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SHINER GAZETTE, SHINER, TEXAS
Washington Digest;
'Food Will Win the War’
—And Maybe an Election
Washington Politicians Awaken to Fact
That Voting Public, Like an Army,
‘Moves on Its Stomach/
By BAUKHAGE
News Analyst and Commentator.
WNU Service, Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C.
Wars and rumors of war, war pro-
duction, man power, post-war plans,
race riots, roll-backs, gas rationing,
strikes, floods, offensives—you can
think of a lot more probably. All
right, pour them all into the hopper.
Grind them up. This is a pretty
dish to set before a voter in 1944!
Don’t worry, he can take it. But
take away his bread-basket, and he
is a different animal.
Food will win the war.
Lack of it can postpone victory if
it doesn't spell defeat.
And food, or lack of it, can lose
an election, that is what you are
hearing in Washington these days.
An electorate, like an army,
moves on its stomach. On an empty
stomach, it moves away from the
“ins,” hollers for the “outs” to
bring back the bacon. And when
you get a customer with both an
empty stomach and a full pocket-
book hammering on the table and
demanding service, you have a hard
customer to please.
Slowly, the Washington politicians
are beginning to awaken to that fact
—that food is going to be the big
issue in the next election.
President Saw It First
The President and his keen-eyed,
ears-to-the-ground political scouts
recognized it first, and when Phil
Murray, head of the CIO, and Wil-
liam Green of the AFL began to
call for the roll-back of prices, the
administration was quick to prom-
ise that they would be served “right
away.” Meanwhile, some of the oth-
er guests are beginning to feel neg-
lected.
But before roll-backs au grati'n
could be served, congress stuck its
foot out and tried to spill the tray.
For a while, it looked as if there
was going to be embarrassment in
the political kitchen.
Even if the administration is able
to silence the demands and threats
of labor, there are a lot of other
Oliver Twists who “want some
more” and who will twist out of
their straight-ticket voting and start
looking for “a better ’ole” unless
this food question is solved before
the ides of November MCMXLIV.
Through the days when congress
was first trying to fold its tent and
steal away from the banks of the
Potomac, one thing was clear: un-
less the administration pulled a
nice, fat and succulent rabbit out of
the hat which could be served up
to the electorate with enough bas-
ketsfull left over for the fighting
forces and the hungry Allies and
other pospective clients, the Gallup
poll vaulters which had re-re-re-
elected the New' Deal in advance
would have to start their polling all
over again.
The enemies of the administration
are building up a barrage to the ef-
fect that Mr. Roosevelt has babied
labor and has left his old friends,
the farmers, in the lurch. They say
that because he was afraid to of-
fend labor, he listened to their de-
mands for lower prices and turned a
deaf ear to the farmers’ troubles.
This, of course, since it comes
from hardly non-partisan quarters,
has to be taken with a grain of salt,
but whatever the working man says,
when he sees the cost of living eat-
ing up his former “raises” if he has
had them, the record will show that
despite John Lewis’ polysyllabic at-
tacks on the President, labor has
not been treated exactly as a step-
child.
But what has the farmer been
getting meanwhile?
A couple of assists, at least, which
have benefited him and the war ef-
fort at the same time.
FCA Head Reports
Let me report to you what I
learned from Governor Black of the
Farm Credit administration, an in-
stitution which has managed to es-
cape the attacks which most of the
government agencies have had to
weather. Governor Black was in
Washington the other day—the head-
quarters of the Farm Credit admin-
istration were moved to Kansas City
a year ago, you know, in the inter-
est of decentralization and with the
idea that after all, Kansas is nearer
the center of American agriculture
than the Atlantic seaboard.
The governor tells me that the
FCA has been used heavily since
the first of the year to see that farm-
ers are getting the credit they need
to achieve all-out production. He ad-
mits that the 50 million dollars
loaned to farmers and stockmen
isn’t much compared with the total
amount of production financing
which the farmers use in a year but
it’s something even in these days of
astronomical lending, leasing and
spending.
The loans are made through the
Regional Agricultural Credit corpo-
ration.
Here are just a few of the facts
Black produced from his briefcase.
Take flax—flax is as important in
its way as tanks are in theirs. The
automobile manufacturers have had
it made worth their while to manu-
facture tanks instead of autos. The
farmers up in—take North Dakota,
for instance—have “shared the risk’’
as Black puts it, with the RACC
(Regional Agricultural Credit corpo-
ration) which extended them credit
to “change over” to flax. Instead of
one million three hundred thousand
acres of this valuable crop that was
harvested last year, a million
EIGHT hundred and forty thousand
acres were seeded this year (41.4
per cent government financed).
Take dry beans in-Montana: 50,-
000 acres seeded this year, double
last year’s planting, 84.5 per cent of
the crop government financed. I
could go down the list with peanuts
in South Carolina, sweet potatoes in
Louisiana and Mississippi, ad infini-
tum.
Simple Machinery
The way this share-the-risk thing
works is simple. The farmer puts
up his land and labor, the RACC
puts up the out-of-pocket costs after
the county war board and its own
representatives have approved the
deal.
If the crop comes out all right,
the farmer pays the loan. If it is
wiped out by bugs, drouth or dis-
aster (and when 01’ Man River went
hog-wild this spring, there was a lot
of wiping out) his liability isn’t
wiped out, too, because his liability
is limited to what he took in from
the crop and the incentive payments
or insurance on it.
“It wasn’t so much a matter of
how much money was loaned,” Gov-
ernor Black said to me, “as where
it was loaned and what it was loaned
for. In the past few months, the
country has awakened to the neces-
sity of producing the vital crops to
the limit, and that’s where we con-
centrated our financing.”
Well, that is one agency that has
been able to go ahead without hav-
ing to duck the political brickbats.
Other government agencies, not so
lucky, had to take a lot of punish-
ment that wouldn’t have been di-
rected at them if it weren’t for poli-
tics. The poor Commodity Credit
corporation, which everybody seems
to love for itself alone, got into an
unpleasant jam with the subsidies,
and had a tight squeeze partly
through pure politics, partly because
congress and the President didn’t
see eye-to-eye on the anti-inflation
program.
What most people fail to realize is
this: even now with all the splendid
effort the farmers have made, agri-
culture has not yet been entirely
“converted”—I don’t mean convert-
ed to the “all-out” idea but convert-
ed in the sense that civilian industry
was converted to war production-
autos to tanks and planes, sewing
machines to machine guns. In-
dustry had plenty of “incentive.”
The farmers have had some help,
will have more. '
And the consumer (who is really
everybody) and the farmer and the
worker, haven’t gotten it through
their heads yet that unless they all
hang together, they’ll hang sepa-
rately.
If we don’t get the food, we won’t
be able to eat the dollars, no mat-
ter how many we may have in oui
sock.
* * *
The per capita use of eggs in 1942
was 316. Prospects for this yeai
are about 324 per capita. The army
and lend-lease need about 3 eggs
out of every 10 produced, which
leaves 7 out of every 10 for civilians
B R I E F S . . * by Baukhage
More than a million dollars’ worth
of schools are destroyed by fire per
month.
* * *
The number of women applying
for admission te medical schools in
1942 was the largest in the history
of the schools, and was greater than
in the preceding year by 25 per
cent. In 1941, 636 women applied
for admission; in 1942, 810 applied.
The hog population is liable tc
outrun the feed supply.
* * *
A scientific “detective force” oi
six dermatologists and a chemist
has tracked down causes of skin
diseases, and prevented further out
breaks, among workers in more than
50 government and privately ownec
arsenals and war plants, U. S. Pub
lie Health Service officials announce
P/JTT,WN'S
SEWING CIRCLE
/
1781
Colorful Set
'T'HE prettiest little girl for miles
around will be the one who
wears this ensemble—darling bo-
lero, jumper and panties.
* * #
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1781-B de-
signed for sizes 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 years.
Size 3 jacket with trimming for dress and
pantie takes iy8 yards 35-inch material,
dress and panties 2'A yards.
PTMOROUMJ
CUTS^\ PETROLEUM JELLY @
Get Your War Bonds k
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IftfMTATED
SNAPPY FACTS
ABOUT
i?3 RUBBER
Millions of wild Hevea seeds
from Brazil have been sent to
neighboring countries and as
far north as Central America
in the extensive program
under way to encourage rub-
ber development in the West-
ern hemisphere. Congress ap-
propriated $500,000 in 1940
to stimulate rubber planting
in the Americas.
India rubber pontons and ponton
boats were used by the U. S. gov-
ernment 100 years ago. They were
made of coated canvas in three
compartments, each inflated by a
separate tube. They were inflated
by a hand bellows and collapsed
and sank with the slightest leak.
; ' *• ' < m>% ,,,
BIGoodriefe f
NRST in rubber
Place a ball of twine in a twine
sack, cut a small hole just above
the ball, thread the string through
the hole, then hang the sack on
the wall and the twine will be
handy when needed.
* * *
When buying a housecoat, if you
choose a wrap-around model, be
sure it has a good lap, sitting or
standing. Otherwise it will gap.
* * *
A leaky water bucket can be
stopped-up by putting melted
paraffin inside.
* * *
String beans will be more ten-
der if you cut them twice leftgth-
wise before putting them on to
cook.
* * *
Instead of spreading newspapers
on the inside of bureau drawers to
keep them clean, try finishing
them with a coat of white eanmel.
Most amateur gardeners water
their gardens too often and not
deeply enough. A good soaking
when the ground has become prac-
tically dry is the fule for best
results.
* * *
Additional flavor is given baked
beans by adding salt pork which
has first been ground fine and
fried a delicate brown.
* * *
Less sugar will be needed if a
pinch of salt is added to sour fruits
during the cooking period.
* « *
If you keep any poisons in the
medicine cabinet, push two pins
crosswise through the cork. Even
in the dark they’ll warn a person
to “beware.”
* * sjc
Hooks, eyes, and snaps are most
satisfactory when sewed on with
the buttonhole stitch.
1732
Teen Ager’s Pet
'T'HERE’S such flattery in the
A princess frock that it goes on
and on as a favorite fashion of
teen agers. Today’s princess pat-
tern presents a new wrinkle, too-
lacing—emphasizing the smooth
figure following seams at the
waistline! Try this model at once
if you are looking for a sweet
pretty frock.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1732-B is de-
signed for sizes 11, 13, 15, 17, 19. Corre-
sponding bust measurements 29, 31, 33, 35,
37. Size 13 (31) dress, short sleeves, re-
quires 3yards 39-inch material.
Due to an unusually large demand and
current war conditions, slightly more time
is required in filling orders for a few of
the most popular pattern numbers.
Send your order to:
SEWING CIRCLE
PATTERN DEPT.
530 South Wells St.
Chicago.
Enclose 20 cents
pattern desired.
in coins for each
Pattern No........
Name..............
Address..............................
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10. President Roosevelt has ve-
toed more bills than any other
U. S. President, about 600 in the
past 10 years. Grover Cleveland
is second, having vetoed 464 dur-
ing his two terms, or an average
of 58 annually. •
1. Where is the Valley of Ten
Thousand Smokes?
2. What state’s name means
“red people”?
3. What is the chemical symbol
for gold?
4. What name is given to a per-
son who derives pleasure from in-
flicting pain?
5. What opera was based on the
assassination of King Gustave III
of Sweden?
6. The separation of complex
light into different colored rays is
called what?
7. How long did federal prohibi-
tion last in the United States?
8. What is the approximate
civilian population of Alaska?
9. Are the depths of the earth’s
oceans greater than the height of
her peaks?
10. Which President has vetoed
the most bills?
The Answers
1. The Valley of Ten Thousand
Smokes is in Alaska.
2. Oklahoma.
3. The chemical symbol for gold
is Au.
4. Sadist.
5. “The Masked Ball."
6. Dispersion of light.
7. Thirteen years.
8. Approximately 72,000.
9. The depths of the oceans are
greater than the heights of her
peaks. Mt. Everest, our highest
known peak (29,000 feet), could be
dropped into Swires Deep, a pro-
digious hollow off Mindanao, P. I.,
and still have 3,000 feet of ocean
overhead.
Hint for War Bride: Make Combination
Chest and Cupboard From Old Dresser
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MIRROR
SUPPORT
UPSIDE
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FRAMES OPENING S
iOF CUPBOARD
I F YOU are furnishing a combi-
* nation living and dining room
with odds and ends from the fam-
ily attic why not use paint and
inexpensive fabrics to harmonize
unrelated pieces?
Here a combination chest and
dish cupboard has been made
from an old dresser. The cup-
board at the lower right sits on
top of the dresser and a quarter
round molding nailed to the dress-
er top holds plates in place. Both
dresser and chairs are painted
cream color and quaint Dutch de-
signs in gay colors are stenciled
on them. The chair seat covers
repeat the colors in these designs.
Pieces of the cracked mirror of
the old dresser are cut to fit paint-
ed picture frames and typical
Dutch tulip designs are stenciled
on the glass.
* * *
NOTE: The painted and stenciled de-
signs used by Early Dutch settlers in
America are full of sentiment for us to-
day. The Dove of Peace and Hearts and
Flowers were favorites. Mrs. Spears has
prepared a large sheet of authentic de-
signs with complete instructions and color
guide for decorating furniture and other
household articles. Ask for Pattern 262
and enclose 15 cents. Address:
MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS
Bedford Hills New York.
Drawer 10
Enclose
262.
Name....
Address..
15 cents for Pattern No.
From an old French word “mes”
derived from the Latin word “mis-
sus” meaning a course at a meal,
comes the Army’s name “mess”
for its breakfast, dinner and sup-
per. Favorite meal with the soldier
is chicken dinner—his favorite
cigarette, Camel. (Based on actual
sales records from service men’s
own stores.) A carton of Camels,
by the way, is a gift that’s always
welcome. And though there are
Post Office -restrictions on pack-
ages to overseas Army men, you
can still send Camels to soldiers
in the U. S., and to men in the
Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard
wherever they are.—Adv.
God Made Garden
God the first garden made, and
the first city Cain.—Cowley.
KoolAid
m
MAKES 102^*35
ilfol DRINKS'
MEAT GOES FAR
WITH ALL-BRAN
“BRANBURGERS”
Here’s a new way to serve that old
favorite, the hamburger. Make it with
KELLOGG’S ALL-BRAN to Stretch the'
meat supply, to give the popular ham-
burger new interest, and to gefc
all-brasn’s nutritional benefits—valu-
able proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins
and minerals.
Kellogg’s All-Bran Branburgers
1 egg 1 tablespoon
2 teaspoons salt chopped parsley
JA teaspoon pepper 1 cup milk
2 tablespoons *4 cup catsup
minced onion 1 cup Iteilogg’a
All-Bran
1 pound ground beef
Beat egg slightly, add salt, pepper,
onion, parsley, milk, catsup and
All-Bran. Let soak until most of mois-
ture is taken up. Add beef and mix
thoroughly. Shape into 12 patties.
Bake in hot oven (450°F.) about 30
minutes or broil about 20 minutes.
Yield: 6 servings (12 2Y3 inch bran-
burgers.)
CLABBER GIRL
ALONG WITH OTHER
PtOVEft INGREDIENTS
... choose Clabber Girl as part of that war-time recipe...
Guard against waste and be sure of results with the
baking powder that has been the baking day favorite
in millions of homes for years and years...
Ask Mother, She Knows: Clabber Girl
''goes with the best of everything, for baking.
KESDQfi
they say:
$IG£ AN EAT for anything very good
U EA0LE DAY* for pay-day
"BOG POCKET11 for tightwad
CAHHEI* for the favorite cigarette with
in the Army
men
CAMELS
SURE ARE
SIDE MEAT
I WITH ME! THAT
SWELL TASTE AND
EXTRA MILDNESS
IS THE TOPS!
F/RST/H THE SERWCE
The favorite cigarette with men in the
Army, Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard
is Camel. (Based on actual sales rec-
ords in Post Exchanges and Canteens.)
KILLED YOU FROM IR0WIN6 ALL DAY
WITH A STICKY
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HOMEY, MEET
FAULTLESS STARCH!
he'll TAKE THE STICKIH ARCH
.OUT OF Y0UC IRONING (THAT?
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Shiner Gazette (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 29, 1943, newspaper, July 29, 1943; Shiner, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1144226/m1/3/?q=war: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Shiner Public Library.