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MEDICINE KIT AS
RATIONING HITS |
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Quinine and Number of Other
Drugs Are Curtailed to the |
Public Consumption.
Rationing is hitting the family's]
medicine cabinet as well as its larder. |
Thus far most folks have been con- |
cerned chiefly with the rationing of
gasoline, tires, shoes, canned foods |
and meats and butter. But the corner |
drug store, like your grocer and gas- |
oline station attendant, is feeling the
pinch of war, {
Beginning April 1 use of glycerine
in toilet preparations will be forbid- |
den. Thereafter, uses of glycerin will |
be confined solely to medicinal pre-!
arations and explosives. {
This last item explains the new re-
striction. Henceforth, the glycerin |
that went into ladies’ hand Jotion|
probably will end up in a blockbuster |
thanks to modern chemistry’s inge-
nuity in converting a skin softener
into a tank wrecker.
Previously quinine, essential drug
in combatting malaria, was taken off
drug store shelves when the govern-
ment ordered its use strictly confin-
ed to the treatment of malaria.
Druggists throughout the nation la-
ter formed a quinine pool in donating
all excess stocks and making them
available for the armed forces. Only
a minimum of quinine is kept by the
druggists in this section. In the
South where malaria is more com-
mon, larger stocks have been retain-
ed.
Quinine has become essential in the
war in that virtually all of the land
fighting thus far has been in malaria
countries. Ninety per cent of the sup-
ply of the drug formerly came from
Java and was lost to the United Na-
tions in the Jap advance in the South
Pacific,
Other war time curtailments in
drug preparations have been made in
syrups, elixirs, tinctures to save al-
¢ahol, sugar and glycerin. Only limi-
ted quantities of blladonna are av-
adlable as is agar. Prior to the war
Japan was the chief cource of oil of
pepperment and menthol. Mercury
algo is out for the duration.
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SOHOOLS TO GET CASH
INSTEAD OF SURPLUS FOODS
UNDER NEW GOVT. PLAN
A plan under which the government
will discontinue distribution of sur-
plus foods to schools for the hot lun-
eh program, but will pay districts
cash for the purchase of foods for the
program was revealed by Dr. Clara
M. Shryock, assistant county superin-
endeén 0 S¢:N001S. & 2
DY. SITrYOCK TISULULEd TIC ITOT=1U1~
ch program in schools of county
two years ago and since that time it
has been operated in nearly every
high school in the district.
The distribution of government
owned foods to schools will be discon-
tinued after April 30th,
Dr, Schryock said that under the
new plan of the Food Distribution
Administration the government will
subsidize local sponsors of the hot
lunch program so that they can buy
most of the foods needed directly|
from local suppliers on a reimbursa- |
ble basis.
Sponsors of the hot lunch plan have
been provided with war ralioning
books and will use them much the]
same as restaurants or other places |
serving meals on a large scale. Dr.
Shyrock said rationing will not cur-
tail the child feeding programs in
any way because most of the foods]
served are fresh vegetables which are |
not rationed. {
She said the new plan will prove
better in Cambria County Schools
than the old one, inasmuch as spon-
sors wil have an opportunity to pur-
chase a wider variety of foods. In
most schools where the program is in
operation the parent-teacher associa-
tion is paying a part time cook to pre-
pare the meals.
W. M. Walsh, Western Pennsylva-
nia sponsor of the FDA, announced
that commodities, on the termination
dates of direct distribution, will be
used to meet other government food
needs or returned to regular civilian
trade through some suitable sales ar-
rangement.
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POST WAR PLANNING IS
FAVORED BY THE WOMEN
Washington.—A vast majority of
American women favor post war
planning and a world congress with
police powers, a poll being conducted
by the Woman's Home Companion in-
dictes.
The poll also showed that most of
the American women are opposed to
isolationism.
The poll is based on a national pan-
ol of women chosen to give an accur-
ate cross-section of the magazine's
readers.
Verbal warfare being conducted ag-
ainst post-war isolationism by Vice
President Wallace and other adminis-
tration leaders, appeared to have the
backing of the women,
Eighty four per cent of the wom-
en in the panel, covering all age gro-
ups, and conditions of life, voted for
post-war planning now.
Ninety-two per cent voted for the
establishment of a permanent world
congress to act upon internationel
disputes.
Of these, 95 per cent voted for giv-
ing such a body the power and means
te enforce its decisions.
To provide more steel for farm eq-
uwipment plants, WPB announced it
will permit mills rolling steel bars
grom old railroad rails to exceed a
schedule of 40 hours a week, declared
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