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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. What Well-Dressed Woman Farmer Will Wear New uniform of the Women’s Land army and the Victory Farm volun teers is modelled by Loretta Lepseka, U. of Wisconsin coed. During the summer she helps her father operate their 200-acre farm. This year more than 50,000 women and girls will be needed in Wis consin for harvesting and other seasonal work. Such jobs as weeding carrots, detasseling corn, picking cherries and strawberries require large numbers of workers for relatively short periods. Many other states have similar needs for emergency help. Despite Strain of War, Health Of Nation Is Remarkably Good Surgeon General Reports On Achievements, Outlines Plan for More Medical Care T'\ ESPITE the strains of three years of wartime living and working, and an increasing short age of physicians, psychiatrists, nurses and hospital facilities, the physical and mental health of America’s civilians shows no indi cation of a serious decline, the Of fice of War Information reports, on the basis of data furnished by the Public Health service, the War Man power commission, the bureau of the census and the war and navy departments. Dr. Thomas Parran, surgeon gen eral cf the Public Health service, sums up the current status of civ ilian health in the United States as follows: “At the present time there are no indications that the war has had se rious effects upon the health of the nation. We do know, hbwever, that our lines against disease are light ly held. Shortages of health and medical manpower, together with shifting of the population, leaves us vulnerable to a breakthrough on many fronts. A survey of the nation’s health pic ture disclosed the following favor able facts: The estimated national rate of deaths from all causes in 1944 was 10.6 per 1,000 population as com pared with 10.9 in 1943. Infant mor tality also continued downward, at 39.2 per 1,000 live births, compared with 40.1 in 1943. Stillbirths dropped a few points too. Life expectancy of infants is now about 65 years. The campaign against venereal disease has become increasingly ef fective. During the last 18 months, penicillin has cured 96 per cent of the gonorrhea cases in which it was used. Some cases of infectious syphillis yielded to penicillin also. Fear that returning veterans from the Pacific islands would bring back new diseases has large ly been dispelled. Such ailments as filariasis constitute no real threat to civilian health, army and navy doctors declare. The'Debit Side. On the debit side of the nation’s health balance sheet are these facts: First, an increasingly serious short age of doctors, dentists, psychi atrists and nurses. This situation will probably not be relieved until both Germany and Japan have been defeated. Lack of psychiatrists is espe cially serious, in view of the num ber of veterans who will be suffer ing from the shock of war expe riences in the years to come. Many civilians too have become at least temporarily deranged by strain and worry. It has long been known that approximately two-thirds of the ill ness encountered in general medi cal practice is essentially neuro- psychiatric in origin, and that half of the patients in hospitals at any one time are there because of seri ous mental disorders. Indeed, it may be safely predicted that in any group of 15-year-olds, 1 out of every 22 will some day be committed to a mental institution. Poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis) and meningococcus meningitis (cerebro-spinal fever) reached epi demic proportions in the United States during 1944. The poliomyeli tis epidemic in 1944 was the largest in the United States since 1916. There was a total of 19,268 reported cases. A total of 16,059 cases of meningococcus meningitis occurred in 1944, as compared with 19,974 cases in 1943, which was the highest recorded figure. Reports from a group of selected industries indicate increased ab sences of workers due to sickness. Respiratory diseases accounted for most of the absenteeism. The male frequency rate of illness (138.1 per 1,000 workers for 1943) was the highest recorded annual rate for the last 10 years. The female rate of illness (204.1 per 1,000) was like wise the highest recorded rate since 1934. Lack of adequate sanitary instal lations continues in many com munities. Sanitation in many rural parts of the country remains at a low level. About 40 per cent of the counties in the United States still lack full-time local public health service. Postwar Health Plans. Dr. Parran has advocated a post war program to insure adequate health services for every person in the United States. Important fea tures of the program follow: (1) Financing costs of medical care through taxation, health insur ance, or both. (2) Construction and equitable dis tribution of hospitals and health centers in adequate numbers throughout the country. (3) Expansion of professional education to ensure an adequate supply of health and medical per sonnel. (4) Providing full-time health de partments throughout the country, plus addition of such services as public health nursing, children’s dentistry, mental hygiene and nutri tion. (5) Continued support of public and private research in the medical sciences. (6) Improvement of present defi ciencies in the nation’s sanitary facilities through construction of public water supplies, sewerage sys tems and milk pasteurization plants. In the first 10 years after the war there will be a need i. " 166,000 new beds in general hospitals, 191,000 beds for mental hospitals and 60,000 beds for tuberculosis institutions, Dr. Parran believes. These would entail an expenditure of almost $2,000,000,- By NANCY PEPPER CAMPUS CHEESECAKE Are you putting your best foot for ward with the new footwear fads? Who wants to dance with the dolly with the hole in her stocking, any way? Black Magic—For lucky gals who still have a shoe coupon to squan der, how’s about those new black suede loafers? They're definitely a fad for the feet—much more excit ing than the familiar brown leath ers. Also, we might add, much more perishable! High Finance—You used to be content to stick silver pennies in your loafers. Noth ing will do now but dimes! Infla tion is what we call it. Midriff Socks — Here’s what the able grables are doing with their old three-quarter length socks. They cut the tops off a little above the ankles, edge them in upholstery fringe and wear them around the calf of the leg. Sort of two-piece effect. Kinda weird, too. Class Conscious — The newest place to embroider your graduating year numbers is on your white socks. Beils for Belles — Tie little tinkle bells around your ankles. That’s one way of attracting attention between classes. JABBERWOCKY AND JIVE We’re just starting to get reports about your new expressive expres sions and your latest slanguage in ventions. Try these out between classes and see where they’ll get you. Don’t Moon, Goon—Stop dreaming or hurry up. Hashing—gossiping. • Fugitive from a faucet—a drip. Junior Mess—A drippy gaL Giraffing—Necking. Very Varga—Good figure (applied to girls with drape shapes). Will you swing low in my chariot? —Will you dance with me? Questions and Answers. "Are you kidding?” “No, I’m Nancy,” (or whatever your name happens to be.) * “Feel like a coke?” “Yes, thanks.” "Well, you don’t look like one.” TRIXIE TEEN S^YS Do you act as if your house were on fire when your date arrives? Before he barely gets a loot over the threshold do you say, “Where are we going tonight?” “There’s a good show at the Bijou.” Do you rush him past your parents as if either he or they hud the measles? Relax, chum, and take it easy. It's for him to suggest going out—not you. Dust off that old southern hospitality and you'll find that plenty of good times begin—at home. Minutd Malm- lljas By GABRIELLB Be sleek and trim on your job, but be elegant for your playtime hours and sparkle for all you are worth! There’s an efficient makeup for day and an elegant for night! Ledger Syndicate.—WNU Features. 000. There will be a particularly urgent need in rural areas for the construction of small, well-equipped hospitals and health centers. With modern transportation, pa tients from rural hospitals could be sent when necessary to larger district hospitals, fully equipped to render all kinds of service. The base hospitals, in turn, would circu late new medical knowledge and skills to every institution it serves. In the base hospital would be medi cal and nursing schools, specialists in all branches of medicine, and research projects designed to find new and better methods of diagnosis and treatment. Public health nursing, clinics for infants and expectant mothers, diag nosis and treatment of venereal dis ease patients would be made fully available throughout the country. In addition, bedside nursing — par ticularly in rural areas — tubercu losis programs, dental clinics for children, nutrition services and men tal hygiene programs should be in cluded, Dr. Parran said. Every state should provide indus trial hygiene service, and within states each major industrial area should have a regional industrial hygiene unit, instead of relying, as at present, on industrial hygiene programs that operate for the most part on federal funds and with in adequate staff. Increased government funds for research would be made available to scientific institutions as part of the postwar national health pro gram. Future progress in national health, Dr. Parran pointed out, de pends heavily upon the discovery of better methods to cure diseases such as cancer, heart disease and arthritis. A preventive for the com mon cold would save more than 30,- 000,000 days now lost annually by the nation’s industrial workers, officials said. Pretty Gift Layette For the New Baby Toast to Good Health . . . Raw Vegetables! (See Recipes Below) Vitamins for Health So These Are South Sea Island f Crickets f ! When Mother Earth is bountiful in her output, there’s no gdod reason for stinting on mineral and vitamin- rich protective foods. This is the time to plan meals main ly of vegetables, first, from neces sity because ra tioned foods are high in point val ue and scarce; and secondly, be cause we should try to build ujffour health as much' as possible to reap personal and community benefits. Vitamin A. No one should lack for this famil iar vitamin that comes at the be ginning of the alphabet because it is easily obtained in dairy foods, car rots, greens, liver, butter, apricots, prunes and tomatoes. It is especial ly essential for growth and the main tenance of normal resistance to in fection. Vitamin Bl. If the children or adult members of the family show signs of losing their appetite, check into these sources for vitamin Bl or thiamin: dried beans and peas, lean pork, whole grain cereals, yeast, milk, cauliflower, chicken, peanuts and egg yolk. In addition to being nec essary to maintain appetite, this vi tamin aids in growth and helps maintain the normal function of the digestive organs and nervous sys tem. Vitamin C. One of our basic nutrition rules definitely states that we should eat at least one citrus fruit a day. We need this fruit for assuring enough vitamin C for well-nourished gums and teeth as well as to maintain normal bone structure, the normal strength of capillary walls and the prevention of scurvy. You’ll find it plentiful in oranges, lemons, grape fruit, pineapples, strawberries, to matoes, raw cabbage and greens, liver, green pepper and peas. Vitamin D. Vitamin D has to do exclusively with bone and teeth building—sound bones, strong teeth and the pre vention of rick ets. Vitamin D is as hard to find as vitamin A is easy. Its sources are few: fish liver oils (cod, hali but), fortified milk and erf m, egg yolks and liver. If your oses of these foods are small, then get a big dose of sunshine—that’s vitamin D, too. Vitamin G. This vitamin, also called ribofla vin, is found in many of the same Fearsome giant insects sent back from a Pacific island by Lt. Col. John Gardiner, a medical officer, fascinate Mildred Abbe, zoology student at Hunter college, N. Y. C. The ugly creatures have tough brown skins and powerful muscle systems. The larger one is 7 inches long. These “crickets” or whatever they are (they have not yet been classified accurately) are “very common” on the island where he is stationed, Colonel Gardiner reports. Tavern Checks Hats For Owners at War CHICAGO. — In a north side tavern 328 hats are waiting for their owners to come home from war. The for-the-duration hat check ing began early in 1942 when Sgt. Reid Ratcliffe, now in France, left his three brothers to manage the Ranger Inn. He hung up his hat and put on his G.I. headgear. TELEFACT FAMILY INCOME LESS THAN *1.000 H.000 TO *1.999 *2.000 TO *2.999 *3.000 OK MORE 1 &&«««, sw l 12.2 DAYS PER PERSON 7.5 DAYS PER PERSON 6.^ DAYS PER PERSON | 6 7 DAYS PER PERSON INCOME AND DISABLING ILLNESS, U.S. Rocky Trail in Burma Puts Shoes on the Dogs MYITKYINA, BURMA.—A num ber of jungle-trained dogs of the K-9 corps with the United States Mars Task force were evacuated by air because the rocky mountain trails on the force’s long 200-mile march into northern Burma cut their feet. Sgt. Clifton Holland of Ross, Tex as, fitted the remaining dogs with soft leather shoes which the K-Nin- ers wear dutifully but unenthusi astically. Lynn Says: Handy Hints: To keep food warm when serving and eating, make certain both serving dishes and plates are as hot as possible. Place a teaspoon of salt in wa ter in which eggs are cooked. This helps prevent shells from crack ing. Serve asparagus as a main dish by topping with cream sauce and hard-cooked eggs, sliced and dusted with paprika. Use only slow ovens (225-250 de grees) for baking fruit whips. Young spring'rhubarb does not have to be peeled when baking for pies, canning or making sauces and puddings. For a delicious pudding topping, mix two tablespoons of orange marmalade into one cup whipped cream. To save time in making fruity desserts, add sugar or honey to fruit or berries (strawberries, raspberries, rhubarb, etc.) ar.d place in a shallow baking dish. In place of pie crust or biscuit topping use a crumbling of flour, sugar, a little butter and cin namon. Lynn Chambers’ Point-Saving Menu Vegetable Platter: Com au Gratin Spinach Nests with Poached Eggs Shredded Beets Lima Beans Hot Biscuits with Honey ♦Ambrosia Salad Raisin Drop Cookies Beverage •Recipe given. A PRETTY and easy-to-make layette for the family favor ite. This six piece set for a new baby can be for a little girl or boy—and will make a wonderful gift. Use dainty lace for trimming and embroider flowers on the . dress and bib. | To obtain complete patterns for the Six i Piece Layette (dress, petticoat, sacque I and bonnet, dressing gown and bib) (Pat tern No. 5859) send 16 cents in coin, your ; name, address and the pattern number. SEWING CIRCLE NEEDLEWORK 530 South Wells St. Chicago. Enclose 16 cents for Pattern. No Name Address- foods as vitamin Bl. In addition to the part it plays in normal nu trition, it is also essential to growth, cell respiration, and good nervous health. Vitamin P-P. Most of us are more familiar with nicotinic acid, which is just another name for this vitamin. You’ll get your share if you eat lean meats and liver, salmon, wheat germ, yeast, tomatoes, greens and but termilk. It’s responsible for good, clear healthy skin and the normal functioning of the gastro-intestinal tract. Now, how do we go about getting all these vitamins into our diet? We will have to include foods from each of the groups mentioned daily. This is especially important with the B and C vitamins because they cannot be stored in the body as is vitamin A. The following recipes will give you good health as well as good eating. If vegetables are eaten raw, they are more valuable: Tomato Stuffed Salad. (Serves 4) 4 medium-sized tomatoes 3 ounces cream cheese 2 tablespoons green onion, chopped H cup green peppers, chopped Vi medium-sized cucumber, chopped 3 hard-cooked eggs, chopped V4 cup salad dressing Peel tomatoes. Cut slices from top and scoop out centers. Sprinkle with salt; invert to chill. Blend cream cheese with enough cream to soften. Line tomato cups with this mixture. Combine remaining ingre dients; fill tomato cups. Chill thor oughly. Serve with additional salad dressing in lettuce cups. Jellied Perfection Salad. (Serves 6) 1 tablespoon unflavored gelatin *4 cup cold water 1)4 cups hot water 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 tablespoon vinegar 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup diced cucumber Vi cup sliced green onions Vi cup sliced radishes 1 cup chopped celery Soften gelatin in cold water. Dis solve in hot wa ter. Add lemon juice, vinegar and salt. Chill until partially set; add remaining ingre dients. Chill until firm. Serve on crisp lettuce with mayonhaise. Cabbage Pepper Slaw. (Serves 6) 4 cups finely shredded cabbage Vi cup chopped green pepper 1 teaspoon salt % teaspoon white pepper 2 tablespoons vinegar 1 teaspoon celery seed 2 tablespoons tarragon vinegar 1 teaspoon prepared mustard Vi cup salad dressing Combine vegetables, salt, pepper, sugar and celery seed. Combine vinegar, mustard and salad dress ing. Add to vegetables and mix thoroughly. •Ambrosia Salad. (Serves 4 to 6) 2 bananas, sliced 44 cup diced orange Vi cup seedless grapes Vi cup chopped dates 3 tablespoons lemon juice Vi cup moist coconut, grated Combine fruits; sprinkle with lemon juice; chill. Add creamy mayonnaise dressing which has been blended with sour cream. Serve on crisp lettuce and garnish with coco nut. Released by Western Newspaper Union. SNAPPY FACTS WPB ha* plan* undar way for expansion of facilitias fa pro duce 1,500,000 more truck and bus tires every three months for military and es sential civilian use. Total production by next Decem ber is expected to reach a rate of 6,700,000 a quarter. There are 1,450,000 rubber- tired tractors on American farms, many of which are now obsolete. It has been estimated that thoro will bo mora than 3,000,000 rubber- tired tractors aa farms with in tan yaars after the war. The first known whooled vehicles were used In Babylonia about 3000 B.C Iintm m peace BFGoodrich F, Rsr in rubber NO ASPIRIN IS FASTER or better. 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