Dale News, Volume 6, Number 1, Dale, Spencer County, 19 February 1943 — Page 2

THE DALE NEWS Published Every Friday at Dale; Indiana AUGUST STORK, Publisher

fighting men, our fighting allies, and to relieve the distress in warruined countries. The actual way point rationing works will be discussed in another article in this series. Right now we will inquire into the reasons why it is necessary.

doubling the amount of food we send abroad this year, and naturally, if we send that much we are going to have less for ourselves. We are going to have a good deal less of some things, because a fighting man eats and must have a great deal more of the foods that are rich in vitamins and minerals, in fats and oils. Foods of high nutritional content are exactly what our boys must have to beat the enemy. There is still more reason for rationing canned foods, because m 1943 we must send our fighting men and our allies almost 50% of all the fruits and vegetables that we will be able to put in cans. Canned goods save space; they are rich in food value; they stay well preserved until they are needed. A large part of every shipload of food must be canned foods.

when we sit down to a meal we will have the great satisfaction of knowing that our part in helping to send food to our fighters and our fighting allies is helping materially to bring peace again to the earth.

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As everybody knows, our American Expeditionary Forces are increasing in numbers every day as more and more American boys are sent into battle zones to do their best to win a speedy victory over the Axis. That is the first reason that more shiploads of food must be sent abroad—to feed our own fighters with body-build-ing and strengthening foods that will keep them in first-class health and superior fighting trim. This demand alone will require a great part of the food produced on our iarms in 1943. We cannot send our boys fresh fruits and vegetables—although they would be very glad to get them—because fresh fruits and vegetables are largely water and occupy tremendous space aboard ship. Every inch of space in a tyod ship must be utilized most advantageously if we are to keep our fighters supplied with enough food. Therefore, we must ship dehydrated fruits and vegetables, canned fruits, vegetables, and meats; frozen foods of all kinds. In short, we must ship them a large part of our supply of what we call “processed” foods. It is obvious that if we send our boys all the processed foods they need, we will have less of these foods for civilian use in this country. Supplying food to our fighting men, however, is only one of our huge jobs. In 1943 we must ship millions of tons of food to North Africa, England, Australia, the Solomons, Russia, China, Alaska, and every other atea where our Allies are holding the fort against our common enemies. Look at it this way: every can of fruit, vegetables, and meat that we send to an allied soldier fighting the Axis is helping to save an American boy's life. If any of our allies are overcome by the enemy, it means that more American boys will have to fight and die on foreign battlefields. Isn't it reasonable then, to save the lives of our young men if we can do it simply by sending food supplies to our allies?

RATIONING IS NECESSARY!

METHODIST CHURCH Rev. Barthol Rogers, Minister Church School, 9:15 a. m. A. J. Wedeking, superintendent. Morning worship at 10:05 a. m. There will be no evening service or prayer meeting because of the revival services in progress at the United Brethren church. A group of five from Wesley Foundation of Indiana university at Bloomington will be present and have charge of the morning service. You are invited to listen to these young people. Mrs. J. H. Barrow's group of children will meet Saturday in the Church Temple from 2-4 p. m. Our evangelistic services will start the first of March. Our slogan will be “March to Church in March."

Housewives of America's farms and towns will soon be fighting the Axis in a way as vital and effective as our boys on the battlefronts of the world. They will be hitting hard at the foes of Democracy with a weapon that has won the decisive battles of history. FOOD is that weapon, and the legends of military glory are full of testimony that it means the success or failure of any armed force. Napoleon is credited with saying that “An army travels on its stomach," and no one has disputed that sage observation to the present day. American armies, American navies, American marines, and all the American air forces almost literally “travel on their stomachs."

It is the special job of women— housewives particularly--- to help make sure that our fighting men will continue to be the best fed in the world, for by doing so they will insure victory over our enemies in the shortest possible time. They can do this by putting their whole-hearted efforts behind the campaign to share essential foods through what is known as “Point Rationing." By now, every woman who has a family to feed, three meals a day to plan, and the necessary groceries to buy has heard of point rationing of canned and other processed foods and is wondering just how it will affect her. She also wonders why this system of food distribution is necessary.

Why Rationing? Briefly stated—point rationing is the fairest, most easily workable system of distributing food in wartime that has yet been devised. It is relatively simple and yet efficient. It will guarantee to every, man, woman, and child in our land an equal opportunity to get their fair share of the canned foods available for civilian consumption. Stated the same way—point rationing is necessary because vietory over our enemies requires ithat ever-increas|ing amounts of fighting foods to be sent to our

It is not likely that any fair minded man or woman in Amer-

ica will begrudge our fighting men or our fighting allies all the canned foods they need. As a matter of fact, if those boys had their choice they would much rather have the FRESH fruits and vegetables that will be available in abundance for the housewife to

UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH Rev. O. A. Beanblossom, Minister Unified worship service at 9:15 a. m. A. J. Brown, superintendent.

feed her family. The boys in the armed forces don’t eat canned

foods because they like them especially, but simply because they cannot get fresh foods. Therefore, when you come to think it over, we here in this country are get-

Ladies Aid will meet Wednesday afternoon at 2:00. Revival services are now in progress, with good crowds coming each evening. Miss May Paul is doing a good job directing the music and Migs Mary Olive is bringing some mighty fine sermons. Come each night at 7:30.

ing by far the best of the deal

We have fresh fruits and vegetables to feed all of our people with all they want. Secretary of Agriculture Wickard has said that our food supplies for civilian use in 1943 will be

about equal to the amounts we had in the late 1930s—entirely adequate for health and strength.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Rev. W. S. Martin, Minister

Sunday School at 9:00 a. m., with Harold Martin as superintendent.

It is just a matter of eating more of some foods which are most plentiful and less of others which are scarce. The nutritional content of the available foods will be high. Says Mr. Wickard: “If we manage our supply well—-if every one of us cooperate fully—we will not only have enough food to win the war; we will have enough to give every one of us here at home a healthful and well-balanced diet.”

SANTA CLAUS METHODIST Rev. Millard Brittingham, Minister Church School at 10:00 a. m. Morning Worship at 11:00 a.m.

H. R. Stone of Cairo, Ill. spent the week end with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stone.

Miss Marjorie Benner of Mt. Vernon spent the week end with Miss Evelyn Beanblossom.

There will be an abundance of grains and cereals of all kinds for home consumption; plenty of citrus fruits; plenty of other fresh fruits and vegetables. All of these

Must Ship 25%

This year, 1943, we must ship about 25% of our food to our fighting men and our allies—compared wtih 4% in 1941 and only 13% in 1942. That means almost

Mr. and Mrs. Harlan McGlothlin and family have moved to the Geiss farm.

foods, and fish, and poultry and many others, will not be rationed. There will be, in fact, plenty of choice for the daily menu. And

Mrs. John Hempfling of Lamar was a visitor here Saturday.