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Seed Being Rushed to Europe,
Asia to Avert Famine Threat
UNRRA Shipped 38,000
Tons Since Early Spring
By L. F. 8tle*.
Exteimion Marketing Expert.
First harvests from UNRRA
(United Nations Relief and Rehabili
tation administration) seeds are be
ing reaped by European farmers
this fall, for despite early difficul
ties of shipping it was possible to
send some seeds in time for the 1945
spring planting. A shipping program
has been drawn up to meet Europe's
1946 spring needs and an initial pro
gram has been started in China.
From ti, multiplication of UNRRA
seeds will come seeds for the first
plantings in Jap-free soil.
1 The 1945 fall and winter seed ship
ping targets for Europe are mainly
wheat, rye, barley, oats, vetch and
alfalfa. Data from current shipping
reports indicate the amounts, vari
eties and destinations of the seeds
included with UNRRA cargoes now
going forward from the United
States and Canada.
For instance, on July 2 the Chief
Osceola left Baltimore for Constanza
with 70,000 bags of rye seed for
Czechoslovakia. The following day
the Aleksandar I cleared Montreal
with 934 bags of alfalfa seed for
Yugoslavia, and the Tamara left St.
John, New Brunswick, for Piraeus,
Greece, with 905 bags of alfalfa
seed. The Nicholas Labodie left
Houston, Texas, for Constanza, July
8, with 15,420 bags of wheat seed
and 1,166 bags of rye aboard to be i
routed to Czechoslovakia along with
lotber UNRRA materials and sup
plies.
[Europe Exported Seeds Before War.
In prewar times, Europe was not
only self-sufficient, but a producer
'of an exportable seed surplus. This
(was true for cabbage, cauliflower,
■broccoli, red clover and many other
■seeds although seed corn and peren
nial grasses were Imported. But the
destruction of war forced constant |
switches in the normal economy
upon the occupied countries. At the
end of hostilities such seeds as the ;
edible legumes—beans and peas,
most of the vegetables, wheat and
other cereal seeds were needed
Many areas in Europe were also
short on grass seeds to rebuild
neglected pasture land, seeds to
grow animal feed and seeds for in
dustrial crops. Forage legumes, al
falfa, the clovers—red, alsike, and
white—and turnips for animal feed
ing are called for. Seeds to grow
rape and hemp for oil, and flax for
fiber are also needed.
Shortly after UNRRA was formed
by the United Nations in November
of 1943, these estimates were turned
over to the Standing Technical Com
mittee on Agriculture. The experts
of the committee, representing both
the invaded and the supplying na
tions, used them as their starting
point for planning rehabilitation
through the importation and manage
ment of a sead supply. As later in
formation came to lij it the early
goals were modified. The time of
year when countries were liberated
also entered into UNRRA’s calcula
tions. Since the military is respon
sible for the initial shipments, the
#rmy would undertake to distribute
supplies in countries ready to plant
^hile military governments were in
charge.
Vegetables Given Priority.
In selecting seeds to be sent, the
committee gave first emphasis to
seeds that ^rew food for direct hu
man consumption. Vegetable seeds
came first, then potatoes and ce
real. Secondary consideration and
shipping space went to seed that
would produce forage crops for
areas where the restoration of the
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livestock feed supply is considered
urgent. The tonnages shipped and
distributed to date reflect this pri
ority. Seeds dispatched for 1945
spring planting were largely beans
and peas from Canada and the Unit
ed States, and other vegetable seeds
from the United States and the Unit
ed Kingdom. Food grown from
these seeds is now furnishing some
of the protective elements so badly
needed in the diets of most of the
people of the world today.
Some of the seed distributions In
the liberated countries were car
ried on jointly by UNRRA and the
military. As the military govern
ments withdrew the remaining seed
stocks were turned over to UNRRA.
Seeds from this source were dis
tributed in the Balkans. Some of
the seed held for UNRRA in the U S.
for use last spring in case of an
earlier V-E Day were then chan
neled into the domestic market.
For instance, vegetable seeds to
replant the irrigated truck lands
near the city areas in Greece were
first made available through mili
tary supplies and later through
UNRRA shipments. Vegetable and
root crop seeds from plants grown
in England were shipped this spring
to Czechoslovakia. Root crop seeds
were included with the first UNRRA
cargoes for Poland.
Surplus Stocks Distributed.
One objective of the UNRRA seed
program is to re-establish a flow of
seeds within Europe from surplus
pockets to areas of need. Militury
authorities found that Germany had
been stimulating seed production in
some of the occupied countries.
Where crops were not destroyed
these reserves are now made gen
erally available.
Seeds of French origin are going
to Holland and Belgium. Danish
seeds may flow across Danish fron
tiers. Italy may have a surplus of
seeds which can be routed to other
countries. Seed potatoes from Cy
prus have been sent to Greece. A
small portion of the crops raised
from the 1945 shipments of seed is
! being set aside to produce the seed
for next year's planting.
The breakdown of interior trans
portation in the liberated countries
as a result of German occupation is
a complicating factor in the seed
| situation as it is in nearly every
other relief and rehabilitation pro
gram. Every seedman who has led
the fight in his own community for
better farm to market roads can un
derstand the situation. Roads and
waterways have been bombed. Civil
ian motor vehicles have disappeared,
carts have been wrecked and draft
animals have been stolen and
slaughtered. Much of this was de
liberate sabotage on the part of the
retreating Nazis. Even when there
are seeds on hand there is difficul
ty in moving them from the area
where grown to the seed cleaning
establishments, warehouses and
markets.
Early this spring there was a sur
plus of sorely needed alfalfa seed
in one of the liberated countries but
the farmers couldn't thresh it be
cause there was no power or fuel.
Even if it could have been threshed
there was no means for getting it to
the seed cleaning plants. Through
out the channels of distribution the
same problems of fuel power and
transportation arise. However, the
trucks, tractors and draft animals
now going to the liberated countries
are beginning to ease the situation.
The 1946 spring shipping targets are
being worked out now by UNRRA
in consultation with the agricultural
! officials of the countries receiving
aid. All shipments will be based
on estimates which reflect the actu
al minimum requirements to pro
duce maximum crops.
Minuta Maka- Upi
By QABR1ELLB
Try to manage a visit to the chi
ropodist for the removal of callous
spots on your toes and soles and for
nail trimming Even if your feet
are free of blemishes you will And
a professional foot massage won
derfully refreshing. It is a good
idea, too, to massage your feet your
self before putting on your shoes
uedlter Syndicate —WNU Features.
Something to Keep the Ladies Warm
This armload of white fox pelts being displayed by an employee of a
New Vork auction house is worth plenty at present prices. Fur coats,
always expensive, will be sky-high this year, dealers say. Most skins
now used come from Canada and the United Stales. The highest-priced
fur this season is called silver-blue platinum mink. There are only enough
of these rare pelts in the world to make up ten coats. An American mink
farmer developed the color phase by careful interbreeding.
LOWER EGG PRICES EXPECTED IN 1946
Egg prices arc expected to remain
strong during the rest of 1945 and
may even advance In coming weeks
because of the usual seasonal de
cline in production and upward re
visions of price ceilings. In the first
half of 1946, however, the price is
expected to be somewhat lower than
tor the same period in 1945. The
over all meat shortage and a 6 per
cent decline in egg production were
major factors supporting egg prices
»t the 1945 level. In 1946 civilian
meat supplies will be more plentiful
and egg production may be higher,
depending on the number of chick
ens sold for meat.
As civilian, military and export de
mands for eggs decline, a lower level
of production will be necessary (see
chart). Egg producers in the corn
belt states will be particularly af
fected because a relatively larger
part of their output has been dried
and the production has Increased
relatively more.
I "GAY GADGETS"
Associated Newspaper.- -WNU Features.
By NANCY PEPPER
MEDAL MANIA
Let’s sec how quickly yon pals
can move in on a High Fashion.
Seems the smart
fashion leaders
in New York and
in Hollywood are
wearing costly
antique medals
for decoration on
all kinds of
clothes. Well,
who says they
have to be an
tique? See If your
rather has some old medals (wasn t
he wading champion or something
in his youth?); see if your O.A.O.
will part with the medal he won
for track. Pin them to bits of col
ored ribbon and wear them Instead
of your trickier lapel gadgets. If
you have a lot of medals, you can
pin them to a broad ribbon worn
diagonally from one shoulder and
tucked Into your skirt belt. It’s a
fad!
LUSH MUSH
Watch the pounds roll on while
you gurgle and slurp over the calo
ries dished up for you by your fa
vorite soda fountain jerk. We know
what you’ve been eating, ’coat our
soda fountain sleuths have been
watching you.
Goober Special—Vanilla ice cream
topped with peanut butter. It’s pos
itively Vanny.
Coke Mush—A coca cola with a
scoop of ice cream floating in it.
Delish.
Tin Roof—Ice cream, marshmal
low, syrup, peanuts dished up in a
coca cola glass. Tastes better that
way.
Hula Shake—It’s a malted milk
with pineapple in it. Sounds dead
ly, but they tell us it’s dreamy.
Jeep Special—Glass of water and
a defense stamp. That’s our fa
vorite drink at the soda fountain.
We hope it’s yours, too!
SCHOOL HAZE
Pupil—Should you be blamed for
things you haven’t done?
Teacher—No, that wouldn’t be
fair.
Pupil—Thanks, 1 didn’t do my
homework for today.
»_
Teacher—What happens when the
human body is immersed in water?
Pupil—The phone rings.
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Teacher—Older, please.
Pupil—Double chocolate malted.
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$64 Questions
Why are Boy Scouts Dizzy?
Because they do so many Good
Turns.
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Why did the Little Moron hit his
gal friend In the eye?
So he could go out on a Blind
Date.
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Why should you take a frog and
a porcupine shopping with you?
Because frogs *have greenbacks
and porcupines have points.
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Sad Sonnets
Early to bed,
Early to rise.
And your gal will go out
With six other guys.
They Know It’s Loaded
When crossing fences, let one
member of the party climb over
first without a gun. Hand all guns
over to him, being sure to “break”
the breech before handing over. Be
sure barrel and action arc clear of
obstruction before shooting.
High School Crowd
Taught How to Drive
In Safety Program
Anticipating a teen-age rush to
used car lots for “jallopies" dis
carded by the motor public when
new model automobiles are placed
on the market, state and local school
officials are accelerating program*
in high school driver education.
Termed “behind the wheel" pro
grams, those in operation or planned
for the near future are designed to
teach high school students to drive
safely on the public highways.
Some 5,000 high schools through
out the country now have behind-the
wheel programs, according to infor
mation to the American Municipal
association, with six states ap
parently well in the lead in devel
oping such programs: North Da
kota, Iowa, California, Wisconsin,
North Carolina and Illinois. In each
of these six states, at least 200,
high schools offer driver education
courses.
Delaware includes behind-the
wheel training in 27 classes in 18
high schools. Only six high schools
in the state remain without the state
wide driver education program be
cause of wartime lack of personnel
and equipment.
The West Virginia board of edu
cation has approved the proposed
course of study in driver education
prepared by the West Virginia driv
er education committee and includ
ed it in the standard state high
school curriculum.
Minnesota held a three-day educa
tion institute at the University of
Minnesota this summer through co
operation of the university and state
departments responsible for traffic
education. The summer institute fol
lowed three regional institutes held
in May.
One of the difficulties involved in
behind-the-wheel training in North
I Carolina has been solved by using
j the state school buses for training
purposes. Thousands of students
have already learned the principles
and practice of safe driving through
this expedient.
Dust One
By ANEL C. JOHNS
McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
WNU Features.
'T'HE strawberries were shipped
A in early. They were flat, heart
shaped. Pinkish red. The centers
came out with the stem if Pattie
wasn’t careful.
Pattie shouldn’t have bought
them. But she couldn't resist. She
had always brought home the first
on the market since that time just
after her marriage when Philip
came home, smelling of gasoline.
There was always hard grease on
his hands and sometimes on his pug
nosed face. He stopped at the table,
as always, for a preview of what
was cooking and said, “Shortcake!
Spring must be here. Spring, when
a young man’s fancy seriously turns
to thoughts of love if he’s married
to a gorgeous dame like one Pa
tricia.”
But that had been four years ago.
And strawberries always reminded
her of the days Philip went away in
the mornings and came back to her
in the evenings. Never too tired to
dance.
Pattie loved the way they moved
in unison. Philip holding her a lit
tle tight, saying, "You’re like the
music. Baby. You make me know
that, if I never have anything more,
I’ve got everything right now. For
you I clean carburetors, patch f ats.
Pump gas. Pour oil. There’s a
ritzy dame comes into the station
about twice a week. She’s a looker!
But, Baby, you outlook her even in
curlers and cold cream.”
Did Philip still feel like that? That
she outlooked the lookers who
danced with him at the USO clubs
on his week-end leaves? The look
ers who worked in canteens, doing
their bit for the boys? The lookers
who flirted?
He was sent with his crew to Eng
land and no doubt met new people
with strange ways.
Pattie was glad she had been a
camp wife. That she had followed
her Philip around, put up in a jail
tor two weeks in Georgia because
there were no rooms available.
Even slept in the back seat of the
car at a filling station when she ar
rived in a town too late to find quar
ters.
She was glad that she had been
with him the night he was shipped.
The sergeant had let her stay. She
and four other wives who had little
to say that they couldn’t tell with
the pressure of their cold fingers.
Philip had looked into her face,
upturned in the moonlight, until the
tears stood at her lashes and her
throat hurt.
‘‘You’re beautiful, Baby. Even
now. I hate going before he gets
here but I can’t be the chooser in
this game. Be sure to send me a
cable. It’ll be tough over there, wait
ing. I know it’ll be tougher here.”
It was horrible back in their house
alone. She tried having the wife of
one of Philip’s pals live with her.
But the girl was morbid. She doted
on horrors, especially those of the
war.
Philip had said, "Don’t sit around
fretting about me. Worry is bad.
I’ll take care of myself. If I see a
blockbuster coming at me I’ll run
like the deuce. I want to come home
and find you just the same.”
Well, she wasn’t the same. She’d
been in the maternity ward without
him to stand by. She’d come through
the measles and a hand that little
Philip burned when he pulled the
percolator oft the stove. The neigh
i bors helped her when she had a bad
appendix that the doctor finally re
moved.
Philip said, "Don’t ever forget
: me. Baby. I won’t forget you. The
| going will never be so rough that
that can happen. I’ll think of you
] every day. All day. And dream of
you at night. Everythinr I do will
be for you and the little one.”
But all of that had been so long
ago. She couldn’t bring Philip back
as she used to. At first she could
make him sit in his favorite chair.
Could hear his voice above the ra
dio talking without words. Just the
rumble of his deep voice. But she
| couldn't hear his voice any more.
J She had forgotten how he looked sit
ting behind the evening paper.
Suddenly her hands trembled. She
crushed a luscious berry between her
fingers. She was frightened. If she
I couldn’t recall here, where Philip
| had been, how could he remember
her, where she had never been?
How could he keep in mind their
1 simple pleasures when everyone
worked to entertain him and thou
sands like him? Time blots out
everything.
She had tried to keep her hold on
Philip. She had sent him pictures
! of the baby every month. Anniver
sary pictures, she called them. And
snapshots of herself too. Being care
ful to look her best; careful to smile
j with the wrinkles in her nose about
; which Philip had teased her.
Little Philip came in from out
1 doors. His pug nose was red with
| the cold of early spring. His hands
were smeared with a red sucker
and there was a ring around his
rosy mouth where he had licked the
stickiness. His cap was gone and
his reddish hair was every which
: way.
“Tan I have one, Muzzer? Dust
one?” the little boy pleaded, stand
] ing on tiptoe to see better.
Pattie looked down. She had seen
| that face before. But it was older.
She gave him the biggest berry
! she could find. "And one for Dad
dy," she whispered.
CHILD’S
Colds
Most young mothers use this modern
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Grand relief starts as VapoRub.,.
PENETRATES to upper bronchial
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STIMULATES chest and back sur
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Often by morning most of the
misery of the cold is gone 1 Remember—
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Millions of people suffering from
simple Piles, have found prompt
relief with PAZO ointment. Here's
why: First. PAZO ointment soothes
inflamed areas—relieves pain and
itching. Second, PAZO ointment
lubricates hardened, dried parts—
helps prevent cracking and sore>
ness. Third, PAZO ointment tends
to reduce swelling and check minor
bleeding. Fourth, it's easy to use.
PAZO ointment’s perforated Pile
Pipe makes application simple,
thorough Your doctor can tell
you about PAZO ointment.
SUPPOSITORIES TOOI
Some persons, and many doctors,
prefer to use suppositories, so PAZO
comes in handy suppositories also.
The same soothing relief that
PAZO always gives.
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