Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 April 1943 — Page 31

IN FOOD

SEEN THIS YEAR

Yemnrs Drop 6 Per Cent Under 1942 but Will Provide Civilians With Adequate Diet to

Preserve

By ARTHUR

Health.

F. DEGREVE

j United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, April 16.—The government told eivilians today that their food supplies this year probably will be 8 per cent greater than the 1935-39 average but 6 per cent under 1942, when farm production reached a record high. There will be adequate food to maintain health, civil-

fans were assured, but shortages from time to time and

here and there will cause “inconcenience”’ amd ‘“‘exasperations.”

In a Tone delayed and coritrover-

sial study of the nation’ s larder, the

office of war information said that

#the best judgment” as of April 1 . was that it nent ' meet the original 1943 food goals— 8 per cent above 1942 production— unless weather is better than aver-

age. ! Army Demands Heavy

Even it favorabl adequate supplies of machinery and ad labor should combine to bring about ‘sharply increased production, military demands will operate to make less food available civilians this year than last, the OWI said, adding that “like other wartime probjems, the food situation is serious.” ~~ Nevertheless, it stated, food supplies will be sufficient to provide © eivilians with an “adequate diet for health and vigor.” | The report as finally released, with agriculture department approval, is @& considerably altered version of a docyment prepared some time ago. The original draft ted a much more gloomy picture, challenged production estimates made by Secyetary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard, and cautioned against stripping the American larder through lend-lease shipments.

Called ‘Sugar-Coated’

The revised report! was criticized as “sugar-coated” by some of 14 OWI writers division employees who resigned. - OWI Director Elmer Davis described the report as the best which could be presented at|this time and on the basis of statistics available to the agency. He said delay had been caused by conflicts in data submitted by two branches of the argiculture department. He denied charges of the complaining writers that the report was “sugar-coated.” Davis added that its publication was not hastened by the resignation of the writers.

Still a ‘Sting’

Even in its revised form, the report still carries a sting for the civilian population. On the basis of \ prospective 1943 production, civilians will have: 11 per cent less meat than in 1942, 27 per cent less canned ‘and shell-. fish. 21 per.cent less butter. 11 per cent less cheese. 15 per cent less canned ‘milk. B1 per cent less canned fruits. 3 to 25 per cent less of various fresh’ vegetables. 27 per cent less canned vegetables. 6 per cent less dry beans. 22 per cent less sugar. 21 per cent less rice. 29 per cent less coffee. 60 per cent less tea. 12 per cent less cocoa. There will be however, about the game amount of fresh and frozen fish, eggs, turkeys, fluid milk and eream, lard and other cooking fats, fresh citrus fruits, canned fruit $uices, dried fruits, tomatoes, potatoes ‘and sweet potatoes and

weather and

¥

The world id price

was 22}4. cents a pound before

be difficult to

oats and barley for human consumption. : On the more favorable side, OWI presented this picture: 30 per cent more chicken than in 1942, 57 per cent more margarine, 9 per cent more apples. 13 per cent more frozen fruits. 7 per cent more wheat. 13 per cent more rye. All these figures were in terms of total supplies available for civilians after military and lend-lease needs are met. The report noted that the food situation is not entirely predictable and that civilians must expect inconvenience, “The word ‘inconvenience’ is used deliberately,” OWI said. “Barring widespread; crop disaster, the kinds of food troubles that will affect most American civilians will not menace life or health.” The OWI added, however, that “ass complete success for the program, there still will be more or less severe civilian shortages of certain foods from time to time, and we must be prepared to accept and face them.” “There will be more or less continuous shortages,” the report said,

canned fruits and vegetables, dehydrated eggs and milk ‘and meat products — which are especially adapted to military use and overseas shipment.

Scores Black Market

“There will be intermittent shortages locally of several different kinds of food resulting from transportation difficulties, unusual emer= gency demands of the armed forces, the initia] -dislocations resulting from institution of and changes in rationing and other programs, and (until they are suppressed) from black markets.” Military and lend-lease food requirements took 4 per cent of the 1941 output and 12 per cent of the 1942 output but will take approximately 25 per cent in 1943. But, the report said, civilian demand for food has reached such unprecedented proportions that, if met, it would easily ‘absorb all the food being diverted to military purposes

“Those who have been able to buy all they wanted will no longer be able to do so,” the report said. “They will get enough, but they will feel shortages as compared with their regular habits of eating.” The report called on civilians to take at least four steps to “help make our food fight most effectively:”

uation and the food management problem, .and accept the necessity for such restrictions as are imposed. 2. Learn to make a healthful diet

able, 3. Break up black markets and help to preserve price ceilings, 4. Waste nothing.

FDR PRESS TALK CANCELLED "WASHINGTON, April 18 (U.P.). —President : Roosevelt’s regularly scheduled Friday press eonference|s

ce of rubber

has been cancelled.

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Not so long ago Jetsy Parker was selling stockings in a Hollywood store. Now she’s filling them in a dancing role for M-G-M pictures.

Communiques

. NAVY COMMUNIQUE—345

(Issued April 16, 1943) SOUTH PACIFIC:

1 April 15: (8) busing the 0 bombers (Gruman TBF) Wildcat fighters (Grumman F4F) bombed Srpanste insi installations at Munda, on New Georgia i (b) I ion oe afternoon, Dauntless di bombers (Douglas) with Wildcat fighter escort, attacked Japanese installations at Vila, on Ki lomtatifara island. A building, believed be a power-generating station, was en royed. (c ) Still a Pod the dav, Avenger torPVought F4U) and ident fighters, ate tacked and sank an 80-foot J ese vesal in 2 Rekaia hay on Santa Isabel island. RTH P.

> or April 14, formations of, army Liberator heavy bombers (Consolidated 5-24) ec] Joied by Lightning can B-25), sup tning (Lockheed P-38) and Warhawk (Curtiss P-40) fighters, carried out eight attacks on Kiska. Hits were scored in the Japanese samp areq area, damaging the runway and revetment area.

EISENHOWER COMMUNIQUE (Issued Friday, April 16)

he high ground re-

opand

ally beaten off and mains in our Ih, French forces also met with stron ng position in the area of Djebel Sefso faptured further prisoners. the &th army front, patrol activity continues along" oy Enfidaville line.

On the night of pe 14-15, a force of Wellingtons of the strategic air force effectively bombed enemy air fields in southern Sardinia. At. Decimomsannu air field, large fires were started edium bombers of the tasuical air force attacked enemy air flelds in Tunisia yesterday. Bad weather over Tunisia restricted Tor eT Fighters carried out sweehs and patrols over the forward areas and fighter-bombers made an attack on enemy tanks and vehicles, which was followed by a large explosion a nd aircraft were aostroyed durone oy our alroratt = missing from these operations

NAVY COMMUNIQUE—343

SOUTH PACIFIC 1. During the night of April 12-13, arm Liberator heavy 50 rap (Consolidated iiana. bombed Munda on New Georgia

out of the food supply that is avaii- | TBF"

pv areas, from hits scored on an ammunition dump and in the camp area.

Nos PACIFIC:

April 13, formations of army Mitchel medium bombers (North * ican B-2§), and carried out si

were on the runway, A emplacements and the main. Samp ares. P ’

petroleum; synthetic rubber iy 100 octane aviae

ne contol of the ich rubber Supplies of the Far Esti _

‘Today they ase offering the rubber 4 Thea Bdach gut fonder yd - with no takers,

even by Nippon’s Axis ; because e has on off shipping fiom

a the East Indies

the United Nations

This knowledge and Phillips aren resources of raw materials are now

‘teamed in‘the war

Our in winning the war is to exd , the production of

gand co rubber ya 100 octane avia-

tion motor fuels Your part is to Seduce driving and thus conserve

I : William H; Jeffers

Rubber Director dicts that with I problem.” When victory comes; when you can again PHILL-UP with PHILLIPS to yout heart’s content, we confidently promise ou that toda a, euch will bring

IAPS MAY GET JOBS ON COAST

Most of Those nterned| |

May Go to Work in Pacific Area.

WASHINGTON, April 16 (U.P.). —The attitude of Lt. Gen. John L. DeWitt that “a Jap’s a Jap” has upset for the present an admin{stration plan to return to useful work on the Pacific coast a majority of the 110,000 Japanese evacuees in relocation camps, it was learned today. As a result the administration. is trying to transfer some Americanborn Japanese -to Eastern farms, homes and industry. Seven arrive today, to work on the Maryland farms of Interior Secretary Harold

|L. Ickes and Sam Rice, former | °°

Washington baseball player, Responsible sources said that the war department had agreed to the plan to return them to the Pacific coast and that the war relocation authority was about to put it in operation when Gen, DeWitt, commdnder of the western defense command, publicly declared that “a Jap’s a Jap.” DeWitt was quoted earlier this week as saying that “it makes no difference whether he is an American citizen or not . . . the west coast is too vital and too vulnerable to take any chances.”

Planned Careful Investigation

It was understood that a high war department official is" trying to get DeWitt to change his mind. The evacuation was carried out shortly after Pear] Harbor, partly in response to a clamor by West coast citizens. But by last summer the trend of thought was changing due to the rising labor shortage, especially on large California farms. Under the plan to move Japanese back to farms and industries and other activities where they were needed, a joint investigative board of the army, navy and FBI was es-

By

presented.

major offensive? Or is it an offen-sive-defensive operation, designed to solidify the Japanese position against an American offensive northward? .If the last is the case, the Japanese already have achieved their objective, as far as an immediate allied offensive on anything but a limited or local scale is concerned.| Air Gen. MacArthur may or may not have enough air power to defend Australia — statements from his heaquarters indicate the margin is considered uncomfortably narrow— but it is certain that his plans for an offensive have been postponed indefinitely. That is because of the decisions reached at the Casablanca conference, which gave priority to the defeat of Hitler and allocated to the Southwest Pacific what was considered adequate in the interim, The Casablanca conference was held last January, but according to the Washington view, nothing has occurred in the Pacific since then to alter the decisions.

Long Planned by Japs

The Southwest Pacific command nautrally is irked by the delay, realizing that it gives the Japanese

taking the fullest advantage, to dig in and try to raise an impenetrable- barrier to an allied offensive next year or the year after. To sum up, the Japanese may be preparing to invade Australia while there is still time, but it is quite as likely they are aiming at complete occupation of New Guinea and the Solomons as insulation against allied attack. All Japanese moves point to a project to solidify the occupied

tablished.

War

United Press War Analyst The flurry of debate over Japanese activity in the Southwestern Pacific raises questions about Japan's intentions in that area which make it difficult for the American public to form an opthion, since there are two sides to the matter,

The immediate issue is, are the Japanese planning to invade Australia are aren’t they? Is their present massing of air and land power in the island fringe fronting Australia, backed by powerful naval forces beyond range of our bombers, intended for a

an opportunity, of which they are Ww

areas of the Pacific and develop

Analysis

LOUIS F. KEEMLE

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their resources for a long war which the.Japanese hope will result, if not in victory, at least in a protracted stalemate which would be quite as good as victory. The Japanese plan, as far as the

been in progress for many months. fields have been built all a the scattered islands. At first they were just there, without planes. Now they are filling up. + At the same time, the Japanese are digging in on a defensive basis over the vast stretch of land and water from the Burmese-Indian border, through the rich Dutch Indies, the South and Mid-Pacific islands and across the ocean to the Aleutian islands.

NAVY ISSUES CALL FOR MORE TEACHERS

The navy today issued a call for high school and college mathematics instructors, especially those advanced to calculus, to volunteer as instructors in anti-sub warfare. Applicants will be interviewed by Lt. Frank W. Ladd on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 120 North st. A telephone call to RI-5566 for appointment is requested. Those accepted will receive commission and be sent to an inspection school in the east prior to becoming instructors.

SHERIFF'S MOTHER DIES

BLUFFTON, April 18 (U. P.).~— Mrs. Lulu D. Richey, 87, mother of Sheriff Harold" Richey and Lt. Robert Richey, former NYA head in Indianapolis now in the navy, died

yesterday in Wells county hospital.

WITH TASTY TOAST

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