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OLD CLOTHES CAN
SAVE MANY LIVES
- A national drive for 150,000,000
pounds of used clothing will get
iinderw&v next month and the
clothes collected will be shipped to
war victims as a free gift from the
American DeoDle. ." ,
Officials who know their facts
tell us that as many war victims
have died from exposure and lack
of adequate clothing as from star
vation. Clothing relief, they say,
ranks high in urgency.
Henry J. Kaiser, industrialist.
has accepted the chairmanship of
the nation-wide drive and key men
: are being asked to cooperate all
over the nation. Back of the drive
is the idea that many Americans
' will make a general effort to pro
vide clothing for the children, the
aged and the homeless the help
less victims of the great war.
While the drive is not to collect
i scraps it is based upon the con
viction that many of us have old
' clothes which we do not need but
for many reasons have kept These
articles can be of great value to
those who have none as good and
your gift of surplus clothing may
save a me somewhere.
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FOR CLOTHES
Another indication of the strain
that war places upon the nation is
seen in the appeal of Army officials
that families of servicemen to re
trieve from closets, bureau draw
ers and attic trunks whatever
army clothing or equipment they
may find.
. The Army promises to pay the
carrying charges and asks that
packages be limited to not more
than 30 pounds. Any person who
has GI clothes and equipment
stored away is requested to pack
and ship the .property to the
"Quartermaster, - Clothing and
Equipment Classification Officer,"
of any nearby Army Post, camp or
station.
The Armv points out that vast
quantities of used and new cloth
ing or equipment was left with
families when servicemen went
overseas. They point out that dis
charged veterans should have
some things which they are willing
to part with.
The Army says that our fight
ing men abroad need all types of
clothing, particularly woolen items
such as overcoats, trousers, shirts,
underwear etc.
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.WEEKLY KIVS ANALYSIS--
Allied Drives Menace Reported
Nazi Plans for Mountain Stand;
Less Meat, Lower Prices for U. S.
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., Deciding to move from town in path of General Patton's sweep into
Saar only after It wss bombarded, these German women pull cart with
belongings along road la search of new homes.
EUROPE:
Fleeting Hope
Faced with the preponderant
might of the U. S. and British on
the -west and the Russians on the
east, desperate Nazis were prepar
ing (or a final last stand in the moun
tain mass in southern Germany.
Reported botb by reliable military
and political sources, the Nazi plans
call for the retirement of the cream
of the wehrmacht to , the . forested
ranges in Thuringia, where they
would then be expected to hole up
in strongly ' fortified ; positions ' for
heavy defensive fighting.
Object ot such a plan, it was said,
would bo to inflict heavy losses upon
attacking Allies, and also increase
the internal chaos In Germany prop
er to such an extent that the U.iSL'
and Britain would consider an arm
istice to permit the restoration of
order- in the Reich.
Plan Hobbled
If, indeed, such Is the Nazis' plan,
Lt. Gen. Courtney Hodges' drive to
the east bank of the Rhine at Re
magen seriously jeopardizes it, since
his 1st army has steadily built up
strength in that sector to thrust east
ward across' the waist of Germany
and thus prevent any general Ger
man withdrawal southward to the
mountain mass.
At the same time, the Russians
have exerted strong pressure against
the eastern entrance to the moun-
Supreme Allied... Commander Elsen
hower (center) confers with Field
Marshal Montgomery (left) and Lt. Gen.
Bradley.
tain mass in continued attacks in
Upper Silesia and Hungary, where
the enemy has reacted strongly to
the Reds' thrusts.
In addition to threatening to burst
into the open plains to the east of the
Rhine, the U. S. 1st army also men
aced the southern 'border of the all
important Ruhr, industrial valley,
while the British 2nd and U. S. 9th
armies drew upon it from the west.
To the southwest, Lt Gen. George
S. Patton's 3rd and Lt. Gea Alex
ander Patch's 7th ' armies closed
their vise on 80,000 Germans in the
Saar basin, rich source of Iron and
steeL '
In addition to their strong assaults
in Upper Silesia and Hungary, the
Russians massed against the serried
defenses ' guarding the embattled
Berlin region.'
PACIFIC:
Tougher Yet
"God knows,' A they are tough
enough now, especially at I wo Jlma.
But they are going to be tougher ai
we go alofig." ; t
Thus spoke the marines' fighting
Lt Gen. Holland M. Smith upon his
return to Hawaii from the blood;
battle of Iwo Jlma, In which Amer
ica's finest captured thelittle island
with the vital airfields at a cost of
nearly ; 20,000 casualties, including
4,000 killed. . -
"They are learning all kinds ot
things by experience," Gen. Holland
M. Smith ' said, "and each of the
things they learn makes it harder
(or us to wipe them out" , v
Tough as the Japs have proved
to beu however, their home front
continued ' to writhe under aerial
bombardment, 'With ' carrier -planes
from Vice A dm. Marc Mitscher'i
Postwar Beefsteak
. As the scientists picture it "that
postwar' steak will be tender, Juicy
and flavorful. Its fat will be creamy
rather than pure white and will, be
distributed or "marbled" through
the leon. rather than concentrated
In i n tm ?!de layer. The color of the
Iciti. will Incline toward cherry red.
Cuts will have, less bone In propor
tion to meat. , , ,
The stenh will come from a rela
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exareeeed la theme eelanae. they are taeee el
famed task force Joining In the raids
to smash at the enemy's vaunted
imperial fleet in the Inland sea,
bounded by Kyushu island on the
west, Honshu on the north and Ski
koku on the south.
'In addition to damaging warships
and freighters and destroying almost
500 opposing aircraft, the attackers
plastered airplane factories, plane
hangars, arsenals, oil stores and
workshops of naval bases in the
vicinity. .
HOME FRONT:
Consumer News 1
On the home front recent gov
ernment regulations spelled less
meat fof civilians, on one hand, and
a tighter control over retail cloth
ing, 'furniture and home furnishings
prices,' on the other. '.
Following President Roosevelt's
statement that Americana must pull
in their belts to help feed
mh,AL hungry Europeans, the
War Food administration announced
a 12 per cent slash in civilian meat
supplies for April, May and June,
bringing consumption down from the
prevailing rate of 130 pounds per
year to 113 pounds. At 119 pounds,
the level would be about 10 pounds
below the 193V39 average.
At 1,381.000.000 pounds, the mili
tary allotment for the next three
months will be 4 per cent over the
preceding quarter, it was said.
with the increase needed to feed
soma 2,150,000 civilians working for
the army -overseas, war prisoners,
Filipino, French and other Allied
and Italian labor units, w .' ..
Although lend-lease shipments to
Russia will Increase to 300,000,000
pounds, it was said, deliveries to
Britain will total only 25,000,000
pounds, because of , the previous
buildup of English stocks.
As a result of the slash in civilian
allocations, Americans will have to
get along with less beef and pork,
although more veal, lamb and mut
ton will be available. At the same
time, the government took steps to
channel more slaughtering from
local to federally inspected plants
to assure a freer flow of meat to the
services and between state lines.
In tightening control over retail
clothing, furniture and home furnish
ings prices, the OPA
UOUDS froze the amounts 800,
000 merchants selling these Items
could add to wholesale costs to ar
rive at their own "mark-ups.'
Though the action will not affect
goods already "marked-up," .OPA
said, it will permit reduction in re
tall prices when wholesale costs go
down. In this respect 1 OPA has
formulated a "maximum average
price" order designed to roll back
manufacturers' prices to the 1942
43 average level.
U. S. EMPLOYMENT.
At High
Though total employment Includ
ing government workers and armed
service personnel reached an all
time high of 63,072,000 In 1044, civil
Ian employment alone dropped more
than a million to approximately 82,
000,000,1 the National Industrial Con
ference tioard reported. '
In standing at 11,500,000, armed
service personnel accounted for the
bulk of government employment of
17,600,000, it was reported, wtth the
civilian totalat 6,100,000. v More than
2,000,000 persons werv added to Un
cle Sam's payroll during the year.
Of the total Industrial decline of
826,000 in the civilian working force
during 1044, ' the manufacturing
group lost .759,000. employees; agri
culture, 234,000; forestry and fishing,
13,000;- mining, 60,000; construction,
412,000, and public utilities, 64,009.
Makes Mouth Water
tively 7oung, healthy animal ' that
has, grown rapidly, because rapid
growth' Is economical of feed, and
generally prpduces the -tenderest
meat, lt is said. The meat will have
been ripened for the proper length
of time to allow the natural enzymes
to break down the tougher tissues
and make it more tender and Juicy,
and at the right temperature to pre
vent bacterial r " i.
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DRAFT: ...
Policy Change . ,
More men over 30 faced the draft
following the announcement "of the
government's decision to defer some
145.000 young men under that age
In the steel, coal mining, non-ierrous
mining, synthetic rubber and trans
portation industries to avert serious
manpower shortages in those fields.
Previously, the government
bad ruled that no more than one
third of workers in the 18 to
30 age group could be deferred,
but unless other Industrial
groups succeed in exerting pres
sure for similar treatment of'
their younger men, the , steel,
coal mining, synthetic rubber, :
non-ferrous mining and trans
portation enterprises will : -re- -oeive
almost half of the total of
' approximately 306,000 to be re-.
. classified 2-A or t-B. v
. In declaring '. . . If we don't get
them under 30, we'll have to take
older men ," a selective service
spokesman assumed, that no regis
trants over 30 in the five preferred
Industries would be called but rath
er those in other lqss critically rated
fields would be inducted.
MIDNIGHT CURFEW:
LaGuardia Balks
Said Mayor Albert W. Glynn of
Haverill, Mass.: "The government Is
not going to make fish of New York
and fowl of HaverilL"
His Honor was referring to New
York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardla's
defiance of the government's mid
night closing order of amusement
centers, and War Mobilization Di
rector Byrnes' admission' that the
government could not step in to en
force the curfew because of a lack
of police. .
In defying the government, New
York's LaGuardia, more colorfully
known politically as the "Little
Flower," allowed , the bustling
metropolis' amusement centers to
remain open to 1 a. m., and local
police, upon whom the government
depended for cooperation in enforc
ing the edict, generally allowed the
additional hour of operation. -
. Though Haverill' s Glynn's dander
was up, mayors of many cities such
as Chicago, Philadelphia and Detroit
declared they would observe the
ban. While hinting that the curfew
order would be withdrawn after the
European war, Byrnes called for
present observance of the regulation
issued to conserve' manpower and
fuel, declaring: "We must convince
our fighting forces that the borne
front is prepared to sacrifice for
their support."
FINLAND:
String to Left
With Moscow closely watching the
election to observe the extent to
which Finland might veer to the left
and shy from rightist elements
which supported the German alli
ance, the Communist ' Democratic
People's Union won approximately
50 seats in the 200 member parlia
ment.'' ' ; t . ... . . i
In addition, pro-Russian eie- 1
ments In the normally conger a- .
- tlve Social Democratic party,'
which bulwarked the German al
liance, led the rest of their -or-
ganisatlon In vote-getting, l thus
indicating the possibility ' that '
.they might be able to influence
. their group to combine with the
Communists and control the gov- '
,. ernment. '
Previously the second largest par
ty in Finland, the Agrarian, or farm
er's, organization appeared to have
lost 11 of its former 56 seats, with
most of the setbacks occurring In
the north, where the rural populace
resented the Germans' destruction of
installations on their withdrawal
from the country! v
BLACK MARKET:
Crack Down
' Long criticized for failure to crack
down strongly on the bla'ck market,
OPA agents moved against suspect
ed violators on a broad front In the
Chicago area In what was described
as the biggest operation yet under-'
taken in the i country. -
As OPA moved against packers,
dealers and retailers alike, both fed-:
eral and circuit courts in the Chi
cago district entered a score of con
sent .Judgments and injunctions
against violators. ' - -r . -
Investigating suspected opera
tions. OPA agents found a bus driv
er loading the trunk ot his automo
bile with 628 pounds of meat without
points at a packing plant; discov
ered one packing company collect
ing for a full consignment of meat
but keeping back a certain amount
as an unauthorized delivery charge;
and : uncovered a dealer charging
over-ceiling prices and retailers pay
ing them to obtain supplies.
' .' In one federal court case, three
alleged violators were fined $3,000
each without contesting the govern
ment's charge ot slaughtering over
War Food administration quotas and
diverting the surplus to black mar
kets. , r ; ;
POULTRY IMPROVES
Of the vast poultry population of
the United States, consisting large
ly Of 375,000,000 laying bens, about
20,000,000 breeding birds In flocks
owned- by poultry men participating
in thy national poultry improvement
plan set 'the pace for current and
future egg and poultry meat pro
duction. , . '
Last year these' birds furnished
hatching eggs to 8,080 hatcheries
having a total capacity of about 180
million eggs.
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I SUNDAY
Vnlihi I SCHOOL
-: LESSON
By HAROLD L. LUNDftUIBT, D. D. -Of
The Moody Bible IniUtuU of Chicago.
Beleaeed byTWeetera Newspaper Union.
. Lesson for April 1
Lesson subject and Scriirrure texts se
lected and cooyrUhted by taternaUonal
Council of Religious Education! uo r
permission. .' ' ,
THE AUTHOR AND PERFECTER
; OF OUR FAITH : ,; , ; .
LESSON TEXT Matthew 7:0-:6.
GOLDEN TEXT Let us run with pa
tience the race that Is set before tie.
looking unto Jesus the author and per
fecter of our faith. Hebrews 1S:L S. -
Christianity is a resurrection faith!
How good It is to recall that to this
troubled year of 1945, even as we
share once more the spiritual in
spiration of Easter Sunday.
. Today we recall that the loving
hands of His friends and followers
had given themselves to what they
thought was to be their final act of
votnn ta their Lord. His body
bad been tenderly laid In Joseph's
tomb and the great stone rolled to
place at its door.
. But even as some were kind and
loving, there were others who were
so relentless In their hatred that
they pursued Christ even beyond the
grave. - '"' ,
I. The Hatred of Christ's Enemies
(27:62-66). '
We sometimes wonder at the bit
terness of the enemies of Christian
ity in our day. Had we given more
earnest heed to the Bible story we
should have known' that It was so
from the very beginning.
The wicked men who brought
about the crucifixion of Jesus were
not content to let Him rest In His
grave. They had lusted after His
life and they had taken that but
even as He lay silent in the tomb,
the priests and the' Pharisees came
to Pilate and called Him "that de
ceiver" (v. 63). and demanded a spe
cial guard. ' v - " '
They feared that His disciples
would perpetrate a fraud, and after
stealing the body declare, that Ha
was risen. Wicked and deceitful
hearts can Imagine all sorts of
treachery on the part of others. :
The hatred of unbelievers toward
Christ and toward His followers
knows no stopping place. In civil
ized lands snd among cultured peo
ple lt operates under a cloak of re
spectability, but it Is nonetheless
bitter and relentless in its pursuit of
Him and of His church. x l
.'II. The Victory of Chris (28:1-6).
'Victory and praise should be the
keynote of Christianity. Why should
we be doleful and aadt Our Lord
has come back victorious from the
grave! We may be glad and sing
even in the " midst Of earth's ; sor
rows and distresses. Let praise be
the employ 'Of our lips constantly
ss we worship Him and work for
Him.-' V . V-''
- The picture that greeted the sur
prised; eyes of the two women as
they eame to the grave, as it began
4o4awnn the first day of the week,
-vwas one resplendent-wtth the glory
Mnd wajesty f God. 'The' oarth
quaked as the' lightning flashed. The
angel of the Lord broke through the
supposedly unbreakable seal ' of
Rome and rolled back .the store
which was to have permanently
closed the door to the tomb. ,
This .was 'done, not to' release
Christ for He bad already gone, no
grave could hold Him but that men
might see the empty grave and know
that He was risen. Other religions
keep the graves of their founders.
Christianity ,, points to an empty
tomb. . .
i To the foes of Christ represented
by the keepers, the coming of the
angel and the revelation of the pow
er of God brought absolute discom
fiture. That Is still true. Men will
argue with theology," church meth
ods, even Christian profession, but
when they see the power of God re
vealed, they can only be. "as dead
men." 1 .
To the friends of Christ, the angel
brought comfort and assurance.
Their fears were assuaged by his
word of comfort and then their faith
was revived by the assurance that
Christ was risen. The resurrection
declares that He la the Son of God
with power, the Saviour of the
world. .
HI. The Joy of Christ's Disciples
(28:7-0).
The followers of Christ had their
share of fear and unbelief, but it
was quickly overcome by Joy and
assurance as they knew that their
Lord was risen. , v
The note of great Joy Is highly
appropriate on Easter Sunday, but
Just as proper on every, Sunday
yes, every day of the Christian's
life. He is risen from the. dead!
That settles all questions about His
deity, His power, His salvation. It
meets the problems of our lives with
an unfailing word of confidence and
Joy. , . .... :..'.;. .
Be sure to note that such good
news must not be kept to ourselves.
We should emulate the seal of the
disciples, who "departed quickly" to
make it known to their families and
friends. The story of the victorious
Saviour is still unknown to many
thousands possibly we should say
millions. Let someone depart quick
ly to tell them of Jesus. And don't
forget to ask yourself, "Should that
someone be me?",
Jesus met them on the way with
a greeting of peace. He loves to
fellowship with His people as they go
on His errands! You will find Him
there awaiting your coming.
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public service feature. .
RATION CALENDAR:
FOB WEEK ENDING FEB. Itn.
PROCESSED FOODS: '
Blue X5, Y5, Z5, A2, B2. expire on
March 31st. C2, D2, E2, F2, and
G2, expire April 28. H2, J2, K2, L2,
and M2, expire June 2.
N2, 02, P2..Q2, R2, S2, became
valid March 1st . f -
MEATS A FATSl
Red 5,. R5, S5, expire March 81.
T5, U5, V5, W5, and X5, expire
April 28. Y5, 23, A2, B2, CJ2, D3,
expire June 2.
E2, F2, G2, H2, J2, became valid
March 4 th. ,
SCGABl .
Sugar stamp No. 35 expiree June
2nd. . : -,":
SlIOESt .
Airplane, stamps No. 1, and Mo
4 ana a now valla.
FUEL OTJLi : .
Period 4 and 5 coupons from last
season and 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 cou
pons for current season now valid
at 10 gallons each In North Caro-
GASOIXNEt
A-14 coupons valid through Marsh
21. Rationing rules now require
that each owner write his 1943 11
cense number and state on each
coupon in his possession as soea
as it is Issued by his local
rationing board. . ,
POINT VALUES
No. 2 cans of Spinach, green or
wax Beans, and Asparagus are
10 polnta. -
No. 2 cans Corn and Peas art
30 points. ,
Butter now 24 points. .
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Mental Hazard
Driving a golf ball over a pondOt
quires a type ot skill altogether
different from lifting lt across a like-'
size patch of green grass. I don't
know golf but men who. play well
have made me understand the dif
ference. ' They call lt a mental haz
ard, and life Is full of them. A men
tal hazard seems to be something
that offers a threat but presents
actual hindrance..
. Observation makes ma belle'
that the jnagnttu&t of many world
problems, currently discussed In
print and on the air, creates a men
tal hazard. Utter, bigness causes
people to turn their thoughts away
from facts that concern them vital
ly. ' Postwar planning is a good il
lustration. It Is something that needs
the serious attention of millions of
thinking Americans.
Like Seeing Ghosts
I have heard several Intelligent
people recently talk as If postwar
planning might be something outside
of their world; a Job for some mys
terious committee of mental giants
or supernatural beings. Actually,
only a small part of postwar plan
ning needs to be central planning.
It is a Job for us all and the sooner
we start it the more promptly pros
perity will follow peace.
People ' who .Imagine they see
ghosts are harmed as much by them
as If they really existed. People who
get alarmed at a big undertaking'
and run away from their part of it, j
are in much the same class. Plan
ning ig for everybody with a Job,
every Asm with a business! every
family with a farm. Things are going
to be different soon, and we will
need to be ready. i. i
i ' Millions Unemployed
Spectres of unemployment shaped
.In the, smoke of war are scary
enough to frighten even the wizard
statisticians who know how to tame
wild figures. That street corner es
timate: "20 million without Jobs." la
probably 25 high. America has 40
million people working now at Jobs
they can keep after the war. After,
the war, however, 69 million will
have to work if the nation prospers.'
The difference la 19 minion. ThU
many will come from our armed
forces and from war baby Indus-,
tries; too many to be Idle, Fewer
lob hunters than that made 1833 a
very bad year. - But (not counting' '
the Jobs that will die with the war)
our Industries are using 40 mllllonj
people now and should use 86 mil-,
lion in peacetime. It does not di-'
vide exactly even, but call lt a gain
of one man in four. '
Intelligent Goesslng - '
Men who won the war, men from .
uniform and men from munition i
plants, are returning to peacetime,
pursuits and we must have work to- J4
them. Anybody can plan on a one
man scale. The first step Is for
each of us In his own shop or of- ,
flee to figure out about three things
that might happen to his business
When peace comes. Then line up
these ''could be" postwar changi -.
In 1-2-S ordtr, the most likely one
first --'-
Step No. 2: man what's best to
do in each of the three cs- .
Try to make plans Justify four v
ers where three work now. No' !
can plan for you. Nobody I
your business like you &a.
war ends, every man " ' 1 1
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