Food Administration Tightens North Carolina Oversight
State Food Administrator Henry A. Page unveils a strengthened plan with field inspectors to audit bakers, mills, drug stores, and sugar dealers. Rigid sugar controls require every commercial sugar user to keep absolute sales records and sworn statements by June 15, with certificates limited to July 1. Violations bring license revocation or blacklisting. inspectors will trace margins from retailer to producer to curb profiteering amid wartime shortages.
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Raleigh
Food Administration
North Carolina
Henry A. Page
Herbert Hoover
Washington
Page
Mr. Page
Lucas
United States
Office of Food Administration
North Carolina Poultry Association Appeals for Support
The North Carolina Poultry Association urges farmers to expand poultry and egg production to aid wartime food conservation. It cites a 20 percent poultry decline since 1916 and notes state production of 37,148,906 dozen eggs annually worth over 11 million dollars. The piece links roaming dogs to industry losses and calls for moral and financial support to boost poultry, turkey, and soil fertility, with contact at West Raleigh, North Carolina.
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North Carolina
Turkey
North Carolina Poultry Association
Aircraft Account for Three German U Boats
British air forces report destroying three enemy submarines with depth charges and bombs. Daylight hours aided by airships balloons and planes allowed extended hunting while oil slicks and surface disturbances indicated submerged vessels.
North Carolina Halts Flour Imports Until Next Harvest
State Food Administrator Henry A. Page announces a ban on flour imports into North Carolina until the next harvest. He urges wholesalers and retailers to buy North Carolina flour, diverting stock from outside mills to meet domestic and Allied needs.
Brutal Treatment of Ellaston Crew by U Boat Sinks Glasgow Steamer
In attacks near Las Palmas the German submarine shelled the Glasgow steamer Ellaston for three and a half hours. The British captain fired back until out of ammunition before the vessel was abandoned and sunk by bombs. Crew boarded the U-boat. captain taken prisoner. Lifeboats were looted, oars removed, and most crew left to seek land. One lifeboat reached Las Palmas after nine days. the other was recovered by a Canary Islands schooner.
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Glasgow
Teuter’s
Lems
Las Palmas
Canary Islands
More Men Needed for Fighting Forces
London officials urge accelerated enlistment as Sir Auckland Geddes calls for men from agriculture coal mines and munition factories to reinforce the army. He notes high casualty rates and promises government reeducation for disabled workers while stressing the essential aim of victory and the role of women.
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London
England
Sir Auckland Geddes
National Service
Whitchurch
Sir Auckland
Canadian Troops Casualty Odds From Quebec Hospital Records
The Military Hospitals Commission of Quebec reports on Canadian troops noting 29 to 1 odds of coming home versus death, 98 to 2 odds of surviving a wound, 1 in 500 odds of losing a limb, and an expected five more years of life due to physical training.
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Military Hospitals Commission of
Quebec
Coast Defense Needs for Balloons and Seaplane Stations
Washington requests a 16000, 100 appropriation to set up 16 coast defense stations 13 on the Atlantic and three on the Gulf to guard against submarines and air attacks. The plan includes mobile fortifications and rail movable guns while noting sufficient aircraft already in operation.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Congress
Department
Atlantic Coast
Gulf Coast
House Appropriations Committee
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Richmond, Va
Alabama Baptist
Coast Defense
C. N. Swanson
Pilot Mountain
F. L. Smith
Hdn. Co
Mount Airy
Pell-Mitchell
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