Identifier: wartimecontrolof00merr (find matches)
Title: War time control of distribution of foods : a short history of the Distribution Division of the United States Food Administration, its personnel and achievements
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Merritt, Albert N. (Albert Newton), b. 1878
Subjects: United States Food Administration. Distribution Division World War, 1914-1918 Food supply
Publisher: New York : Macmillan
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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entered the employ-ment of Aultman & Taylor Machinery Company, of Kansas City,in 1898, remaining with that company five years. In 1904, hepurchased an interest in the Warrensburg Wholesale GroceryCompany of Warrensburg, Missouri, and became Secretary of theCompany. In 1908 he organized and became President and man-ager of the Christopher-Thurber Grocery Company of Trenton,Missouri. A few years later he organized another grocery com-pany under the name of the Jennings-Christopher Grocery Com-pany of Centerville, Iowa, also becoming President of this com-pany. He became associated with Mr. McCoy in the Report SectionMarch 1, 1918, and continued in the work of examining reportstill the jobbers reports were discontinued in July of the sameyear. He then entered the Field Supervision work, and renderedvaluable service in that connection. He is a member of the Riverside Country Club and the ElksClub, both of Trenton, Missouri. He resides at 1620 Lin woodBoulevard, Kansas City, Missouri.
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173 OMAR H. CHEER Omar H. Cheer was born at Williamstown, Massachusetts, in1872. He became connected with .Siegel, Cooper & Company ofNew York City, as grocery salesman, in 1899. He later becamemanager of the grocery department of the 14th Street Store ofNew York City, and in 1913, became Treasurer and Manager ofMcCann & Company, Inc., Pittsburgh Pa., one of the largest andbest equipped retail food markets in the country. He became associated with the Retail Section of the Distribu-tion Division in July, 1918, and took part in the work of establish-ing permissible retailers profits in butter, eggs, cheese and oleo-margarine, remaining with the Food Administration till afterthe signing of the Armistice. His permanent address is 415 Market Street, Pittsburgh, Pa.

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