The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, January 7, 1944 Page: 3 of 8
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Friday, January 7, 1944
The Paducah Post
Page Three
TELEFACT
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LOSSES IN MARKETING
WASTED SOLD IN GOOD CONDITION
C£)$J 1 g
POTATOES, BEETS, PEAS
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ORANGES, GRAPEFRUIT
mm
APPLES, PEARS, PEACHES
CABBAGE, SPINACH
TOMATOES, LETTUCE, CAULIFLOWER
° Each symbol represents 10°/o of farm production
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BAILED OUT NAVY FLYER HAS
VARIED RESCUE EQUIPMENT
No Navy flyer is looking for
the opportunity to' leave his plane
and take a parachute hop to the
open sea below, but should an
emergency occur, the Navy has
endeavored to provide him with
the best possible ' safety equip-
ment.
After the flyer has parachuted
to the comparative safety of
the sea and the immediate crisis
in his life-saving operation is
past, he may set himself up in
what might be called emergency
“light housekeeping” in his one-
man, inflatable parachute-raft.
Very important among the un-
fortunate flyer’s rescue equip-
ment is the raft itself, with its
air pump for inflating—in case
the automatic carbon dioxide in-
flating device fails to work— and
its rubber dipper for bailing
out. In addition, the flyer has an
inflated “Mae West” life jacket,
a parachute back pack, and a
seat pack.
Ready for More Emergencies
Once the raft is properly in-
flated, the pilot can crawl in,
open his seat-pack, and have it
ready for emergencies that might
befall his one-man sea-going
veesel.
This seat pack contains for
the raft a pair of small hand
paddles, two leak plugs, a re-
pair kit, and a first aid kit. It
also contains a can of emergency
drinking water and a can of
dye for a “sea-marker,” — a
powder which can be used to
make a huge colored spot in
the water around the raft in
case a possible rescuer comes in
the vicinity. This “sea-marker”
will remain visible for about
two hours.
Should he be injured or ill the
flyer next may be interested in
his medical kit containing com-
presses, sulfadiazine, seasick
remedy, boric acid ointment for
burns, morphine, and iodine.
Lastly the flyer will open his
back pack. This pack includes
25 feet of cotton line, reflector
(for sun-signalling), fishing kit,
whistle, projector and Very
cartridges (for signalling), water-
proof electric light with an extra
battery and light bulb, tarpaulin
(or sail), head-net for protection
against mosquitoes, safety pins,
knife, adhesive, matches in water-
proof container, compass, and
I equipment and chemicals for de-
salination of seven pints of sea
water to make it drinkable. For
ready-prepared food, the stranded
flyer’s pack contains a choice
of pemmican (dehydrated meat
and fat), chocolate, and malted
milk tablets. He has also salt
tablets to replace salt lost in
perspiration.
Instructions in Fishing Kit
To supplement his food sup-
ply, should rescue be long delay-
ed, the flyer can turn to his
fishing kit. And the Navy is
taking no chances on his being
an accomplished deep sea fisher-
man. Instructions on waterproof
paper are provided in the kit.
Among other things, these in-
structions tell him to use the
enclosed pork rind as bait to
catch little fish to use for bait
to catch the big ones that will
provide meat in substantial
quantities.
The flyer’s tarpaulin is yellow
on one side and blue on the
other for camouflage if neces-
sary. His flashlight and his pro-
jector with Very cartridges are
useful signalling devices at night.
During the day, much of the
flyer’s time will be given over
to searching for possible rescuers.
He is advised to keep flashing
his sun-signalling mirror over the
horizon even though he can see
nothing, because the mirror has a
range of 10-miles—farther than
his eye can see.
Important in standardizing res-
cue equipment and making all
equipment avaiblable to all the
services has been the Liaison
Committee on Emergency Rescue
Equipment established by the U.
S. Chiefs of Staff. Rescue equip-
ment similar to the Navy equip-
ment mentioned in this story is
furnished by the Army to its
flyers.
PACKED FOOD PRODUCTS
Exempted from price control
are sales by home canners who
sell less than 1500 quarts a year
of packed fruits and vegetables,
OPA reported recently. OPA also
announced that consumers will
pay more for canned sweet po-
tatoes, brined cherries, Maras-
chino cherries, canned mush-
rooms, and processed dried
prunes and prune products.
Many varieties of butterflies
have a fragrance, usually a pine
or flower odor.
REWARD
I will pay $25.00 reward for the
arrest and conviction of person or
persons who nailed the fictitious
sign “Danger Warning” on the
little iron house near the Ice Plant!
JOHN W. BEST
Carload of Lumber
just Received!
It is not only good business to keep
your property in good condition—it
is patriotic too! By (making needed
repairs as they occur, your property
will last longer and your invest-
ment will be protected. Do your
part by conserving and making re-
pairs NOW!
THIS CAR INCLUDES:
1 X 6 ROUGH FENCING V
1X6 NO. 2 LUMBER
PLENTY OF SHINGLES
TRUCK LOAD OF
Hog and Barbed
WIRE
Come in and let us help you with
your fencing problems.
Shamburger Lbr. Co.
PHONE 270 - PADUCAH
DUB
Right Reserved To
Limit Quantities
United Nations
at War
BRAZILIAN PRAISES
U. S. SURGERY
Under the impetus of war, the
U. S. is making enormous strides
in medicine, especially in surgery,
which will prove of great benefit
to the other Americas, accord-
ing to Dr. Mom X. da Silveira,
famous Brazilian endocrinologist'
and surgeon; He said he was an
advocate of “broader training”
for the medical profession every-
where Dr. da Silveira favors
the American “country doctor”
tradition which has thus far
successfully resisted, in rural
areas, the age of “over-specializa-
tion.”
EXPAND WOMEN’S
LAND ARMY
Australia, which is now hav-
ing its summer season, is mobiliz-
ing more women to help on the
food front. The Women’s Land'
Army, consisting of 2,000 full-
time workers, and the WASPS
(Women’s Agricultural Security
Production Service) are being ex-
panded. The WASPS are volun-
teer groups of country women
who help farmers on a piece-
work basis. With the assistance
of key men, women can do four-
fifths of the work on the farms.
WASPS have been trained to
scarify, cut chaff, drive tractors,
thresh, use potato diggers, and
grade fruit and vegetables.
CUBAN MOTORISTS
BURN ALCOHOL
A new formula for motor fuel
in Cuba requiring 75 per cent
alcohol and 25 per cent gasoline
decreases the gasoline content
and increases the alcohol content
each by 40 per cent, according
to the Department of Commerce.
This was done to maintain “non-
essential” consumption of gas-
oline within the fixed basic quota
of 40 per cent of 1941 consump-
tion.
TRANSPORTATION IN
CHUNGKING
Chungking, China, has only 33
buses for a population of almost
a milion persons and since the
city is big geographically, the
transport problem is serious. It
is not unusual .for a businessman
to walk several miles to keep
an appointment. There are two
main bus lines, each about six
miles long. The fare is $15.00
in .Chinese currency on the ex-
press buses and $8.00 on the
locals. Buses burn alcohol or: an
ersatz gasoline. Breakdowns are
tragic, because spare parts have
to be brought in by* plane from
India, and plane priorities are
hard to obtain.
RED CROSS AIDS RUSSIA
Recent months have shown
larger shipments of American
Red Cross relief supplies to
Russia, due to better transporta-
tion facilities. Supplies have been
chiefly medical, hospital, surgical,
and clothing, largely for families
made homeless by invasion, and
for war orphans. Modern X-ray
looms, surgical equipment of other
types, surgical dressings, and
drugs are all serving the war
wounded in Russia.
BRAZIL DEVELOPS
POULTRY INDUSTRY
The Brazilian-American Food
Commission is fostering the de-
velopment of the poultry industry
in northern Brazil to meet war-
expanded demand in that area
for meat and eggs by armed
forces and workers on strategic
programs. Poultry specialists
from the U. S. are working with
the Brazilians as part of a co-
operative arrangement between
the two countries. The new
poultry units are being stocked
with improved strains from breed-
ing stocks established fro m
breeds largely imported from the
U. S. and adapted to Brazilian
conditions.
UNDERGROUND WORKER
GIVES ADVICE
A member of the Dutch under-
ground who has escaped to Eng-
land is broadcasting a series of
instructions and warnings to his
co-workers in the occupied coun-
try. He warns against carrying
papers—“the Gestapo cannot
search your brain,” Appointments
with people you do not know
personally are dangerous, he said.
“Do not agree on any sign of
recognition but obtain a thorough
description of the person in ques-
tion. A flower in the buttonhole
. . . may be all right in a stage
play, but is no good for under-
ground work. Know a watch-
word, or better still, watch
phrase.” He also recommended
that woi'kers travel alone, make
no appointments in cafes, always
be punctual, and when in a
strange house, find out the best
way to leave it in a hurry.
VENEZUELA ENCOURAGES
FISHING
Under the spur of*wartime de-
mand, Venezuela is developing
her fishing resources. Formerly
an importer of seafood, Vene-
zuela now has established four
seafood canning factories with an
estimated annual capacity of 57
million cans. The 1943 catch is
estimated at more than 40,000
tons. More than 60 per cent of
the catch is salted, dried, or
canned while the rest is sold as
fresh fish. <
RATION CALENDAR
Gasoline—In 17 east coast
states A-8 coupons are good
through February 8. In states
outside the east coast area
A-9 coupons are good through
Januai-y 21.
Sugar—Stamp No. 29 in
book four is good for 5 pounds
through January 15.
Shoes—Stamp No. 18 in
book one is good for 1 pair.
Stamps No. 1 on the Airplane
sheet in book three is good
for 1 pair.
Fuel Oil—Period 2 coupons
are good through February
7 in all areas except the south,
wher they are good through
January 24. Period 3 coupons
now valid in the Middle West,
South, East, and Far West,
remain good through March
13 in the Middle West, East,
and Far West, and through
February 21 in the South.
Meats, Fats—Brown stamps
R and S are good through
January 29. Brown stamp T
becomes good January' 9.
Processed Foods — Green
stamps D, E, and F in book
four are good through Jan-
uary 20.
RUSSIAN WOMEN
REPLACE MINERS
Thousands of Russian women
have replaced men in the mines.
The wife of a Red Army officer
sent a letter to all women of
the Karaganda coal basin urging
them to come into the mines to
take the places of their men at
the front. As a result, 10,000
women are now working in the
Karaganda coal mines.
MILLION WORKERS IN CAMPS
Normally, France has more
than 5 million agricultural work-
ers. Now more than 1 million
either are in concentration camps
or doing compulsory work in
Germany or the occupied zone.
In addition to the labor shortage,
hardest on French peasants in
the northern zone are requisitions
of occupation authorities for
oats, meats, and horses. Peasants
are increasingly reluctant to de-
liver their produce and refuse
to deliver cattle. German taxes
are heavy, and the price paid
to livestock raisers is ridiculously
low.
POLAND INSTRUCTS
IN SABOTAGE
It is reported from Poland
that the Directors of the Under-
ground Fighting published in-
structions concerning sabotage,
ordei'ing destruction of dairies
working for the German s.
Agricultural machines, the in-
structions said, should be ren-
dered unusable by the removal
of vital parts which would be
difficult to replace. The remov-
ed parts should be stored in a
INCREASE IN
APPLE PRICES
Increases in apple prices over
those for 1942 will mean that a
28-oiLnce jar of apple butter will
cost from 3 to 4c more at re-
tail, OPA reports. This relfects
an increase of approximately 80c
to $1.65 a hundredweight in ap-
ple prices and an increase of ap-
proximately 73/2C to 15c a pound
in apple chops. The method by
which dealers in apples for home
consumption determined their
maximum prices in sales prior to
retail was changed. With maxi-
mum prices for terminal markets
the same as those for rural mar-
kets, apples tended to become
scarce in rural markets. So, a
(premium of 3-8 of a cent a pound
now is allowed on sales in rural
markets.
safe place so that after the Ger-
man occupants leave, the
machines may be restored to use.
Instructions also order burning
of grain stores which are in
German hands.
BOYS SET HARVEST RECORD
Thirty English boys from a
Halifax, school, with a master and
two older boys in charge, har-
vested a thousand tons of
potatoes in four weeks. The
farmer, and the local War
Agricultural Committee rep-
resentative, who supervised this
work, consider it a record for
the number of workers engaged
in any four-week period.
BUILD CHURCH IN DESERT
Using wood from wrecked
enemy planes for the communion
rail, the men of an R.A.F. Well-
ington night bomber wing in
North Africa recently built their
! own “parish church” in the
desert. The church consists of
two tents fronted by an ancient
Arab archway, and topped by a
wooden cross. Shell cases serve
as altar vases, bomb containers
as seats, and old flare boxes
as choir stalls. An organ, bought
with money subscribed by the
fliers, makes the chapel complete.
All squadrons and men of all
denominations took part in the
work.
It’s on the Japs
A Japanese motorcycle loaded
with beer was one of the prizes cap-
tured by American solMers during
their assault on Makin island. A
group is shown drinking a toast to
continued Allied victories.
CATSUP RELEASED
TO CIVILIANS
Nearly a million cases of to-
mato catsup soon will be re-
leased to civilians. The catsup is
being released from specific re-
serves held and owned by can-
ners, but set aside by them for
government use.
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can only be attained by the use of hundreds of planes, bombers and fighters.
These planes must be armed. The fighter must have thousands of rounds of
machine gun bullets; the bomber must have bombs, fifty pounders or block-
busters.
YOU, an American housewife, can help arm these planes. The spoonful of
waste grease you pour into the empty tin can is a mighty weapon of war. The
grease you save and sell to your local grocer goes into the making of nitro-
glycerine ... the basic explosive used in bombs and bullets.
Our job here at your electric service company is to furnish the power that
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which your kitchen helped to furnish. The job of producing planes to secure
and maintain superiority of the air is a job that only American industry backed
by power produced in business managed, privately owned electric companies
could accomplish.
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