3/ in front of Food shops Davenport (first food controler was n.g. was a a big grocer I belive) Lord Ronda did splendidly & was a very great help. It is now easy to go and shop. Each person is recorded at the shop (store) of his own choosing for any rationed articles & goes & gets it at his own time. You can record at one store for tea & another for, say Bacon & can get each thing at a different shop but must not get the same thing (in fact cant) at few different shops. I heard from T. Nicol. Still in Blighty 12 days ago. He did not say how he liked it. Did no mention Bees or Bomer. Things look well in France. Also I belive better still in Germany from our point of view. Our papers now are evidently trying to work on the minds of the Huns as we now publish a lot of data showing our strong position re men guns food etc also a H l of a lot ve W.S. I see the W.S official report of u s casualtes is given as over 20000 if that is all she has the Yank certainly did not play as big a part in the Marin