Potatoes urged as war bread substitute by Texas bakers
Federal Food Administrator E A Peden presses Texas bakers to promote potato use to curb waste and replace part of wheat bread consumption amid a 90 million bushel surplus. Officials consider reducing cake and pastry production as the State Association plans measures for the assembly. Executives include H J Richter of San Antonio and A J Weiss of Houston with committee members spanning Dallas to Galveston.
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State Association
H. J. Richter
San Antonio
A. J. Weiss
Houston
Joe Schepps
Dallas
W. ©. McConnell
Ed Goodman
C. Vincent
Waco
W. A. Collmorgen
Lutkin
Ohn Gottlob
Galveston
George Steinbach
Bakers Move Cereal Substitutes Up to 25 Percent
About ninety to one hundred Texas bakers meeting in Houston on April 9 with Administrator Peden and Henry Stude of the Bakery Commission discussed raising wheat substitutes in bread from 20 to 25 percent on April 14. They heard that bakers willing to learn will be taught, while those unwilling may face closure. cakes and pastries were urged to be banned to conserve wheat for bread. Officials noted no flour available from jobbers and wholesalers in Houston, who agreed not to purchase more flour until relief arrives.
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Texas
Texas Bakers Association
Houston
Peden
Henry Stude
Bakery Commission For Texas
Bender Hotel
Stude
Kk. L. Neville
Federal Food Administration of Texas
W. D. Cleveland
Hoover makes report on Food Administration disbursements
A Senate view of Food Administration finances shows February disbursements at 148 688 53 with 50 million invested in grain corporation. General expenses total 105 922 75 and storage 137 749 86. government losses are avoided by price differentials. Total foundation disbursements through February 28 amount to 659 624 16 plus 743 605 13 for conservation and 294 108 15 prior to Aug 10. Outside grain investment total is 1 697 337 41. Two thousand three hundred forty paid officials and about 3 000 volunteers support the effort, averaging under 320 per person.
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Food Administration
Senate
Congressional
United States
Grain Corporation
The
Potatoes Stored in Texas Sidelings Reported to Ride
The Food Administration notes 50 carloads of Irish potatoes in Texas sidings, totaling about 2 million pounds annually. The notice directed to Texas newspaper editors outlines the responsibility placed on the Food Administration for managing this surplus and ensuring distribution.
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Food Administration
Texas
United States Food Administration
Bakers appoint advisory committee to work with federal food administrator
The Master Bakers Association of Texas meets in Houston as wheat flour tightens. An advisory board of five, including A. J. Weiss and Wm. Collmorgen, is formed to aid the Food Administration, promote substitutes, and regulate the Texas baking industry during wartime flour diversion.
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Bakers
Master Bakers’ Association of Texas
Houston
Bender Hotel
Texas
Peden
Food Administration
A. J. Weiss
Wm. Collmorgen
Lufkin
Goodman
Dallas
H. J. Hichter
San Antonio
W. KE. Stampli
Wichita Falls
Pood Administration
April Named a Potato Month to Offset Surplus
The Federal Food Administrator proclaims April as Potato Month to reduce a 90 million bushel U S surplus. Potatoes priced 11 to 2 cents a pound to housewives, much cheaper than April prices, with guidance to eat local bumper crops to aid war efforts and conserve wheat. Potatoes hailed as patriotic and essential amid wartime shortages, urging households to consume now or face waste.
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Texas
United States
Peden
Last Ear
Europe
Sealy Postmaster Held on Espionage Charge
W. ff. Viereck former postmaster at Sealy was admitted to bond of 2600 after an examining trial in Houston. U S Commissioner A L Jackson held the case as a violation of the espionage act. A witness recounted Viereck’s remark about flour and fighting over water and shifting crop emphasis to cotton for money.
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S. A. Express
Houston
Tex
W. Ff. Viereck
Sealy
Viereck
United States
A. L. Jackson
Change of Training
A mother laments government drafts shaping her son from a boy into a soldier. The piece critiques conscription, noting how the state retrains him into a weapon and a “man” through military schooling, ending with a brutal transformation from lad to disciplined fighter.
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Government
TO KEEP UP ROADS
Opinion urges farmers to donate a day’s work to keep and repair roads after heavy rains. Proposes each farmer drag road in front of their land to improve access until regular crews or commissioners can handle repairs, stressing roads as vital to farming and family welfare.
Parts and repairs offered at Kott's Garage
Scrap iron priced at 50e per hundred with bones tags sacks beeswax and metal. Goods bought by I. Bermann at the Old Wahrmund Building. Ford storage battery service station advertises home of genuine Ford parts and repairs.
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I. Bermann
Ford
Tf Kott
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