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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1918
Page
25
The Federal Food Board unveils Hoover meat rules to conserve beef. Hotels and restaurants may not boil beef more than twice weekly and limit beefsteak and roast beef to one meal each per week. Households urged to buy no more than 1.25 pounds of clear beef or 1.5 pounds with bone per person weekly. Hoover explains army demands drive the policy.
A flood of lost items appears from taxi rides to hotels and streets. Coats umbrellas rings pins watches and a diamond bar pin are missing with rewards offered and contact notes at various addresses and hotels across the city.
The directive urges reduced beef use in hotels restaurants and homes urging substitutes like fresh pork bacon ham and sausage. Limits include no more than two beef meals weekly for those outlets and restricts household beef purchases to 1 1 4 pounds clear per person weekly. Arthur Williams travels to Atlantic City to speak on food problems at the National Electric Light Association convention.
In Washington on June 12 Henry Ford received a quizzical smile when the Michigan Democrats offered him a Senate nomination. He said he seldom talks and did not wish to discuss the matter, noting only he came to see Secretary Daniels and did not expect to meet Senator Smith.
The United States Food Administration urged a summer beef ration to free supplies for the Army and allied nations. Hotels and restaurants must limit boiled beef to two meals weekly and beefsteak to one. Households should consume about one and a quarter pounds of clear beef per person per week. Pork supplies are ample and may substitute. Enforcement possible if voluntary compliance fails.
Geneva reports that the American Red Cross has assumed care at Palais Eynard, loaned by local authorities, with a local American committee aiding sick and wounded allied soldiers and Swiss citizens, while repatriated officers and soldiers will be cared for. Paris notes two new Red Cross hospitals opened May 30, including No 5 expanding to 600 beds, and American nurses and French speaking aides assigned across more than twenty hospitals.
The Dutch liner Nieuwe Amsterdam arrived from Rotterdam at the North River for inspection by American and British intelligence. It carries 612 passengers, mainly Dutch, bound for Java and Borneo. strict German safety conditions limited who may return. A large team of inspectors searched the ship for enemy agents, with suspects detained aboard for further questioning.
Officials said the Railroad Administration raised Hudson boat fares to align with higher railroad prices and not at the line’s request. They asserted they had urged Washington to keep fares closer to prior levels.
Washington June 12 The Fuel Administration led by Garfield announced a 25 percent cap on pleasure automobile production for 1918 19 by limiting coal use. The move aims to protect vital war needs while trucks and war related vehicles remain exempt. Other industries may face fuel supply amendments as plans proceed.
Representatives from twenty German American societies at the Friends of German Democracy meeting in Liederkranz Hall unanimously adopted the Franz Sigel loyalty resolution. Dr Julius Jaeger urged loyalty to the United States and prayed for American victory as Sigel addressed Mrs Oliver Cromwell Field.
About seventy five members of yesterday's West Point graduating class attended a Princess Theatre performance last night. Between acts a character number was sung by Lieutenant Gallagher, one of the graduates.
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