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Let's Face Facts Farm Machinery Output At Double 1943 Level; But Remains a Problem By BARROW LYONS ——— WNU Staff Correspondent Several senators from farming sections are predicting that the \V ar Food administration is going to have a rude surprise within a few weeks when it discovers that farm- ; ers are not planting the acreages expected of them this year partly ! because they cannot i-ct farm ma chinery they need to make up for the shortage of manpower. Equally positive are officials of the War Production b .ird that mere Barrow I.yous will bo . acq. ..tie fv r dome sll c needs but with loss to spare for feeding foreign populations than I'NKHA w:.l request. Here is the argument tl .it Wrß gives: Last year only about 40 per ci nt of to machinery manufactured in the base years U'4o and ISMI was produced: but tr.is year about SO per cert of i • base year production is planned. Production :s running close to sclodu.o en s. me Items ar.d lagging on tors. Har vesting ..nd hay gathering ma chinery seems to be furthest behind. Harvesting machinery is in much en ator demand U ..ti the supply In this tie Id authorized s-l edulcs are, on the w:.. le. almost 1115 per cent of b-ise period product n. bat it is not now expected that schedules w al be met How far output will lag de pends largely upon labi r supp y and the demand of the nii.itary tor critical components Scheduled Increases Combines with wiolt'i f cut over je feet are scheduled for the fiscal year e: ding June 10, ! .MS. at IIS per cent of ba-e output, t: se between 6 and 10 Uet at 110 per cent and smaller ones at >5 p r ■ i t. Sened ules lor binders are not as great :n proportion to base output But the programs f r potato diggers and pickers, beet ana vegetab.e har vesters arc much higher. Furthermore, repair parts may be manufactured in whatever quanti ties needed. Altogether, tie farm machinery industry :s programmed tc turn out nearly twice the volume of equipment it d'.d last year but. frankly, the program is not go me to be completed. However, an indication that the situation is not as serious as last year is that the volume of com plaints is far less. One WPB oflicial, who last year at this time was re ceiving from 50 to 55 telephone calls a day from congressmen requesting him to look after constituents, is at present receiving very few urgent requests for farm machinery. There is one certainty farmers must give more attention to repair of equipment than ever before. In this country they have hardly begun to take repairs as seriously as farm ers in England or in enemy nations, i Those who have been to England say the British are far ahead of us in tiiat respect, and reports coming from Germany indicate that a fine job is being done there on the re pair croblem. Dealers throughout America, how ever, have been advised to order re pair parts by telegram, and manu facturers to ship by airmail. No red tape or forms are required. All a farmer needs to do is to tell his dealer that he needs the repair parts. Many Repairs Needed Recently the results of a surve J of repair needs made by the WPB Office of Civilian Requirements was published. It showed that in 1943 owners of 42 per cent of the mow ing machines of the country required repairs for their equipment, and that 13 per cent of those needing repairs did not get them; 42 per cent of the owners of combines re quired repairs, and 8 per cent of those requiring them were not serv fied These were among the worst sepair records. But »t is the belief in WPB today that repair troubles should be vir tually a thing of the past, and that formal servicing will be obtained. In Indiana, cooperative repair shoos have been established which have been a great aid in obtaining speedy repairs. In a few other states repair shops have been established as part of the agricultural college extension services, and farmers come from all parts of the counties to avail themselves of these facili ties. On the whole, machinery manu facturers are handicapped by labor shortages, lack of motors, chains, malleable iron and castings. To obtain the best distribution of farm machinery, manufacturers this year were authorized to dispose of 80 per cent of their output where they thought it would do the most good. Twenty per cent was under allocation of the War Food adminis tration to supply in areas where supply appears to be short. The opinion of those responsible for this program is that it has been working fairly welL Backstage Scenes With 'Prisoners of War' in A I, J3?§l | Kirtiij i r.erman prisoners of war luxo their .»« band ,t Fort Dix. N. J. Ile^ they play overture to play sta"ed hv other "l* of Ws," C.M A scene from the play "Froh unci Hcitcr (Bright and Gay). Scenery and" costumes are the work of the prisoners made from waste material during their spare time. (3) A scene in the kitchen of the prisoners' mess hall showing Uieui preparing the evening meal for their fellow Nazis. These men appear anything but unhappy. Navy Crewmen Fiiul Antidote for Battle Strain Once the business of conquering Roi island was completed, these crewmen of a United States navy aircraft carrier take the antidote for post-battle nervous strain by an invigorating swim in the warm waters of a lagoon in the Marshalls. After the heat of battle a dip is a soothing tonic for the nerves, the men declare. French and English Generals in Italy .w " I HI Jlgpy HP wRM' 1 J.'-; . *V~IB * -'aWVi ' .»._j .7^BK>>i»v..i...w.~»:.^^Hßl.:—•■wSiS^Sß General Juin, commander of the French Expeditionary corps In Italy; General Leese, commander of the Eighth army; and Gen. Sir Harold Alexander, commander in chief of the Allied forces in Italy, are shown engaged in conversation when General Alexander paid a visit to the Eighth's headquarters. Principal in Sedition Trial •' , • :. mm^ ;' -v •# -i-jfi - +***, ' • ¥Ms£k- v> i Vi-'iBB A principal In the biggest sedition trial of this war, Mrs. Elizabeth Dilling of Chicago, appears quite unconcerned before the camera. She is shown here with her daughter, Elizabeth Joan, and her ex-husband, Albert Dilling, who acted as her counsel at District court trial in Wash ington. Mrs. Dilling, along with 29 others, is accused of conspiracy. THE DAMU RY REPORTER, BANBURY. N. C.. THURSDAY. MAY 4. 1941 He Missed the Boat ■I '* y*. *• Coastguardsmen heave a line from their destroyer and haul in a mid-Atlantic swimmer who missed his boat—badly! Repatriated sea man Earl N. Phillips tumbled from one ship in a west-bound convoy and was picked up half an hour later by the coast guard. Betty Gets Medal IB f ■■ Y® jßslffMnKMlfrffi !■■■ n Swimmer Betty Shields of New York is presented a medal by Gov. John W. Bricker of Ohio. The award was made at Oakland, Calif., where Betty placed second in the 100-yard backstroke event. Talcs of the Rig Town: Willlston Rich of the Time mas ■ factory tried lor years to convince his colleagues there that Bob Hope , would vr.ake t.n interesting profile i . . . But he was always nh-nh'd ... ' So he went on a short holiday, and the bosses suddenly decided that i Hope should be given a salute . . . I The piece was prepared by the guy I pinch-hitting for Mr. Rich . . . So j j what? ... So Reader's Digest i picked it up and sent the pinch-lut- ! ter a check for $1,000! : I Some of the men from a redistri- ! but ion center were entertaining at 1 the Latin Quarter the other mid- i night . . . When they finished they j tipped the waiters lavishly and j called over a bus-boy to hand him > a few dollars . . . "Thank you, ; Lieutenant." lie said, "but I couldn't accept any gratuity. Just waiting ! on you has been a pleasure. You ' see, I was wounded in your sec tor, discharged, and I'm now back helping the war effort by serving you and all other men in the war" . . . Then he opened his white coat and displayed his campaign ribbons . . . The officers stood and saluted the bus-boy. It was all very lumpy in-the-throat and thrilling. A group of midtowners were gab bing about charges of "innuendo" J over the radio, and a veteran re called this .Timmv Walker story ... During his first campaign for Mayor j of New York. LaGuardia charged the popular Walker with all sorts of ! corruption, and Walker never an- j swered. "Why should I make his cam- j paign for him?" he said to a pal. "I won't build hrm up. It would be fun, though, to ask him one ques- j tion. What was he doing in Water bury on July 10, 1028?" "Was LaGuardia there then?" i asked the friend. "I dunno," replied Walker, "but if I asked that question he could deny it until he was blue in the gills. A lot of suckers would still believe there was something fishy about him and Waterbury!" Sid Sheldon reports that a com pany of boys from the Army Signal ( Corps were sent to the induction sta- 1 tion for overseas physicals. One of them (in the army three years) wan- j dered into the wrong line and wound i up being examined with selectees. I The final doctor told him he was 4-F. "But," protested the soldier, "I'm already in the Army!" "Nonsense." snapped the medico, i "get dressed and go home!" The poor soldier got back into uni- } form, returned to camp and said nothing. How do you explain to a Top Sarge that you're 4-F? I Congress refused to put another heavy tax on horse raflng. It im- j posed 30 per cent tax on night clubs J where servicemen get real recrea- | tion. Racing has a powerful lobby j in Washington, and the night club j owners (with a 600 million dollar in- J dustry) had a very weak lobby. Some Chicago cafe people, how- 1 ever, sent the members of the Ways and Means Committee (and the Sen ate Finance Comm.) large posters, 1 which burned the legislators to a ! crisp bocause they know they are true. The posters show thousands of people throwing away their money at race tracks. The caption: "No tax here! They had a powerful lob- ! by!" The opposite side shows men in ! uniform in night clubs enjoying j themselves dancing, etc. The cap- 1 tion: "These boys are giving their blood and had no lobby. They pay 3C per cent extra for their fun!" That tax is the highest on anything in our history. The Intelligentsia: Tommy Har mon, the hero, will do a book on his war adventures for Crowell . . . Poet Joseph Auslander's "The Un conquerables" (poetry in epic form) is his best . . . Senator James A. Mead's book, "Tell the Folks Back Home," will arrive May Bth via Appleton-Century . . . Kyle Crich ton of Collier's once wrote "the nov el is a dying literary form. Stories are best told via straight reporting or biog" . . . Kyle's first novel, "The Proud People," is in its 3rd printing . . . Eighty-seven year old S. S. McClurc (founder of the old McClure's mag) will receive the Or der of Merit plus SI,OOO cash prize from the Nat'l Institute of Arts and Letters . . . Stanley Richards' new play script (a cartoon in three acts) | is titled: "Marriage Is for Single i People" . . . When Billy Rose hears about some heel or no-good he marks the name down on his very long "Drop Dead List." After a recent raid in Italy (ac , cording to Irv Hoffman) an Army surgeon told the chaplain that one poor fellow was beyond ho~ H e. The chaplain leaned over the wounded man and said: "My dear fellow, you are badly hurt. Have you anything to say or any word for your family?" • "My inside coat pocket," moaned , the soldier, painfully. | The chapidin felt the pocket and removed a wallet. "Is this what you want?" he asked . . . "Yes," whis pered the soldier, "I'll bet you THAT that I won't die!" He didn't. CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT PLANTS Kweet I'otftto riant* now ready. ll.ill 500 $1.40, 10C0 2.50. • >OOO 40 nor thousand. Porto lltoM 50&- 1000— S3. 5000 .«nd over *2.75 per thousand. TEN*. AGENTS WANTED noKO. JONESTOWN. MISS , kills tr«-S «nd snrouts. Enough for R.illon, •'•2 O. s.»\es labor, money, time. Agents wanted. TENTS SIS—TKNTS—*III i net one now line for camp -J I ***} JfJp/ j 10x16 tents, tiutce llealty Co.. B*le*t, MJts. HOSE MENDED : radio' llosr Mrnded M:ulu.,yriirhw. fi>r roiviir Free estimate. hr. service. , sJtM -elion di. r Troxler Hosiery Mending Co.. 11l A 11. tiuslon St.. t«recnsbore, N. t. ART WORK State t"ollrge, llox 11)-. Or.in ß rburß, S. C. Women Staff Hospitals Throe hospitals in this country have medical .stalls consisting ex clusively of women—'he Now York Infirmary for Women and Chil dren. the Women's and Children's hospital in Chicago and the New Kngland Hospital for Women and Children in Boston. RHEUMATIC PAIN Nn i.t Spoil jour Oar—Sil Ifl.r II N.« Don't put off Betting C-2223 to re lieve pain of muscular rheumatism nnd other rheumatic pains. Caution: Use only ns directed. Kirst bottlo purchase price back if not satisfied. 60c and JI.GO. Today, buy C-2^23. SlillM ."d O'W W«HU King's Heralds Male Quartet FREE £?wt • jumot • MAttu • vauoh • foirjCvtu • cuma WISE —WAYS —WRAL WCSC WATL WRDW WBML WPDQ WTS? V/DSO Newspaper Logs Show Ot'.ier Stations —J Feet Tell Fortune In China fortunes are usually i told by reading the lines on the 1 soles of the feet as well as the ! markings on the palms of the hands. OyM lljiljr M A Flowers A 4U Shrubs I I I 4 i M ill M I'l' I Hrthtto B» Prwtuctll Nf'HPIWMHI cof». 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