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Show WASHINGTON FROM OUR CONGRESSMAN W. K. GRANGER Utah's Sugar Beet 'Producton Comparative figures have just been released on planted sugar beet acreage in the United States for the years from 1930 to 1945. It is noted that in 1930 Utah planted six percent of the acreage planted in the Upited States. Utah's highest' peak of 'pro-' duction was reached in 1933 when we planted seven and three-tenths percent of the total U. S. acreage. Then in 1936' we readied the lowest point when ' we only produced four and three tenths percent, while this year , our acreage is a little better with ! only four and six tenths percent ! planted. That is certainly a lean year with a sugar shortage facing fac-ing the nation. Tomorrow's Airways Regular commercial flights to Europe are definite prospect for ordinary U. S. travelers in 12 or 18 months. Travelers with priorities pri-orities are likely to find iti easier to book translantic passage on ; commercial planes within the I next six months. . Those who choose to travel abroad by air will also have a choice oi routes to fly and companies com-panies to patronize. All this is the result of regulations recently made by the Civil Aeronautics Board, which decrees that competition com-petition among American lines on world airways is to be the keystone of this country's postwar post-war aviation policy. The agency has awarded translantic franchises fran-chises to three competing lines Pan American Airways, American Ameri-can Export Airlines and Transcontinental Trans-continental & Western Air. These lines expect to begin operations as soon as the Army makes transport planes available and as soon as Civil Aeronautics Boad settles landing rights with foreign nations. Six U. S. cities have been designated des-ignated as terminals for transatlantic trans-atlantic operations. They are: New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Wash-ington, Boston, Chicago and Detroit. De-troit. House Brodens GI Biill of Rights in tne Closing wcek Deiore ine 1 Congressional recess the House ' of Representatives passed legis- i lation to remove from the GI Bill of Rights a requirement that loans to veterans must be approved ap-proved by the Veterans Administration. Admin-istration. The bill also gives an extension from five to eigj.it years after the war in the time in which a veteran may apply for a loan. This measure also liberalizes educational provosions and increases in-creases subsistance allowances for veteran students with dependents de-pendents from $75 to SS5 a month and for veterans without dependents depend-ents from $50 to $60 monthly. |