Packard Engines Helped Build U S War Air Power
The Packard Motor Car Company developed and patented airplane engines before U S entry into the war. The government licensed Packard free of royalty to manufacture and use the designs, with production expanding through 1917 as engineers, including Vincent, worked with Washington officials and Allied experts to scale up.
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Liberty Motor
Packard Motor Car Company
United States of America
Packard
United
Ales Fia
Packard Engineering Department
G. Vincent
Eastes
United States
Vincent
Washington
Mgr. Vincent
Bureman
Liberty motor from Packard era reshaped wartime drive
Government officials sought a national Liberty motor turning Packard’s private effort into a mass produced product. Vincent and Tall rose to lead the five day design sprint, expanding horsepower while Packard provided thousands of parts and ongoing guidance under wartime constraints. Vincent left a major role to serve as Army Colonel, sacrificing salary and facing potential conflicts of interest.
Kendrick to Visit Cheyenne En Route to Denver Meeting
Washington reports Senator John B. Kendrick plans to stop in Cheyenne before attending the Livestock Association meeting in Denver January 18 to 25 where he will address the group. Initial plans had him visiting Denver first, then returning to Cheyenne.
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Washington
John B. Kendrick
Livestock Association
Denver
Associaton
Cheyenne
Hundred-Year Moments in American History Summary
A compact chronicle cites key events: Memphis founded. Alabama statehood. serfdom abolished. War Temberg noted. Arkansas organized as a territory. Maine split from Massachusetts. Florida ceded by Spain. first steamship across the Atlantic. Auburn Theological Seminary founded. Erie Canal opens Utica to Rome. first steamboat navigates the Great Kanawha. Pirett at St. tablished at ochos. first oral paper amid an ae financial crisis and Northwest search.
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Memphis
Alabama
Wartemberg
Arkansas
Maine
Massachusetts
Spain
Florida
United States
Atlantic
Auburn Theological Seminary
Utica
Rome
Firet
Kanawha
Pirett
Ochos
United G Oeeren Hs
Northwest
Nitrate Sale Offer To Farmers At Government Price
The Agriculture Department announces nitrate of soda will be sold to farmers for cash at cost during the coming season. Price is $81 per short ton fob loading point, with freight and incidental costs borne by the farmer. The sale follows last year's plan with extension directors and local committees directing applications.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Stetes
Nitrate Commlitesa
Women placed in positions across divisions rise in 1918 report
The sixth annual labor department report highlights how the women's division of the U S employment service recruits only when calls exist or trained women apply. Local divisions grew to 55 by July 1 1918 with placements across industrial domestic clerical and secretarial roles.
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Secretary of Labor
United States Employment Service
The
Employment Service
Women’s
Farmers by thousands organize to strengthen U S agriculture
Tens of thousands of farmers join county councils of agriculture and county farm bureaus as part of a national drive to boost American farming after war. The campaign, coordinated with state extension services, aims to expand cooperative extension work and improve farming methods, markets, and prosperity. In West Virginia, Morgantown and county agents report notable results through Dec 10, showcasing the campaign’s reach.
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Farmers
U. S. Agriculture
Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
County Councils of Agriculture
Organized Agriculture of América
Chambers of Commerce
Co-Operative Agricultural Extension Agencies
Farm Bureau
State University At
Morgantown
Federal Department
Agricultural Extension Organization
State Director of Extension
Secretary of Agriculture
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Sloan
Hie
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Tricton Amaratt
Subae
Mr. Vincent
Er. J. Tall
Washington Hotel
Liberty Motors
War Department
Daltimore
Missionary and Bible Society of the
Methodist Episcopal Church
New York
Great Britain
Kendrick
Musterole
Ines
Chicago
Swift & Company
West Virginia
Want
State Leader
John Wood
Mgr
Josie Hunter
HH. Warren
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