Show washington FROM OUR congressman W K GRANGER penalty on stolen cattle the president recently signed legis leisla a tion imposing a maximum penalty of and five years imprisonment for persons convicted of transporting stolen cattle in interstate commerce the term cattle is defined to include bulls st elers er oxen cows heifers heffers hei fers calves sheep hogs and horses scrap metal from car rails the works progress administration has announced a program for removal adf f abandoned publicly owned streetcar 4 rails by to salvage the steel for defense production all state administrators have been directed to expedite requests of local governments for assistance assi stanco and to give the work first priority in the program it is estimated that more than tons of publicly owned rails alone lie abandoned in city streets rail removal operations erat crat ions under this program are conditional on the local governments submitting a statement that it will dispose dispo of the steel as directed by the offic office of production management and a certificate that the rails are public and not traction company property the scrap sera will be shipped by the local government charges collect to a steel mill or other assembly points and the steel compary will then send the city a a check at the maximum mill price after deducting deduc tin the transportation costs the city will wil apply the receipts as a sponsors contribution trib ution toward the cost of the project far east president roosevelt ordered a sevea levoi and one half per cent tariff increase on crab meat imports to the united states secretary of state hull told a press conference japan has givan no satisfactory explanation of its refusal to permit americans to leave that country aboard the american Aine rican liner president coolidge secretary hull also announced chinesa Anibas ambassador dr ru hu shih ha a accepted the eight point program formulated by president roosevelt and prime minister churchill part in defense women can help in the national defense program by checking the increase in the cost of living because it is important to the defense program pro grain to see that price increases do not rise above amounts made necessary by actual cost increases the division of consumer protection of the office of price administration and civilian supplies has set forth the tasks for each consumer as 1 to write the consumer division of the office cf price administration and civilian an supplies about unreasonable advances in cost of living 2 to consult city and county officials to see whether increases are justified 3 to buy defense savins sama bonds instead of a new car refrigerator or washing machine i 4 to buy this winters coal now 5 to compare milk prices with others in the general area 6 to cooperate in sponsoring community canning of fruits and vegetables 7 to tg see all community production facilities are used to full capacity 8 to see each family lives at a safe nutritional level 9 to help provide free community lunches for un der privileged children 10 to learn Kha tito buy and how 11 to report rapid rises in rents to state or local agencies set up to prevent such a situation tia tion the department of agriculture announced a marketing agreement program regulating the handling in interstate commerce of irish potatoes grown in colorado effective august 30 and a program pio graro to purchase apples for relief distribution to begin as soon as possible after september the department said opening apple prices quoted are 20 to 25 cents above those of a year ago but will be subject to change in accordance with market conditions aluminum Ilu minum campaign n returns ret urns contributions of pots and paris pans and other items to the recent aluminum cot collection campaign amounted to about pounds of scrap yielding 10 pounds of aluminum enough for 2800 fighting planes office of civilian defense director laguardia ardla announced mr laguardia said returns were still incomplete pounds of thi th i scrap have already been sent to |