McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-10-25
POSTPONE HOME |
CARD CAMPAIGN
MUCH SICKNESS AND CLOSING OF
SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES PRE-
VENT HOME CARD PLAN BEING
PLACED BEFORE TENNEssEANsI
DATE WILL BE GIVEN LATER


to Complete Their Organizations for
Distribution of the Cards During
the Early Part Of December.
Nashville. e.-Owing to the widespread
prevalence of the epidemic of infiu-
unza the home card campaign has been
postponed by the food administration
from the week Of Oct. % to Nov 4, un-
til Dee /. In the meantime the county
food administrators are expected TO
complete their organizations SO that
the cards can be distributed to every
family during the week that will be
hereafter selected. !.
1t was found that because so maIIy
schools and churches would be closed
on account of sickness those valuable.
agencies could not be used to get the
home card plan before the public.
Immature Turkeys.
The federal food administration In
Tennessee is urging that no immature
turkeys he shipped this year. County
food administrators and/ Tennessee
poultry shippers have been sent the
following instructions by r. c. Giles.
the chief OF the poultry division off the
food administration: From October 1S
to December refrain from buying her.
turkeys weighing less than eight
pounds live weight and young toms OF
less than II pounds live weight. That,
licenses purchase no turkeys intended
for Thanksgiving markets for points
East of Pittsburg and Buffalo after
Nov 10; that turkeys for points east
Of Buffalo and Pittsburg be loaded and
ready for shipment not later than Nov.
10; that no licenses dress turkeys In
an atmospheric temperature above
forty degrees unless he is equipped
with ice or artificial refrigeration to
chill these bird Immediately after
dressing.
To Recognize Service. !
The poultry division OF the food ad.
ministration has devised the following
scheme for recognition of the patriotic
efforts OF poultry dressers
Every woman dresser who works 40
hours or more week and every man
dresses who works As hours or moro
per week, during the month Of Octp-
ber, will receive sleeve band bearing
the food administration emblem.
Every woman dresser who works
40 hours or more per week and every
man dresser who works As hours o..
more per week, through the balance
Of October and November, will receive
an apron bearing the food administra-
ton emblem.
Those who work continuously, at
least 40 hours per week for women and
48 hours per week for men from now
until Christmas, will receive a print
ed and signed certificate from the
food administration, printed on stock
prepared form. This certificate GER
titles that these people have shown
their patriotism by working continu-
ously in the poultry and egg industry.
Sugar Situations
From present Indications there are
no immediate prospects of anysim.
provement In the sugar situation, it
was stated, at the food administration.
On the contrary, the states allowances
| for the months OF November and De
cembcr will be under that for the
month OF October. The twopound Al
lowance for domestic purposes will,
however remain unchanged, but there
will be another material reduction in
the amount of sugar that is allowed for
the non-essential and less essential
purposes. Comparatively speaking.
very little sugar is now allowed for
soft drink makers or candy manufact
urers. Their allotments have been
steadily decreased.
During November and December