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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1918
Page
3
The copy emphasizes Lucky Strike cigarettes as popular with soldiers in trenches. It touts Kentucky Burley tobacco for solid satisfaction and a carefree smoking experience amid cold, wet conditions.
The U S Food Administration in Washington announces a mandatory half reduction in wheat use to 21,000,000 bushels monthly to feed Allies and maintain war bread. Per person gross weekly wheat limits are set including 14 pounds max for households and two wheatless days for public eateries, with penalties and phased relaxation after harvest.
The article notes wheat stocks isolated in India and Australia while ships are scarce. Australia held 100 million bushels ready to export on Jan 1, rising to about 180 million awaiting ships. India 70 million with 50 million more to be added in April. Argentina ended shipping season with 11 million left and 135 million more to add. The core issue is shipping limits rather than global supply, forcing stock sharing with the Allies.
Dr Henry Dwight Chapin head of the Postgraduate Hospital children division warned that about 110000 of New York City’s one million schoolchildren are undernourished and 550000 are only passable. He linked malnutrition to war prices, noting wage gains lag food costs and mothers give tea or coffee instead of milk, which rose from 9 to 15 cents a quart in the last year.
Officials in the French army doubt that constant desk work yields best service from clerks. Popular Mechanics notes the government installed 50 typewriter stands that lift and lower each half hour to alternate use, a change praised as beneficial.
Figures from the U S Food Administration summarize Allied aid from July 1, 1914 to January 1, 2918. Total yearly rations cover 57,100,939 people with protein for 22,104,670 more. Wheat and flour exports to the three main allies total about 334,000,000 bushels. pork exports near 2,000,000,000 pounds. fresh beef exports about 443,484,400 pounds. Russia receives negligible quantities by comparison.
Sir Joseph Maclay the British Shipping Controller appeals to America urging urgent help. He stresses American men, skills, and materials are needed to sustain the Allied war effort until the next harvest. He warns war-weary British crews face critical supply strain without U.S. support.
A correspondent recalls medieval England’s privations and rising luxuries, noting sugar not used until the 13th century and coal, butter, tobacco, potatoes, tea, soap, umbrellas, and trains arriving in later centuries, illustrating long-ignored hardships behind modern comforts.
A Montreal Star item notes a Canadian aviator designing an electrified suit to warm a firefighter and proposes such devices may aid peacetime piping lines and apartment living, hinting at a dawn of safer, better living through wartime ingenuity.
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