| Show Released by Western Newspaper Union WAR CONDITIONS AND D YOUR TOWN THE WAR offers an opportunity to improve conditions in thousands of Americas America's country towns Less help causes the farmer to economize mize on time Rubber shortage and the in inability to replace tires calls for a reduction in automobile le mile mile- age The rationing of gas will stop any unnecessary travel These things mean opportunity for recapturing recapturing recapturing recap recap- turing business for country town merchants Holding that business business busi busi- ness wh when n peace comes depends upon how well country town merchants merchants mer mer- chants meet the demands of town and farm people with adequate stocks of merchandise and modern merchandising methods To assist country towns in doing a thorough job the department of commerce at Washington has prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared a book of detailed plans that will be helpful in any aIlY town The title is How to Plan a Better Future Future Fu Fu- ture for Your Home Town and Yourself Yourself Your Your- self sel in War for Peace I am sure any anyone one Interested could get a copy by writing Carrol L. L Wilson Director tor Bureau of Foreign and Domes Domes- Domestic Domestic tic Commerce It provides details for a survey of the town and its trading area and suggests that such a survey be made by a senior high school class to be followed by definite improvements improvements improve improve- ments in such town conditions as aswill aswill aswill will make it a more attractive cultural cultural cul cul- tural social and trading g center The plans proposed are practical simple and call for no extensive ex ex- Making the proposed survey would be excellent training for high school students d directed by bya a principal or teacher Revitalizing Americas America's country towns as social and market centers is one of the urgent needs of the nation It can be done in towns where the people want it done That department of commerce booklet will show the way to those who ask for it FORTY MILES AN HOUR DOUR DOURIS IS NOT A HARDSHIP FORTY MILES AN HOUR says the President is fast enough during the period of tire shortage which means the period of the war To be sure there are still some speed demons who have not heeded the Presidents President's warning and who are still traveling at 50 60 and 70 miles mUes an hour But they will soon be walking at an anever anever anever ever slower pace than the first automobiles automobiles automobiles auto auto- mobiles I remember could travel In the late nineties nineties-I I have forgotten forgotten forgotten for for- gotten the exact year year year-It H. H H. H Kohl Kohl- satt then one of the editors and owners owners owners own own- ers of the Chicago Ocean Inter-Ocean organized organized or or- what I believe was the first automobile race It covered a distance dis dis- distance tance of some 30 miles from the city hall in Chicago to the city hallin hallin hall hallin in Elgin Much preparation was made forthe for forthe the event There were no gas stations stations stations sta sta- in those days and gallon five cans of gas were distributed buted at frequent frequent frequent fre fre- quent intervals along the designated route There were I think six cars entered All AU of the were one der variety with high buggy bodies solid tires steered with a rod and started with the turn of a crank in front streets and roads for the 30 miles wet wei blocked off of and at ten o'clock of the appointed day therace the thee race was on It continued to be on for nearly six hours when the first car arrived at the city hall in Elgin an average speed of about five m miles es per hour As I recall only three of the six starters ever completed the course and the third took nearly eight hours to travel the 30 miles One could easily easily easily ily walk the distance in less time That was but a little more than 40 years ago Within that time tune American ingenuity has produced the refinements and speed we have today Those mile hour gas buggies buggie cost far more than the average average average aver aver- age new model of today Our AmerIcan American American Amer Amer- ican system of competition brought production up and price down Today Today Today To To- day we have a car for every four people in the United States an average average average av av- av- av of one for each family To go back to the Presidents President's 40 miles an hour during war time should not seem a t great grea t hardship THE LATEST COUNT SHOWS governmental agencies operating in Washington employing over people At the end of 1932 there were 37 governmental agencies employing em em- employing workers A portion but by no means all of the increase is occasioned by war activities WE MIGHT get along with a few less and save some of the pressed hard taxpayers taxpayers' taxpayers taxpayers taxpayers' tax tax- payers' payers money or use it to buy more guns gums CAN THE GERMANS REALLY TAKE IT I HAVE a German born though naturalized yard man who deplores what he says is the re reason son for this w war r C To prevent other wars he hopes this one will not stop slop until all Germany Germany Ger Ger- many is occupied by Allied troops Th That t. t he says will take the w war r fever out of the German mind From what he says I gather that he thinks the Germans are not so good at taking it as they are arc at dishing it up for the other fellow |
