Show i F 41 4 l town and farm in war time prepared by the blural press section of the office of war info information ri nation aiges out cut in labor day ay travel stay oft off trains and intercity inter intel city buses lipses over labor day weekend week end this Is the plea ot of joseph B E Eist astman man director of the office of defense transportation mr east man in asking the public to spend labor day weekend week end at acome said that failure to follow this advice might result in travel congestion worse than that over the fourth of july weekend week end mr air eastman pointed out that transportation equip equipment mant formerly available toi for holiday travel Is no win troop pen ice or used to handle the greatly expanded military and essential civilian traffic jobs to guide rather draft after october 1 when drafting ot of fathers begins those in non debei able activities or occupations cupat ions regardless of their order older number will be first fath ers eis called tor for military service those who transfer to essential occupations and thus release single men tor for military service help to decrease the need tor for fathers generally speaking after october 1 the occupation ot of an eligible registrant will determine whether he will be inducted or deterred deferred it if his number Is called however the question ot of hardship to dependents must be given ghen consideration in each case save saie alt all fats with millions ot of pounds ot of waste kitchen tats fats still needed to meet war demands paul C cabot director ot 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 gly cerne that goes into war production some housewives believing that rancid fats are valueless have not been turning them in for salvage his has resulted in I 1 the loss ot of thousands shousan ds of pounds of glycerine that could have been processed from these tits fats mail christmas gilts gifts early christmas christinas gifts to naval and marine personnel overseas should be sent between september 15 16 a and nd Noi november ember 1 this period lias has been designated by the navy department n u cooperation with tile the post office department parcels must not exceed five pounds in weight A anny riny salvages kata fats it Is estimated that enough waste tats fats are salvaged in army camps within the continental united states to make pounds of dynamite each month and still leave a residue of rendered grease from which pounds of soap stock may be made new gasoline coupons car owners who still hold the old type ID B and 01 0 gasoline ration coupon books should exchange them tor for the new mileage ration sheets ot of coupons between august 23 and september 1 OPA announced recently old type ID B and C coupons become invalid september 1 and gasoline dealers cannot accept them on and after that date data the old type coupons are ara identified by the words permits delivery of one unit of gasoline th the 8 new type say mileage ration plus a large B or C wheat goals tor for 1044 state wheat acreage goals tor for 1944 representing an ment ot of the national goal of 68 million acres 26 per cent above this years seeding were announced recently by the war food administration county goals will be established on the basis of these state figures and will constitute the wheat goals farmers will be urged to meet in 1944 in broad terms the advises farmers to plant ns as much wheat as possible with out derailing departing from sound farming practices and after reserving ing sufficient land for expanding other ui urgently gently needed crops address addi es j Over 0 ei sacs mall property because more moie than 10 per cent of the mall mail destined foi overseas Is incorrectly or 01 insufficiently addressed the wui war department has asked that the senders be sure suie to give the soldiers rank name army serial number organization and army aimy post office number the war department also asked that families and friends of soldiers send clippings instead of periodicals whenever possible to save cargo space mainers all will need help harvesting americas wartime war wai time food and fiber ibea crops will require the employment of at least more persons on farms by october october 1 the farm faim labor force foice on august 1 was approximately 11 million throughout the country business men girl scouts boy scouts towns people women and hegh school students have been helping tanners farmers to insure that there will bia 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 corp s Is established now in most agricultural counties and civilian ian groups in most large cities bitle s have the machinery tor for enlisting volunteers recruitment of workers Is handled locally by ille the agricultural extension service and the U S employment service volunteers are paid established wages special ration nation coupons individuals als who require special point allotments such as persons n isolated areas who must buy large quantities of rationed foods at one time aro are to be provided with a new type ot of red continued on page lye five town and farm IN WAR TIME continued from page one and blue food ration coupons according to OPA they will be used the same saine way vay as stamps but will be good at any time ration coupons may be issued by local boards and OPA offices more nurses needed I 1 many american hospitals can abot n at maintain normal standards 0 of service sen ice today because of the lack of nurses according to reports made to the U S public health service service of the federal security agency A year from now america will need nurses or 01 more than are now available of this number will be needed tor for military service and tor for civilians because of limited facil facilities ites the maxium that can be trained within the period 8 seed for potatoes Vota toes to help potato growers get reliable lel lable seed for 1944 plantings it a new seed war approved appi oved seed has been created the war wai food administration said recently lecent ly war wai app approved seed will 1 1 Ind that part of the 1943 late crop that Is valuable alu able for seed but that has higher tolerance of detects defects than certified cei titled seed price pi ice ceilings to be announced later by OPA will be placed on both types |