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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1918
Page
4
Grocers Promote 50 50 Wheat Flour Substitution Plan
United States wheat saving ruling explained to shoppers. Grocers urge customers to buy equal weight of substitutes with wheat flour to aid war effort. Examples include cornmeal, rice, oats, buckwheat, and hominy with exceptions for graham and mixed flours. Some retailers report confusion over equal weight versus equal value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grovers
Uo, & Medd
Food Administration
Help We All Must Finance War Effort Says McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury I. G. McAdoo appeals to all Americans regardless of party or class to support the nation’s war finances. He urges collective duty by rich and poor, men and women, to uphold American ideals and secure national safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
America
Great Wheat Stocks Isolated and Shipping Shortage
The article notes wheat stockpiles in Australia 180 million bushels awaiting ships and India 70 million bushels ready for export. It cites a global shipping shortage forcing the Allies to divert wheat from Argentina and the United States to ration and distribute stock, with April additions of 1 million bushels in India and 135 million left from a new crop in Argentina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altes
United States
Tufla
Austrailia
Argentina
Australia
India
Inez
Allied Food Shipments Reach Large Total
US food donations to European allies from July 1 1914 to January 1 1918 cover full yearly rations for 57,100,08% people and extra portions for 22,194,570 more men. Wheat and flour exports to Allies reach about 384 million bushels. pork exports near 2 billion pounds. fresh beet exports total 43,484,400 pounds. Russia receives negligible shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
U.S. Food Administration
Russia
Only America Can Help Says British Shipping Controller
A British official appeals for U S aid noting endless American manpower and supplies while Britain faces war weariness and a stern need before the next harvest. He stresses the United States can save the allied cause with men, skill, and material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Joseph Maclay
Transit fare listing for towns across Tennessee and beyond
Daily rate of 15 dollars for Fordtown Kingsport Waycross Speers Ferry St. Paul Dante and other towns. Southbound service lists Erwin Unaka Springs Toweville Pensacola Murchison Eskote Marion Iansburg Byrne and Kpare with destinations in North and South Carolina and Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fordtown
Kingsport
Tenn
Waycross
Speers Ferry
St. Paul
Dante
Erwin
Unaka Springs
Ville Pensacola
Murchison
Eskote
Marion
N. C
Iansburg
S.C. Byrne
Kpare
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