VALLEY
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WHEN DO THEY FIGHT?
From Christian Science Monitor.
With Russia hard-pressed as the Nazis
sweep on in the Caucasus to the rich oil
supplies, indiepensable to Russia's fight
ing machine; with the shooting of hostages
in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and
with the tempo of war heightening in the
Pacific, an appeal for American offensive
action against Axis Powers has come from
a new source - representatives of the
fighting men themselves.
Here is what "Yank,"the Army newspaper
has to say:
"The time has come, we think, to ask a
very simple question:
" 'When do we fight?'
"Being soldiers, we have sat around for
months now, waiting for that question to
be answered for us. It hasn't been,
"Meanwhile, the wounds of the world
have been gouged deeper, and ealt has been
poured into the wounds,
"We came here to fight.Instead, we have
listened to sales talk as if someone were
trying to sell us the idea of fighting.We
have heard lectures and propaganda as if
someone were trying to quell the fears of
little boys.
"We have heard that production will win
the war, and that is all right with us,We
have heard of the heroes of the production
line, and that is all right with us, too.
'.7e have heard of the Home Front and its
importance, and that is all right with us.
Td the heroes of production, vie are willin;
to bequeath all our little slugs of copper
and brass; we hereby give them the D.F.C.,
the D.S.C., the Congressional Medal of
Honor and all the other little trinkets
which inherently have been given to the
men of war. Y7e even name them in our
wills as having the privilege of picking
their unknown soldiers after it is all ov
er. And that is all right v/ith us.
"These facts we hold to be self-evident
That we need the planes, the guns, the ord'
nance, the transport to win the war.
"We know, furthermore, that the world a1
war is a vest maze of complicated problems
(Continued on Pago 4).
Tho Mutanuska Valley Homemakers Coun
cil met in the Lounge Monday. Plans
were made for the banquet to be held at
noon Thursday* October 22, for all members
of the Homemakers clubs. The following
chairmen were appointed by the President:
program, Mrs. Don Irwin; table decorations,
Mrs. Jim Berry; menu, Mrs, Wallace Ebert.
Reports will be made by the presidents of
all the clubs on the work accomplished
during the past year. Each club is also
asked to contribute one number for the
program. Each one attending is requested
to furnish her own place card, and a 50£
war stamp will be awarded to the winner
in the place card contest. The new offi
cers of each club for 1943 will be in
stalled at the Achievement banquet.
The 4-H Leaders Council met in the Ex
tension office on Monday evening. Reports
of the Achievement Show which was held
September 2 were made by thb Extension
Agents. Plans for Achievement Day at
Eklutna and Palmer were discussed, also
an entertainment for the louders. The
tentative date for Achievement Day at
Eklutna has been set for tho evening of
October 14, for Palmer on the evening of
October 16, and the Leaders Council will
hold its party on the evening of November
7.
At the November 2 Council meeting, the
long-time members of the Homemakers Coun
cil will entertain the new members at a
noon luncheon. The following committees
have been appointedt food, Mrs. Harold L.
Thuma and Mrs, Virgil EcKort; tables and
decorations, Mrs, L* C, Stock and Mrs.L.B,
Rorrit-onj nominating committee, Mrs, Eck
ert, Mrs. Joseph Lentz, and Mrs. V/illium
Boiwens.
In a recent publication of the Clemson
Agricultural College comes a formula for
making synthetic manure. Old rubbish,
hay, straw, may be piled with chemicals to
make a very satisfactory synthetic manure.
A combination of 60 pounds of ammonium
sulfate, 50 pounds of limestone, 20 pounds
of raurate of potash, and 20 pounds of
3super phosphate should be mixed together.
Pack the litter one foot deep and apply
50 pounds of the fertilizer mixture per
ton of dry litter. To this add a few
shovelfuls of barnyard manure for bacter
ia. The complete pilo should never be
more than six feot deep, with the outer
edges of the pile higher than the center.
Do not build the pile higher than can
be soaked thru by a normal rainfall. This
should be ready for use in threo months if
piled during the rainy season or if kept
damp.
- Extension Service.