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...Fact of War. But the bitter truth was that there was not much ODT could do. The Eastern railroads were using Western cars to keep war freight moving. Northern Pacific boxcars that should have been shunting wheat from Dakota towns to flour mills at Minneapolis were loaded with Army freight for the Pacific...
...result, flour mills were preparing to ration flour to bakers. Several Western railroads resorted to the last-ditch measure of shipping wheat in coal cars...
...Tobacco Road Gang was not discouraged. They threatened camp officials with violence. To underline their defiance they overturned mess-hall tables loaded with food, invaded the storeroom and ripped open bags of flour, smashed eggs and jars of mess supplies and dumped beans, rice, coffee onto the floor. Once they broke into the camp store and destroyed food and soft drinks. Camp Manager Karl Walz reported: "They said they were seeking an outlet for their frustration...
...night of Jan. 30, Private Edward S. Gordon of the 4th Marines was eating a piece of bread he had made from rice flour. Rifle fire shattered the darkness. A Jap sentry, standing on a watch tower listening to the night's hush, tumbled to the earth. The crump of grenades mingled with ripping bursts from automatic weapons. Japs screamed orders, fell before the headlong rush of dimly seen figures brandishing knives and pistols. Unmistakably American voices yelled: "This is a prison break-make for the main gate! These are Yanks...
Food for Man & Beast. Nearly a million Eastern dairymen and poultrymen anxiously peered into their feed bins. With no cars to load, the grain mills at Buffalo were more than 80,000 tons behind in their shipments. Six of the largest grain and flour mills closed down...