War News Digest Highlights Gas Masks and Base Hospitals
The report discusses the role of chemistry in war, gas mask development, and the need for base hospitals overseas. It notes a 140 000 dollar unit cost and details personnel including 24 physicians, 65 nurses, and 153 enlisted men, plus the expansion of land cultivation in the United States and agricultural advances in territories like Porto Rico and Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin K. Lane
Bureau of Mines
Congress
United Tus
United States
France
Porto Rico
Department of Agriculture
Alaska
Guam
Hawaii
Food Conservation and War Savings Encourage Rationing
The United States Food Administration urges using perishable foods freely and saving wheat and meat on meatless and wheatless days. Citizens are advised to invest small savings in thrift stamps to build a war financing and food-security fund. A Swiss-cabled Polish famine report highlights tuberculosis deaths amid starvation, while Iowa state notes discuss rye and winter wheat planting and condition, with acreage and yield perspectives.
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United States Food Administration
Food Administration
Uncle Sam
Oswald F. Schuette
Zurich
Switzerland
Chicago Daily News
Schuette
Michel Lampicki
Warving
Department of the Interior
Mr. Lempicki
Poland
Warsaw
Sosnowivta
Inspectors Safeguard Army Meat Supply During War Effort
The government notes that all army and navy meats come from inspected plants bearing the Inspected and Passed stamp. Inspectors supervise every step, with camp rechecks and lab analyses to prevent tampering. About 2,600 inspectors include rear admirals, commodores, and captains, plus 100 speakers in the Four Men organization promoting national defense messages to cinema audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Soldiers See High Grade Productions At Army Camps
The War Department commission plans theater showings at 16 National Army cantonments seating 3 000 for four company casts from Klaw Ermler in plays Cheating Cheaters Inside the Lines Turn to the Right and Here Comes the Bride. National Guard camps feature tents for 1 500 to 2 000 with vaudeville as fuel saving measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department Commission
National Army
Marc Klaw
Klaw & Erlander
New York
North Dakota Rye Acreage Surges Again This Fall
Government crop report notes a tremendous rise in winter rye planting across North Dakota, spreading beyond prior heavy rye zones. Central and western farms lead the shift amid fears of labor shortages and rust, with rye seen as a safer option if next season is dry.
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North Dakota
Hotel Dyckmans Hawaiian Café Featured in Minneapolis
In Minneapolis the Hotel Dyckmans presents a new Hawaiian Café with unmatched musical features and entertainment valued by patrons.
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Minneapolis
Dyckman
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FBI
Norma Talmadge
The
Fuel Administration
Red Cross
Belgium
United States Army
New Regulations England
Camp Meade
Halifax
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Council of National Defense
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Paris Confectionery
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