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Show THE PROGRESSIVE OPINION j 'A' Banners for Record -- Breaking Crops Will Honor Farmers in 112 Counties oMjafion ACHIEVEMENT 'A' AWARD . "Victory depends as much on our ability to produce food as on our ability to manufacture guns, planes and ships.' Franklin D. Roosevelt. A presentation ceremony will be held for every honored plant as soon as possible after formal announce-ment of the award. The ceremonies will be simple but impressive. In appreciation of the essential role be-ing played by seasonal processors in the "Food for Freedom" pro-gram, the army and navy will co-operate with WFA in making the presentations. To protect the prestige of the "A" and the honor it represents, War Foods administration will exercise CONSERVE Food Processors, Too Will Be Awarded Achievement 'A's America's leading food producing counties will be awarded "A" ban-ners by the army for their excep-tional contribution to the year's food program, the War Food administra-tion has announced. Presentation of the citations for outstanding effort will be made during Thanksgiving week, with similar awards being giv-en to- food processing plants which made good records. Designed by the army's heraldic division, the "A" banner compares with the army-nav- y "E" pennants awarded industrial plants. It will carry a blue "A" surrounded by a . wreath composed of a head of wheat and half a gear wheel, all on a green field. Nominations for the county farm-ing awards will be made by state war boards of the U. S. department of agriculture, and regional direc-tors of the Food Distribution admin-istration will suggest deserving processing plants. The final 112 win-ners will be chosen by the War Food administration from these nominations. Allocations of the ban-ners among the .48 states will be made on the basis of the relative farm population of each state. Some states will receive several county awards, due to the large number of farmers within their boundaries. Factors which will be considered in the selection of the most produc-tive counties, according to WFA, in-clude: (1) extent by which 1943 goals were exceeded, (2) extent of the shifts made in order to produce war crops not previously grown in the county, (3) ingenuity shown in meet-ing production problems such as la- - stretch the available supply. Substi-tute when the items wanted are on the scarce list, even if it means changing life-lon- g eating habits. Another way to conserve is to buy and store vegetables, that will keep well. This is particularly impor-tant in the case of white potatoes this year. The crop has been ex-ceptionally large. Including both early and late potatoes, it is esti-mated that it will total more than 460 million bushels. Of this, 360 million bushels are late potatoes and are now being harvested. The late potato crop is 73 million bush-els larger than the late crop of 1942, and the overall 1943 crop is 33 mil-lion bushels larger than the previ-ous record crop of 1928, which to-taled 427 million bushels. So it is plain that the farmers' response to the government's plea for increased production has been splendid. It is a great national asset to have this record crop of potatoes. It also presents problems of distribution which, if not efficiently handled, may result in the waste of, or the diver-sion from human consumption of a bor shortages, (4) record made in increasing yields per acre and per man, and in utilizing potential latent land and labor resources, and (5) extent of with other war programs. Presentation of the "A" flags, which are to be flown from the courthouse of each winning county, will be made by a representative of the army at special ceremonies PRODUCE PLAY SQUARE Uiigi Minn tfy extreme caution in making the award. The procedure for plant nomination, however, is simple. Any employee of the'Food Distri-bution administration in Washington or in the field may propose a plant for consideration. Likewise, the nomination may be made by one of FDA's regional directors, or through the Washington branches of the WFA. An Awards board will con-sider every nomination and recom-mend final action to the director of food distribution. Because of the short period of time many operators are in produc-tion, prompt attention will be given to every nomination. The Consumer's Fart. Much as the breasts of farmers or factory workers will swell with pride when they see that "A" banner flut-tering in the autumn breeze, they know it is but a symbol of the mighty effort that every American is mak-ing to win the war. Not only pro-ducers of food, but consumers too, have their part to play. America's mighty home front forces are mobilizing during Novem-ber in a nationwide campaign to, help food fight for freedom. Ranking in importance with bonds, machin-ery, rubber, guns, tanks, ships; and planes, food is a weapon of war that every civilian can turn against the enemy. Rallying cry of the food army is the slogan: "Produce, Conserve, Share and Play Square!" Citizens' groups in every com-munity will advise the public of the meaning of these words, and of how each person can contribute to mak-ing the whole nation "food con-scious." Four government agencies, the War Food administration, OPA, OWI and OCD, are to tell the food story. Briefly they explain each part of the program: Produce and Conserve. American farmers have done a remarkable job this year in again breaking food production records, and they plan to continue the good work in 1944 with the planting of 380 million acres. Helping them plant and harvest is" something oth-er civilians can do on the production line. Home gardens also aid in making more food, as does work in processing plants during the rush season. Farmers themselves can help pre-vent waste of food before it goes to market, along with transportation companies and other handlers. The homemaker's job is to save food in the kitchen, and to can and preserve as much as possible. Everyone can try to eat the right foods, those that are nutritious and plentiful, so as to SHARE large part of this bumper crop. Al-though the War Food administra-tion, during kthe past summer, set aside 15 million dollars for the erec-tion of additional storage for Irish potatoes and sweet potatoes, the 1943 crop will exceed by more than 50 million bushels, available ap-proved farm and commercial stor-age. Every consumer who has space in his cellar or other suitable place is urged to buy and store as many potatoes as he conveniently can, so that none of this supply of food will go to wase. Other vegetables, like onions and turnips that keep well, should also be put away in storage places. Apples and any other fruits that can be kept over the winter should also be stored. Share Fairly. All Americans share the food with the men in uniform in camps at home and on foreign battlefields, with the peoples of the other United Nations helping to win the war, and with the countries liberated from Axis oppression. Farmers help each other to grow as much as they can by sharing seed, machinery, ferti-lizer and manpower in order to make "short" supplies go farther. Cheerful, willing acceptance of ra-tioning rules results in fair shares for all, and plenty of food for fit-ness and health. Food is critical war material. The government asks each citizen to pledge himself to accept no rationed foods without giving up ration stamps, and to pay no more than top legal prices. When rules rationing and price ceilings are not ob-served, "black mar-kets- " appear. Do without, if what you want can't be purchased fairly. Record food production has been achieved for the past seven years, yet America still doesn't have enough to answer all the demands of war and also to fulfill the un-usual wants of civilians with tre-mendously increased purchasing power. For the duration of the war and for several years after it ends, the farmer's problem is not going to be whether he can find a market for what he produces, but whether he can produce as much as he can sell. de-mands will continue to exceed the supply. to be arranged by the winning coun-ties. A representative chosen by the farmers will receive the produc-tion award. Seasonal food processors those little canning factories, those pack-ers of dried fruit, makers of jelly and so forth, who operate only while the fruit and vegetables are coming in are also eligible for a special award. For outstanding initiative in overcoming the obstacles in the way of producing processed food, or for increasing their output notably, sea-sonal processing plants will be awarded the Achievement "A' ban-ner similar to that given to coun-ties for farm production, but with a white star in the upper left-han- d corner. These little plants have joined en-thusiastically in the nation's "Food for Freedom" program. The fact that they are not year-rpun- d opera-tors makes them ineligible for the army-nav- "E" award. Standards Are High. The same rigidly high standards must be met for both the "A" and the "E" awards. In awarding the "A," the War Food administration will consider, first of all, quantity and quality of production in the light of available facilities. Other major factors bearing on their decision will be: 1. Ingenuity and with the government in developing and producing war food products. 2. in carrying out the purposes of the various food pur-chase programs. 3. Effective management; abili-ty to overcome production obstacles; satisfactory management-labo- r rela-tions, including the avoidance of work stoppages. 4. Training additional labor forces, low absentee records. - 5. Accident prevention; health and sanitation. That Must Be Love'"' She Would you give bachelor existence for me? He Honey, for you lY baseball game in the ninth I ! with the score tied. Ain't It So? Teacher Hayton, how few? """Kit, Hayton Three or four . Teacher How many make ' Hayton Twelve. do: Teacher How many make """ Hayton-V- ery few. There are people who think n only qualification necessatv i detective is fallen arches. ' Tip Wanted Judge (whispering before opens) Your wife accuses m I terrorizing her. Defendant Well, Your Hot. you see she always tries t-o- '''' Judge (interrupting) j i care what she does. As man t man, tell me how you go about J Released by Western Newspaper Union. WRITER'S INSPIRATION A FLAXEN HAIRED DOLL SEEKING AN INSPIRATION, something to write about, I stopped before a store window in my town. Sure enough, there it was, a flaxen-haire-blue- eye- pret-tily dressed little lady a doll. That doll had been produced to sat-isfy the motherly instincts of a lit-tle girL An object on which to lav-ish an Instinctive mother love. It told me a story of thousands of work-ers employed in the making of dolls, a story of food and clothing and shelter for many thousands of fami-lies created by that motherly in-stinct of our small lassies and our ability to satisfy that appeal. It brought to my mind the condi-tions in many other countries in which little girls have that same motherly instinct; of countries where that instinct must be, and is, satisfied with a rolled up rag with a string tied around it a doll with-out the reality of flaxen hair, blue eyes, red cheeks and pretty clothes; of lands where that motherly instinct does not provide comforts for homes by making jobs for workers. It also brought to my mind the days of our grandmothers, our great and who, as little girls, had to be satisfied with a rag with a string around it as a doll. That flaxen-haire- blue-eye- d doll pictured for me the difference in our American standard of living of today and In the time of our grand and and in our standards and those of many other nations. It illustrated the necessity of maintaining our standards, not alone for our small girls but for all of us, and as an incentive for achievement on the part of people of other nations. UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER AND THE ENEMY UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER. That phrase appeals to us. We like the sound of it. We picture it as rep-resenting a decisive, conclusive, def-inite beating of the Hun, the Jap and their satellites, and we are for it. But just what does it mean to the enemy peoples? Does it call for an unconditional surrender of their armed forces, their armies and navies and their war production facilities? Does it call for the abdi-cation of their governments? Does it call for these, plus the surrender without conditions of all the people, their lands, homes, business and other forms of individual wealth? Hitler would have the people of Germany believe the Allies are de-manding the unconditional surren-der of all the people of Germany with the confiscation of their individ-ual wealth. He pictures for them an armed taskmaster, internment camps, forced labor, the breaking of home ties, the obliteration of nation-al culture and national trade for a long, long period. If Hitler's definition is correct, there are comparatively few Amer-icans, in our present frame of mind, who would urge any softening of that definition. If he is not right, if those who have named the terms have something less drastic in mind, it might hasten the day of internal collapse in Germany if that less drastic definition were given to the German people and the German armies. The President did a part of that in one paragraph of his Ot-tawa speech. WHEN MOTHER'S SHELVES WILL REALLY COUNT FOOD MERCHANTS, especially those operating the larger chains, tell us we will be short, very short, on canned fruits and vegetables be-fore the winter is far advanced. It is then the well-fille- d bins and shelves of the home cellar will look especially good. It is then we will offer special praise to mother for her forethought in stocking the fam-ily larder. It is then we will appre-ciate to the full the advantages of living in a rural community or on a farm where a garden was possible. That Victory garden may well rate higher in February than it did in August thanks to Mother. SOLDIER VOTE NO MATTER which side of the political fence you may be on, do not count the. soldier vote before it is cast. Of the men in the armed service in November of next year very few, if any, will have the priv-ilege of voting. In many states absentee ballots are not permitted. In those where they are permitted, they are mailed only on request, and with the complications involved, requests will come from but a small percentage. WHEN GERMANY QUITS, re-gardless of when that may be, we will not throw away our ration books. The need for food production and conservation will be even great-er then than now. There are mil-lions of starving people In Europe whose lives will depend upon the productivity of American farms. WHAT OUR SENATORS and rep-resentatives heard while they were at home on leave should be reflected in what they do during the next few months. DREW PEARSON has been cred-ited with having closer touch witr. those responsible for many New Deal policies and that does not nec-essarily mean the White House than any other Washington corre-spondent. Drew Pearson tells us i is improbable the President wil seek a fourth term. Wonder if thai statement was inspired from inside or outside the White House. THE WAR MAY LAST UNTIL 1949 but few people, including Hit-ler, think so. BehindM tw PaulMalion - Newspaper Union. Released by Western PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND CONSERVATISM WASHINGTON. Mr. Roosevelt s choice of his lend-leas- e Edward Stettinius, ex-bi- g bust ness man, to the post of under-secretary of state has been com-mon-interpreted as another, sur prising evidence of Mr. Roosevelt s in prepara-tion swing to conservatism for the coming election. It looks more like Mr. Roosevelt and especially State Secretary Hull are getting ready for a big world-wide trade development program after the war as perhaps the main Hull's pet pol-icy theme of peace. Mr. throughout his career has been international free trade. He needed and wanted a man with business experience to help along that line. The scope of coming policy in this respect has not yet been divulged. Furthermore, Stettinius is about as close to the Russians as anyone in this government, having been in charge of all the lend-leas- e arrange-ments with them. Some. of the lib-eral groups have been complaining that insufficient attention" has bean paid Russia lately. Stettinius gets along well with the Russians, without having been con-verted to their ideology. As a busi-ness man, lend-leas- and Russian friend, he fills three practical re-quirements. These are sufficient basic reasons for the surprise, beyond the ad-vertised political implications. - 3 S $ TREND IS THAT WAT It is true the entire series of re-cent presidential appointments has followed the more conservative trend which Mr. Roosevelt estab-lished back when he dropped Leon Henderson as OPA administrator. Since then, he has set up the judi-cial front composed of Byrnes, Vin-son and Jones (with Bernard Baruch as official adviser) in charge of practically all domestic planning. He called in the Wisconsin Leo Crowley, already filling two important government posts, to take over in addition the Wallace-Mil- o Perkins economic sideshow and turn it over to a business function-ing basis without all the animal acts and reforming ballyhoo. Now he has boosted Mr. Crowley a notch higher, elevating him to control of relief and rehabilitation, since Gov-ernor Lehman is preparing to take the bigger international role in that line, (Lehman also being a New York banker). All these appointees may be con-servative as the liberals rate them, but more important than that, they seem to represent ap. effort to do a practical job here rather than a political job. To say that Mr. Roosevelt has gone conservative, however, would be going too far, as he still has all his old most intimate New Deal as-sociates around, Messrs. Hopkins, Frankfurter, Rosenman, Cohen, etc., and, in most government agen-cies, you will still find New Dealers hidden away in key spots. To me, it seems the President has not gone anywhere politically. S WEIRD ACTIVITIES IN ECONOMIC WARFARE The weird activities of agents of Vice President Wallace's former Bu-reau of Economic Warfare in their search for strategic materials, are still being related. Many of his men went into the Amazon jungle area, inhabited chiefly by Indians, who do not even wear a sarong, or at least only in its most abbreviated form. An effort was made to induce them to gather rubber. Before the project really got un-der way, a government shipment of 1,500 sewing machines arrived in the jungle for distribution to the Indians as an inducement to make them work. Just who sent them or why, was not apparent to those m charge on the ground. Theywere not used and were sent back. Inci-dentally the Indians of that area would, not do the work anyway and natives had to be imported from an- other district. S CONGRESS AND BUREAUCRATS There is much current discussion about how tough congress is going to be with Mr. Roosevelt and the bureaucrats. The truth is congress cannot do much about either. Mr. Roosevelt obtained most of his powers immediately after the war started, and they are to extend legaHy until a short time after The annual appropriation bills will not come up until January, and the agenda of congress is light. The tax bill seems to be the major item for doubt that anything will be done even on that subject The main power of congress ably will P- -b-continue tQ be varfous S government activities in civilian and military fields "S $ INTERNATIONAL POLICE FORCE? The Internationalist groun m the senate hears Mr n it is not safe tr 1 e recrJ, this one. The olllT ne " the state W6nt to om HuTforo; SC." AS PLEASING and gay as find- - ing a real four-le- af clover this pretty apron with the applique of green clover leaves. A bit more than half-a-yar- d of material will serve for the apron scraps of light and dark dotted or. figured f' 5614 green materials make the easily eppliqued leaves. Use the paler green shade for the waistband. Use organdie for a "party" apron muslin, percale or unbleached muslin for an everyday apron. Due to an unusually large demand and current war conditions, slightly more time Is required in filling orders for a few ot the most popular pattern numbers. To obtain Applique pattern and Apron pattern for the Four-Lea- f Clover Apron (Pattern No. 5614) send 15 cents plus one cent to cover cost of postage, together with your name, address and pattern num tier to: HOME NEEDLEWORK 149 New Montgomery St. San Francisco, Calif. CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT COSMETICS TRY THIS WONDERFUL Brim CREAM: A combined cleansing ann sage cream that softens, heals ana serves. Enjoy freshness and charm cost. Make it yourself from my fonrV simple ingredients easily bought Vn j it or sell it. Send $1.00 for this Twond"-- . mula, money or money order, to Di; SON, 636 "C" Street, San Diem lornia. Satisfaction guaranteed. Yon not lose on an offer like this. Act FEATHERS WANTED FEATHERSSS PILLOW MFG. CO. 2219 Cols Stmt, St um, One thing a soldier is afraid ci is a display of emotion. Tri'i why his slang so often scl-.'- i derogatory. For example, he it fers to the, silver eagles on colonel's shoulder straps as "tl zards." But when he speaks of hi favorite cigarette, he says: els." They're first with men ir. Army as well as with Sailors, rines, and Coast Guardsmen. (;.: cording to actual sales records : service men's stores.) And th there are Post Office restrict. on packages to overseas Ar- -; men, you can still send Camel; ;. soldiers in the U. S., and to rr: in the Navy, Marines, and C Guard wherever they are.-.- -;, GIVE YOUR COLD THE AIR Open up that nose. Feel this real preBcription-typ- e medication soothe, ehrink. Caution: Use only as directed. Be sure you demand Fenetro Nose Drops. cM buy ash: that can do more for you than St J i Aspirin. Why pay more? World's eeller at 10c Demand St Joseph An Gather Yorr Scrap; i yir Throv It at El! a Beware Cor' from common c:..'; That Harv f : Creomulsion relieves pron'r cause it goes right to the se trouble to help loosen ai d germ laden phlegm, and aid " to soothe and heal raw, tor. flamed bronchial mucous r branes. Tell your drugrrist to a bottle of Creomulsion with l derstanding you must like the Quickly allays the cough or jv-t-have your money back. CREOMULSI for Coughs, Chest Colds, B : i jLe Recommended doctors " j Helps tone up adult vH'V I systems helps YS ! art I children build sound Kp I f teeth, strong bones. DON'T LET constipat:: slow YOU UP When bowels are sluggish ar -- feel irritable, headachy, do es it do - chew the r ' chewing-gu- laxative. Simp y FEEN-A-MIN- T before you go te r-etaking only in accordance with c directions sleep without bf.-- z -- turbed. Next morning gentle, tr relief, helping you feel swell at Tastes good, and economical. A generous family ' feeij-a-l:::- ;t : " YOU WOMEN WHO SUFFIX, n If you suffer from ho' weak, nervous, cranky feelir.-'- s a bit blue at times due to functional "middle-ase- " P; peculiar to women try Pinkham's Vegetable .Comp to relieve such symptoms. regularly Pinkham's Con'P1 helps build up resistance such distress. It helv "c . Also a fine stomachic label directions. lydiae.pinkha:.i'$L J SNAPPY FACTS ABOUT --RUBBER Success of the Dutch In trans--I planting the quinine tree from Peru to Java helped encour age Interest in the develop-- I ment of rubber plantations in the Far East In the early 1870's. With all the discouragements of rubber and gasoline restrictions, automobile registrations at the end of 1942 were only 5 per cent lower than In 1941, a record year. Commercial vehicle registrations were down 5.5 per cent. It Is estimated that at one time there were between 300 million and 500 million wild rubber trees in the Amaxon Valley and that less than 10 per cent have been tapped to date. "" , B.EGoodridi muw - Help Them Cleanse the Harmful Body Your kidneys sre esn'tsjtly 0 i wwte matter from th. kidneys sometimes 1st '"Til,,, b not act as Nature to"i,l, move impurities thst, u "Ttt: Soison machinery. the system ana P" Symptoms may be di:- . persistent headache, attsckj getting up nights. j V'.. under the eyes a '"""'j ; anxiety and loss o( PP "J,-- Other signs ot kidney "J'rt' order are sometimes burora" too frequent urination. . t There should be no doubl'" ,,., ,t treatment is wiser thsi si ... J Boon's Pills. Doo' ta"e ' new Iriends lor mors than ,, They have a natioo-w-" Are recommended by F . country over. A't orf". Weigh Ration Stamps Now available is a new "ration stamp counter," a scale that en-- j ables a person to count loose stamps accurately in batches by , weight from 40 to 400 times faster than individually by hand. Colored Lights Affect Plants Colored lights affect many kinds of plants, some growing better un- - der. red, while others prefer yel- - low. Post --War Autos WU1 Be Better, but Not 1 Fantastic ' Those fantastic dreams of tear-drop, rear-engin- e cars made of "su-per" materials with curved glass tops and plastic bodies, belong to the next decade. That's the opinion of Delmar G. Roos, a vice president of Willys-Overlan- d Motors. Roos, who is credited with design-ing the hard-hittin- g Jeep, cited these points as an "engineer's approach" to post-wa- r automobile design: (1) There will be a demand for more efficient vehicles at lower ini-tial cost. This will mean lighter cars, but not necessarily smaller. (2) Radical changes will be slow in coming. (3) Auto manufacturers are not willing to gamble their reputation on "futuristic" models which can't meet the hard test of public use. (4) Plastic bodies and curved glass surfaces, in their present form, are unsatisfactory; the bodies have none of the advantages of steel while the plastic glass as now de veloped presents a dangerous han-dicap to clear vision. (5) The next great mechanical ad- vance in the industry will probably be the perfection of and automatic transmissions in a simple and inexpensive fm. How-ever, it is not expected to entirely replace the conventional hand shift system for several years. Comfort of Limousines. Mr. Roos, who is a past president of the Society of Automotive Engi-neer- s, believes a great deal of in-genuity will be used in giving these smaller and lighter automobiles most of the basic comfort features found in the larger cars, such as roomi- ness, performance, smooth ridins easy handling, attractive appeal ance and mechanical soundness Smaller and lighter engines will de-velop more power per cubic inch As a consequence, the demand for limousines should be greatly reduced. |