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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, March 25, 1943
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Btx Months .75
Three Months AO
Life Line
It doesn’t do any good to throw
out a life line if you don’t keep
a firm grip on the other end
Our men serving with the armed
forces in the combat zones are
counting on us to hold our end
of that line—the Red Cross life
line that is their tie with home
and family and our one tie with
them.
When emergencies arise . at
home — problems of allotments
that haven’t come through, seri
ous illness, business and financial
difficulties, or the all-important
letters have stopped coming and
loved ones at home are worried
about what may have happened,
the Home Service unit of ^ur own
Red Cross chapter stands ready
to start relief messages on their
way to the front.
At the other end of the Red
Cross line of rapid communica
tion service are the Red Cross
field directors serving wherever
the U. S. armed forces are sta
tioned. They are the consultants
to whom the men may turn if
they need assistance in solving
problems^—friends who have at
their fingertips facilities for
sending emergency 'messages back
to the family at home.
' With Red Cross field directors
on the job on the war front and
Red Cross Home Service on call
on the home front, we are never
really out of touch with the men
in the battle areas.
It is through our Red Cross
contributions that we keep this
vital link unbroken. The men,
thousands of miles away, who are
fighting for us, are counting on
us, the folks at home, to hold
our end of that line.
We can’t let them down! Let’s
give them all the help we can
by contributing our full share to
the 1943 RED CROSS WAR FUND
now!
Six Inch Sermon
BY REV. ROBERT H. HARPER
The Appearance After the Res-
crrection.
Lesson for March 28: John 20:-
19-31.
Golden Text: Revelation 1:18.
Imagine the . disciples’ excite-
nent when several reported see-
ng Jesus! Then in the evening
vhen they had gathered together,
resus appeared in their midst,
poke peace unto them, and
ihowed the wounds of Calvary. He
ippeared the same as before the
resurrection, but he had passed
hrough a locked door. And he
ater ascended into heaven, bear-
ng the marks of the crucifixion.
Breathing on them, he said,
“Receive ye the Holy Spirit.’’
forgiveness of sins is given to all
iisciples, precluding any ecclesi-
istical monoply. They may de-
dare sins forgiven when the
;erms have been met.
Thomas was not present; when
;old of the Lord’s appearance he
aid he would not believe unless
le could* feel the Master’s wounds.
lAter, however, he did not ac-
:ept the invitation to do so but
it once said, “My Lord and my
Sod.”
This disciple has been called
Doubting Thomas, though he had
mce declared his readiness to die
isrith Jesus. The poet writes that
here lives more of faith in hon-
;st doubt than in half the creeds,
for honest doubt implies a yearn
ing that is close to faith. Thomas
isked for the coarse evidence of
the senses. There is higher evi-
ience. {‘Seeing is believing,” but
"believing is seeing.” Some years
igo the writer, using as a text
fohn 20:29, preached on the “The
Last Beatitude.”
The last verse of the lesson text
jives John’s purpose in writing
lis gospel. May that purpose be
•ealized in us as we think of our
•isen Lord.
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From the flower of rural coop
eration are scattered many seeds
if rural community progress and
prosperity.
New Rationing To
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AMERICA TO *ULL IN BELT
AND EAT LESS MEAT, FATS
Long expected, finally it is here.
March 29, meat will he point ra
tioned in the United States.
Amefiican eating habits are in
for a decided change, for besides
meat, also fats, butter, hermeti
cally canned fish and cheese will
.? rationed. -Well—all - have to
mil in the belt. Not only will
everybody eat less but they will
probably consume cheaper meats,
too, since cheaper cuts will be j
given lower point values than the
more tasty ones.
The tremendous requirements
of the government and more and
more spending power in the pock
ets of the people have made ra
tioning necessary. Even though
there is a greater demand for
meat today than there was in 1941,
packers are only allowed to distrib
ute 70 per cent of the beef, pork
and veal they sold in 1941. Their
lamb and mutton deliveries are
held down to 75 per cent of their
sales of two years ago.
The growth of the “black mar
kets” also had a lot to do with the
decision to ration meat. Illegal
slaughtering in both the city and I
country, and distribution of scarce a
meats to the highest bidders in
the retail trade, was said to be
creating unequal supplies in cer
tain sections.
The exact extent of the “black
markets” has never been fully
determined. However, packing
sources point out that in January
the slaughter of pigs fell approxi
mately 25 per cent below federal
estimates. Twelve per cent fewer
attle were killed than expected.
Uthough there is no practical
supporting evidence, these sources
relieve that these figures might
-eflect the activity of the “black
narkets.”
2 1-4 Lbs. of Meat for Each Per
son; British Get 11-4 Lbs.
Under the point rationing, from
2 to 2 1-4 pounds of meat will be
available for every American each
week. About 124.5 pounds will be
his share for the year. This com-
**tcs with his comsumption of
141 pounds in 1942. According to
the latest reports, the British are
allotted 1 1-4 pounds per week. •
Sixteen red stamps will be use-
able for the meat, fats,, butter,
fish and cheese rationing per
week. Under the plan, the pur
chaser can spend any ambunt of
these 16 stamps on any particular
rationed item she likes. For in
stance, she can turn all of them
in for meat, if she wants, and not
buy any fats, butter, fish or
cheese. • t -
Red “A” stamps will be valid
for the week beginning March 29.
“B” stamps will become good in
the week of April 4. “C,” “D” and
“E” stamps will then be useable
in the succeeding weeks. All of
the stamps, except the “E”
stamps, will expire April 30.
Although no point values have
been set for the various cuts of
meat, it has been explained that
point values will be established on
a per pound basis. That is, one
pound of pork spare ribs will be
worth a certain number of points.
Under the latest rationing pro
gram, retailers will be allowed to
make change in stamps for the
purchaser, if she finds it hard to
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rationed.
Perishable Cheese Exempt—Cook
ing Oils to Be Regulated
About 4 1-2 ounces of butter
will be available to everybody per
week under the new rationing
program. The cheese supply will
permit slightly less than 2 ounces
per person. *
Rationed cheese will include
American, Sv/iss, brick, munster,
limburger, dehydrated grated, club,
gouda, edam, smoked, Italian and
Greek, all hard varieties, processed
cheese and cheese foods.
According to latest reports, it is
said that the British are allowed
weekly 2 ounces of butter and 4
ounces of cheese.
i
Cheese exempt from the ra
tioning order includes soft and
perishable cheese, cream, neuf-
chatel. cottage, pot, baker’s, brie,
blue liederkranz and camembert.
Cheese spreads and cheese prod
ucts containing less than 30 per
cent by weight of rationed types
also will not be regulatted.
Fresh fish and frozen, smoked,
salt, pickled fish and fish in
containers not hermetically sealed
will not be rationed. Food au
thorities are urging increased
consumption of fish to obtain
valuable protein otherwise con
tained in meat.
Japanese conquests in the
orient have closed up many
. ., former sources of vegetable oils,
pay off in the exact number o i Army and lend-lease requirements
points. One-point red stamps. | cf the government have
imposed
good only In the week the change a hcavy drajn
on our own do
mestic outlets for oils as well as
is being made, will be valid.
Point values will be determined R 7u 0 ni n g“‘ 0f ”"n "“ a nd‘‘fats
by the quality of the meat. Choice i3 the result
cuts will get higher point values;
cheaper pieces will be given
lower values. For instance, meat
Shortennig, cooking and salad
oils will be rationed on the basis
^ , of 3 ounces per person a week,
cuts with a large amount of bone About 4 ounces 0( lard and j j. 3
ounces of margarine will be avail
able for every individual each
week.
In Britain, shortening is not
and fat will be marked lower
than cuts with a minimum of
waste. As in the case of other
point-rationed items, however,
point values also may be revised {o "‘ sa te""Margarme'r meted out
according to the. available supply. at „ ounces per person p , r week
Official point charts will be the ar( j 2 ounces of lard is available
same for every retail store in the same basis,
country. Approximately 150 meat < j n announcing the fats anc 5
items will be priced. A separate cd rationing, the department of
chart of about 60 types and agriculture estimated that abom
cuts will be provided for Kosher 33 pounds of these items will be
stores. produced for each person thir
Under the order, all types of /ear. * This would allow a weekly
meat will be rationed: fresh, fro- fat consumption of about 14.6
zen, cured, and smoked beef, veal, ounces.
lamb and pork; all meats and meat Amid the latest rationing de
products in containers of tin or velopments, Harold L. Ickes, secre-
glass; all dried meats; tongues, tary of the interior, announced
brains, hearts, liver, tripe, sweet- that the department v/as taking
breads and kidneys; bouillon steps to expand its services to
cubes, beef extracts and similar producers on range land and
concentrates; all dry and semi- fisheries. A
dry and fresh, smoked and cooked According to Ickes™he program
sausages; suet, cod and other would allow for an Increase in
fats.
food supply of 1.5 billion pound'
Poultry and game will not be meat; 1.7 fcillien pounds
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■fish; 11 billion /pounds of milk;
1 billion pounds of beans, and 100
million pounds of potatoes.
X
TODAY
and
TOMORROW
By DON ROBINSON
RUMORS . . . influence
As long as the fighting lasts w r e
are going to continue to hear
plenty of stories, true and other
wise, which will discourage civil
ians about co-operating with the
war effort.
Here are a few examples:
A woman, in a thoroughly exas
perated tone, told me: “A man
who has been investigating gov
ernment waste discovered that
the army is throwing tons of tin
cans into the ocean from trans
ports—and here they’re trying to
tell us that it’s necessary to turn
In the few ounces of cans* we
collect in our kitchens!”
Another report came from a
man who wanted to know why he
should be saving his tires when
the army recently burned thou
sands of pairs of rubber galoshes.
A third rumor, which is typical
of many which are going the
rounds, states that thousands of
tons of meat are rotting in gov
ernment warehouses.
I don’t believe any of these
stories, but whether they are
fact, propaganda or pure fancy—
whether we believe them or not—
we couldn’t possibly win the war
if we let them influence us to
lay down on the job.
DISGUST .... waste
Take the tin can story as a
case* in point.
We all know there is a short
age of tin. We also know that
enormous quantities of tin cans
must be supplied to pack food for
our armed forces all over the
world. #
Now, for the sake of argument,
suppose that the story about the
army were true—that tons of tin
were being dumped into the o-
cean. Would that mean that
housewives should throw up their
hands in disgust and stop saving
cans?
. It certainly wouldn’t. It would
mean that more tin than ever
must be supplied to replace thaf
waste and at the same time keep
the boys fed. If the story were
true, naturally something shoulc
be done immediately to stop such
waste by the army. But mean
while, no matter how incensed we
might be over this waste of a
scarce material, it would be a ca
lamity if we expressed our ire by
saying that if the army wouldn’t
help conserve this vital . material
we wouldn’t either.
Our attitude must be just the
opposite. If the army, the gov
ernment, or our next door neigh
bors do something which handi
caps the war effort, the rest of u:
must make up for it.
ANGER strike-
We must be careful, under th r
nervous strain of war, not to let
our criticism of conditions and
people go off at wrong tangent
If the OPA pulls a boner on oil
rationing, for instance, we should
insist that the mistake be cor
rected but mustn’t let it lead us
o ignoring the need for oil con
servation.
In the army there are plenty of
privates who become enraged over
apparent mistakes made by their
officers, but to win battles such
mistakes simply mean that the
soldiers must fight all the harder
to win. We’d be in a pretty mess
if our soldiers said, “We don’t
ike the way the captain’s han
dling things so we’re not going to
fight for him anymore.”
Yet that is exactly what mem
bers of the civilian army are say
ing when they decide to stop col
lecting tin because they think the
army is wasting it, or stop con
serving gasoline because they
don’t like Mr. Ickes conservation
orders.
In our democracy we all have
a perfect right to criticize the
activities of government officials
and of private individuals, but it
is just as bad for us to demon
strate our feelings by going on
strike against further participa
tion in the war program as it is
j for shipbuilders to delay produc
tion by striking for higher pay.
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