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Show lSRn.V W MfltfB. Wm fill! MTV. CTAg fSUtt V UTOHf W Britain Increase i bver 70 Percent ; WASHINGTON UJD raced With a Nazi stranglehold on her tpod Una to-the rest of the world, Great Britain, in 1939 began plow- t wi up sruuwHu, maae oiner ' xlrastlc changes in her agriculture, and today la producing food at a , x&te 70 per cent above prewar. J In peacetime, the emphasis of British agriculture is on production produc-tion of livestock and livestock .tiroducts. But war cut off normally normal-ly large feed grain imports as well sis much of the customary imports im-ports of food stuffs. As a result, the nation was forced to produce tft home as much as possible to compensate for lost imports both for the domestic population and fjar American troops stationed there. The British ministry of agriculture agricul-ture and fisheries reported that frain acreage has gone up 78 per cent, potato production 102 per cent, sugar beets 26 per cent, and Vegetables 68 per cent. - Cattle . numbers are at an all-Omc all-Omc high, but the main increase has come in dairy herds, not beef cattle, since milk became a No. 1 war diet item. Beef and veal Slaughter has dropped nearly 20 per cent since the outbreak of fnr. Hog numbers declined 57 per cent as the result of reduced grain imports and the policy of giving priority to dairy cattle for available avail-able feed supplies. A 24 per cent Reduction in sheep numbers was attributed by the ministry to the plowing up of grazing land. Production Pro-duction of mutton and lamb, fa- Iorite meats on Brish dinner-lbles dinner-lbles before the war, is expected to be 40 per cent under the prewar pre-war level this year. The United States Employment Service placed 30,444 veterans of jVVorld Wars I and II during September. Sep-tember. Included in this total Vere 12,492 disabled veterans Whose skills, aptitudes and experiences ex-periences enable them to perform per-form many types of productive vork. Saipan Jap Holds Driver's License WICHITA, Kan. (U.F9 Pfc Kent B. Mardock. recently returned from action in the Pacific, tells of discovering in a besieged cave on Saipan island a Japanase bearing a San Francisco driver's license, "We were smoking the civilians out of the caves -on Saipan," said Mardock, "and the' Japanese were trying to get their people to commit com-mit hari-kari rather than be taken. "We threw a hand grenade into in-to one of the caves and were waiting for results when someone called in English, 'Wait, 111 bring my wife and child and come ouV' "So, out walked the three, the father, mother and child. The Japanese was dressed in civilian clothes. He said he left San Francisco Fran-cisco just before Pearl Harbor. Then the family went to Guam and finally ended up on Saipan. He had a 1940 driver's license issued in San Francisco." CiTts Jap Ban . tt sat:-- ; 1 . mm . u hip V W-'v (NEA TeUohotoi Maj. Oen. H. C. Pratt, new corn- to return to West Coast. Plane Helps Pastor Spread the Gospel CHAMBERSBURG. Pa. CUJ0 United Brethren Pastor Clyde W. Meadows has created a modern version of the manna-from-heav- en Bible tele he drops from the . mander Cf Western Defense Com heavens to deliver his sermons. mand. nbotoeraDhed in Ran n. Meadows, who advocates speed . cisco as he announced War Depart-in Depart-in spreading the gospel, flew to ! ment decisions to allow nearly 80.000 more than 300 speaking engage-, Japanese and Japanese-Americans ments in Pennsylvania and neighboring states during 1943. He is credited with 350 solo hours, with no accidents despite several 'dead stick" landings. The 43-year-old pastor developed devel-oped an interest in flying as an hobby in 1938 and now, as a member of the five-man Lus-combe Lus-combe Flying Club, is part-owner of a plane. He believes his method of transportation makes for more favorable reception of the gospel message by air-minded youth. "Illustrations from flying hold their attention as nothing else will," he says. SETTLEMENT MADE FOB OVERCHARGE CHICAGO, Dec. 20 (U.R) A check for $534,189 was in the hands of the Chicago regional office of price administration today to-day in settlement of an overcharge over-charge suit against the Reliance Mfg. Co., of Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles. The settlement from the firm, makers of women's clothing and work clothes, was the largest ever handled by the Chicago OPA. 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Tested By Good Housekeeping Newly Revised Edition New Ration Recipes The Good Housekeeping Cook Book War Time Edition with New Material on Economical Receipes For Wartime Meals as Br BOSETTC IIAXGKOVE NEA Staff Correspondent PARIS, Dec 20 There la one organization in Paris which, de spite the almost insurmountable difficulties inherent to four years of enemy occupation, today can declare with Justifiable pride: "We have need of nothing." This Is the world-famous Pasteur Institute. In-stitute. The tale of its struggles against restrictions and shortages, plus the necessity of carrying on its work secretly, in defiance of the Nazis, reads like an epic. -For months before D-Day, according ac-cording to Director Monsieur Trefouel, the Institute, on its own initiative, and without any official help or guidance, decided to place in hiding stores of vac cines and serums in anticipation of epidemics which almost automatically auto-matically follow in the wake of war. This work had to be carried on surreptitiously. The precious phials were placed in "caches" all over the country, but especially along the coasts. Secret Laboratory For four long years not only did the Institute manage to keep going in spite of the Germans' systematic refusal of every application ap-plication and the Impossibility of obtaining from the French au-1 thorities any Increase in the supply sup-ply of raw material, but it succeeded suc-ceeded in exceeding its pre-war, production. The manufacture of 10.3cm phials for mass anti-diphtheria and anti-tetanus inoculation increased in-creased from 12,600 in 1933 to 1,339,000 in 1942. Diphtheria toxin tox-in production jumped from 4180 quarts in 1932 to 28,000 in 1944. This increase, incidentally, was maintained for nearly all other serums and vaccines. This alone, declared the director, bordered on the miraculous. The Pasteur Institute's determination deter-mination to step up its peacetime production was motivated by the steady rise in demand. As the war dragged on the number of sick people steadily rose, mainly owing to undernourishment. Compulsory vaccinations and the occasional panics which led people peo-ple to hoard medical supplies did the rest From time to time there was considerable difficulty In meeting requirements of the public. When the Germans decided they wanted to Uke over the production pro-duction of anti-typhus vaccine in 1942 the Institute secretly installed install-ed a laboratory deep in the heart of France at La Roche-Beaulieu. near Perlgneux, on an estate belonging be-longing to the French labor party. When communications were disrupted, dis-rupted, due mainly to allied bombings, diphtheria anti-toxins were 'manufactured at Marseilles and Bordeaux as well as Paris. Again, .the problem of securing animals was a serious one. Horses U S. Mortars Hold Edge Over Japs PULASKI. Va. (U.R) The Yanks are dealing bitter medicine to' the Japanese these days in the form of mortar shells propelled by cellophane-wrapped "pills" of powder. The "pills" are packaged In much the same way as medicine using similar machinery, according accord-ing to officials of the Hercules Powder Co. plant here. Use of the pills gives our troops ; a decided edge over the Japanese, as powder so treated withstands moisture and gives uniform performance. per-formance. The idea for the plant, the only one of its kind in the country and operated, mostly by women, on a 24-hour basis, turning out half-a - million packages daily, was the result of intensive research re-search after numerous failures of mortal propellant in the Pacific. Moisture caused shells to fire inaccurately in-accurately or sometimes not at all, and steps had to be taken to remedy rem-edy the condition. The "pill" factory was established estab-lished here because of the proximity prox-imity of the Radford, Va., Ordnance Ord-nance works, where huge quantities quant-ities of trench mortar powder are processed. Yule Topper ilf '.--v: .-..... ? : ', A X-:-. rt": .. f J kit j' y - -! - ' - v ... Activities In this Paatenr Institate laboratory had to be kept hidden from the Nasls French scientists worked under extreme handicaps to produce life-saving serums and anti-toxins. ,' - ' y r - v v , i Li . ' v t: f I If H jr v.- , "" I III i n mi" f sr r A 1 1 U J I u Complianco to Do Urged With Jap Return to Coast By UNITED PRESS As state, church, civic and American Legion officials continued con-tinued to urge compliance with the army's decision to return loyal Japanese to the Pacific coast, Walter F. Dexter, California Califor-nia superintendent of public Instruction, In-struction, today called a meeting of school superintendents to prevent pre-vent "schoolyard friction" when Japanese children re-enter the schools. Dexter said the meeting would be held the first week of January in Sacramento. It will be attended attend-ed by superintendents of districts in which large numbers of children chil-dren of Japanese ancestry attended attend-ed classes before being moved to relocation centers. Gov. Earl Warren also announced an-nounced that a similar meeting of peace officers would be held. provided an Important supply of serum. When horses became scarce and hard to find, they were bought on the Black Market for 40,000 francs ($800) a head. Before Be-fore the war, the Army was the main provider and a horse then cost 600 francs ($12). In normal times a horse could be reckoned on for six to seven quarts of blood every 10 days. During the occupation. occu-pation. In order to keep them in good condition, they had to be given a double ration of hay and oats. The 1 3 also had to be bought on the Black Market. Saved Many Lives Chiselling, fooling the Germans, Ger-mans, dealing in the Black Market Mar-ket all this had to be done in order to secure and care for the chickens, rabbits, pigs, sheep, birds, oxen, snakes, mice and WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (UPS-Director (UPS-Director Dlllson S. Myer of the war relocation authority expressed express-ed belief today that the WRA program would not be affected 1000 rnhhifs Th ctahle harJ tn ho.d no less th, m h 'ZSsSTJtSSi case the water supply ran short ; ancestry be freed from intern-an intern-an old disused well in the court-1 ment centers, yard was restored. Old machinery Myer said that the court's de-for de-for producing power and current cision had. in effect, been com- i was reDaired for use on davs'nK&H with n nHiranoa n Sunrfav ircwcu wi uic pry- wnen me electricity supply was when the war department re duction of the 14 serums and their 39 varieties as well as the seven single, double and triple vaccines made by the Pasteur Institute. No subsidy was asked for and the price of the serums was never increased. To. keep up their supply the Institute used every month 8000 mice and guinea pigs each, plus its most humble helpers. curtailed or completely cut down, voked the west coast exclusion It Is no wonder that today the ban to permit loyal Japanese-Pasteur Japanese-Pasteur Institute stands high in Americans to return to their the estimation of all French peo- j homes there. pie. It held out through the mostj The WRA, however, will con-difficult con-difficult times and saved thou- tinue to keep custody of disloyal sands of lives, thanks to the high' Japanese- Americans, but this sense of devotion and patriotism phase of the program is in no of each of its members down to j way in conflict with the high court's ruling, Myer said. r4 IS "i A cheery holiday topper, fashioned fash-ioned from authentic Christ, mas trimmings tinsel, holly, snowy cotton, a bell and tipped with a de-lighted Santa candle, is worn by Cheer Brent-son, Brent-son, Chicago radio performer.. Announcement Dr. C. 0. JENSEN Will Re in His Office Again On and After January 2, 1945 Appointments May Be Had by CALLING 800-J SHIRTS and TIES Are A XMAS MUSTS His Christmas morninfir is not complete until he unwraps his New Shirts and Ties. Lustrous, washable rayons in dazzling; plain colors, manish stripes, dashing holiday figures, and a full stock of crisp sparkling white broadcloths with the famous Van Heusen collar. Featuring MANHATTAN & VAN HEUSEN SHIRTS $2.25 to $3.50 MANHATTAN & BOTANY- TIES 1.00 10 2.50 HOSIERY Everyman's choice by Phoenix 55c to $1.00 LEISURE JACKETS Two-tone wool jacket, solid solor, back and sleeves, with checked front. Q Value at 07J COLORFUL TIES Gay new ties in bright or soft conservative shades ... a va riety of patterns 1.00 GABARDINE BLUB NAVY MAROON BROWN WESTERN SHIRTS $6.95 3 BUTTON CUFF SLOTTED COLLARS 2 FLAP POCKET PLEATED BACKS TAYLOR BROS SINCE 1866 |