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Show ivji!m;ito)i i ommi Food Shipments Will Help Write the Peace in Europe ByBAUKHAGE Ntv Analytt and Commentator, M . t. in-.,,,, .S., WNTJ Service, 1611 Eye Street, N.W Washington, P. C. Since Good Friday, when you beard President and in e-Presl-dent (peeking ob the fame radio program, one Id the White Houie, the other across the Atlantic in Egypt, you bavt read and beard many other appeal to preparation prepara-tion for a drive which win start shortly to get food to five hundred million mil-lion starving men. women and children chil-dren In Europe and Asia. The voluntary effort to cut down food consumption simply hain't worked. It Isn't that the people art unwilling. un-willing. tt that there was no immediate im-mediate way to cut down on our eating which seemed practical. And so a practical means of getting food In cans Is to be tried, and its success will depend on the local vol unteer organization in your community. commu-nity. The' foods needed art milk (condensed, evaporated or dried), meat, flh, peanut butter, baby foods, baked beans, juices, stews, Soups, honey, vegetables. I know that you have beard this before in detail- I hope you will bear It again, with further details, but perhaps you don't realize what 7011 ana uie untiea owiei can f es la return for the food we send out. - and what we may loie it starvation becomes widespread. The whole question Is pointed up te a not-too-prominently displayed dispatch from Moscow to which an official called my attention last week, It was statement made by . corrcsponaeni ot we ooviei paper Izvestla, who bad been touring the American sone in Germany, ' "The food stuff difficulties which ' forced lowering of rations (In the American sone), the correspondent wrote, "are explained, in my view, not so much by the absence of productive pro-ductive districts as by a lack of - .1 -J:tiu...f . . i 1 . IMUC1- BIIU U1SUIUUUUU VI BTIVVU tural product." Then be went on to explain that the big estates bad not been broken up, as they were in the Russian sone. Hunger Vted at Political Weapon This criticism, which I think In vestigation will prove to be exceedingly exceed-ingly biased and unfair, reveals bow food, or the lack of it, la serving and can serve as a weapon to stir up discontent and to bring the west era countries into disrepute and disfavor. dis-favor. ' ' ' , , , Revolution follows hunger just at surely as hunger follows war. - . A matti.1 rtf fan mm nt thit most efficient organizations in the American military sone of Germany is the agency which distributes food. Working closely with it is another highly efficient American agency which the British have used as a model in their zone the health and However, there is a food shortage In Germany, Just as there is in the resi 01 Europe. The effects are the same everywhere, and Germany nerves as an excellent example of . the political effects of a good shortage. short-age. There, the American authorities authori-ties can accurately check on what is going on since the military government gov-ernment is so closely tied in to every ev-ery phase of the dally lives of the 1 people. . Recently a military government "fln,, i ....... 1 ' ouimtu in uermany wrote 10 met "No slogan was ever truer than Tood will win the war and write j the peace.' " We are about to sit down at the peace table with Italy. Russia prob ably will not be present. But the food that Italy does not have may affect the validity of that peace treaty. j. r . A revealing comment on how this works was appended to a report made shortly after the British were forced to drop to a 1.000-calorie : Scale and coal production dropped approximately 20 per cent This was the comment: , "Heavy workers are dropping at their work and food riots have already al-ready taken place. If this ration is not raised soon, there will be no coal; without coal there will be no transportation; without coal and transportation, there will be ho processing of food from indigenous resources. ... "The fact that we now have to go back on our pledged word to the German people will seriously fan-nair fan-nair our nreitlee and the cnnflifom-a of the German people in the pledged word of our officials. This will give to those who oppose our economic system the best weapon they nave over received. As fast as possible. we are losing an the advantages gained by the success of arms. We are losing the peace much faster than at the close of World War I The first great blow has been the food muddle. Others will pile up like snowball, , . . "It appears that wa win have to reduce the already Inadequate ration ra-tion for Berlin. This, of course, will give the Russians a strong talking point against the westers powers when we cannot afford to sustain the 1.550-calorie ration for the normal consumer." And so the path of our friend, the reporter from Izvestla, crosses that of the American official. Clearly we set the different segments of the picture which opponents of western democracy , have sketched in no faint strokes across the troubled world. Yes, indeed, food win write the peacel Polh Show U.S. Ready to Sacrifice 'It is interesting to note that the American people are perfectly will ing to make sacrifices to send food to Europe, Two .surveys were made by the University of Denver National Research center, one of which showed that 68 per cent of those: interviewed indicated . their wish to resume rationing if necessary neces-sary in order. to tend critical tood abroad. Another survey by the same Institution In-stitution showed that mora than a third of the people (33 per cent) believed be-lieved that we? should send food to Germsny as a gift if she could not pay us for it , - I believe' that If a similar poll were taken in regard to feeding Japan, the results would be approximately the same. see Garden Grow On Sky$eraper$ People bavt their roots in the soil even when they live 20 stories above asphalt pavements, I bad that brought forcibly to mind as I leaned over the wall of a wide terrace of a penthouse garden high above Park avenue, New York. As I looked to the right and the left, everywhere I saw fresh green edging other walls, like ' the one against which I was leaning; and below me, I could glimpse neat gardens gar-dens already sprouting cheerfully la the first warm spring sun, There wst a vine spreading over one wall; higher up were tall trees bursting into leaf. Tall, I say the tops were some 300 feet above the pavement, if only some 13 feet above their elevated roots. ' ' .1 saw one old man in a battered straw bat, his trowel laid aside and the evidence of his Industry in a row of little pine trees In neatly painted tubs. He was resting in a garden chair, a little fountain playing play-ing in the wall beside bun, and a neat privet hedge for his skyline. ; Farther away was a real achievementa achieve-menta lawn at least 80 feet square with tulips blossoming along a neat walk that led to nowhere. Rebuild Mexican , , Agriculture ' - .-' Through the building of modern, comfortable homes for rural workers, work-ers, the improvement of farm land, and- Introduction of mechanized farm equipment; general plan (or the rehabilitation of Mexican agri-culture agri-culture baa been initiated. One hundred hun-dred model farms have been- completed com-pleted in the district of Topllejo, with means for working the land in modern and efficient manner. A model school and home tor teachers also bave been built.- v To create in each center of population popu-lation a permanent board which will consider the respective problems of farmers, livestock raisers, business men. Industrialists and artisans, ' To promote undertakings for the manufacture or salt of modern Implements of agriculture. To distribute by credit individually, individual-ly, to towns, or to areas, modern farm tools, necessary technical direction, di-rection, selected seeds and fertilizer. ferti-lizer. . , - To promote and organize private eapltal for the creation of small Institutions In-stitutions that will dedicate them selves to the maintenance of rural credit as the only logical means for agricultural development '- To build schools and homes for teachers in agricultural. Industrial or livestock centers, as welt as regional re-gional hospitals. ., - . ' " BARBS eV. by Vauhhag Anti-long-nose sentiment Interests me personally for the same reason rea-son I bave always sympathized with Cyrano de Bergerac The Tibetans, I am told, consider the Western races ugly, because. Instead of a nice, modest little proboscis in the middle of their faces, they bave what one Tibetan described as "the spoui of a teapot turned upside down." - More wartime slaughtering controls con-trols will be enforced to check the meat black market But black market mar-ket slaughtering Is never controlled. con-trolled. All It takes Is a tree, a rope, a cow and a knife. . - It's true we've had tome inflation infla-tion under OF A. 'But I can't see how you can stop a leak hi the dam by blowing the whole dam up. k- tv- easkw mm . . . .- v V , u fl .- (Sl' Jul 3111)1 iisiim.tm-iarii.i-n.1 1 i'i r n"-i'"" f 1 : . By EDWARD EMERINE WNUrwrurts. MTyinrot enjoy UvlngT We Backed by over 400 years of 'history, 'his-tory, tradition and romance, soft-spoken soft-spoken South Carolina la still glamorous glam-orous and appealing. Consider for a moment that 90 per cent of the Bouta Carolinians la the armed forces, when polled, indicated their intention of returning to their native na-tive state when they got out of uniform! uni-form! Though they bad teen the world, they found nothing to hire them away from the Low country, the Up country, end the Piedmont in between. South Carolina bat bad a glorious glori-ous past But also it hat a future! It endured terrible years of Reconstruction Recon-struction following the War Between the States, and It was not until the turn of the century that order came out of chaos. Then South Carolina was aware of itself again, ready to cope with its problems in the light of progress. ; ; - Each decade bat seen improvement improve-ment and further step toward the fulfillment of its destiny. South Carolina Caro-lina is vibrant with new life, new energies, and a will to progress. Wealth has been Introduced by textile tex-tile and other industries, including 'X JJl':k!v'1'." 1 Old grist miUV Anderson county plastics and chemicals. Soli reclamation, rec-lamation, -reforestation, flood control, con-trol, hydro-electric development those are the projects , ct today. Agriculture has been spurred to new heights by scientific aids. Fields of cotton, corn, tobacco and peanuts still remain but new crops bave been added and more will come. And new industries too, for South Carolina la rich to natural resources, re-sources, many of them as yet undeveloped. un-developed. v ' ' - "Open for business,1 South Carolina Caro-lina advertises, and points to excellent ex-cellent highways,! rail and water transportation, and main routes of airplane travel. Favored by a mild all-year climate, it beckons to those who want a home, pleasure, jobs, business, manufacturing, farming and a good life. More than 80 years before Virginia Vir-ginia was founded and over 90 years before the Puritans reached Massachusetts, Massa-chusetts, a white settlement was founded on what is now Wlnyab bay A RANSOMS -J. WILLIAMS Governor of. South Carolina te la the Low country. It was the Ill-fated Ill-fated Spanish settlement of San Miguel de Gualdape. Other Spaniard came, De Soto and Juan Pardo, to explore the Interior Inte-rior about the Savannah river. Competing Com-peting with the Spaniards were the French, who in 1562 briefly settled a body of Huguenot! at Port Royal None of these ventures endured, however, and It was left to the English to establish permanent settlements. set-tlements. . , Charles I to 1629 granted to Sir Robert Heath "ail America from sea to sea between the 36th and 31st parallels of latitude wider the name of Carolina." Even then the coun-try coun-try remained unexplored until 1663 when Charles II chartered the same territory to eight of his loyal friends. They, became lord proprietors propri-etors of the province of Carolina. Ic March, 1670, the first settlement consisting of 148 persons, was made at Albemarle Point and named Charles Town, the Charleston of to d.y. Cavaliers and Puritans eame from England to swell the population. popula-tion. The fame of Carolina sunshine spread, and the story of its fertile soil wst repeated in many lands. From across the sea and from other American colonies they csme. until there were Cavaliers, Puritans. French Huguenots, Irish. Dutch and Germans. Many Quakers arrived early, and one of them, John Arch-lade, Arch-lade, served as governor of' the province. Later more than a thousand thou-sand suffering Acsdians found a refuge ref-uge and a home. Added to all these were the Negroes, bringing an unsuspected un-suspected gift of rhythm, and furnishing fur-nishing the sinews for the struggle to build" a new land, . . Like an colonists they brought with them old hatreds and differences differ-ences of class and creed. Some came for riches, some for adventure, adven-ture, others sought relief from religious re-ligious persecution. They quarreled often among themselves, but stood together against any common enemy. They repulsed the attacking Indians and they fought off pirates from the : coast In 1718 at Charleston. 49 pirates swung from the gallows In one month, with 22 of them dangling there one day. - They fought for the right of local self-government They overthrew the proprietary government and became be-came a royal province under the klng't charter. They finally revolted against the king himself, and became be-came one of the 13 original American Ameri-can Colonies. They reasserted themselves them-selves again in 1860, and there followed fol-lowed the Civil war. Through all the years, in massacre massa-cre and war, through storm and fire, despite earthquake and pestilence, pesti-lence, the people of South Carolina struggled on. They explored the wilderness wil-derness and located new towns and more plantations. They built roads through forests and swamps, and threw bridges across rivers and streams. They built houses of "tab by" a composition of crushed oys ter shell and of thick hardwood logs. They spread out from the Low country to the Up country. They built tor beauty and utility and discovered the dignity of life. "Charleston is the place where the Ashley and Cooper rivers meet to form the Atlantic ocean," is the traditional geography lesson of a Charleston child a lesson as significant sig-nificant as it Is dejeriptive. Men and women of South Carolina believe be-lieve in themselves, in their state, and to their destiny. They have produced pro-duced leisure, culture and a high responsibility of citizenship. They have drawn character from the land itself, and courage and integrity integ-rity from their labors. More than 250 years of war-torn history have molded and tempered and strength-ened strength-ened a people until they know their metal Gloriously patriotic in World Wars I and H, South Carolina has furnished, fur-nished, fed and trained men for every ev-ery battlefield to the world. Her heroes have followed Old Glory to the farthest ends of the earth, gathering gath-ering Purple Hearts and battle stars and filling lonely graves. South Carolina's motto la Dam Spire, Spero (While I Breathe I Hope); also, Animas Opibnsqne Parati (Prepared in Spirit and Wealth, or Ready with Minds and Resources), and at no time in her history have these phrases been more fitting than they are now. From the mountains to the tea, South Carolina has 31.055 square miles of inviting land! u - 4, , i sksaaiaWSMSBt,WBesw Typical Low County - read, Edisto Island. V t, Table Rock mountain, Greea vuie, witn reservoir In the fore ground. J Telephone Wire Not Used by New System Power tines to Carry Voices in Rural Zones A new telephonic communications era has begun for the nation's farm families. Tests made in Arkansas and Alabama by the telephone, private pri-vate power companies and the REA have proven the feasibility of "talking" "talk-ing" over the same rural power tines SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS -Y ..eBSjsssslSBBBBBiassssssssssesasesss 'Uoullifuf, 'Sea Ibped eate 3, iLsMnwje' t Claude Gregory, president el Craighead REA co-operative, Janesboro, Ark making one of first call ever the carrier cur-ent cur-ent telephone. which provide farmers with electric elec-tric energy. Outwardly, the new and old telephonic tele-phonic equipment looks very much alike. In the new system, however, how-ever, speech is transmitted over power wires by means of. a earrier wave of radio frequency produced by electronic tubes, located either in a small box adjacent to the telephone tele-phone or attached directly to the instrument A device called a "coupler," placed on a pole outside each telephone user's house, allows the carrier current to enter and leave the lines but prevents the power pow-er current from interfering with transmitting and receiving instruments. instru-ments. Equipment to change the high frequency current back to normal voice frequency, is located at a point on the power line where vocal messages mes-sages are channeled over wires to the telephone central office. The new system, experiments on which were started by Bell laboratories and REA in 1938, is' expected to "telephonically link" thousands cf families who now reside along rural power lines but are too tar off the beaten path to be reached by existing exist-ing telephone lines. Approximately three million farms are now electrified elec-trified and scores of others are-being added dally. U. S. Can Produce the Highest Quality Silk A movement was started In the United States about 1830 to produce silk. Proper varieties of silkworms were not available and the industry tailed It has not been determined that California has a more suitable climate cli-mate than Japan for silkworm culture, being able to raise three crops a year, contrasted with Japan's Ja-pan's one, and at the same time produce a better quality silk. In Texas sericulture has become a community project At Mineral Wells, a fund to develop the Texas silk culture was oversubscribed. There are other states in the South, East and West where silk culture can be made to produce satisfactory satisfac-tory returns. Improved Machinery Power Spray , Pi j ! o. " New Myers Power Spray, s Built to be operated by one man, this power sprayer was designed to cut down weight and over-all length. Cypress tank eliminates Corrosion, The sprayer, built by P. E. Myert t Bro. Co, Ashland, Ohio, is of the air-blast principle, Handy push-button control regulates the accuracy tor orchard work. Keep Stock Away From Newly Painted Building Hundreds of valuable cows and other livestock are killed annually by licking the paint from buildings. Cows seemingly have a craving for the lead which is an Ingredient in most paints, according to the American Amer-ican Veterinary Medical association. Herds bave been known to dig down to the bottom of a trash pile to reach a discarded paint can with fatal consequences. After the paint Is dry, little trouble will result J VA 8862 12-20 Pretty Pate Frock FEMININE as can , be Is this pretty date frock for the young in spirit scallops edge the flatter ing neckline and brief sleeves, the simple gored skirt is graceful and flattering. Add a touch of glamour with bunch of flowers or handsome clip. e e Pattern No. 886S comes fit sizes 18, 14, 18, 18 and 20. Size 14 requires 33 yards of 33 or 39-lnCb material. Cloth From Shellfish A species of pinna, a shellfish found in the Mediterranean, secretes se-cretes such a strong silky filament fila-ment that, a century ago in Italy, large quantities of it were woven into cloth. ... Practical Play Set A GAY and practical pl3? for youngsters of 2 to 10 ; ideal for active summer wea dress bas buttoned, t&" shoulders, square neck andl applique that can be nadeh scraps. Panties to match, ft overalls with criss-cross straps" brother or sister. ) Pattern No. 8974 Is for Him 1 1 S. 8, S and 10 years. Size I, dim ! yards ot 35 or 39-inch: overalls, Imparities, Im-parities, H yard; 2',4 yards ricru, dress, 1 yard ric rac for tvoallt Due to an unusually large demand current conditions, slightly more l-'t required in filling orders for i fndi most popular pattern numbers. Send your order to: . I HEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEP1 709 Misiloa St, Sag Frueiiet, C Enclose 25 cents' la coins to k pattern desired. 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