The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-09-17
COMMENT ON WORLD
EVENTS

Several reports reaching London re-
! fleet the seriousness of growing short
| ages of vital commodities which plague
the suppressed people of Holland while
| the Nazi conquerors continue to drain
food and other materials from the
occupied territory.
The newspaper Dagblad van het
Zuiden lists the following figures of the
Nazi Food Control Bureau: Milk de-
liveries by farmers to dairies in the
Province of North Brabant for the first
five months of 1912 totaled about 22,-
| 100000 pounds compared to "a 800, 900
pounds for the same period last year.
According to Il new decree, restaur-
ants may serve hot meals only between
| the hours of II 80 and 80 p. IN. and
| 6 and 9 D. m. Hotels and boarding
| houses are permitted to furnish hot
water only between and 80 morning
and evening, while elevators and esca-
| latorS are exclusively to be used for
ascending to the third floor or higher.
The Amsterdam Algemeen Handels-
blad reported that the extensive use
of bulb -four for baking had injured
the export trade in bulbs. The authori-
ties therefore announced that bulbs
may no longer be used Except for
normal purposes" depriving bakers of
an important ration-free "ersatz"
The shortage of shoes is so severe
that the Toeristen Kampioen,, the
Netherlands Tourist Association week
| ly, advises it's readers to ''Save shoes
by walking barefoot" 1t suggests that
this practice will strengthen the feet
and adds that many barefoot eXcur-
sionists will be seen soon.
Even heather has become scarce and
it's value has jumped fivefold since it
has become an important substitute for
| tropical fibers which can no longer be
| imported. Heather now is being used
in the manufacture of brushes and
brooms, which has become flOurishing
| industry in villages in Drente and
North Brabant. The weekly output of
these shops is about one hundred thou
sand brooms and brushes, but this is
insufficient for the tremendous demand
SlINC IHV iICdthCl hDSlS WAL ouI AulSh
ly. Accordingly, there is rush among
the people of the heather-growing areas
to go into the new business.
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Films are now being made of paper,
the result of which are said to be of
reasonable" quality. Amateurs, how
ever, are advised not to develop the
films themselves, as this should be en-
trusted to skilled photographers.
The German-c controlled radio recent
ly complained that of the 100 tons of
human hair which Uttered the floors
of 1000 Netherlands barbershops last
year, only pc cent had been used as
a substitute for the horsehair which
can no longer be imported. Consequent
| ly the planned large-scale production
of rugs and similar articles woven half
of human and half of animal hair has
been failure.
The authorities recently started a
prize contest for the best substitute
| for rubber bicycle tires. From more
than 1000 entries, three designs We're
| selected to receive -guilder
prizes. One consisted of IA steel hoop
covered by a synthetic canvas called
| "thOcol." The other two We're hoops
with wooden blocks, mounted on spring
coils, fixed around them. The press an
nounced, however, that it will be i'm
possible to put these "erSatZ" tires into
large-scale production because of lack
| ~
substitutes will be strickly rationed.