Government adds 20,000 workers to wartime payroll in Washington
Civil service certifications show a surge in federal staffing since the war began. The War department added about 5,200 Washington employees since April, while the Navy added roughly 2,500. Independent bureaus, Food Administration, War Trade Board, Fuel Administration, Council of National Defense, and Red Cross collectively employ several hundred to about 1,400 people. Total new workers expected near 20,000.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
War Department
Navy Department
Navy
Food Administration
War Trade Board
Fuel Administration
Council of National Defense
the Red Cross
Silk Stockings Inspire Dark Wish for a Grand Grave
A shopper jokes about silk stockings as protection for a future trip and a grisly tale of a wreck where two women were injured and died. The talk turns to seeking a lavish grave for the silk stockings wearer while awaiting travel plans and a long journey.
Enchanted Make-Believe Park Nurses See Real Babies
In a dreamlike scene two real nurses named Mariselle and Rosabel push real babies in perambulators through a glamorous Make-Believe world. The setting sits on a distant Kingdom of Childhood with a wall that keeps the outside world at bay and memories of a lost home.
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Plathe
Thuthie
Susie
Mamselle
Rosabel
Mariselle
Atlantis
Capital Officials Warn Against Meat Camouflage
Health Officer Wm C Woodward declares goat meat and horse steaks may be sold but substituting them for lamb or beef is a health violation. Officials pledge immediate action against dealers who misrepresent origin, with prosecutions reinforced by lab findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. C. Woodward
Health Department
Parish Priest Used as Shield in Belgian Invasion Report
Testimony compiled by the public information committee cites German troops using a parish priest as a shield at Hougaerde on August 18. Belgian fire killed the priest, followed by further village devastation including house burnings and executions. Cardinal Mercier and others quote German proclamations demanding hostages and fines, with extensive wartime abuses across Liege and surrounding towns.
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Belgium
Committee On Public Information
Whitlock
Secretary of States
Hougaerde
Gette
Autgaerden
Hugh Gibson
Legation
Lend
Issye
Niles
Cardinal Mercier
Terwonde
Lebbeke
Dinant
Liege
Monsignor
Ruteten
M. Kleyer
Cardinal Mereler
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Hfe
Irwin
Saturday Evening Post
The
Hague
Malines
Puers
Anonth
Mollitiamano
Puubers
Apples for Soldiers in France Move Forward in Indiana Plan
Indiana growers and merchants push a $100000 national fund to ship apples to American troops in France. State chairman A V Hitz reports a $1000 pledge from Veramasabart merchants and aims to double the quota as embargoes lift.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
France
Commission
United States
Veramasabart Merchants
National Fund
England
Apple Fund
International
Apple Shippers’ Association
Mc. Hitz
National League of Commission Moerchants
Western Frult Association
Catre
Red Cross
Y. M
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Sam
Iff
Jen
Ven
Peor
Susce
Brand Whitlock
Pricets
Merciless Exactiona
Frange
Hoosier
Barnard
Indiana Academy of Science
Indiana University
Bloomington
W. J. Moenkhaus
Edwin Morrison
Earlham
Frank N. Wallace
Bee Department
Federal Department of Agriculture
Beekeepers
State
Wallace
National Bee Culture Division
Agricultural Department
Woollen and Bayard
Evans Woollen
Vietcher Savings and Trust Company
Maurice F. Bayard
Indiana Trust Company
National Association of Owners of Railroad Securities
Baltimore
Davies Warfield
Woollen
H. E. Barnard
Herbert C. Hoover
National Food Administration
Hoover
H. B. Barnard
State Foods
Thrge
Craft Aid
Statehouse
Louis B. Ewbank
Jesse Bachbach
Ewbank
Marion County
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