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...Thomas Katz, of Brooklyn: "A fresh lettuce and tomato sandwich with ice-cold fresh milk to wash it down...
Farmer. Second Lieut. Ernest Childers, aged 26, of Broken Arrow, Okla., three-quarters Creek Indian, one-quarter Irish, was a big, silent farm hand and mechanic. He learned to walk at five months, to ride a pony at six years, could draw an accurate bead on a tomato can at 50 yards when he was seven. Last September after the Salerno landing his battalion was pinned down by machine-gun and mortar fire. Disregarding a broken instep, the big Indian advanced alone, killed two Germans who fired at him from a nearby house. Then he slipped behind a machine...
...Macaroni moves slowly because tomato sauce and cheese are difficult to get; pancake-mix stays on the shelf when the butter supply is tight. Jello is in demand as a substitute for canned fruits. Unrationed relishes and pickles outsell rationed catsup. Since working women have less time and inclination to bake, sales of extracts and baking powder have slumped. Dog food, originally the No. 1 U.S. seller in cans, has fallen off 50%. (Dogs do not like the dehydrated products...
...know Italian people have a habit of cooking a pound or two of macaroni. If it wasn't for that, that meal wouldn't be a meal. That costs money. The oil you have to buy and the tomato paste is something. Prices is going high. The cheese you need, the Italian cheese you need, you can't buy it, so you buy Argentina cheese, and that is very high. I think it runs to 35? a pound. So if you buy a little piece for your Sunday dinner, it costs about 15?, and I tell...
...show his distrust of the New Deal, Banker Nichols refused to make loans. He advised depositors to "bury your money in a tomato can." He fought the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. bitterly. He switched the bulk of the bank's assets to the most liquid thing he could think of- $100,000 bank notes, which he tucked into two safety deposit boxes...