Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-03-22
Swiss Bread Ration
Will IG Reduced to
300 Grams u Day.

Com mentfnS on the decision 10
regulate the consumption of bread
/ in Paris by means of tickets. refer
ence is made by some of the Paris
newspapers to the success of the
bread card in Switzerland where the
bread has been rationed for several
months. resultin. in an economy OF
/ 4 per cent Of the amount cOnsum-
ed previously.
| The average aamOunt allotted D"r
person per day is $50 grams (Which
will soon he reduced to 200 grams)
Each individual card contains a GER
tain number of coupons for 25".
100. 80. and 25 grams of bread.
amounting in all tn the total month
lv allotment. These coupons may
be used whenever the holder de-
sires. either at the bakers. or at a
restaurant; in fact. guests in pri-
vate families are expected to detach
from their individual bread cards
the coupons equivalent to the guam
tity of bread consumed.
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All cheese now in storage must be
marketed before June -. unless
special permission to hold is given
, by the Food Administration.
The prospect for the 1918 wheat
! crop in Jaapan is said to be very
good by a report to the Department
of Commerce. The 1917 crop is es-
timated at nearly 35.00U.0OO bu-
shells.
! More than 500 tons of anthra
otto rnnl wnra rnnIannnI in Damn
sylvania markets by representatives
of the Fuel Administration recently
in the campaign to compel the de-
livery of clean coal.
A division of "betterments and
additions" has been added to the
railroad administration. in charga
OF Judge Robert S. Lovett The di-
vision will have charge of better
ments and additions to railroad
| lines throughout the country.
From the beginning of 1919 To
August ]. 1917. there was a total
advance of So per cent in the retail
prices of bread. according to the De-
partment of Labor. In the last few
months there has been decrease
and prices are now &c per cent high
er than at the beginning of 1914.
] Firms or individuals paying Off
GERS or business employees pOr-
tiOn OF all salaries and wages dur
ing the war period in which they are
in the service of the United States
may deduct these amounts from
their taxable incomes, according To
a regulation by the Commits sioner
of Internal Revenue.
| From June S to December /, 1917.
only $50 were made or reported
to the Impairment of Justice for
failure to register under the selec-
tivc-service act. OF these, 2.663
were released after having register
ed. and prosecutions were begun in
the cases Of 2.059. of which about
| 1900 cases are still pending.
| Following the plan adopted for
California and Colorado, the Food
Administration has appointed a
commission to determine the cost OF
producing sugar beets In Nebraska
The commission has no power to fix
prices, but II Is expected that its
figures will serve as the basis for
voluntary price agreements between
growers and the purchasers of beet
for sugar purposes.
| The new Mexican service badge
will soon be issued to the Officers
and enlisted men who served under
certain conditions in Mexico and on
the border. Persons not now In tho
Army who would have been entitled
to the badge and whose separation
from the service has been honorable
may secure authority from the Ad-
1utant General to purchase and
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