Money in Garbage Shows Cities Profit from Waste
The Food Administration reports 76 American cities have 14 percent less garbage than a year ago and less grease. Households save and reuse waste, while cities sell garbage to farmers for profit. Minneapolis, Madison, Cedar Rapids, and Harrisburg shift to hog feeding, turning scraps into pork and saving coal costs.
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Calls for excess profits tax to curb wartime gouging
The piece argues Congress should impose excess profits taxes to curb war profiteering as prices rise on necessities. It cites a shoe store price manipulation as an example and urges government action to protect consumers while supporting the war effort. It also questions replacing Dell boys with girl ushers in hotels amid labor shifts.
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Hotel Guests and Bellboys Do It Themselves
The Pittsburgh Gazette Times notes guests can manage luggage and access their rooms with simple guidance, and bellboys may be unnecessary as porters handle duties. It suggests the era’s hotel routines could shift as better security and self-reliance emerge.
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Deferred Production Limits War Material Delays
The nation shows renewed cheer as conditions improve and shipping gains spark optimism. Public Information Committee notes delays reflect the scale of wartime production and expects ramped up output to erase deficits and dispel deferred hope.
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War News From Early Summer Homefront
June Walt gone. Cold night. attend church this summer. All icing on cakes banned soon by Food Administration. Sixteen boys head to Erie and Pittsburgh to aid the war effort as others did at Camp Lee. Beef ration cuts will free meat for soldiers and fund War Savings Stamps. Rumors about food rules risk German sympathies. Charleston plant speeds up production aiding Germany’s defeat. Officers training camps reopen for civilians over draft age.
From Other Viewpoints Witty War Quotes Reflected in Papers
A collage of quotations from multiple papers critics and leaders. It contrasts wartime sentiment with calls for harsh sanctions and praises a shift toward efficiency in shipbuilding highlighting the era’s varied viewpoints.
Beginning of the End of Deutschstum in America
A Wisconsin audience viewing Germanism as a threat argues Deutschtum's power is collapsing in the United States. The piece condemns German aggression, praises American sacrifices in World War I, and predicts the removal of Deutschtum from American life as Prussian influence wanes.
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United States Leads in Economic Self-Sufficiency
A historical lament highlights the United States as uniquely self-sustaining, noting Russia's vast yet variably used resources and scenery in contrast to American economic diversity and wealth.
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Sugar Conservation Rules Pressed by Federal Food Chief
Howard Heinz urges strict sugar limits across Pennsylvania in a June 13 memorandum. The plan caps household use to one half ounce per person and bans common sugar bowls in hotels and public eating places.
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Both Men in Right Place
An explorer visits a state asylum ward and meets three inmates. The first, sure he is the Little Corporal, has claimed the role for five years. The second hoards blueprints and believes he invented a submarine proof ship with honeycomb holes. The third pretends to be an income tax authority but admits no one else is. Concrete roads expand in winter and contract in summer due to moisture changes.
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