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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Location
Arcadia, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1918
Page
2
Published weekly in Arcadia California the journal enters the post office as second class matter. This notice notes its release schedule and local newspaper identity for readers seeking timely community information.
The article argues for importing Chinese laborers for the war period to address farm labor shortages. It notes Chinese workers’ strong work ethic and the offer from the Chinese government to send workers to America and return after the war. It stresses not displacing American farm hands but filling gaps while fighting in France.
A wartime appeal defends the American Red Cross against malicious rumors. It praises the organization as humane and unpaid, notes half of members' donations fund national relief and supplies, and urges continued support and vigilance against antiwar tales.
The piece contrasts French camouflage images with a Stockton celebration eight years earlier that parodied deceit. It notes that Stockton started camouflage eight years ago and mentions Bob Dullahan and Joe Dietrich of the Stockton Record. It adds a Chicago Designers Association estimate that dressing an average woman costs about $200, excluding petticoats.
A Los Angeles motorist complains after striking what he says was not a kitten, wanting repair that makes the car smell like gasoline. The piece muses on New Year’s resolutions and old-fashioned habits, noting the social value of swearing off.
Leon Dabo’s remarks in New York describe wartime horrors in France and Belgium, urging civilians to feel the true cost and to act beyond pledges. He cites witnesses, hospitals, munitions work, and the need to sustain Allied forces and nations.
Arcadia presents itself as a growing city with public amenities including a free public library, water system, gas electricity and telephone services, two overland railroads and the Pacific Electric interurban. It boasts orange and lemon shipments, a new $10,000 city hall, fertile granite soils, mild climate, and proximity to Mount Wilson, Santa Anita canyon, and Los Angeles theater district.
A wartime column debunks German propaganda and urges Americans to verify stories. It lists false claims about Catholic officials, bank confiscations, soldiers’ conditions, and casualty rates, labeling them Hun lies and instructing readers to report origins to the California State Council of Defense.
Pinchot classed as blocking private water power in the West now favors fifty year leases on public domain to spur private development. Critics say this flips his anti private capital stance after a decade of press suppression. Utah power output showing a company supplying coal level light highlights a counterpoint to Pinchotism.
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