Show washington N K I 1 S tova I 1 t FROM OUR congressman W WK K GRANGER sale of 0 defense savings bonds passes billion dollar mark the treasury department reports that cash expenditures for defense totaled about vi m july and cash receipts from sale of defense savings bonds passed the billion dollar mark three month after they went on asale sale 0 nearly complete records in july showed paid out through the treasury and through gh inc nc final reports officials said should show defense expenditures of almost one billion dollars for july largest for any month since the war U S population increases latest figures from the census bureau eau show that the nations population increased in the last nine months of 1940 arid and totaled on january 1 1911 ia il the population of the continental U S on april 1 1940 when the last census was taken was american ingenuity mobilized sed for defense in order to place the nations brain power in high gear for national defense the office of bf scientific research and development has been formed this organization is headquarters for a group of more than men and women who ho are experts in bacteriology medicine chemistry physics zoology weather forecasting etc every idea received by this organization is given the fullest attention about 95 per cent A it the suggestions received prove to be worthless but the scientists are always on the lookout for the remaining 5 per cent v which may produce a machine or instrument very vital to national defense f ense young wallace enters army traveling to richmond with nith other washington tees robert brown i wallace the aj year old ioa of vice V ace Ile wallace has been inducted inducted int the army wallace Is six feet f four inches tall and towers half a foot over the celebrated dad he resembles hosiery rationing appears likely rationing of silk stockings in an effort to halt the run on hosiery counters by washington on women appears appear 1 I 1 likely last night as merchants surveyed their rapidly depleting stocks A committee oz 0 the lier ti erhan hana 3 and heanu manufacturers rs association has started polling larger stores to determine wheler a majority would be in favor of restricting the number of stockings each customer custom Sr could buy army ilas has plenty of horses col B E N hardy chief of the remount division of the Quart quartermaster ermat generals office states that the army not only has an adequate supply of i horses and mules on hand but a reserve reservoir sufficient to guarantee against shortages in the future even enen under expansion of the mounted forces colonel hardy gives full credit to the program instituted after the last war when it was obvious the country and the army did not possess enough good riding horses since hen he explained over good stallions have been on lean to farmers and ranchers So sole stipulations of the loans were good c cars r C and breeding each season to a substantial number of mares As a result production has reached about 1400 foals annually or about 20 good fols for each stallion ct allion scout cars ol of size to fit in plane ordered the army quartermaster corps has awarded a contract to build i ter ton reconnaissance cars small elou enough h I 1 to fit into a transport plane and last fart enough to carry a iab lace e gun glin over rugged terrain at 60 miles an hour production on the order will begin I 1 in in october and will reach completion by juary january the contract is tor for approximately 14 million dollars an initial order for 1500 of these scout cars has already been completed july |