Biggest Holiday Shopping Trade Expected After War End
Indications point to the largest holiday shopping season in U S history as restrictions on jewelry gifts clerks and deliveries are lifted. Merchants stocked up and workers returned to boost a Victory Christmas marked by generosity and no empty stockings.
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Chicago
United States
Santa Claus
Grosvenor B. Clarkson
Council of National Defense
Anaway
Council of Defense
Big Tree’s Scrap Of Paper and His Explanation
A rugged talk by Big Tree’s group in the Cowskin country hints at the end of the war on the other side. Local chatter centers on white intervention, village life, and the shifting moral view of whites and Indians amid draft and payments to families.
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Big Tree
Big-Tree
Star Young
Gentmans Oltia
Injun Treaty Talk in Old Time Speech
A quoted speech describes a long ago treaty with Native Americans and the breakdown of promises. The speaker recalls Uncle Bum negotiating with “Injuns” and Uncle Sam telling them to move, leaving nothing but scrap and paydays.
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Big Tree
Navy Aircraft Work Adheres to Regular Practice says Admiral Taylor
Washington report credits Navy policy of aligning aircraft development with standard naval methods for wartime success. Rear Admiral David W. Taylor notes civilian contractors aided under favorable conditions, with minimal design changes and continued use of American shipboard aircraft types. The piece covers balloons, parachute tests, and the Philadelphia aircraft plant expansion, plus Squantum as a permanent Navy adjunct.
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Washington, D. C
Navy
David W. Taylor
Pubic
Navy Department
Taylor
Admiral Taylor
Construction Corps
Naval Aircraft Factory
Philadelphia
Squantum
Mass
Diamonds Increase In Value Result Of War
The National Council of Defense reports a war driven rise in diamond prices has shifted civilian purchases. Small stones under one half carat show stronger sales while larger stones over a half carat fall off. Buyers now limit spend to fixed amounts, buying smaller stones than a year or two ago.
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Chicago
National Council of Defense
New Snow Travel Emerges in Alaska Motor Sled With Propeller
Cordova Alaska Nov 16 A new winter transport debuts as B B Griffin an electrician with the Alaska Engineering Commission pilots a motor sled propelled by an airplane engine and propeller. He travels 14 miles in 28 minutes across open country marking a bold experiment in snow travel.
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Cordova
Alaska
B. B. Griffin
Alaskan Engineering Commision
Griffin
Camp Dick Originated by Son-in-Law General J. C. Thompson
More than 25 000 flyers earned their wings at Camp Dick the aviation concentration camp near Dallas Texas since January 1918. The camp served to maintain aviator morale while awaiting transfer to advanced flying fields, drawing personnel from Princeton Cornell and the Texas Illinois and California universities. Commanded by Capt Ormsby McCammon the camp was conceived by Col B B Z Steever who is the father in law of General and Mrs John Charles Thompson of 2015 Capitol avenue Dallas.
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Camp Dick
J. C. Thompson
Dallas
Tex
Den
United States
Princeton
Cornell
Texas
Illinois
California
Col
BB. Z. Steever
Ormsby McCammon
EB. Z. Steever
John Charles Thompson
Capitol Avenue
This City
With Our Boys in France Baths and Barber Shops
Miss Gertrude Orr, formerly a Denver newspaper woman now with the Red Cross in France, sends a tale from the mountain division. It offers a sidelight on everyday life of American soldiers and their routine at baths and barber shops in France.
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France
Mountain Division
The
American Red Cross
Gertrude Orr
Denver
Red Cross
Red Cross Bath and Barber Service At Bases Noted
A Red Cross hospital report details bath houses at bases 31, 32, 22, and 36. In one month 6150 baths were provided to officers, nurses, enlisted men, convalescents, and French personnel, with a barber shop aiding those unable to shave. Two French backers oversee operations at buildings provided by the Red Cross.
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Polly
Redtrom Hospital
Home and Hospital Service Bureau
Red Cross
Interurban Car Built to Transfer Insane Patients
A special interurban car designed to haul insane patients from Cook County psychopathic hospital in Chicago to state institutions has been built to minimize inconvenience and publicity. Interior and exterior views are illustrated in the January issue.
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Cook County
Psychopathic Hospital
Chicago
Eel Prices and Demand Prompt Widespread Interest
A note highlights high demand for eels and mentions a price point of $1.20. It reflects consumer interest and market activity surrounding eel sales.
Medical Transit Car Described in 25 Chanics Magazine
A Chicago surface line style car is pictured with wire reinforced glass windows and heavy interior screens. The design splits into two compartments for men and women with reversible seats and folding Werths for invalid patients, reflecting a welfare oriented transport concept.
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Chanics Magazine
Chicago
Card of Thanks for Flowers and Kindness
A note expresses gratitude to friends and especially Mr. McCloud and Union Pacific shop workers for flower offerings and support after the writer’s husband’s death. The writer signs as VPA ATAPaAn D sae Ree.
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Mr. McCloud
Union Pacific
VPA
Atapaan
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