-Amierican .uh-Amierican practice and is wasteful waste-ful of laioor severely 'needed for the war eUliort. . . . perhaps of greater importance has 'been 'the uiiiJiculty of many American-t-orn woi'kers irn scouring em-ploymelnt em-ploymelnt in. . . . the war ef-ffor.t, ef-ffor.t, Ibecause they can not produce pro-duce Ibirth certificates. This has been a special hardship oni older old-er workers. Many .come from acotions of the country where no birth- records 'existed prior to 1916. Ever younger mem are Laindcippeidi because certain states do mot recognize the type of certificate used in other states. To overcome these difficulties dif-ficulties and to bring about a uniform procedure for toe de-iay.sd de-iay.sd registration of births, tht i War Department has preparoc for sulbmission! to Congress a ; Federal Birth Recording Bill, taking 'advantage of t.-.e comprehensive compre-hensive information on birjhs compiled 'by the Bureau of Cen-bus. Cen-bus. American-born ivorkeris would be given an opportunity ; to meet fine requirement of proof ,of citizenship in an orderly, in-expar.sive in-expar.sive manner throug.ii the centralized agency." Services To Purchase COO Civilian Aircraft The War ami Navy Departments Depart-ments announced approximate action has .been inutiated .to Ipr.o-. Ipr.o-. cure from civilian owi-trs ap-v.oxima.e.y ap-v.oxima.e.y . u0 aircraft itor u; in conn-ectio.-j i-ith i.rjilitary anv i.ava. activities. 'Hhe .purchases .purchas-es wiil be handled tnrough tat Defense Supplies Corporatio.: ar.d 'will be .ased on iQAiA kv s-ection and appraisal repor.s .hich are now being made. Conservation Of Wire The Department 61 Agriculture Agricul-ture estimated .farmers will need between 90,000 and 100,000 tcxr.s of 14 and 15 gauge wire for Ibalin.g .purposes in 1942, and , requ;e!s;.ed tanners, stockyard I operators and livestock producers produc-ers to :m'ake special cifforts to conserve baling iwires. The es-'timated es-'timated need is equivalent in weight to about three modenn. I 'battleships, or 3,000 medium I tanks, the Department said. Iar..ners -can make a direct contribution con-tribution to the war effort toy conserving baling wire, the Department De-partment said, and also protect taemsel-ves .from UutL.re si-iort-a&e;:. Conservalion of Waste Paper Price Admi.-.istratar Henderson Hender-son asked mayors of 20,000 cities ci-ties and .ciwi.-js to cooperate in the conservation o. waste .paipe; .niimi dia'Jely, since .unprecedented .unprece-dented uem.anUG on 'tree wood '. uip in.dias.ry have made the shfiri&gc acute. He said ai-thougn ai-thougn waste paper coLectianis have reaohedi the l..ij.ie;t ponL i-n history, they are still inadequate. inade-quate. visitors From Utah Mms. H. H. McCool, Ogden. M'ajor Frank M. Browning, Ogden. Mr. W. B. Spencer, Salt Lake City, representing food industries indus-tries cj. Utai.i a. mseti'igs with tj;e Oi'iice o2 Production Main.-aige.T.'eni. Main.-aige.T.'eni. Commissioner Seth Qhaw, Utai.i State Department of Ag- lbalLV (.via-. W. O. Dix, Utah Representative, Repre-sentative, International Hod Carriers Building and Common Laborers Union. Mr. Nick Galanis, Price. Presiden Elmer G. Peterson, Utah State Agricultural College. |