Show Agricultural Tools Rationing Called Off But War Demand Will Limit the Supply Things I Never Knew Til Now: That Coda Sam laat 10500 soldiers tailors and marines In IMi not by Jap ar Nasi ballets bat by la the U 8 accidents That when soldiers and sailors actually taka heed ef their superiors’ accident warnings the accident rata In This column camps drops 90 la dedicated to saving the Ufa of name soldier sailor marina ar 'worker In the war effort— and the atail sties prove that it probably will Every Ufa lost to this country Is one 1ms fighter against Hitler Tear eosatry needs year life— to This is tbs protect Its awn g of your chances of breakdown this year: have That It 000000 Americans accibeen Injured In dents Since the war started Work accidents last year caused tho of labor loss of 909000 and more workers were killed OFF the Job than on the Job—23000 to 18000 That drinking on the part of either the driver or the pedestrian Is Involved hi one out of every five fatal truffle accidents and that even In wartime one or both drivers In fatal accidents violate a law In two out of every three cases Big Increase in Parts However Will Be Available The farmers of America are continuing as usual to do a magnificent job of producing In 1944 for the foodstuffs eighth successive year they produced a record food total a steadily dwindling manpower supply that 35 despite reached its lowest point in years no longer Agricultural tools ere rationed but that doesn’t mean that ths fanner though be has the monto to that bs get sbls Is ey going new tractor or combine he wishes so he can improve on the production miracle he has already accomplished It's the same old trouble we've had since Pearl Harbor There’s a war onl of farm maManufacture although recognized as an chinery essential civilian ‘‘must’’ program has to be balanced In relation to direct war production Hero Is tho way tho government sums np the sitaatloa: Daring the 1945 crop year it la expected that American farmers win obtain approximately tho lame amount of new farm ma- - A Potato Digger That Handles ing aupplied 20 per cent of the food eaten by American troops stationed there Australia baa supplied nearly all the food for American troops In the South Pacific That Benjamin Franklin waa one of the first safety advocates In America Remember? He said: "Haste makes waste" and “Carelessness does more berm than want of knowledge” That the Chicago Are ef 1971 the Johnstown Heed ef 1889 the Onlvestoa (ldal wave ef 1999 the Bu Francisco earthquake of 1998 the sinking ef the Tltanlo In 1918 the Beaten night dab fire in 190 end nil the ether major diaastera since 1868 have killed less than 85009 Americans accidents (And yet killed 94999 la 1944 alene!) That accident figures prove the safest people In the U S are little girls between the ages of 8 and 14 Thera Is an accidental death In tho U 8 every 8tt minutes—and an AccInjury every 8 secotyisl idents are the fifth cause of deaths In the U S And cost $141 per year per family in America That the Beaferd Nylon plant of E L duPontds Nemours A Company has the best record In American Industry having gone without nearly 17000000 a single lest time Injury to one of Its employees (And at the last report ths record was still running) That even If more than 700000 women drivers were Involved in traffic accidents in 1941 there Is ne conclusive evidence that women are more reckless than men when It comes to driving automobiles A speed violation la a factor In about H of ill fatal traffic accidents 4 of drivers Approximately Involved In fatal accidents are hit end run drivers! (The rats!) That eemmunlcaUens la the safest Industry and mining the mwet dangerena One la 14 win have an accident bs (be Halted States la IMS If the 1944 pattern prevails Nearly 19904 pedestrians ere killed la (raffle accidents yearly (And walking la as easy) That peanuts coins medals marbles and such simple things can be and are killers Mere thin S00 children under 8ve years of ago are killed every year because small like these are ee easily objects sucked inte tha lungs Falls were the greatest single cause of seel-dental deaths In 1943 tho last ysar for which figures are available The number killed by falls In 19a was 27400 And 92 ef sQ persons killed by falls ars 23 ysars of age or ovor two out of three persons killed by falls are 68 years or older at a Time goods In 1939 American farmers were able to buy 161000 new tractors But that was a year when this ceuntry made only 8141 In the calendar year of planes 1943 when American farmers were able to buy a mere 85900 new tractors the United States manufactured more than 85000 planes — mainly for war The critical shortage of raw materials that put a ceiling on manufacture of new farm machines in 1942 has been superseded by a shortand components age of manpower During the first quarter of the 1943 farm machinery production year of new machinery —exmanufacture clusive of wheel tractors repair —was and attachments approxparts imately 25 per cent behind schedule This lag in production was caused by manpower shortages and the difin obtaining components ficulty chiefly malleable and gray iron castIn the Middle West where ings most of American farm machinery is made the labor supply is inadea condition that will not quate change while war goods are still ur One concern that gently needed before the war made approximately S3 per cent of American farm ma That about 7909 persona were drowned in the United States last Smokers causa nearly a year fifth of all fires In the U S A Accidents kill one out of three school-agchildren who die Three out of five fatal traffic accidents occur at night Nearly 2000 persons were killed In grade crossing accidents last year (So Look Listen and Live!) Thai thsnsands of hunters will be maimed this year — and nearly 1000 will be killed in hunting accidents unless the hunter la extra careful 17999 people in farm families were killed by accidents last year— and only mining construction and public utilities are more dangerous industries than agAbout 80000 hospital riculture beds are occupied today by persons who have suffered accidents (This Is roughly 10 of all beds and the pity of it Is that accident cases usually require the immediate attention of several doctors and nurses as well as tha use of anesthesia apparatus operating rooms and hospital And this at a time when beds talking - about drafting they're nuraes!) Two Rows cast Iron rubber zinc copper that had gone into farm machines In days had to be diverted to make tanks military trucks landing craft guns and other war aa Includes production carried ever from WFB Limitation Order authorisations plus all production from appeals and uupplemental ProducUon through September 80 1944 0 American farmers will be able to chlnery and attachments as they obtain no more new tractors aide did la 1944 There will be however nearly 820099999 more In delivery rakes combines or other baying and harvesting machinery repair parts In other words there Is still not enough new farm machinery to go around Farmers In many cases ars going to have to conserve and ' repair and get along the best they rather can with what they have $ than buy new replacements 90 per cent of ths Approximately new farm machines (except tractors) that will be made In the United States during the 1943 production year July 1 1944 to June 30 1943 will be available to American farm10 per cent will go ers About abroad— approximately 7 per cent In commercial exports and 3 per cent e according to the through Foreign Economic administration farm machines (that totaled only 28 per cent of the enof U S farm matire production chinery from tho Hart of the program from March 1941 to June 1944) had to be sent abroad to atep up food production tor our This farm boyt fighting overseas Cultivating Corn Four Rows at a Time Saves Labor machinery export not only helped to feed our boyi but saved urchines during tha 1943 crop year than durreported' in October 1944 gently needed shipping apace for ing the 1944 crop year that by March 1945 It would probmunitions instead of thousands of ably be short 6000 workers needed Considering the types of machines tons of food grown on the wrong In use on American to keep production up to schedule farms the reaids of the ocean The chief recipila effect daring the war this placements required and the crop ents of farm machines shifts necessitated by war WFA’s country has asked its farmers to have been Australia New Zealand more crops with less men current farm machinery program raise and the British Islet the latter hav- to do the work to keep their continues to emphasize the manumachinfacture of such farm equipment in working or- corn side somehow without counting as der delivery ery pickers too heavily au replacements rakes and pickup hay balers WFA and to share their machines with however has requested the manuvU A-- a and facture for the 1943 crop year of ether farmers whenever ' in more planting fertilizing and tillage wherever j possible To help farmers ksep their ma equipment than fpr 1944 Included 'T —— are such items of farm equipment chines going manufacture of repair (o as corn and cotton planters listers parts and attachments has been in potato planters beet and bean drills creased considerably In 1944 the endgata seeders fertilizer distribu- scheduled production of repair parts tors tractor plows and cultivators to apand attachments amounted harrows disc 283 per cent of the towalking cultivators proximately and rotary hoes tal farm machinery output as comDuring ths war manufacture of pared with 14 per cent In 1940 Twenty-onfarm machinery recogalthough per cent more farm nized as an essential civilian “must’’ commodities were produced in 1944 program has had to be balanced in than In 1940 with 8 per cent fewer workers relation to direct war productloa The annual employment on AmerWhen the United States entered the war production of farm machin- ican farms decreased from In 1940 to 10037000 in 1944 was Apsharply curtailed because ery munitions production bad become an proximately 4000000 workers have exacting demand on this country's left agriculture for war industries Bay Balar Saves Labor supply of steel The steel as well or the armed forces 1799909 farm mea Approximately had entered tho military service ap TRACTOR PRODUCTION to Jaaaary L 1948 Far the Period-JL 1943 to Jsly 81 1944 Americaa farmers have been Non- getting more aae out of tndlvid-aal farm machines daring the war The exchange and cooperative boo of some machines each as tractors and combines bat Increased markedly One corn picker for example might be ased to harvest as much as 1299 acres of cons la a year Combines have bees haaled a thoasaad miles to harvest crops oa farms In county after comfy t U ni Xbzp t SNAPPY FACTS ABOUT RUBBER COMING COAL CRISIS frorr President Roosevelt got back at Yalti bis notable achievements awaiting to find serious problems on the la him at home particularly bor front Some of his advisers felt esp however that these problems could hav dally the coal crisis been averted by beginning to pre pare for It earlier and by appointing a new secretary of labor alThe President left for Yalta after his Inaugumost Immediately And up until a day or twe ration he had not before his Inauguration mads up his mind what to do about of labor appointing a new secretary and he did nothing In the end Miss Perkins continued despite bei very firm desire to resign various moves could Meanwhile have been "made to Bead off the coal In Ona of them discussed crisis but never broughl the background forward is an annual wage for minwould ers If the miners knew they he able to work all the year around especially In peace times’ when they have been laid off for about of the time they might forego wage Increases now move Another proposed was to appoint coal mine representatives on local OPA boards to make sure the cost of living did not go up or If so under clrcum stances they understood Bat the most Important move a new was to have appointed secretary of labor with a aew fresh outlook untarnished prestige "who could have tackled the and If necessary job firsthand gone out to the mining areas to themmeet with the miners selves No one Is losking for this colsenate But thankless Job leagues say the sue man who could do It if willing would be Senator forthright Harley Kilgore wbo comes from the great coal state of West Virginia Is known and trusted by labor but also would not hesitate to oppose labor when It is wrong FARM BLOC FUNCTIONS Sometimes the congressional farm bloc feels its oats to such an extent that It demonstrates its power Just for the fun ef it That was what happened when the house passed the resolution— which does Flannagan nothing more than say that congress considers a law it passed two years earlier still should be observed This law is the Tydlngs amendment to the Selective Service set which provides for the deferment of farm workers The house spent several hours trying to decide whether it should pass the new resolution even though everyone knew it would ga through like Ed congressmen Izac of California Gene Worley ol Texas and Ewing Thomason of Texas pointed out that all the resolution did was remind the nation that men from 18 to 25— the age group the army wants most for are being denied the army El Paso’s Thomason declared his support for the Tydlngs amendment but said he saw no reason to pass further legislation on the subject San Diego’s Izac a wounded and decorated lieutenant commander in the last war came out against the Tydings amendment “If we turn this resolution down maybe the senate will have backbone enough to throw out all legislation that interferes with the winning of the war” Izac continued “The 340000 boys on the farm are no more precious to their fathers and mothers than are the other boys who have been taken away and are now serving in the army and the navy” After several hears of debate however the bouse passed the resolution by a voice vole but not before the author of the resolution John Flannagan of Virginia was called upon to define what ho meant by an “agricultural occupation” Republican Clason of Spring Congressman field Mass was afraid the words might M Interpreted an referring only to men growing or handling crops Flannagan assured him It Included also Poultry farmers and livestock bos boon Overloading led tiro mileage oa commercial ood form motor tracks Uodiog of a truck or trailer so tho weight is evealy distribeted wheels to all will prove an Important conservation moasoro It pays to chock loads If the avorago rvbbor consumpRussia and India were brought up to American rubber standards Hioy would quire 4500000 Ions of rubber a year nearly twice as much os the anticipated world supply of natural and synthetic lubber after the war officials declare 8 f Goodrich tion In China sumption GOIDEM FLAKES OF WD BRAAf HWEAE comb med mm T TENDER RASMS NEW breakfast idea delicious Post’s Bran Flakes plus sweet tender raisins — right In the same package It’s a flavorful combination to set your mouth to watering Your whole family will love it Ask your grocer for Post’s Raisin Bran in the big package today 40 - UWllUH Olivia sr'ssrft' that farmers shin®- 1 o0Ttt PM0XpOD8 CAPITAL CHAFF C CoL Harry Vaughan now military aide to Vice President as former-lhis secretary Vaughan la now virtually back on the office staff— in uniform C Ther are about 375 baseball players in the American league af which 139 are Baseball moguls sav “If th are barred frem baae ban the game win have to be played by aid men” C Quoth Senator Tom ConnaUy of Texas during prolonged hearings an the Mexican waterways “The flood of oratory In thistreaty: room la as hard to control as tho notorious floods of the Colorado river" C Not as many people know about Elmer Irey as know of J Hoover but Irey Is being Edgar talked Tb"2 &tiBRAIf POST'S Jud rw M°umin Job aa deSfssv Jbaaeball Congressman CochMfew Missouri sava '‘U kaseban gets Irey they won’t have to worry about gamblers knows them an” How To Relieve Bronchitis Oeomulslon trohln to f?2nt?Jien nto? be- nem 1 to r°o 'rtto toe like the way it your money back MU are creomulsion Of - 1110 loosen and expel an1 nature heal raw tender i- muc°u abStfn Shave relieves promptly help Coughs Chest Colds Bronchitis |