sh- be, ost int for rt- ng ny for led ike ns 1X- esh ose ed. nd ing to its. ks. ice TN Thursday, June 10th, 1943, CLASP HANDS FOR FRENCH U ET ———_ NITY Cg r— ¥ SE B® . a A HANDSHAKE UNITES France once more as Gen. Henri Giraud (left), French commander in North Africa, at last meets Gen. Charles de Gaulle, head of the Fighting French. De Gaulle flew to Algiers for the historic meeting. Army radiophoto. (International Soundphoto) WHY WERE THEY SAINTS =45mes crous rans BY RUTH TAYLOR. IN GASOLINE CRISIS Over my desk I have a motto which Forty Senators and Representatives to me is a daily reminder of what is|from Eastern Seaboard states met on needed in these trying times. Let me | Saturday in Washington to consider share it with you. ways to force action by government “Why were the saints, saints Be-|agencies to alleviate a gasoline short- cause they were cheerful when it was | age. . difficult to be cheerful; patient when Rep. Fred A .Hartley, of New Jer- it was difficult to be patient, and be- Soy: We we Ago ting rate cause they pushed on when they wan-|ed a three-poi ted to a still, and kept ey facilitate transportation of addi- when they wanted to be didagreeable. | tional petroleum supplies into the ar- That was all. It was quite simple, |ea. Based on a study by William = and always will be.” | Hedden, of the Port of New York Au- The days of the saints are not past. thority, it recommended: = The need for saintly people was never | 1.—That the : Pefroioum Jd ro a its own courage for moments of cri-| 1e € st A : sis, but the road upward to ew Jitions) barn of Jasoline Lor day is honeycombed with pitfalls for e | fror p - . unwary. We need now and will need] 2 Utilization of inland waterways even more when we face the great |transportation equipment to provide problems ahead of us before peace is| greater supplies of gasoline at Great established ,leaders and folowers who | Lake ports for transportation te the are alike moved by unselfish devotion | Atlantic Coast by boat and Large to the highest ideals. | 3.—Completion of a pipe line con- We will have need of cheerful peo- | ig mya ih le I ple, those who can be cheerful when | Coast an ro : I it is difficult to be so, who are more | ready authorized pipe emg interested in bringing happiness and | cago to Toledo yi an es Tage ca- prosperity to others than in getting pacity as ® Por 429. " t e ar he Pemselvey Naa tient peo- | create a twelve man committee to eel awe Boe Ro Daehn oe investigate the existing situation and 1 ? Is, and to make culties, who do not need to rush Mr. Hartley's proposals recommendations through to the end, who Just have administrator for War ond Offigr fof everything happen at once as they : Defense Transportation, E want it and who must live now as Bast | ern Seaboard has they think they should. The Easter n kicked around in this whole gas e We will have need for persevering program,” said Mr. Hartley. “The 12 people, those who will push on when | Eastern States have been forced 'to they are so tired they want to stand | pear the brunt of a situation faced by still, who will carry through the task! the government a year and a half before them even when heart and ago which to date has not been sol- body fail, who will not give up under | ved.” fire of criticism or complaint. | The group was also presented with We will have need of thoughtful pe- a proposal that the Bernard M. Bar- ople as well as those who know when | uch committee appointed last year by to talk and when to be still. We will | President Roosevelt to study the rub- have need of agreeable people, those |ber situation, be authorized to con- who are trained in the habit of be-|duct a similar investigation and sub- | | | | | | : | | | | ing kind and courteous even when | mit recommendations in conection tempted to be disagreeable. We will with petroleum problems. have need of self-controlled people, = Vereen: those who will not fall into the traps PHYSICAL STANDARDS OF of hatred toward any group, whether THE NAVY MODIFIED it be of class, or creed or color. re Call them saints if you wili, it is Modification of physical standards those kind of people we will need, that | as regards vision, height and teeth, we do need today, and it is the kind [for enlistment of men 17 years of of sainthood that is within reach of | age and those between 38 and 50 | all of us. It is a daily task, a daily | inclusive, in the Naval Reserve ,were | problem. Try it for one day, and the |announced this week by Lieutenant- | next, and the next. You may fail ev-| Commander E. B. Keckler, Officer in ery now and then. I do. We all do Charge of the Pittsburgh Navy Re- but, if we keep on trying, the effort |cruiting District. will become a habit and we will find| The modifications follow: | cur problems solving themselves. Vision—Minimum 6-20 in one eye Why were the saints, saints? Be-|and at least 10-20 in the other eye cause they kept on living what they | Without glasses provided : defective believed. It was quite simple and it | Vision is ‘not due to organic disease. always will be. | Color vision is required. rr Vo | Height—Minimum, 60 inches, max- DEHYDRATE ONLY QUALITY {imum 76 inches. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES | Teeth—Mouth must be free from —— | gross dental defections, minimum re- Only strictly fresh, thoroughly ripe | quirement no teeth in either jaw, but top grade fruits and vegetables should must have suitable and serviceable be used for successful dehrdration, E. | replacements. W. Schroeder, agricultural engineer-| Lieutenant Commander Keckler an- ing specialist at the Pennsylvania | nounced that any applicants previous- State College, reports. | ly rejected who can meet the newer Most vegetables should be cooked | standards are eligible to re-apply for for five or six minutes or blanched enlistment. before dehydrating, he advises. Also | EH — it is well to store the dried products| -—Before enrolling in Yale's School in insect-proof, airtight containers, to|of Alcohol Study, some youths will prevent absorption of atmospheric | want to know whether plenty of lab- moisture and spoilage. | cratory specimens are provided. i | KEEP ALL CALLS eF/ i —— especially on party lines THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA on | to the Petroleum | UNION PRESS-COURIER. | canned goods this tee. No one announced it officially, the army recently released 30 mil- lion cases of canned fruits and vege- tables for civilian use. The Truman committee had re- vealed the fact that huge quanti- ties of canned goods were being hoarded or unwisely used by the army, when fresh vegetables were easily available. Especially reveal- ing was the cross-examination of Gen. E. B. Gregory, the army's quartermaster general, by Senator Brewster of Maine. “Why does the army feed canned grapefruit to its troops in Miami,” asked Brewster, ‘when grapefruit is growing fresh all over Florida?’ ‘‘Because the men are too lazy to prepare fresh grapefruit,” was Gen- eral Gregory's frank reply. He also admitted that green vege- tables and fruits were readily avail- able to army camps during a large part of the year, but that army com- missaries purchased canned goods because it was easier to prepare than fresh vegetables. The Truman committee also found that as a result of this hoarding | the packers and canners were in a quandary and expected to curtail production. They knew the army had overpurchased, could never use its vast stores of canned goods. So the canners figured the army would dump this back on the market, thereby causing an oversupply just at the wrong time. That was why 30 million cases were turned back to civilian use by the army now, to ease the market while there is a civilian shortage. * *® * WHITE COLLAR MINERS While the War Labor board had John L. Lewis over a barrel for asking a $2-a-day wage increase for organized coal miners, another | branch of the government, the Bu- reau of Internal Revenue, okayed various salary increases for non- union supervisory employees in coal | mines. ————————————— ————————————————— The matter was kept hushed up by secret-loving Internal Revenue bu- reaudrats, but here are the facts: A special Internal Revenue branch, known as the Salary Stabili- zation unit, functions in the salary field like the War Labor board in the wage field, to keep personal earnings below inflationary levels. The new unit must approve appli- cations for all salary boosts affect- ing business executives and white collar workers. While everything the War Labor board does is open to public scrutiny, tion unit operates strictly behind the scenes and doesn’t answer to any- body. Recently, it leaked out, however, that bituminous coal mine opera- tors, in a move to block union or- ganization of mine “‘sub-bosses,’’ had requested government permission to increase salaries of all supervisory employees, including mine superin- tendents, managers, foremen, sub- bosses, etc. That white-collar in- crease amounted to an average of $2 a day—just the increase the min- ers asked for. * * * GRAIN FROM CANADA Food Boss Chester Davis has spent days looking for a good transporta- tion man to solve that problem of bringing in wheat from Canada. Commodity Credit corporation has bought 7% million bushels of Cana- dian wheat, but not a bushel has moved. Meantime, dairy and poul- try farmers in the Northeast are running low on feed grains. Great Lakes steamers got moving a month late, on account of the late thaw. They are loaded down with ore for the steel mills, have no space for grain. Rail movement is the only alternative. Grain stocks in the U. S. have been the heaviest in history, but so is con- sumption of grain. Record-breaking animal production is eating into the stocks so fast that foreign imports must be moved. This is one time when’ farmers would welcome some of that much abused Argentine corn and wheat. Behind this excitement about grain supplies is one big question mark which few people outside the government realize, namely, the feeding of occupied territories. If and when invasion comes, the civilians on the invasion front, whether in France, the Low Coun- tries, or the Balkans, will have to be fed from the American bread basket. Quickest way to get food to starving people is in the form of grain. | | | Internal Revenue’s Salary Stabiliza- | * * * MERRY-GO-ROUND @ FDR has no love for the duke and duchess of Windsor, saw nothing of them when they conferred with Churchill . . . The only time Church- ill ever was booed on the floor of commons was when he made his famous speech in the winter of 1936; defending Edward’s right to marry Wally and remain king of England . . » Only a handful of labor is com- ing up from the Bahamas to work in the U. S. A., so this was just an excuse to see Churchill. He wants to get back to London. eV Press Courier ads pay you well. Housewives who will get more summer can thank the senate’s Truman commit- but it was due to their probing that PAGE SEVEN — aL AZ A Rt WITH ONE OF THESE MASSIVE, oN 74 High! 12-Inch Globes! GLOBE FACTS Condensed edition with ques- tions and answers to make the use of the globe more interest ing and instructive! el Wolf Furniture Co. Phone 278 Barnesboro, Pa. LIQUOR RATIONING IS } UNDER STUDY FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA AREA Here's a timely need for every home! Keep up with current events . . . have one of these 12-inch, streamlined, colorful globes right at your fingertips! Has half meridian! Dome- shaped base! Beautifully finished! Fully 17 inches high! FARMERS CAN SAVE GAS IN TRACTOR OPERATION PAPER OUTPUT WILL DECLINE The War Production Board asserts that deliveries of pulp wood to U. S. Half of the 55,000 tractor operators paper mills during the first four mon- | of Pennsylvania could save 1,500,000 ths of 1943 were 22 per cent below re- | gallons of fuel annually by careful tioning are under way by the Liquor | ceipts for the same period in 1942 readjustment of their carburetors, egs Control Board. | and may fall to 25 per cent below by | timates A. W. Clyde, professor of ag» When it is to come ,what farm it|the end of the year. ricultural engineering at the Pennsyls will take, and what the individual al-| As a result, WPB said, paper pro-|vania State College. The other half lotments will be are all matters that | duction probably will decline in ab-/ may have engines with self adjusts the Board members will not reveal. out the same proportion. |ing carburetors, non adjustable cars But based on amounts sold in oth-| The decline in pulp deliveries was | buretors, or may already be adjusting er monopoly states it is doubtful if| greatest in the Great Lake regions | the carburetor to the load. Pennsylvania consumers may expect) where it amounted to 45 per cent. | To get more power from less fuel, more than a ‘'fifth” monthly. | The Appalachian region declined 21 adjust the carburetor so that the mix» According to Board Chairman Fre- { per cent, the South 14 per cent, and | tyre of air and fuel is nearly as lean derick T. Gelder rationing will have | the Northwest 8 per cent. | as will fire evenly and will pick up a two effects: Canadian production of pulp wood | gad fairly well, Professor Clyde ad- : 1.—It will hpvale up Sue Prom oy | also has suffered a severe reduction, vises. il of “roving bands of hirelings of | WPB reported. The cut of pulpwood unscrupulous licensees raiding state | for consumption by Canadian mills stores every time a shipment is re-|for the year ending April, 1943, was ceived,” and substantially below that of the pre- 2.—It will assure as fair a distri-| vious year. Canada, however, will de- bution as possible of all available | liver during the balance of the year, stocks. the 1,550,000 cords previously prom- Mr. Gelder emphasized that liquor |ised U. S. Mills. rationing will not solve all of the pre-; The decrease in the pulpwood pro- sent difficulties “if and when put in- | duction, both in the United States and to effect,” but that it is a logical way Canada, was attributed by WPB to Seaman Russell Short of Lilly, is to combat present evils. ' “a shortage of labor in the woods.” | reported missing in action by a Navy “It won't mean that everyone will : This labor shortafe, WPB said, is af- | casualty list which announced two get all he wants,” he added, “but that | fecting the production of all forest; men were dead, one wounded, and 12 each will get his fair share.” products. " missing in action. -— REHEARSING INVASION TACTICS The study and setting up of machin- ery for state wide retail liquor ra- Simple rules for carburetor adjust. ment and for using the tractor effis ciently may be obtained by writing for illustrated bulletin 441 to the Pennsylvania State College Agricul- tural Experiment Station at State College, Pa. 5 A Seaman Missing. U. S. ARMY AMPHIBIOUS ENGINEERS go through their paces as they practice invasion of enemy-held territory. The low-altitude barrage balloons are towed along to ward off low-flying bombing and strafing planes. Amphibious engineers are the first to land. Army Signal Corps photo. (International)
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