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Show BEAVER PRESS Six Million Farmers Pledge In Nationwide Campaign for More Food MiftWRQUHD Go-operati- Committee Is Elected To Study Various Production Plans. WALTER VVINCHELL a tout ol duty outside Continental V S. During hit absence, contributors will substitute. . -- Eyes of the nation are on the American farmer this Some Items Which- - WE SHOULD KNOW month. ABOUT THE JAPS By W James R. Young ho Was 13 Years in Tokyo for INS. MAILING SOOXG FOUNDATION, honoring the First Lady erf China, established by her many friends in this country, has been given further Impetus by Wellesley College alumnae on her arrival here 25 years after her graduation. TWO JAPS, former students in the United States, are reported handling the 12,000 man Jap invasion army units in Northern Japan. These men would specialize in a follow up, after combat troops, in commandeering radio stations, telephone switchboards, gasoline stations, highways, railways, bus lines and power houses. One is Lieut. Henry a former San Francisco resident, and as of Dec. 7, 1941, in cultural charge of Japan's society of Rockefeller Center. The other, Capt Frank Matsumoto, was athletic director of Waseda University in Tokyo who entertained visiting American college and .professional athletic teams. A BICYCLE, the chief means of transportation in Shanghai, now costs $10,000 in Chinese currency. The Japs, Harbor, were the world's largest bike manufacturers, making them from processed American scrap at $3 apiece and selling them on a one year installment plan to the natives of Siam and Malaya. In the drive on Singapore, Bangkok and Rangoon, the Japs seized the bicycles and literally peddled their way through the peninsula. Tokyo has an estimated 2,200,000 bicycles. Few have coaster brakes, which are the costliest part. The ingenious Jap manufacturers decided to leave off the expensive part ff you want to stop, fall off. pre-Pea- rl Indo-Chin- on a, THIS WINTER Shanghai will witness hundreds of deaths from freezing and insufficient food. The European refugee colony, numbering several thousands, will suffer, too. The Japs, last Winter, seized all wheat and rice, and sealed Red Cross supplies not one ounce or a single bottle of medicine was permitted in use. The Japs prefer to have thousands die in Shanghai's below zero weather than survive and require to be fed. CHILEANS are being told by the Jap ambassador down there that if their country breaks with the Axis, Japan will bomb the long shore line. Japan for years was one of Chile's great nitrate buyers. In return the Chileans obtained Jap cotton piece goods, pottery, rayon, uniforms and military equipment. Boatloads of Chilean nitrate, sold by a British controlled company, went to Japan in return for munitions and agriculture. Now we must use nitrate on the Japs in the Pacific. Just as our oil and gasoline have taken the Japs to the Solomons and the Aleutians. Or, as Dr. Lin Yutang explains the paradox, we sold the Japs the Ninth Avenue Elevated so they could make bullets. Now we have torn down the Second Avenue Elevated to make bullets to fire back at the Ninth Avenue train. nOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS committee should include besides Clare Boothe Luce, a famous medical missionary from China, Dr. Walter H. Judd, elected from Minneapolis. He was one of many warning us years ahead of Japan's method of attacks. Possibly the Luce-Jud- d combination might shake down some of the mentally stagnated members of the State Department And here's a tip: These Chinese are indignant that we have not cleaned house in the Far Eastern division of Mr. Hull's department, a year after We'd better clean war started. those career barnacles from the ship of state, if we expect future cooperation from the Chinese. What's he doing to merit all this attention? Why nothing at all, except making plans for an even better production job in '43 than he did last year and '42 broke records right and left! Farm Mobilization day in set in motion a plan for getting the most from every acre. Demands on the farmer and his land will be heavier than ever, but shortages of labor and materials will be tighter. That means that many farms will have to produce still more to meet the goals. mid-mon- I'fi If r KTyyF-rr- .v ago which was suppressed because it revealed Jap plots and intrigue in illegal immigration work. fry K th coast-to-coa- When the nation-wid- e sign-u- p of men, land and livestock already der way is completed, Uncle Sam will know what he can expect from his "food and fiber army" on 6,000,-00- 0 farms. Farm Mobilization day began the greatest campaign for food production in the long and meritorious history of United States agriculture. Farmers assembled in groups all over the nation on that day for special meetings at which the national and local production situation was discussed. Production goals for each locality were studied, and the farmer's part in meeting goals for his own land was shown in its relation to the entire war contribution of agriculture. Keynote of the farm mobilization program was set in a national program on January 12. Government officials and high ranking officers of the armed services were among the speakers. A Minnesota farm woman whose son is fighting in Algiers told what she is doing to meet food production goals, and a county war board chairman from Illinois represented the farming man. Explanation of the importance of the farmer's goals to the strength of Americans at home, and the freedom of all the United Nations, is expected to bring a clearer appreciation of his problems among organizations and the people at large. Many groups will pledge and support the farmer's efforts to meet these problems. Immediately following the Farm Mobilization day meetcommitteemen ings, farmer elected by farmers themselves began visiting each farm to help the operator work out his individual production plan. At the same time, a survey of his labor, machinery and other needs is being made. Each plan, when completed, will represent that farm's share in national production gaals. Agriculture's "1943 Farm Plan" sets up on a single sheet the crop acreages for 1942 and the new 1943 goal for each farm on war crops un- Clarence Wink (right), whose farm is in Potter county, near Amarillo, Texas, signing up for planned production. Aiding him is John Cotten, AAA county committeeman. such as soybeans, peanuts, tomatoes, peas and potatoes, and acreages on other crops such as feed crops for grain. The farmer's "intentions" for livestock, poultry and hogs for slaughter are indicated, and the same single sheet contains allotment information regarding crops (tobacco, cotton, wheat, rice, peanuts and corn) necessary to enable the Agricultural Adjustment agency to determine eligibility of farmers in all regions of the coun- try. Copies of these "Farm Plan" outlines are kept in the office of the county committeeman, and refer- - When springtime rolls around such scenes as these will be multiplied a thousand times. American farmers by then will be on their way toward a successful completion of their designated Job. ence will be made to them by the department of agriculture war boards in determining the individual farmer's labor, transportation, gasoline, machinery and other production requirements, and the greatest possible local assistance that can be given to him. January and February are the months when the production pattern for the year is developed in its entirety, and to a large extent the planning and organization taking place at this time will forecast whether or not national goals will be met in '43. The most critical food production year in history requires careful planning if there is to be enough for everyone. Farmers will have to continue the managed program they approved and followed last year, with harder work and longer hours ahead. Civilian consumers ' will have to follow a program of their own, so that fathers and brothers and daughters in the armed forces of all the United Nations may be assured the food and clothing they need while they battlefronts. are serving on g United States military needs in '43, plus cargoes for food ships crossing the seven seas to aid fighting Allies, are expected to take one-ha- lf again as much as was demanded in '42. About of the anticipated total food production must be earmarked for this use. One-hal- f of all canned vegetables d of the billions of eggs and gathered during the year will go off to war. Over 25 per cent of total meat production will join the ranks, together with the products from other millions of acres. It is easily apparent that farm us. production goals and how well they Meat, and plenty of It, is the na- are met will play a vital part in tion's farmers' job this year so that the progress of the war. This should give Mr. and Mrs. the armed forces, war workers, and e Allies can continue the U. S. Citizen on the home front a keen interest in what the farmer struggle against the Axis. v'' Kh il B b XV J' WJ Vf HI far-flun- one-four- th lend-leas- SIR GEORGE SANSOM, one of the few British officials really famil-ia- r with Japan, has been appointed Ten acres of trees planted a quareconomic expert on Far Eastern affairs to the British Embassy In ter of a century or so ago to proWashington. His counterpart in the tect his farmhouse from the winds American Embassy in Tokyo was have also yielded a good crop of Frank Starr Williams. Both Sir posts and fuclwood, according to George and Frank Williams were Chris Jacobson. farmer near Mont. outstanding authorities on Japan's Further, Jacobson said, the grove plans for war but few wanted to listen to them, especially the cotton Is still in fine sh;ipc and he "could people who were selling the Japs on cut 1.000 posts right now without credit and wanted Williams to help noticing the effect of their removal." collect their bills! Jacobson's original planting was f Norway poplar and willows, fast Do Vo t Suffer from Rheumatic Pains Do your tortured muscles fee like they were being torn apart! HEINZ TABLETS have proved beneficial in thousands of cases. $1.08 by mail. HEINZ DRUG State St. and 21st South Salt Lake City, Utah OFFICE EQUIPMENT NEW AND USED desks and chain, fiw addinir inch's, safes, typewriters,' EX35 - S. L. DES Broadway. S. L. Q USED INSTRUMENTS CASH NOW for used band instrumi nta, it. cordions and pianos. Write today for estU mate. SUMMERHAYS MUSIC COMPANY 17 West First South. Salt Lake City, Utii all-ste- el st one-thir- RAY KINNEY, the coast to coast Hawaiian bandman who recently played to a $22,000 house in Chicago, knows Hawaiian legislative work. He worked as a page boy in the Territorial halls. His brother is an outstanding authority on Japs in Hawaii and published a book 20 years r if Washington, D. C. REVISE WARSHIP PLANS Due in part to the fact that the U. S. navy had not had opportunity to profit from the experience of engaging in any major naval battles between 1812 and 1942, some of our biggest and fastest ships now under construction are being revised. The main factor being changed in the blueprints is extra precaution against 'fire. This is the lesson learned from the aircraft carriers Wasp and Lexington, and the cruiser Boise, all swept by fire after the direct damage of battle. Since then the bureau of ships has made a study of fire hazards, vessel finding that even an can be swept by fire when tremendous heat is engendered, as from exploding shells and burning oil and gasoline. New plans call for elimination of linoleum flooring, substitution of spun glass for cork in insulation, decrease in paint, and elimination of Interior woodwork. Also, there will be larger fire hose and better fire fighting equipment generally. Navy hopes to put an end to the grief of losing ships by fire after they have survived the battle. Note: In the War of 1812, fire was a real hazard to wooden ships. But in the Civil war the only real engagement was between the Monitor and Merrimac which were not much bigger than modern escort vessels. In the Spanish-America- n war, there were no real naval battles and only one life was lost at Santiago, when an American sailor fell down a hatch on the Texas. In the World war, the U. S. navy got in too late to participate in any naval activities other than convoy work. RHEUMATIC TABLETS Farm Slieltcrbelt Y iclds Bir Dividends expects to do in 1943 and how he is going about the business of achieving his expectation. Greater emphasis in the new production goals is on farming for war needs. It's going to be a tough year for the farmer, this 1943, because increased labor and machinery shortages will demand more of each remaining farm worker as well as a pooling of equipment for the widest possible utilization of available mechanical aids. The remarkable 1942 production record of America's farmers took careful planning and Most of all it took a lot of hard work on the part of these soldiers of the land. Mobilization of all his forces is the farmer's answer to the new challenges he must meet before his 1943 goals can be realized. He won't be trying to do the impossible, because he doesn't recognize the existence of such a word as applied to agriculture in wartime. Food is needed and the farmer will produce it. That's all there is to it, so far as he is concerned. If he gets a little recognition and appreciation it will make his work seem easier, but He's producing Food for Victory. That's honor enough for him. Nation's Farms Provide Needed War Materials New Emphasis Placed on Crop Conversion. Much deserved publicity has been given to the converting of industries such as automobile manufacture to war production. Vivid pictures have been drawn of the "change-over- " of d airmachinery to new craft work, for example, and of the rapidity with which these changes have been made. Farmers have been making just as abrupt and often considerably more sweeping conversions to assure their best possible contribution to the war effort Farm products have been utilized by industry all along, but new emphasis has been placed on this aspect of agriculture since it became necessary to replace imports with things produced at home, and increase production of crops already in use. When the farmer starts raising hemp he is entering a new type ol production that requires careful study and intelligent application ol efficient methods. He's growing halyards and hawsers for the navy, and it's up to him to replace the millions of feet of lines that once came thousands of miles from the Philippines. Drug plants, such as belladonna and henbane, and the trees from the bark of which comes quinine, are being raised in increasing quantities to take the place of former imports that are vital to the lives of soldiers and civilians alike. War activities used to refer mainly to muskets, bayonets and cannon. Not so today. Now in the front line is placed farming. Fod is not only a weapon in itself, but the farmers' fields are also providing needed materials of war. high-spee- Cotton Production Up trees. Aside growing but short-live- d from protecting the farm home, he said, they yielded 75 cords of fuclTexas was one of several states wood and 1.200 posts during the 22 which produced more cotton in 1942 years from the time of planting to than in the preceding year to make the removal of the last of the origiup the department of agriculture's nal trees. December 1 estimate of a total crop When he cut a tree, Jacobson conin the belt of a little less than tinued, he planted a new one in its 13.000.000 bales. e place. The replacements were a According to the A. and M. mixture of the faster growing species Extension service, Texas farmand slower growing, longer lived ers increased their acreage by 0 over the 8,118.000 acres of '41. species. Col-leg- 403,-00- FDR'S SURPRISE One thing that didn't get out about the "surprise" party at the White House for Speaker Sam Rayburn, on Sam's 61st birthday, was a little frill added by the President. Rayburn was called to the White House with other congressional leaders ostensibly to discuss the legislative program for the new session. But when the group arrived, all but Rayburn were ushered into the private office of Economic Stabilizer Jimmy Byrnes. The speaker was told that the President wished to see him alone for a few minutes. The two men discussed legislative problems for a few minutes. Meantime, the President was keeping a sharp eye on the clock. Suddenly he broke out: "Sam, the reason I asked you to come in here alone was to discuss a personal matter that has been worrying me." Rayburn eyed him curiously, said nothing. "It's about you, Sam," continued the President without batting an eyelash. "We're old friends and I feel I can talk to you frankly. I've got reports from Capitol Hill that the Democrats are dissatisfied with your leadership. They think you're getting too old to be speaker." At that precise moment, Democratic Congressmen Cliff Woodrum of Virginia, Bob Ramspeck of Georgia, Republican Leader Joe Martin of Massachusetts, Rep. Jim Wads-wort- h of Nw York and other house members burst into the President's office, led by Jimmy Byrnes. Together they began singing "Happy Birthday to You" at the top of their voices. "That was perfect timing, fellows," beamed the President. He had planned it all very carefully himself. JOE MARTIN VS. SAM RAYBURN Privately Republican Reader Joe Martin never had any intention of letting the Republicans organize congress and elect him as speaker. Until 1944, this responsibility is the last thing he wants. However, the canny Republican leader took keen delight in keeping the opposition guessing and carried on his little joke until the very last. When bs marched into Speaker Rayburn'g office with the committee that was to escort Rayburn to the floor, following his Martin was grinning from ear to ear. "Sam," he said, "I've got some bad news for you. I hope you can hold up under the shock. You've been speaker." MERRY-GO-ROUN- USED CARS TRAILERS USED CARS TRAILER COACHES Liberal Credit Terms JESSE M. CHASE Sell Trade Buy STORES IN OGDEN. PROVO. SALT LAKE CITT, POCATELLO. BOISE. BLACKFOOT WANTED BARBERS ARE IN DEMAND. 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