Plant Your War Garden Now
Patriotism spurs widespread home gardening as 2,000,000 Americans joined last year per USDA estimates. War logistics rely on surplus food from gardens to ease railroad strain while reducing exports of wheat meat fats and sugar. Every boy and girl aiding gardens helps win the war. free garden instruction leaflets are available from the Department of Agriculture in Washington.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Washington
New Yorks First Policeman Aviator Aims For Recognition
Patrolman William Namack seeks to be known as the citys first policeman aviator as the police commissioner charts an air corps to protect New York and relay messages during disasters amid debates on Balkan history and a hunting incident in Maine where a man shot a fox and two deer in rapid succession.
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William Namack
New York
Kara George
Balkans
Greece
Canning
Roumania
Louis Napoleon
Bulgaria
Czar Alexander
Serbia
Montenegro
San Francisco
Argonaut
Janes W. McLellan
Trescott
McLellan
Allies Demand More Cereals in War Food Move
The Food Administration warns that Allied breadstuffs demands rise due to Argentine arrivals shortfall. It urges further meat conservation to free supplies for export while noting recent meat production gains and larger hog weights. Home pork preservation is advised to ease transport and packing costs.
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U. S. Food Administration
Food Administration
The
United States
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