Price Interpreting Committee of US Food Administration
United States Food Administration document issued by the Price Interpreting Committee outlines guidance on pricing practices for wartime supplies. The notice emphasizes fairness, stabilization measures, and compliance expectations for merchants and producers during the national food effort.
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United States
Price Interpreting Committee
The
United States Food Administration
District nearly five million short of quota
Dallas, Aug 13 The total subscription to treasury certificates closed at 7 o'clock this afternoon amounted to 7 525 000. This is nearly five million less than the amount asked of the district banks by Secretary McAdoo per Nathan Adams director of sales. Boll worms are damaging cotton irrigated crops are the only crops here, and dry land crops have failed.
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S. A. Express
Dallas
Texas
Treasury
Boll Worms Damaging Cotton In West Texas Fields
Ballinger Texas August 13 irrigation farmers along the Concho River west of Ballinger report boll worms damaging cotton. Local growers assess impact as pest persists across the farming area and seek control measures.
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Ballinger
Texas
Concho River
Here
Fire destroys press box at Flatonia gin
Fire at noon yesterday damaged the press box of the Kristek and Kolar gin in Flatonia Texas. About half a bale of cotton burned with a match blamed for the blaze. No other losses reported.
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Flatonia
Texas
Kristek and
Kolar
Hoover credits American women for food conservation
Food shipments to Allied nations and U S forces rose sharply as voluntary conservation under Hoover fed the Allies amid shortages. By 1917 18 meat and fat exports totaled billions of pounds with cereals reaching 340 million bushels, all funded through the Food Administration and reflecting nationwide effort despite crop failures.
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United States
Hoover
Wilson
Food Administration
Mr. Hoover
Germany
Saving Sugar to Save Shipping in Wartime
The United States Food Administration urges families to limit household sugar to two pounds per person per month as the war demands maximize ships for the Army and Navy. With 75 percent of sugar sent overseas and annual production around 1,090,000 tons, saving sugar means preserving shipping capacity and aiding the war effort.
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France
United States Food Administration
Our Boys in France and home Protection
The text extols health tips and a urinary tract remedy called Anuric Tablets. It references soldiers in France and home protection, urges water intake, diet changes, and a trial package offer. Personal testimonials praise Anuric Tablets for rheumatism relief and kidney comfort.
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Our
France
Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N.Y
Pierce
Germans Threatening to Occupy Petrograd
Washington views the possible occupation of Petrograd as a move that would hasten the Russian uprising. A Copenhagen Poltiken dispatch via Helsinki reports Germans moving troops toward Petrograd as a likely objective. The note also mentions declarations recognizing Czecho-Slovaks as allies.
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Petrograd
Washington
Associated Press
London
Geremans
Petro
Copenhagen
French sugar shortage due to German control and rationing
French sugar mills were destroyed by German troops. France must import sugar as most beet land is German owned. A ration of about 18 pounds per person per year is set, cutting annual consumption to 6,000 tons from a prewar 700,000 ton crop. Reports to the U S Food Administration describe the impact.
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France
Ocean
United States Food Administration
Americans Asked to Limit Use of Sugar
The U S Food Administration urged a two pounds per month per person sugar limit until January 1 1919 to ensure supplies for the Army Navy Allied armies and civilians. It warned of reduced rations amid a fragile world sugar balance and urged homes to conserve fruit canning without sugar until supplies improve.
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U. S. Food Administration
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