Federal Food Administration warns vs freight increase price hikes
The Food Administration warns unscrupulous dealers may use higher freight costs to raise prices. Texas Transportation Director H C McHhee details how much rates will rise per item, with June 25 effective rates and small per unit increases across sugar bread rice cornmeal lard bacon salmon onions beans. Retailers unlikely to pass on more than a cent per pound. no widespread price jump expected.
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Americans Expand Army Presence in England Amid Training and Mess Operations
London reports show United States forces growing in England with London headquarters at the Goring hotel and an annex at Belgrave Mansions. An American mess will serve meals at cost to officers and men, with a Y M C A run American Officers Inn in Cavendish Square hosting royal attendance. Training camps nationwide in aviation tank engineering and infantry produce rapid officer and man graduation as Pershing sends more instructors. The force now comprises three American armies: one in France and two in training in the U S and England.
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Senator Sheppard Mistaken for Clerk in Washington
Washington D C June 8 Senator Sheppard of Texas humorously assisted a pompous stranger by delivering a card to Senator Chamberlain after being mistaken for an office boy. The anecdote highlights a light moment in the Senate military affairs committee and cautions about perceived intelligence.
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Virgin Islander Sends Soil For War Garden Analysis
Isaac George of St Thomas provides a soil sample to the national war garden commission. He states his one quarter acre garden will aid food production for the war effort and expresses determination to contribute. A new device for carrying paper bags while filled is noted in the report.
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Virgin Islands
United States
National War Garden Commission
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Islands
Isaac George
Beltish Inventor Sees Bright Air Route to America
London June 8 IF Handley Page the British airplane inventor says an air route between the British Isles and America is feasible. He envisions a day night flight at about 100 miles an hour from Ireland to New York via Newfoundland or via the Azores. He adds a note on a haunted hour remark linked to a theatrical aside.
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