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Show M BRIEFS ... 6y Baukhage Although more than 1,500 chaplains chap-lains now serve in the navy, the coast guard and the marine corps, more must be added. Emblem of the government war food program is a market basket carried by an arm and hand obviously obvi-ously belonging to Uncle Sam. Over the basket is the theme "Food fights I for freedom." ; The average American before the war ate about a pound and a third of tree nut meats a year. This year, he will eat only about a pound because be-cause nut supplies are smaller, ac- j cording to department of agricul- ture estimates. ! A 54-year-old Wisconsin farmer, ! whose two marine sons gave their ; lives in the war against Japan, is now a marine private doing guard duty somewhere with his companion compan-ion sentry, a powerful Doberman-Pinscher Doberman-Pinscher dog. Reversing the usual procedure of asking German civilians to write only cheerful letters to front line troops, Nazi officials have appealed to German soldiers to make certain cer-tain letters to their families are in a "humorous vein." The armed forces are using feathers feath-ers for camouflage equipment, sleeping sleep-ing bags and aviators' jackets. Crickets on the hearth this fall may lead to holes in curtains, rugs and other household fabrics as well as in clothes and even leather shoes, according to entomologists of the department of agriculture. As fall comes on and outdoor food supplies become scarce, field crickets may enter houses in great numbers and become serious pests. Gasoline sold in the United States last winter decreased slightly in quality because of wartime conditions, condi-tions, says the bureau of mines. |