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Plentiful Supply Of Food Forecast \ ft' Few Exceptions Are Found In Outlook for Year WASHINGTON.?An agriculture department inventory of the try's food supplies, both on hand and now being grown or processed, indicates that with a few possible exceptions there should be plenty for the next 12 months. Present stocks of most foodstuffs were said to be larger than they ut?ta a year ago end crop condk tions were described as favorable for the production of supplies sufficient to last well Into 1942. Farm officials were concerned, however, over an adequate supply for the remainder of this year and next year for some foodstuffs for which there is an increased demand both in this country and in Grpat Britain. These products include some types of dairy and poultry products, P?r|j and lard, some classes of canned vegetables and some foods of lesser importance brought from distant places. Special price-supporting programs have been begun by the department to obtain larger production of dairy, poultry and meat products and vegetables. The department acknowledged that prices of many foods have risen sharply this year, despite the favorable supply outlook. It said the advances could be attributed largely to increased consumer buying resulting from defense re-employment and a larger export demand for many commodities not normally shipped abroad in large quantities. The price rise has been consistent for all foods, except cereals and bakery products, which are somewhat lower than a year ago. Boy, Aged 10, Wint New Play Lot for Children KANSAS CITY, MO.?Kansas City has opened a new playground on what was formerly a dumping ground, and it Is a personal triumph for 10-year-old Larry Stein. For years residents of the section had petitioned city officials to clean up the corner lot and make a place for children to play, but nothing was done. Last April Larry decided he would take a hand, and wrote a letter to City Manager L. 'P. jCookingham. "I am 10 years old and I have been playing baseball with my friends in the street," he wrote. "The other day we were playing there and a policeman came by in a car, and he told us that we couldn't ijiny in the street any more. Now we have no place to play. "There is a large dump on Fortythird street. It is of no use right now. The children in my block thought that the city could build a playground on that spot and I'm asking you if you'll give my letter a thought and answer me." A few days later Cookingham and other city officials sent a WPA crew to clean up the lot, and now there is a new ball diamond, a teetertotter and volleyball courts for the children. Young Sea Lion Makes Friends With Fishermen SANTA CRUZ, CALIF. ? Santa Cruz fishermen insist this is not a flsh story. It is a sea lion story. Recently a baby sea lion jumped into the fishing boat of Capt. Anthony Davi of Santa Cruz. Davi gave it a fish and tossed it back into the water. The sea lion circled the boat and jumped into it again. Again Davi fed it and tossed it back. When the performance was repeated a third time, Davi kept the sea lion aboard and brought it into port. It was placed in a tank on the wharf. Later the sea lion was released. It wandered around the waterfront a while and then headed for the fishing boats. After some inspection of the crafts, it leaped into Davi's boat. There it rode happily as Davi put out to sea. Lieutenants Never W aver In Identical Twin Roles WRIGHT KI FLl). OHIO ?Identical twins, i.'cii's. R >bert Mn\ruth and Thomas Mayralh have unbroken identical records from primary school to the army. Both officers attended the same primary schools in Dodge ( ity, Kan. Both obtained if S degrees in mechanical engineering at the University of Oklahoma. They were employed as engineers in an aviation corporation for the next five years. Now they have been assigned to the experimental engineering equipment laboratory at Wright Field. Thrilling Capture, But It's a Scarecrow KINGSTftKE, S. C?Stealthily surrounding their man, police edged forward through a porn and tobacco field toward a stooped figure. They approached with caution the desperate character they believed to have assaulted a Lake City, S. C., man. The law closed in?and discovered a very lifeliks scarecrow. L How (he American Country Boy II Benefit* from Army Training I The American country boy?that stalwart fellow from the farms and the towns and smaller cities?has contributed not only his brawn to Uncle Sam's armies, but exemfdiflee patriotism, initiative, and ntelligent discipline as well. Such is the gist of authoritative commentary on the rank gftd Ale of j the army in every instance where citizen soldiers have been called to the nation's defense. Today the parents of the young men lately called into service are asking what the army in turn does for the country boy. Here is the answer: MHe gains s broadening experience In adventure, friendship, and learning which only service tn a common cause can give." The quotation is from an overseas veteran of the World War who served in a hard hitting outfit composed largely of youths classed generally aa country boys. Amplifying his statement, he stressed the young soldier's expedience in adventure, friendship, and learning. Boyhood adventures ih rambles with h'is dog, a plunge tn the "old wimmin' hole" and xplorfction* In the woods pave the way for his new duties tn camp and in the field. Our Army affords new scenes and still more heartening adventures. He gains a strong physique, good health, and a clean r2 mind. He comes N home equipped for ( his life work with j renewed energy and ^ a brighter outlook , upon the world. In friendship he j broadens his horizon, I meets thousands of ^ young men like himself from all parts of the Union, and forma enduring comradeships. Knowing his fetlow Americans better he is himself a better American. The average country boy enters the Army with an inquiring mind and a fund of practical experience, declare the veteran of 1918. He | U a good student. He has learned to work with hit hands as well as his brains. He is quick to grasp i the exceptional opportunities which modern military service provides. When he returns to the farm he finds that his skill in handling a "Jeep." a truck, or a tank for Uncle Sam nas fitted him expertly to care for agricultural machinery. He has learned the economy of transportation. He has been observing of the practice of farmers in other sections of the country. He sees where improvements may be made. H8HWSSI of conservation. Active service in our Ariuy has been America's greatest training school for the professions* in science, and in business. In every period in the nation's history the leaders in civil life have been largely those who in their youth answered their country's call to defense, and first of these has been the country boy. j Memorial Rooms Added To Hospital Columbia, Dec. 13?The South Carolina Baptist Hospital this week completed furnishing three more memorial rooms, bringing to 25 the number of these gift rooms which have been outfitted since the employees of the hospital inaugurated the plan In 1939. The rooms opened this week were contributed by the Lexington, Broad River and Chesterfield Associations. The rooms to become memorials are completely renovated and refurnished at a cost of approximately $250.00. During the latter part of 1939, employees at the hospital conceived the plan of refurnishing a room to serve as an example of the Improvements which could be made at a comparatively low cost. Since, the following groups, association and churches have contributed rooms: The W. M. U. of the Ridge Association, the W. M. U. of the Western Division, the W. C. T. _U. of South (Carolina, Chester Association, W. M. U. of the Northern Division, the Piedmont, Laurens, Marion, Morlah, Barnwell and Waccamaw (two rooms) Assoc iat ions. Also the Allison B. Pow Memorial, the Kershaw and Santee Associations, the W. M. I*, of the Savannah River. Association. C. S. Brown for the j Klliotts Baptist Church. Mrs. William Waters for the Florence Association, the Park Street Baptist Church. Souihside Baptist Church, W. M. U. of the Fairfield Association ant! the Orangeburg and Chesterfield Associations. The hospital is at present conducting an appeal for $75,000 authorised by tho State Baptist Convention, for! the purpose of erecting a new building at the hospital plant in Columbia.1 I)r. W. M. Whiteside, superintend-J ent. s.iid today that preliminary rej port* <>yer the state indicated that if 'the hospital was successful in raising the another $75.1100 would he . I out! ib'utt d. Thus. 'he:. i> ,i .?t retig possibility, ! > White-ode said that the hospital w di be abb- to invest $150.hot) in a new 'addition which may include a basement and four stories I Reports received thus far in the I appeal ha\e been encouraging and in-I jdioations are for a successful effort,! 4le added j TEN RULES TO MAKE TIRES LAST LONGER Washington, Doc. 17?The office of production management asked the j country's 27,000,000 motorists to save t I rubber hv using street cars and public j buses where possible, and to hold pleasure driving to a minimum. The defense agency suggested that neighbors pool their automobiles,. ; using only one to go to work instead ' of several and urging housewives to carry homo small packages instead1 of asking the merchants to deliver j them. J Where cars must he used. OPM ask|ed observance of ten rules to make tires last longer: Have worn tires retreaded instead of buying new ones. Cut out high speeds. Inflate. tirea weekly to recommended levels. Don't stop short or make Jack-rabbit starts. Avoid striking curbs, road holes and rocks. Check wheel alignments twice & year. Repair all cuts, leaks and brakes promptly. Change wheel positions every 6,000 miles. Always get the tire made to fit the rim of your car. Don't speed around curves. And Then Ye Ed Really Blew Up The secretaries of Chambers of Commerce of South Carolina are indulging in a lot of chuckles ^f late, all duo to the blow up of the editor of an Orangeburg paper who actually got real mad over the action of a Columbia Chamber of Commerce executive at an airline meeting of recent date. It seems that this hearing had to do with the proposed airline which would make Orangeburg a regular stop. The Orangeburg representative had some views of his own relative to this pro- . posed air line, but before he could ex presB them the Columbia representative was on his feet expounding the Columbia view point, which was de- \ cidedly in conflict with that of ' Orangeburg. It would seem that the Columbian speaker took in altogether too much territory when, as he started his speech, said, "I speak for South Carolina in saying." The editor of the Orangeburg Observer became hot under the collar and in a front page editorial in a recent issue of his paper said, "Just how can a representative of Columbia pre^ sume to assume a position of spokes-" man for an entire state before having obtained the views of other South Carolina cities? "Tile people of Orangeburg are proud of the progress which Columbia has made in recent years Much good has been done by the efforts which" our capitol city has expended. But we here in Orangeburg don't owe Columbia a thing. It's the other way around. "We can get along better without Columbia than Columbia can get along without us. "So by analogy it would seem that Columbia owes Orangeburg and owes her plenty We aren't asking that any debts be paid other than from this time on we would rather that Columbia representatives would refrain from .isMiniing tile guardianship of the other cities of the state. 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