New Britain herald., 1925-02-23
DEFICIENCY BILL
 REPORTED TODAY
Measure Carries Total Of S54, l2s,5s2, a Cut of $47s,674

VuSHihbtoHs Tep. go. - A ue- ficiency appropriation bill carrying s5L4ss,5es or s47o.674 less than budget estimates. was reported to- day by the house appropriations committee. It is the last supply measure of the session and will be taken up tomorrow by the house.
 Items in the bill include $30, 0,000,- 900 for naval construction: s1,5oo,- 900 for 500-bed hospital at the Pacific branch offthe national home for disabled volunteer soldiers at Santa Monica Cal; $925,0O0 for a new coast guard cutter to replace the Bear in Alaskan water; s909,- 100 for purchase of land and coh- struction of an industiial institution for women at Anderson, w. Va; $1,- 342,700 for fighting fires in national forests; $25,000 for the public health service to investigate the oyster in- dustry, as result of the recent typhoid situation and $30o.00O for the Alaska railroad.
 Of $30,000.000 allowed for. naval construction s9,O00,00o would be used toward modernization of the battleships New York, Utah, Texas, Florida, Arkansas and Wyoming, the total limit of cost of which is to be s18,360,000; s14,000,O00 for con- tinning construction of the aircraft carriers Lexington and Saratoga; $3,000.0O0 for aircraft and acces- sories for these two ships and s4,- 000,000 for beginning construction of six gunboats and two of the eight cruisers recently authorized by con- gress.
 The committee allowed an addi- tionai $100,0oO for prosecuting suits in connection with the naval oil re- serve leases and $15,00o for pay ment of fees and expenses of wit nesses testifying before a grand jury here in the new proceedings of Sen ator Wheeler, democrat, Montana. The bill. however, did not carry $100,000 requested by the depart ment of justice for further prosecu- ton of war fraud cases.
 Items eliminated included budget requests of s125,o00 for use in in- spections by the department of com merce in connection with interfer- ences in radio receiving sets; s15,- 800 for malaria control at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and request for the use of s27O,ooQ of existing ap- propriations for the army air service to effect a consolidation of the Fair field, Ohio, air intermediate depot with a similar station at Middletown, JPa.. and for the enlargement of fla cilities at Middletown.
 The bill provides that not to ex- ceed $250,000 of the appropriation made available for the coming fiscal year for transportation of mail can be used by the postmaster general in contracting for air mail service, The post office department, the commit tees report said, plans to make contracts for air mall service be- tween Los Angeles and Salt Lake City, Chicago and St. Louis, Boston and New York, and perhaps route from E,lko. New, to point near Portland, Ore.
 The $25,ooO for a public health service Investigation of oysters was originally requested for the de- partment of commerce, the com mittee deciding that it would be best for the health service to undertake the work. .-.
 Included in the bill are $15o,ooo to be used toward erection of 8 memorial to the women of the world war in the form of building on the side of the American Red Cross building here; sS74,465 for the Omaha Indians of Nebraska for in- terest awarded by the court of claims: $42,ooo for an international conference on oil pollution of navi- gable water to be held here; $75,- 900 for the international radio tele- graphic conference: s6,0o0 for debt commission expenses; $2o,o0o for distribution of German war trophies and $3,0o0 for commission to tn- spect the battlefelds near Fred ericksburg and spottsylvania court house. Virginia. ...
 The committee allowed $22S,ooO for increased subsistence costs at national homes for disabled volun- teer soldiers; s31,o00 for sugar cane investigations and experimentation and s75,OOO for a special study of the foot and mouth disease"
  SOUTHERN EDITOR DIES.