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...Austin Fish '46, chairman of the Adams House Committee, disclosed yesterday that James E. Hampton, Steward, has promised improved conditions in the dining hall. Increased leeway with ration points will make larger meat portions possible in the extensive revision...
...gripes of cigaret-short U.S. civilians were tempered by the thought that at least the boys overseas were getting plenty. But that small comfort began to disappear fortnight ago when the weekly G.I. ration in London was cut from seven to five packs. Last week it vanished altogether when cigaret sales were stopped in all rear-area PXs in France and England, except at air combat stations, rest and replacement centers, and hospitals. Clamored the Army newspaper Stars & Stripes: "Where are the cigarets...
...Allied high command announced that it would soon ship in enough food through Antwerp to insure Belgians a ration of 2,000 calories a day (present ration: a little more than 1,500 calories). By February, Belgians were also promised, raw materials will begin to flow through Antwerp at the rate of at least 5,000 tons a day to start Belgium's idle factories turning out supplies for the Allied armies...
...Verein Einsamer Kriegerfrauen (League of Lonely War Women) wishes to remind German soldiers that there is still one commodity at home not on the ration list. Circulars disseminated by this forthright organization, picked up by Allied troops in captured German positions, read as follows: "Dear Front Soldier: When will you come back on leave? . . . Back at home we know of your heroic struggle ; however, we do understand that even the bravest get tired and that they need a soft pillow, tenderness and real pleasure...
...Washington, the Office of Price Administration rhapsodized: "Procedures under the transfer are formalized in General Order ODT-21A which superseded General Order ODT21 as amended, and in Amendment 1 to ODT Administrative Order No. 8, Amendment 2 to ODT Administrative Order No. 15, and in Amendment 156 to OPA Ration Order 5-C-Gasoline, all effective October 16th...