Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-22

the factory. by the municipality, or by the State.
 These measures apply not only to manufacturing plants, but are equally applicable to shipyards, grain eleva- tors, and stores of supplies
 Surgeon General Removes Many
 Officers from Medical / Reserve
 Corps.
 Fsom The .decla l,tion of wAr to February g, the Surgeon General .of the Army has removed, 1 1,o60 officers of the Medical Reserve Corps, Tn the following table the reason assigned for discharge does not isolate under ''inaptitude for the service" all those whose dismissal was in considerable degree due to ineficiency or in cem- potency, since these reasons had weight in many cases otherwise classified
 Discharged for physical disability, 411; inaptitude for the service, i54: to join other branches 306; domestic difficulties. 59; resignation, SS;, need ed by communities, hospitals. schools, S2.
 During the same period there+ha l been 2,265 promotions, including some officers promoted more than once
 All cheese now in storage must be marketed before June 15, unless specia. | permission to hold is given by the ! Food Administration.
 | The prospect for the 1918 wheat cror l in Japan is said to be very good by a report to the Department of Commerce The 1917 crop is estimated at nearly 35 000,000s bushels.
 More than 1900 tons of anthracit, coal were condemned in Pennsylvania markets by representatives of the Fuel Administration recently in the cam paign to compel the delivery of clean coal.
 A division of "betterments and ad- ditions" has been added to the rail road administration in s charge oi Judge Robert s. Lovett. The division will have jurisdiction of bettermentS and additions to railroad lines through out the country
 From the beginning of 1914 to August 1. 1917. there was a total advance in l the retail prices of bread, according to the Department Of Labor. In the l last few months there has. been a de- crease, and prices are now 66 per cent. higher. than at the beginning of 1914. Firms or individuals paying ofioers or business employees a portion, or all salaries and wages during the war period in which they are in the sev- ice of the United States may deduct these amounts from their taxable i'm comes, according to a regulations by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
 From June to December 1, 1917. only 5,S70 arrests were made or re- ported to the Department of Justice for failure to register under the 5se- lective- service act. Of these sSS were released after having registered and prosecutions were begun against 2.059, of which about 1 800 cases are still pending. .
 Following the plan adopted for Cali fornia and Colorado. the Food Admin istration has appointed commission /, to determine the cost of producing sugar Beets in Nebraska The com : mission has no power to fix prices, but it is expected that it's. figures will serve as the basis sor voluntary price agreements between growers and puT- ' chasers of sugar beets.
 l The new Mexican service badge will soon be issued under certain con ditions in Mexico, and on the border. i Persons not now in the Army who would have been entitled to the badge and whose separation from the service has been honorable may secure au- thority from The Adjutant Generals to | purchase and wear the service badge