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Smethport M Kean County Democrat Newspaper Archives, Thursday, April 13, 1944 - Page 2
Correspondent MRS. FRANK OVIATT
Carl Carlson of Smethport was a caller in town Thursday. • •
• Mr. and Mrs. Jai-.cs Miller were shopping in Olean Wednesday. • •
• Fred Summerville and his mother. Mrs Elizabeth Summerson, spent the weekend at Kettle Creek. • •
• Miss Betty Calhoun spent the weekend with her sister, Mrs. Melvin Engstrom, at Smethport. • •
• Mrs. Melford Townsend of Olean spent the weekend with "her mother, Mrs. Julia Rifle, and family. • •
• Miss Doris Fox of Olean spent the Easter vacation at her home here. • •
# Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Peters and children of East Fork were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Bailey. • I
• Rev. J. H Bailey conducted Good Friday services at the Betula M. E. church Friday evening. • •
• Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Keenan and Miss Cora Keenan of Niagara Falls were guests of Mrs. Mary Keenan and son. Stafford, Sunday. • •
• District Attorney Claude Shattuck & County Detective Merle Dickinson of Smethport were callers in town Wednesday.• •
• Mrs. Lillian Marsh, son. Melvin, and daughter, Margaret, of Brad-for and Miss Priscilla Gallup left ed hundreds of them without find- Sunday for Williamsport to spend beneficial results in any case.
• Merchant Marine Calls Radiomen At least 500 first and second class commercial radio telegraphers, licensed by the Federal Communications Commission, are needed for merchant marine service within the next three months, the War Shipping Administration announced Qualified men should telegraph, collect, at once to U. S, Merchant Marine. Washington, D. C. Registrants will be placed on active pay status as accepted and must attend a Navy school on wartime procedure for one to three weeks.
• Maritime Commission Reports Maritime Commission shipyards delivered 410 ships of 4,115.951 deadweight tons during the first quarter of 1944. the commission announced. Liberty ships continued to dominate production but there was a growing tonnage of military and other fast type vessels, including the new Victory ship. In March, 151 merchant ships were built.
• Round-up The War Food Administration says: The public should consume more eggs, at least through mid-May, to take care of an anticipated record production amounting to at least 350 eggs for each civilian during 1944 About 70 per cent of the 1944-45 supply of dehydrated vegetables will be allocated to U. S. war uses. 23 per cent to Great Britain and Russia, 5 per cent to U. S civilians. I per cent to liberated areas and I per cent for other exports. WPB says that: A "farm” is a property used primarily for the raising of crops, livestock, dairy products, poultry, etc., for market, and on such property SI,OOO or less may be spent for construction, including the farm house, without approval In view of the continued critical shortage of pulpwood for paper and paperboard, farmers, as wells as every full-time woodcutter, should continue to cut as much pulpwood as possible. Some electric alarm clocks and 1200.000 war alarm clocks ‘many for military needs* wail De produced ana aisirioutect during the second quarter of 1944 A cut of IO per cent in civilian leath- a week with relatives. • •
• The small daughter of Mr and Mw Ben Connors is suffering from an attack of scarlet-fever. Fortunately it is in a mild form. • •
• Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kenney of Bradford have moved their household goods to the Frank Oviatt store building apartment where they and their family will reside. • •
• Mr. and Mrs. Clare Elliott attended the funeral of Mrs Elliott’s brother. Cadet Lyle Swartout at .Shinglehouse last Tuesday. Mr Swartout was killed in a plane crash somewhere in Georgia. IRR Pfc. Bernard Crinoids of Camp Gordon, Ga,, and Mrs. Grinolds are spending a furlough with their parents. Mr. and Mrs Mart Grinolds of Crosby and Mr and Mrs. O. F Johnson at Betula. • •
• Mrs. William Pearson of Portville spent the weekend h?re with Mr and Mrs. John Calhoun and family and her mother, Mrs. Ed Rowe. Mr Pearson motored up Sunday and Mrs. Pearson returned home with him. • •
• Mr and Mrs. Henry Lathrop, Jr., and small daughter Nancy, Pfc. and Mrs. George Carlough and small son, George III of Bradford were guest* of Mr. and Mrs. O. F Johnson Saturday. Mr. Carlough. who was home on furlough, left Saturday for Camp Gordon, Ga., where he is stationed CARYVILLE NELLIE CLEVELAND Correspondent Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Guenter were in Smethport Saturday afternoon. •
* » Mrs. Birdie Baker and son. Samuel, Alta Rees, Mary Dunn and Richard were in Olean, N. Y., Monday. • •
• Rev. and Mrs. Perkins of Union City were recent Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Howard. • •
• Marian Baker helped her sister, Mrs. Art Shelly, at Farmers Valley a few days last week with her house work. • •
• Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Rees were Port Allegany business callers Saturday afternoon. RRR Samuel Baker and mother, Birdie \ Baker, and Mary Dunn and Richard visited relatives in Buffalo over the weekend. • •
• Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Burgle of Grand Island, N. Y., visited their j parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Burgie and Nellie Cleveland over Easter. # •
• Mrs. John Montie spent the weekend in Buffalo, N. Y.. with Mr. Montie, who is employed there. » • rn Mrs. John Gabler of Norfolk, Va., is visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Howard. • •
• Miss Gladys Rice of New York City visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Rice, for a few days recently. • •
* Mr. and Mrs. Chester Rice visited Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Glover in Rixford recently. Mr. Glover leaves for Army service April 15th. rn *
• Loren Vangorder visited his cousin Beryl Mealy of Mt. Jewett, over the weekend. RRR Mr. and Mrs. Merle Bush and daughter, Alva, and Mrs. Vernie Lemon and son. Downy, were call- j ers of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Lemon on I Sunday. • .
. Richard, five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stockhing, is a | patient at Kane Community hos- 1 piLl. • •
• Edward Jackson. Genevieve and Helen Rester of "Port Allegany were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Jackson. • •
• Mr. and Mrs. Bert Jackson have j moved from the Allen Owens farm in Kent Hollow to the Fred Champlin place. • •
• Mrs. Grace Simar of Buffalo, N. Y., and son, Frank, who is in the service, visited her daughter. Mrs. Wayne Recs. and family Sunday. • •
• Mrs. Birdie Baker is visiting her sons, Almiron and W’illiam Hackett, and their families, also her daughter. Mrs. Esther Cooper in Buffalo. N. Y., at this writing. • •
• Mr. and Mrs. Donald Rice and family, Mr. and Mrs. George Goodyear and family visited at the home of Mrs. George Shields in Port Allegany Sunday. • •
• Nellie Cleveland returned from Grand Island, N. Y., Friday afternoon where she spent three weeks with her daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. John Burgie. She also visited her uncle and aunt. Mr. and Mrs. Eli K. Champlin, in Buffalo. N. Y. • •
• Melvin Lemon SI c, son of Mr. and Mrs Leo Lemon, was home on I a 3-day furlough. He left Friday for 1 New York City from which place he . expects to soon leave for another t voyage. He just returned April 1st I from London. England. Another son, j Thomas Lemon SK 3-4 of Solomons, I Md., is home on a 7-day furlough* Behind The Battlefront Prepared by the Rural Press Section ii *i ifiif Yanks Reverse Eating Habits Yanks on leave in British restaurants ask for roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, fish-and-chips, and home made scones, while British customers have taken to traditionally American dishes such as cheese with apple pie, and fried chicken and waffles, the British Information Services report. Chile Plans Railroad Expansion Chile plans to spend about $15,-000,000 on railroad construction and expansion during the next three years, and almost two-thirds of that sum will be used to buy materials and equipment in the United States, the Chilean Minister of Public Works and Communications announced recently. Combined Production of Cotton The total combined production of cotton broad woven goods in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and India for the first half of 1944 is estimated at 9,700,000,000 square yards, the Combined Production and Resources Board reports. Relief for American Prisoners Relief Supplies donated by the Brazilian Red Cross have arrived safely for distribution among United States prisoners of war interned in Germany, the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs announces. Britain Supplies IL S. Troops Under reverse lend-lease. Britain has provided more than one-third of all the supplies and services needed by United States forces in the United Kingdom in the 18-month period ending December, 1943. the British Information Services report. Airfields. camps and depots for the US.A.AF., food, medical supplies, Post Exchange stocks, clothing, woolen socks and woolen gloves are some of the items supplied by the British. Grow Penicillin in Less Time Two young scientists in India have succeeded in achieving the maximum grown of penicillin in three days, the India Information Services say, as compared to the 12 days that are needed for penicillin mold to grow fully in America and England, it is reported. RC AF I'sed Pigeon Paratroopers When RCAF searching aircraft locate stranded airmen, but cannot get to them, a trained pigeon is dropped in a metal waterproof container hitched to a small parachute. The stranded men then send the "paratrooper" bird back with a message on their needs and condition, the Canadian information bulletin. “Weekly Editor Looks at Ottawa," reveals. Resistance in ('zechoslovagia Germans over 16 years old in Czechoslovakia have been armed with a rifle and 526 cartridges each because of open acts of resistance by Czech patriots, the Czechoslovak Press Bureau reports. Oil Production Rotary Honors Filipino People Rotary International declared April 3-9 Rotary Philippines Week, according to the Commonwealth of the Philippines. 'The 5,200 Rotary clubs in the United States, Hawaii and Alaska were scheduled to dedicate the week to the Filipino people and the Philippines, stressing the loyalty or The Filipino people to America. Production of crude oil in the Bradford field during the past week averaged 38,751 barrels daily, an increase of 4.851 barrels over the output of the week ending March 25. which was 33.900 barrels, it was announced by the Bradford district, Pennsylvania Oil Producers’ Association. Daily average production during the four week period from February 12 to March 4 was 34.493 barrels, while an average output of 35.271 barrels was recorded for the last j four week period, March ll to April I, an increase of 778 barrels daily. Oil yield in the adjacent Aile- I gaily field averaged 10,065 barrels j daily last week, an increase of 735 I barrels as compared to the daily average of 9 330 barrels for the preceding week. China I sr* “Tung Oil Autos" “Tung oil automobiles” are being used in China because of the shortage of gasoline, the Voice of China announces. Tung oil engines, resembling a Diesel in many respects, consume unrefined vegetable oil as well as tung oil. Canadian Salt Supply Plentiful In Ontario alone, there are more than 30 million tons of salt deposits, enough to supply the entire world for 100.000 years, the Canadian Wartime Information Board reports. Canadians consume 38.000 tons of salt in food each year. fag.9* \ I L. tnt* x Treat Wool for Sensitive Skins Australian chemists have discovered a way to treat wool with the Juice of the paw paw (a tropical fruit) so that the processed wool can be worn next to the most sensitive skin without causing irritation, the ABC Daily News reports. WAR BOW RS Frenchwomen Drive Ambulances Young Frenchwomen are training in Marengo, North Africa, to drive army ambulances and serve with the men who “are going to liberate their beloved France,” say the French Volunteers Help Farmers Meet Labor Shortage Although Department of Agriculture records show that American farmers have broken food production records for seven consecutive years, the country again looks to its six million farm families to grow another record food crop. But there are limits to what the farmers can do. and none of the wartime handicaps under which farmers are working is more fundamental than the labor shortage, the USDA points out. Since April, 1940. about four million actual or potential farm workers have left farms for the armed forces and for war industry jobs or other non-agricultural e rn p I oyment or have taken non-farm jobs while continuing to live on farms. About a million of this number have entered the armed forces. Much of the extra labor needed by farmers, particularly at harvest time must be supplied this year, as it was last year, by men, women and boys and girls who ordinarily do not work on farms. Farmers are urging U. S. Crop Corps volunteers who worked for them last year to come back to the same jobs this year, the War Food Administration says. With their training, these workers will be able to work more effectively this year. WFA explains. The volunteers will be paid the prevailing local wage lor the time they work, which may vary from a few hours ta a few months. The Extension Service suggests that emergency workers who plan to spend a full summer in farm work pet in touch with their county agent now, while those who have only a few days to work in the crops should Press and Information Service. Occupation Army Takes Horses Freen France, a publication of the French Press and Information Service. tells how the German army of occupation in France has requisitioned most of the farm horses, taking even the last animal on farms, thus demoralizing farm work. Those horses not yet taken are overworked and underfed. Aussies, Too, Have Gas Trouble “There is no likelihood of an increase in the gasoline ration in Australia,” declares the Australian News and Information Bureau. “Cases where long distances and pressure of work make more gasoline necessary will be examined on their merits,” the bureau says. wait until there is a local call for volunteers. In 1943, through the Victory Farm Volunteer program, many non-farm boys and girls were recruited, for the most part for jobs to which inexperienced workers were easily adapted—fruit and nut gathering, potato harvesting, tomato picking, grain stacking and corn-detasseling. Women volunteers also made an outstanding contribution in harvesting the 1943 crops. In addition to the seasonal jobs described above, women drove farm trucks and tractors and served as supervisors of youth farm workers. Thousands of college girls, teachers, business women, nurses, librarians and homemakers spent their 1943 vacations in fields and orchards. A few hundred women have been placed in general farm work and there is a growing acceptance of the Women’s Land Army program. To get farm workers in a given community it is best to work through local leaders, WFA says. This assures complete coverage, availability of workers when needed and convenient opportunity for farmers to make arrangements. Farmers prefer to work through their own local organizations, and workers fit into the emergency program most successfully when they are recruited and supervised by teachers, scoutmasters, athletic coaches, camp counsellors and other local com-muity group leaders. Non-farm parents are much more likely to encourage their children to volunteer for farm work when one of these qualified leaders helps recruit and supervise. Where such local community leadership has been used, non-farm families have been persuaded to help in meeting the farmer's wartime labor needs. Some farmers who traditionally I have done little but supervise, last I year did more of their own work. As a cotton planter in the deep-South said: ‘‘I went out this spring and worked in the fields along with the hired hands.” In California, there was an “owners-in-overalls” campaign, encouraging farmer owner to participate personally in meeting the farm labor shortage. Members of the land-owner’s family also have done more actual farm work. Scarcity of domestic servants has forced land owner’s wives and daughters to do more housework, more canning and other farm chores ordinarily done by female domestic help. These women, too, have helped by running trucks or tractors and doing other of the less strenuous farm labor tasks. 'fMunq up ' the. ^aSMtv BURTON WILLIAMS ! Roof Protection FARM building’s are war equipment — keep them fit and fighting! It is estimated that from 25 to 30 per cent of the nation’s food supply is lost each year because of inadequate storage facilities. Roof protection is especially important in conserving farm products and equipment. It pays to keep an eye on your roofs. Here are a few things to watch for: Check exposed nails on roll roofings to see that they haven’t worked loose; keep metal flashings and valleys in good condition by frequent painting; keep drain gutters free from airt, leaves and other refuse. When re-roofing, be sure to use a durable roofing that will give good service with low upkeep cost — a fireproof material is preferable. Asbestos cement shingles are excellent, because they are fireproof, weatherproof and practically free from upkeep expense. Here’s a simple method for measuring roof areas to determine the amount of asbestos shingles or other roofing needed. Canadian Growers Get Subsidies Canada is continuing subsidies for canning crops this year. Tomatoes, for example, bring a $6 per ton net subsidy to the growers. Canada’s “Weekly Editor Looks at Ottawa” reports. This is a $3 increase over 1943. Corn brings $4. peas $10 shelled weight or $2 straw’ weight, and green and wax beans, $7.50 per ton. Roofing is sold in squares—a “square” is enough to cover IOO square feet. To find the number of squares necessary for a shed roof, multiply “x” by “y” and divide by IOO. For a gable roof, figure one side in the same way and multiply the result by 2. A gambrel roof is figured by adding “n” to “r” and multiplying the sum by “h”. Double this total, then divide the result by IOO to get the number of squares needed for the entire roof. For a hip roof, add “a” to “b” and multiply the sum by “c”. Then multiply “d” by “e” and add the two answers. Divide by IOO. Benjamin Franklin advised young men not to be too much influenced bv a pretty face in picking a wife or girl friend. Straw votes among service men recently as to what they prefer in a girl listed “understanding. conversational ability, poise and neatness” above beauty. But do the I girls try to cultivate these qualities? Or do they rely on a few dollars spent in a beauty parlor? The last is ’ easier. mf ASUR! OUT YOUR CAPTIOnS-mix U)Ell WITH GOOD COPY THAT WILL STIR THE READERS WITH IHTEAEST — AHD AD some space in THIS OEWSPAPER.I your bus/ness will yr v. ju Dfuaous/ Patronize Our Advertisers ll. S. BOMBERS RIP NAZI AIRCRAFT IRS! SEEK TO SMASH RESISTANCE TO WESTERNFRONT Germans Shift Workers to Bolster Dwindling Output. Employing enough men to form the equivalent of a big land army, the American air forces have concentrated a ruinous attack upon the German aircraft industry in a supreme effort to drive the Luftwaffe from the skies over Hitler’s vaunted Fortress Europe. As U. S. attacks continue in intensity and strength of the AAF grows, the Germans have found themselves hard pressed to cope with these major aerial assaults without sacrificing their available fighter planes in defense or leaving their industries uncovered. Tile scale of the U. S. attacks can best be measured in terms of the 80.000 men that made up the I Eighth air force, which showered J over 17,000 urns of explosives on , German aircraft plants in a recent q'**oe-wcek period. Figured in terms of a modern land army, those 80.000 men would form almost eight mechanized divisions covering formidable distances to strike deep into Nazi Germany. The size of the forces employed indicates the importance attached to the objectives of knocking out the LuftwafTe and the factories turning out new planes and parts, so that German fliers could not offer serious resistance to Allied landing operations in opening a second front, nor protect Nazi industry turning out supplies for its embattled armies. Nazis Pressed. As the U. S. attacks persist in increasing intensity, the Germans are faced with the problem of drawing upon their air force poised for the invasion thrust to combat the American assaults, or trust in anti-aircraft for the defense of their factories. So far, the Germans have sought to compromise, throwing up the Luftwaffe against the thunderous U. S. bombing and fighter escort fleets in selected heavy raids, thus hoping to minimize the damage on major targets. U. S. efforts, however, have been directed toward drawing the Luftwaffe out to fight in consistent force. With U. S. bombers hammering at the German aircraft from Britain and Italy in conjunction with the RAF, Germany’s aircraft industry has been hard put to maintain urgent production schedules. The industry is highly decentralized, with many factories supplying different parts, which are then put together to form the complete plane at main assembly plants. Furthermore, the parts are standardized, so that machines and workers can be shifted from one plant to another in case of emergency. In the past, when U. S. bombers leveled certain factories, idle workers were then rushed to other plants to form extra shifts, or salvaged machine tools were installed in low-priority civilian industries which were mustered into war work. Thus, although U. S. and British bombings have not completely paralyzed Germany’s aircraft industry, they Wave cut deeply into production, it is reported. In January, 1943, for example, Germany had a monthly single-engine fighter production which it planned to treble during 1944. Blueprints were drawn, sites chosen, factories developed, and equipment projected or available to tool up new factories. With* some o# the facilities completed, fighter p; ;>dnotion jumped 50 per cent of the January rate by July of 1943. But when the AAF undertook its bombing campaign against the German aircraft industry in Kassel, Oschersleben, Wamemunde, Frankfurt and Regensburg, this production gain was wiped out. New plants completed merely replaced damaged factories instead of adding to capacity. Because of the Germans’ industrial tactics, the AAF and RAF must maintain constant, strong pressure against the various plant* to impair production. Increase Tempo. As an indication of the AAF’s activities, records show that the Eighth air force based in Britain made 19,329 raids or individual flights over Axis Europe during the first 16V4 months of its operations, dropping 48.451 tons of bombs. Stepping up its tempo, the Eighth made 12.790 raids in the first two months and five days of 1944, unloading 31,883 tons of explosives on objectives. In addition to blasting German aircraft factories, the AAF has plastered the ball-bearing plants at Schweinfurt and Stuttgart, crippling their output of anti-friction bearings so necessary to military and industrial operations. Despite the intensity of the AAF attacks. Allied losses have been moderate, the war department reports. During the heavy raids in which the 80.000 men w-ere employed, 414 heavy bombers and 121 fighters were lost, and 4.261 men were missing, of whom half were expected to have survived as prisoners. on the bn^is of past experiences. But because of the extent to w’hich it will relieve Nazi aerial opposition to the second and hamper the Luftwaffe’s defense of Axis industry supplying Nazi armies on all fronts, the AAF’s operations are deemed worth the cost. Then, too, the Germans’ necessity to maintain fighter strength in the west at the expense of the east against the Russians also must be considered as a valuable result.
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