Washington, D. C.
CLOTHES RATIONING AVERTED
Few people know how close the
country was to clothes rationing a
few months ago, at the peak of the
war. The key figure who helped pre
vent it was shrewd Pittsburgh de
partment store wizard Irwin Wolf.
Wolf and WPB boss Donald Nel
son held several conferences on the
problem, at which Wolf pointed out
that retailers, worried about short
ages, were buying all the clothes in
aight, and hoarding huge amounts
of one item while having no stocks
of other goods.
Finally, Nelson asked Wolf to sit
down with Joseph Weiner, head of
the civilian supply section of WPB,
John Davidson, representing the
wholesalers, and Earl Reed, another
key WPB official. After going over
several involved proposals, they re
tired from the conference room and
drafted a simple order which lim
ited all retailers to the same amount i
of stock they had during the pre- ,
vioua year. The proposal was inrune- j
dlately adopted by Nelson, and
clothes rationing was avoided.
Nelson now calls Wolfs plan "one
of the saviours of the civilian supply
situation in the U. S."
NOTE?One effect of Wolfs pro- .
gram is that merchants will carry j
over only small amounts of "ersatz" I
merchandise in the postwar period, \
will not be stuck with poor-quality
merchandise to unload on the
money-flushed public.
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AFTERMATH OF V-DAY
The White House has Just received
a confidential report showing that
66.4 per cent of American families
have saved only 11.6 per cent of the
money put aside by the nation dur
ing war time. In other words, the
upper one-third bracket of the
people tucked away 88.4 per cent.
The same report points out that,
immediately after V-day in Europe,
most plants which continue operat
ing will cut overtime, thus dropping I
wages from 15 to 25 per cent. One f
of the problems officials face is a I
wild rush to cash war bonds, not f
for lush spending, but for bare j?
necessities of workers in middle
and lower-income brackets.
All these figures now have Presi- *
dent Roosevelt concerned about |
what will happen in the first weeks |
immediately after the war. The I
president's economic advisers are I
telling him that continued prosperity ?
in the postwar period will require
his greater personal attention to
domestic problems.
They Score that, If the nation |
can successfully come through
the tret few weeha after the ar
mistice, then the demand for
peacetime iw4i, lone denied the
pohHe, will pick 9 national
prosperity. However, the first
weeks of readjustment are going
to be tongh.
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DOLLAR*A-YEAR MEN
' The full effect hasn't yet perco
lated down from the top but, before
he left for China, Donald Nelson
signed a new set of rules governing
the appointment of ? and' the
continued employment of?WPB doU
lar-a-year men. It has been felt first
in the textile, clothing and leather
divisions but gradually is begin
ning to result in changes elsewhere
in the agency.
Dollar-a-year appointments for the
war emergency period were okayed
by the White House four years ago,
the appointments to be made at the
discretion of the agency chiefs with
out regard to existing law. Criti
cism of the early dollar-a-year ap
pointments gradually resulted in a
tightening of the policy, but Ifelson
never really put his foot down until
last month.
Majer dynamite in the order
"Hp, person Pm?y<l^?eiem ployed
en a dollar-a-year basis who
? wild be repaired by his posi
tten an the War Production
hoard to make decisions direet
' iy affecting hie own company
or Its competitors." The same ?
section bans dollar-a-year em- ?
pioyment of all lawyers, all i
trade asooclation officials, mem- I
hers of WPB industry advisory
committees, or any Individuals
convicted of antMrnst viola
Dozens of dollar-a-year men with
in WPB are daily called upon to
formulate policy affecting their own
industries, and consequently their
own companies and competitors. At
the same time. Nelson's order does
not reach the even more serious
problem of salaried employees In a I
position to make decisions affecting
the companies from which they
came to the government ? or to
which they will go when they leave
Washington.
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MEB K Y -GO-BOUND
ff. Jesse Jones, at the age of TO, has
Just come through a major opera
tion, now appears to be in better
health.
C Maury Maverick, who spent a
lot of time In France during World
War I bat saw Httls of its culture,
can be given credit for the army's
planto supply competent guides to
conduct servicemen on tours of his
toric monuments not only in France
but in Egypt, Greece and every part 1
aftttoworld immediately after the |
Yank Fliers Released From Nazi Prison Camp
Left, shows Tub released from Romanian prison camps lining np for hot showers and new clothing while
their old outfits are deloused. Lower right, another group, former prisoners of Bulgaria, line up for lee
;ream sodas in Egypt. Upper left, Sergt. Eddy Lanary, Lancaster, Ohio, was postmaster in Romanian prison.
Bight, Corp. George Cale, Columbus, Ohio, enjoys his first American meal.
Almost Everything Went Underground in France
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Brest'! wounded went underground and remained for 32 days daring artillery bombings (right). Wounded
were not ail that went underground. American army discovered vast stores of Swiss cheese (left) the Germans
were forced to leave behind. Now the GIs will have something special to pot on their K-ration crackers, and
the Nazis will be without their prize cheese.
Newest Watch on the Rhine
r~ HI? I nil?Mill?! II HI I II? ill Mil? ??
The 1M4 Teniae of the "Wateh ee the BUee," shew* ? British
loldier to ttmmud post as he peril the Mt|t sereea well, the Bubo's
netm oetlet te the sea. TUs b the fnt time tnriec the preseat war that
UHed troope have tehee eommud of aey large sectioe of the Bhiee, a
allea i trees bold of the Germans.
Yank Bombers Hit Philippines
Aa ail aterafa in) at Coda la tea PWllpyteaa kana Aareoty after
iiroot kaaik ktta wktek war* taHrmt from kiaikara aa aarriar kaaa
taaka TktoA jTteaA Aa t^raaal^aMMs r^aaara ttaa kteaaaay
j Saddle and Boots
Todd Httle;, riding ? backing
broncho, shows the boys and girls,
aad the GIs, how a Rodeo's boll-dog
ger acts. From the West's wide
opea spaces, he has gone east to en
tertain the members of the armed
forces aad kids d New York. Rodeos
eoatinne to operate during war as a
morale bonder.
Collie Does Watch
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Ika lady watching the sleeping
ulln, ktpym to be ene of twtm
pMw haired collie pops, wbe re
cent] j heearae put af the comple
ment at Twta V. 8. Naval Vessels.
She has tore weather apes pealed far
aayaae disturbing bar waster.
ONE OF THE8E DAYS |
MISSING: Schickelgruber. Adolf.
54, five feet 10; weighs l?i
extra white. Last seen with both
feet off ground looking for a secret
airport from which to
secret destination, but iackedsecre
running shoes. Once known as
"Fuehrer" but now answers to the
name of "Fido." ...
Wears funny mustache, has wlia
look in eyes, has passion *ormi
crophone and might be found "
vicinity of amplifiers. Has
of grandeur ; labors under lmpres
sion he is Napoleon Bonaparte and
always acts on hunches. Proo1 tha
he has just acted on a hunch is
usually furnished by the fact he is
"iTpast? faced and ?uire5*t?j??
halitosis, double vision, bat*"ed
chins, dandruff, hardening of the
outlook, inflammation of the mtelli
gence and bunions at base of spme
due to recent travel on his pos
terior. <
Formerly had a
graved on left chest hot reeently had
It transferred elsewhere. Large
heads of Churchill, Stalin'
v'elt Uteoed on his right ehest and
can't understand how they
Across Ms baek U
"Available for paperhangiag at <rfd
rates." Several sears on abdomen
dne to Patton operation.
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Three toes on right foot missing;
may have had them removed to con
ceal ancestry. All teeth nussmg
except one on lower Jaw which
Axis failed to kick out through care- |
lessness. Limp gives him the ap
pearance of being crippled but
is due to fact he has been walking
around in two left-footed shoes most
of life without knowing it.
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Is of highly nervous temperament;
subject to fits of violence at men
turn of Yanks, RAF, etc., or rendi
tions of "The Last Time I Saw
Paris," "Russian Lullaby and
"God'save the King." i
This man is wanted for trying to
subjugate Europe, giving the planet
its greatest headache, committing
untold brutalities, being a general
nuisance and trying to make a
frankfurter, a loaf of pumpermcMe
and a plate of saurkraut take the
place of Magna Charta, the Statue
of Liberty and the Ten Command
^rtisy, irrational and altogether
unpleasant. Boasted he would
remove military uniform ?til he
had licked the world, but win
probably be found In a costume no
better "??" that of similar bums.
Can dance a Jig but there Is hardly
a chance he will care to now.
Is a vegetarian which explains
that cauliflower odor.
Spent early years as a housepaint
er and paperhanger and may fre
quent stores selling short steplad
ders and new soaps for cleansing
overalls.
This man may be traveling with
others of his type, as many are
known to be in similar flight. If they
are traveling in one group their de
tection should be simple: they will
be trying to alibi their flight to one
another.
Liberal reward, dead or alive.
Notify Moscow - London - Washing
ton International Posse.
General Patton Up!
"Just chase the Heinies up a hill
And knock 'em down another!"?
That is the Patton recipe
To save a lot of bother;
Old "Blood and Guts" is in again?
No more a doghouse doggie?
He's slugging Nazis all around.
And knocking Adolf groggy.
He isn't any diplomat.
His manner isn't tender;
He goes into a battle like
A wildman on a bender;
He's fussy over leggings and
He can't stand neckties shoddy;
But when be tackles Adolf?wow I
The cry is, "Where's the body?"
He's not the dinner-party typo.
He says it not with flowers;
He gets so violent at times
They send him to the showers;
His manner is obstreperous,
His talk is even louder
But he can toss those overalls
In Mrs. Murphy's chowder!
He's not the soothing, restful sort.
His language could be finer;
He is an awful pal inside
A shop chock-full of "chiner";
But he can pitch and field and hit?
The toughest spots he weathers?
So let us merely wink an eye
And watch the flying feathers!
"Mr. Krug said that tho WPB
would keep Its brakes and steering
gear In good shape."?News item.
?
What yea need when yen have a
Job as head man at WPB, Mr. Krng,
is to keep year ntolshiill mirrors
to geed shape an yen eaa see if
anything is bearing dawn ea yea
freai the rear.
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"The German is wobbling ea hfe
last legs."?General Mark Clark.
WATCHING POLITICAL
CROOKS IS BIG JOB
THE WAYS AND METHODS of po
litical crooks and tricksters are many
and varied. They have, at times, in
the past and may again, in the fu
ture, nullify the verdict of the legally
constituted electorate of the na
tion. These tricksters ply their trade
in the metropolitan and industrial
centers. They are unknown in rural
communities, but the illegal votes
they produce in the cities offsets the
honest vote of the people of the
towns and farms.
The extent to which the political
crooks operate was demonstrated in
Chicago in the national election of
1940. During that campaign a group
of young business men, organized
and led by Henry Pope Jr., and le
gally known as the Pope committee,
volunteered to check, before the
election, the voting lists in what are
known in Chicago as the river
wards. Largely they constitute the
slum sections, a place of shacks and
cheap lodging houses. They repre
sent approximately 50 per cent of
the normal city vote.
It was a non-partisan effort. Those
young men were not interested in
how any one registered intended to
vote, only that they be legally quali
fied to vote. They investigated the
name and assigned residence of ev
ery one on the voting lists. Many
names were phony. Many places
given as residences were vacant
lots, warehouses or factory build
ings. When they found a voter at the
address he had given they deter
mined how long he had lived there,
how long in the precinct, in the
county, in the state.
It was a terrifically big ]ob.
For some of the investigators
it produced some unpleasant
experiences, but they perse
vered. In those river wards they
took off of the voting lists before
the November election, the
names of well over ISO,MM who
were not' qualified to vote and
were illegally registered.
If we are to have an honest ex
pression of the will of a majority
of those qualified to vote in this
November election an effort, such
as that of the Pope committee, is
needed in every metropolitan and
industrial center. The registration
lists in such places will carry the
names of many thousands of the un
qualified. Some of these names
will be on the lists because of igno
rance on the part of the registrant,
some because of the chicanery on
the part of political crooks.
Since the election of 1940 there has
been a great migration of workers
throughout the nation. Hundreds of
thousands, millions of them have
moved to localities providing jobs in
war plants. The majority of these
people, men and women, have re
sided in one state, one county, one
precinct long enough to qualify them
as legal voters. Many thousands of
them have not, and are not qualified
voters. It is those who are un
qualified, the drifters, the political
crooks will attempt to place on the
lists of registered voters. They are
sufficient in numbers to swing a re
sult in many a closely contested
state, and possibly the national elec
tion.
To live, to function efficiently, the
representatives composing a govern
ment "of, for and by the people,"
must be honestly chosen. May we
have Pope committees in every met
ropolitan and industrial center.
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EXAMPLE OF FREE
ENTERPRISE IN ACTION
DURING WORLD WAR I, 1917-18,
the government took over and op
erated the railroads. When it was
all over congress appropriated a to
tal of $1,700,000,000 to cover the loss
of government operation.
During World War II railroad
management has operated the roads
and there has been no loss for the
government to pay. During the
first two years of this war the roads
moved a third more freight, and
nearly three times the number of
troops, than were handled during
the two years of World War I. Be
cause of demands of the selective
service law the roads have operated
with leas than 85 per cent of the
number of employees used by the
government in the operation of the
roads during World War I. Instead
of a loss to the government at .near
ly two billion dollars, the roads in
two years paid to the government
nearly two billion in taxes.
Despite such facts there is a group
of theoretical bureaucrats at Wash
ington who advocate scrapping the
free enterprise system, and the gov
ernment to take over and operate
all business. They do not tell us
where the money to make up the
loss would come from.
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IN HALF A CENTURY America
has doubled, or more, the quantity
of our food production. During the
same period the farm manpower has
been materially reduced. The trac
tor to replace the horse-drawn plow
represents a big part of the story.
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AMERICA WILL LTVE rcgirdlcss
of who may be the tenant in the
White House after next January.
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THE AMERICAN FARMER has
provided his full part of the war
mipplies.
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scraps of material.
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tions for qfne rugs; list of materials; pat
tern pieces.
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Gather Your Scrap; ?
? Throw It at Hitler!
For roliof frm the tertare of aimple
Piles. PAZO aintmeat ku beem fwuM
for mare llu thirty years. Here's whys
First, PAZO ointment soothes Inflamed
arose, r el lores pain and Itch inf. Second.
PAZO el at me at Imbricates hardened;
dried ports "helps prevent cracking and
soreness. Third. PAZO ointment tends
to rodsce swelling and chock bleeding.
Foorth. it's easy to nse. PAZO oint
ment's perforated Pile Pipe stake* ap
plication simple, thorough. Year doctor
con tett yon obost PAZO ointment.
MOTHKR GRAY'S
SWIST POWDERS
ANfeL Thoasnnds of parents have found
MctktrGrmifaSwsri Powderssplsas
wff inflaiati refer children. And equally
tp/ good for thsmoslvee?to relieve the
distress of occasional constipation.
Keep on hand for times of need. Package of
JC easy-to-take powders, 85c. Sold by all
druggists. Caution: ass only as directed.
^?TarSmOrinasal MONTHLY
female Weakness
(Mm Una ttamatMr Taaic)
Lydl? ft. Pinkham'. Tmtibli Com.
pound ta famous to rellan periodic
pain and aoeompanjlnc narroua,
weak, Urad-out fmllno?when dna
to fnnational monUHj dlsturbanoaa.
Takaa rarularlj?Pinkham'a Com
pound help, build up realEtanc.
against such aunylni tymptom.
Plnkham'. Compound la mad.
?Mariana for moman?tt Hetpa ma
ture and tbat*. tba kind of nwtletn.
to burl follow labal dlracUona.
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Kidney Action
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