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I THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C. Let's Face Facts British Farm Leaders Give Sense of Nearness To Vicissitudes of War By BARROW LYONS WNU Staff C« Barrow Lyons WASHINGTON, D. C. , One gets a little closer to the war When one talks with a British farm er, who has been cultivating fields under the wings of Nazi planes, who can’t light a lamp without being sure that no gleam shows through the window shades, and who must use all the ingenuity known to science to get the most from his acres to feed the workers and fighting men of Britain. Such a farmer is Hubert Rae, the new agricultural attache to the Brit ish embassy in Washington, who just arrived from the University of Reading in Eng land, where he was professor of agriculture. He also managed an experimental farm which has pointed the way toward larger crops in Britain. "I’ve only just arrived—still in a stage of schoolboy wonder at being able to turn on the lights without pulling down the blinds,” he told a group of Washing ton correspondents at a joint inter view with James A. Scott Watson, who has been recalled to England and whom Mr. Rae is replacing. The talk with these men reminded the American writers that farmers of England are allies of our own farmers In supporting the greatest military effort man has ever made —the defense of the democratic world against forces which would destroy it. Mr. Scott Watson has been here two years, chiefly to help get for British farmers American farm machinery and adopt the best of our farming methods. Likes TV A Superphosphate Incidentally, Mr. Scott Watson had strong praise for the Tennessee Valley authority’s concentrated su perphosphate, which has been shipped to England in considerable quantities. The TVA superphosphate has been available to our own farm ers in limited quantities, because of our large supply of lower concen trates, and the necessity for con serving ocean shipping space. Mr. Rae said that in spite of Eng land’s usually damp climate, this winter has been abnormally dry, foreboding an inadequate water sup ply this summer. One result, how ever, was,, that spring plowing and planting was much ahead of sched ule. Before the war, he said, England produced only 34 per cent of its food supply, but now produces 70 per cent. Reduction of food con sumption by about 10 per cent has contributed to this increase, but ac tual food production has been al most doubled. There has been no slackening in the food program, and the ministry of agriculture plans to maintain present operating schedules for an other four years—through 1947. Eng land recognizes that if victory comes this year, the need for food on the continent will be tremendous for a year-and-a-half to two years after the fighting stops. Mr. Rae thought that the need for American agricultural machinery would be very much less from now on. Some forms of tractors will still be needed for replacements, but vir tually all of the areable acreage is now under mechanical cultivation, he said. During the last two years England has used a considerable amount of soldier labor, particularly for har vesting crops; but with invasion un der way this labor will mot be avail able. He said: “We expect our biggest headache this year will be in getting harvest labor. If we can’t get a little more combine equipment, there will be a waste of grain.” Large Stockpile of Food There is a considerable food stock- pile in England, he said, but this is considered minimum insurance. If the invasion of the continent is successful, some of this will be used for feeding destitute populations. “We can’t sit back as long as there is an acute shortage of food on the continent,” he added. Mr. Scott Watson put in a word at this point: "All of our friends from England who come over here seem to have a craving for your citrus fruit. They apparently have felt the lack of or anges, grapefruit and lemons more than meat. Of course, there will be a tremendous pent-up demand for citrus fruit as soon as we can get the ships to move it. It’s no .military secret that all of the ships that can be spared are now being held in readiness for invasion.” | Both Britons cited examples of exchange of technical information, which was enabling English and American farmers to raise larger and better crops. The visitors also thought that American agricultural economists were getting from Eng land some good points regarding farm tenancy. English laws pro vide a far greater sense of security for tenant farmers, and assure to them full benefit of improvements they make in building up the soil and facilities of owners. Eventu ally this will be reflected in Ameri- Chinese and Jap Forces Fight for Pass Savage fighting between Chinese and Jap forces in Honan, west of the strategic rail point of Chengchow, now centers on Hnlao Pass, which the enemy is reported as rapidly fortifying, following its capture, to pre vent counter-attacks. Arrows in the map indicate centers of fighting outside Mihsien, where the Chinese have circled the enemy, and Yingshang where the Japs have been more successful. Diagonal lines in map at right indicate the general zone of action in relation to China. Mass Baptism on Anzio-Nettunio Beachhead Squatting on the sand, this choir of American doughboys (left) supplied hymnal music during a mass baptismal ceremony held at the Anzio-Nettunio beachhead, Jn Italy. More than a score of U. S. soldiers were baptised by Div. Chaplain Leroy W. Raley of Cameron, Texas. Picture at right shows some of the soldiers standing in Hie surf, awaiting their turn to be baptized. His Honor, the Mayor, Samples Some Bacon Mayor Fiorello La Guardia is a guest of the campfire set up by Troop 617 of the Boy Scouts of America, in New York. He samples some of the bacon cooked by the Scouts, and finds it good. The camp*site was set up by way of celebrating National Boy and Girl week, and also National Children’s week, held simultaneously. Seaman From USS Lansdale Rescued can tenant-owner relations. One of the many rescued by coastguardsmen of two destroyer escorts during the German bombing attack that sank the USS Lansdale in the Mediterranean, this navy seaman relaxes as coastguardsmen Virgil Mathis, St. Augustine, Fla., and Melvin Howard of Pittsburgh, Pa. (left to right) scrape a thick coat of oil from his body. Young Hero Robert Dicey, five years old, shows how he carried his 15-months old brother, Kenneth, downstairs and to safety, as flames raced through their home at East Ded ham, Mass. ‘K’ Ration Feast A Marshallese boy perches com fortably on a wind-twisted coconut tree and prepares to open a box of marine K-rations. The natives found U. S. rations a welcome change. By VIRGINIA VALE Released by Western Newspaper Onion. R KO Radio Pictures inaugu rates a new daily coast-to- coast radio show on May 29, “Hollywood Star Time,” featur ing their film favorites of the year; it will originate in Vie studio dining room. Go ing out over 177 stations of the Blue network, it will be broadcast daily from Monday through Friday, at 12:15 to 12:30 Pacific Coast time, an hour later in each successive time zone. And Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer, equally radio - minded, launches "M-G-M JScreen Tests” on June 12, over the full basic Mutual Network, five days a week at 9:15 Eastern war time; it will consist of actual screen tests, the aspiring actor being required to play oppo< site a Metro star. $ In "Going My Way” Bing Crosby proves that he doesn’t have to sing; in fact, he sings comparatively little in the picture, yet has probably the best role of his screen career. He and that very talented actor, Barry BING CROSBY Fitzgerald, share honors In this sweet, human story — and anybody who can share acting honors with Fitzgerald has to be good. This is one of the pictures that people will remember. —*— i - Jane Withers, young Republic star, had two birthday cakes on her 16th birthday, one with a party of soldiers near her own age, the sec ond with an 18-year-old elephant belonging to Ringling Brothers-Bar- num and Bailey circus. Both sol diers and elephant let ^ane blow out her own candles and make a wish. The elephant also gulped the cake and then devoured Jane’s birthday orchids. —*— Producer C. P. MacGregor, of the Hollywood Radio Theater, is directly responsible for the successful careers of many leading movie actors and actresses. When talking pictures came in, parts were awarded on the strength of voice transcriptions—made by him! —*— Frank Sinatra won about 1,500 new friends at a luncheon given in New York for the American News paper Publishers association; he sang a parody on "Sunday, Monday and Always,” the refrain being that people are telling him to look out, for Dick Haymes, Dick Todd and Perry Como are crowding him too comfortably for his own good. He wound up by gallantly concluding ’s just one Crosby.” ‘There’s just A new puppy belonging to Ronnie, son of George Burns and Graeie Al len, chewed a hole in an expensive rug at the Burns’ home. Graeie was upset, but Ronnie saved the day. “Maybe if I train him,” said he, “I can get him so he’ll lie ever the hole most of the time.” Around CBS a pleasant glow is still noticeable, due to the fact that six of their network ana regional programs were cited as winners in the 1943 George Foster Peabody Awards, gaining CBS top honors in five of the seven classifications. * Bettejane Greer (Mrs. Rudy Val- lee) whose first national prominence came when she was chosen two yeartS ago as official model for the first WAC uniform, will be groomed for top starring roles by RKO. For the past year she’s been under con tract to Howard Hughes, doing in tensive work with dramatic coaches. As soon as her release from that contract was negotiated she signed with RKO. * Yakima Canutt, seven times world champion cowboy and famous movie stunt man, now directs scenes for Republic pictures demanding hair- raising stunts. 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