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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Location
Arcadia, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1918
Page
4
Sunday service focuses on prayer during wartime as the pastor preaches in the morning and Gunner Depew speaks in the evening urging attendance at both services.
The Ervine Sisters from Los Angeles will present a whistling entertainment at the First Presbyterian Church in Arcadia on Friday evening September 20. Do not miss this event as it promises notable entertainment.
Promulgation of new rules by the Food Administration this week will whiten bread on the market yet not produce bread made solely from wheat flour before the war ends. Retail wheat flour sales shift to include one pound of substitute per four pounds of wheat flour, with barley corn meal or corn flour required in stock. Wheatless days are discontinued and millers wholesalers and bakers may hold up to 60 days supply.
The Pasadena Women's Council of Defense urges women to join the Women's Land Army to harvest late summer and early fall crops in Southern California. Recruits are needed as current workers return to school. those not entering school will be enlisted. Enlist at Room 541, Chamber of Commerce building, Pasadena, with urgent action requested.
A feature promotes Gunner Depew as a speaker on Sunday, presenting his tale as an American boy who has endured hardship and war experiences. The piece urges readers to listen intently, predicting a stirring address that will awaken fighting spirit.
Allied food program data shows 844.6 million pounds more meat and fats in 1917-18 than the prior year, with figures listing 2,166,500,000 pounds and 8,011,100,000 tablespoons in cereals. The report highlights gains for women and broad Allied efforts in wartime food conservation.
Pasadena hosts dance events for balloon camp cadets and Pasadena youth. War Camp Community Service sponsors gatherings at Shakespeare Club house and Arcadia Club house, raising funds toward Arcadia club house, with Mrs A B Cass chairing the garden party that drew over 100 attendees including cadets, girls, and Pasadena society members.
Food Administrator Hoover reports that the United States saved 141 million bushels of wheat and 844 million pounds of meat for Allies in the 1917 18 period. Total food shipments valued around 1.4 billion dollars aided by voluntary conservation. He credits American women and all citizens for meeting wartime shortages with self denial and increased production.
C M Clark received a German gas mask as a trophy from son Robert L Clark of Company E 117th Engineers. The artifact, taken from a German mask factory in Mie district during the recent drive, features leather and tin with celluloid like eyes, a tin gas-absorbent cylinder, and grass fiber straps. The note mentions gas defense gear and a gas company advertises natural gas furnace conversion.
Sugar prices rise in Spain and Portugal due to a poor European beet crop and limited shipping capacity. Granulated sugar in Barcelona sells for 19 cents per pound, while Lisbon fixes brown sugar at 1.04 to 1.12 dollars per pound. Rice sugar in Sweden is 14 cents per pound.
The Union League of Los Angeles will host a banquet for Mr Flowers the Republican nominee of the Ninth District on Friday evening September 6. Tickets cost $1.00 and about 250 guests may attend with no invitations needed. He departs for Chicago for the American Lyceum meeting and returns September 22.
A letter from Arcadia to a soldier's parents in Porto Rico is printed in the Porto Rico Progress praising Arcadia as a land of milk and honey for soldiers. It describes hospitality from Pasadena elites, free theater access, nightly transport machines, and a Fourth of July banquet hosted by Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin. Similar camp letters are being published nationwide per the Los Angeles Examiner.
Local notes document visits by Mr. Herman Barnes and sister Miss Lolo Barnes in Arcadia, Mrs. Wm. St. Vincent’s trip to Vancouver, and Mrs. Parker’s Ontario stay. Also listed are social gatherings, the balloon school band’s religious service, and a call to convert to gas heating to save fuel costs.
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