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The Harlem News
Harlem, Blaine County, Montana
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Federal aid for school lunch programs continued with $50M congressional authorization, benefiting western states including Montana; announced in San Francisco by Charles W. Smith. Last year, served 362,711 children across 3,179 schools.
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San Francisco, July 20 - Continued federal aid to community school lunch programs in the West and throughout the nation was assured by recent congressional action in authorizing $50,000,000 for this purpose, it was announced today by Charles W. Smith, Western Regional Director of Food Distribution.
"The nine western states will receive their proportional share of this total appropriation," Smith said.
3,179 schools in the West, Hawaii and Alaska received a total of approximately $3,500,000 in federal assistance last year to help them bear the cost of the program, which resulted in the serving of well balanced, nutritious meals to 362,711 children at cost, with those children unable to pay served free. In Montana last year, 1,278,494 meals were served in 143 schools participating in the program.
Information on participating in the 1945 community school lunch program can be obtained from District Office of Distribution, 515 Power Block, P. O. Box 175, Helena, Montana.
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San Francisco
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July 20
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congressional authorization of $50,000,000 for federal aid to school lunch programs; nine western states to receive proportional share; last year, 3,179 schools in west, hawaii, and alaska received approximately $3,500,000 serving 362,711 children; in montana, 1,278,494 meals served in 143 schools
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Continued federal aid to community school lunch programs assured by congressional action; announced by Charles W. Smith, Western Regional Director of Food Distribution; information on participating in 1945 program available from District Office of Distribution in Helena, Montana