Marshfield News-Herald from Marshfield, Wisconsin • 2

Pare 2 Monday. April 24, 1914 MAR HFIELD NEWS-HERALD VESSEL BHSl i-j II I i HI. Jksa Ja, 2 gfcXufr- -4 frJJwv ft fir WFA POTS CLAMPS iSJUOFCOll Grain From -5 Producing States May Only be Sold To Government Washington VP) The War Food Administration announced today that effective at midnight tonight sales of corn from farms or elevators will be frozen except to the Government in 125 commercial corn producing counties in Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois and Indiana for a 60-day period. The Government win be the sole purchaser during the 60-day period, or for a lesser period if the objective of attaining adequate supplies for essential processors is reached. It has been estimated that at least 80,000,000 bushels of corn is needed to meet the needs of war industries, facing shut-downs because of lack of sufficient supplies of the grain.

Free Sheffing The WFA also announced plans for what amounted to a service subsidy in providing corn shelling services at the farm and transportation to the local elevators through contracts with operators of portable shelters. Shelling services and transportation to the local elevator will be supplied at no cost to the farmer and, in addition to these services, the farmer will be paid the local elevator celling price. County and community AAA committeemen will begin immedi FLOOD MAROONED CARS IMPEDE FIRE-FIGHTERS One man was drowned and four others suffered burns in an attempt to rescue the occupants of a burning, flood-stranded trailer at Wichita. as the Missouri River approached flood stages of 1928. the worst in its history.

The Midwest Army Air Forces procurement office at Wichita has ordered all available Army cars and trucks to be turned over to rescue workers as several thousand persons are left homeless. (NEA Telephoto) INSPECTION TOUR SOUTH OF ROME tit. Gen. Mark W. Clark, commander of the Fifth Army, inspects the area of the French Mountain Division in rugged terrain across the Garigliano River, as American troops successfully attacked German positions below Rome, a few miles from, Cisterna.

(NEA TelephotoJ. MARKET PATRONS STAY ONSSFE SIDE Holders of Leading Stocks Continue to Lighten Commitments New York '-IIP) It was another Case of pre-invasion discretion being the better part of market valor today as holders of leading stocks continued to lighten commitments and retire to the safety zone. Near-closing declines of fractions to 2 points or so predominated. Transfers were around shares. Rails seemed a bit depressed by the 1943 Union Pacific statement revealing a sharp drop in net.

due mainly to mounting taxes. U. P. stock was on the offside along with Santa Fe, Southern Pacific. Great Northern.

Northern Pacific and N. Y. Central. Others in the downward drift were U. S.

Steel, Chrysler. General Motors. Sears Roebuck. United Aircraft. Du Pont, Westinghouse.

Allied Chemical, U. S. Rubber and Union Carbide. Bonds followed stocks. At Chicago wheat was about unchanged to off 4 of a cent a bushel.

Produce PLYMOUTH CHEESE Hymouth VF Wisconsin cheese exchange prices Cheddars or twins 23 u. MILWAUKEE PRODUCE Milwaukee OP) Butter (celling prices) US grade AA 258; grade A 42 08; gde 41.83; grade 41.33. Cheese (Jobbing prices) American full cream (current make) twins and ched-dars 26.64; daisies and longhorns 27.75; brick 29i; llmburger 31i. Eggs US Specials No. 1 and 2.

34 extras 1 and 2 33 '2 current receipts medium size 2', dirties and checks 26-27. CHICAGO POULTRY PRODUCE Chicago OP) Poultry market was firm, receipts 6 trucks; actual paying prices, grade fob, as quoted by the war food administration: fowl roasters and fryers 30.05-31.3; broilers 30 old roosters 22.55-23 ducks 27.55-28.8. Butter, steady, receipts 875.981; 93 score AA 41i: 92 score A 41; 80 40i; 89C 40U: cooking 88 39; centralized carlots 403; Eggs, receipts 37.487; unsettled: TJ.S. specials 34' to 35; U.S. extras 33a to 343i; current receipts 293i; dirties 28' checks 28.

Livestock MILWAUKEE LIVESTOCK Milwaukee Hogs 3.000; sows 10 lower: others steady; good to choice butchers 200 to 270 lbs 13.65-75: good to choice butchers 280 to 325 lbs 12.85-13.10: good to choice heavy butchers 350 lbs and up 12.40-75; good to choice lights 180 to 190 lbs. 12.75-13.00; good to choice light lights 150 to 170 lbs bulk of packing sows 12.00-12.25; thin and unfinished 10 stags 11.50-12 50; boars 6 00-6 50. Cattle 1.000; slow, about steady; steers and yearlings, choice to prime 14.50-16.00; common to good 9 dry fed yearling heirers 12.50-14.50; dairy bred heifers 8.00-9.00; good to choice cows 10.50; fair to good 8.75-8 75; cutters 7.75-8.50; canners 6.50-7.25; choice weighty bologna bulls 7.75-8.50; bulls, common to good 9.50-10.50. Calres 2.800; steady: fancv selected vealers 15 0O-15 -50; bulk of vealers 11.50-14.75; culls and throwouts 5.00-8.00. Sheep 400; steady: good to choice fed western lambs 16.00-16.50; clipped lambs 13.00-14.50: fair to medium 12.00-14.50; ewes and bucks, cull to good 4 ST.

PALL LIVESTOCK South St. Paul iP) Cattle fairly active and fully steady on all slaughter classes; load choice 1063 lb steers 16.00: 1150 lb weights also at 16.00: 1124 lb 15.75; medium and good steers and yearlings largely 13.50-15.25; sprinkling common kinds' 10.50; common and medium heifers 10.00-12.50: good cows 11.00-12.50: few up to 13.00; common and medium grades 8.75-10.50; canners and cutters 6 shelly canners 6.00: good beef bulls 11.00-12.00; medium and good sausage kinds 9.75- I. 50; cutter and common grades 7.75-9.50: stockers and feeders Lu very light supply, about steady; load good mixed steer and heifer stockers 12.00; other common and medium stockers 9.00- II. 00: dairy cows steady; good choice 100-150 00. Calves 1.100: vealers steady; good-choice 13 common medium 8 Hogs 12.000; slow, generally bidding 10-25 lower: good choice 200-70 lb.

barrows and gilts bid 13.45: 260-330 12.75-13.10: 170-190 lbs 12 15-13 00: 140-160 lbs good and choice sows under 400 lbs bid 12.10. Sheep 2.100; market not established. CHICAGO LIVESTOCK Chicago Salable hogs 12.000; total 25.000; slow, steady on good and choice 270 and down, heavier weights very uneven, but generally steady to IS higher: sows around 10 lower than Friday: good and choice 200-270 lbs 13.7S-450; top 13 80: good and choice 280-330 lbs 12.85-13.25; few heavies over 330 lbs 12 50-75; good and choice 170-190 lbs 12.50-13.50:f ew 150-170 lbs 11.75-12 75; good and choice 350-550 lb sows f2 choice lighter weights to 12.35; good clearance. Salable cattle 18.000: salable calves 800; fed steers and yearlings steady to 25 lower, mostly steady to fairly active; choice offerings comparative scarce, steady: medium to good grades predominated; bulk 13.75-15.90; top 16.65: scattered loads 16.00-16-50; 1400 lb and 1500 lb averages 16.40 outside demand brood: stock cattle very dull; fed heifers steady, best 16.00 with supply all grades limited; cows and bulls steady to weak; cutter cows 8 50 nom. strictly good beef cows steady too weak; cutter cows 8.50 down, strictly good beef cows to 13 25: practical top heavy sausage bulls 11.65.

odd head 1175; practical outside heavy fat bulls 13.25; vealers steady at 16.00 down. Salable sheep 9.000; total 12.500; early sales, higher asking prices retarding trade: good and choice fed wooled western lambs held up to 16.50 and above most early bids steady. PATIENTS ARRIVE Battle Creek, Mich. tP Staff Sgt. Ernest Messer.

of Raco. Mich, Is among the medical patients included in a contingent of veterans arriving yesterday at Psrcy Jones Hospital COLUMNIST DIES Washington JPi Frederic J.t Haskin, 71, whose column ofj general information appears inj more than 100 newspapers, died! today after an illness of several months. ROTARIANS MEET Kalamazoo, Mich. (jFJ Five hundred Rotarians and visitors from Canada, the Upper Peninsula and Western Michigan assembled here today for opening sessions of the 151st district's annual three-day conference. News-Herald Classified Ads Bring Results TWO; 55 LOST Munitions-Carrying Liberty Ship Sinks off Alaskan Peninsula Seattle Only the faintest hope remained today for at least 5 men presumed lost in the unexplained sinking of the munitions-carrying Liberty Ship John Straub which broke in two on its third voyage in Alaskan waters last Wednesday.

E. MMurphy, superintendent of the Alaska Steamship Company, announced yesterday, that the forward portion sank immediately. The after section remained afloat for 14 hours, long enough for a Coast Guard cutter to reach the scene and for Coast Guardsmen to board the derelict and determine there was none aboard. Earlier a small Army vessel had reached the scene, near the western tip of the Alaska Peninsula, and picked up 15 survivors. Although the report of the wreck furnished the Alaska Steamship Company by the War Shipping Administration said 15 survived of 80 aboard, company lists totalled only 70.

including 42 merchant seamen. 27 Navy men and an Army cargo -security officer. All lifeboats and rafts but one have been accounted for. Murphy said. A Russian vessel traveling with silenced radio was in the vicinity about the time of the wreck and may have taken aboard members of the missing lifeboat.

MS CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) order: "To hen with paperwork. Get out and fight." In a Washington hotel rcom. the two colonels began creating the Air Commando TAnrre then fjew to England to co-ordinate their air plans with Wingate's tueas. The glider men were nfrVed fmm frA-WM, atuui VOlUnteerR HJUPmhl AH A Cairm WVJ itlVUl Johnson Field, Goldsboro, N. C.

iate in the nucleus of the Air Commando Force left for in. dia. There, for months, officers ana men sweated in heat and soaked In rain preparing two fields and assembling and training additional personnel. Landed In Opening Two landinor tAnreto sidered; one finally used. j.ne jump-cir irom India was at 6:12 p.

m. on March 5. Twenty-six C-47 transports with multiple tows Of CG-4A cltders were in tha first wave. Of 54 gliders dispatched that night and not recalled. 37 landed at the selected snnt rhf came down in friendly territory iwiu nine enemy-neid areas.

The gliders, carrying fighters, engineers and bulldozers, landed in the rouirh oneninor in the Bur mese Jungle In the dark. mirty men were killed and 3s Injured; almost all the gliders were dam air Ad or HAthvivaH bulldozers were landed, but one was put out of commission in the landing. A radio was set nn and -rdr went back to stop a second wave of two planes and gliders. enemy's Back Yard More than 500 men had Keen landed by the gliders. The engin eers and tne ouudozers went to work.

By the following night an airfield had heen hunt and trips by big C-47 transport planes had added hundreds of more men to the garriscn. For seven days. thousands Of men the nriirinnl plans called for troops "up to a strength of a climbed out oi an uninterrupted chain of planes shuttling from India to the jungle beachhead. A half-million pounds of supplies, 1,183 mules and 175 penies were on the ground. The American Air Force had delivered Wingate's men, their weapons and their supplies in the enemy's back yard.

CONTINUED FROM PACE ONE) from a destroyer as the first assault team made shore, later to seize Aitape's airstrips. MacAr-thur went in with the second wave again and expressed his satisfaction to the commanding general for a Job well done. The Aitape landings were preceded by the seizure of Tumleo and Seleo Islands offshore. This brought Aitape Itself within artil-dery range a tactic reminiscent of that used in the capture of the first Marshall Islands. Losses Are Small The landings, which in the case of Hollandla in Dutch New Guinea meant the first recapture of Netherlands territory in the war, swept the New Guinea front 500 miles up the coast from the Madang sector.

A strong force of central Pacific warsbiDS under the command of Adm. Chester Nlmitz partici pated in the pre-invasion shelling, lending support for the first time to a MacArthur landing operation. No land mines or obstacles Interfered with raoid establishment of the beachheads. The troops met only weak resistance as they headed inland with fixed bayonets and suffered only slight losses. Late London VP) Ru.stia.ri naral planes have sunk seven more Axis transports carryinr troons trrinr to esca from Sevastopol In.

the Crimea. Moscow amionnecd to. night la a communique which again reported no essential ehanr-es on -the long land front In tne east. NEW III 1WEN UNITE TO Committee Will Emphasize Urgency of Keeping Men in Industry Madison A committee to bring before Selective Service and manpower authorities in Washington a protest against the national draft order which requires induction of all able-bodied men between 18 and 26 was named here Saturday at a conference called by the Wisconsin Council of Agriculture and the American Dairy Association of Wisconsin. The committee, which was instructed to emphasize the urgency of maintaining adequate personnel for agriculture's Allied food processing industries Dean E.

B. Fred of the University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture; Milo K. Swan ton of Madison, executive secretary of the Wisconsin Council of Agriculture; George L. Mooney of Plymouth, executive secretary of the Wisconsin Cheesemakers' Association; Melvin o. Mason of Palmyra president of the Pure Milk Products Co-operative; Albert Klebesadel of Shawano, president of the Consolidated Badger Co-opertive; L.

E. Kopitzke of Marion, president of the Wisconsin Cheesemakers Association; Harvey Thew of Madison, manager of the Madison Milk Producers Co-operative; William O. Perdue of ond du Lac, manager of the Pure Milk Products Cooperative, and Walter O. Ebling of Madison, representing the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture. The date of the delegation's departure was not announced.

A resolution demanding restoration to the State Selective Service system of authority to determine essentiality of draft registrants, and another describing the service farm workers are providing in the war effort as indispensable, were adopted at the conference. City Briefs POSTPONED The regular monthly meetinsr of the Board nf Vocational and Adult Education, scheduled to be held tomorrow night, has been postponed to Tuesday, May 2. due to lack of a quorum, Director L. H. Dressen-dcrfer announced today.

TRAINING FILMS Wrst T.r. Delbert Chitwood, Camp McCoy, win snow -an hour-long program of training motion pictures at the regular weekly session of Marsh-field's State Guard unit at Ar mory and Community Building to- nignt at 8 o'clock, Capt. Leonard Arnett announced today. The films were nri e-mail rhArlniwi for showing at the Military Ban quet nere a week ago. PARKING Frank Hoffman and E.

F. Holtz. both of vnila- dore, entered pleas of guilty to illegal parking charges and paid fines and costs ti in Municipal Court this morning. SCALDS LEO UTrs TTdt-1 Brown. 55, 501 S.

Vine street, is oeing treated at St. Joseph's Hospital for burns sufferpd whn accidentally spilled a pot of hot coffee on her right leg while pre paring ine noon meal Sunday, PLEADS GUILTY Oscar Nelson, about 28. Marshfield. pleaded guilty in Municipal Court today to a drunk and disorderly charge and indicated he would pay a fine of $25 and costs, a total of $35.21. rather than accept toe alternative 30-day jail sentence.

He was arrested last night when, after another member of the family called police during a family altercation officers found him with a 22. rifle in his hands, and fishing paraphernalia about him. He explained in court this morning that he was getting ready to go fishing when he was arrested. -y 1r) i mi' if iai I IB in (CONTINUED FROM PACE ONE) He explained thatseveral months ago he had been urged by certain Townsend groups to run for the office. He said that he told them that he had a job to do and that he proposed to finish it.

However, ii it snouid be made certain that all Townsend Clubs wanted their State organizer to seek the office, he would consider the question of becoming a candidate. Dr. Gordon said he told his supporters. As a result, "a little request form was prepared and sent out to get the opinion of members. Dr.

Gordon said that he didn't announce that he was a candidate. "I merely said that I could not consider such a candidacy unless members wanted me to make such a step." He said that Zimmerman "ran into one of those petitions' and jumped to a conclusion, and that the Secretary of State "felt that I should have asked his permission." Vote of Confidence In a resolution, club officers expressed "heartfelt appreciation" for Dr. Gordon's efforts in behalf of the Townsend movement, and pledged continued loyal support and full co-operation. In addition, they urged that he continue as State organizer until such time as it is seen fit to place him in a higher office. Complimenting the State session on its "down-to-earth" conduct of the conference.

Haren, principal speaker at the Sunday afternoon session, discussed mistakes and progress made by the Townsend organization to date in endeavoring to get adequate pensions for elder citizens. Describing as "red ink" items in the Townsend ledger members who condemn programs as "rackets" and "another scheme to get money;" clubs which place the burden of their oneratinnc nn nna man rather than sharing in the uuuaing oi permanent organizations: and the advnrjr afro of Tf Francis E. Townsend, who Is 77 maKing it uniiKely that he will be able to carry as large a share In the furthering of the movement as in the past, Haren also dwelt at length on items to the credit of the Townsend campaign. "Black Ink" Items "Black ink" itm Dy the national organization di rector included: The fact that, "tnrfou aAAAA.AAIiJi.aO are beine kent fmm vu CfcUAUAA due to increased old-age pensions by states as a result of Townsend ugiLauon. The sturlv marta lw T-w.

ti ouuu Donaldson, economist at George noiiuKion university in Washington, D. of Townsend aims and Clflimt: TOCllttinn- iU. Townsend Bible" on which the new Townsend insurance benefit fiaii is The emolovmpTif sales analyst for the Townsend! organization vim Vi. i Twnsend Plan facts in a form mcii can oe given to "salesmen" members of local organizations to convert" and brin into the Townsend Clubs. xne tour-phase present program for Stimillar.inor th n-rnt.

-m the Townsend organizaUon: name- nie xaoerty aeu" plan of recognition for membership solicitors-the "Townsenrt afilHin Plan, under which persons in ajriajjainy with the movement but not interested in the Townsend Club can be enlist- i. me current intensive drive to form new TomunH the 'Townsend Legion" a mem- toiup pi an i or business and professional men nnrioT nrViv i received detaUed "question and answer" material on the economic soundness of the new Townsend subscrib-tion to the Townsend weekly. new ownsend Plan The nlnn 'tiaw vvwwa iutuicu ay me Townsendites, as explained by va- speuers, would secure money from which to pay benefits by a 3 per cent rmR tnim "e0 case of personal incomes, a 91,200 exemDtion vnnlH ha n. ed. The benefits.

etrAri tn to 10 per cent of the population, would amount to $91.60, on the basis of the national income for 1342. Sharing in- the benefits would be persons above the age of 60, permanently disabled persons, and widows with children under i the age of 18. The pension, under the plan, would have to be spent within a 30-day period. I Included smanz the rmmcmiic resolutions were expressions of ap- preciauon to tne city or Marsh-field, the Wears Sisters who enter FHK BESEIER IS GUID Ofi S1MY Local Boy Dies in Naval Service After Lingering Illness Final rites were held at Trinity English Lutheran Church Sunday afternoon for Frank R. Bes-eler, 19.

A. O. 2nd cl. U. S.

Navy, who died last Tuesday evening at Norfolk Navy Hospital, where he had been ill since Jan. 28. The service was conducted by the Rev. C. A.

Kipps, and interment was made at Hillside cemetery. Frank Robert Beseler was born in Marshfield June 15, 1924. the son of Mr. and Mrs. A.

O. Beseler. He graduated in 1942 from the Marshfield High School, where he was a letter man in athletics. An Eagle Scout, he was also active in young people's work in Trinity English Lutheran Church, of which he was a member. He joined the Navy In November.

1942, and after receiving his boot training at Great Lakes. he was assigned to the aircraft carrier Wasp. He became ill at sea and was transferred to the Norfolk Naval Base Hospital, on Jan. 28. His father had been with him there for the past seven weeks and his mother for the past three weeks.

Death was the result of complications which followed a mastoid infection. Pallbearers at the funeral were Jerry Bauer. Al Reich, Leo Leisen-beck, George Gutknecht, Harry Wenzel and John Seehafer. In charge of flowers were Mrs. Lave Henri cksson.

Virginia Van Patter, Betty Dortman, Jane Wright, Virginia Hanson, Jane Brown, Anna Mae Boson, Rosalee Boson, Margaret Kipps, Jean Lenz, Mary Lou Becker, and Bonnie Brown. Out-of-town people here for the rites included Mr. and Mrs. W. Critchfield and daughter, Rosalie, and Mr.

and Mrs. H. Gu-derian, Winona; Mrs. Etta Kil-lom, Livingston. Henry and William Waerner and Mr and Mrs.

George Wagner, Butternut; ait. ana Mrs. William Binnebose and daughter, Ruth, and Mrs. C. Kegler.

Porta sre: Mr. and Mrs R. Kruck, Manitowoc; Mrs. Arthur Aim ana daughter, Georgiann, Waukesha; Mr. and Mrs.

Gus Binnebose. Wisconsin Ramds and Henry Lee and Miss Kathleen Keetns, Milwaukee. Beels Funeral RozeDville (SDecial) Funer al services for Mrs. Harry Beels. who died Fridav were held-h morning at' 10:30 at St.

Andrew's catnouc Church at Rozellville, with the Rev. John Neises officiat ing. Pallbearers were Arthur Brandl. Arthur Schultz. Roman M.

urm, Harold Machtan. Joseph Brill, and Aueust Schlacenhaft Flowers were in charge of Shirley, aeveriy, ana Donna Brandl, Dar-lene and Joan Beels, and Betty ocniagennart. Kelnhofer Rites Blenker (Special) Funeral services were held Thursday for mrs. Anna Keinnoier at St. Kil-ians Catholic Church.

Blenker Pallbearers were John and Raymond Ashbeck. Wenzel Kolrus. Jo. seph Brandl, Ed Haasl. and George Thompson.

Out-of-town people wno attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sehreiner. Mr. and Mrs.

Louis Seldl, Auburndale. Mr. ana Mrs. Ed Ashbeck. Vesper.

Mr. and Mrs. Bachleln. Mr. and Mrs Paul Feddich.

StetsonviHe. Mr. and mts. -aui jscnupp. Mr.

and Mrs. Adrian Verning. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kelnhofer.

MedfoM Mr and Mrs. Edward Witt. Mflladore, Mr. ana Mrs. Peter Zellner, Wisconsin Rapids.

Mrs. Archie Potts, and Mrs. Henry Pluman. l-aninc Mich. Brickheimer Rites Funeral -serviceswer fteM to day at 9:30 a.

m. at St. John's Catholic Church, for Willi am Brickheimer. who died Thursdav The Rev. Michael Kelnhofer offi ciated at the services and burial was made In Hillside, cemetery.

Pallbearers were August Luchter-hand, Philip Schunk. Fred Schind-helm. Ben MerkeL Frank Zweck, and John Kupfer. tained Saturdav eveninsr. the News-Herald for publicity, and the Marshfield Commercial Club, which agreed to pay the $30 rental for the Eagles Hall.

Another resolution by the State group recommended that the national office in Washington, D. C. be discontinued after the present session of Congress, with personnel being transferred back to the States to build up voting power for the Townsend proposals. A total of $600 was collected at the closing session, principally as a result of a special club contribution to the "Victory Fund," for national headquarters at Chicago. Six-Point Program Discussed at the Sunday morning session by Dr.

Gordon was a six-point program Including: cooperation to win the war and win the peace; full support of the proposal to organize additional clubs in the State; the securing of a minimum of 10,000 Townsend Millions Club members in the State this year; the proposal for a new State old-age assistance or pension bill for introduction at the January session of the Legislature; consideration of ways and means to elect Congressmen honestly supporting HR 1649 and defeating those who don't: and l-timr a tt S. Senator who will honestly sup port the Townsend proposal. Resolutions later endorsed the program offered by the organizer. A girls band, comprised of nine children ranging in age from 6 to 12, under the direction of George E. Davis, Friendship, entertained Townsendites with a series of band and solo numbers at the Sunday session.

Mayor George J. Leonhard gave an address of welcome to the visitors at the opening session, and the Wears Sisters trio of Marshfield, entertained the gathering with vocal and violin selections, including semi-classical, popular and novelty numbers, which were ex ceptionally well received. Accom panist lor the trio, Sheila. Harriet and Marie Wears, was their moth er, Mrs. Harry Wears.

Selling the Plan "Selling the Townsend Plan." talk by Turney. sales analyst from Spring Creek, Mich employed by the organization to "merchandise" the Townsend Idea In an effort to enlist members from more class es of people to gain the electoral weight necessary to make HR 1649 a law. was a feature of the opening session Saturday evening. Pointing out that, in effect, the passage of the Townsend bill would give each elder citizen a $27,000 estate, fisrured on a hai of 4 per cent or $90 per month, he said that the past 10 years had seen the realization of one-fourth of the goat Townsend activitv in the nocf decade has resulted in old-age pensions in varying amounts in every State, he stated with th benefits now averaging $22.50 per month. Declaring that there is no class of persons who would not benefit by the Townsend plan, he described "sales helps" which the organization has developed to en- iicw uieuiuers.

Figured on the 1942 national in come, the adoption of the plan wuuia secure additional business for the Nation amounting to 22 billion dollars ner vear he cai A forum discussion of matters pertaining to the "merchandising aids followed his talk. Late Sports Camden. N. J. UP mi rut manager of the New York Giants.

passea nis pre-induction physical examination at the Camden induction center today and was assigned to the Army. Given the usual 21-day notice, he 4eft immediately for New York Pitr Mir ing he didn't know exactlv hmr soon ne would quit the Giants or wno nis successor would be. LESS PAPER BAGS WILL BE ALLOWED RETAILERS Washington Stores win receive only about half as much wrapping paper and paper bags during April. May and June as tn the corresponding period last year, the War Production Board reported today. The shortage will "affect every retail store -and householder." WPB said, but some relief may come from inferior substitutes produced by mills that do not normally make them.

Such substitutes "may have to serve for the duration," WPB's announcement said. ately in the designated counties to visit farms to determine the amount of corn available for pur chase by the Commodity Credit Corporation and to arrange for shelling and transportation ser vices. Plants Shut Down The WPA has received reports that several processing plants supplying corn products to war industries have been operating at reduced capacity or have been closed temporarily for lack of corn. At the same time, Stabilization Director Fred M. Vinson, Price Administrator Chester Bowles and War Food Administrator Marvin Jones said there would be no increase in the ceiling price of the 1943 crop.

The present ceiling is $1.16 a bushel at Chicago. The WFA appealed to farmers in the surplus producing coun ties to sell to the Government all corn not required for the farmers own needs or for the needs of feeders in their own communi ties. (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) greatest aerial offensive of all time. Evacuation Underway Light and medium bombers and fighters joined in the shuttle pa rade toward northern France, and there were indications that Nazi cross-channel installations, al ready pounded by 8,000 tons of bombs in the current offensive, were being hit for the eighth con secutive day following RAF. night smashes at targets Belgium and western Germany.

The Vichy radio said Lille, railroad center in northern France, was being evacuated. The railroad yards have been hit frequently and hard of late, and the city's airfields were among targets of American fighter-bombers ester day. Marauders of the Ninth Amer ican Air Force, striking twice a gainst enemy targets in France and Belgium, today climaxed their heaviest six-day period of activity since tney started combat opera tions from England May 14, 1943. Greatest Week An Air Ministry communique said British heavy bombers had pounded an important signal equipment depot at Vilvorde six miles east of Brussels, during the night while speedy plywood Mos quitos lashed at the German in us trial center of Mannheim. Six planes were listed as missing from the overnight operations.

Well over 10,000 tons of bombs were dropped on German aircraft, railroad and armament centers during the period from Saturday aiternoon through Sunday, cap ping a week of raids the like of which the world never before has known. Beat Inflation Boy More War Booda SPRING TOPPER Okayed by Navy brass hats in time to join the spring style parade is the new cap for Navy nurses, modeled by Lt. jg Juliet A. Yoksas of Marlboro. stationed at the Philadelphia Naval Hospital.

New edition sports officer's cap device instead of former anchor and gold braid. IDS jf-v Su tTs If V. FESTIVAL HELD AT Ten Schools Participate Fifth Wood County Sectional Meet Wisconsin Rapids (Special) At the Wood County Music Festival held in the Wood County School Gym in Wisconsin Rapids, Friday evening, the following schools participated: Snyder, Sunnyside. Two Mile Graded, Biron Graded. Pleasant View, Bell, Wittenberg, Ross, Pearl, and Jackson.

Three A ratings were given in the vocal solo division, one to Celia Schmick, Sunnyside, for "Danny one to Marlene Zastava, Two Mile Graded, for and one to Gloria Peterson, Biron Graded, for "Hush-a-bye." Dorothy Schroedel, Snyder, received a rating for "Beautiful Dreamer." and Billy Zuebella, Pleasant View, a for "Follow Me." In the vocal group singing Snyder won an A with "Oh! May the Red Roses Live Sunnyside an A with "Duke Two Mile Graded an A with "If I had a Biron Graded an A with "Song of the Wittenberg a with "Mighty Pleasant View a with "Morning Ross a with "Just a Bit of Cloth. But It's Red. White, and and Bell a with "Aloha Oe." All of the instrumental soloists were awarded A. They were Alice Schmick. Sunnyside.

who played "Massa's In the Cold. Cold Ground" on the guitar; Don Swetz, Pleasant View, who played "Kol-mar Grand March" on the accordion: Gloria Zastava. Two Mile Graded, who played "Dance of the Rosebuds" on the piano; and Wallace Nelson. Biron Graded, who played "The Chinaman" on the piano. Two Mile Graded received a for "Lightly Row" in the instrumental group, and Pearl, a rating for "Take Off March" in the same division.

In the instrumental band division Two Mile Graded was awarded an A rating for playing a medley of songs. Two Mile Graded and Biron Graded both won A ratings in the rhythm band division both for playing medleys. The folk dance division was entered by Two Mile Graded and Biron Graded, both received A ratings, the former for "Pennsylvania Mountain Dance" and the latter for "Kinder Polka." In the declamation contest Richard Kinney. Two Mile Graded, was given an A for "Hey. Schalla.

Biron Graded, an A for June Atkins, Pleasant View, "a for "The Hundred and Carol Krueger. Jackson, a for "No Room for Rnrl Barbara Tesser. Ross, a for -snort Sleeves." FIRM WILL SEND ALL OF GUM TO ARMED FORCES ChkagA The William Wrigley Jr. Company informed its distributors today that beginning May 1 all chewing gum manufactured by the firm will go to the Army and Navy for service men overseas. This win leave only current stocks in dealers' possession for civilians and military consumers in the United States.

The letters to distributors were signed by Philip K. Wrigley. company director, who wrote that the step was taken because war conditions have curtailed imported materials to the point where it has become impossible to supply both civilian and overseas forces and still maintain quality. ELKS MEET JUNE 9 Grand Rapids, Mien. (P) The Michigan State Elks Association will hold its 1944 convention in Grand Rapids June 9 through 11.

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