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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Location
Arcadia, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1918
Page
2
The Arcadia Journal notes its posting at the Arcadia California post office as second class matter and confirms its weekly Saturday publication schedule.
The Arcadia Board of Trade urges a general market to supply fresh vegetables and fruit to the Army Balloon School. It would dispose of local ranchers products, provide daily produce to military personnel, and spare shipments from Los Angeles. The quartermaster should be contacted for quantities needed and acreage to plant.
The Soldiers and Sailors Club of Pasadena outlines dress and behavior guidelines for women at the army balloon school in Arcadia. Emphasizing modest dress, a cheerful, motherly atmosphere, and minimal interference with soldiers, it urges white dresses with blue armbands if worn, sternly notes necklines, and advises keeping to duties, avoiding solemnity, and offering light entertainment like piano songs to create a homelike environment.
The War Industries Board orders shorter women’s shoes to save wool and cotton. Maximum heel heights are eight inches for standard shoes and six and a half inches for button styles, colors limited to black white and two tans, patent leather only black, infant shoes exempt. Manufacturing must stick to current styles with restricted linings and boxing methods, urging low cuts and sample line reductions.
The piece urges able bodied men not now in essential work to temporarily leave their jobs and work on farms during peak planting and harvest to boost food production for the war. It emphasizes soldiers' needs and personal sacrifice, warning of monetary loss but gain in discipline and conscience.
Hemet News suggests farmerettes could help keep boys on farms by increasing female farm labor. The piece notes Maud Muller and the shift from rural to urban work, praising women in agriculture as a solution to labor shortages arising from enlistments and higher city wages.
The poem mimics wartime rationing and loyalty to the cause as a speaker resents sawdust bread sugar limits and meat shortages. It rails against scarcity while praising soldiers and urging continued sacrifice, ending with a tongue in cheek patriotic grin.
A comparative analysis outlines U S wealth at about 250 billion dollars with annual earnings near 50 billion and a war debt around 12 billion, while Germany's prewar resources stood at 80 billion and debt climbs to 380 billion. It notes postwar tax burdens, gold reserves, and potential future debt growth for both nations.
Arcadia boasts 1500 population, public library, two grammar schools, weekly newspaper, and a large packing house. The city has gas, electricity, phone service, a $10 000 city hall under construction, and extensive road, rail, and citrus industry facilities with favorable climate and drainage near Mount Wilson and the Santa Anita canyon. Information available from the Board of Trade secretary.
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