Hoover urges housewives to save wheat and meat in wartime drive
The United States Food Administration under Herbert Hoover issues injunctions to American housewives. Read in kitchens nationwide the campaign urges saving wheat meat milk fats sugars fuel and perishable foods with practical steps such as baking only as needed using nonwheat breads smaller meat portions and using leftovers. The plan aims to boost supplies and support democracy.
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Hoover
United States Food Administration
America
Europe
Herbert C. Hoover
United States
Regulations On Draft Exemptions Drawn Up By Wilson
Regulations lay out who will be exempt from the draft and how they are to be determined after names are drawn. They specify timing for physicals and hearings, set limits on local board staff, and define exemptions for officers ministers divinity students military personnel and aliens with restrictions on German subjects. Discharges and appeals are detailed, with procedures for dependents and for conscientious objectors and moral defaulters.
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Wilson
United States
District of Columbian
Ministers of Religion
Germany
Focal Boards
New York City
Focal Board
Niagara for East River Miniature Cataract at Aqueduct Celebration
Columbus day marks the start of a city wide celebration for the Catskill aqueduct completion. A high pressure pipe across a bridge will emit illuminated water into the East river mimicking Niagara, with river traffic paused if needed. Mayor Mitchel to preside at city hall ceremony with ex mayor McClellan as guest, plus a fountain by MacMonnies and Flastings unveiled in city hall plaza. Parades dinners pageants and festivals follow in churches and schools.
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East River
Columbus Day
Mitchel
McClellan
MacMonnies
Franklin Flastings
Angelius Crane
City Hall Plaza
Central Park
Too Mean a Trick in a Gentle Reply
A witty exchange unfolds over an overdue account. One writer asks when payment will arrive and even includes a stamp. The reply turns the taunt back with a playful claim that using the stamp would be a mean trick to disappoint the sender.
Draft Exemption Clauses and Status Proof List
The text lists classes exempt from the draft contingent on proof of status. It includes indispensable industry workers, dependents, religious sect members, clergy, government officers, active military, noncitizen aliens without citizenship papers, armory and mail transmission workers, merchant mariners, pilots, and felons.
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United States
States of the Union
I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Slacker in New York Sun
The lyric reflects a World War I era sentiment published in the New York Evening Sun, praising patriotism and readiness to defend liberty. The verse asserts pride in a son raised to fight for freedom and national rights, opposing any lax stance or betrayal of duty.
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New York Evening Sun
Our Red Cross to Use Dogs in War Effort
American dogs are to aid wounded rescue in combat zones. A dog training school near Paris will train dogs to locate injured soldiers, using terrain such as broken ground and woods. American dog handlers are in France and will train both American and French dogs for Red Cross ambulances with three trained dogs per unit.
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America
Red Cross
France
Ted Cross
Paris
New Marching Song for Our Army in France
The New York Sun reports a new marching song for American troops in France titled Over the Sea to Germany. Composed by Clarence Gridley with lyrics by John Erb, the chorus bids farewell to Yankee land and greets France as troops sail to fight a Germanist regime. The tune evokes Tipperoary and other standards and is well liked by French regiments as they march past. Best time for black bass is early morning or late afternoon on smaller streams, with cloudy days and cool conditions favorable.
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France
Germany
Clarence Gridley
Captain Gridley
Manila Bay
John Erb
Tipperary
New York Sun
Effort to Enlighten by a Father and Son
A boy asks what an overt act is and a father replies with a paraphrased Washington Star quip about acts that force rudeness or politeness, implying restricted social behavior. The exchange frames overt action as pressure to fight or pretend not to notice.
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Washington Star
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