Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-03-22
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eating houses to serve or consume fresh
or packed butter otherwise than in the
preparation of food. Curdled or Soul
milk is prohibited as we'll as cream and
specified kinds of cheese. The making
Of pastries, biscuits, and confectionery
is prohibited. Only in dining cars, can
teens. and railroad refreshment sta
tons may fresh or condensed milk OF
cream be served after in the morn
ing, by itself or mixed with coffee, tea,
or other preparation. No solid foods
may be served between 9 and II in the
! morning and between 4:3O and $3.50 IN
the evening When the price of meal
| exceeds $1.20 the customer may be
served with not more than two dishes
with or without vegetables, or more
than one small loaf of ordinary bread
The bread is limited to about 312
! ounces. All grain which may be used
for making bread is reserved for hui
man food.
Production of Rifles and Ammunition
Meets All Requirements
Rifle and cartridge production in the
United States has developed in volume
and in quality on a scale assuring the
satisfactory equipment of the army, acr
cording to statement authorized by
the secretary of war.
TO achieve the rifle and ammunition
production program the government has
expended or has obligated itself to ex-
pend, during 10 months Of war, $780,
100000, and 200 officers, $4,000 men,
and 10000 women have been engaged
exclusively in the manufacture Of rifles
and cartridges. Two government plants
and three privately owned plants are
engaged in making rifles and one gov
crnmcnt plant and nine privately own
ed plants are engaged in cartridge man.
ufacture. Ordnance experts in this
country and in Europe are in agree
nent that the United States army is
being equipped with two of the best
rifles in the world.
Divisional athletic directors who
have received commissions will accom-
pany their contingents to France, &C
cording to the war department commits
sion on training camp activities. Box
ing instructors will not be sent with
the troops, as at present the need for
these men is considered greater on this
side.
The government is today the great
est employer of labor in the United
States, not considering railroad en-
ployes. In normal times approximately
100000 civilians are employed, and in
the last year the number has increased
to 100000. In comparison one steel cor
poration employs 100000 men, and one
railroad 250,O0O.
In an announcement by the food ad-
ADMINISTRATION the cause for advance in
rice prices is attributed to the fact that
most rice mills have been running to
full capacity in order to supply the de-
mand for 100000 bags for American
and allied fighting forces. As result
the normal supply for home consump-
ton has been temporarily reduced.
Lower; prices are forecasted.
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Each Battle Plane Needs Extra Equip
ment and Staff Of Skilled Men
After three years of warfare the to-
tai number Of airplanes able to take
| the air at any one time on either side
of the western front has not been over
$500. Each plane in the air requires
Ia force of As men, two replacement
planes on the ground, and one training
plane for every pilot who eventually
reaches the front, with an extra engine
for each plane.
The life of a plane is not more than
two months, and the engine must be
overhauled after each IS hours. Now,
that American battle planes are going
, overseas, the great problem is to Sc
cure the thousands Of skilled mechan-
les, enginemen, motor repair men, wood
and metal workers needed to keep the
planes in perfect condition. This en-
gineering and mechanical force at the
airdomes, the flying fields, and repair
depots, both here and behind the lines
in France, is vital industrial link in
the chain to air supremacy.
New U. $. Army Rite Shows Improve,
ments Over Other Models
The United States rifle, model of
1917, commonly called the modified En-
field, has now been tested in the SER
vice of the army a sufficient time to
warrant the assertion that it more than
justifes the claims made for it, accord
ing to a statement authorized by the
secretary of war.
The new rife takes .3O-calibre car
fridge, which has the advantage over
the British Enfield of being rimless. It
has been found that unless rim CAR
tridges are fed through the magazine
uniformly with the rim of the top car
fridge ahead of the rim of the one i'm
mediately below, jams are likely to oc-
cur.
The model Of 1917 has an overall
length of 1853 inches; total weight
including oiler and thong case and bay
onet Of 10 pounds and 5 ounces. The