MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1943.
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WORD FROM WPB
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; Tapering Off in Some Items
Admitted; Overall Picture
Still Developing, . Word.
Rialto Stars
Washington, Dec. 21 (U.R)
A spokesman for the War Pro
, duction board said today that
, the peak of war production is
still ahead and that schedules
, for overall production in 1944
are "somewhat higher than for
: this year."
He confirmed that there has
. been a tapering off of produc
, tion of some items, but added
. that "as far as we see now" the
peak on overall production is
till ahead.
Comment Ob Kaiser
His statement was in com
ment on views of Henry J.
' Kaiser, Pacific coast shipbuild
er, as Get forth in an exclusive
interview Saturday with United
Press Vice President Frank H.
Bartholomew. Kaiser said that
the production peak had been
' reached in almost every item
. and that the time has come to
. begin the gigantic task of shift
ing back to peacetime economy
or efficiency in production.
Government and congression
al officials generally agreed
with Kaiser to the extent that
: it is time to be planning for
post-war reconversion. Bernard
M. Baruch is head of a special
unit set up to plan for recon
version. WPB and several sen-.-
ate and house committees are
i; studying the problem, too. But
, to date there has been an
nouncement of an overall post
war plan for Industry.
Arms Plants Closed
Some of the small arms muni
tions plants have been closed
and there have been scattered
cases of plants converted to war
production being allowed to re
' turn on a small scale to civilian
production.
The WPB spokesman said that
the schedule for production of
: war materials in 1943 was set
at approximately $61,000,000,
000, or about $9,000,000,000 a
month.
"To meet the 1944 schedule
as it now stands, production will
. have to Ee at a somewhat higher
rate than the December figures.
. Although tapering off on pro-
U duction of some materials has
"already begun, I can't say that
,. we are prepared to cut overall
' production."
There was keen Interest in
Kaiser's views among congress
men, and virtually unanimous
support for his suggestion that
all servicemen "be 'sent -a' ques
.' tionnaire to find out where they
want to go and what kind of
work they want to do after the
war. . ,
Chairman James E. Murray,
' D., Mont., of a military affairs
sub-committee concerned with
termination of war contracts,
agreed that it was time to give
: serious consideration to recon
version of industry and sug
gested that preference be given
to small business.
Victor Jory and Jane Wyatt
are featured In "The Kansan,"
mighty tale of the boisterous,
brawling old west which brings
Richard Dix to the Rialto
screen tomorrow for a four-day
run. Top heavy with talent,
the picture also has Eugene
Pallette and an excellent sup
porting cast Partner feature
is the up-to-the-minute "Pistol
Pack in' Mama."
NEW ROUTINE FOR
IN SALE OF AUTOS
A plan to establish a more
effective control over the re
turn of gasoline rations issued
to car owners selling their cars
has been announced by the dis
trict office of OPA at Portland.
The statement points out that
the estimated turnover in ve
hicle ownership each month is
about 200,000 vehicles and that
better control will mean a sub
stantial saving in gasoline that
otherwise might fall into unlaw
ful hands.
The new plan Is made up of
four steps: The owner making
OH.,
Barber s
Observations
the sale must take his remain
ing gas coupons to his ration
board and in exchange will be
issued a receipt in duplicate;
the receipts and tire Inspection
record are given to the new
owner of the vehicle; the new
owner gives the original copy
to the motor vehicle registrar
when applying for new regis
tration certificate and the dupli
cate copy and the tire inspection
record to his board when apply
ing for a new gasoline ration
for the car.
Motor vehicle dealers holding
cars for sale or resale must sub
mit to his ration board between
Jan. 1 and Jan. 11 an Inventory
as of the close of business on
Dec 31, of all automobiles,
trucks, buses and motorcycles
held by him, the statement con
tinues. The inventory is to be
made upon form R-578 and if
these are not received by the
dealer soon he should obtain
one from the district office in
Portland. .
Beginning Jan. 1, no board
can issue gasoline coupons for
a vehicle that has changed
ownership after the close of
business Dec. 31 unless the ap
plicant submits the duplicate re
ceipt issued by the War Price
and Rationing board.
Gestapo Judge Is
Shot by Partisans
Stockholm, Dec. 21 U.R
The Swedish newspaper Afton
tidningen reported today that
Dr. Alfred' Funk, president of
the Gestapo "special court" for
Ukraine, was shot fatally by
partisans who boldly entered bis
office at Rovno.
News of Funk's death caused
a "great sensation" in Nazi cir
cles, the paper reported. The
paper said 100 inhabitants of
Rovno were executed immediately.
Closing tlmi (or Sunday Too Lata-
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rieau remgmpar.
ARMY TAKES OVER IN
STRIKE-BOUND PLANT
Baltimore, Dec. 21 (UJB
The local plant of the Western
Electric company, strike-bound
for more than a week by a con
troversy between white and
negro workers over use of toilet
facilities,, was being operated by
the army today under President
Roosevelt's order.
No troops were Involved In
the seizure.
The union had demanded that
the company provide separate
toilet facilities for white and
negro workers.
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AIDERS Com Meal Redpe'19
PAKKIRHOUSI CORN ROUS
m cups lifted flour
. cup Albert Cora
Meal
4 tips, baking
powder
4 taps, sugar
lap. salt
3 tbsp. shortening
or bacon
drippings
1 egg.beatea.
to cup milk
Sift dry ingredients into bowL Cut or nib la
shortening or bacon drippings until thor
oughly mixed. Combine egg and milk and
stir in to make a soft dough. Turn out on
floured board, knead lightly 1 mi a. Roll ty
thick, cut with biscuit cutter, brash tops with
milk, and fold over as for Parkerhouse rolls.
Brush again with milk and bake in a hot oreo
(490s I.) about IS min. Makes about 18 rolls.
AHm On Meat, both White ni Yellow, h
uboleume, fiae-jUnred, fime-UxturtJ"jtut
njil"sr perfect toeting rtmllil
Allies Break Up
Revolutionary
, Plot In Sicily
Algiers, Dec. 21-Uil.rS-l.Allied
army counter-intelligence agents
in Sicily, following a two
months investigation, arrested
15 men and one woman to break
up a revolutionary plot which
had resulted in sabotage since
the allied occupation of Sicily.
Army spokesmen said 13 of
the group, including the woman,
had confessed plotting an armed
coup and cutting wires.
The suspects, none of them
more than 29 years old and all
members of the fascist youth or-
- ganization, called themselves
"Fedelissiml del Fascismo"
- "Those Faithful to Fascism."
V ' Most of them were well-educated.
This morning we put barnyard
fertilizer over the row of rhu
barb along the fence. Our older
boy is home for a few days' visit
before his induction into the ar
my. He took little Interest In
making bigger and better rhu
barb, feeling as he does toward
it. He said the pleasantest mem
ories of his childhood do not in
clude the rhubarb sauce I served
each spring "because it's good
for you.
Yet I was only following a
long-established precedent when
I urged the tart and rosy sauce
upon the family, for as far back
as 2700 B. C. the medicinal quali
ties of rhubarb were held In high
esteem by the Chinese. Although
not until the 14th century did it
find its way to Europe. Once
started, however, it grew in fa
vor so rapidly that it was
brought in by two shipping
routes. That which came by way
of the Indus and the Red Sea was
called East Indian rhubarb; that
which, came by way of Moscow
was known as Russian rhubarb.
Russia was quick to take ad
vantage of its popularity and
the rhubarb trade became a gov
ernment monopoly. Only the best
was imported and exorbitant
prices were charged. The drug,
extracted from the roots, was
ten times more costly than cin
namon, as high as spices (were
at that time. In an account I read
of its use, it was amusing to see
that its use. by mothers who
wished to wean their babies was
urged, as it gave their milk such
a horrible flavor, the babies just
naturally weaned themselves!
You will find it extremely In
teresting to look up the history
of even the most prosak -farm
item. So I told our son, who was
making slighting remarks about
rhubarb. I told him how the
plant had been introduced, into
England by a noble pnyslcian
for the benefit of Charles I. But
the son happened to remember
his English history and said he
now knew what had made
Charles such a bad king. It was
rhubarb! No wonder hed ben
mean and vicious!
Yes, rhubarb may be used as
medicine: it may be used in the
preparation of silk dyes, as it is
in Lyon and Milan. But to most
of us here in the United Slates,
rhubarb means deliciously tangy
Dies In soring and it was of these
I thought, as 1 hclpea spreaa
fertilizer on the row of rhubarb
along the fence this morning.
Virtually all of California's
original vineyards, planted with
Eurooean root stock, had to oe
replanted with American root
stock to resist a disease called
phylloxera.
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It's done with a twist off tho wrist!
Yes, almost as easily as turning a valve,
Standard of California, at government
request, converted its big new toluene
plant to the all-out production of more
aviation gasoline. "
Built in record time, this plant has
produced record quantities of toluene,
an essential ingredient of TNT. But
Standard's engineers designed it with a
thought to the swift changes of war.
They prescribed new catalytic cracking
methods so that with a few lightning
changes it could be converted to other
war production. :
Now, thanks to their Ingenuity, the
equipment that put the "bite" in block'
busters is turning out liquid horsepower
fog fighting planes.
Already, Standard of California Is
brewing enough aviation fuel daily to
, send 900 Flying Fortresses from Port
Moresby to Rabaul and back. Work is
Under way on another plant to make ,
fuel for 300 more. Before long, Stand
ard of California will be making enough
high octane gasoline to put 1200 heavy
weight bombers over Rabaul awry day.
STANDARD OF CALIFORNIA
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