Public Libraries Aid Food Work During War
The United States Food Administration argues that libraries reduce violations of food regulations by guiding patrons to sugar allotments wheat substitutes and preservation methods. Illinois libraries stock government bulletins on substitutes methods and can provide reading or addresses for free literature on conserving national resources.
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United States Food Administration
Honton
Illinois
Ank
Food Administration Violators Face Hearings Across Illinois
Over 2,000 cases of food rule violations were investigated in three months by the Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement in Illinois. Proceedings led to $10,000 turned over to the American Red Cross as violators disciplined themselves for flour and sugar overages and other infractions. Most violators claimed ignorance of new rulings yet pledged cooperation with the Food Administration.
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United States Food Administration
Bureau of Investigation and
Tlinois Division
Food ‘Administration
American Red Cross
Food Administration
Nutrition guidance urged for canning with little or no sugar
United States Food Administration advises housewives to conserve by canning fruits and vegetables with minimal sugar. Some juices should be bottled now and turned into jelly next winter when sugar may be plentiful. Methods without sugar require longer cooking and specific USDA bulletins such as 559 830 853 and 900 explain sterilizing and bottling without sugar plus tart fruit butter.
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Ald Gan
United States Food Administration
United States Department of Agriculture
British Dyes Battle in Yorkshire Valley for Cheap Intermediates
In a Yorkshire valley the British Dyes company forges toward affordable intermediate products, seeking an independent dye industry. The article describes assembling vast works, laboratory chemists, and new dyes like chloranthene blue and yellow, highlighting German competition and rapid British progress toward self-sufficiency.
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Yorkshire
British Dyes Company
Germany
British Dyes Undertaking
Research and Chemical Laboratory
Aged Woman Cultivates War Garden in Kokomo
Mrs. Marie Crawford aged eighty four of Kokomo Indiana tends a war garden herself. She began by sowing onion beds and says aging does not stop her. She walks a mile each fair Sunday to church and views her garden as a duty to boost the country's food supply. Her husband was a World War I veteran.
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Marie Crawford
Kokomo
Ind
Crawford
Newest Slacker: Platinum Jewelry Famed Enemy of War
Washington officials warn platinum jewelry buyers hurt national war needs as the War Industries Board orders 75 percent of platinum stocks owned by jewelers and refiners seized. The American Chemical Society urges avoiding platinum for the war and after to preserve it for chemical and other essential industries.
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Washington
D. C
Bureau of Mines
Department of the Interior
War Industries Board
American Chemical Society
Indians Refuse to Abandon Tribal Names at Camp Lewis
Camp Lewis in American Lake Washington reports that Sioux from the Dakotas and Chippewas from Minnesota insist on keeping their tribal names in the national army rosters. Roll call each morning sounds like Johnny Chase-the-Weasel Look-as-You-Sit Sleep-as-This-Is-the-Water Mist-Over-the-Water Charlie Lee-the-Elk Antelope Middle Rapids and Blue Bird.
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Camp Lewis
American Lake
Wash
Dakotas
Minnesota
National Army
Johnny Chase-the
Barbers Bemoan Trade Loss in Wartime Shift
In Memphis the barber notes male workers leave for war and women fill roles but his customers dwindle as many go to fight the Germans. The beauty doctor counters with rising patronage and spending on cosmetics as business worries ease.
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Memphis
Tenn
Russian Grand Duke Works as Clerk in London
One of the Russian grand dukes, nicknamed London Michael, fell from wealth after the revolution. He subleased a London estate and now works as a clerk earning 2000 dollars a year near Westminster Abbey. His wife, Countess Torby, manages the modest home with evident cheer.
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London
Michael
Russia
Westminster Abbey
Torby
The
Evening News
S. A. R. Dies at Omaha
Nelson Moore dies at his Omaha home described as the last real son of the American Revolution. Born in Vernon Oneida County New York the obituary notes his Revolutionary lineage and passing at his residence.
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Omaha
Neb
Nelson Moore
Mr. Moore
Vernon
Oneida “County
New York
Coconut Shell Fuel Could Ease Coal Shortages
A Consul from Trinidad notes coconut shells, usually wasted, have strong fuel value and could aid furnace operations when mixed with coal. Shells might be ground into powder and pressed into briquettes for export to fuel-short countries, leveraging widespread tropical production and easy water transport access.
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United States
Trinidad
Consul Baker
Department of Commerce
Speeding Up Coal Orders Urges Dealers To Move Promptly
The fuel administration instructs coal dealers to take private consumer orders and deliver without delay. J Harry A Garfield reports some dealers delay claiming mines shortages, as Pennsylvania shoppers rush to secure winter supplies. Authorities warn of penalties if stocking lags and summer orders pile up.
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The
Fuel Administration
J. Harry A. Garfield
Pennsylvania
Seaweed Potential as a Food Resource
The speaker argues war impacts and conservatism waste vast seaweed supplies. He notes Japan and England use seaweed, New England is ahead locally, and blanc mange blends seaweed with milk. He cites US annual seaweed product value under $100,000, with potential to create many millions in new products from coastal seaweed.
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Japan
England
New England
Scituate
Duxbury
Tank Backed Locomotive Beats Truck In Collision Verdict
A West Peabody Massachusetts highway crossing incident left a local passenger train derailed when struck by an automobile freight truck. The locomotive overturned but the Industrial tank backing power was cited as decisive in a court ruling favoring the railway. The verdict fined the truck owners for damages.
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P ‘Highway Crossing
West
Peabody Mass
Sults
Beds Change Soldiers Sleep Floor Aboard Hospital
Readable lines describe soldiers in a South China hospital where beds with springs and mattresses from a philanthropic American were placed, yet patients slept on the floor on boards covered with mats. The piece notes soldiers preferring firmer sleeping surfaces after tenting on damp ground.
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South China
Door
Worold Ovilook
Tree Destruction by Germans Stops Food Supply Efforts
The article notes German forces girdled fruit trees in Northern France during retreat, threatening food supplies. French troops aided by U. S. Food Administration workers attempted first aid to save salvageable trees, while completely cut down trees had no relief. German policies aimed at strict food conservation impacted France and England amid U boat warfare and agricultural destruction.
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France
U. S. Food Administration
America
Spanish War Debt Paid in Bond Redemption
The last of the Spanish war debt was paid Saturday by redeeming 64 million dollars of bonds from a 198 million dollar issue dated June 13, 1898. The payment barely moves the treasury balance of 1.5 billion dollars, reflecting today’s vast war spending. The total Spanish war cost was about 1.9 billion dollars over two years, while the current war costs the government about 1.6 billion dollars per month.
Local Testimony Endorses Kidney Remedy In Marshall
W Houk of Marshall testifies his kidney pains diminished after taking Dean's Kidney Pills. He reports two years of pain and nightly disturbances, but five or six boxes removed the issue. Price 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY researchers endorse this remedy.
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Marshall
W. Houk
W. Main St. Marshall
Dean
Mr. Houk
Foster-Milburn Co. Msgrs
Buffalo, N. Y
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