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War Food and Shipwreck Apparel Rules Amid Global War News
The article surveys wartime measures including new Navy and Marine Service rations for castaways effective March 1, detailing 14 ounce portions of biscuits pemmican chocolate and milk lozenges plus three quarts of water per passenger and mandatory gear like blankets maps and first aid kits. It also notes labor shifts in the Chemicals Division, wartime personnel needs in Latin America, and transportation shortages as auto production declines push reliance on horses and public transit. plus political and strategic commentary on naval actions in the Pacific and the Oslo puppet government in Norway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FDR
Navy Marine Inspection and Navigation Service
South America
Uncle Sam
Want Ad
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sumner Welles
Rio de Janeiro
Wayne Chatfield-Taylor
Warren Pierson
Export-Limmort Bank
Inter-American
United States
State Department
Washington
Mandated Islands
Macassar Strait
MacArthur
Nimitz
Sas
Samoa
Oslo
Vidkun Quisling
Germany
Norway