PERT Ty Re eT WP Thursday, March 9th 1944, DAILY GRIND" ps 7 THE Ww = ‘ ~ (514 8 Sm ca — 1 [ the growing need for canned toma- PA TOMATO SEED | toes and tomato juice which has {stepped up the acreage planted to | REAT EMAN | tomatoes to such an extent that the | Pennsylvania seedsmen have been — unable to meet all demands for seed, Before the war, large amounts of |e reports. Pennsylvania certified tomato seed| The 16,188 pounds of tomato seed was shipped to all parts of the world certified in Pennsylvania in 1943 is with considerable quantities going to sufficient to plant 150,000 acres, Mr. the Union of South Africa. All such | Liauer estimates. This is the largest seed has been in great demand in |2mount to be approved by the state this country also, since it must pass [Since 1939 when SDproMmay 172 rigid inspection and laboratory tests | 000 pounds passe € rigi ests. by the Bureau of Plant Industry in Tomato seed was inspected last sea- + : son for 48 growers who produced He Siete Doparinan! of Apiantize, seed for two seedsmen. They entered foreign | 977", 0res for certification. Forty ac- Balpments es ouyivanlie Sofia res were rejected through field in- tomato see as s oppe y ace Tr g spections. to K, Salaun in Rare The See Most of the 1943 certified tomato i he en gi for dis- seed is being shipped to southern : pant growers who raise large acre- ease free seed has increased due to ages of tomato plants for tio norti ern states, where the bulk of the can- [aery crop tomatoes are grown. The i plants will be shipped north during the tomato planting season in the spring. The variety known as Rutgers led | in Pennsylvania certification with a | total of 12,260 pounds of seed. Oth- |ers included Marglobe, 1,768 pounds. | Pan American 1,173 pounds; Gro- | therns Red Globe, 655 pounds, Prit- chard, 171 pounds; and Greater Bal- i timore, 164 pounds. Certified tomato seed production in 1942 totaled over 13,000 pounds. ee LEGISLATORS SEE NEED FOR STRIP MINING OF COAL | - A state legislative committee which will formulate a long range program | for the regulation and control of the strip mining in Pennsylvania, believ- es coal production, irrespective of the method, should be ncreased to Imeet war time needs. “The production of coal to its full- |est extent,” declared Sen. J. Fred | | Thomas (R-Mercer), chairman of the | committee, after the group met in | executive session at Harrisburg last | {week, “must be encouraged at this | time in order that the war effort! may not be interrupted and the civ- ilian needs provided.” rile commiitee was assigned by the joint state government Fi | | sion, legislative research agency, to gather data on surface mining, pre- pare a report and recommend legis- lation to the next session of the Gen- eral Assembly. “We must continue to encourage | industry to ‘prosper and to provide employment in the post-war period,” Thomas added, “with due regard for [the general welfare, safety and heal- | th of the public.” Senator John J. Haluska of Patton is a member of the committee. Two-tone coat. ) By VERA WINSTON 3 THE TWO-TONE trend has ex- tended to coats and a most at tractive fashion it is, nice for those who want new and interest- ing details for that allimportant | Spring model. This useful coat, built on trench coat lines, has a beige top and a honey-tan skirt, and has other clever ideas such as stitched pocket flaps built up over the leather belt. It is single breasted below long revers, and | Fewer stallions were registered in | Pennsylvania during 1943 than in the preceding year, the Bureau of Ani- mal Industry in the State Depart- Ne | ment of Agriculture reports. The | Is slit in back from a center | drop is attributed in part to the | jseam that extends from neck to | steadily declining demand for hor- hem. | ses on Pennsylvania farms. | SCOTT'S SCRAP BOOK py ho A SEAL PELL wiEN 1ANNED 15 So SOFT AND PLIABLE M CAN BE PASSED THROUGH A NAPKIN RING nD SS NJ LAST ENGLISH KING As COMMAND TROOPS eno 3) IN BALE ~ 3 by (W244 HE PERSONALLY LED Hig p An OYsfer1s 7 fries AT THE BATTLE. sv Gr Tn WHAT 1s THE GREAT PLAGUE. AMONG ALASKAN INDIANS ? ————— TUBERCULOSIS ~ THE a George WAS fife oq 4 OF DEFAINGEN (in 1743) INTHE | DEATH Tory. 15 655 PER A anLr Jeu ¥ AR ar fie AustAw Successiof 100,000 K yean | iE ul — LCorTngez. mt snd raATS SOGIATR Me WORLD xo me—] UNION PRESS.COURIER., SHOE FIGHT A hot fight is raging backstage between the WPB and the OPA over shoe leather. Inside fact .is that the shoes you are wearing are in- ferior not entirely because the best leather is rightfully being allocated to the armed forces. That is only YANKS IN BRI prolong the wear of civilian shoes by the application of wax and oil treatments to soles. The process costs only two or three cents a shoe, but many manufacturers don’t i like it because it isn't flossy enough. A They say that consumers prefer shoes with a high, light polish on the sole, though they admit that this polish robs the sole of some of its wearing quality. Bureau of Standards experts have testified at hearings of the senate war-mobilization committee, headed by West Virginia’s Sen. Harley Kil- gore, that the use of oil (by actual test) prolongs the life of shoes 14 per cent, while soles treated with wax preparations last from 30 to 41 per cent longer. This has been corroborated by leading industry spokesmen, includ- ‘[LEATHERNECK — In U. S.[* TAIN Walking the 3 ical fi part of the story. WE ag ET cover their physica Another reason why your shoes RX fa Pex dese Yanks, wounded are inferior and your shoe bill high- 3 ness. ~Kisica, «gre taking Jo On er is that certain industry moguls Bot a special Ame i PR’ > YA v ; erc x I in WPB’s leather and shoe branch Bt ol’in Britain. The problem of rehabili- have been blocking a program to id ep a tating our war casual it- ties, making it possible for these veterans to re- turn to normal and use- ful civilian life, is a major one that faces Uncle Sam. But it is be- ing met by intelligent and careful planning, and by the cooperation of armed forces, govern- ment, and all industry. The rehabilitation plan |= keeps the boys interested and speeds convales- cence. The program of occupational therapy in- stituted in our hospitals teaches wounded veter- #] ans useful arts and trades, in‘ many cases discovering talents the boys never knew they -| Naval Hospital in New 'Zea- 1 land, a wounded leatherneck = proudly shows carving of ing Paul C. Wolfer, a vice presi- dent of the Douglas Shoe company, who is a consultant in the standards possessed. Herewith the editors of “In the Week's News” make a brief re- “| crocodile which he made in occupational therapy Yreat- ment to fit him for civilian life. division of the OPA. Wolfer not only urged general adoption of oil- wax treatments but intimated that the government should crack down on the shoe industry and require it. In addition to cutting down the Wolfer emphasized was wartime conservation of leather. So far, how- ever, the OPA has made little prog- ress in selling the oil-treatment idea to the WPB. Some manufacturers have adopted the sole treatments voluntarily, but only on a very lim- ited scale. The big shoe companies, OPA claims, are antagonistic. In this, they have the potent backing of the WPB’s leather and shoe branch, headed by Lawrence B. Sheppard, a vice president of the Hanover Shoe company. Before the Kilgore committee, Sheppard expounded at length on “manufacturing difficulties . . . lack J of conclusive tests,” and other ob- |. : jections to a government order re- 0 4 i quiring the oil treatment of soles. CORN KING OF ALL a His statement was effectively con- : LL tradicted by other witnesses, who brought out that tests had been ade- to settle the vital question of wages quate and that facilities for sole treatments could be throughout the country with little sylvania farm crops in 1943 ‘accord- difficulty and at small cost. NOTE: The Kilgore committee |crop values by the dera has finally sent a hot note to Donald | Crop Reporting Service, iSsued by Nelson demanding that he issue an | the Department of Agriculture, order to compel the general adop- Just as “King Cotton” for many tion of sole treatments by shoe com- | years has led the South and the Na- | panies. tion in highest value for any" single farm crop, corn has led all others in| Pennsylvania. The 1945 value of this state’s corn crop is estimated at $65,-/ 890,000, enough tq: provide it with a lead over tame hay, ‘it's nearest com- petitor, by a margin of nearly $7,- 800,000. dius *3 Although corn was Pennsylvania's best money crop last year, compara= | tively little has béen sold by farm- ers who raise livestock and poultry, observers say, due tc the shortage of grains for feed. * | * 8 w DESK ADMIRALS The navy is doing a magnificent job whenever it goes into action in the Pacific, but members of the Tru- man committee are not convinced that this is true of all the desk ad- mirals or their flunkies in Washing- ton. .Among other things, they are casting a curious eye at the manner in which Adm. Ernie King and his staff preserve the myth of being ‘“‘at sea’’ when actually they sit at desks Second place hay had a total “es- | in Washington. _..|timated value of $58,123,000" Both To make the myth more realistic, corn and hay showed substantial in- Admiral King lives most of the week crease over total values reported for | on a yacht in the Potomac. It is the previous year. Others of the ten a small yacht and his multitudinous principal Pennsylvania crdps; ranked staff has no room to live there with in order of 1943 value, are: vist him. However, they draw extra pay Potatoes, $33,394,000; @ll for the hazards of life “at sea.” So when payday arrives, tne pay- | $18,715,000; commercial apples; $12,- master carries a satchel down to 675,000; oats, $12,646,000; tobacco, Admiral King’s yacht to pay off the $6,765,000; peaches, $4,822,000; and | staff. The paymaster knows full barley, $2,832,000. Eh f well that the men are not on the In attaining top ranking value am- yacht. © However, he goes through . this” ritual, then comes back from the yacht to the navy department, where he finds the men and gives them their pay. * Wash Day in Italy * ms oa S STEEL-WAGE DISPUTE : Hard-working Will Davis, chair- man of the War Labor board, is hav- ing a’ tough time selecting a panel in the steel industry. He proposes a panel of three, one representing labor, one the steel industry, one the public, with three alternates. But though he has called up all sorts of people and literally begged them to serve, their patriotism seems deficient when it comes to labor disputes. Meanwhile, the steel companies, faced with retroactive pay for what- ever wage decision is finally handed down, are getting restless. . * * MERRY-GO-ROUND @ New Mexico is more aroused over the Bataan atrocities than any oth- er state, because the entire New Mexican National Guard, being able to speak Spanish, was sent to the Philippines and those who survived were captured there . . . FDR may have a hard time carrying the state. €. “The Shortest Route to Japan” is the slogan of the Korean Affairs in- stitute, which has just opened of- fices in Washington. It is urging use of Korean bases only 600 miles from Tokyo. A em—— 5 e————————— a | LIVING under conditions similar to | those of the regular soldiers, U.S, 1 Army nurses still manage to see | the brighter side of life at an'evacue | ation hospital somewhere in Italy, Lt. Beatrice James demonstrates the helmet-laundry technique. Sig= nal Corps photo, (International) nation’s shoe bill, another factor _ deal 4d BACK ON JOB—Walter ¥| Faris, aboard two ships current | © SUAS LTE eile Pesala lecTenec)e made toward this end. sunk within four hours of each other, is shown at the job he found waiting for him at the Fisher Body Division's plant in Flint, Mich. This Fg ‘General Motors unit is one of the leaders of in- dustry in the veteran re- habilitation program. long Pennsylvania crops, the worth of ; corn was such as to rank this state PENNA. FARM CROPS iin “pr o,f cis no value. The harvesting of slightly {more than 49 million bushels gave installed Corn reigned as king or all Penn: Pennsylvania 16th place in produc- tion." In spite of drought conditions ing to a listing of the ten leading | that prevailed for the greater part of Federal-State | the growing season in 1943, the yield pér acre of 38 bushels ranged the state 13th in that respect. The total acreage devoted to the growing of corn ranked the state as 24th with a total of almost 1,300,000 acres. More than $9,700,000,000 of U. S. Government securities have been purchased by the life insurance com- panies of the ccuntry since the start of the war, and they now have $12,- 600,000,000 or more than one-third of their total assets invested in them. This is, on the average, $382 per family. ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE. In the Estate of Anna Yencho, late of the Borough of Patton, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters testamentary in the estate of Anna Yencho, late of Patton Bor- ough, Cambria Co., Pa., having been granted to the undersigned by the wheat,’ Register of Cambria County, notice | $20,556,000; commercial truck crops, [iS hereby given to all persons in- | Phone 467. RETURNED VETERAN — Hen, Prematurely white at his job qf the Fi Aircraft Plant. He status by the qrm a leg wound cqy shell which hurle port on the efforts being NAVAL CASU. Wounded in pe tional therapy trai a in Richmong, Va., AIR FORCES— Forces Hospital are working with their hands to soothe their minds and train their muscles. I» The WEEK'S NEWS | ! 17, is shown isher Body's Cleveland was returned to civilian y after recovering from sed by Jap anti-aircraft d him into the ocean, gE ALTY — ge South pq ining jn by buil aman 2/c Ear Evans cific, is getting occupa. Naval Medical Center ding qo Warping frame, & These ‘men at Hamilton Field Air debted to said estate to make imme- diate payment, and to those having claims against the same to make them known without delay, to the undersigned, duly authenticated, for settlement. PAUL G. YENCHO, Administrator. Patton, Pa. 6t. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Estate of Mary G. Smithbower, late of Chest Township. deceased. Letters testamentary in the estate of Mary G. 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