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C PRESIDENT AND NEWSPRINT T Some of the Presidents President's news newspaper newspaper aper a- a per friends who have been conSIStently consistently consistently of lon long period for him over a suggesting that this years are arc now cow is la a good time to turn the other cheek regarding his constant feud that with the press They suggest he personally could step Into the current current current cur cur- and take a rent newsprint shortage strong stand on an issue which seriously seriously seriously seri seri- threatens one of ot the basic freedoms freedoms freedoms free free- doms of the country freedom country freedom of the press Actually a good many bureaucrats ts have been nibbling at the newsprint problem but no one has stepped In with any forthrightness to cut red tape and solve the problem It now looks as if only the White House could do this Not generally realized is the fact tact that newsprint shortage hortage Is due not so much to decreased wood pulp production production production pro pro- in the Canadian forests but butto butto butto to much greater use of cardboard and packing material In sending war ar supplies abroad This is a terrific drain and though U. U S. S publishers have patriotically cut their newsprint newsprint newsprint news news- print they will have to cut to the bone unless energetic moves are ara made by the government The plan put forward by newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper executives friendly to the White House includes 1 Greater use of war prisoners In the Canadian and Maine forests 2 More equitable distribution of newsprint among publishers At present the papers with the big Sunday Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day editions have scarcely suffered at all being able to absorb their paper cuts out of their Sunday fat tat On the other hand sized medium papers papers papers pa pa- pers may have to take terrific punishment pun pun- 3 Stricter supervision of cuts by throw throwaways dodgers comic magazines magazines magazines maga maga- and newsprint users who have not kept such accurate records of their past consumption The newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper industry has suffered by Its past efficiency having kept very accurate accurate accurate ac ac- ac- ac curate records 4 More emphasis on the paper salvage camp campaign ign At present only 35 per cent of the nations nation's waste wastepaper wastepaper wastepaper paper Is being collected and sal sale The waste paper reclaiming machinery is running at only 51 per percent percent percent cent of capacity Approximately tons of ot waste paper are normally normally normally nor nor- mally collected and sold for paper paperboard paperboard paperboard board but now only two million The newspapers stepped in and did dida a great job of collecting scrap iron when the nation needed It but now when the newspapers need newsprint newsprint newsprint news news- print they themselves are somewhat handicapped In blowing their horn What the White House will do remains remains remains re re- re- re mains to be seen e GOOD NEIGHBOR OR PEACE Ten years ears ago there was a very serious war between Bolivia and Paraguay In the jungles of ot the Gran Chaco Last week the presidents of Paraguay and Bolivia met at the border of the two countries in the Chaco erected a large cross and and pledged themselves and their countries countries countries coun coun- tries to everlasting peace The bitterness which animated these two South American countries has been wiped away and they are areGood areGood areGood Good Neighbors in every sense of the word Some diplomats hope this incident Is a forecast that the bitterness actuating actuating actu actu- the enemies of World War II may likewise be eliminated after the passage of time e e INSIDE STORY OF HORNET BORNET The navy department has okayed publication of ot the Inside story o of the famous airplane carrier Hornet written as a book A Ship to Remember Remember Remember Re Re- member by Alexander Griffin of the Philadelphia Record For the first time it reveals the spectacular operation of the ship which carried General Doolittles Doolittle's bombers within a stones stone's throw of Tokyo Among other things the navy okayed publication by Griffin of the fact that at one time the Hornet practically acted as a substitute substitute substitute sub sub- for Henderson Field in the Solomons That badly messed up airport on the night of ot October 14 1942 had only five planes left and and gasoline to send out only four So the Hornet came alongside the Is is is- land threw her planes into action and md for 36 hours substituted for Henderson Field Even more astonishing is la the revelation that at one time during the low point in the South Pacific battle the U Ul S. S navy had only one aircraft carrier left undamaged in that entire expanse of water water the the Hornet I e MERRY MERRY-G ROUND MERRY ROUND 0 C I. Wheeler MacMillan Farm Journal Journal Jour Jour- nal candidate for tor President arrived in Wisconsin two days after Willkie C. C l OPA will soon hoist prices for essential essential es es- es war commodities being produced produced pro pro- by small war contractors This is to compensate the contractors tors for higher labor costs C. C l The Truman committee has received received received re re- re- re reports of sanctioned loitering loiter loiter- ing tog in the naval torpedo plant at Alexandria Va C. C l Washington is interested In U U. S S. S Judge Jetty O'Connor's proposal to punish the German Germans by making them stry y in each coun country ry until they build up all the property they have damaged |