War strain on children spurs call for nationwide welfare plan
The Julia Kop report from the Labor Department urges civilian effort to fund child welfare amid war related hardship. It cites illegitimacy rumors, urges protections for mothers and infants, and proposes social supports, schooling, and enforcement of child labor laws to reduce infant mortality and delinquency.
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Julia | Kop
Children’s
Department of Labor
Europe
United States
Bureau
Johnstown
Montclair
N. J
Manchester
N. H
Brockton
Mass
Waterbury
Chicago
State Councils of Defense
Final appeal to save Wise from gallows
Hartford reports a last appeal to spare William J. Wise from execution, as the board of pardons meets at the state prison in Wethersfield. Wise killed Mrs. Anna Tobin in New Britain on Sept 29 during a leave from Fort Slocum, claiming an unknown assailant attacked them. Ottawa lists E. L. Kipp of Pittsfield among Americans in the Canadian overseas casualty list issued last night.
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Hartford
William J. Wise
Board of Parodns
State
Wethersfield
Wise
Anna Tobin
New Britain
Fort Slocum
Quartermaster Department
Ottawa
Ont
E. L. Kipp
Pittsfield
Mass
Belgian Army Readies Offensive in Flanders Conflict
Havre dec 10 the Belgian army now numbers ten divisions ready to join the allied effort. The minister of war notes past shortages from 1914 and Yser with current gains in manpower arms and trench works, stressing Belgians built most of their own weapons and artillery while holding a long front against superior German forces.
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Associated Press
Flanders
Yser
Calais
the Yser
of the Yser
Belgan
Belgium
Growth of the Army Ordnance Department
Washington reports rapid expansion of civilian workers behind the fighting forces. The Ordnance Department now uses seven big private office buildings in addition to the State, War, and Navy buildings, with the Gun division alone employing over two thousand civilians and about three hundred officers. Manufacturing plants nationwide have risen from ten thousand to twenty thousand workers, as the Civil Service Commission tackles the labor surge.
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Washington
D. C
United States
Ordnance Department
Army
Uncle Sam
United States Civil Service Commission
Boards of Civil Service Examiners
Electric or gas irons offer a cheaper, cleaner ironing alternative
The ad touts electric or gas irons as easier, faster, and more efficient than stove heated irons. It claims they save coal, money, time, and temper while delivering a better ironing job.
No Government Operation for Roads Needed Says Officials
Washington reports indicate fuel food and railroad war board officials favor temporary measures without immediate action from President Wilson or Congress. Plans push for a priority order effective Dec 12 to speed shipments, a traffic manager may be named, and railroad leaders say they can handle traffic under any management while noting rail volume remains high. New York City supplied 1,693 more men to the Yaphank draft.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Newlands
Robert S. Lovett
Edward F. Chambers
The
Food Administration
Fairfax Harrison
Railroad Board
Eastern
Von Bernstorff Wedding Ties German Count to American Bride
Berlin reports the marriage of Count Christian Gunther von Bernstorff to Mrs. Marguerite Vivian Burton Thomaston of Burlington New Jersey. The 26 year old heir, son of the former U S ambassador, served in Speyer & Co New York before joining German diplomatic service and received the Iron Cross in 1915.
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Berlin
London
Christian Gunther von Bernstorff
United States
Marguerite Vivian Burton Thomaston
Burlington
N. J
Speyer & Co
New York
Christian
Hughes To Visit Wilson In Washington Meeting
Charles E. Hughes will call on President Wilson in Washington at 4 p m today. The White House announced the meeting with no stated purpose and it will be their first since before the presidential election.
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Washington
Charles E.hughes
Wilson
White House
French Will Talk Peace Aims With Russian People
London Dec 10 Maurice Paleologue the French ambassador to Russia told the Petrograd Times correspondent that Paris is prepared to discuss peace aims with the Russian people and seeks an agreement in principle.
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London
Maurice Paleologue
Russia
Petrograd
The
Times
Von
Joan
George Buchanan
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