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Show VICTORY BID TO BE POPULAR DIET Food Administrator Prepares Pre-pares to Lend Aid to President's Plan. Victory bread today -will become the diet of Salt Lake residents in common with the entire nation. In an effort to achieve a saving of JO per cent in the consumption of wheat ln Utah, W. W. Armstrong, federal administrator, tomorrow tomor-row will give out a proclamation urging residents of the state to lend aid to the movement immediately. The proclamation especially will be directed to housewives, heads of bakeries, restaurants and hotels: Mr. Armstrong has received several voluminous messages from the Hoover offices of-fices at W ashington and but for the delay required in their careful study the proclamation procla-mation would have been given before tomorrow. to-morrow. Among the high lights of the proclamation proclama-tion by President Wilson, putting the nation na-tion upon a war bread diet, are that the substitution of other cereals for wheat in bakers' bread be gradual. This substitution substitu-tion will be but 5 per cent todav and will increase to 20 per cent by February 21. equal amount of substitute with each flour order. "Wholesalers are to sell but 70 per cent of last year's amounts of flour to retailers. Monday and Wednesday are to be wheatlees and one meal each day of the week Is to be without wheat flour , food. ' Salt Lako already has become accus- j tomed to one wheal.less" day and bakers i and caterers believe the immense saving in wiiea-i. iv r export run oe cirectea witn but little inconvenience to the people. Since fall many toothsome cakes, breads ; and pastries have been produced with mixed flour and without wheat. Since the first call to save wheat was made bakers and confectioners have conducted experiments find are ready io give the public nuite palatable substitutes for not only wheat bread, but the more delicate forms of cakes and pics. |