The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-05-15
TOWN AND FARM
IN WAR TIME
Soldiers Get Lots of Mail

d week, or an average OF fourteen
pieces per soldier This is four
times as much as the AEF. got
at the peak of the world war. Twen-
ty percent of the mail sent over
seas is V-mail.
Traffic Declines
Traffic on rural roads in the
Eastern rationed area was 48 per
cent less in March than the same
month in 1941. 1t was about 81 per
cent less in the rest of the country,
according to the Public Roads Ad-
mtnistration. Traffic in February
was off So percent in the East and
IS percent elsewhere, compared
with February, 1941.
Shrimp Production Decreases
Canned shrimp produced in Gulf
and South Atlantic states during the
first quarter of 1943 was about 20
percent less than in 1912. The de-
crease in shrimp production is
largely due to manpower shortages
in both fishing and processing.
Insurance For Soldiers
All soldiers can get financial pro-
lection through the National Ser
vice Life Insurance program, if
they act before midnight of August
10, the War Department announced.
Maximum policy is $4,000 and pay
mentS will be made to beneficiaries
only in monthly installments.
Tobacco Can Be Sent to Prisoners
U. s.. war prisoners and civilian
internees held by Germany and
Italy can receive cigarettes, cigars,
smoking tobacco, or chewing to-
bacco sent by relatives and friends.
The plan will be extended to in
clude persons held by Japan when
ever facilities are available for rout-
ing the products to them. Under
the program, the next-of-kin of
each identified u. S. war prisoner
and civilian internee automatically
will receive two tobacco labels ev-
cry so days. These may be forward
ed, with a money order, to a tobac-
co manufacturer, who will send the
tobacco. No postage or federal ex-
else tax need be paid Each label
as good for three cartons of cigar
cites, or one carton of smoking to-
bacco, 100 cigars, or approximately
"a ounces of chewing tobacco. Small
Ter amount or mixed packages can
rot be sent.
Crop Corps Certificates
Certificates of service will be
awarded to persons who work on
farms this year in the u. S. Crop
Corps, and to those who work in
canning and other food processing
plants. The certificates will be pre-
sented for patriotic service on
farm or in food processing fac
tory" and will bear the signatures
of Chester c. Davis, War Food Ad-
ADMINISTRATION, Paul V. McNutt, chair
man of the War Manpower Com
mission, and the State Director of
Agricultural extension in each state.
Maximum Prices or Poultry
Poultry raiSers who sell live birds
at their farms must observe the
maximum prices OPA has set for
the nearest city, town, or village.
More Cotton Cloth
Cotton fabric production will be
increased by about 220 million yards
annually without the use of addi-
tional facilities on raw materials,
as the result of a recent WPB or
der. Fabrics will be lighter and
less tightly woven, but serviceabIe
and capable of meeting all military
and essential civilian needs.
Rural Phone Batteries
A few dry-cell batteries for main
tanning telephone service in rural
areas have been provided for dis
tribution through hardware stores
ana Otner distributors.
Luggage Restricted To Seven Types
Luggage will be made only in
seven basic types and will be dras-
tically limited in size and design
after July / by recent order of
WPB. All-leather luggage is out
for the duration. Canvas, cotton
duck, other fabrics, and wood will
be used as substitutes when they
are available.
Revised Feed Prices
Savings to farmers are expected
to result from OPA's revision of
retail prices of animal and poultry
feeds. Previously, the retailer has
been allowed a fixed MAKEUP of
$3.50 ton on all kinds of feeds,
Now, feeds have been classified.
and there is scheduled of mark
ups ranging from $3.50 to $1,000
ton.
Ceiling On Sausage
Frankfurters, bologna, and fresh
and smoked sausage, which make
up about so percent of all sausage
sold in this country, are now under
wholesale ceiling prices fixed by
Fifty percent of all butter and
20 percent of all cheddar cheese
produced in May, June. and July,
must be sold for government uses,