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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1918
Page
4
A letter from Tournai, Belgium, relays German military control since 1916, seizing food and restricting meat and dairy. It details requisitions, fines, and deportation threats, leaving civilians with meager rations and a spirit of resilience despite hunger.
A letter from an American in London describes the Women's Land Army aiding farms during wartime. It notes recruits, training at Deny ton and St Leonard s, and women driving carts, caring for horses, and plowing fields, with increasing farmer acceptance across districts.
J F Deems United States Food Administrator for Iowa urges residents to substitute pork for beef to aid the army and allies this summer. Households should not buy more than one and a quarter pounds of clear beef weekly or one and a half pounds with bone per person. Other meats like mutton lamb veal and liver are not shipped abroad and can replace exported beef.
A Nome report notes wheatless bread prepared by the University of Minnesota economics division was served at a large picnic and well received. The recipe uses corn meal barley raising and common pantry items for sandwiches aiding an anti harvest campaign.
German forces claim authority to secure bread grain from Ukraine if the Ukrainian government cannot meet needs. A Berlin paper notes such intervention is considered likely and may be justified to aid the German people as part of 1918 wheat supply efforts.
Sugar equals ships and ships symbolize soldiers in a wartime slogan. The phrase links economic effort to military strength, implying victory through material support. BeaE
A near billion-bushel 1918 wheat crop forecast along with expanded cereal acreage signals a wartime storage surge. Britain seeks continued U S food shipments to build a fire reserve against lean years, while oats, barley, and rye yield gains and a larger hay crop support wartime feeding needs.
The Food Administration reports a favorable dairy market trend with 20,000,000 pounds of cheese from old stocks sold to British buyers. Butter stocks are depleted and fluid milk demand rose in cities, while condensed milk remains uncertain yet orders move as space allows. Cheese is proving effective as a durable ration for British troops.
The Society for the Cultivation of Goats in Belgium's rural districts launches a campaign to grow goat herds seen as a poor man’s cow. Authorities fund provincial committees as propaganda expands beyond Grussela toward Antwerp and Namur.
The U S food administration announces tighter sugar allocations for manufacturers while households hotels and restaurants retain three pounds monthly. City shoppers face two pounds and rural buyers five pounds. country buyers see further cuts. Authorities blame European beet sugar factory losses from the German drive and wartime shipping shortages impacting supply.
The U S food administration announces a 3 cent per pound cut in sisal for the 1919 binder twine, lowering wholesale costs to about 16 cents at gulf ports. The arrangement with the Mexican Reguindora aims to stabilize supply, reduce costs, and foster U S Mexican agricultural cooperation with study visits and joint commissions.
U S food administration found the J Kulla company at 2 Stone street New York guilty of selling flour above allowed margins and pricing substitutes improperly. The firm may pay 25000 to the Red Cross or cease operations. Charles Flowson of Dewitt Iowa also owes 1000 for selling flour without substitutes.
Allies implement two pounds per week meat ration for the United States while France and England adopt three meatless days weekly. England bans meat in hotels on Wednesday Thursday and Friday. Slaughterhouses close from 1 PM Monday to 6 AM Friday. Annual slaughter targets drop to two thirds of March 1913 average.
Recounting arguments for U S entry into World War I the author cites German plots spies and conquest aims. He argues Belgium Serbia and Lusitania atrocities and Germanys threat to treaty law justify Americas long awaited war against Prussian militarism.
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