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White Deer Review
Mrs Letha Gramer
. VOLUME XX.
WHITE DEER, CARSON COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1943
NUMBER 1
ON THE
rfoME front|forging Weapons of Food Is Everybody's Job
As the rationing of processed
friuts and vegetables begins to n
full stride and plans tor control
of the meat supply takes tom,
the average housewife now has a
fairly good pieure of the food ou -
look as it affects her household
and what she will do about it.
She has already made the pleas-
ant discovery that OP A mtotang
order, covering chiefly cannc
fruits and vegetables, leav®® *
long and appetizing list of staple
foods in the non-raStioned class
and that these items alone are of
a sufficient varied nature to pro-
vide a healthful, nourishing diet.
This means that under present
regulations food purchases which
require stamps from Ration Book
Two can be held to a nutmn
without allowing the family die
to suffer. It meas also that house-
wives will pay closer attention to
the foods for which no ration
stamps are required.
Such an optimistic view is shar-
ed by Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard and others m close touch
with the food situation. Secretary
Wickard asserts tthat there is go-
ing to he enough food for essential
diets in this country, provided we
manage our food supplies wisely.
With the beginning of point ra-
tioning, he said, we enter a new
phase nf wartime living.
«,We can enter it with the as-
surance that by careful manage-
ment we shall have all that we
need to eat, even if we have to
forego some of the food that we
would like to eat,” Mtr. Wickard
declared.
Careful .management calls 'for
full use o ffood available for civ-
ian consumption, equal distribu-
tion of this supply, avoidance of
waste, and cultivation of all gai-
den space. Our 1943 Victory Gar-
dens and our volunteer U. S. coips
will bolster food production from
two directions — the small-scale
private and community garden
and the large-scale staple crops
from the farms.
MAXINE MILTON, INJURED
IN FALL FROM HORSE
Miss Maxine Milton, daughter
of Elmar Milton of this city, was
injured last Thursday while horse
back riding. Shis is now in West
Teas hospital in Lubbock, where
she works, suffering from a frac-
tured skull. Miss Milton ^is in a
satisfactory condition ‘but will
probably be in bed several weeks.
BAD WEATHER HINDERS
STOCK SHOW A‘1 JL.mNDAJNU.ti
Whatever changes occur in our
dietary habits, they cannot be
compared with British food exper-
ience since the beginning of the
Avar. Britons have had to fall back
on a diet that is nourishing but
monotonous, supported chiefly by
horn e -raised fresh vegetables.
Their war gardens—both private
and community ones— and the
Volunteer Women’s Land Army/
are as A7ital to the United King-
dom as ite military defenses. In
fact, they are classed as a vital
part of the total defense of the
British Isles. .
In this agricultural region, most
of the farm folk and, some city
’r dwellers have haid! gardening ex-
perience, but thousands of our
people will plant their first row of
beans this spring. They will want
to read all they can on gardening
and get hints from Uheir Imprej
experienced neighbors.
If the victory gardener expects
to get bountiful crops containing
minerals, hel’ll have to be sure
that the soil in his plot is adapted
to cultivation and that it gets
plenty of sunshine. Gardening in
Last Friday’s Livestock Shoiw
by boys of the White Deer Ag
class, under direction . of Ronald
Davis, Avas a splendid one as far
as the class of livestock exhibited.
The Aveather Avas unpleasant and
not as many people Avere privileg-
ed to see the shoAV as should have
done so.
Premiums Avere given on the
Avinning classes in all divisions.
Among those who showed Avere
Dean Lassiter calf; Glenn Hess,
fat gilt; Jack Dupy, barroAV; Bob
Parcher, barroAV. Oscar Lee Wil-
liams, chickens, dairy coav, boar,
2 gilts, soav Avith litter; Roy B.
Hodges, beef calf, dairy heifer;
Glenn Burrell, gilt and boar; Leon
Nicholson, gilt; D. Phillips, boar;
Clyde Boyd, barrow; Leroy Thorn-
burg, bred gilt, 2 open gilts, 9 fat
lambs; Gilbert Meaker, barroAV;
Brian Ed Evans, fat barrow, bred
gilt; Miurrell Noel, fat barrow.
Red Cross Field Directors
Solve Soldiers' Problems
M
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RATIONING AT A GLANCE
-Used
Ration Books
War Ration Book No. T
for sugar, coffee and shoes.
War Ration Book No. 2—Blue
stamps now being used for ration-
ed processed foods.
Mileage ration books—Books A.
B, and C used for passenger cai
gasoline. E. and R books, or non-
highAvay uses; D, for motorcycles;
T for trucks and commercial ve-
hicles.
Rationed Food Commodities
Sugar-Stamp No. 11 in Book
No. 1 good for 3 pounds until
midnight, Mar. 15, 1943.
Coffee—Stamp No. 25 in Book
No. 1 (for those 15 or older) good
for 1 pound of coffee until mid-
night, Mar. 21, 1943.
/Shoes—Stamp No. 17 in Book
No. 1 good for 1 pair of shoes
through June 15.
Meat—Voluntary “share the
meat” program sets limit at 2 and
a half pounds per person per
week. Meat will be rationedunder
the “point” system after Book
No. 2 is distributed.
Processed Foods—Blue A, B
and C stamps (48 points) in War
Ration Book Tavo good for pur-
ehaseof rationed processed foods
until midnight, Mar. 31.
Mileage Rationing
Gasoline—Value of each coupon
in A, Bl, and C Books is 4 gallons.
Second 8 coupons in A Book are
good until midnight Mar. 21, 1943.
Those avIio think they are eligible
for suplemental rations should see
their local board.
Tire Inspections—All A book
holders must have official tire in-
official
Cams
tefk '? a**."
Photo by Toni Frissell
Thousands of U. S. fighting men last year accepted the invitation to
discuss their personal problems with Red Cross field directors who accom-
pany troops to all parts of_the world. This picture, taken in London, shows
everyone happy after the field men had satisfactorily solved the problems
of the two soldiers at the desk. Contributions to the Red Cross 1943 War
Fund, now in progress, make this service possible.
distant spots Avhi'ch involve use of, holders must have first, official
the family car should be avoided,! tire innpeetions by Mar. 31, ••
impor- j Subsequent mpesctions foi A. book
Rationing1holders will be once every siix
b “B” book holders must
for saving rubber is just
tant- as groAving food. ________ _ „ ,
of rubber and gasoline has cut the months,
national average 5,400 miles an-
nually for passenger cars, but a
further reduction may be neces-
sary In the areas Avhere rationing
began Dec. 1, a 36 per cent decline
in rural traffic contrasts with 47
per cent in December.
While city folks ’with garden
plots have the opportunity of
groAving their OAvn vegetables, they
are not as.fortunate as their rural
friends from the standpoint of
fresh or cured meats. The new
ceiling prices on pork cuts are
slightly higher than prevailing
prices in some localities, but the
regulation which becomes effective
April 1 Avill assure a more even
supply for everyone.
Texas is in Zone Four under the
pork price control regulation. Id
this state, maximum prices for the
five most popular types of pork
will be as folloAvs:
In independent stores with less
than $250,000 annual sales:
Grade A sliced bacon-------- 47c
Skinned, smoked ham, center sli-
ppy __________________________ 61c
Skinned, smoked AAdiole ham _ 41c
Center cut pork chops (Fresh or
frozen pork loins)----------42c
Salt pork (Dry salt bellies, fresh,
cured or frozen) -----------25c
Is This Your Stray Cow?
Owner please call for stray
whiteface cow. Has (been at my
place for some time. J. R. Nichol-
son, southwest of White Deer.
have second offical tire inspection
by June 3, 1943. “C” book hold-
ers must have second official in-
spection by Moy 31, 1943. Second
official tire inspection for “T”
book holders must be made 6 days
from Feb. 28, 1943, or every 5,000
miles, Avhicliever comes first,
tificate. Tires Avill be rationed to
all on the basis of tire inspections
and county quotas available Avith
most essential mileage to come
first. Recaps can nOAV be secured
Avithout rationing certificates.
Tires—If official tire inspector
recommends a tire replacement ^ or
recap, apply to the local ration
board for tire or recap ration cer-
tificate. Tires and recaps will be
rationed to all on the basis of tire
inspections and county quotas_ a-
vailable, with most essential mile-
age to come first.
Other Rationing
Eligible purchasers needing neAV
automobiles, bicycles, typewriters,
rubber faotwear and other commo-
dities on which sales might be -re-
stricted should see their local ra-
tion board.
THE SUNSHINE CLUB
The Sunshine Club met Thurs-
day af ternoon in the home of Mrs.
Cecil Blakely. The hostess was
presented with a gift.
Refreshments were served' to
Mesdames Louie Reim, Johnny O-
Aven, Horace Owen, (W. W. Ritcha,
the hostess and one visitor, Mrs.
Miles Pearston.
The club will meet Mar. 11 in
the home of Mrs. Johnny OAven.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The sol-
dier stormed into the Red Cross
office at a southern Army camp.
His mouth was set in a hard,
straight line; his eyes were cold,
determined. His wife trailed him
as he strode across the reception
room; her face was red and swol-
len from crying. They werq not
over 22.
“I need help," the soldier told the
Red Cross field director at the desk.
“And I need it fast.”
The Red Cross field director
smiled, but the soldier did not re-
turn it. “All right, soldier, let's see
what’s the trouble."
“If I don’t get help I’m going over
the hill," he blurted. “I’m on alert
now—due to move out almost any
minute. But I’m not going—and
leave my wife with no place to
stay."
Further conversation developed
that the young bride was an ex-
pectant mother. She was unable to
go home because of her stepfather.
Her husband had no relatives with
whom she could stay. And the allot-
ment he had made to his wife had
not yet come through.
Two hours later—after much con-
versation and planning—the soldier
was shaking the hand of the Red
Cross field director.
The Red Cross man had arranged
that the soldier’s wife spend the
night at the Army camp guest
house. Preparations had been com-
pleted with a nearby Red Cross
chapter for her transportation back
home. The Red Cross chapter in the
girl’s home tOAvn had agreed to see
that she had proper care until the
baby was born. By that time the
allotment would be coming through.
In every United States military
establishment, at home and abroad,
the American Red Cross maintains
a field director and staff to help
Uncle Sam’s fighting men work out
such personal problems. More than
1,000,000 servicemen passed through
the offices of the Red Cross field
directors last year. Their problems
covered all phases of life—families
needing financial aid, allotments,
illnesses, deaths, lose of contact
with the home folks: These and
other problem* are unfolded in a
never-ending panorama before Red
Cross field directors. Almost always
they are solved.
The Red Cross field director is
ready to furnish information coun-
sel, and assistance as needed to
men of the armed forces. Reaching
into every county in the United
States through local Red Cross
chapters, these workers and local
home service chairmen act on be-
half of the men of the armed forces
and their families in matters affect-
ing the welfare of either or both.
In addition to the servicemen
aided by field directors, more tha,n
500.000 families of men in the ser-
vice received help through Red
Qross chapters and branches.
Contributions of the American
people to the Red Cross during the
$125,000,000 War Fund appeal now
in progress will help to keep and
expand these services to the na-
tion’s fighting men.
Varied and often unusual are the
other demands made' of Red Cross
field directors. Field Director Wil-
liam Fluharty, stationed in a re-
mote Australian area, traveled down
to a railroad junction to bring^back
6.000 pounds of American maga-
zines for troops to which he was
assigned. Returning on a train, he
was asked to help deliver a baby
for a native woman, belatedly en
route to a hospital.
Red Cross Field Director Albert
S. -Campbell and two assistants,
David S. Oman and John J. Clancy,
Jr., distributed clothes, cigarettes,
soap, razors, tooth brushes, playing
cards and other articles to Ameri-
can fighters during one of the most
furious Solomon Islands battles.
Whatever the welfare and per-
sonal problems of American fight-
ers at home or abroad, the field
director, backed up by 3,755 Red
Cross chapters and 6,000 branches,
is the serviceman’s best friend in
time of need.
Forging' the mightiest weapon
in the history of the Avorld is the
special task, and the special privi-
lege, of eA7ery man, Avoman and
child in America.. FOOD is that
Aveapon and the military annals of
all time testify to its effectiveness.
In a very real sense our Ameriacn
, Armies, our Navy, our Marines,
l and all our armed forces literally
’ “travel on their stomachs.”
When the farmeis of this coun-
try in 1942, rallying to a cry of
“More Food for Freedom,” ex-
ceeded all previous records by 12
per cent, they dembnstrated agri-
culture’s unbeatable ability to a-
dayt a great industry to wartime
purposes. Perhaps you havn’t
thought about farming las one of
America’s greatest industries, but
it is. In fact, it is the biggest War
plant in this country. YTou don’t
see much of it at any one time,
but if the farms Avere put side-by-
side they would make a huge war-
plant of more than a billion acres,
manned bv more than 30 million
workers. From that billion acres
in 1943 must come more food than
we have ever produced before—
more food than any nation ever
produced before—in spite of seri-
ous shortages of farm labor and
farm machinery and equipment.
Everybody’s Job
The farmers will do their job—
past records prove it. But regard-
less-of 'the amount of food raised
by the agricultural industry, it
will be impossible to meet both
military and civilian needs Avith-
out 'the- efficient cooperation of all
the people, Mind conserving, the
foodstuffs Ave must have to “win
the Avar and Avrite the peace.” If
you have never thought of your-
self as a producer of food, this is
the time to do it. In 1943 we shall
need more than 18 million home
!“Victory Gardens,” (plots of a
few square feet to several ac-res,
which must Ibe depended upon to
supply vegetables for many Am-
erican homes. It sounds amazing,
but it’s true that more than $200,
000,000 Avorth of vegetables, not
counting potatoes and sweet pota-
toes, Avere groAvn in farm home
gardens in 1939. These figures are
vigorous evidence that homegroAvn
vegetables do furnish a substan-
tial part of civilian food require-
ments1 and Avith proper planning
can be made to do even more.
Residents of toivns, regardless
of Avhat ou may have heard, c,an
often produce better vegetables
than commercial gardeners,
i Watch Your Diet
Raising a Victory Garden is on-
ly one way in which the resident
of town or city can supplement the
efforts of Ameriqa’s fanners iff
meeting our 1943 food goals. The
second way is by keeping an eye
on your diet and the foods your
family eats. Just vegetables will
not win the war. Men cannot fight
on foods that are lacking in min-
erals and vitamims, in fats and
oils, strong bodies demand the
evry best kind of foods. At home
and abroad the vital need is fr
nourishing foods—fighting foods.
It Is Like This
Figure it this Avay: Every pound
of food that a resident of town or
city is able to raise in a Victory
Garden, or stave bjy economical
buying or efficient management in
Pvt. “Bud” Evans
Piri. Clarence M. (Bud) Evans,
Co. A 4th Repl. B. N., Pittsburg
Replacement Depot, Pittsburg,
Calif.
Bud is a second gunner in the
field artillery and has been in the
service since Oct. 26. He spent 13
Aveeks at Fort Sill, Okla. He is
married and his Avife lives here.
WHITE DEER MEN BUY
HEREFORDS AT STOCKSHOW PAMPA HOSPITAL
Tavo fine registered White-face
Hereford young bulls Avere (bought
by White Deer mien at Amarillo
Stock shoAV this Aveek.
Buel Gray paid $400 for Domino
Prince Standard and L. P. Eakin
paid $410 for Carlos Domino 106
from the fine Combs-Worley herd.
INTERMEDIATE SOCIAL
The Intermediates of the Bap-
tist Church met Tuesday evening
at the home of Rev. and Mrs. J.
W. Hardin to enjoy a farewell so-
cial in honor of William Wharton
Avho left to enlist in the army,
William is the youngest son of
Rev. and Mrs. W. C. Wharton who
recently moved to our city.
Refreshments Avere served to
eleven young people, and a good
time Avas reported by all.
P. R. Chandler, age 68, grand-
father of Mfss Dorothy Wittlif,
died at his home in Denton, Wed-
nesday morning. He had been a
citizen of Denton for the past 15
years and Avorked at the Texas.
Women’s College. Miss Wittlif
left her for Denton to attend the
funeral.
William L. Boyd, age 54, Avhose
farm home Avas southeast of this
city, passed aivay in a Pampa hos-
pital soon after midnight, Wed-
nesday morning. He had been a
resident of this section for the
past 20 years and was a member
of Calvary Baptist Church in
Pampa, and had many friends avIio
are saddened by the report of his
rather sudden death.
Survivors are the aviJoav and
three sons, Jimmie, Clyde and De-
ano; a brother, C. D., of Fautana,
Calif.; and three sisters, Mjrs.
Ruth Walker, San Bernardino,
Calif., Mrs. Mittie Capehart, Riv-
erside Calif., and Mrs. Emily Nel-
son, Cheyenne, Ola.
Strayed
Strayed — White-face heifer,
branded F on right thigh. At my
place 3y2 miles north of. White
Deer—BEN URBANCZYK.
If you are in need of paint-
furniture repaired, see H. C. Sim-
mons. Painting with a spray gun
or with brush.
If you are in need o^ furniture
repairing or any kind of Wood
work, see H. C. Simmons.
Jack Pipes, Seabees, F3c
Jack Pipes, fireman, 3-c is with
the Seabees in North Africa. He
joined last fall and this picture
Avas madie of him Avhile in Scot-
land. He is the grandson of Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. Powers and Avas
reared here.
STAFF SGT. RECTOR DACUS
WINS LUBBOCK BRIDE ,
Miss Leona Crews of Lubbock,
formerly . of Wilson, became the
bride of Staff Sgt. Rector C. Da-
cus of Ester Field, La., Feb. 24,
in the stud of the First Baptist
Church in Shreveport, La., with
,the pastor officiating in the single
ring ceremony.
Mrs. Dacus is a graduate of
Wilson High School and is now
employed at the Modern B°aoty
Shop. She Avill join Sgt. Dacus
soon.
Sgt. Dacus spent practically all
his .life in AVhite Deer, is a grad-
uate of White Deer High, and at-
tended Texas Technological col-
lege. He received his Avings as an
aerial gunner at Las Vegas, Nev.,
'in'7 ur L-j-m-ieiit uiana-cm^.xu , and is now aivaiting his assign-
thrkritchenror'"by ''urilmi^gToods nient for cadet training.
i?___ mil-infl AAA nl ATClluDC IQ
for greatest nutritional values, is
a pound of food that goes to Avar.
It is one less poumf that the agri-
cultural industry must raise—one
less pound to be groAvn on a farm.
The land on Avliich that pound of
food would have to be groAvn on
a farm can be devoted to produc-
ing some of the other seriously
needed products (that go directly
into Avar purposes. Here are some
of these products that are not
used for food: Wool for soldiers’
uniforms, avooI for gun mounts,
Aveb belting, and packing in axle
Aiheels. Cotton for balloons, para-
chute cloth, 1 ?f.e rafts, aircraft
pontoons, explosives. Flax for par-
achute harnesses and riggings, for
packing marine engines, and for
signal halyards. Hemp for cables
and haAvsers.
When you come to think of it
that way—Iioav could you*make a
more important contribution to
the war effort while you fill the
family cupboard ?
Rationing Too
Meetinc. 1943 food goals, as we
have seen is everybody’s job—the
farmer’s the war Avorker’s, resi-
dent of toAvn and city. Futhermore
conserving available foodstuffs is
also eveivbodv’s job. lou can’t
fill u a leaky boot, Neither can yon
fill an empty upboard1 or the hold
of a ship if good food is allowed
to go to waste in the field, in the
AVarehouse, in the store, or in the
home. Once produced, food must
be handled in the most efficient
manner possible. It must be pro-
cessed, and it is inevitable that
our armed forces will need tons of
them. That, in turn, means less otf
these processed foods for civilian
consumption and more equitable
Pvt. Donald B. Nicholson is now
at Camp McClain, Miss.
■'Sgt. Aulbrey Thompson is home
on furlough for a visit Avitli his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A.
Thompson. He is Supply Sergeant
at Salina, Kansas.
Pvt. David Collis, son of Mr.
and Mrs. B. L. Collis, is recovering
from an attack of pneumonia at
Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls.
Mrs. Waldo Jett ig leaving for
Baltimore, Md., this Aveek, Avhere
she Avill be near her husband, Avho
is at Holabird Ordnance Motor
Base in training.
Pvt. Gordon Gaston has return-
ed to army camp, Fort Knox, Ky.
He regreted to leave his wife and
that neAV baby daughter, but had
to respond to Uncle Sam’s call.
James. R, Jackson, here on a
visit to his Avif.e, got a short ex-
tension of his furlough from his
camp at Westfield, Mass.
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distribution of the aArailable sup-
ply. All of Aldrich are reasons for
Point Rationing.
By noAv it is safe to assume that,
evervbodv knoivs that canned and
(processed fruits and vegetables
are being rationed on a “Point
(System.” Believed to be the most
equitable, most workable, most un-
derstandable svstem of rationing
foods, the “Point” Rationing
plan will assure everyone f a fair
share of America’s food.
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