Plan to Stop the Waste in Eggs hippers
Conference with the food administration discusses methods to save the 50 million dollars lost to egg waste yearly. Shippers urged to pay only for good eggs, candle before purchase, chill promptly, install cooling gear, and market second class eggs near source. Dressed poultry to be sold clean and chilled, with sanctions for unsafe practices.
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Washington
Food Administration
G. H. Powell
E. Hearty
Mary Pennington
United States Food Research Laboratory
Philadelphia
W. F. Priebe
Food Adminia
New York
Whole Food Administration
Red Cross attacked by pro-German propaganda
Washington report says pro German propaganda targets the Red Cross with rumors and innuendo. General Manager Harvey Gibson orders division managers to report sources of every attack and to challenge all criticism promptly.
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Washington
United States
Red Cross
Harvey D. Gibson
Gibson
Evannte
Heiress in Line for $200000 Estate
Miss Carrie Pointsalot of Alton is named sole heiress to the estate of Miss Matilda Lowery of Grand Rapids Michigan who died in Philadelphia. The fortune, estimated at $200000, was left after Miss Lowery met her while doing housework for a St. Louis family on a cold November day.
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Alton
Carrie Pointsalot
Matilda Lowery
Grand Rapids
Mich
Philadelphia
Miss Pointsalot
Lowery
St. Louis
Women Replace Men in Machine Shops in Ogden
In Ogden Utah women wearing overalls take jobs in Southern Pacific repair shops as draft and voluntary men depart for Uncle Sam's Liberty Army. They begin with sorting scrap metal and small parts, and may move to cleaning cars and heavier yard work if performance proves strong. Wages match male pay for similar tasks.
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Ogden
Utah
Uncle Sam
Liberty Army
Southern Pacific Railroad
Surprise Apple Gift Funds Minister’s Ohio Trip
In Albany Oregon the Rev. L Schuster pastor of the Evangelical church received a surprise party gift. An apple given to him contained enough gold coins to cover travel expenses for him and his family to Ohio to visit his mother and congregation. The unexpected find prompted him to use the money for the trip.
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Albany
Ore
L Schuster
Evangelical Church
Ohio
Sawdust In German Bread Probed By Swiss Attache
A Swiss legation attache in Berlin returned to Rome with dysentery and brought a loaf of German bread. Berne experts analyzed it and found 12 percent corn, 22 percent barley, and 66 percent wood sawdust. Bread tickets are in force in Switzerland. The daily allowance is
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Rome
Berlin
Berne
Switzerland
TASTY FOODS FOR THE FAMILY RECIPES AND SALADS
A late 20th century style recipe section offers fruit salad tomato and orange salad perfect layer cake and various fruit and beet salads. Instructions include dressing with vinegar oil and cream, batter steps, and serving ideas with whipped cream.
Swiss ration reforms ship food to other nations
The text notes a 250 gramme daily limit and monthly allowances of 18 ounces for sugar, nine ounces for rice, and up to three ounces of butter varying by district. It also reports Swiss ration controls driving German and Austrian visitors home, citing parcel-post food limits and stringent nationality inquiries to curb spying.
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Switzerland
Has Another's Nerve Restores Chicago Captain's Vigor
Chicago Captain R Hugh Knyvett of the Fifteenth Infantry Brigade Australian Imperial Force returns to the front after a German shell wounded him. Paralyzed for six months, he credits a nerve transplant from another man’s leg for his renewed vigor. Cuba begins a 32 mile canal to reclaim Matanzas province’s fertile land.
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Chicago
R. Hugh Knyvett
Fifteenth Infantry Brigade
Cuba
Matanzas
Americans Tell Verdun Horrors Ambulance volunteers join regular army
An extract from a Williams College volunteer letter describes Verdun where ambulance drivers faced gas, shellfire, and near impassable roads. Two men died aiding wounded as others were wounded or killed. Several volunteers plan to enlist in the regular army, ending the era of volunteer ambulance service.
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New York
France
United States Army
Williams
Verdun
Blercourt
Mort Homme Hill
Hill 804
Lance
Tuffy Young
Jim
Taffy
American Red Cross
Paris
Ambulance Corps
United States Artillery
Air Service
Household Hints From A Wartime Page
Various home remedies and tips for comfort and efficiency in daily life. Suggestions include mixing formaldehyde for tired feet, glycerin in grape jelly, cooling rolls in a paper bag, using a flashlight in the kitchen, cocoa to aid sleep, olive oil as an antidote for poison, hot towels for headaches, cheesecloth washcloths for travel, cooling a fever bed with a damp sheet and hot water bottle, crushed potato for tired eyes, adding cooked rice to meat loaf, and stain removal tips for white garments using cream of tartar.
Marriage Bureau Official Raps Modern Wives
In Washington Colonel William A. Kroll the district marriage clerk criticizes the growing number of all night lunchrooms. He argues homes should feature kitchens and domestic science for brides to improve home cooking and national welfare.
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Ashington
Washington
William A. Kroll
Neenge
Colonel Kroll
Kroll
Military Officers Transferred to Active Service Over There
Officers in the war department are leaving desks for active duty in cantonments and in France. Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Scott now serves on the line. The mobile division of the general staff has scattered, with Col. Mitchie, Col. Duncan, Maj. MacArthur, and Maj. Nolan among those reassigned. Others moved include Gen. Mann, Gen. Summerall, Gen. Wright, Gen. Reed, Gen. March, Gen. Kuhn, Gen. Treat, and Cols. Winship, Mayes, and Bethel.
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War Department
Pershing
Hugh L. Scott
The
General Staff
Col
Robert L. Mitchie
G.B. Duncan
Douglas MacArthur
Dennis Nolan
Mitchie
New York
Duncan
France
MacArthur
Rainbow Divison
Nolan
Militia Bureau
William A. Mann
Melver
C. P. Summerall
Adjutant General
William M. Wright
G. W. Reed
Peyton March
Joseph E. Kuhn
C. G. Treat
Francis J. Kernan
Judge Advocate General
Crowder
Blanton Winship
J. J. Mayes
William Bethel
National Capital Transforms Into Cosmopolitan Washington
A six month change makes Washington feel world city like with crowded sidewalks on F Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. Pedestrians move quicker as motorcars fill avenues and streets. The Northwest air is lively with uniforms, flags and a sense of well being, showcasing a brighter, busier capital.
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Washington
F Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Ninth
Seventh
Uncle Sam Keeps a Record of All in Uniform
War department creates a vast updating system to track every service member. A central Washington office led by Man J. Jones will coordinate with European offices. Two filing systems will hold alphabetic names and regimental records with next of kin details for rapid casualty reporting. Funeral and burial information will be provided to relatives.
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War Department
Uncle Sam
Europe
J. J. Jones
Washington
Enduy Urigop Camps
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