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Show PAGE 6 fFwjS&SS&.YSST DAILY HERALD Food Stamp Program Proposed To Raise Standard 6f Living OUT OUR WAY By WILLIAMS Bjr RUTH GMEINEK United Pres. Staff Correpondent WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 UJD A revolutionary food stamp pro-Cram, pro-Cram, designed to place three square meals a day within reach of the undernourished, is under study by the government, it was learned today. In brief, the plan would assure any city family that it need not spend more than 40 per cent of its income for all the good, wholesome food considered necessary for an adequate diet Described as a "national investment invest-ment in pubUc health," the plan was developed by the agriculture department and would cost upwards up-wards oX $750,000,000 a year to operate. It is still in tentative form, awaiting study by other federal agencies before getting the stamp of an official proposal. The program has two basic purposes: pur-poses: (1) To raise the nutritional nutri-tional level of the national diet, the need for which has been displayed dis-played by the fact that about 43 per cent of all draft rejections are traceable to malnutrition; and (2) to provide a stable and expanding ex-panding market for food products. prod-ucts. The plan is far broader in scope than the food stamp program pro-gram in operation during the bleak depression years or the one contemplated in a bill now before the senate. Here is how it would work: Once or twice a year, the government gov-ernment would determine the cost of a basic nutritional diet In 1942, this amounted to about $170. This amount would be designated as the "food allotment" allot-ment" for one person. Food coupons equal to the family's fam-ily's total food allotment would be sold to subscribers at a price equal to 40 per cent of the family income. The coupons would be used to buy the family groceries at any public store. Stamps could be bought on the installment plan. If the plan were operating in 1942, a family of three with an income of $1,000 would have been entitled to buy food coupons worth $510 at an actual cost of $400. The program is aimed primarily, primar-ily, but not exclusively, at families fami-lies in the low.income group. Unlike Un-like the depression plan, avail-ble avail-ble only to relief families or pensioners, pen-sioners, no one would be barred. With at least two-thirds of the stamps a family could buy whatever what-ever food it chose. The rest however, might be used only for foods on a restricted list. These would include surplus food items and, possibly, food believed necessary to round out nutritional requirements. With an estimated 10,000,000 city subscribers, the program would cost the government about $730,000,000 in a relatively prosperous pros-perous year such as 1942. If extended ex-tended to rural families, it would rise to about $1,000,000,000. In depression years, it would be higher. Government Ms The People To- WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (U.R) From the Office of War Information: Informa-tion: The government needs and asks its citizens in this 168th week of the war to: 1. Give all you can to the 1945 Red cross drive. Voluntary contributions of $200,000,000 are needed to carry out the vast program pro-gram of service to our fighting and wounded, prisoners of war, veterans and civilians in want. 2. Observe the midnight curfew cur-few on places of entertainment that starts tonight This important import-ant measure is designed to save fuel, conserve manpower and ease the strain on transportation. I 3. Hpln solve transit nrohlema: void rush hours: have exact fare ready; move back in the car; use, street cars instead of buses to conserve gas and tires; stagger your work hours; walk whenever possible; keep your auto working. 4. Keep on saving urgently needed waste paper and kitchen fats also tin cans, where they are locally collected. 5. Help our armies keep up their heavy fire power. More than 115 artillery ammunition plants badly need 9,600 men and wo men workers. Every Afternoon rCxeeptlog Saturday! and Sunday Sunday Herald Published Sunday Morning Published by the Herald Corpora tion. SO South First West Street. Prove, Utah. Entered as second class matter at the pos to files in Provo. Utah under the Act of Harch 3, 1879. Subscription terms by carrier tn Utah county. 80 cents the month. $4.80 for six months, tn advance: $0.60. the year in advance: by mail any. where in the United States or its possessions. 80 cents the month: S4.30 fo. six months; $8 60 the year In advance. ARMY DIDN'T FORGET HIM ROCK SPRINGS. Fyo. (U.R) The mother of James Whalen, a Rock Springs youth who is with the armed forces overseas, recently recent-ly received a letter from him saying say-ing that be had been promoted to private first class on one day. The next day, his birthday, he was given a second promotion to sergeant. The equivalent of two extra floors of rentable space was gained gain-ed in crowded Washington, D. C. through the elimination of large air-conditioning ducts in & new hotel and the substitution of a new hotel and the substitution of a new small-pipe system created by Dr. Willis H. Carrier. HOLD EVERYTHING Q Not yet, sailor we vnt to ask vou a few questions ri:st just a formality"' What's On The Air Today TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27 KOVO KDYL KUTA KSL 1240 1320 570 1160 6:00 Frank Singiser iJohn Page Dinner Concert Bf Town 0:15 Curt Massey Newsroom Sports Mirror I 6:30 High Schools 'Date with Judy Allan Young ;Romanc 6:i I j 'Bill Henry 7:00 Gabriel Heatter .Mystery Theater John Brownlee Inner Sanctum 7:15 Real Stories I i 7:10 Forum of Air Fibber and Molly Spotlight Bands We Deliver 7j43 j Story Teller I 8:oo .Bob Hop ;It Murder Service Front S:15 Varieties Neighborhood i 8:30 Sportscast. Musii Raleigh Room 1 Man's Family Ed. C. Hill 8:43 Fulton Lewis Jr. 1 I American Music 9:00 B. 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We Have a $25,000 Stock of Parts The Service Station Will Handle Your Gas, Oil and Lubrication Needs, Every Night Until 10:30 p. m. 191 SOUTH UNIVERSITY See Our Used Car Adv. on Cassif ied Page By HAMLIN The Daily Herald's Classified Ads Section is for Your use and Your Service For only a few. cents a day reap its quick and efficient ef-ficient results. You can buy, sell, rent and trade anything through the Herald's Want Ads. Solve your problems of exchange . . . Put your Ad in today! r - - r 9 -V I, j .i . t J i I. itt - w ' 'T wcjwuas -mor ttwtb NO 1 fAND TlX. HWE 1' A I I vTZT .. yrywiiy uttue J .-wvw. W to I I VOU KNOW Xt-LTXw' COME.MV VI If rtiryvzrz, rr '-'Q .wjwr.BysiNras talk to i k a ladvi love.this i H .Tr'..7Tr" ' ri5 ... 1 oajawn; nj.wueqr i a lADV. I Iw J M 19 NO Pt-ACE I IXEZ5 7 "11 JSS. A 1 l;n ir y qx for us: .g EH m OHGOSH ZELVOU'faE PUGHT..UCH M CONDUCT IS PUBLIC ARE? 1 A REVOLTING I CePLOftABLEl, SIGHT! n U'L ABNER By AL CLAPP A. CHCOV. WIT DE NAME vCfSl ( O DATSKSSICTY WKME, iKJ L MRS. BOPSMRE. SI&NEO tSL TO IT"- I'LL FILL IT IN Tjfo ' FTK SAY '5.000.000 AN' U,, TRY T ' CASH IT AX WS t ( 0 k DANH.' WHAT KIN I LoStTA) Vj, f hi-i"- m rive MILLION ? Tt3- WILL YOU THE- - HAVE IT IN SUIT SKNATURE. LARGE. .YER5ELF. 15 1 OR SMALL A IMIft f I EMLL5. SIR' THE CHECK : THERE'S AN- U&H &eNTLEriAiM--rorsEE. YOU 1 1 DLDI - hOK MNIIMT fiAOWM3-TO HAVE HIM WAIT OUT5IOK 5 y T WERE THET r THO R 1ME UM GEXINULMAN I BANK ?. YES) DONE COME AM" HAVEN'T A yVE IT TO I CENT LEFT SM "NOW WARN T MY ACCOUNT ?-HE ?-HE M49NCST W M A PAUPER?- 't5 RED RYDER By FRED HARMON cSS I YOU CANT GET AvJAT WITH J "i " 1 TTT 1 s , jjij " FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS TlJAT I ITTI e I DBOOP Wiaurr EVFD Crai icai ABOUT (VHN' VOue muFUrtffk' for. vou- If h? even opens W9 I RAP ABOUT II. HES WNNA HtAK. PROM ME avain: jt 7 V 1 1 i V ATTA BOY. HECTOR. IMASNE THAT LITTLE TweRP BLACKMAILIW YOU FOR. TWO BITS TO KEEP HIS TfeAp shut; WgAT DlWCO' By MERRILL BI OSSER half 'tUfK vmX " Mi I l jj V T ecwi. it by at stnvKt. we. t. m sec, u. s. pt. oft? V Z7 9 BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES By EDGAR MARTIN roots. . ' I 1 I Or OOjOVAiW MOtV. WPAre JVSOvOOO A 2-2 viKi' .now kov5 tvri,J M fSy l pop, tfrsra ? 'KVV WASH TUBBS ffOOKW THE "WRt&SLERTMEM 6RACB A6AW&T A PEPTHH ABSE j ATTACK By A JAP DESTROYER, CAMS'OF T.M.T. By ROY CRANE r T FIVE.SJX-.V' THEY'LL WP rin ta run j-mis m LPrrrX. Zm . EN A QLABlE LOCK AN APPCOAOXIM FBB3H1LJkTEKfitR , exPLOSlOM-LKSHT BULBS BURST. AlftUMES SPBW6 HISSIH6 LEAKS Tj ElflHTjf LAST ONE WAS p NINE..J ABiTFARTHEft 1 ; Smmi AWAY.. MAYBE I ff" ''- , v V TWY1BE LEAiflsf f( CAPTAIN EASY about ( VME WORST IS uiJpERfiEA. V OVER. HOW E0 a qT-AOC! THIS CURIOUS WORLD SIDE GLANCES MEASURED THE EARtH'i CIRCUMFERENCE LONG BEFORE THE BIRTH OF CHRIST AND ERRED THOUSAND MttCSt ... AND HIS EQUIPMENT CONSISTED ONLV OP THE SUN, A STICK, A DEEP WELL.. -AND SOME MATHEMATICS. -T I Ks 1 S I I iyi THOVSAAtOMtlS' i I I 5 I ... AND HIS EQUIPMENT ) Z&z I I I I CONSISTED ONLV OP I III 5 x rxsLp SOMATHMAno j """"""COPS- 1M SY tiWKlUtC. m m I BMiSl Ss?i ?Z 0 DON'T ET UNDER VOUS StCJN AS WE ONCE BELIEVED. t. m. sscc. u. a. pat. err. V St WHERE'S -ecMeR ANSWER: At Sylvan Lake, near Rome City, Ind. NKSi?ktofofnd fa i the Philippines 1 P 'II r cowi.iwswirexCTWcc.we. t. m. wi u. s. mt. orr. j "The -mayor? Wonder if he isn't more interested in strutting his stuff in a welcome home program than he is in me P |