Show diute piute county boys write home about south sea island following vis 4 a letter from apte darrell ouke idt set carling allen alien and mgt rollo hollo fullmer irlies bhreel three boys left plute aute bounty with the first group to go into the grimed services haying having been mei membris bers of of the national gai guard ard A bulletins from our island com command marld us that they wished moie news news items sent home from she south pacific area ai ea so we three Pi eluters Plu liters pac darrell dan ell LukeS gt carling allen alien of kingston ad and mgt rollo F full ull mei iner of all of the E engineers dand band have gathered a few items together that we thought might be intel te resting to people back home in the firsti place even though ye we are thousands of miles from home we feel that all we would have to do to be at home Is to row low a few hours in a row boat and we could land right at home we wish it was as as easy as that but when we yet et back to earth not notice ca our surroundings and think back 4 abut ut all the days we spent on a troop transport we realize we aregust arel just day di earning dreaming things that are were novelties to us when we first biral landed landed such as coconut banana and orange trees native ib villages lages natives and of otier countries are now quite coif conanon raon and wo we dont think much bout them the natives are aie not the cannibal type that you might think but are quit aulta crude and their customs and ather things about them are quite in teresing and odd they dont wear shoes men wear short pants usually salvaged salvaged andi remade from our t troops while the women wear soca so ca called ailed dresses of the 1 brightest right est colors they can get hold of which reminds one of grandmas grandeas grand mas nightgown and surely flatter their looks any before the war their dress was much more primitive than it Is now but when you get out in the wilds you see some of the dress continued on page tour four seed potato ceilings OPA has set maximum prices on seed potatoes certified and war approved at an average of 10 to 20 per cent lower than the levels at which they were frozen last season freeze levels were based on prices prevailing from february 16 15 to march 1 1943 basic maximums tor for certified seed potatoes are above established ceilings tor for those for or table use for war approved seed potatoes not covered by last seasons price freeze a premium ot of 50 60 cents over talle table stock potatoes maximum margins tor for carlot barlot distributors wholesalers and retailers closely follow those set for tab lestock potatoes with adjustments to cover the greater cost of handling seed potatoes when sold in bulk or buyers sacks the maximum for certified cei titled or war approve ed seed potatoes shall be decreased by the reasonable value of new loo pound sacks of a type i customarily used to bag such seed potatoes it if sold in bulk or by the value ot of the sacks it if they are furnished by the buyer foundation stock seed potatoes ane exempt from price control USDA available fifteen hundred tons of 20 per cent has been a allocated to utah for distribution to farmers tor for use as fertilizer under the conservation materials program administrated by the AAA USDA US on ranu farm slaughter of hogs suspended effective No november vembert 17 the war food administration announced 0 90 day suspension or 01 al aa restrictions covering farm slaughter of hogs to facilitate marketing and aca slaughter producers may kill for their own uso use or sale or trans transfer ferto to others a all 11 hogs bogs they are able to handle no license or permit required previous pound limitation per producer lifted tor for three mouths months period this action applies to hogs bogs only and not to other livestock farmers are urged to spread the marketing of 0 the present record pig crop cy over e r a period of time to prevent 0 overloading ver loading marketing a and n d slaughter facilities the requirements of the OPA with respect to observance of the meat price ceilings and the collection ot oi ration points in exchange tor for meat delivered remain unchanged under this proy provision ision USDA dairy feed payment program rara dairy farmers who expect payment mn under food adman adain dairy feed payment program must file evidence on an the amount of whole milk butterfat butter and cream sold during october with local AAA committees before november 80 30 1843 1943 another payment will he be made under thaw program covering sales made to in november and december as soon as possible after january 1 1944 applications tor for the second payment must be tiled filed by producers not later than january 31 1944 |