Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 October 1940 — Page 16

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* DEFENSE BOARD DATA REOPENS FOOD PROBLEM

+'Report Supports Contention

That One-third of U. S. Is Underfed.

By BRUCE CATTON Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 — The defense commission's recent report that one-third of the population isn’t getting enough to eat touched on an issue the Department of Agriculture has been hammering at for years. Whole point of the famous food stamp plan—which is costing the Government around $100,000,000 this year—is that this lower third's inability to buy all the food it needs Is a major cause of the farm. probem. Officials of the Federal Surplus Commodities Corp., which is in charge of the stamp plan, figure it this way: The American farmer has lost .an export market worth $800,000,000 because of the war. But he would gain a market worth considerably over a billion if all the people of the United States were

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able to buy as much food as a family with an income of $100 a month normally buys.

Stamps Aid Relief

The plain FSCC figures tell the story. ae | Right now the food stamp plan] is operating in 134 communities and is serving some 3.000,000 per-| sons. Under present plans, it will] soon be in operation in 200 cities! and will be serving 5,000,000. So far (with one minor exception) only people certified as eligible for public relief can participate in the stamp plan. The 5,000,000 who will be taken care of when the present program reaches its maximum will constitute about one-fourth of the total eligible. - Since experience has shown only about three-fourths of those eligible actually take advantage of the food stamps,’ the estimate is that to serve all the relief families in the country the stamp plan would have to be expanded to accommodate some 15.000,000 people. In addition to this group, the FSCC people figure there are about 20,000,000 people in the nation, not on relief or eligible for it, who are in the extreme low-income bracket. For about a year, now, FSCC has been experimenting along that line] —in Shawnee, OKkla., where the food | stamps have been made available 1® all families whose total income is under $19 a week. ‘The Shawnee experiment has demonstrated that a huge number of headaches would be involved in any general. extension of the plan to low-income groups; tamily incomes fluctuate] considerably in that bracket, and| a terrific amount of case work is! necessary.

Army Supplies Data

FSCC has a good deal of evidence to show that malnutrition | due to lack of sufficient food in the depression years is a genuine defense problem. A letter from an | army recruiting officer to Milo Per- | kins, head of FSCC, is cited: this ‘officer told of ‘a test enlistment, campaign in a large city recently, ! in which 75 per cent of the recruits were rejected for physical detects, | with more than half of those rejected showing under weight. Nevergheless, there is no present indication the stamp plan will be expanded as a defense me=asure. On| the coptrary, there is a good chance | that it may even be cut down somewhat in certain localities as | a result of the defense program. If the defense program causes a | great deal of re-employment, as it| apparently will, the number of re- | lief and low-income families will |

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Press agents being notorious practioners of the old army

Margie Hart,. burlesque queen, was ‘worried” that national guardsmen might get lonely during a year’s active duty. She sent Maj. Gen. William Haskell, New York commandant, 5000 autographed copies of her photo, above, asked him to distribute them to his troops. She specified “bachelors only.”

WABASH BRIDGE BILL WAITS 0. K.

Only Roosevelt Signature Needed; Clinton Flood Control Appealed.

Times Special WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.— The today awaits President Roosevelt's signature. Senate approval of the measure

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Minton (D. Ind.) after it had been previously passed by the House. The bill authorizes the Indiana State Toll Bridge Commission to} construct a bridge over the Wabash

SUPER ENERGY VITAMIN PLAN URGED ON U. .

California Tech’s Nutrition Experts Offer Low-Cost Project to Army.

PASADENA, Cal.,, Oct. 2 (U. P). — A plan designed to produce healthier army conscripts and raise general health standards by fortifying the nation's food supply with extra vitamins and minerals has

been submitted to the Federal Gov-

ernment by California Institute of Technology. Prepared by the Caltech Nutrition Conference, the plan proposed adding essential vitamins and minerals to staples such as flour, sugar, corn meal and certain canned and bottled foods. Because of the abundance of natural and synthetic vitamin sources in this country, its cost would be only $1 a year per person provided it was adopted nationally. The eonference is headed by Dr. Henry Borsook, biochemist, physician and authority on vitamin therapy. He said such a program would “step up” the vigor of the people and Americans would soon become taller, stronger and a longer-lived race. ; Half Poorly Nourished

An outline of the plan submitted to the Government said that “probably half the nation is poorly nourished, largely because of a chronic vitamin famine. “Even the best modern diets,” it said, “lack the vitamins and other essentials required for the most buoyant possible state of health and vitality.” There would be no need to change eating habits or become used to new foods, it was said, as they would appear and taste just the same. Added to food products at the mills and refineries under the supervision of scientists, the vitamins would produce no detectable difference. “Our expanding military forces,” the outline said, “require special applications of the new nutrition. Airplane pilots need td pay special attention to their intake of vitamin A, a deficiency of which causes ‘night blindness’.” 3 Dietary Standards Change

Until recently, major dietary emphasis has been placed on calories and protein. The discovery of many new vitamin substances has changed this view, particularly [since it has been shown that vitamins are what make it possible for the human body to convert food into energy. The conference said the plan was easily applicable in this country where “we have the knowledge and an abundance of the necessary ma-

River at Mount Vernon: After the War Department turned |

in an adverse report from the Army |

Engineers regarding flood control] at Clinton, Ind. Senator Minton| appeared before the Appeals Board | and pleaded for reconsideration of| the case. Should the decision be, reversed, the work would be done as-a Federal project. :

SUSPECTED SLAYER SANE, FACES TRIAL

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Oct. 2 (U. P.).—Joseph McKinsey of Terre Haute, suspected of slaying John Young of Terre Haute last May, today awaited trial in Vigo Circuit Court after being held sane by an examining commission of physicians. McKinsey was adjudged not normal but sane enough to know right from wrong. He was accused of shooting Young after a birthday

terials to raise the state of physical and mental well-being of the population well above the average by fortifying a good diet with more vitamins. 4 . i “It would be an invaluable addition to our natonal defense to fortify the diets of our leaders at once and the diets of our whole population as soon as possible.” In the case of those executives and others who were forced -to work under great pressure the basic requirements could be specialized and. changed to meet individual requirements.

WEDDINGS, RICE, SPARROWS

RENO, Nev, Oct. 2 (U.P).— When the Reno Court House sparrows returned this year from their annual migration there was an awful hubbub. They showed up on the day that 325 couples—a record at that time for Reno—also showed up to be married, and the rice that blanketed the Court House greens kept the sparrows at the bursting

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Not Surprised By His Family

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (U. P.). —Col. Philip B. Fleming, Wage-Hour Administrator, said today he has always “encouraged his family to do their thinking individually,” therefore he is not surprised their views differ from his on the pres-

_ idential election.

Mr. Fleming, a New Deal offictlal, favors a third-term for

President Roosevelt. His wife and two children are supporting ‘endell Willkie. “It's up to them to make up their own minds,” Mr. Fleming

said, adding he would not attempt to change their views.

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IRACIAL LEGISLATION:

APPROVED IN FRANGE

VICHY, France, Oct. 2 (U. P.)— The first racial legislation in France

|since the emancipation.-of the Jews

by the great French Revolution is

|ready for operation.

A council of ministers presided over by Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, last night approved the final draft of the statute for Jews dividing them into two principal categories: | 1. French-born Jews who serviced with the armed forces during the war. They will receive the same rights and duties as all Frenchmen. 2. Jews of foreign origin and emigres. They will be subject to restrictions but details of the statute were not scheduled for immediate publication.

When 1Indiana’s 6000 National Guardsmen are called into Federal service shortly after the first of the

year, they will become a part of the

newly organized Fifth Tactical Army Corps. : ." The new Fifth Corps is to be one of nine new corps commands established under a sweeping change in the U. S. Army outlined by Gen. George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff. The nine corps, which have been “on paper” for several years, are to supplement the present army corps areas. . The Fifth Tactical Corps, will be composed of four National Guard divisions, including the 38th,

which .Indiana’s guardsmen form|near Hattiesburg.

Indiana Guard to Be Part of New Fifth Tactical Corps

the bulk, That division, with head-|

quarters in Indianapolis, also includes 4000- troops from Kentucky and West Virginia. ! According to Gen. Marshall's announcement, other National Guard divisions to form the new Fifth Corps, are the 37th, Ohio; 32d, Michigan and - Wisconsin, and the 34th, Iowa, Minnesota and North and South Dakota. The Fifth Corps will be com-| manded by Maj. Gen. Campbell B.| Hodges who will have headquarters at Camp Beauregard, La. Divisions of the Fifth Corps will

undergo the year’s active training). of at and. near Camp Shelby, Miss.,

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NEPHEWS CONTEST

RICHMOND, Ind., Oct. 2 (U, P.. —A suit to break the will of Mrs,

‘Indiana S. Esteb of Richmond today

was on file in Wayne Circuit Court on behalf of two nephews, Lloyd Esteb Smith of Indianapolis and RH. Haworth Smith of near Liberty, They alleged that Mrs. Esteb was mentally unsound when the will was made and that it was signed under influence. : The will bequeathed $95,000 to the Smith Esteb Memorial Hospital near Richmond. The value of the estate was estimated at $140,000. Land for the hospital was donated by Mrs. Esteb and her husband about 25 years - ago.

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