Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 184, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 August 1918 — WAR HINTSHELPS DUTIES [ARTICLE]

WAR HINTSHELPS DUTIES

COMPLIED AND CONDENSED FOR THE STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE BY GEORGE ADE. The food administrator has lifted the ban on macaroni, spaghetti, noodles and vermicelli. He says “the situation in regard to wheat- has eased up,” and he grabs this first chance to show his friendship for the Italians. O 1 o ~ U. S. food clubs have been started in 88 of the 9 counties of Indiana. Their purpose is to secure co-opera-tion between Hoosier citizens and Uncle Sam in safeguarding our food supplies so that we may help generously our friends in Europe. O —o Hereafter 'boys of 15 who weigh 115 pounds or more will have a chance to get into the Working Reserve. The members are to have a distinctive uniform and organize into companies for military drill during the winter. o —o Acting on advice from Washington, the Committee on Food Production will go out for an increase of 17 per cent in the wheat acreage of Indiana in 1919. o o The Red Cross is still asking for graduate nurses over 21 years old to enter active service immediately. The sisters of soldiers and sailors are now permitted to. enroll. The pay has been increased to $75 a month for overseas duty are S6O a month in hospitals at American camps and cantonments. The government provides the nurses with War Risk In* surance.

o ■—o War gardners should save the seeds from the extra good vegetables. Purdue will send you a bulletin on how to store vegetables by the ground pit method. Jf you have walnut trees 12-inches or more in diameter, write to Capt. R. L. Oakley, production division, small arms section, Ordnance Dept., 6th and ~8. streets, Washington. He will tell you where you can sell your walnut for a fair price. Walnut is needed for airplane propellers and gun stocks. O' • "O The fallowing paragraph is from Poultney Bigelow’s “History of the German Struggle for Liberty,” and deals with the Prussian defeat at Jena in 1806: “The most military state of Europe suddenly discovered that in the day of trial soldiers alone, even when led by officers of ‘noble blood,’ are a poor substitute for liberty-loving citizens capable of rapid organization.” 0 1 " -o The news coming from our soldiers at the front is tragic butglorious. The American boys have more than fulfilled our most ardent expectations. Every week they are getting news from this side. Let them know that the “home folks” are backing them up, cheerfully, unitedly and to the limit. Mrs. Laura Hatton went to Joliet, 111. today.