Assistant Farm Advisei 



Overseas Gets Citation 



Capt. Raymond D. French, on leave 

 of absence from his job as assistant 

 farm adviser in Champaign county, 

 has received the Silver Star for gal- 

 lantry in action against the enemy in 

 France on D-Day. 



As a battery commander of a field 

 artillery battalion, he landed his bat- 

 tery on the beach and provided artil- 

 lery support for the assault wave of 

 ground troops. Exposing himself with 

 complete disregard for his own safety. 

 Captain French went from vehicle to 

 vehicle administering aid to the 

 wounded and seeing that all personnel 

 had protection from the shelling. He 

 then removed his unit from under the 

 direct fire of the enemy and returned 

 to the beach to salvage all equipment 

 possible. 



Captain French is the son of Guy R. 

 French, Putnam county, recently re- 

 elected to the board of directors of the 

 Peoria Producers, and an active Farm 

 Bureau member. 



Captain French was an outstanding 

 4-H club champion and later was a 

 member on University of Illinois judg- 

 ing teams. 



Lt. Richard H. Burwash, son of A. 

 E. Burwash, Champaign county, a di- 

 rector in the board of the Illinois Grain 

 Corporation, writes that ""he seems to 

 be following French around on the 

 Western front." Lieutenant Burwash 

 noticed French's name on the register 

 in the Red Cross officers' club in both 

 London and Paris, but has yet to catch 

 a glimpse of him. 



AFBF To Participate In 



NBC's New Radio Series 



The American Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion will go on the air in a radio pro- 

 gram some time during the first of 

 April, according to an announcement 

 made by AFBF and National Broad- 

 casting Company officials. 



The proposed plan calls for the AF- 

 BF and the National Grange to alter- 

 nate in preparing the program and 

 naming speakers for a roundtable dis- 

 cussion for 10 Sunday afternoon pro- 

 grams starting in April. The Cham- 

 ber of Commerce will take over after 

 this period and handle the programs 

 for three Sundays, followed by the 

 CIO for 13 Sundays. The AFBF and 

 Grange then will return and alternate 

 programs for another 10 Sundays and 



the Chamber of Commerce will con- 

 clude the series with three additional 

 programs. 



The A. F. of L. opened the program 

 schedule on Jan. 7 and will continue to 

 select participants at the roundtable for 



13 Sundays. 



Program time is Sunday 1:15 to 1 : 30 

 P.M. on the NBC network. 



Each organization will build its own 

 program for the discussion of national 

 issues and problerns. Each organiza- 

 tion also is inviting representatives of 

 the other groups to participate on its 

 programs. 



President Edward A. O'Neal in com- 

 mending NBC on its new program, 

 said, "It is only by getting together and 

 talking things out across a conference 

 table that any one group cai^each an 

 intelligent understanding of the prob- 

 lems, hopes, and objectives of the other 

 groups. I feel that a better understand- 

 ing among groups will surely lead to 

 coordination of all group activities in 

 the public interest." 



The entire series will be under the 

 auspices of NBC's public service de- 

 partment and the company's public 

 service counselor. Dr. James Rowland 

 Angell. 



'^''-nELL yoUR &05S THAT HE'LL BE NEEOl^4G 

 F. B. 5»ERUM FOR. A LONG TIME TO COME / "-^ 



Fresh, potent Farm Bureau serum and virus are 

 protecting tons of pork for the home and fight- 

 ing fronts. If hogs are worth raising, they're 

 worth saving. Guard them against cholera 

 AI COST. , 



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