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Show 11.000 Indi .v ' JoinU.S.F Even Larger NumCT Gone Into War type I Report Say,, " ' 7shi.ngto nil of America's 400,000 3 gone to war and "even " ' bers" have left the 2" 0 0 engage in war produ' missioner of Indian tfcH- his annual report "s 111 ( The Indians are M-the M-the war to such manpower shortage is Mt the reservations and th 'i a ing the tribal sto gaay prises in operation "u iieir creasingly to the Indian we 1 children." wc-Ty a Those remaining on , iusu tions are doing their Z 1 Coi said. Purchases oi wW stamps through the offlc, ,Uow affairs, thus far in 1945 k, '1 ed to nearly $2,000,OM hj!enra Help in Reliel w . th,' I "We have no record 0('Hild contributions the Indian, h ' to war relief societies " th, J C sioner said, "but such repo'bn, do get indicate that the w Bag giving all they can. fue. Navajo Indians, in lieu of c-klici given sacks of corn, their' in 1 life; mutton, silver jewelrj-thu to the Red Cross. An I" $1,000 for nr-.reliel wealthy KiSa Indian ts Cement, Okla., who signed F F with a thumb print." ton In addition, he said, Indigj Gl ed 36,200 victory gardens i.r cal year 1942, 5,100 more ft, gf planted the previous year, oik H ly one victory garden to'et' ond Indian family." Field crops increased 1! over the previous year, lartin result of water and soilcocir Pel ods introduced in dry are:iTh( Navajo, Hopi and Papagc :ios tions of the Southwest. "J- creased by 23 per cent the a en; farm land available to the --a: Given War Departme' Reporting on the field of ase tration, Mr. Collier disck:. e half a million acres of Infc.j,jj in seven states and Alaska t:'c transferred to the military flat in the process of transfer. Mi 'We are turning over to lie department a school, hosprsc other buildings at Tomah, negotiations are in progress nc tional federal Indian buildir; J, Collier said. "Over 800 k Se oil nd gas operators on Indi.lai have been approved, as havtlle: mits to develop deposits of ccr, per, lead, zinc, tungsten, t; and helium-bearing gas oir lands." ar an |
