Britain Ponders Food Storage in War Wise Plan
Britain weighs a yearlong food-stock initiative to endure siege by war. A new department for food defense outlines a 3.65 million tons wheat, 5 million tons potatoes, 2.25 million tons onions, 1.25 million tons cheese, 625 thousand tons butter, plus milk and perishables stored inland away from bombardment. Submarine and air threats drive use of idle coal mine storage with refrigeration, aiding miners and households starved in past sieges.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
New York
Great Britain
Island Kingdom
England
Department For “Food Defense
Food Committee
Hoover Sees English Waste Corn Meals in War Food Fight
The passage notes scarce crops and a British reluctance to embrace corn meal despite American food aid. Herbert Hoover, in charge of Allied rations, urged corn meal usage and even prompted London papers to run guides on corn bread. English menus dismissed corn meal as pig feed, signaling deep habits resist change.
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England
Herbert Hoover
London
Husband Quizzed In Wife's Death
Chicago States attorney and Elwood Park village trustee Charles Klemz were questioned today as part of a homicide probe into the death of his wife Lillian Klemz. Her body was found in a field west of Chicago after she was last seen leaving a tavern at 3 a.m. November 29. A diamond wrist watch and two diamond rings were missing, and two bricks stained with blood lay beside the body, which was partly buried under rubbish and sheet iron.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Charles Klemz
Elwood Park Village
Lillian Klemz
Freshmen Younger at Richmond University
Richmond Virginia officials report the 1936 University of Richmond freshman class shows a month younger and smaller measurements than last year. The new students are one inch shorter and seven pounds lighter than the previous freshman group.
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Associated Press
Richmond
University of Richmond
Prison Fails to Dull Fiery Pen
Friends of Charles Maurras push for his election to the French Academy as the royalist leader serves eight and three month terms in Sante prison for urging readers to sharpen kitchen knives. He enjoys special treatment, free to write and receive visitors, while Action Francaise continues vocal attacks on Blum's government.
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Associated Press
Charles Maurras
Maurras
Action Francaise
Sante
Blum
France
Maurras and French figures jailed over writings
The report notes action francaise leaders and associates including Leon Daudet and Maurice Pujo jailed for writings. It references calls to suppress communist disorders and a threat to the interior minister, with Maurras described as authoring a prodigious work.
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Action Francaise
Leon Daudet
Alphonse Daudet
Maurice Pujo
Maurras
Drunken Drivers Made to Suffer in Pittsburgh Court
Judge M A Musmanno unveiled two new tactics to curb drunk driving, linking the crusade to his broader crusade and citing borrowed ideas from fascist state practices. Supporters note his literary merit and propose him for a literary immortals honor to mock government jailing of a renowned man of letters.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
M. A. Musmanno
Solini
Academy
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