The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-07-17
TOWN AND FARM
IN WAR TIME
Maternity Care for Servicemen's
Wives

Tie Chlldren's Bureau, Department
OF Labor, of programs for medical
and hospital maternity care for
wives of men in the four lowest
pay grades of the armed services.
The programs also include medi-
cal care for babies. A serviceman's
wife may make application for
complete medical care during preg-
nancy and childbirth, and for six
weeks after childbirth. She may
also apply for medical care for her
child to extend throughout the
child's first year of life. To get
such care, all that the wife needs
to Go is to fill out simple forms.
II her own doctor is unable to fur
nish copies, she can get from the
State health department.
No Gas to go to Gardens
Special rations of gasoline for
travel to Victory gardens were dis
continued July II, although rations
already issued for this purpose may
be used as long as valid. This ac-
ton was taken by OPA upon advice
OF the Department of Agriculture
that gardens planted after that date
would be too late to produce enough
food to warrant extra use of tires
and gasoline in cultivating them.
CO-Ops Can Replace Stocks
Farmers cooperatives and any
other dealers who sell farm supplies
at cost or at markup of not more
than three percent, are permitted
to replenish stocks on farmers GER
tifieates on a dollar for dollar basis.
under a recent amendment of Pri-
critics Regulation No. 10. Pre-
viously, the dealer could use the
farmers certificate to get supplies
only up to rs per cent of his sales.
The amendment enables farmers
cooperatives which sell approx
mately at cost to make full replace
ment of their stock.
Can't Send Recordings Overseas
Discs or recordings containing
personal messages cannot be sent
to soldiers stationed outside the
continental limits of the U. S.. the
War Department has announced.
There is no objection to sending
discs of personal messages within
the continental United States.
Grower Prices for Berries
Grower prices for seven types of
berries canned or frozen in 1913
have been announced by WA.
Professors will pay growers the
following prices Gents per pound:
red raspberries, Is; black raspber-
ries, 13; youngberries, boysenber-
ries, loganberries, and blackberries.
II; gooseberries, 6. Ceiling prices
for frozen strawberries have been
established on the basis of a grow
er price of II cents a pound for
stemmed berries. For all other
berries each professor will pay 8
cents per pound more than the av-
erage price he paid under the OPA
price regulations for the 1912 pack.
The highest price professors may
pay for red sour pitted cherries is
83a cents per pound.
Vacation Trip for Motorists
Motorists in the Northeastern gas
cline restricted area may use their
"A" rations, beginning July Is, for
one round trip to a summer home
or other vacation place, in the alb
sence of adequate alternative trans
portation, Price Administrator Prem
tisS M. Brown has announced. Be
fore making a trip, motorists must
apply to their ration board for
written authorization stating the
starting point and destination of
the trip and dates on which it will
be made.
Agricultural Jobs Filled
During May, the United States
Employment Service of the War
Commission filled l.
0O5,489 jobs in industry and agri-
an increase of 112 percent
ever April OF these jobs, 297, 725
were in farm work or food pro-
cessing, an increase of 1873 over
April and 63.6 over May 1912. For
January through May, the total
were 1904, an increase
of 1884 over the same months in
1912.
Rations for Sick
Although the need to conserve ra-
toned foods is great, no hospital pa
tents health need suffer, the OPA |
has announced. Local rationing |
boards have been given authority |
to provide supplementary allotments |
to meet the dietary requirements
of patients in hospitals whether or
not such patients are on special |
diet.
Mileage for Air Raid Wardens
Air raid wardens, while not eli
gible for c" ration books, may |
to get "B" books, accord
ing to OPA. Volunteers regularly |
performing work contributing to |
the war effort or public welfare
who need supplemental mileage
should have applications certified