Conservation for the war effort and global hunger crisis
President Wilson urges Americans to save 100 million bushels of wheat for next harvest with 75 million to Allies, 15 million to Belgium, 10 million to Cuba, framing food duty as privilege amid global shortages. The piece cites wartime rationing, meat and bread limits in England and France, and calls for national sacrifice.
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Cuba
New Order
Europe
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England mobilizes all land for food production
George Churchill of Casselton reports from six months in England that every tillable foot is used for crops. American tractors funded by the government are rented to farmers under a farm production bureau, while hedges are removed to maximize cultivation. England cannot feed itself even at peak production and must rely on outside food.
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Germany
England
George Churchill
Casselton
Largo
Churchill
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Peruna
Peroma
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Obie
United States
Army Nurses To Increase Force Nearly Tenfold In One Year
Estimates based on an army of 1.5 million men show 37,500 nurses will be required. The Army Nurse Corps now has about 3,800, and the goal is to raise this by nearly 1,000 percent within a year to meet wartime needs.
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McAdoo
England
United States
Virginia
Kentucky
Mississippi
North Dakota
Army Nurse Corps
Medical Department
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