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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER ' British City People, Moved to Country, to Escape Robot Bombs, Assist in Harvest of Bumper Crops ! 1 Votes of a Newspaperman: Londoners relayed this one via D. Chandler . . . About the luncheon rendezvous between the King and General Eisenhower, during which His Majesty turned to the General and remarked: What do you think of Montgomery? Eisenhower paused and then reHes a great military plied: genius, but frankly I often have the feeling hes trying to get my job. "Oh, really? said King George. Im glad to hear that. How do you mean, Ike asked, youre glad? answered the King be"Well, tween giggles, to tell the truth Ive been a little worried about the same thing, myself! If this George Bernard Shaw sally has been printed, it eluded us. at his last birthday he told newspapermen: Yes, I am now 88 and I havent an enemy in the world, not one enemy! "A beautiful thought, responded Ten-nyrat- e, a reporter. Yep, them all! added Shaw, Ive outlived At a Hollywood gathering the other night Donald Ogden Stewart made a talk on the brave new world. He told the story of the little boy whose Sunday school teacher asked who made him. The boy replied: Im not done yet. I plan to have a part in making myself. Joe Alger is the chief copywriter of Life promotion . . . With others on the staff Alger was figuring out a new slogan for Fortune . . . Fortune, they all agreed, was changing in character and it should also have a new slogan . . . His clown suggestion got a howl, to wit: "Although Fortune is only half the size of the phone directory it is twice as interesting! Mark Ethridge, the Louisville newspaperman, and his wife recently had Vice President Wallace as their house guest . . . Mrs. Ethridge recruited the entire family to help dust off things, wash every window, etc. . . . After two days of Mrs. Ethridge cautioned the children: Remember now, Mr. Wallace is a very simple man. Well, if he is, groaned the tiniest of the Ethridges, then all I can say is that weve done a lotta unnecessary work! house-cleanin- g, It happened in the Stork Club . . . Two handsome young Army lieuten- d ants walked in and across the way from where a Major was seated with a charming young The wolves decided to thing try and meet her but how? . . . They scribbled a note to the Major, hoping he would be flattered by it and send for them . . . The note read: We wish, sir, you would settle something for us. We are seated across the way. My friend says you impress him as being a lawyer in civilian 'life. I say you have the manner and poise of a dignified doctor. The Major enjoyed the flattery for a moment but after noting their handsome features and youth, sent back this message: I was neither a doctor nor a lawyer as a civilian. As a matter of fact, I was a taxidermist and I fully intend to preserve this pigeon for myself! table-for-two- ... Lint From a Blue Serge Suit: k Mme. Chiang walked out because his first wife is living in the house . . . Tax experts point oul that Frank Sinatras income oi $1,450,000 will net him little more than $25,000 . . . The Dept of Justice is insisting it be consulted on the legality of any peace treaties. Kai-she- A movement has started to decorate Bob Hope, Jack Benny and others who have gone overseas with the boys . . . Ben Swig, a Boston realty man, bought the St. Francis Hotel mill. He (San Francisco) for 4 paid $750,000 in cash. Four days later he sold half interest for that sum. In short, he Owns a 4 million dollar hotel for the price of a round trip ticket to the coast. Washington, D. C. CONGRESSMEN TO LONDON Without any publicity, the British government has quietly moved to improve British good will by arranging air transportation for six congressmen to London. They will inspect the damage done by the robot blitz and take side trips into France. The British embassy did not actually invite the congressmen to come to England, but made a point of letting three Republicans and three Democrats know that seats on British planes leaving New York for London were available. First pair to go were Representatives James Richards, South Carolina Democrat, and Karl Mundt, South Dakota Republican. They were followed by Democratic Congressman Brooks Hays of Arkansas and Republican Walter Judd of Minnesota. The latter trip may be significant since it occurred only a few days after these two had introduced their resolution calling for consideration of the peace terms by this country. The last pair includes Republican Walt Horan of Washington and Democrat Chet Holifield of California. Holifield, incidentally, was planning a quick trip overseas in order to matters check on some lend-leas- e for the house Democratic leadership. Each pair consists of one Republican and one Democrat, with the British determined to do all they can to prevent inter-part- y strife in the U.S.A. from interfering with the peace conferencfe. The congressmen were told by the British: We have already been host to several American scientists and educators for brief trips across, and we dont like to discriminate against congressmen. ALLIED SKI TROOFS For the first time in the war, Ca- nadian and American ski troops are due to see the sort of action they were trained for. The first special service force, trained in mountain warfare at Helena, Mont., and in Alaska and the Aleutians, is now in southern France with the forces of General Patch. A thrust across the Maritime Alps into northern Italy will give them their first actual skiing action. This special service force includes both Canadians and Americans, and will probably come up against German rear-guar- d units as the Allied armies chase the Nazis toward the Brenner pass. ELECTION IN BRITAIN British government leaders arent saying anything about it, but Roosevelt has been tipped off by Churchill that immediately after the fall of Germany a general election will be held in England. In fact, Churchills Conservative party leaders have already sent instructions down to their borough leaders to begin organizing for a national election. Churchills party strategists have already had conferences with leaders of the Labor party and have sought their support for a continuation of a future coalition government. The Labor leaders of the Churchill cabinet, however, have said no. They believe that after the war, Labor should go on its own. Conservative leaders, however, figure that the rank and file of the Labor party will not follow their leaders but, instead, will follow Churchill. Churchills move in calling the general election immediately after the armistice is considered very shrewd timing. Today he is popular in England. A few months from now he may not be. The British prime minister will stand on his war record, and his cooperation with Roosevelt will not be played down as one reason why he should be returned to power. It is expected that the Conservative party will win without too much difficulty. i NAZIS IN SPAIN Once again Nazi troops are making for Spanish soil.. Members of the army which got its first taste of war seven years ago by putting Franco in Madrid, today are stealing through the French countryside below Bordeaux to be interned in a The have, complaint Spain rather than be captured by about a musician in a symphony the French. This was why orchestra. He allegedly refuses tc the Fighting Spanish ambassador in WashNational Anthem and play the ington last week issued his statecurses it. ment barring Nazi exiles. However, a real test of U. Baseball is the only enterprise Some policy is in the that hasnt raised its prices . . . Nazi military men making. are already in His friends are urging a high diploplus French collaborationists matic post for Mayor LaGuardia . . , Spain, who will later be charged with war Knopf will get James Stevens new crimes against France. It will be manuscript, said to be a master- up to U. S. Ambassador Carlton He gave Paul Bunyan to piece. Hayes, apologist for the Franco govAmerican literature. ernment, to deal with them. William A. Lydgate, editor of the Gallupoll (his book, What America Thinks, is due on the 26th), offers this to show what Americans think about Germany. Not long ago they took a poll asking people how they thought Hitler should be treated after the war. Practically everybody wanted him hanged, shot or imprisoned indefinitely. There were a lol of ingenious suggestions from the public.' A San Francisco school teacher said: Have somebody read his own speeches back to him day and night until he goes nuts. $ s their share in shaping the plans of the government, for the ministry of Joke Is on Hitler As He Unwittingly Aids Food Program Whatever insane plans were behind the Nazi robot bombing, certainly helping the English farmer was not one of them. Yet that is what has happened. As the harvest season of 1944 approached, it seemed certain that there would be an acute shortage of farm laborers. In other years the army had been able to assist with the harvest, but the army is now busy in France and elsewhere. There are few young men left in England. The Womens Land army has helped all through the war years, but this year it was already fully employed. The situation looked pretty bad with the richest harvest since the war and not enough help to bring it in. Then along came the robot bomb, or doodlebug, striking at London and the surrounding counties. The doodlebug does not have the penetrating qualities of earlier blitz bombs, but it has a blast effect that covers a lot more territory. During attacks houses are damaged at the rate of 700 an hour. So the evacuation of London was begun all over again. One million women, children and older men have already left the city, and the second million has started. Where are they going? Straight to the farms where they are helping to reap the wheat, gather the com, flax and other crops. Evacuation is an old story to most of these people. They are the ones who left during the blitz attacks of 1940 and 41 and who returned to their homes in 1942 and 43. This time many of them do not have homes to which to return. Even with the crews of plasterers, plumbers, tilers, etc., who follow along after an attack to make first aid repairs, the great majority of homes are beyond repair. It is not surprising then that many former townspeople plan to stay on farms after the war. Intend to Stay on Farm. In fact, ever since the war began, quite a number of people have been going on farms with the intention of staying. They spend a period of apprenticeship with a farmer first, and usually make good farmers. Even before the war the motor bus had fairly revolutionized farm life and took away some of its terrors for townspeople. There have never been many automobiles in England because of their high cost, and practically none in farming communities. Bicycles have always been the chief means of transportation. The British equivalent to the American county fair is the walkover, an annual fall event. Because of the shorter distances in England, the farmers go in groups from one farm to another comparing crops and produce. They gather for tea in the afternoon and discuss the methods of cultivation and argue over breeds of cattle, etc. There is quite a bit of interest in different types of fertilizer and many have been tried. The farms are as a rule much smaller than those in the U. S. in fact, all distances in England are shorter than in this country since the whole of Britain is about as large as Illinois and Indiana put together. The English people are in good spirits, notwithstanding the dreadful bombings, and are looking forward to enjoying the fruits of peace. Oddly enough, the farm animals around London were more upset than the people. The doodlebugs often fall or are shot down over open country in the counties of Kent, Sussex, Essex and Middlesex, all on the channel coast. The cows particularly were upset by the crazy contraption and didnt produce as well as they had. However, it didnt take long for them to become adjusted, as animals especially cows usually do, and they are now up to their previous records. The way city people have adapted themselves to farm life is remarkable. Town girls who had never been near a farm before are now doing dairy work with a zest. They are happy and look wonderful. They are housed in brick buildings of nature where they eat in communal dining rooms that are nicely furnished. More Machinery in Use. There has been a decided increase in the use of farm machinery since the outbreak of war. Today semi-permane- nt CAPITAL CHAFF C. GI Joes are plenty peeved over the armys mustering-ou- t pay proVigorous measures have been takgram. Canada gives its discharged en .in Britain to keep farm laborers men $100 for clothing, plus $9 for on the land. Agricultural workers each months service. who have left the industry have C. GI Joes are writing the war debeen encouraged to return to it, and partment that most men will need conscientious objectors are used to an entirely new wardrobe costing supplement the existing labor suptheir total mustering-ou- t pay. ply. Labor gangs and labor pools C. Officers receive extra pay for all have been set up to supply labor the time-of- f they are entitled to when for drainage, harvesting and other they leave the service. . . . GIs purposes. Special hostels have been want to draw their furlough pay built by the ministry of works and when they leave the army too. buildings to house mobile labor Making a V for Victory symbol with his pitchfork, George Casely, an English farmer, defies Hitler and his bombs. "He neednt think he can starve us out, said George, who operates a dairy farm in re Devon. England is the most highly mechanized farming country in Europe. The big tractor works that had contemplated closing down early in 1939 were given a contract by the government to produce all the tractors they could. Farm machinery was also shipped from Canada, Australia and the United States. In order to make the best use of available machinery, plowing contractors were helped to extend their operations, and farmers were asked to help each other. In some counties implement depots, where a farmer could hire an implement for a few shillings a day, were set up. There has been a remarkable increase in the actual number of machinery of different types employed. The number of tractors has about tripled, cultivating instruments have increased about two and a half times the prewar level. Harvesting machinery, however, has not shown a comparable increase, but the introduction of improved types, such as tothe combined harvester-threshe- r, with use over its greater gether longer hours per day and for longer periods, have helped. Farm wages have almost doubled since the war and it is hoped to keep a considerable part of the increase after the war. This is important because tenant farming in England is widespread most of the farmers do not own the land they work. They are furnished homes with garden plots as part of their wages, and usually live on one farm all their lives. The wages are reached by agreement between the National Farmers Union and the Agricultural Farm Laborers Union. Britain Feeding Self Now. Before the war Britain was only 40 per cent in food, and imported 8 million tons of animal feed annually. Perhaps this was the basis for Hitlers decision agriculture consults regularly with the National Farmers union, the workers unions, and the Central Landowners association. Before the outbreak of war in 1939 the minister of agriculture had called for an increase in the amount of land under the plow. In the spring of 1939 a subsidy of two pounds sterling ($8) an acre was of seven-yea- r granted for the plowing-u- p grassland and bringing it into cleanliness and fertility, and immediately after war broke out, each farmer was asked to plow up roughly 10 per cent of his unplowed land. Further financial grants are now made in order to encourage the production of certain crops and to discourage the production of others. Payments of four pounds ($16) per acre are made on crops of rye and wheat harvested, and ten pounds ($40) per acre on potatoes. The Farm Survey. However, much of the land has had to be reclaimed to offset losses of land to military and industrial use. Therefore, it was extremely important that the best possible use be made Of each farm acre, and in 1941 the Farm Survey was initiated. This survey consisted of: (1) a farm record for each farm, containing information under the following heads: conditions of tenure and occupation; natural state of the farm, including its fertility; the adequacy of its equipment; the degree of infestation with weeds or pests; the adequacy of water and electricity supplies; the management condition of the farm, and its wartime record. The information plowing-u- p on the management condition of the farm is summarized in the grading of the farm as: (A) well farmed, (B) moderately farmed, and (C) badly farmed. (2) The complete 1941 June 4 census return of the farm including all the usual statistics of crop acreages and live stock numbers together with supplementary information, asked especially for Farm Survey purposes, on length of occupation and rent of the farm. (3) A plan of the farm showing its boundaries and the fields contained h or scale. in it, on The Agricultural Executive committees have the right of entry on all farms and the power, which it has not been necessary to use often, to remove inefficient farmers. They can compel farmers to follow their directions, and have the power to take over badly farmed land with the consent of the minister of agriculture. They may then rent this land to suitable tenants, or farm and improve it themselves. The land taken over is acquired at value when possession is taken, and within five years after the war it must be offered back to the original owner at a price determined by agreement or arbitration if the minister of agriculture believes the land will be properly managed and cultivated. Today a trip through the English countryside is a refreshing experience. Wheat acreage has increased from a million acres in 1939 to 3,200,- six-inc- Released ra.ein''Fn7C the picture Parang to have spent about tottT lars on. He could have his work in Mexico, where more than 30 movies hes going right ahead, eh posite Betty Hutton fa Blonde, because hes so Wo Fra ARTURO DE CORDOVA he chose to talk about Joant( taine, the heroine of French! Creek about how well she hands a role quite different from her ers, about how lovely she looks, it in short, about Joan. Hows this for shooting the wi on a single picture? Metro nounces as the principals for end at the Waldorf Ginger Bogi Lana Turner, Walter Pidgeoa Van Johnson. The picture in the general pattern Hotel. Paul Guilfoyle is enjoying M working conditions a set for "Thl Master Race, in which he has oul of the top roles, has been built prat ) tically in his back yard at Enci. 12-in- Watch the lad who does an special jitterbug routine fa Runs Wild. Hes Pat Kane, extra-- "Youth I 19, vbl was blinded in one eye by shrapnel I in the Pearl Harbor disaster. Bel and his partner, Laure Haile, were 1 among 24 hepcats called in for tie I picture; hes a former Missouri state champion jitterbug, she the national tango and rhumba I championship and they've started on a promising picture career. Members of one of those Radio City guided tours paused in front of the RCA building. High above Room, Rainbow see the you youll had rip tion oi I the 70th floor, where a cocktail party is being given for Fred Waring, said the guide. But the sightseers looked not at the towering building, but at the man getting out of a taxi at the curb Gary Cooper, on who also towered above them. ol iheyve got to build a bit Samuel Park in HoUywood for The Wonder Man." ldwyns lifornias weather has set a record for clouds and overcast, all exteriors will be shot indoors, one of the largest greenery ever tackled. Cen-- 1 ir proj-- s American School of the launches its 15th season Octoliberal a listeners 9, offering ication. With 400 army radio abwell as taking the program, as schools and the general public, science programs will show how urning soldiers can fit into jobs, 1 also discuss new developments science. There are five different isions of these daily programs, ting till April 27. ihe CBS Tractors, many of them from the United States, rip up the English grasslands as the British determinedly set to work to raise as much of their own food as possible. At the outbreak of the war in 1939, the British isles produced less than 40 per cent of their food. By 1944, they were raising 70 per cent. not to invade England; it looked easier to bomb and starve the country into submission. But while the bombs were dropping in London and the seacoast towns, the British farmers were busy plowing up the grasslands. In 1939 there were 19 million acres of these grasslands, and seven million acres have now been brought under cultivation. This is against two million acres of grassland plowed up in World War I. Today Britain is raising more than 70 per cent of its food. The general policy governing agricultural production is laid down by the cabinet, and the minister of agriculture is responsible for carrying out the governments plans. The execution of these plans is in the hands of war agricultural executive committees, who in turn appoint district committees of local farmers. Farmers organizations, land owners and agricultural workers all have in 1944. Potato acreage was 0 in 1939 and is now 1,400,000 acres. Milk production has increased in consumption total from 363 million gallons in the year ending March, 1939, to 1 billion 40 million gallons in the year ending March, 000 3K 700,-00- 1944. After two lessons in one generation, the British farmer is determined that the land must not go out of cultivation again. Whether his desire will be realized or whether Brit; ain will return to the policy of importing food as a balance to manufactured goods exported, is one of the problems of peace. Perhaps the two can be correlated with the increased use of farm products for manufacturing purposes. In any event, the farmers of England have joined hands with all the farmers of the Allied nations to show that this most peaceful of occupations can become a mighty implement of war. All Sorts of Persuasion Used to Keep British Farm Hands on Land gangs and members of labor pools. Some groups live in small mobile trailers in which they travel around the country. The schedule of reserved occupations, set up on the outbreak of war, was finally replaced in January, 1942, by a system of personal deferment, and all applications for deferment of military service in respect of workers on the land in the agricultural industry are dealt with by the district manpower boards under a sperh ichen and ut into the oi ,utskirts special scheme operated jointly by the ministry of agriculture and the ministry of labor and national service through the county war agricultural executive committees. In general, men over 25, if they are bona fide farm workers, are retained in the industry; men under 25 are subject to an individual examination and if they are deemed to be key workers where they are employed, deferment is granted for an indefinite period. aulette Goddard, Mary Treen, rie McDonald and the other gins o play shipyard welders in did it in borrowed ire a Soldier can es. Only genuine workers w r those heavy work shoes com-ltoes, so the asked real workers to len y id you hear Cliff Edwards Love on Hildegardes Sosmc gram recently? Harry straig went and his band did, in the air for a second seem I Can f was ( supposed to sing Baby. Love, e You Anything but on he appearance of Dinah Shore o inch soil inspired the editors an Continental Edition of Stars hM this with out ipes to come Is There Anything Fina- ban in ODs stepped on shore, Shore. Dinah o Was She but -- i . DDS AND ENDS-- Lt. Wayne Mon former Warner Bros, star, has been awarded S uished Flying Cross. . . . Farl Lord Henry Brinthrop of W Our Gal Sunday still has doll given him by his wife for t when he auditioned for the . n and a half years ago. . arr makes her first appearancer ime picture in Experiment and by the way, lots of P60" Hollywood annoyed because a so man and stocking expert Pw has publication that Hedy j0UL-navy- , T p |