Wartime In Washington Excerpt Reveals Capitol Rat Problem
Washington reports reveal a Capitol rat problem with an official rat catcher James Young employed at 120 dollars a month. The piece notes a large outdoor noon cafeteria for Navy and War Department workers, a misprint waste of 27000 save-paper directives, and praises Civil Air Patrol’s one year record of millions of miles with 11 deaths in coastal patrols.
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James Young
Capitol
Trapper Young
Young
District of Columbia Health Department
Washington
Constitution Avenue
Munitions
War and Navy Department
Navy
Jerry Kluttz
Washington Post
War Production Board
WPB
Civil Air Patrol
CAP
Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
CAA
Army Air Forces Food Bill Is Million Dollars Daily
The Army Air Forces Technical Training Command spends about one million dollars on food every two days for all trainees and staff. Headquarters at Knollwood Field, North Carolina, oversees meals across training centers and schools, cutting waste and feeding civilians under ration limits. The program, led by Major General Walter R. Weaver, aims to maximize nutrition and efficiency in mass feeding.
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Knollwood Field
N. C
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Walter R. Weaver
Army Air Forces
Technical Training Command
Meet N B G Gurung, Gurkha officer in Tunisian fighting
Nar Bah Adur Gurung, known as N B G, commands a Gurkha unit serving with the British 8th Army in Tunisia. The officer is described amid Allied efforts against Axis forces in North Africa.
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Nar Bah Adur Gurung
8Th Army
Tunisia
Technical training command cuts waste in military cafeterias
Captain J L Barnhart outlines how the technical training command feeds up to 12 000 men per meal using large scale cafeterias, saving meat and fuel with improved accounting and controlled portions. The program traces every pound and weighs garbage to reduce waste.
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Technical Training Command
Res Command
Stevens Hotel
Chicago
South Pacific
United States
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