Government to Sell to the Consumer via Parcel Post
Washington reports the War and Post Office departments will parcel post sell Army surplus food directly to the public August 18. About 185 million cans of meats and vegetables will be made available through 68,000 agencies nationwide with delivery managed by the post office. The plan aims to curb profiteering and lower prices while Congress debates currency inflation and cost of living impacts.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Parcel Post
Department
Postoffice Department
Postoffice
Wilson
Congress
House
Ita
Gillett
Ter
Erka
Senate
Myra
Montana
Federal Reserve Board
Reed
Missouri
Packing House
United States
Army Surplus Subsistence Sale Plan Discussed
War department details a new method to sell surplus food via the parcel post with post office coordination. Plans cover government inspected canned goods meats and vegetables, with prices to be set. 58,000 postmasters to be instructed and orders processed by the Post Office. The Senate also debates currency reduction and inflation in a broader economic effort.
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War Department
Benedict Crowell
Postoffice Department
Postoffica Department
Isbus
United States
Post Servica
Senate
Mytre
Lee Glaes
Secretary of the Treasury
Committee On Banking and Currency
Congress
McKellar
Illett Gent
House
Act of Congress
Report Asked Of Duchesne Suites
Washington DC. A Senate resolution, led by Senator King of Utah, seeks official facts from the Interior Department on Indian water suits against white settlers in Duchesne and Utah reservations. It asks for effects on white settlers if Indian claims are upheld, including land owned by Indians and land actually irrigated and cultivated.
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Wasilington
Guita
Indian Office
Duchesne
Utah
Wo H King
Senate
Secretary of the Interior
Indian Service
Cider Exception Shifts War Time Prohibition Debate
War time prohibition enforcement favors strict limits yet singles out cider as an exception. Experts say hard cider contains 8 to 10 percent alcohol, more than beer, yet Congress calls cider harmless. The piece speculates on reasons for the exception and predicts a cider boom while urging safe driving reminders.
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Department of Agriculture
Congress
Senator King Seeks Amicable Water Settlement With Indians
Senator King argues for full facts to prove the Indian bureau’s contention unsound and to settle the water controversy. He believes a fair division would let Indiana receive usable water while safeguarding areas the white settlers can utilize for legitimate needs.
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Watar
King
Indian Bureau
Indiana
Smoot Mondell Bill Urged By Public Lands Committee
The Smoot Mondell bill backing Secretary Lane's farm sale project was approved by a House committee report. Chairman Sinnott of Oregon announced the measure carries a $500,000,000 appropriation after extensive hearings.
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Washington
Lane
House
Sinnott, Riep
Oregon
Public Landa
Duchesne Lakes Propose 2000 Acre Feet Water Storage
Dry Gulch Irrigation company of Roosevelt seeks to store 2000 acre feet of water for irrigating 36240 acres in Duchesne county. It plans to take 4000 acre feet from Lake Atwood 750 acre feet from Fox Lake and 260 acre feet from Crescent Lake. Water will be impounded in Lake Atwood with diverting channels 24000 and 57000 feet long.
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Duchesne County
Hints for the Poultry Grower: Fattening Rockerels and Breeds
The Pennsylvania experiment station tested fattening rockerels for market using two breeding groups farm raised and egg laying lines. Ten birds per method showed farm raised Plymouth Rock and Rhode Island Red can fatten in crates at 10 to 12 cents per pound gain with confinement boosting economy. Leghorn cockerels fatten well up to two and a half pounds. costs ranged 3.25 to 12 cents per pound. Regular rations outperformed fattening blends for Hechter birds. minimal confinement with some exercise favored outcomes.
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Pennsylvania
Plymouth Rock
Ithode Island
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Tf Braareseser
W. W. Lewis Goveler
GEC
F.M. Jensen
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