Show army to get combat bread honest loot loaf better than usual biscuit CHICAGO III sounded taps lor for the traditional army biscuit rest its hard soul tand and taken the wraps off a brand new honest to gosh combat loaf ot of bread this is but one ot of the culinary triumphs ot of a central quartermaster depot here which is taking all the guesswork out of armed forces rations laboratory technicians although they dont pretend they cin can duplicate GI joes home table already have carried the art of prepared rations many strides since the end of world war II if with war clouds hanging once more over the pacific the so called associates food se container institute sti tute inc bringing together army and private industry is accelerating cele rating its research program to keep at least the stomachs of our so soldiers idlers contented by the end of the last war the army was turning out some 40 million rations a month and yet a central laboratory such as they have now nassome was some two years in the process of being formed As a result millions of dollars were wasted on such contested non tested foods as the axle grease butter which se sent nt soldiers choking and cussing bussing from guam to great britain now thanks to this institute rations could start rolling oft off production lines throughout the country virtually overnight you wonder about the canned loaf of bread this Is something which defied the bakers of two world wars well wall they not only have a calory days supply of bread in one little can now but five neat little table rolls in ia another |