Show washington WASHING TOV N RS fiSS FROM OUR CONGRESS congressman MM W K GRANGER arri the army specialist corps 19 19 being co combined m bained with the army officer procurement cu system in the regular army and administration of the consolidated units has been placed with a newly established separate army tive service ce the new agency will recommend appointments to the secretary of wars personnel board which must approve them members of the specialist corps no longer will have relatives rala tives lank of u uniformed ni formed civilians tout but will be given specialist commissions in tha army those already appointed fo tor r duty in the corps if qualified will be given these commissions immediately applications now on file for the specialist corps will continue to be available for consideration for appointments in the army of the united states under the new rules no person under 35 without previous commissioned ace will be appointed u unless lie he has been classified 4 F for physical disability no person without previous commissioned service who is between ZI 51 and 45 will be accepted if his classification is 1 A or 2 exceptions will be made to these rules only where ther is critical need for applicants services purchase of war bonds the war bond quota for november has been set at eight hundred million dollars the government has raise I 1 than has haa evir more money in october been raised by any government in an alli a n comparable length of time total sale salas of tax savings notes since july 1 is sales of war savins savings bonds since july I 1 totals attention is directed to the fact that the date governing daymen of war savings bonds 60 days after issue is s that shown in the upper right hand panel of the bond ana an not the datesy date Sn dilated in the office dating stamp for example a bond purchased august 31 1912 1919 9 would show the first day of august 1942 as the date of issue and would be payable on and alter after oct 1 1942 however bonds may be certified for payment at any time re ord les of the 60 day restriction since a a request for payment I 1 is valid tor for 6 months after its execution if a bond is received at the treasury department betor tor the coday CO 60 day period has elapsed payment will be withheld until the gist day prisoners of war 1 japan so far has reported the names of only 1155 prisoners of wax war and 1539 american civilian internees inter nees the number is considered to be far out of proportion to the actual number held gel gei many has reported american war prisoners and internees inter nees while italy has named 12 U S military and IS 18 civilian prisoners A new procedure proc eduie has been announced gift packages up to 11 pounds may be sent to prisoners held bythe by the axis but only one package can be sent during any goday coday GO CO day period red bed cross aid the american red cross has sent large quantities of food clothing medical supplies and other necessities to tj polish refugees who reached ira iral irai l in recent months the supplies viera nece forwarded by american red cross headquarters in cairo and were distributed tri buted in cooperation with the british middle east relief and refugee administration the polish red cross society and the iran red cross society dried milk vitamin concentrations and similar supplies already have been given from american red cross stores to so special camps for polish war orphans in palestine and egypt where the children receive schooling and technical training united nations information canada and the philippine commonwealth were admitted to membership in the inter allied information commit tee bringing to 18 the number of nations represented at the same kimn the committee cha changed aged its name to the united nations information committee founded in july 1940 the group is il currently preparing a on the war and peace aims of united nations the united states joined in july 1942 immigration from all corners of the war torn world approximately persons en the united states in the year yeah ended last june 30 the bureau of irn im mi graton and naturalization has announced noun ced this figure is about half tile tha number migrating to this thib countey coughtry dur inythe 1940 41 fiscal year year Europe sent 2651 ir co spared with tl the pre year with great britain contributing against in 1940 41 |