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Show WASHINGTON NEWS fjVa FROM OUR CONGRESSMAN W. K. GRANGER Utah's First Dehydration Plant Approved The Dehydration Committee, composed of War and Agriculture Agricul-ture Department officials, recently recent-ly approved an application to build a dehydration plant at Roosevelt, Utah. Mr. C. J. String-ham String-ham has been in Washington to assist in the proper presentation of the application, which was acted upon with such speed as to indicate the urgent need for immediate action on such plants, as well as expressing complete confidence in the ulitmate success suc-cess of such an undertaking. The first estimate of the cost of the plant has been set at $41,-000 $41,-000 exclusive of dehydration e-quipment e-quipment which is to be supplied by a Los Angeles concern, and the entire project is being privately pri-vately financed, which is one of the primary requirements for approval ap-proval of these plants. It is necessary that the sponsors spon-sors of such plants obtain the approval of the Dehydration Committee inasmuch as strategic materials are essential in the construction, and contracts for the products are made with the War Department since all that this plant can produce will be used for the present by the War Department for shipment to the boys overseas and for Lend-Lease to our allies. The first crop to be dehydrated ;n t'i's new nr! will ic poia -li- 'i'.ll iTlj; o tniicT the I w:.;,.:- i.u:-;n in the Nation's all-oul war effort. Rationing An employer who temporarily hires workmen for work periods of less than 30 days may obtain rationed foods needed to feed ; them by applying to his War! Price and Ration Board. The pro- : cedure outlined in an amendment amend-ment to General Ration Order 5 is of special importance to farm-j farm-j .no hire la;or during the planting and harvesting season, to employers of construction workers on temporary jobs, lumber lum-ber camp operators, and other seasonal employers. Supping Nine French passenger liners with a total gross tonnage thousands thou-sands of tons greater than the Normadie and 22 French freighters whose gross tonnage exceeds that of 17 Liberty ships have recently been added to the Inter-Allied Shipping Pool. This fleet of 32 French vessels has been in operation in Allied convoys con-voys for several weeks. Army Services of Supply "The U. S. has snipped overseas over-seas six times the volume of supplies we shipped in the first year of the first World Uar and two and a half times as many men, and this was accomplished in spite of the much longer distances dis-tances involved. We are prepared to do nearly three times as much this year and next year we will increase the valume even more. In 12 short months we have cre-.eu cre-.eu within the War Department one of the largest organizations for service ever conceived by man; we have staffed is completely; com-pletely; we have set up objec-tiv objec-tiv that most men insisted could not be reached in twice twelve months," said L. General Brehon Somervall, Service of Supply -ommander. Agriculture One out of every 10 or more than 100,000 farmer-borrowers Lorn 12 Federal land banks and Land Bank Commissioner repaid his loan in full m 1942. Others made substantial payments on the principal of their loans. "Farmers are paying off their long-term debts from high farm income," said the Governor of the Farm Credit Administration. "The demand for new farm mort-gage mort-gage loans was about 22 percent eTiftlfe last half of 1942." New Roads To Raw Materials To satisfy the need of America's Ameri-ca's war industries for raw ma-rials ma-rials more than 2,850 miles , of ! access roads to mines, quaruf j and forests have been scheduled ( I for construction. Bv March 1 of this year roads of this type had been approved ior construction to cost about . $9, 000,000. A hundred miles of such roads were completed in 194 at a cost of $346,000. These access I roads to sources of raw materials i are exclusive of the access roads to military establishments and industrial plants. m. Most of the roads to mines, quarries, and forests are shaped with a bulldozer, and surfaced ; with gravel at relatively small ; : expense. Deposits of 28 diner-ent diner-ent minerals, metals, and rare elements, are tapped by these roads at about 222 locations in 22 States and Alaska. ..ation Calendar Fuel oil coupon No. 5 good for 10 gallons. It remains valid through September. Last valid date for No. 4 coupon is April b. ipeewdaw daw ad mah ao Coffee Coupon No. 25 in War Ration Book No. 1 good until midnight Sunday. Gasoline No. 4 gasoline rationing ra-tioning coupons are still valid until midnight Sunday. Sugar No. 12 stamp good for five pounds until May 31. Tires Holders of "A" gasoline gaso-line books have until midnight March 31 to get their tires inspected. in-spected. ' Shoes No. 17 stamp in War Ration Book No. 1 good for. one pair until June 15. |