War profits report challenged by meat packers leaders
Five major meat packers deny monoply claims in a Federal Trade Commission war profits report. They defend profits as reasonable and say margins are small, with most gains reinvested to meet war-time costs and expansion. Armour Company, Cudahy Packing, Morris, Swift, and Wilson & Company defend competition and urge public review of data.
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Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Armour & Company
Cudahy Packing Co
Morris & Company
Swift & Company
Wilson & Company
Weekly War News Digest
Health of munition workers supervised by women health officers under the Army Ordnance Department Women’s Division at Mount Holyoke College Mass. Ensign Stephen Potter U S Navy Reserve Force killed in action over German planes March 19 1918 near Hinder Light after shooting down a German seaplane. New Jersey shell loading plant to produce 52000 shells daily with 5000 workers including many women and 250000 daily markings operations. Mobile water trains under Army Medical Department provide purified drinking water to American soldiers in France with on board labs chemists and bacteriologists. Conscientious objectors decide to join fighting branches.
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Womens Division
Industrial Service
Army Ordnance Department
Mount Holyoke College
Mass
Christine Mann
Ordnance Department
Navy Department
Stephen Potter
United States Naval Reserve Force
Ensign Potter
Potter
Hinder
Jersey
France
Army Medical Department