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Weekly War News Digest highlights Army food inspection and fraud warnings
The Quartermaster Corps rigidly inspects daily rations as 1,500,000 soldiers consume beef pork and canned goods totaling millions of pounds and cans. Officials note depots, packinghouses, and canneries ensure quality while warning families of swindlers using soldiers' names. Optical glass production in the US expands with Bureau of Standards help and private firms. German submarine crew transferred to the United States. Sugar cane acreage in Louisiana declines. Brazil to establish experimental farms for orphans. Tax penalties rise as wage reports show domestic worker shortages in 34 cities. Paris reports import restrictions affecting merchants. Officer training schools open May 15 for a subset of enlisted personnel.
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