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so many
three-piece suit, altoo
may be assembled
In the essence, L-85 simply indicates
that from now on we will all
look siimer, neater and more in keeping'
with a world at war. Nice clean
lines are attractive even in peacetime
and the experts say that the
style pendulum was due for a swing
toward pencil slimness anyway.
Moreover, the designers claim that
nothing stimulates their ingenuity so
much as restriction. Confronted with
the need to reduce fabric in skirts,
they promptly push fashion interest
up to the hipline, and there it settles
triumphantly in the form of a comehither
harem drape.
There will still be fun in buying
and wearing clothes. But exciting
and interest-provoking as the victory
fashions are, underneath runs the
sober theme of war. In spite of all
the shouting, this is not a sartorial
circus but a grimly necessary defense
and offense effort.
In line with that keynote, you will
want to take as good care as possible
of every stitch you buy and every
stitch you now own. If you have always
been the blithe spirit type inclined
to toss your clothes around
casually, now is the time to reform.
Set up a schedule of regular brushing,
inspecting, hanging-up and drycleaning,
and stick to it. If you have
a lot of, clothes with features now
forbidden by L-85, you will want to
preserve them from a fashion as
well as a patriotic motive. Drycleaning,
although it may not sound
aa plamorous as the cut of the
shoulder or the curve of the collar,
is important if you want to preserve
Vaccination Clinic
To Begin Here May 4
The State Health Department, thru
the local Health Department, is to
open ip several vaccination canters
throughout the County. Vaccinations
to cover typhoid, diptheria, smallpox
and whooping cough; these clinics az*
free and are open to both white
and colored persona.
(Continued from d|M MM)
expansion of naval shore facilities by
1800 million. Nary Secretary Knoa
announced the Sperry Corporation
has voluntarily rearranged its production
schedule to effect savings to
the Government of f 100 million. The
Navy said high school graduates between
18 snd 27 may now, qualify to
teoome aviation officers with the
rank of Ensign in the Naval Reserva
or Second Lieutenant in the Marina
Corps Reserve.
Selective Service
Selective Service Headquarters instructed
State Directors to place men
with dependents into two classifications—S-A
for those not engaged in
essential war work, and S-B for those
who are engaged to essential war
work. No men with dependents will
be taken until all available physically
fit men without dependents are taken,
those in the 3-A classification will be
called first. The Amy said persons
with disqualifying physical defects
which can be garrotted will be classified
l-A (suspended) and reclassified
as l-A when the defects are
cleared up.
Civilian Supply
The WPB reduced the number of
sizes and models of storage batteries
from about 75 to IS, and ruled purchasers
must turn to to retailers a
used battery in order to get a new
replacement battery. The Board
also curtailed new telephone installations.
Only persons and organisations
engaged in direct war work axe
certain of obtaining new telephone
service, the Board said.
Manufacture of commercial laundry
equipment was prohibited after
June 1 and of commercial dry cleaning
equipment after July 1. Manufacturers
cannot equip new farm
machinery with rubber tires after
April 30, with certain exceptions.
The Board said a person supplying
materials used in the construction
of a defense housing project may
now extend a preference rating at
any time within three months after
he becomes entitled to apply it.
Transportation
Defense Transportation * Director
Eastman prohibited all special deliveries
of local carriers. He said
present uniform v business hours
should be staggered, school hours
changed, labor shifts rearranged and
group riding instituted to effect
steady use of mass transit facilities
and to eliminate several hours overload.
Alien-Held Patents
President Roosevelt instructed
Alien Property Custodian Crowley to
take over all patents directly or indirectly
controlled by the enemy and
to make them freely available for
United Nations war purposes and national
needs .of the United States.
These patents will not be returned to
the enemy at the end of the war, the
President said.
STATE COLLEGE
ANSWERS TIMELY
FARM QUESTIONS
QUESTION: I haw heard th»t
rotenone dust will be scarce this
year. What information do you have
about this?
ANSWER: The War Production
Board has issued an order prohibiting
the use of rotenone or products
containing' rotenone. (except those already
prepared) for treating cotton,
tobaeoo, cranberries, eggplant, onions,
peppers, sweet corn, and such
crops as encumbers, melons, squash,
and pumpkins. The use ciT rotenone
in household insecticides is also prohibited.
Imports of rotenone from
Malaya and the Netherlands East
Indies have been cut off, and Latin
American sources are not expected
to supply the country in sufficient
quantities to overcome this loss. Substitutes,
such as pyrethrum aqtf jrfcotine
sulphate, are recommended.
QUESTION: Can yon tell me of
an inexpensive way of destroying