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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1918
Page
7
A wartime appeal urges increased industrial efficiency as the nation mobilizes labor. It advises workers to stay in suitable roles or register with the U S Employment Service for reassignment where needed, and asks employers to use the service to source labor without harming critical war work.
A WWI scene describes a German soldier peering into No Man's Land through a periscope. It notes America's millions of boys in khaki marching to France and predicts more ships carrying troops and food toward Berlin.
A wartime plea urges farmers and civilians to support the war effort by producing wheat fats sugar and meats. It frames citizens as Soldiers of the Soil aiding allied fighters over there and mobilizing America’s agricultural workforce to sustain democracy.
Organized in February 1918 as a division of the U S Employment Service to mobilize and distribute farm labor. Operates through state level agencies and reserves with full-time farm labor examiners. Cooperates with postmasters councils and defense groups to relieve shortages. The division cites harvest of the second largest wheat crop as proof of its efficiency, described as "Safe for Democracy."
President Wilson declares industry essential to national victory and urges employers in war work to stop recruiting unskilled labor after August 1 1918 except through the U S Employment Service. He emphasizes voluntary enlistment and efficiency driven by free and loyal labor mobilization.
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