The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, April 14, 1944, Image 2
THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C.
Let's Face Facts
Container Shortage
A Primary Headache
For Farmer in 1944
By BARKOW LYONS
It is the advice of this correspond
ent that every farmer and shipper
who requires wooden or paperboard
containers to ship his crop to mar-
ket make ar
rangements as
soon as he can
with used con
tainer dealers to
supplement his
supply of new con
tainers. It would
be well to get
those used con
tainers into his
possession just as
soon as possible.
Barrow Lyons This advice is
given because the
demand for containers, both new
and used, is certain to exceed the
supply this year. If you do not know
the address of a used container deal
er, hunt one up in the nearest ter
minal market, or if you cannot do
so yourself, get your commission
house to send you the address of one.
The reason for this caution is the
fact that for several years consump
tion of forest products has exceeded
production, and stockpiles in most
instances are at an irreducible mini
mum. Yet military and industrial
requirements this year will be at
an all-time peak. Lumber has be
come one of the scarcest commodi
ties in general trade, and it is going
to be scarcer.
The War Production board has an
nounced a system for allocating lum
ber to each type of user according
to the importance of that type to
the war effort. No doubt adjust
ments will be made as experience
indicates errors that have been
made in this allocation.
V»e Local Committees
t
Coordinating with this order, local
committees under War Food admin
istration will determine specifically
what each shipper will receive with
in the quotas for packaging of va
rious classes of fruits and vegeta
bles. Quotas of containers for the
less essential vegetables will be cut
down on the basis of a percentage
of what the shipper used in the 1942
crop season. Each shipper will be
expected to offer proof of the quan
tity of containers used in 1942.
The general situation was outlined
by R. A. Palen, chief of the Con
tainers and Packaging Branch, Of
fice of Materials and Facilities.
WFA.
“It is impossible at this moment
to know just how short of forest
products we shall be,” said Mr. Pa
len, “because it is impossible to cal
culate exactly what military de
mands will be.
“We do know that inventories have
been practically exhausted. Al
though we expect to get some addi
tional help in lumbering from war
prisoners, this will not compensate
for the loss of men drawn into the
armed services, and additional num
bers that will leave the forests for
shipyards and industrial plants.
“There will be no relief from this
situation, so far as we can fore
see, except when direct war require
ments decline, or men return to the
woods after their release from the
army and navy.
Mil'.tary Needs High
“So far as machinery goes, trac
tors and trucks will be required in
greater numbers for beaching op
erations and military transport, and
the tires on this heavy equipment
are the same as those used on guns
and military trucks.
“Packaging of food requirements
for the army and navy are way up,
and are hkely to continue very high.
We shall have to move vast quanti
ties of foods off shore for lend-lease
and other governments. Of course,
we must preserve a flow of essential
civilian suonlies—but the word es
sential will come to have a
new meaning to most of us.
“Restricting the less essential
crops that require a large amount
of containers, implies getting the
maximum use possible from the con
tainers we have. However, the size
of containers must be increased and
lighter materials must be used.
“While the demand for pulpwood
has mounted enormously, production
is not sufficient. The amount avail
able for essential uses is far below
minimum requirements. Huge quan
tities of paper are now being used
for waterproofing purposes by the
army.”
The greatest deficiency. Mr. Palen
said, would be in hampers and bas
kets to supply growers in the Middle
West, Northeast and Middle Atlantic
sections, although scarcity will be
felt from Florida north, including
the Mississippi valley and Now Eng
land. There will be no more con
tainers than last year, but a con
siderably larger crop will be har
vested.
In one area farmers cooperated
with box manufacturers to insure
their supply of containers by bring
ing the lumber into the mills them
selves, and then helping out in the
mills by processing the lumber. It
is hoped that in the fall many other
sections will adopt this plan.
In the meantime, it will be well
for each farmer and shipper to ob
tain used containers if he can do so.
The next best plan is to contract for
supplies, not overlooking the used
container dealers. If one cannot be
located, write Mr. Palen in Wash
ington.
Gives Trench Concert in Italy
Corp. T. Gallacher, at the organ. Seated at the console of a captured
organ in a trench in Italy the corporal is about to begin an impromptu
entertainment for the English Tommies seen with him. Just 800 yards
from the soldiers’ position another concert—shellfire—is being given for
the Italians by the British Fifth army.
Admirals Tour Green Island
Admiral William F. Halsey, USN, commander of the South Pacific
forces of the U. S. fleet, chats with Vice Admiral A. W. Fitch, commander
of aircraft in that area, as they pause on inspection journey of Green
island. This island is 120 miles from Babaul bastion, which is being pound
ed by U. S. forces from time to time. Steel heimeted Rear Admiral R. B.
Carney is seated in rear of jeep.
Stump Didn’t ‘Stump’ This Play
Hy Gotkin (12) of St. John’s (Brooklyn) dribbles down the court
with Gene Stump (92) of De Paul (Chicago) in hot pursuit to “stump”
him. Action took place at Madison Square Garden in New York where
Flatbush cagers trounced Windy City five to cop top honors in National
Invitation basketball tournament for second successive year.
Secretary Hull Meets Press
Secretary of State Cordell Hull is shown (center) chatting to a gather
ing of newsmen and newswomen after he had spent several hours ex
plaining foreign policy to a group of Republican “freshmen” congress
men. Secretary Hull revealed to reporters that be had a full and com
plete exchange of information and ideas on international affairs vith 24
Republican representatives.
Royal Couple
The quiet king and smiling queen
of England pictured as they arrived
at the Jugoslav legation in London
where they attended the wedding of
King Peter of Jugoslavia to Prin
cess Alexandria of Greece.
Helsinki Haven
Continual bombings by Russian
planes have taught Helsinkiers there
is no safe place outside the air-raid
shelter. Here two young girls who
make it a habit to sleep in the shel
ter are bedded down for the night.
They bundle up with every kind of
available clothing in order to keep
snug.
Beam Tipper
No, this young fellow isn’t throw
ing his weight around. He’s just
making sure he gets an accurate
reading from the scale. This cam
era portrait was made by Carl Mans
field of Bloomingdale, Ohio. It was
an entry in the 31st annual exhibit of
the Pittsburgh (Pa.) Salon of Photo
graphic Art being held in that city.
Another Fuehrer?
Head man of German minority in
Rumania, since Nazis have taken
over this Balkan country is Andreas
Schmidt, (right). He is shown in
specting volunteer storm troopers.
By VIRGINIA VALE
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
T HE new “Transatlantic
Quiz” show scheduled to
start April 15 promises to be
amusing; whether it will car
ry out its purpose, “to find out,
through the participants, what
Americans know, about Brit
ain and what the British know
about America,” remains to
be seen. Col. David Niven, the
movie star, who has been with the
English army since the outbreak of
the war, will be a regular member
of the London panel when his war
assignments permit. Russel Crouse,
playwright, and Christopher Morley,
author of “Kitty Foyle,” will be reg
ulars at this end. Slated for Satur
day afternoons, the programs are
done by the Blue network and Brit
ish Broadcasting corporation.
*
Bonita Granville's fan mail has
shot up considerably since she made
“Are These Our Children?”—she’s
now second in the volume of mail
Bonita granville
received by RKO players; averages
2,634 pieces monthly. The list is led
by Ginger Rogers, who gets 3,500
letters a month.
—*—
Jack Lannon, Hollywood’s best-
known fog and rain maker, has a
new job on his hands. He’s been
signed to handle the special weather
effects which play an important part
in creating the atmospheric setting
for Cary Grant’s new "None But
the Lonely Heart.”
—*
Three narrow escapes In raids
over German targets and in an RAF
torpedo boat are recounted by Dave
Oliver, RKO Pathe News camera
man who is back after serving for
nine months as a newsreel corre
spondent. He kept on cranking his
camera during running fights with
the enemy in the air, at seu, and in
the Italian campaign. He lived with
a torpedo boat squadron for three
weeks.
—*—
Radio’s “Great Gildersleeve”
moved into Hollywood from the San
Fernando Valley, primarily to save
gas, tires and time—and two days
later Warner Bros, sent for him
to do a special picture for the Ca
nadian government, in the neighbor
hood he’d just vacated I
*
More than 12,000 individual pro
grams supporting 60 separate war
campaigns were broadcast by Co
lumbia Broadcasting system on the
home front in 1943, according to a
recent announcement. The promise
of postwar television, in full, nat
ural color, and a plea for freedom
of radio are also contained in the
report.
—*
John Loder, host and director of
“Silver Theater” on CBS, can’t work
at the same microphone with many
of his guests whether he wants to
or not. It isn’t that he wants to be
aloof—a fellow who stands six feet
three just can’t get together at a
mike with a five foot glamour girl.
*
It’s an April birthday Jbr “First
Nighter,” one of radio’s veteran se
rials—625 consecutive performances
on its Mutual network. Barbara Lud-
dy was selected as “First Lady” of
radio twice, in 1940 and '43, for her
performances as the perennial hero
ine.
—*—
Victor Borge has been signed to
play the voice of a new animated
cartoon character who is expected
to outstrip Donald Duck, Mickey
Mouse, etc., in the public’s affec
tions. Victor’s Scandinavian accent
will be used to portray Wallie Wal
rus.
*
Barbara Stanwyck turns blonde
for the second time in her career
for the role of the murderess in
"Double Indemnity.” “I’d always
visualized murderesses as bru
nettes,” she protested. “But evi
dently blondes are considered more
unscrupulous this season.”
—*—
ODDS AND ENDS—Howard Huwkt h
right m his element as technical adviser
on sword-fishing scenes in the neu Hum
phrey Hogan picture, "To Have and Have
Not”—Hawks is rated among the nation’s
top game fishermen . . . It’s a fur-lined
sarong for Dorothy I.amour for Yukon se
quences in the Crosby-Hope "Road to
Litopia" ... Alana I Mild, Alan l-sidd's eight
months’ old daughter, has already been in
troduced to the motion picture world- her
mother look her culling on puim during
production of "And N-mi Tomorrow" . . .
RKO is going alt out on "Adventures of
'iinbud the Sailor"; the studio’s going to
make it one of those lavish Technicolor
productions.
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Oath on Bayonet
When a Nigerian native enlists
in Britain’s Royal West African
Frontier Force, he is allowed to
swear allegiance by touching hip
tongue to his bayonet, the age-old
custom of such pagans who have
no holy book, like the Bible or the
Koran, on which to take an oath.
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An oyster pumps more than 10
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Unpredictable River
China’s Hwang-Ho river has
changed its mouth 11 times.
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