The Clarksville Times (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, April 26, 1946 Page: 3 of 14
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FRIDAY, APRIL 26,1946
UNRRA Fights
Rats to Stop
‘Black Death’
AP Newsfea cures
London — UNRRA has launched
an all-out offensive against the rat
perts are directing the fight in
Italy, Yugoslavia, Poland, Greece
The first drive began in Taranto,
Italy, when an outbreak of “black
death” among dock workers was
traced to infected rats in the port
area. UNRRA released three tons
of DDT. Everyone in the area was
dusted with the powder and rat-
runs were powdered to kill the
fleas at the sources. Anti-plague
vaccine was flown from London
and was used on everyone close
to the point of outbreak.
Then, UNRRA sent out MaCau-
ley Grade, Ministry of Pood di-
rector of infestation control, to de-
stroy the rats which were over-
running Taranto. By placing pois-
uslng new forms of bait and dif-
ferent types of poison the epidem-
is was stamped out within a few
weeks.
Similar campaigns are proceed-
ing in other parts of Europe,
where rats have caused serious
destruction of food.
The Dodecanese island was over-
run with rats because most of the
cats and dogs had been eaten dur-
ing the famine period of the Ger-
man occupation in 1944-1945.
Granaries and warehouses and
storerooms were ravaged and seed
reserves menaced throughout
Greece and Yugoslavia.
In the anti-rat campaign, "am-
munition" supplied by UNRRA in-
cludes 860 pounds of poison sent
to Italy, 720 pounds to Yugoslavia,
650 to the Dodecanese and 1,000
pounds to Poland. Greece is being
Clothinq 31% I
|T7,152.800 j
Motor Trucks and Troctora 20°
$49,776,000
Construction
Equipment 11%
$27,376,900
>us Materials 18%
<44,798,400
Electrical and
Radio Equipment 9%
$22,399,200
Construction Materials 6%|
$14,932,800
MONTHS
NAVY RECONVERSION
Between Sept. 22, 1945,
and April 8, 1946, the U. S. Navy turned over to the Waj Assets Corpora-
tion, for sale to the general public, <248,880,000 worth of surplus prop-
erty. Proportion of main items is shown on Newschart above.
Inflation Grips
Korea, Already
Riddled by Japs
materials that the Industrial
north could use but free communl-
Seoul, Korea. CAP) — Korea’s eco-
nomic plight probably is unique
among war dislocated countries of
the Par East.
Not a battleground itself, this lit-
tle nation nevertheless has suffer-
supplied with 1,009 smoke cartridges | ed Few Koreans are sorry that Ja-
pan’s surrender overturned their
economy. But the U. S. — Russian
occupation that came with it has
proved a definite hardship.
Korea wants to buy from abroad,
but has no way of paying. Japan-
decrees improverished the silk
industry, which otherwise might
have shipped raw silk to the United
States to establish a basis for for-
eign exchange. ..____
I American - occupied Southern
Korea grows rice chiefly and no-
Hsutv in talking about exporting
Department's budget estimates for enough to feed all of the people at
the 12 mouths beginning July 1.' home.
Pood is being shipped into the Country Split in Two
come in from the United States.
Army authorities recently an-
nounced plans to import commodi-
ties from the United States, but the
quantity and method of payment
have not been announced. Mean-
while, Korea has a problem at
home-inflation.
Prices of many commodities are
more than 100 times what they
were in 1937, Koreans complain
that they are going up every day.
The Military Government says it
Is doing everything it can to stabil-
ize them.
situation Dr. Allen Loren, Econom-
ic Adviser to the Military Gov-
ernor, attributed inflation not only
Wm
spwii a—iH Wk
number of subsidiary factors.
“At the time of
lion, there was fear and un
tainty among the Japanese
Korea.” he said. “Japanese
—
I about $11600 as against $13,000 or
Korea's libera* $14,000 far a conventional house of
ir- the same type and style.
' 2 A tenant-house for the farm,
which will cost about $4,000 a$
com" against about '$5,000 if built entire-
drew company funds for their own of a small-housing project and will
u?e ” I sell for between 88,000 and 87.000
! each Instead of $8,000 as would be
1 the case if they were built conven-
ticnally.
| Walls of the large house, the
first to be built, which is nearing
completion, are 18 inches thick.
nix” is very important. The
materia] Is about 70 per cent sand.
Snrndinr With Abandon
Re said the people imagined the
hanks would be closed and with-
drew their deposite. Bank of Cho-
sen (Korea) no#es in circulation
doubled from the end of July, 1945,
to Oct. 1. The people didn’t hesi-
tate to spend and prioes skyrocket- the rest being roughly half silt and
ed. j tjgjt clay.
To add to the situation, Amort* | This material sticks together. Tt
all former price controls. Military jg thoroughly mixed, moistened, ar.d
dared an open market, discarding lald ln slx.lnch iayers ,n a form
tans, shortly after the r arrival, de- bu„t on ^ foundtttion. which is of
officers now concede that this was Conncrete, slightly wider than the
a mistake which they still are try- to ^ Tamping is done _
lng to correct by such measures w|th mw-hanlral ranuners operated 1 CAB SHORTAGE SOLVED FOR THEM—Forty-two yean old aruT still
, bv compressed
mers
air, like Jackham-
as fixed prices on the basic com-
modity, rice.
The daily rice ration has been
doubled. That forced a slump In
“ prices from 450 yen n are modified from
(830) to 180 yen ($12) for nil* ventlonal t of tool by
quarts, says a report of MaJ. Car-
rol V. Hill, Pittsburgh, Pa., Nation-
al Food Administrator for the Mili-
tary Government.
New Type Mud
Houses a Help
In Colorado
Greelev, Colo. — David J. Miller
ration is not permitted. Korea ac- r»nd • Palmer Boggs are collabratinq
tually is two countries which have build a grouo of rammed-eartn •
not recognised each other. ; houses Just outside this college
There is no Immediate relief in town, on the Alles fann of which
sight, although the American-Rus- Mr. Miller is manager. He is a Gree-
sian commission, now in session J?) attorney. Plans are by Mr.
here, might lift the blockade any , Boggs, a Denver architectual engl-
time. ineer-
American Military Government I Rammed-earth houses are con-,
attemots to Increase production ln *vtTf “’*1
are hampered by the boundary line £■* ,their waU! “* «* •“** “
shortage of supplies. So far. ««htly rammed together that it
Methods OutUned
a con-
having
18-pound cubes of steel attached,
rather than a drill or hammer, and
these cubes pound up and down
mechanically many times a min-
ute. After the pounded earth has
“set" the form is renjoved and a
new section of waU is begun. Spaces
are left in which windows and
doors may be inserted.
However, these houses will have
moderit modifications to this ex-
tent: Heat will be radiant, from
hotwater coils laid in the waxed
and stained concrete floors, as the _
concrete Is laid; windows will be tlcal.
going strong (?), this one-cylinder Reo, pride of the highway during
Teddy Roosevelt’s first term in the White House, was recently acquired
by Adam Ogorzaly and John Gerety ln a Topeka, Kansas, farm equip-
ment exchenge: Adam is pictured above as he exhibits his mastery of
such revolutionary features as right-hand steering, chain drive, and
single forward speed to passenger John, who Is sitting above motor.
3,898 GERMAN8
LEAVE POLAND DAILY
fixed, with ventilation provided by
movable louvers above or below i
there will be large wall spaces of i _
&aS!Lrrpt °nJhe JKrth’ „Whe^i Wroclaw - AJ>, - Germans *n
the thick, rammed-earth walls will ... .. ’ ... ___ . j
be left largely unpiereed to defy;this formerly Breslau.]
the north winds. ' j and throughout Lower Silesia, are
Hundreds of people drive out busy packing their bags these days, j
Sundays to see the progress of what j The Polish government is evacut-
are Jokingly called the “mud hous- infc 3.000 Germans daily to Allied ,
es.” Visitors are beginning to be- i occupation zones in Germany. Offi-
lieve, however, that this type of cials e stimate t hat within four
construction may be highly prac-1 months there will not. be a single
take
port that
with more
announced
Committee i
as follows:
Membership
let Lee. Final
mere. New
Education,
Program and !
ryman. Social
lnger.
Agriculture, T.
lion, Dr W. B.
fication, Rex
Activities,
vention, BUI Ha
Affairs, Kenneth
Health. W. D.
mo’ion, Harry
Ssm Risinger. 1
man Walters.
Robert
i German left on Polish soil.
MARRIAGE LIC
Eddie Smith. Jr ,
Lanet a Corley.
Way land Ward
Anderson.
John Brown and
H E. CorLin
Proby.
Neal Liggins and
»*.si er-L-s “ “-r £
wouldn’t stand up to the weather:
They do, and there are rammed-
earth houses in this country that,
date back almost to the Revolution,
and houses abroad that antedate
Columbus.
0 0* |
Three Types *
The advantage is that the wall
material costs little or nothing,
thereby saving some construction 1
expense. All materials save this1
one item, however, are convention-
al. Mr. Boggs figures that a ram-
analysis of the economic med;earth house Should cost in the
rOCKl is Deiiig snipped into wi- tounuj —- - A***4»riran 1 ir. thA hnro in rurrenev 01 mree types iur virer puipt»ra.
United States zone of Germany at! Factories jjjf have I but to a ™rcity of goods and a 1. A rather large residence for
the rate of more than 50.000 tons of 38th parallel. The south .may have I but to a scarcity of goods and a ^ Mnler famay, estimated to tost
neighborhood of 80 per cent of the
cost of a conventional, one.
The houses being built here are
of three types for three purposes:
41EUAHCE
DRESSES
New spring styles in printed stripes and solid colors. We
will positively clear our stocks of all Spring Dresses. Good
assortment of sizes. Large selection of styles. You will want
two or three ip each price range.
DRESSES
Everyone a
DRESSES
You can wear these
through the summer
right
$•7.00
This assortment is some of our
very best Quality marked
down to clear.
Look this assortment over be-
fore you buy.
One and two piece printed and
plain crepes. Make your selec-
tion while stock is complete.
Rayons in dark colors cheaper
than House Dresses.
$0-00
not a big assortment but you
may find just what you want.
DRESSES-A Few Odd Lota to Clear
—
$1.00
BLOUSES
de£tan°red8tyleS
SAFEWAY
“Farm-Fresh"
•ms
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ENGLISH PE
D-E-E-E-LICIOUS SERVED TOGETHER
Fresh English
POTATOES
"
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'
$AoaiAi^ OahiBJL
Canterbury Tea
Airway Coffee
Nob Hill Coffee
Coffee A*air«Moo ...
Eggs
Bread *****
2«£.
Fresh Select In
Cartons, Doz.
224
414
234
314
35c
114
Flour nwory-o..... .10i«. 554
Peanut Butler c£S j£°* 294
Sardines IZS® &*284
Turnip Greens ib. c..2 104
Tomato Puree..........eSL-01 44
I Doted. Enriched
V%achlE5:........
i Palmolive &£?
Sweetheart!^. 2& 134
Lifebuoy - 3»; 194
j How to conserve bread
1 The Fatoine Emergency Committee
J has askad Americans to cooperate
• during tho present food emergency
2 to conserve bread ao that starving
1 people in othe, lands may be fed.
J We offer in the following suggestions
I way* to save precious bread.
» WHEN YOU BUY BREAD-Buy
| the size loaf that fits your family .. .
am^ll loavee for small families, ,'nrge
loaves for large families. Plan . •
have no bread left over Cram okb
shopping trip to tbs next. Jf you
must buy bread for several days’
use, get pwo email loaves rather than
one large 1 oaf.
Lb.
PEA
Blacksye Peas
Fresh
Toads-
Large, Ripe lerrie*
Oranges !5?»*—
Lemons » —
Lettuce aSg^r!_
Cucumbers ^
Carrots ..........
Yellow Onions
Fresh
STRAWBERRIEfj
Pt. Box
Fresh'
CO
Weill
4- £dw "ShDcsthtj fifties* fcostojday at $v(sssau i
CAS Spiced
Timsea1
Apple Sauce .. S- 21
Tews Hosss
Juice
Deviled Ham^
Raisins ^..............
Apples scks'.L-
CRAI
Sfffsiuay 'Cjuwuudssd VflsaiA
Lamb Chops
» •
--i Rib Chop:
J Los*
| Sausage
Sausage ---u.
the heel, and fold over waxed
TO FRESHEN DRY BREAD
—If your bread becomes slightly
dry, sprinkle the wrapper around
the bread with water or put the
sst.*scruras^ j F-B.dc, a
rfiattsrarsss i
ataly for a homemade-bread flavor. -
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