Food Administration’s First Year Goals and Ration Debate
W B Ayer summarizes a federal report on the U S Food Administration aims methods and results after the first year The voluntary education based system was chosen to avoid high costs and unfair rationing The report notes enormous savings in wheat and meat exports and urges continued conservation including Allied food support strategies from England and France
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Washington
W. B. Ayer
Oregon
United Mates Food Administration
U. S. Food
France
Germany war of starvation tests American resolve
A Food Administration Bulletin frames the war as a battle of ideals. It urges Americans to support the army with steadfast service, sacrifice, and a focus on healing and humanity, emphasizing wheat conservation as a key test in wartime.
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Germany
America
Food Administration
Society of Nations
Britain
Italy
France
Milk as Essential Nourishment for Child Growth
The text stresses milk as a vital food for proper nourishment of children. It highlights milk’s comprehensive nutrient content, easy digestion, and special properties identified by recent scientific discoveries that support growth, urging continued use in the diet.
Hat Off to the Flag Preparations for America
A call to ready actions for national service after removing hats, coats, and rolling up sleeves. The text urges doing something useful for America and its cause with determined effort.
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America
Food Centres Act and Wheat Exports Summary
Preliminary work began March 1 1817. Food Centres Act passed August 10 1917. Wheat exports since July 1 show an estimated surplus of 20,000,000 bushels and actual shipments to June amounting to 120,000,000 bushels. Beef exports run at one to two million pounds monthly with the largest single month this year at 87,000,000 pounds. General notes: to farmers going to market 27 percent more than last summer, to housewives buying in market 13 percent less.
Food Administration Credo for the War Effort
The credo states the nation's aims to feed the Allies and the hungry abroad while sustaining U.S. troops and stabilizing prices and distribution. It emphasizes shared sacrifice and the public’s role in winning the war for freedom under Food Control in America.
In Europe We Stand as Food Is Our Last Resource
A speech asserts Europe’s starving population, warns Germany’s starvation warfare, and calls the United States the final reservoir of men ships munitions and food upon which the Allies must rely to defeat Germany and preserve freedom.
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Europe
Poland
Finland
Serbia
Armenia
Russia
Germany
Belgium
France
United States
Home gardens and canning vital to war effort
Citizens are urged to eat and preserve home grown produce as fresh fruit comes to market. Gardens supply daily food that substitutes for canned goods sent abroad. Sugar is available for home canning and supplies are good. Home canning strengthens food for the fighting forces.
Duty to all civilians echoes soldiers at the front
A wartime sentiment urges every civilian to fulfill their duty with the same resolve as soldiers charging the trenches. The call to action stresses unity and self sacrifice across the home front.
Gather your vegetables quote for public good urged
A quotation from a familiar verse is adapted to urge practical action. The speaker argues that gathering vegetables now can yield significant benefits, replacing the traditional call to gather roses. The tone is persuasive and aimed at encouraging proactive self sufficiency.
Quote from Emma V. Milliken on supporting troops in France
Emma V. Milliken states backing the soldiers in France is not a sacrifice but a privilege to do their part for those serving Over There. The remark frames support as duty and pride during wartime.
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France
Emma V. Milliken
Preserve and stockpile fruits for the coming winter
The notice urges conserving, reserving, and preserving all available fruits and vegetables now so households have supplies for the upcoming winter season. It emphasizes practical storage and planning to ensure food security during colder months.
Home Eating Aims To Help War Aid Campaign
An appeal urges consuming more perishables at home to save supplies for troops abroad. The message links everyday food choices to supporting military needs in the "Over There" effort.
Farm and Front Seek Men Who Pee Straight and Shoot Straight
A terse wartime recruitment notice calls for men of steadiness and discipline to serve on the farm and at the front, stressing the need for straightforward behavior and reliable marksmanship.
War Is Our Business The Cost of Treating War as a Side Line
Editorial argues that war cannot be sustained as a minor duty and calls for decisive national policy. It warns against treating conflict as incidental to other work and stresses full commitment to strategic aims.
Satirical piece on weddings and practical jokes in life
A caustic, humorous meditation on weddings outlining two venues house and church. It mocks guests and gifts, notes a circus tent reception in houses, and describes church weddings with family wedding rituals and the minister profiting from the event. It ends with a cynical view of marriage leading to Reno and the valley of unrest.
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Hor Pollol
Reno
Getting Around It in War Era Fashion
Collier's notes on wartime fashion and camouflage through belts and clothing, mocking ostentatious emblems of support. It contrasts real effort in winning the war with those who imitate with cheap disguises, urging emphasis on genuine action over show.
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Ulysses
Bersagners
Chasseurs Alpina
Wat
Collier’s
Wonderful Bridge Spans Danube
A Danube cross between Romania and Bulgaria features Trajan’s wall and the Bucharest Constanza railway bridge. The Bucharest Constanza span is over 240 miles long with 48 segments, the largest a cantilever over 200 yards. Pliers sit in water about 100 feet deep, bridge height exceeds 120 feet at low water. Cost nearly 7 500 000 dollars.
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Danube
Russia
Bulgaria
Roumania
Trajan's Wall
Roumanian
Black Sea
Constanza
Bucharest-Constanza
Offal Defined by Food Ministry Shocks Delicate Palates
The food ministry defines offal as tongue kid neys oxtail sweetbreads heart liver tripe and calves feet. The London Globe urges a more euphonious name as offal forms a large part of the rationing scheme.
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Food Ministry
London Globe
Sympathy Mot Noted By Humble Cobbler
A deaf and mute cobbler with modern shop equipment gains patronage from a compassionate traveler. The helper praises him yet is late to retrieve shoes, finding the cobbler leaving with a touring car, wife, and four sons. The tale ends with a moral about steady work and self-reliance.
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Universal Brotherhood of Man
Broadway Salute Ends Singular Street Brawl
A sailor and a civilian fought briefly on Broadway until a Salvation Army band played The Star Spangled Banner. The sailor paused after the song and the civilian removed his hat, then offered a handshake. They reconciled as the band finished.
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Broadway
Tly
Jackie
Salvation Army
Man of the Sea
Queen Mary Takes Bouquet Then Exclaims They’re Pinched
A British hospital gift tale reports Queen Mary stopping her car to receive a bouquet sent to wounded soldiers. The soldier at the gate presented the blooms thinking to hand them to her, but the queen calmly took them and moved on, prompting the soldier to exclaim That’s pinched.
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Queen of England
Mary
Sunday’s Prison Encounter Becomes Personal Prayer
Billy Sunday recalled a prison visit to Moyamensing in Philadelphia where a housebreaker swore to reform after Sunday’s persuasive talk. The man’s admission left Sunday surprised and moved, calling the criminal a likely reformed member of the “gang.”
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Billy Sunday
Lipa
Philadelphia
Sunday
Moyamensing
Write Letters That Smile to Soldiers at War
A plea urges more letters to servicemen in the army and navy. Roger Daniels of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew says letters should smile and convey cheer through home messages. He urges timely writing to boost morale and comfort troops.
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Army
Navy
Roger Daniels
Army and Navy Department
Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Hospital Expansion in U S Army System
Over a year the United States army hospitals grow from seven to sixty two facilities and beds increase from 5,000 to 58,400. An additional 80,000 beds are being added to support expanding medical capacity.
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United States Army
No Match for Crows in Indian Hawk Versus Crow Tale
Travelers in the Orient note Indian crows display uncanny knowledge and audacity. A hawk captures a small bird, perches on a branch, and a crow distracts it. The crow then bites the hawk’s tail, topples it, and the first crow seizes the prey as both caw triumphantly.
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Orient
India
Mayflowers in London Meeting Fails to Attract
An American woman in London sought descendants of the Mayflower band by placing adverts for a reunion. At the set hour guests did not arrive and after 45 minutes the meeting closed with disappointment, leaving her certain there must be Mayflowers in London.
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London
England
Loa Lee
Rebuilding German Population Declared Priority at Berlin Congress
A Berlin medical congress on rebuilding the shattered German population urged strong actions by governments. Physicians emphasized public health work, cheaper education, lower cost of living for families, tax relief for lower and middle classes, housing reform, and access to food-producing land to raise population numbers.
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Berlin
American Shoes for Japan See Early Market Growth
Japanese women favor traditional dress, but upper class wear modern footwear at social events. C E Bosworth, trade commissioner, says American shoes can enter Japan now with effort and will see a larger market in ten to fifteen years, noting few shops stock ready to wear footwear and urging commercial patriotism.
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Japan
C. E. Bosworth
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Life Prolonged by Rigid Diet
General Booth of Ireland, age sixty two, credits a strict diet for longevity. The London Chronicle notes his life was once deemed near end at fourteen and at seventeen doctors doubted he would reach twenty one. He credits a rigid vegetarian regimen and hard work for his current vigor amid war service with the Salvation Army.
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Booth
London Chronicle
Salvation Army
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