Newark Leader, 1942-12-31

A concerted effort is ing and will be made Licking county by the cently organized Blood Don Donors - ors Donors committee to interest the public as a whole in the “blood bank” the plasma from which will be used to save lives of soldiers at the fighting front. ^JThe appeal is being spon sponsored - sored sponsored by the Army and Na Navy, - vy, Navy, with the assistance of the National Research Coun Council - cil Council and the Red Cross. Here is an opportunity to exhibit patriotism in a different form than the buying of war bonds and the work in defense plants. It is an another - other another of the things we at home can do to help win the war and help our boys ^wounded in battle.

Millions of men from families in ever”- part of our country de depend - pend depend upon us for the food to fight our battles. Millions of other men, women and children depend upon us for food, in the lands where battles are raging and where our Allies are fight fighting. - ing. fighting. The food we send to them must go to all parts of the world. It must go across seven seas. Thousands of the men who worked on farms to help pro produce - duce produce our food have joined the fighting forces. This is why it is up to each of us to guard our food supply. It is why the job of the Soldiers in Aprons is so much more important today than It has ever been before.

At the Schuler Enginering company Arthur E. Shepard, chairman of the publicity com committee, - mittee, committee, Licking County War Savings staff, made the presen presentation - tation presentation of the Minute Man certi certificate - ficate certificate to Charles E. Schuler, president of the company. Oth Others - ers Others at the ceremony included D. E. Van Ness, plant superinten superintendent - dent superintendent John Garb rant, George Adams, Everett Wilson, Edwin Urban, Martin Fitzgerald, Har Harry - ry Harry Weaver and Frank B. Pauly, deputy administrator for the War Savings Staff of Ohio.

D. B. Belt, publisher of the Thornville News, carries a front page story in this week’s edition of his newspaper that he may be forced to cease publication of the News after 47 years at the helm. He re reserves - serves reserves a definite decision un until - til until Jan. 8. Publisher Belt gives as his reason, the diffi difficulty - culty difficulty of finding sufficient help in the mechanical depart department - ment department and the various other troubles in the publishing business directly traceable to the war.

All the “graduates” who were qualified have been placed, Pro Professor - fessor Professor Nold says, and many calls from industry had to be re refused - fused refused for lack of available per persons. - sons. persons. While most of the gradu graduates - ates graduates can be placed in their own communities, there’s a special de demand - mand demand and a special opportunity for those who are free to go to other war industry centers where the manpower shortage is even more acute.

War is moving into every kit kitchen. - chen. kitchen. It is in the kitchens of millions of homes where Soldiers in Aprons are standing guard over the health, the strength, the morale of all our people. It is in the kitchen that the war a against - gainst against waste of our food resourc resources - es resources is waged. The kitchen is the center where the share-the-meat and rationing programs will be part of the war action on the home front.