Show V 0 0 D 0 0 d r in t WAR oil w urges cut in labor day travel stay off trains and intercity inter city buses over the labor day weekend this is the flea of joseph B East eastman nian director of the office of defense transportation mr eastman in asking the public to spend labor day week end at home said that failure to follow this advice might result in travel gon congestion worse than that experienced over the fourth of july week end ur mr eastman pointed out that transportation por tation equipment formerly available for holiday travel is 13 now in troop service or used to handle the greatly expanded military and essential civilian braf traffic f ic jobs to guido guide father draft t after october 1 when drafting t of fathers begins those in non activities or occupations cupat ions regardless of their order numbers will be the first fathers called for military service those who transfer to essential occupations and thus release single men tor lor military service help to decrease the need for drafton drafting fathers generally speaking after october 1 the occupation of an eligible registrant will determine whether hether he will be inducted or deferred if his number Is called however the question of hardship to dependents must be given consideration idrach in each case mail christmas gifts early christmas gifts donaval to Naval and marine personnel overseas should be sent between september 15 and november 1 this period has been designated by the navy department in cooperation with the postoffice Post office department part ment parcels must not exceed five pounds pound sAn in weight S save ave all fats with millions of pounds of waste kitchen tats fats still needed to meet war demands paul C cabot director of salvage division recently urged housewives to remember that even it if accumulated tats fats become rancid they still retain a majority of the valuable glycerine that goes into war production some housewives believing that rancid fats are valueless have not been turning them in for salvage this has resulted in the loss of thousands of pounds of glycerine that could have been processed from these fat wheat goals for 1944 state wheat acreage goals for 1944 representing an appo apportionment tion ment of the national goal of 68 million acres 25 26 percent above this years were announced recently by the war food administration county goals will be established on the basis of these state figures a and nd will constitute the wheat goals farmers will be urged to meet in 1944 in broad terms the advises farmers to plant as much wheat vi heat as possible without departing from sound farming practices and after reserving sufficient land for expanding other urgently needed crops address overseas mail properly because more than lp percent of the mall mail destined tor for overseas is incorrectly or insufficiently addressed the war department has risked asked that the sender be sure to give the soldiers rank name army serial number organization and army Post postoffice office number the war department also asked that fai families nilles and friends of soldiers send clippings Ill instead Stead of periodicals whenever possible to save cargo space v farmers will need help Ear harvesting vesting americas ware time food and fiber crops will require the employment of at least more persons on farms by october 1 the farm labor force 0 on ii august 1 was a approximately P proximately ay nil million T throughout ugh tile the country business men girl scouts boy scouts town people women and high school students have been helping farmers to insure that there will be no important crop losses because of labor shortage farmers will need the help of many thousands of U s crop corps volunteers the crop corps is established now in most agricultural counties and civilian groups in most large cities have the machinery tor for enlisting volunteers recruitment of workers is handled locally by the agricultural extension workers and the U 8 employment service volunteers are paid established wages special ration coupons individuals who require special ration point allotments such i as persons in isolated ar areas e as who must buy large quantities of rationed foods at one time are to be provided with a mew type of red and blue food ration coupons according to OPA they will be used the same way as stamps but will be good at any time ration coupons may be issued by local boards and OPA of offices flees seed for potatoes 0 es to help potato growers get reliable seed for 1944 plantings a new seed classification war approved seed has been created the war food administration said recently war approved seed will identify that part of the 1943 late crop that is valuable for seed but that has a higher tolerance of defects than certified seed price ceilings to be announced lat later er by OPA will be placed on both types more nurses needed many american hospitals cannot maintain normal standards of service today because of the lack of nurses according to reports made to the U S public health service of the federal security agency A year from now america will need nurses or more than are now available of this number will be needed for military service and tor for civilians because of limited facilities the maxium that can be trained within that period Is 0 worst shot A keen eyed mountaineer led his overgrown son into a country schoolhouse this here boys arter larin he announced yer bill 0 fare my department sir replied the professor consists of arithmetic algebra geometry and trigonometry do interrupted the old man load him up with hes the only poor shot in the family 0 subtle warning the other day when the boys were lined up for inspection the lieutenant walked up and down the ranks and stopped in front of one yard bird and said do you know jones you remind me of general grant jones was so surprised that all he could say was do I 1 sir yes said the lieutenant he shave either |