Conserva tion Measures Tighten Wheat Use Nationwide
A wartime U S Food Administration message urges drastic wheat reductions to 21 million bushels monthly, about half normal. It calls for per person weekly limits, promotes substitutes like potatoes milk and corn, and outlines rules for households clubs eateries retailers bakers and manufacturers to ensure equitable distribution and sustained Allied food supply.
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Raleigh —iIn
United States Food Administration
Hau
Henry A. Page
Additon
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Camera pistol device used by aviators in war
A German invention, a trigger operated aerial camera enables clear photographs of targets from 600 feet or higher. An example was found on a downed German aircraft and copied for French aviator use, illustrating a simple yet effective tool in reconnaissance.
Heroic Women of France and the French War Effort
Tas Alonzo Taylor extols French women as the backbone of agriculture and home life during wartime. He argues American food policy should avoid adding burdens and help sustain French morale by ensuring wheat and famine relief reach the front and farm families.
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Tas
Alonzo Taylor
France
Mronve
War Consciousness for Victory Urged in Nation
A wartime call urges sacrifice and total effort from citizens to win the war. It emphasizes conserving food and clothing, restricting nonessentials, and maximizing manpower output. The appeal warns that if not aroused now, public resolve will rise as casualties grow and women mourn, linking America to England and France in fighting spirit.
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Raleck
United States
Henry AL Page
Han
Hoover
Washington
America
England
France
Red Cross Home Service Conference in Atlanta
A pivotal Red Cross conference in Atlanta focused on building convalescent houses in army camps and expanding Home Service. Directors from the Bureau of Camp Service and Civilian Relief outlined new roles, housing for convalescents, and family support for soldiers overseas, stressing morale and welfare as essential to wartime efficiency.
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Atlanta
W. T .F. CH. Hide
Henry Tor
Bureau
Kether
Wick Pereral
Cy Thom
Het
Monty 8
Jon
Bureau of Cap Service
Chibties E. Fox
Camp Service
Conva
Lestructiona Regir Hospital
Hoi
Department of Milita Rellet
Home Service
Foid
Persona
Mont
Cunpy
United States
England
France
Home Service Department of the
Red
Henry 8. Thompson
Bureau of Camp Service
Charles T Pox
Ser ‘Rier
Thean Howres
Joha Billion
Moreen & Lilon
Home Service Department
Joseph C. Logan
Telief
Prali
T. T Pingler
A. Darrach
Josiph Morse
Lanning Harvey
Junior Red Cross Takes Over Army of Relief
Harvey D. Grbwn announced that the Junior Red Cross has endorsed and taken over the Children of America Army of Relief. Forty thousand dollars were transferred March 2 to support child welfare abroad, and the Army of Relief will cease fundraising. Army members become Junior Red Cross auxiliaries. school committees may integrate them into existing Junior units or consolidate them by territory.
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Harvey D. Grbwn
American Red Cross
Junior Red Cros
Children of America Army of Relief
Junior Red Cross
Red Cross
Army of Relief
Nurses Needed in Military Hospitals Urges Surgeons General Request
Surgeon General Gorgas appeals to the American Red Cross to supply five thousand Army Nurse Corps personnel by June first for duty in U S and abroad. Red Cross has already provided about seven thousand nurses as reserves, with demand rising as the war advances. He estimates eighty to ninety thousand registered workers exist in the U S and about thirty thousand will be needed for army hospitals this year.
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Gorgas
United States Army
American Red Cross
Army Nurse Corps
Red Crags
Army
Navy
I In
United States
Water bottles urged for all ages in daily care
A stray fragment urges drinking pure water for everyone including babies. It notes water as cooling and refreshing and mentions frequent bottle feeding. The text reads oddly with garbled phrases but centers on hydration guidance and temperature context.
Pine wood quantity and land area at Beaver Pond Creek
A report notes salm 885 acre Parm or beaver pond creek area with pine wood quantity near Garner and Cox 7.
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Beaver Pond Creek
Garner
Cox
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