Her job was (apart from the constant knitting without which no decent woman cared to be seen)
Swan, Annie S. My Life. Ivor Nicholson and Watson, 1934.
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to convince the USA just how desperate was the need for food in England, where supplies...
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By December 1914: Future US president Herbert Hoover (then...
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By December 1914
Future US president Herbert Hoover
(then a mining engineer) began supplying famine relief for civilians in Belgium who were starving in the wake of the German invasion.
Ezard, John. “Breaking the Silence”. Guardian Unlimited, 21 Aug. 1999.
5 May 1915: The German-occupied, famine-stricken northern...
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5 May 1915
The German-occupied, famine-stricken northern French town of Lille received its first ration of bread baked with flour from the USA.
Ezard, John. “Breaking the Silence”. Guardian Unlimited, 21 Aug. 1999.
