Secretary Baker Discusses Permanent Army and War Record
Secretary Baker’s annual report defers permanent army structure until after the peace conference. He outlines a temporary plan for a regular army nucleus, urges officer education expansion, and notes selective service success. He highlights Meuse-Argonne operations, manpower scales, equipment production, aircraft, and embarkation efforts, ending with tribute to home front contributions.
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Washington, D. C
Baker
United States
Coniantiy
Oost
Oost Shust
Peart Conference
West Point
Porthing
Fosdick
Try
Europe
France
Chicago Washburn school trains war production machine operators
Equipment at Washburn school in Chicago supports rapid training of large numbers of men and women as skilled machine operators for war production. The 40 room steel building at 14th and Union is run by the training and dilution service under Charles T. Clayton, with staff selected from capable mechanics.
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Baker
Browning
Acton
France
General Pershing
Washburn
Chicago
Department of Labor
Charles T. Clayton
14Th
Uniong Streeta
Voard
Imutrustors
Board of Education
Divion
Boston Chamber Dinner Opens Doors to Women Attendance
Boston December 4. For the first time in the chamber’s history women will attend the annual dinner at Symphony hall tomorrow night. Charles M. Schwab head of Emergency First will give the dress of the evening. F C Walcott of Englewood N J will discuss the food situation in Europe as a guest speaker from the federal food administration.
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Boston
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Symphony Hall
Emergency First Corporation
F.C. Walcott
Englewood
N. I
Federal Food Administration
King Albert of Belgium to Visit Paris with Queen Elizabeth
Paris dispatch describes King Albert and Queen Elizabeth arriving in the French capital for their first state visit since the war began. The couple will tour the city in Belgian colors, with crowds expected along Boulogne and the Elysee, as they receive a warm reception second only to the U.S. president among friendly powers.
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Deker
Eta
Baker
The
Meuse
America
Seden-Mezieres
Ameriens
France
Uthat
Sedan
Paris
Albert
Elizabeth
Paria
United States
Colds Cause Grip and Influenza Adv for Bromo Quinine
An ad notes bromide quinine tablets to relieve colds and flu with a single product labeled Breme-Quinine. It mentions Grove’s signature on the box and a price of 3 cents.
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W. Grove
Six Million Dollars Worth Tobacco Released by Bulgaria Opening
Bulgarian opening to Allies frees six million dollars worth of American owned tobacco in Seres Drama and Zavalla on the Greek coast. Tobacco supply movement may ease high grade shortages as Greek Macedonia expands its wartime crop. Labor is supplied mainly by Turkish growers who fled Smyrna and European Turkey to Greece for entente armies.
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Bulgaria
Saloniki
Seres
Drama
Zavalla
Aegean Sea
Turkey
Greek Macedonia
Europe
Smyrna
European
Greece
Colorado Men in War Time Coal Production Effort
Colorado coal operators and miners collaborate to maximize output during wartime. Despite voluntary enlistments and shifts to other labor, leaders emphasize increasing mine productivity to meet higher demand while facing labor shortages.
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United States
Colorado
Colorado Miners Reform Work Habits and War Support
Production committees in Colorado mines organize worker oversight to ensure daily attendance. Delinquents are reported up to mine managers and fuel administrations, reducing layoffs and boosting output per man. Miners’ steady work and high Liberty loan contributions reflect strong wartime commitment and state pride.
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Tim Ormnager
Colorado
Prisoners from Siberia to be exchanged in wartime
About 200 ex-prisoners from Siberia are negotiating with enemy forces for an exchange under wartime arrangements. The report notes measures taken at Peking and Moscow to facilitate the prisoner swap.
Fragments Reveal Forced Labor Claims in East Asia
Disjointed lines describe Chinese authorities detaining individuals and pressuring them into labor. The text alleges coercion, with migrants accused of resisting and being threatened with imprisonment or force. The fragmentary source hints at political tension and claims of exploitation.
Mischievous Patent Medicine Ad Targets Readers
An altered old notice markets a patent remedy package from a Chicago company. The ad promises products like Foter's Honey and Tar Compound and Foley cathartic pills claimed to soothe catarrh, backache, kidney ailments, and sluggish bowels. It invites mail order and promises wholesale results for state traders.
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Sheffisida
Chi JR
Foter
Foley
Beck
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