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\««»» i n ^ Thursday, August 24, 1944
Getting to Sleep
By Dr. J. B. Warren
Veteran Talks Aid To
Veterans In Farming
Sleep or rest is so necessa
that physicians today are us
more “quieting” drugs than ever
before. They are prescribing
them for cases of rapid heart
beat, high blood pressure, excit
ed nerves, to give these impor
tant organs needed rest.
For those who are not in ac
tual need of drugs the three imi*?
methods are effective in the rr s
jority of cases:
1—i.ight exercise.
' 2—Food before.retiring.
8—-Warm bath.
AH have the same purpose, ae
draw blood from the bead
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1
New Crusoe of Guam
Chief Radioman George Ray
• weed, 42, a native of Portland,
'»re., who was rescued by the in-
"ading marines of Gnam islahd aft
er pearly 1,000 days of hiding In the
I angled mountains sf Guam follow
ing the Japanese attack on that is
land December 10, 1941.
G1 Political Front
Tanks in New Guinea, near the
battle lines, study requirements for
soldier absentee ballot. They are
Corp. Henry Betley of Barron, Wis.,
and PfC. Andrew Rothstein of New
Fork city.
'•Rommel’ and Monty
Of coarse “Rommel” is just a
1*2 (as who doesn’t know that), and
m happens to be the pet dog of
tea. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery,
mo is shown holding his pooch
rhlle Prime Minister Winston Chur-
bill strokes the dog’s head.
“Hie stakes of this war are so
great that it is vitally necessary
that we manage our food supply
to as to use it to the very best
military advantage. In peace
limes the Nation wants billions oi
nounds of food and little is sak
bout it. In wartime every cas
that spoils or is lost is a national
scandal.”—Food for Civilians, OPA
Clemson, Aug. 19. — “The 14
million men and women in the
armed forces are affected by that
training and service and will come
back somefhat different people,
declared Major J. Wm. Firor, col
laborator of veterans’ affairs for
Georgia, at the annual meeting
of extension workers and leading
farm men and women at Clemson
last week.
It is hazardous to buy a farm
in a seller’s market, and specially
so for those v/hom war has taken
away from normal pursuits for
ft\'°ral yr'-rs, he pointed out. Ex
perience has shown that about a
fourth of them will need no help
and can best go it alone; a sim
ilar number will definitely need
help and advice from those best
fitted to give it; and the other
half are doubtful.
This was the picture Major Firor
saw of the magnitude of the prob
lem facing the country as the boys
and girls come back from war
callings. Our military men can
take a civilian and make a soldier
out of him, but they can’t take a
soldier and make a civilian out of
him. This is the problem of civil
ian leadership, he declared.
“Every aid should be given those
who were headed for the farm
when their military call came.
Those without farm background
who think they want to farm
would do well to select a good
farmer and spend at least a year
working for him to learn the
necessary rudiments,” Major Firor
said.
And, as for education, it usually
took four years for a civilian to
finish a college course. A six-
weeks or a ninety-day course for
a veteran could not be expected
to educate him into a profession
where he could be expected to
earn a fair and satisfying Stand
ard of living.
Answering the question, When
should a veteran get a farm? Maj.
Firor said: “When he is ready to
acquire and operate it.” Acquir
ing, he explained, involve^ han
dling the financing by such means
as he has or can get under existing
legislation and operating involves
his knowledge of what farming is
and what he needs to know and
can do to make a success of farm
ing.
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New Food Warmer
Solves Problem Of
Warm Meals for Fliers
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 22. — When
that son, brother, husband or
friend who is riding in a B-29 Su
perfort over Japan, the Phillipines
or Manchuria, decides it’s chow
time he is going to eat — hot food.
No more dried-out sandwiches
and once hot coffiee out of a cold
thermos bottle for him, it was
learned at the Quartermaster of
fice, Fourth Service Command here
today, where a new food warmer
device, designed especially for
bomber crews, was explained.
Until recently men on long
bombing missions have been sup
plied with box lunches, but after
missions had been flown day in
and day out over a period of time,
it was discovered that the lunches
were returning uneaten, officers
explained, adding that fighting
men must have hot, wholesome
nad nourishing food if they are to
do their best.
The new food warmer, which
solves the problem of properly
feeding the fliers, has six food
rays, six beverage cups and six
soup cups. The food is prepared
at the squadron’s mess hall by
specially trained kitchen person
ae!, placed in the trays and loaded
aboard the plane. The warmer’s
electrical appliance is plugged in
on one of the plane’s electric cir
cuits a little before chow time and
the result is a steaming-hot meal
something like this: tomato soup,
beef pot pie, potatoes an gratin.
Harvard beets, buttered peas, corn
bread and butter, jelly, apple
sauce, cake, hot coffee, tea or co
coa.
This is a busy month in the gar
den despite our inclination to lean
on the hoe. There are innumera
ble odd-jobs we can do now that
will lighten the work next spring
Now that the growing tips of ev
ergreens have matured, the trees
are ready to be moved and plant
ed. Water them thoroughly before
and after moving. If they are
placed in unsheltered spots they
should be guyed against winter
winds. Keep them well watered
after moving because it is most
important that they go into win-
;er with plenty of water.
Now is the time to get the
ground ready for the fall planting
of roses. Dig the ground at least
a foot and a half deep, two feet is
setter, and if the natural drainage
isn’t good put broken crockery or
coarse pebbles in the bottom of the
holes. Cover with earth and add
a layer of well rotttd manure. Next
spring, when their roots reach
down to this fertiliezr the roses
will respond vigorously.
Established roses should not be
fertilized^ any more this season.
Keep the soil well cultivated a-
round them in order to form a
dust mulch and keep them water
ed at the roots, taking care not
to wet the foliage. Continue spray
ing or dusting regularly.
Oriental poppits can be lifted
and divided now because they
should be dormant at this time.
The crowns can be separated and
new plants can be started from
small pieces of root. Root cut
tings should be kept shaded.
From now on chrysanthemums
need more attention. For bigger
terminal flowers nip off the side
buds. Give the plants a handful
of sheep manure and keep them
well watered and cultivated.
Annual flowers can be sown for
seedlings which will live over win- #
ter. Success will vary apcording
to locality but don’t forget to sow
them until it is too late fot them
to come up this fall. Try corn
flowers (Centurea Cyanus) also
commonly called bachelor button,
calendula,* snapdragon, annual
larkspur, California and Shirley
poppies, cosmos, ageratum, Portu-
laca, small-flowered petunias and
love-in-a-mist (Nigella). Of course
the milder the climate the more
kinds will live over winter but
most of these annuals are quite
hardy and even “sow themselves.”
You will have bigger blooms, how
ever, if you sow fresh seed.
English ivy growing in the gar
den will make good house plants
if cuttings are started in damp
sand.
Unsightly foliage on all peren
nials that have finished blooming
should be cut off and burned.
In the vegetable garden, don’t
let late-growing weeds set seeds. If
you do, the seeds will carry over
winter, all ready to come up in
the spring.
X
Farm Bureau Chief
Tells Extension
Aims State Bureau
Clemson, Aug. 19. — “If rural
America is to meet the obligations
'"reed upon it by world conditions,
there is one answer and only one
—Organization,” said Robert R.
' , oker, Hartsville, state Farm Bu
reau president, speaking at the
tate Extension Service conference
here Aug. 17, offering to extension
orkers and other agricultural a-
^encies the cooperation of the
Farm Bureau in promoting the
welfare of agricultural and rural
life.
Discussing the Farm Bureau
goals, which he said are essential
ly those of extension work be
cause no better cpuld be found, Mr.
Coker declared that the Farm Bu
reau will work for: Fair prices for
farm products; improved market-
ting facilities; agricultural educa
tion and research; expanded ru
ral electrification and cold storage
acuities; adequate storage facili
ties for farm products; better ru
ral health and sanitation; im
proved farm-to-market roads;
equitable freight rates and elimi
nation of trade barriers; enlarged
programs of soil conservation,
drainage, and reforestation; de
velopment of rural leadership; and
adequate farmer participation in
postwar planning.
“It is our hope and purpose,”
said Mr. Coker, “to establish a
county farm bureau in every coun
ty in South Carolina. It is only
five months since the South Caro
lina Farm Bureau was started, but
in that short time we have set up
county organizations in approxi
mately half the counties in pur
state with a membership of which
we are justly proud both in num
bers and quality.”
Extension Director D. W. Wat
kins gave President Coker assur
ance of hearty welcome and active
cooperation towards attaining ob
jectives for which both the Farm
Bureau and the Extension Service
are working.
X
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Talasea, kitten mascot of marine
engineers who were at Cape Glou
cester, has her own life preserver.
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«cster when three weeks old.
Investigating Ind'gestion
By Dr. J. B. Warren
andTOAST J
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When your physician cannot
readily find the cause of your in
digestion he may make tests of
your stomach digestive juic^ by
giving you tea and toast which
he withdraws at intervals to see
how digestion is progressing, and
the strength of stomach muscles
which churn the food. The
amount of hydrochloric acid in
the stomach is also a guide as to
the presence of ulcer or cancer.
The X-ray or barium meal
gives still further information.
“We can expect cheaper beef in
the near future. We are not pre
pare^ to produce hay economical
ly. Our only hope to meet lower
prices of beef is to develop good
pastures now, and to have these
supplemented by winter grazing.”
—Dr. H. P. Cooper, director South
Carolina Experiment Station.
BLOW
YOUR OWN HORN
In The Advertising Columns
OF THIS NEWSPAPER
One way for some landowners
to “get out of the woods” is by
growing trees.
If feeding pointers enable a
farmer to double his returns from
livestock, how much is that col
lege bulletin on feeding worth to
him?
“Waste not, want not”, trans
lated into farmer-gardener lan
guage means, “Save by various
forms of conserving o’* maybe go
hungry”.
X
Paint is “equipment” with which
to prolong the life of farm build
ings and utensils.
President Visits Outlying Base
President Roosevelt visited- on undisclosed outlying naval base In the
Pacific area. He is shown as he enjoys “GI” dinner, center, flanked by
enlisted men and officers* Shown left to rfsrht are Coni A R v*rf#»**
Pfc. wniiam Goff, USMC, of Datesville, Ark.; the President; Pfc. Ferdi
nand Rntscher, Irvington, N. J.j Mid Brig. Gen. Harry Thompson. ^
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