Nutrition in liberated territories hinges on calories debate
Washington officials clash over minimal diet for liberated regions as army-led food distribution faces logistics, with 2000 calories as baseline but 2600 urged by FEA experts. Civilian agencies may help but priority remains aiding soldiers and defeating Germans. Belgium plans to self-fund relief once stabilized.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Fsa
Army
Italy
India
North Africa
France
State Department
Foreign Economic Administration
Department of Agriculture
UNRRA
FEA
Belgium
Our Own Idea for a Party Platform
A wartime mock platform lists bold, humorous planks on agriculture labor foreign policy and air forces. It rails at politicians while praising the army and navy and advocates more money and social security, ending with praise for pinup girls as morale boosters for American workers.
Wartime Inconveniences and Old Fashioned Comforts Recall
A reader recalls traveling on a Pennsylvania Railroad coach marked by wartime demands and no air conditioning yet noting clean upholstery and bright lights. The piece mixes reminiscence with brief humor about rationing and scarcity, ending with a quip about fishing gear shortages.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
P.S
Pattern No 8642 comes in multiple sizes
Pattern No 8642 offered in sizes 12 14 16 18 20 40 and 42. Size 14 requires 354 yards of 39 inch material and 314 yards machine made ruffling trim.
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Obattern
Record of 1907 Flying Target Hit by Adolph Topperwein
Adolph Topperwein set a 1907 record in San Antonio Texas by hitting 72 491 of 72 500 flying targets with a .22 caliber repeating rifle during an eight hours a day ten day run from a 25 foot distance. His longest uninterrupted run was 14 560 targets.
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Adolph Topperwein
San Antonio
Texas
Collier’s
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