Government to Erect Soldiers Insurance Plan for Dependents
The nation owes much to those who die for country and world freedom. Proposed use of Liberty Loan proceeds would fund life insurance for soldiers and provide for dependent families while in service. Secretary McAdoo notes obligatory military service and the need for government backed insurance as private insurers deny due to high mortality risk, urging swift passage of the bill to support heroes and their dependents.
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United States
the Treasury
McAdoo
Conan
Navey
Lilles
Seate Republic
United
Postal Food Stock Survey Rules and Savings Bank Debate
Federal law requires food stock returns on August 31. Agriculture Dept designates survey locations, with blanks for 18 principal commodities. About 100 firms must report by September 10, after mailed blanks for 103 items. Penalties for noncompliance. Also a political note on expanding postal savings banks and critiquing low interest for depositors, urging “unshackle the postal saving bank.”
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Lt Gems
United States Deparment of Agriculture
Fed
Secretary of Agriculture
Navy expands for war with rapid buildup and overseas air force
The Navy and Marine Corps rapidly mobilize for war, expanding enlistments and contracts. Navy ships, destroyers, cruisers, and sub chasers are contracted and built, aviation units and bases grow, and a corps of aviators sails to France arriving June 8. Marine strength more than doubles, with officers and enlisted manpower surging as forces land under Gen. Pershing.
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Revere
France
United
Tes
Aeronautic Corps
Marine Corps
Maines
Worth While Work for Officers Reserve Corps Recruits
Training camps teach the value of hard work and self reliance. Recruits learn that wealth or lineage do not guarantee success and that the discipline of daily rising before daybreak and rigorous study builds character. The drill and study prove that only select individuals meet the demand for effort, self control, and perseverance across life’s battles.
Shipbuilding Drive Spurs U S War Readiness
The press notes rapid plant expansion aims at completing a 1 000 ton ship every two days and mentions another yard capable of twenty eight ships at once. It states wartime momentum will create a solid American merchant marine and a robust fighting fleet, aided by redirected industry and patriotic resolve despite opposition in Congress.
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Sam Antonio
United States
Congress
Notice of road and water access closure on private lands
The traveling public is notified that the old county road Dog Canyon and the Tinaja tank and house areas are closed by order of the Commissioner. Trespass, water, wood, or guayule extraction on private lands is forbidden and punishable by law. HT. Fletcher, Manager 02 Ranch.
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Dog Canyon
Hides Buyer Seeks Sellers in Marfa Texas
Local buyer advertises readiness to pay for hides in Marfa Texas starting March. Calls for individuals with hides to contact the trader for prices before selling.
Railway Time Table K M and O Orient Arrivals and Departures
East bound No 10 leaves at 7 03 a m and No M2 at 4 06 p m West bound No 9 at 10 52 a m and No 11 at 4 34 p m plus Orient arrival 1 59 pm Depart 6 18 am 8 30 am Southern Pacific times listed
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Pam
Unfit Young Men Defect Rates Alarm Call to Action
A fragment warns that a high percentage of young men are unfit for military service due to physical disability. It cites drinking, vice, late hours, and dissolate women as deadly contributors, with other causes like accidents and inherited weakness noted. The piece urges heed to the warning signs in the nation’s youth.
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