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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1918
Page
6
The narrator recalls a covert encounter in a Belgian home where he pretended to be deaf and shared a meal served in wash basins. He notes harsh living conditions, the family’s nerves, and suspicions from a visitor before fleeing toward the Dutch frontier.
In darkness I maneuver past the Belgian Dutch border barrier seeking liberty. I test a makeshift ladder and then dig under the live electric wire but a final crawl under the barbed fence succeeds. I endure hours of danger with guards, hunger, and fear, finally reaching Dutch territory on November 19, 1917 after seventy two days since my escape.
A British soldier recounts wandering through Belgian and Dutch borderlands finding a fence that nearly trapped him and a night of fear before reaching a Dutch village. He secures aid from a workshop and is taken to safety by locals who recognize his status and provide shelter and food.
Food Administration figures show 141,000,000 bushels of wheat and 844,600,000 pounds of meat shipped to Allied nations and U.S. forces in 1917-18, total value $1.4 billion. Hoover notes voluntary conservation and patriotism enabled these exports despite a domestic food shortage.
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