Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 July 1946 — Page 10

lank of Shipin, Storage Imperil Bumper Yield; Probe Is Planned by House Group.

is : By NED BROOKS : Soripps-Howard Staff Writer WASHINGTON, July 1—~The nation’s biggest potato op was . erowding transportation and storage facilities today and agriculture bi ig officials conceded the possibility that some of it will go ‘to waste. From scattered farm areas came reports of growers’ difficulties in finding immediate outlets for the bumper crop, expected to top last " year’s production of 426 million bushels.

should be continued because of the Other reports from: Southern|food scarcity.” : states said cabbage and lettuce] He said farmers in his area had were being destroyed because of plowed under lettuce they spent saturated markets, $250,000 to produce. He added that "Part of the potato surplus is be- he had seen “thousands of tons of ing diverted to distilleries for the the finest cabbage plowed up bemanufatture of ' beverage alcohol.[cause there was no market.” ~The foreign food program has cre-| In Tennessee and Mississippi, ated a shortage of grain for alco-| farmers weré reported plowing| hol used in blended whisky, under cabbage crops because offers Not Fit for Export of $5 a ton would not pay the cost

of harvesting and loading. pd cS unsuited for foreign relief needs OMICS reported a.sharp break in 9. because their high water and low|abbage prices but reported the starch content makes them difficult| 3Verage as of mid-June at $17.60 to preserve. Refrigerated cars and * ton as. against $37.50 in May ships are not available to permit and $57.50 in "April. their shipment, = they .éxplained.| Lift Price Controls ; Foreign shipments will be made | OPA had suspended price controls from ‘the late crop. los cabbage.

Meanwhile, Rep. Jenkins (R. 0). | Agricul chairman of the Republican food! griculture department Officials

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THE INDIANSPOTTS TIMES 1 i ms Legion College Instructors Are Briefed

Four of the 67 world war II staff members em ployed by the American Legion who will serve as associate instructors in the Legion college to be held here July 8 to 20 received the first of a series of

pre-college briefings yesterday from Henry H. Dudley, assistant national adjutant.

They are (left to

right) Mr. James Wilson, Justin Gray, Ralph Bewick and Don White. .

* committee, announced his group said they had no evidence of the | will investigate reports of wastage. destruction of crops and added that He said quantities of potatoes were | “none need to go to waste insofar| lost from the 1945 crop "Detause 45 the government can exercise its of the policies of Washington. ‘ex- | support price program.” | perts who do their farming with] Government buyers have been lead pencils.” | buying up large quantities-of pota“The same thing will happen this: toes in the last.two weeks in Ohio, year because OPA and the agricul- | Tennessee and Kentucky, they said. Tow department upset all the Some of the crops were in poor confacilities for distribution,” he pre-| dition and suitable only for sale to dicted. * | distillers. Challenges OPA Rep. Barden sald governmentThe controversy over the pileup | purchased potatoes are . being of vegetable crops overflowed into|“dumped in the woods” in Calicongress’ debate on extension of fornia. Agriculture officials denied OPA. Rep. Barden (D. N. C) said |-this, but said lack of shipping facil‘crops were being destroyed and] {ities had forced the expedient of challenged OPA defendet's “to Justify | spreading potatoes on air flelds for

a new school.

Greenwood 'Welcomes' Tax

Times Special * GREENWOOD, July

anapolis residents who are quaking | $140,000 over a flve year-period. at the prospect of: a $4 tax rate| Plus $50,000 ‘insurance on the rans’ might take heart from taxpayers burned building and a $46,000 bond dence day program.

here who cheerfully are saddiing [551 this will yield $236,000 for the

| themselves with & $5 rate to bulld| gehool officials have asked the gram: Invocation by Chaplain H. B. {civil town to help with another Minton of - the hospital;

The school board plan. is a sper 1-~Indi-|ejal levy of about $1.25 to raise of Veterans Administration is pian~| Father glad they were all taken. man’s eyes as she returned the

VETERANS’ HOSPITAL | PROGRAM PLANNED

The special services department |

TIMES SERIAL—

STORY: Prunella admits to SalIy ys her illness ix. to Angela for the way she's been” treating John Rulchinzen, whom Prunella adores. When Mr, Hutchinson comes to visit her, bringing flowers and fruit, she recovers almost immediately.

CHAPTER THIRTEEN THE BED PRUNELLA had occupled for so short a time was made ready for its new occupant. -She arrived during thé night so that when Sally went on duty next

morning she found Miss Bowden— a thyroid case—an ex-schoolteacher, crochetittg like mad while she read her dally pqrtion of Scripture, .. Sally stood-and watched her: for a moment .until the patient closed the Bible and placed it on the stand beside the bed. Then the nurse spoke. “Don't you have to count and watch while you're doing that?” { on » n . “NOT THIS PATTERN,” the patient answered. ‘““I could do it with my eyes shut. Are you the nurse here?” “Yes,” Sally told her. Maynard, Miss Bowden. you feeling this morning?” “Nervous, of course. greatly relieved when it is all over and I can breathe-freely, Have you any idea how miserable a:goiter can make one feel, wish I had listened. to the family doctor years ago and had it removed when I was young. | AI SE “AT MY age there is considé rable risk, but I can't go on as I have been doing — strangling, { panting, and fighting for every| ‘breath I draw. I was disappointed {not to get the semi-private Yoom I wanted; but after seeing you, I am|

“I'm Sally

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choking, |

was scared and did what she | could to ease the Yension, ” DORA BRONSON came in with a hypo and the patient laid down her work and relaxed. “This is it,” her manner said plainly, as she bared her arm for the needle. In a moment the stretcher arrived and she was wheeled out and Sally saw her lips-move and theh clench as if willing herself to relax yet by the very act increasing the tension. Dora went with her to the O. R. and-stood by while Doctor Richards performed the operation that was to bring freedom and happiness to a woman who had suffered long.

If was more than an hour before she was returned tq the ward and], Sally had begun to wonder if anything untoward had ,developed. A white,” haggard- faced _wWoman was put to bed and Sally thoughtfully placed a screen around her to insure a measure of privacy. » » ” THAT - SHE was suffering was evident and there was little anyone could do to ease the discomfort for the next three or four days. The: resident came in and assured them the “gperation had been a complete success and everything: would be all right in 4 few days. Sally saw Miss Bowden try to smile; but the effort was almost too much and she patted her hand. “We know it is very painful,” she told ‘her. “And now all you have to do is to rest-and bear the pain as |best you can. Soon you will have forgotten all about it in the joy of recovery. We're going to help you all we can, my Gear.”

THERE WERE art in the wo-

[ning to entertain patients at Vete- | You look kind and efficient, Miss| { pressure of the nurse's fingers.

hospital with an Indepen-| L. G. Horton chief of the depart- |

ment, announced the following pro- |

keynote |

| Maynard, and I. am sure Doctor| Richards is also.” “One of the very best, Miss Bow-~ | den,” Sally assured her. “Nine, this morning is the crucial

hour, they tell me,” the woman]

Doctor Willoughby moved on down | the ward, He wished he could have [Sally in Pediatrics for a while. | Three polio. cases—past the first | stages to-be sure; but still needing care and attention. However, the

Ever since the high school burned | {$46,000 by bond issue, to hike the speech by Jack Oakey, chairman-of|went on, her fingers holding the | girl had earned a break.

four \years ago, Greenwood resi- | total to $282,000. dents have been contemplating an- |

school let's pay it.”

At a recent hearing on the pro-| American -Leg.on; other one. Town board members | posal, citizens who figured out the third regimental and the school board will ‘confer | inew’ tax rate remarked, foday on a plan to finance the building, by -a special tax levy.

“If that’s what it takes to get a and canteen corps

diana state guard; softball game of the American | {Red Cross.

1 am prepared "She said "it sure she

,| nurse's eyes. “Well, for any eventuality.’ | stoic ally and Sally felt

She had been in Receiving "for

|easy; but a lot of women eager to get out and most of them too talkative for their own and everyone

General Du uty Nurse By Lucy.Agnes Hancock else’s good certainly “could be noj {einch, to his way of thinking. No

doubt she would be shifted to male, surgical next although he had a hunch the chief could use her on one of his private cases, , » ” " HEAVEN KNEW some of them were tartars. ‘He sighed and went on, greeting: each patient with a word, listening to their troubles with one ear while he examined their charts and checked off those who should be discharged within the next few days. He returned to Sally who still stood beside Miss Bowden, “Aveduti, Costello and Bardi can get up this afternoon, Maynard.” e told her. “Have someone take ‘em to the solarium for a while, The two at the end and Mrs. Blake are about ready to go home. You might notify their people. Heavens| Three vacant beds, Maynard! We're in luck.” ” ” “MISS BOWDEN is the only reale ly seriously ill patient we have in K, Doctor Willoughby,” Sally reminded him. “B is overcrowded, Why can’t some of those patients be transferred over here? Those three beds are all at one end and could easily be screened if necessary, What I'm trying to say, that I haven't enough to do—”" “Wh-at? Will you say that again? Are you quite all right, Sally?” The resident stared at her in amazement, heard everything, Yes, I feel sure we can arrange’ for that transfer

“Well, my dear, now I have

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and— Well, well, well—” and he |

turned and hurried away,

‘(To Be Continued)

‘BEELER NAMED TO

X-RAY SCHOOL BOARD |

Dr. Raymond OC. Beeler, 4551 Park ave., was appointed to the board of chancellors of the American Cole lege of Radiology at the recentane nual meeting in San Francisco, Cal. The college is.composed of the foremost medical specialists in the uses of X-ray and radjum. -Dr, Beeler is associate professor and chairman of tne division of

radiology at Indiana university.

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