The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-05-31
War Economy
Changes Habits
Nearly Three-Quarters Of the
Worlds Population
Is Affected.


globe, mems working, recreation,
and eating habits are being adjust
ed to the war economy which grips
nearly three-QuarterS of the worlds
population now engaged in declared
and undeclared conflict" says the
National Geographic society. in,
both neutral and belligerent coun-
tries, the demands of international
trade and national defense have
stepped up one industry; slowed
down another.
~As certain non-eSsential COM
modities are curtailed, the big ship
building programs, airplane manu-
facture, and Notwithstanding have
doomed, along with war-born oddi-
ties and speCialtieS such as the art
of camOufage, AFRAID protection,
code detection, and laboratory and
technical research in perfecting new
fighting machines for land, sea, and
air. In Europe, so many new re-
strictionS have been put into effect
to conserve supplies and regulate
behavior that decree-making (and
changing) has become a major
branch Of governmental machinery.
Since the outbreak of hostilities,
potential war babies
and Observation-Disclosures suddenly
appeared on the nations business
doorstep. In the Philippines, for ex-
ample, an unusual industry was
lately reported possible, following
the successful production from COCO
nut shells of activated carbon, suit
able for use in military gas masks.
THE cotton spindles of France
are working at nearly 100 per cent
capacity, to meet increased home
and colonial requirements. In the
North African colony of French
Morocco, wartime cotton-growing
industry is being accelerated.
In Jugoslavia, according to news
dispatches, Germany is now taking
steps to develop potentially valuable
forest resources, with a view to
increasing production of such naval
stores as resin, pitch and tar, for
export to the Reich. A manufac-
turing firm in India recently re-
ceived a half million dollar order for
steel helmets for Egyptian troops.
Two million acres of grassland in
England have been assigned for cul-
tivation to farmers, whose activi-
ties, it is officially estimated, will
produce annually food enough for
nearly 100000 adults and a mil
lion children.
with men modified, European
women are taking over their civilian
occupations, to become carpenters,
mail SOrterS, bus drivers, mechan-
les.
Back to Bicycles.
Gasoline rationing, taxes, and
general restrictions on motoring
have resulted in large scale Euro
pean movement back to the bicycle
and horse buggy age.
From Italy have come recent
reports that gasoline is selling at
Sl.25 gallon. In the Far East,
Tokyo's private car owners are linn
tied to ii gallons a month; in Yoko-
hama, to only nine gallons.
England will have fewer books
to read, and those printed on poorer
quality paper, with narrow margins,
because of the European and
Soviet-Finnish wars which have in
terfered with shipments of pulp
wood from the Scandinavian coun-
tries.
Make Mine (Mam) and Eggs
"As the warning world tightens its
belt against long siege, English
men have been urged to breakfast
on smoked mutton, called man
and macon instead of ham and
bacon. Germans present cards for
practically all of their groceries, in
Guiding meat, milk, butter, cheese,
sugar, tea, and coffee.
In Japan foreign residents are
complaining of difficulties in OBJ
tanning such table products as
sugar, eggs, milk and butter.
''Neutrals as we'll as belligerents
are rationing food supplies. Al
reaQy on wartime oasis is swift
erland, whose war economy board
includes a food bureau with 10 Sec
tons, dealing with such questions
as imports, storage, and distribu-
ton. Even before the opening of
hostilities the little mountain nation
required Swiss householders and
business firms to lay in extra
amounts of foodstuffs and raw ma
terialS.
According to dispatches, both
Switzerland and Italy have institut-
ed more food rationing than is yet
in effect in agricultural France.
Sugar, soap, and coffee, for in
stance, are on the scarce list in
Italy. Coffee, especially, was at
first not available at all, and only