The Ballinger Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 2, 1942 Page: 6 of 10
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Flowers
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Easter
A Corsage
WUl compu te the Easter Costume for Mother Wife. Sister
or Ctrl Friend
Cut Flowers . Plants
Fresh cut flowers are
always welcomed for
the brightness and
beauty they bring
Qrowing plants are
lusting expressions of
your love Select yours
from a large variety
priced low
Phillips Floral Co.
Telephone 425
Average Citizen
Affected by Late
Rationing Orders
Government Sets
Prices on Scrap
Iron, Steel, Junk
were allowed the dealer for pre-
paring for shipment, the total
m't worry about the junk
arm getting rich by buying up
scrap and holding it for an
table profit at Uncle Sam s
Iron, one of the vital
Itles of war was one of the
drat Items brought under twice
control
The government through the
office of price administration has
uet the prices at which the rh-iler*
throughout the country can buv
Ute scrap metal from the lartner--
ranchmen, oil Held >perut»>r% and
And the OFA also has wt the
anre u> be paid the dealer
classifying breaking and
kng the scrap That allow -
» t* $2 SO a long ton of 1140
tr prices which dealers here
author i/.si to pay for the
p really start !r >m a basL,
ecats a hundred pounds It
Wy will be more than that
tf no great amount of cutting up
and breaking into smaller ship
pkg pieces is necessary
An offer of less can he objected
U> with result
The primary net tor. '5 HIM)
pmtdi price here ran hr taken
an 17 30 in the 34-cents a ban -
MM basis tf the fun amount
cost to the government would be
$9 70 not counting freight charges
The dealers will give the col-
lector or seller the benefit of any
saving in such preparatory costs
The OPA issued the following
price lists, which actually aren’t
ceilings, since they are to apply
struight at the points of concen-
tration on a gross ton (2.240-
pound) basis
Scrap steel $10 50 a gross ton of
2.240 pounds delivered at the
point ot concentration
Cast iron scrap. *15 75 i»r gross
ton where each piece is not over
300 pounds otherwLse $15 a gross
ton
And lain the OPA emphasized
that the scrap metal collection
ampuign to one in w hich virtually
everyone can participate
And what s more he can get
paid for doing so Further, scrap
iron is worth more than scrap
inetal
If one doesn't collect the heavy
metal about his farm, ranch, or
plant now he might lose out later
Its worth more money, and some ■
pods rise may takr a likuig to
those dollars and rents lying out
therr In the sun rusting away
The offensive on the home front
began to make its effects felt
directly on the dinner table, in
the living room, bedroom, kitchen
and bath of the average citizen
and on the retailer's shelves Pro-
duction has been halted on a long
list of American household pro-
ducts that grows longer and
j longer This means that most
people are going to have to work,
cat and play differently
A'nifht’agakiTst inTlauon is Hiking
and prices have been gaining
(steadily Meat markets were
I called upon this week not to raise
prices on ham. bacon, pork chops
! and other pork cuts above mid-
j March levels The public was
j urged to question any price boosts
' on pork ubove that of March 23
Restrictions have been placed on
i the tea supply and retailers have
been called upon to limit the
(amount sold to an individual,
jSales have been cut In half to
stretch the six months' supply to
last one year
Men who shave with safety
razors will have to do with one
blade per week, let their whiskers
grow, use a straightedge or be a
better barber patron.
Ambulances, hearses and station
wagons have been placed with
the ration boards for future dis-
tribution An order prohibiting
the substitution of bus service for
street car or train service has
been issued This is an effort to i
save busses and bus equipment |
for the transportation of troops i
Saving of wool clips from mens1
and boys' trousers when altered
tx ordered and these must be sold
to rag dealers The order elimin-
ating cuffs from men’s trousers
and si tting specifications is effec-
tive as of March 30
Typewriters in the hands of dis-
tributors will be released for
rationing on April 13
Many other Items which will
affect the avrragr family will be
pul on the short list soon and
sales curtailed or the articles
ordered through regular rationing
RURAL
NEWS
NORTON
For a ■ p e c 1 a l program and
social, both circles of the Baptist
W M 8 met at the church Mon-
day afternoon.
Mr*._ CUrk^JdxrJiey, nf AfeUene
and Mrs Clarence Lollar. and
Mrs Edd Holloway, of Happy, are
here at the bedside of their
mother. Mrs R B Hambrtght.
who Is seriously 111 of pneumonia
Miss Jenna V Setser. of Clovis.
New Mexico, and Ira B West, of
Dallas navy flying school, were
week-end visitors m the home of
Miss Setser's parents. Mr and
Mrs T R Setser
Mrs Jtm Willis returned Sun-
day to her home in San Antonio
after a visit here In the home of
her brother-in-law and sister. Mr
and Mrs Nealy Brunson, and
family.
Mr and Mrs. Elmer Curry and
children and Mrs H K Berrey
and little daughter. Nellie Jane,
spent the past week-end with
relatives at Comanche and
Stephenvllle
Mr and Mrs R L. Conder, Jr...
of Abilene, visited relatives here
over the week-end
The A T Chapman home,
which was recently destroyed by
fire, is being replaced with a
seven-room modern residence.
Big Food Reserve
Piled up by Texas
Women and Girls
DRIED Bi \NS SAID ANSWER
TO HOUSEWIVES' PKOBI EM
OE ( VNNE.D KIND SCARCITY
\t the University of Texas is
>i.r of the most valuable regional
snthropoKgiral museums in the
United States
The Indian Mounds of North-
east and nut Texas and the
Texai Coastal Plain* show evi-
dence- f advanced culture of
prehistoric Indians of Texas
Scrap Iron
WANTED
For National
Defense
COLLEGE STATION April 1 —
Because <lf tin shortages, there
won't be any more canned pork
and beans or baked beans wht n
I present supplies are gone
This curtailment shouldn't bother
homemakers, because there are
plenty of dried beans available
These keep well and taste good If
they are prepared right, says
Hazel Phii>ps, food preparation
specialist for the A A M College
extension service
In preparing beans right the
first rule is to give them plenty of
time to soak -overnight In cold
water or five or six hours in luke-
warm water Be sure to wash the
brans before soaking them, and
o » k them in the water In which
they are soaked, for this will save
minerals and vitamins, she says
Beans are rtrh In Iron and vita-
min HI and these food values
soak out Into the water ’’
The specialist says use soft water
if It is available for hard water
toughens the beans Cook them
at a moderate temperature In
other words, simmer them don't
let them bubble and boll, for hard
boiling cracks the skins, toughens
the protein and makes the beans
mushy. Miss Phipps gives this
caution Never use soda to cook
beans This destroys the vitamin
B1 Hake beans in a slow oven,
about 250 F.
As far as cooking Is concerned,
dry beans may be treated pretty
much alike That Is. although a
recipe may call for one type of
bean usually any other variety
may be substituted Season beans
with something salty, sour, fresh,
crisp, or bright and spicy Beans
are bland and they combine well
with crisp bacon, ham knuckle,
salt pork, chill, a dash of lemon
Juice, onion or tomatoes
COLLBOE STATION. March 11 —
Texas home demonstration club
women and 4-H club girls canned,
brined or preserved approximately
eight and one-quarter million
quarts of surplus foods In 1941
Announcing this total. Grace I.
Neely, specialist In food preserva-
tion of the A. A M College exten-
sion service, points out that It
covers the period from January 1
through November.
In the eleven months these
homemakers also stored fresh,
dried or cured 6.521.944 pounds of
edibles, and preserved In frozen
form 1.018,546 pounds of meats
and 357,471 pounds of fruits and
vegetables. In this food conser-
vation work. 6,097 families In 104
counties had the service of freeser
lockers and 24,234 families In 179
counties owned and used pressure
cookers.
Production of vegetables and
fruits over the state was spotty
due to weather conditions rang-
ing from excessive rainfall to
frost. For example. Miss Neely
says, very little spring foodstuffs
were produced In Victoria county
of south-central Texas, and In
Cameron county an unexpected
frost wiped out the spring gar-1
dens in the Lower Valley just as
active canning on a large scale I
was beginning. By contrast, gar-
dens did "extraordinarily well" In
Dallam county on account of
unusual moisture, and In 13 Paso
county there was general canning
because of an unusual fruit crop"
throughout the county.
In addition to unfavorable)
weather In some regions, especl- j
ally In South Texas, control of (
Insects was hampered by inability i
to obtain recommended poisons,
and cut anU were extra trouble-
some. However, some ot the com-
parative shortage In canned vege-
tables will be made up from the
unusual number of fall gardens.
Miss Neely explains
The quantity of stored fresh
vegetables represented an Increase
over 1940. and the amount of
frozen vegetables was five times
that of the preceding year She
also records an increase of about
1,500 In the number of ventilated
pantries In the state
During the year, the Texas food
standard was translated Into
Spanish and. with slight changes.
It was accepted by the Texas state
putrltlon ..committee as a s a f <’
guide for all persons, it also was
used as the basis for all planning
In the food and feed program for
defense, which started in April,
and In which land use planning
committees took the lead
In the effort to make It possible
for all persons to live by the Texas
food standard. Miss Neely says
she found that the leading short-
age was In whole grain products
She recommended using small
grist mills foe grinding grains at
home, and gave demonstrations of
their use She aim prepared
recipes for better use of whole
grain products, and work ia being
done on how better to store whole
grain products on the farm
-So with good tasty whole grain
products and » practical method
of obtaining them, many Texai \
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farm families have been enjoying
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this much-needed food.” The
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.specialist encourages curing some
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meal and storing It In oil. canning
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.some, drying a little and. where
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facilities are available, freesing
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some
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A survey early In the year
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showed 41 community canning
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plants opcidii.lg*hv l4y-C6L*'*tte. -----
many of which were established ' g
to 3
during the depression, and 87
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commercial plants. Seventy-seven
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counties did not have community
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canning plants, but MUs Neely *
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suggests that WPA school lunch
projects, as located and coopera- '
lively worked, might be used In
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developing needed community A
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canning centers in some placet.
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Howdy Folks!
Recently I decided 1 wanted to try being my ewn
aa Knowing what 1 did. well I just ape and buys
•at Streble's Now I'm spending' sleepless nights
wondering what to do with It. What I want la tbo
help of the good people of Ballinger and Runnels
county to help me to make this the beet eating place
in town. Any suggestions you make th»l are of a
constructive nature will be appreciated. Honestly, I
do want to five you a service that you'll be proud
of and wUI always feature the best eats the market
affords.
In retiring from the cafe business In Ballinger.
Mr Stroble stated that he hated to leave a good
business, but that he knew the people would not be
disappointed with the servire and food that we
would be able to give them.
A fiOOD DINNER EVERY DAY AND A
SPECIAL SUNDAY DINNER EACH
SUNDAY.
The City Cafe
ALEX A PIEL. Proprietor
Your Business Appreciated
SPRING III >N N El American
rol.iier* this \«ar have brand new
headgear to match their Waters'
Ute*l spring finery. The new hel-
met, ju*t now being issued, gives
greater protection than the old
ilylr flat "tin hnta" of 19111.
Keep defense factories going Bring soar wrap iron
In now Do not bring msr saJvogr iron that vow will
nerd vourself on vowr farm nut bring in all scrap
iron that vou cannot nsr
TaAjtMi 'toad. /
off Ain HEART/
Mi Will m HIE EOIIIIWINI, CKK I *
SCRAP IRON, per tun $8.00
RAGS, per hundred 75C
BONKS, per ton $12.00
RLAC'K TIN FENDERS, ALL (OIL
TIN and BLAUK TIN ('ANS, per
ton $3-M
JI NK AUTOMOBILE TIRES, per
ton $10.00
CAST IRON, per ton $1X00
RADIATORS BATTERIES ALL KINDS OF MKT ALB!
The Government needs the srrap traa. Bring It to
and yen will help yoarself and the government
MORGAN
Wrecking Co,
WUI pick np anywhere in the reanty—
BALLINGER.
Tb» h»ervanee of Army Day.
April 4. marking the twenty fifth
anniversary of America's entry
into the World War in 11117, aig-
r.aliir. al.o the beginning of the
ii r. » .|e m vnnent for the as-
• i«tem-a of aoldiers' familiev and
drpemirnta. Every community in
the country today ha. il» quota of
men is the Army, and the home
folk* of theae tom m unities are
organising unite of the Army
E.mrrgenry Relief.
The Army Emergeney Relief la
a fund being rawed to provide fee
Uke aeaiatoare ef dependents of
any soldier who wears toe uai-
fe*n »f *w reentry It opera tee
•Wheat off trial "red tape * Emer-
gency randittem ore reeogwtsed
and relief la given promptly. The
■tohse who Wei So her hey la
aemp oad 6nds hie eutSt suddenly
moved, lee Wag her etraaded. la
immediately provided with a or ea-
se ry funds by the Army Emer-
gency Relief When a ooidier be-
comes a roe unity hit dependents
are given aympethetie rare and
funds are advanced until the pay-
ment of a pension or bta in
sura are.
The Army Emergency Relief Is
incorporated under too laws ot
the District of Columbia as a
non profit organisation. General
Job a J. Pershing Is honorary
president. The chairmen of the
hoard Is Secretory of War Hoary
L Miawwa. Urn acting prosiCra!
baiag Under Summary ef War
William N l!a«ke!l, formerly
commander of the 27th Division.
lk>nation» and contribution* are
accepted from any legitimate
Oouice*. organization* or enter-
pro* *. and already a great deal
of money ha* been received,
families of soldiers and patriotic
citizen, in the cities ami town,
-nd the .mailer village* through-
out the country are taking the
initiative in the work. It ia i
spontaneous movement of the peo-
ple. without high pre.aure cam-
paign method., and its entire
service is voluntary.
Outside of toe larger cities rom-
mitteee farmed by the ciliaeaa
hove had toe whole hearted ee-
eperetiee ef local new.papers.
»*d la many communities toe
press is promoting toe organise
tiea of toe movement, la seme
ranee the funds being raised aa a
memorial to a borne boy who al-
ready has made the supreme vac-
riAre All persons interested la
or gam ling local units to assist the
Army Emergency Relief hare
been asked to communicate with
Cot. John Thomas Taylor, assist-
ant director. Bureau of Public
Relatione. War Department. Mo-
nitions Building, Was King Urn,
D. C. Said Cel Taylor;
“We praise our country's de-
fenders but our g roe teal service
to toe man ea the battle line M
too amurunti that we are looking
after Hi loved ease at heme la
data* ttoa wo taka tod toad off top
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The Ballinger Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 2, 1942, newspaper, April 2, 1942; Ballinger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1163580/m1/6/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carnegie Library of Ballinger.