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Show CONSERVE STILL IN USING FLOUR ..- ! Wheat Bread May Now Appear on American Tables. ; WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. Increase In i he beet sugar producing states and in the cane producing territory of Louisiana " ' of the household sugar allotments from three pounds to four pounds monthly per capita was ordered today by the food administration ad-ministration effective December 1. At the i same time public eating places in these sections will be permitted to increase their i onaumption from three pounds to four (found for every ninety meals served. Kor the remainder of the country; it vu stated, the allotments of three pounds monthly per capita for households and ihree pounds per ninety meals for public I . eat ing places will be continued for the present at least. , was granted, the food administration an-nqunceit, an-nqunceit, because of the lack of cargo Brace for overseas shipment together with ; Insufficient storage facilities in this country. Substitutes already purchased and for which millers, dealers or bakers do not find a ready sale will be purchased by the grain corporation of the food administration ad-ministration under plans now being i formulated. The coarser grains now being be-ing used as flour substitutes will be placed on the market as animal feeds, of ! which there is a shortage. Although wheat bread may now appear on the American table without restriction the food administration announced it will i rontinue to advocate conservation in the use of flour, The relaxation of wheat regulations. wlnVh have been in effect in various j forms since last January 28, was ascribed directly in a statement issued by the food administration tonight to the military armistice. It was pointed out that the Mediterranean sea is now safe for commercial com-mercial transport and the European nations na-tions can draw again on the large wheat i supplies in India and Australia. With argo ships released from military service it was said it also will be possible to tap accumulated supplies in the Argentine. |