Show washington FROM OUR congressman W K GRANGER armi army armored force chief devers said he was confident the presidents goal of tanks in 1912 will lie he reached and even surpassed no military organization has ever before been conceited with such fire power or with such devastating speed and mobility Ps as shosei armored force units he said general devers also reported armored force units have arrived safely in ireland and t T the li e war department said stale stal e guards guar s will remain state forces for use within the boundaries of their own states but their functions will be fitted into a broad pattern for the home defense of the nation the department said conservation of approximately tons tong of steel annually enough to build 3 30 large cargo ships is expected from the new policy of prescribing wood bodies instead of steel on all cargo trucks of ton size and larger the conversion schedule dula be 50 percent by august 1 1942 and percent by september 1 1942 the department reported the department authorized construction of a general hospital at swannonoa N C a manufacturing fac turing plant in indiana and one in n Hs ouri a depot warehouse in colorado rado and air force training school schol at courtland ala and one at gulf port missi miss each to cost in excess of CCO navy the house passed and sent to the senate the naval expansion authorization bill providing for fol additional combat vessel tonnage e estimated sti mated to amount to more than 40 cc combatant balint ships and about 1000 smaller patrol craft of all types of the tha total combatant tonnage there anoula mould be additional tons of aircraft carriers tons of cruisers and tons of destroyers and destroyer esc escorts orts 1 rules of the catholic church prod viding that i celebration of mass be confined to the morning hours have beel relaxed for members of ahe the army navy and marme marine corps so that mass may be said at any time during the day until in the evening the navy reports rationing Ratio nine OPA announced sugar ration book stamps numbers five and six will be good for purchase pui chase of two pounds of sugar each instead of one pound and ami will be valid for a four week period instead of two weeks the office changed institutional and industrial sugar users from a monthly rationing emiera Ey system iera to a tv two o month allotment period io the firt fir t stai ting july 1 the adjustments just ments do not change the size of f sugar rations the office said the office said retailers may apply to local rationing boards for increases in their ello aaboe able sugar inventories when such an adjustment is necessary to maintain uninterrupted distribution to customers the OPA rules housewives who had excess sugar sugar supplies lieg may obtain war ration books alter after june if they have used up their surplus supplies in home horie canning blackberries boysen berries and pineapples were added t to he list of frozen preserved fruits for which sugar may be obtained the office ordered beet sugar re finers to set aside 15 percent of each months production for a pool to be administered by the OPA war emings sal ings the brotherhood of railroad trainmen international organization of railroad men in the U S canada and newfoundland presented to treasury secretary a check to be used toward the purchase of an army bomber which will blast tokyo or berlin or be successful in sprinkling iron daisies on the man that everio everyone ne hates the money was contributed voluntarily by members of the unica which already has invested more than in government securities the treasury said the brotherhood also has abandoned its 1912 international convention and will invest in war bonds the which would iian have been spent to conduct it the department said national income the commerce department reported national income in the first quarter L rf lf f 1942 reached an annual rate of or above a year ago and above the last quarter of 1911 mining claims the house passed and sent to the senate a a bill relieving holders of mining claims from the necessity of having worth of labor performed n the claim each year if the claim Is situated on land in the public domain restrictedly restricted restrict edby by presidential proclamation for war purposes recipes to math hatch your sugar ration congressman W K granger room old house office building washington D C will be glad clad to furnish to housewives upon request publications which contain about 30 recipes and also many helpful suggestions for housewives 1 and stretching their sugar allowance and on the use of substitutes it also lists several sugar saving rules |