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Show LEin FREE PRESS, LEHL UTAH Civilian Front NATIONAL AFFAIRS Prepared for Reviewed by Absolute Defeat of - a" NEWS M - : '""7- W n ' l- w - V" J - o i; By CLIFF LANCE Feature!. A Nations are turning out ships, the cold fact remains that for every ton of new shipping put into the water considerably more than two tons of old shipping are destroyed by submarines. At a recent conference in Washington an air enthusiast wanted to know why we could not transport men and supplies to Europe by air. The answer is that every bomber which is flown over now is loaded to ea- parity, with passeng ert,f-maiand such cargo as can be taken. But that is only a drop in the bucket, though it looms large in figures. It takes hundreds of big bombers to carry as much cargo as one medium-size- d freighter. So our experts, and the British, on this problem working of how to supply a second front, as well as how to increase the flow of supplies to Russia, are not figuring on doing it by planes. Planes will continue to be flown chiefly where they are needed for war purposes. What they carry will always be incidental. Expediting Ship Movements Everything possible has been dona in the way of expediting ship movei ' ments. Wooden ships which will use old" fashioned sail power are being built, particularly in South America. Men are being trained to man the new ships. But still the goods pile up, waiting for shipment. Shipping is still the bottleneck. Actually the goods are moving in extraordinary vol, ume. Many heartening reports at- ; l with-the- -- test that Now the shipbuilding figures are definitely known. The figures are not officially made pub--li-e. At the same time it is admitship-sinki- ted that the sinkings exceed the launchings by the prodigious 'ratio stated.-".'.v. From this combination of facts observers here believe positively that some new method or weapon has been worked out on which the officials are counting to overcome the submarine menace, , - . , , . The Expressed Attitude Toward, The Nazis, Japs and Facists : The war news continues to be mixed a welcome change because there was a mighty long time when nearly all of it was bad. But there is one thought which needs only to be suggested to be encouraging. This is a thought, incidentally, which comes from diplomats here, highly astute gentlemen whose needs seldom run away with their hearts. The suggestion which this writer heard in a group of diplomats the . , other day is this: f ; "What do yoa imagine ths Germans, the Japanese and the Italians are thinking about, as they face the future?" ; Naturally, a German, or a Jap, or an Italian might retort: "What do you imagine the Americans, and the British and the Chinese are thinking about as THEY face the future?" Well, we cannot speak for the but it is pretty well known what the Americans are thinking when they assume a prophetic role. There is not a doubt anywhere in this land, that sooner or later we are going to win this war. On the contrary President Roosevelt has found it necessary to caution against too much op-- timism. One can find many differences of opinion as to what should be done to avoid a repetition of the World war, but no difference at all as to the conditions which must exist when fighting stops. Those conditions are that Germany, Japan and Italy must be thoroughly beaten. There are a few, perhaps, who think it will not be necessary to make the beating of Italy so very thorough, but there is no division of opinion about Germany and Japan. The Nipponese, most Americans seem to think, must be forced to disgorge not only their conquests in this war, but those of previous wars and aggrandisements. What do we imagine the Germans and Japs are thinking? (We needn't worry about the Italians. We KNOW they wish the war was over, and know in their hearts that a defeat for Germany probably would be better for them than a victory for their present masters.) But most of the Germans know a great deal more than the Nazi radio tells them. Even more bitterly, they know something about their own casualty lists net as to the actual figures, save a very few of them, but they do know that the totals must be terrific because they know so many persons whose husbands, brothers, sons and fathers have been killed. ? ; ; oth-er- st " Those changes, on a nationwide scale, are going to affect 132 million Americans. They Indicates one of the reasons why the American people are This will reach into every home in going to picture have less wool in their clothing. Above you see great bolts the United States and influence of woolen cloth being checked before being made into uniforms for Uncle Sam's fighting men. the lives and habits of all. for Office the to without According and adequately clothed this coming name that you are doing diof Emergency Management's winter. They will be even though many formerly ordinary things next will become You the former of civilian living. the to everyday, be vision supply, there isn't going conscious of the fact that you aren't few months will see the effects "dressiness" on their attire. or ' accelerate, changes are already noticeable. For many months specialists in the Division of Civilian Supply, working in conjunction with other federal departments, have been of gauging and charting the needs this nation's civilian population. Once these needs have been plotted, they will then be fitted in with the nation's war economy. Civilians Must Sacrifice, Too. . In other words, it all means this: If it is found necessary to use certain food products for armed forces, or certain pieces of equipment for certain material defense plants,-o- r for defense plant workers, then the ordinary civilians of this nation are going to do without to fill that need. Lack of cargo space for imports also means that many former products purchased abroad for home consumption are not going to be available for Americans. - Officials in Washington com- mented on the fact that there have been many rumors about rationing of clothing. Joseph L. Weiner, deputy director of the division of Civilian . supply, had this to say about it: "It appears now that the rationing of clothing can be avoided this year." That doesn't mean though there will be no. changes made. Beside the present style modifications (cuffless trousers, for instance) other garments will not be as "glamorous" as they have been. Frills on cloth ing are out. The American people are going to dress for war, even though they are on the home front fighting. The military demand for wool is additional going to bring about minor style changes. ' To conserve on wool, cloth .manufacturers are going to have to blend their allot ted supply of that material with oth er materials. Americans are going to wear more cotton. Another problem in the clothing field that is pending is leather. As federal rationing officials put it concerning any possible leather short age, "There is nothing in the leather picture to get excited about now." But the problem is still there. There are still plenty of shoes in the stores for civilians, but the de mands of the armed forces for shoes increase very rapidly. . All in all, Americans working hard on the home front needn't think that they won't be warmly difficulties, too, Transportation are going to bring about decided changes in the American way of living during the war. Everyone knows there is a shortage of gasoline. But they should also know there is a growing shortage of fuel oil. This means a change in the usual "visiting" habits of not only Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jones, but of Little Johnny, Sister Helen, Grandma and Grandpa, and the rest of the family , and their relatives. . More Staying at Home. For instance: With a shortage of gasoline, in fact, a rationing of that fuel, there is going to be more of the "stay at home" attitude. Sister Helen's fellow. isn't going to be able to take her out riding. Little Johnny isn't going to be allowed to. have the car to drive to the next town to bowl or go sightseeing. Mom and Pop aren't going to get in the car and drive 40 or 50 miles to the next town to purchase supplies, or go to a show, or visit friends. ... They are going to do all their purchasing at home, go to shows in their home-towand visit their friends in town more often than before. Grandma and Grandpa are" going to have to forego their usual Sunday ride or customary visit to old friends over in another section of the county. All in all, the American family is going to be thrown back on their own more than ever. It won't take long, though, before they fully realize that the idea 6f "stay at home" is as enjoyable and beneficial as the "buy at home" plan. Main Street 'Dim Out. It is highly probable, that when more and more electric power is needed, the lights on Main streets-thous'. n, . , standing in breadlines for food, listening to round after round of propaganda radio programs, or staying indoors after the curfew sounds. Those things are true in a nation. A change in the housing habits of the American people will be notice-abl- e ;only in those areas where critical victory projects are under way. Unlike enforced labor in Europe, American workers are moving voluntarily to those cities where projects are being worked day and night, employing thousands upon thousands of people. many towns have Consequently, Hitler-dominat- dictator-dominat- America's - women too.- - - ed J. Fuller ed have been - Administrator of the Office of Defense, Health and welfare Services, Paul V. McNutt, and. staff, are calling upon the women of America to see to it that the workers and children of this nation get the. most wholesome food, prepared appetizingly. Now watch the Nation's Army of Cooks lead their army to vitality, health, and happiness. Here are some of their army rules of cooking warfare: Well balanced meals. Tasty meals. Meals with pfenty of energy-givin- g p, I high-power- ed extra-sho- rt itEconomical and thoughtful substitution for those foodstuffs not obtainable. found a continually growing housing shortage. Even trailer-cam- p towns, laid out on the edge of the towns themselves, are being filled to capacity. Rather than resort to the plan enforced in of Main streets throughwhere compulsory billetout the United States will be England, war workers has been resortof ing dimmed. Many towns will be hav- ed to, TJ. S. officials are appealing to ing "dimouts" instead of the black- those who own homes in industrial outs which cities and towns along zones to let out their spare rooms the East and West coast are ex- to workers. Many former "private" periencing. homes are now being rented to "Out ' , You might think that your tomorsiders." rows promise to be dull, what with ' Then, too, most war workers rationing of many articles, unavail- many of whom have, left their wives ability of others, staying at home, and children at home are not in a and curtailed railroad and bus travto buy a home, either be el. You might think so for a short position cause their incomes are not suftime. But then, when you fully ficient, or because they may have realize what you can do, and what to be moved at time. any you are doing for the coming vicofficials are disfederal a result As of as drab tory, it won't be thought financed home privately couraging and dull. You will realize it is in freedom's construction and are seeking prior ity assistance on those projects that will be made available for rental to workers. Forego Home Building. , Many prospective home owners will have to forego building their own homes this year, or buying one Uncle Sam J I I already constructed. 1KU IS wants his defense area workers housed properly so that they can continue producing the necessary arms and armament. More noticeable than in the above mentioned instances are the changes in the eating habits of America's consumers. More rationing in various foodstuffs other than sugar seem highly probable. Increased rationing doesn't mean, however, that this country, will lack a sufV ji ficient supply of staples, or that the American diet will lack its necessary and vital elements. The eating habits of the cation will have to change. Look for many of our imported foodstuffs to be come more and more scarce, and probably rationed. Many of the food food. staples produced or grown within These must of men eat eat nourishing good, plenty Fighting new army recruits are getting their first view of what food they'll get the country will become scarce too, freedom. If civilian America finds that Much of the food is going to the while working for world-wid- e certain of their favorite food isn't to be had, it is being dished out in- U. 3. armed forces here in the stead, such as here, to American and United Front Allied troops through- United States, and wherever they out the world. This is an official U. S. army signal corps photo. might be stationed in the world. All in all, Americans today are a dress or little colorful aprons at- experiencing in part what their "Wardrobe Stretchers' British Allies have experienced for tached to a dress. For Fashion-Consciou- s "So for a while at least, it will some Ume. Today the American Women Can Be Had become more and more the fashion people are getting their first expert Look In the accessory department to offer these additions at the ac- ence lessons of what is in store for of the store for the little extras cessory counter." them as the nation moves forward. called "wardrobe stretchers," is the That they can take it, there is no This will be the place, she said, word which Miss Barbara Borhek, to keep one's eyes open for such doubt That they can readjust their instructor in home economics, Uni- tricks as patchwork ruffling for the lives to the conditions of the day is versity of Illinois college of agri- bottom of gay skirt,, gingham also practically a certainty. That belt with huge pockets attached and they can carry on as well as or culture, has for women. a matching color, separate wool maybe better than industry is to be "The new WPB ruling L85 has sleeve yoke for winter color to proven. It is going to be interesting made it impossible to buy. such transform an pld dress or a printed to watch America change the world n cm its habitx. . peplumr-- thlnes 'as extra little Jackets with ht than -. 1 S . fashion-conscio- tie-o- -.- extra-lon- swell-tasti- n' foodstuffs. Plenty of food without wasting ands WKU 1SS-- The Army' of Cooks drafted,- Feature. XTEW YORK. Elmer Davis once A FOURSOME of twosomes paid $50,000 to see a ball game. direcnew which the puppy dogs, lovebirds, blue. It is a story tor of the Office of War Informa- birds and hen and rooster are for use as small flower holders. Prod. inn nrnhablv r e i,r r i won't give out. ucts of your workshop, they are Show Us How to He is an ex- as fascinating to make as they are mod- decorative when finished. Take Bad News tremely est man, it It's all a matter of tracing the outline tor this octet from pattern Z9481. 15 cents might seem like bragging. to thin lumber, cutting out with jig. We had the story from the former or coping keyhole saw, assembling and painting. of national a of magazine editor Vou'll like the fruits of your labors clever succulents and other large circulation. In the reminiscent holders for cacti, mood of the editor, the tale unfolded small plants. Send your order to: as follows: AUNT MARTHA With a moving picture firm, we Box Kansas City, Mo. offered a prize of $50,000 for the IS cents for each pattern Enclose best serial, the winning story later desired. Pattern No to be screened. We put up half the comName and the picture ,. money prize pany the other half. We whooped it Address up into a big national excitement, and entries came in from every corner of the country. There was something over 90,000 of them in all. "The winner seemed to be the Pep entry of a widely known New York novelist and magazine feaJERRY LINK By ture writer, but there was another serial that crowded it closely and finally, in a hairline decision, the judges picked the former. We had informed the novelist of her victory, when one of the judges recalled that she had published a magazine story several years before with a plot somewhat like her contest entry. We looked it up. The similarity was slight, but we decided it would bar the new offering. We telephoned the woman writer that we were reconsidering our decision. Slttln' down In Jed's General "That left the field open to the Store the other day, it was kinda runner-ua piece submitted by one Impressed on me that the weaker a fellow'a argument is, the' strongElmer Davis, a former ace reporter er the words he uses who had left the city room and set Well, when I get to talkln about fiction of writer as a free lance up EKLLOOQ'S PEP and vitamins I carand articles. We were eager to don't need any words. You see, to feel really good ry the good news to Mr. Davis. Evyou got to eat right, which Inerybody who knew him said he was cludes gettln' all your vitamins. a mighty nice chap and rated good And while PEP hasnt got 'em all, g cereal Is news if anybody did. this In the two that are oftenest At Mr. Davis' little writing office, In ordinary meals B, we were told that Mr. Davis had and D. Try PEP, won't you? We left gone to the ball game. word for him to come to our office. "Back in our editorial rooms, there was a big stir among the A delicto! cerml that tmpplitt per Mrrnf judges. Miss Blank, the other finish (1 or.) the full minimum daily need tf ritamin D; 14 the daily need of vitamin Bu er, had telephoned that she could remove from her script any remote similarity. She, too, was a writer of the highest integrity, and we final ly agreed that she get .the prize. "Next morning, Mr. Davis came in. I told him what had happened. You knew he was jolted, but you had to look closely to catch the flick of disappointment in his placid Hoosier eyes. Then he said: 'That was a pretty expensive ball game, wasn't it?' "He went back to his office and started kicking out serials like an Indiana hired man in harvest time. CoMolidated Feature going to be some changes of war economy in the fields of olothing, transportation, housing and food. Some of the slow, but soon to WEEK Br LEMUEL F. PARTON Uncle Sam says, "There are made!" THIS , telcased by Weiurn Newspaper Union. WASHINGTON. Despite the feverish speed with which the shipyards, old and new, of the United : Ms kr WHO'S . J-- n- --.. Americans to Face Changes Necessary For Final Victory Nazis and Japs Deemed Necessary . . . Sub Menace Will Be Overcome, Say Observers,.. WNU - ' War Economy CARTER FIELD Bell Syndicate " r 1 1 H VOUNG Lieut. Delos C. Emmons, A trying to transfer from infantry to aviation, was rejected three times because he couldn't hear a watch tick. Then a fiui cm lur it. J a T1.1 he found an Examiner Wasn't examiner Stickler for Rules who said, the liwrt 11 fpi.div ' HI NEW 550.000 11 II U ww "You could not hear a watch tick in an airplane, anyway. Forget it." He became just about the most valuable man that the air service ever came near losing and the Battle of Midway Island might not nave gone so well for us had the examiner insisted rules be observed Colonel Emmons holds the temporary rank of lieutenant general, as commander of the Hawaiian de partment, and now President Roose- -' velt breaks all precedent by recon mending that he be. jumped from colonel to. major general. At 53, he will be the army's youngest major general. He ' has done as much knock-aboflying as any army man in the not air, and is only in hazardous flying exploits but in strategy and techniques, having taught flying at Harvard university in 1920 and 1921. About a year ago he secretly land ed 21 of the biggest Flying For tresses in Hawaii. He had previous experience in the Islands, havinebeen with the Eighteenth wing com mand in nawau in 1934; m 1936 he took command of March Fi eld, Calif, lllllg ut - D RITAIN'S old school tie gets half a column on the cables, in spite 01 airpiane ana Datueship comoeti tion. They plan to scran it. savs Richard Austen Butler, president of the board of education, as a symbol 01 ciass education, uut of Cam bridge, Mr. Butler rapidly advanced in the inter-wa- r years as a member of parliament, undersecretary for foreign affairs. He was born in In dia In 1902. At Cambridge he took honors in the Classics and has swung many ah impressive Latin quotation into urmsn iupii?.. life . UREAU OF STANDARDS A BUSINESS wants organization which to get the most for the standards money seta up to Judge what by which to is offered it, just as in Washington the government maintains a Bureau of Standards. You can have your own Bureau of Standards, too. Just consult the advertisnewsing columns of your paper. 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