Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-03-22
SUGAR SUPPLY IS
ASSURED PACKERS
FOOD PRODUCTS MANUFACTURE
ERS ADVISED THEY WILL BE
ABLE TO OBTAIN NECEs-
SARY REQUIREMENTS.
EQUIPMENT OF WAR PLANES
Each Aircraft Needs Extra Material
and Staff of Skilled Men-RemovaI
Corps.

Observation-Disclosures of es-
sential food products have been ad-
viSed by the food administration that
they will be able to obtain their full
requirements Of sugar for m%anufactur-
Ing purposes during the coming year.
This applies particularly to packers
of fruit, condensed milk, such vege-
tables for the preservation Of which
sugar may be necessary, as well as to
the housewives, for usage in preserv-
ing purposes. AS soon as the car
shortage is relieved, according to the
food administration statement, sup |
plies of sugar will be available for
these purposes. Shipments from Cuba
are steadily increasing.
All Gamers have been advised to
hold for war purposes such quantities
OF canned corn, peas, tomatoes, string
beans, and salmon as they may have
on hand. Such quantities as are not
wanted will be released within a few
days after receipt of reports showing
stocks on hand, which must be sub
mitted to the food administration be-
fore March IS.
After three years of warfare the to-
tai number eff airplanes able to take
the air at any one time on either side
of the western front has not been
over $500. Each plane in the air
requires a force of 46 men, two re-
placement planes on the ground, and
n training plane for every pilot
who eventually reaches the front,
with an extra engine for each plane.
The life of a plane is not more than
two months, and the engine must be
overhauled after each rs hours. Now
that American battle planes are going
overseas, the great problem is to Sc
cure the thousands of skilled mechan-
les, e~nginemen, motor repair e
wood and metal workers needed to
keep the planes in perfect condition.
This engineering and mechanical force
at the airdromes, the flying fields, and
repair depots, both here and behind
the lines in France, is a vital industrial
link in the chain to air supremacy.
From the declaration of war to
February %, the surgeon general Of
the army has removed 1850 officers of
the Medical Reserve corps. In the
following table the reason assigned for
discharge does not isolate under Sin
aptitude for the service" all those
whose dismissal was in considerable
degree due to inefficiency or incompe-
tency, since these reasons had weight
In many cases otherwise classified.
Discharged for physical disability,
All; inaptitude for the service, 154;
to join other branches, 306; domestic
difficulties, 50; resignation, So; need
ed by communities, hospitals, schools,
80.
During the same period there have
been 1896 promotions, including some
officers promoted more than once.
Plans have been announced for the
organization of Junior Four-Minute
Men" in every school in the country.
According to the division of Four
Minute Men of the committee of pub
lie information, bulletins especially
prepared for school children will be
sent during the third Liberty loan cam
paign for distribution by superintend-
ents to all schools in the United
States. Addresses will be prepared
from the material in these bulletins
Just as regular Four-Minute speakers
in motion-picture houses prepare their
own speeches from bulletins supplied
by the government.
In each school the children submit,
ting the best speeches are to deliver
them in public. According to plans the
boy or girl awarded first prize is tc
get a certificate from the United
States government as a Junior Four
Minute Man.
Packages containing dutiable gifts
sent to members of the eXpeditionary
forces temporarily serving in Eng
land will be delivered free of duty
provided the contents contain bon;
ide gifts, the quantity is not beyond
the personal requirements of the ad
dressee, and that the parcels are ad
dressed for delivery to the regimenta
address Of the recipient.
A navy base hospital with a capacit!
of 500 beds has reached the war o n
1t will take care of navy personnel
both ashore and afioat, and if accom-
modations exist will also be availabl,
for army and allied sick and wounded
All persons or firms engaged in i'm
porting, manufacturing, storing, or dis
tributing fertilizers of fertilizer in
gradients must secure licenses on O
before March 20. Application must b
made to the Law Department, Licens
Division, United States food admins
t~ration, Washington, D. c.
1t is reported from Germany tina
wood is being largely used in place Q
celluloid, ivory, and other substance
for the manufacture of combs. Ez
cellent toilet combs are made fror
thinly cut birch and b%eechwood.
A Canadian order in council provide
for the free admission into Canada c
meat cattle until February Z, 191!
when imported by bona fde resident
of Canada under regulations by tn
minister of customs. Cattle, exceI
for breeding purposes, are ordinaril
dutiable at 321A per cent.
Only the 12-cylinder type of Libert
motor for airplanes is now being bull
it having been thought best in view
:. developments abroad to concentrat
on the high-powered engine instead
the ~eight-cylinder.
+ At the last meeting of the Nations
, Educational association a program W;
, proposed to better rural schools al
, asking federal aid to the extent
$4,000 1000. The plan would be ca
ried out in ten years, one-tenth of Il
, money being spent each year, the go