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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Location
Arcadia, California, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1918
Page
2
Arcadia Balloon School Grows From Federal Push
Arcadia attracts attention as federal agencies push balloon school plans. Medicines and medical supplies arrived to treat recruits, followed by thousands of cars, trucks, motorcycles, and field cooking ranges. A $400000 appropriation was approved, with construction to begin soon as officials finalize plans. The Arcadia site was recommended unanimously by Washington officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcadia
Washington
Baker
California
America
Oil policy clash delays California production plan
California oil lessees and the Fuel Administration reached a plan to raise output by 20 000 barrels daily within ten days but Secretary Daniels of the Navy blocked the agreement citing navy oil reserves. The dispute hinged on retroactive royalties and scheme to operate idle wells while the government kept strategic reserves. Northwest industry faces higher coal use and labor costs as the war effort continues. The Monrovia district reports over 850 000 dollars in Third Liberty Loan deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Fuel Administration
Daniels
Navy
Northwest
Despoiling German Girls Order Outlined
Dr. Charles Edward Locke cites a German defense order directed at Bruno Schneider of Hamburg instructing visits to young women to boost births. He recounts wartime atrocities, praising American troops and vowing righteous victory backed by guns and manpower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Edward Locke
M. EB
Los Angeles
Defense Force
Germany
Bruno Schneider
Hamburg
W. S
Monrovia Celebrates 32nd Birthday With Parade
Monrovia marked its thirty second birth anniversary with a grand celebration. W N Monroe founded the city and his mule team would have marveled at the paved streets electric lights water service and modern improvements as artillery bands Red Cross G A R veterans and municipal groups performed in a civic display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. N. Monroe
Monrovia
Red Cross
Alarmed State Controller Calls Taxpayers’ Burden Thrift Plan
State Controller John S. Chambers urges radical steps to curb government spending in California and Western states He favors a constitutional amendment banning year to year expenditure increases beyond last year plus five percent and a state central bonding bureau to regulate bond issuance He argues thrift is needed to preserve resources and even questions clothing supplies amid rising costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Chambers
California
Chambers
Duty to Government and Luther in German American Soldiers
A New York Times piece by F R a Halle University graduate urges German Americans to honor their oath to the United States. He recalls Luther, Prussian tyranny, and past German cases of fighting kin for liberty, arguing allegiance to the U S. government is the duty of all who became Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Germany
Egypt
Dr. Luther
Luther
Napoleon
Prussia
William I
Berlin
Prinz von Preussen
England
Fritz Reuter
Carl Schurz
Landrath
F. R
Halle University
New York Times
Arcadia California a thriving city of 1500 population
Arcadia offers a free public library two grammar schools and a weekly newspaper. It has a city hall under construction valued at 10000 and a water gas and electric system with Pacific Electric interurban service. The town lies 40 miles from beaches near Mount Wilson and near orange and lemon groves with strong agricultural output and mild climate.
Rail rate hike urged as railroads face debt and rising costs
The piece argues for a 25 percent freight and passenger rate increase to cover labor and material costs, noting government control and pool arrangements, McAdoo’s $900 million annual deficit, and the need for utility relief to prevent bankruptcies while criticizing political blockers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAdoo
United States
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Arcadia Journal
A. L. Wooldridge
Arcadia Balloon School
Free Public Library
Gas, Electricity and Telephone Systems
Mount Wilson
Baldwin
Pacific Electric Railway System
Theater
Sierra Madre Mountains
Altho
Tropics
Santa Anita Canyon
Board of Trade
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