McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-04-26

With customers who buy loaf bread,
bakers are urged to promote the use of
the three-quarter pound loaf. following
/ the food administrators request that
the 12-ounce loaf be used where the 16-
ounce loaf was used before.
Bakers are urged to introduce
"quick-breads" as a wheat-saving
measure. These quick breads, includ-
Ing mullins, baking-powder biscuits,
corn bread, Boston brown bread, grid
die cakes, and waffies, must contain
two-thirds wheat.four substitutes.
The use of the words milk" or
cream" on wrappers and labels is no
longer prohibited, but milk bread must
still be sold at the same price as bread
made without milk.
The official review Of the first year
of war issued by the committee on pub
lie information contained the following
description of the work Of American
engineers in France:
American engineers have gone into
| French forests and done the work of
the pioneers of our own Northwest.
They have frequently been under fire.
One Of their first tasks was the recon
| struction and extension of railroad
600 miles long to carry our products
| from ports of Decentralization to gen.
eral bases Of operation.
The First Engineers troops, 1,100
| strong arrived In France about three
months after war was declared. Since
then the number has been greatly aug
mented. These troops have been con-
stantly engaged in general engineer
ing work, including the construction
of railways, docks, wharves. canton
ments, and hospitals.
An American army locomotive was
built in this country in q days and
shipped to the Expeditionary Forces.
| Many other locomotives, cars, logging
trains, tracks, disassembled buildings
and other equipment have been shipped
to augment the output and facilitate
the construction operations of Ameri-
can forces abroad.
The federal trade commission has
issued orders to 9S lumber companies
of the middle West and far West re-
quiring them to stop certain trade
practices in relation 10 mail-order lum-
Der conceEs> Among the practices
which are barred BIZ the orders are the
| following:
Obtaining from mail-order concerns,
| in bad faith or by subterfuge, esti-
mates of the prices Of lumber and
| building material and obtaining cata-
| logues and special information intend
| ed only for bona fide customers and
| prospective customers.
Through actual or threatened with
| drawal of patronage, inducing manu-
| facturers or wholesalers to refuse to
| furnish supplies of lumber and build
ing material to mail-order concerns.
Following or causing statesmen Of
| mail-order concerns to be followed
from place to place with the object of
hindering and embarrassing them In
their negotiations with prospective
customers.
The latest bread allowances In
France, placing the ration at about
| two-thirds Of that heretofore main
| tanned, limit maximum consumption,
per day, as follows:
Children less than three years old,
3h ounces.
Children from three to thirteen years
old, seven ounces.
| Persons from thirteen to sixty years
old 1917 ounces (hard workers in this
age class may receive 3k ounces
| more.)
Persons over sixty, seven ounces.
Parents of soldiers in camps are
| warned by the war department of q
swindle which has been successfully
| operated In various camps.
| A telegram is sent informing that
| the soldier has a furlough, and re-
| questing funds by wire to come home,
4 WAVING LhV ASSh - a
mere matter Of detail.
| Parents and friends should be warn.
| ed Of this game and Of the similar one
where the telegraphic request is to
mail money to the soldier, care gen.
eral delivery.
The total amount Of foodstuffs ship
ped during March from the United
| States and Canada to the allies, ac-
| cording to the food administration, was
about 100000 tons, compared with
10000 tons in February.
Representatives Of the musical-in-
strument industry have agreed to
curtailment of their output to 70 per
| cent Of normal during April and May.
| Three landing fields have been OBJ
tanned for the proposed Washington
New York airplane postal service, at
Washington, Philadelphia, and New
York. According to the post office de-
partment, the service will start not
later than May Is.
Red Cross workers at line of commu
nication canteens In France accom-
pany American soldiers on shopping
trips, to see that they receive correct
change and otherwise advise them in
their encounters with French shop
keepers.
Profitable Potato Crop.
The early potato crop is a profitable
one. The Early Rose and the Irish
Cobbler are two excellent early yari.