Show A washington N AN W S FROM OUR CON congressman GREiSSMAN W K GRANGER army and navy purchases of private property since pearl harbor the army aal navy have purchased or are pui cha private property equal to the combined areas of massachusetts connecticut rhode island deleware the district columbia and four of new jersey before the war is over some 30 acres equal to the area of all new england will be taken over by the government the land Is used army camps naval bases airfields housing areas bombing ranges artil lerdy fields and ship yard dry docks men under 32 years of age and graduates of acer accredited edited colleges or universities are now eligible to become candidates for commissions commisa ions as officers in the U S marine corps reserve previously candidates were required to be under ZO 30 years of age stabilization of farm price the agriculture department is preparing a program to encourage orderly marketing of hogs hoga through the heavy run expected in december and january this program which will be administered by the AMA includes a hog marketing permit plan which will be used if necessary some weeks there will be more hogs ready for market than the packers can process but the large needs of the war program will still limit the meat meal supplies civilians can purchase the depar department ament will ue prepared to order market embargoes and to require permits to market hog at any amy point where a market glut has developed OES director byrnes bymes reported that tor for the present the ceiling on agricultural wages has been lifted and will not be imposed until the th secretary of agriculture culture can determine the effect of farm wages on farm production in the more critical farm labor shortage areas and where increases in farm wages may threaten to cause an increase in the price ceilings on farm products rationing priorities and allocations the OPA hag ruled that all oil burn ing equipment in structures other than private homes will vill be dedas convertible to other fuels and the therefore refoe ineligible ton for fuel rations unless satisfactory proof is 13 furnished to the con contrary this ruling will be enforce enforced e d ail after ter tle the end of the second rationing period I 1 continued on lost last page washington news continued from page one which ends in most areas around jan aoth and tightens a similar previous ruling by placing the bu clan of proof on the consumer enste instead ad of the local rationing boards the secretary of agriculture has been authorized by the OPA to ration milk cans and farm fencing which is defir defined sea as barbed wire woven or welded wire fence poultry ri netting etting and poultry flooring for use on agricultural properties per ties to save tsoo tons of high carbon steel the ordered a 70 percent cut in umbrella production the board also ordered wall paper producers to cut their output to 50 percent of cf no normal nal and to simplify colors and designs design S this order is expected to save tons of paper and large quantities of chemicals the has prohibited all sales w ci c I rubbing alcohol except to persons with written physicians prescriptions and to to profess professional donal users this order is expected to save nearly gallons of alcohol needed for war mar purposes government trusteeship over indian lands land president roosevelt issued izuel an executive order extending the period of dov trusteeship over indian lands ach ch unless extended would expire in 1942 tha extensions are for 25 years and apply to tribal as well as individual indian lands under government trusteeship war rin finances ances treasury secretary announced a new policy of treasury war borrowing under lander which a determined effort will be made to obtain the maor maior part of government funds from tha public rather than from banks beginning november ZO 30 he told the press thai that th a new method is the soundest means of financing the war deficit and that government borrowing during december will be on an 1 l scale future financial operations will be in very large sums and offering of securities probably will be made not oftener than monthly bimonthly bi first announcements noun cements of the abou amou amounts rits and kinds of securities to be offered on november bernth will be announced sl shortly nom aly gas coupons must be property Tro identified car owners and others holding gasoline books under mileage r rationing will be required to write identification on the back of their coupons to insure legain against t theft and misuse for most passenger car truck and motorcycle operators this identification will be the vehicles license number and state of rigi registration fleet drivers using interchangeable coupon books will write down the name and addres of the fleet owner non ilon highway users of gachine ga mine cline will all note the name and address of ct the person to whom the coupons were issued |