Education for Drafted Men in Technical Training Plan
Washington Jan 27 The War department reviews a plan to train drafted men in technical trades by sending them to schools and industrial plants. About 121 institutions offer facilities to form a centralized system under a federal board for vocational education, paying the draftees while learning. The Navy uses a similar approach and supports expanding such training nationwide to meet urgent needs for skilled workers and engineers.
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Waslington
War Department
Washington
Industrhat
Federal Bureau For Vocalional Education
Smith Hughes
Iith
Baker
Federal Board For
Congress
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Lechureal
Navy Department
Navy
Army
Aminy
Prestolite Company
Indianapolis
Hakters
Quartermaster’s Corp
Signal Corp
A Line O' Cheer Poem by Joan Kendrick Bangs
A poem by Joan Kendrick Bangs extols noble strife for liberty and love. It urges heroic effort to crush tyrant greed and conscript all to join a gallant cause for a better world.
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Joan Kendrick
Winter History Headlines From The War Period
A fragment from 1918 reflects public mood on Germany and wartime policy. It cites Pershing and Baker while mocking propaganda, thrift stamps, and rising prices. The piece mixes weather imagery with social commentary, ending with a childhood winter vignette by Harrisue Shorpe Lyon.
They Also Serve
The article praises daily newspapers motion picture promoters and churches for supporting national service and unity during war. It contrasts American democratic collaboration with German imperial control, noting press film and religious groups helped sustain loyalty, financing, drafts and conservation efforts. It emphasizes shared duty and public service.
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Ifase Tino
Ie National Service
United States
America
Treasury Department of Washington
Germany
Forestall the Food Card Urge National Food Conservation
The nation nears a mandatory food card as President Wilson calls for voluntary self denial. Citizens must curb white flour beef pork and lamb as supplies to troops and allies dwindle. Cooperation in conservation aims to avert compulsory rationing and uphold wartime support.
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Wilson
Food Administration
Waterbury Republican McKinley Dinner Set Tomorrow
Republicans hold their annual McKinley dinner in Waterbury tomorrow evening where speakers will likely discuss future policy. The piece notes GOP politicians seize on administration mistakes, though the public focuses on war issues and backing President Wilson.
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Waterbury
Wilson
Protecting the Soldiers in Prohibition Enforcement
Federal officials raid saloons selling to men in uniform signaling strict law enforcement. Saloonkeepers convicted of serving soldiers should lose licenses permanently. The issue frames liquor lawbreaking as fueling prohibition and notes liquor dealers earn a questionable standing from such acts.
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Bridgeport
Eivery
Do a Little Shooting: Government to Tackle Traitors
A editorial calls for tougher action against spies and traitors amid daily fires and explosions. It argues the government should show severity, detain anyone under suspicion, and err on the side of caution to protect the public.
Manster Identified as Suspected Fugitive
Boston residents identify Harry Minster as the burglar who fled an apartment in the Lay district after Patrolman Josent L. Reiser was shot to death. Munster, unknown at home, was lured by a young woman he had been living with and caught in a police dragnet. He confessed to thirty burglaries but denied murdering the officer.
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Boston
Harry Minster
J3ack Lay
Josent L. Reiser
Munster
Outland
Tal
Stounly
German-leaning saloon keeper faces wartime internment
Pritz Pupkin, a 40 year old German alien barkeep in Stonington, is detained at the police station as a presidential internment order heads from Washington for the war duration. Arrested Saturday by county detective W M Jackson after striking a man who began singing The Star Spangled Banner in the saloon.
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New London
Pritz Pupkin
Stonington
Washington
W. M. Jackson
U. S
Fly McGaire
Popkin
Heat and warmth rights in winter living
The medical editor notes coal scarcity and explains that some people benefit from less heat while others with constitutional temperaments cannot endure low temperatures. He argues for individual comfort, warns that excessive cooling harms health, and cites households divided by heating needs amid wage and lunch habits referenced to the Boston Transcript.
Letters on suffrage stance by Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association
In a January 20 1918 letter to the editor readers learn that the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association did not endorse or ally with any federal or other movements at the Hartford dry federation meeting. The executive board maintains the WSA will not endorse or participate in any political or civic campaigns regarding woman franchise.
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Hartford
Aley Federation
Dboard
Sammies Parcels Were All Right When Sent
Washington reports Major General Shiwoks asserts about 200000 parcels handled at the port of embarkation were sent forward properly. Only about 11000 received from the postal service were damaged. General Pershine requested department action to review arrival consular delivery on the other side.
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Washington
Christa
Shiwoks
Pershine
Pepart
Health column on grippe and influenza dangers
An aged health column warns grippe is a widespread illness caused by Pfeiffer's bacillus. It details symptoms from fever and sore throat to weakness, potential pneumonia, and warns against self treatment while urging medical help. It also covers hygiene, sleep, and diet as influences and includes Q and A on stomach lavage and tuberculosis prevention.
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Grippe
Jo Wn Frean
Pfeiffer
Pebrus
Marek
Mark Daynin
Lucky
Lu Srippe
U.S. Labor Supply Balanced As Demand Shifts
The United States Employment Service reports labor supply and demand in exact balance. Construction, shipbuilding and skilled trades face turnover as workers shift sectors. overall, able workers should be absorbed through the year with minor bottlenecks. New York and Boston note strong craft demand and balanced placements nationwide.
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New York
Uni
United States
Prac
Boston
Neark
Bridgeport Gets War Bread To-day
Connecticut state and federal food administrators warn of a wartime bread rationing regime. Households will face a 20 percent limit on certain flour substitutes to be used in baking and cooking, with officials promising guidance on proper use. Officials expect supply tensions as substitutes may be scarce, and they pledge to issue further notices via the press.
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Baker
Toba
Monte Tomba
Vinve
Val Lagarina
Svesl
Val Jagarina
Austria
Vienna
Calestine
Duras
Dardaneelies
Constantinople
Constantinope
Cioelon
Breslin
Hartford
Seoville
Connecticut
Farewell Banquet Honors Remington Foreman Joseph Gibbons
About fifty friends and coworkers from the Remington Arms plant attended a farewell banquet for retiring foreman Joseph Gibbons at the Hotel Lorraine on Saturday night. Gibbons leaves the plant to take new duties with a Worcester concern that has received munitions contracts. James Delehanty served as toastmaster as speeches were given by William Wines B. Dickson and A. Matson. Gibbons received a handsome traveling bag as a gift.
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BANQU
Remington Arms
Joseph Gibbo
Hotel
Lorraine
Mr. Gibbons
Remington
James Delehanty
Wiliam Wines
B. Dickson
A. Matson
Gibbons
Pepper Tales by George Matthew Adams
A reflective column urges embracing strong emotions rather than suppressing them. It argues feelings like laughter and tears are natural, essential parts of humanity, and should be expressed despite potential trouble. Also notes wholesale butter price regulation in New York and Chicago with a fixed retail margin for two months.
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Vyder
Hiddea
New York
Chi Go
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Chamberlain
Theodore
General Pershing
Mr. Belden
Harrisue Shorpe Lyon
Manster
Boston Transcript
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Hans Hope
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George Matthew Adams
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