Growth of Ordnance Department Expands Civil Service Need
Washington DC December. As the United States enters war the civil branch hires swell by tens of thousands. Ordnance now employs over two thousand civilians plus officers. the division may triple in a year. Manufacturing plants nationwide run about twenty thousand workers. Civil Service Commission faces steady labor demands and rapid staffing across offices and plants. Local boards finish precise exams and listings for cities nationwide.
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Boards of Civil Service Examiners
Fathers of Men stars Robert Edeson at Fairfield theatre
Robert Edeson headlines the Blue Ribbon Feature Fathers of Men at the Fairfield theatre this evening in a six part drama. He plays both John and Robert Howland with strong dramatic acting as the story follows a woodsman whose wife runs away and who returns to face injustice and vow revenge.
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Robert Edeson
Fairfield Theatre
Mr. Edeson
John Howland
Robert Howland
Great Northern Woods
Edeson
Senate OKs Overman antitrust rail plan in first step
The Senate adopted without opposition the Overman resolution suspending part of the Clayton antitrust law prohibiting joint buying agreements by railroads. This marks the nation’s first step toward a broader railroad valuation scheme urged by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Washington
Dec. S
Senate
Overman
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Honor Guard stage two fine playlets at High School
The National Honor Guard presented two short plays with a musical interlude last night to support the Red Cross, raising 140 dollars. Eloise Smith and Edmund Brown starred in Confessions, while Captain Joe featured June Powell Kate Winston Anna Humphrey Lena Fisher and others, directed by Mrs. Frank Boies with Unkrich's orchestra.
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National Honor Guard
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Eloise Smith
Edmund Brown
Mary Louise Kerrick
Seebrock
Mildred Stewart Chopin
Leschetisky
Captain Joe
Alice Geretenberg
June Powell
Katherine Fulton
Kate Winston
Anna Humphrey
Ethleyn Caesell
Gyrl Stephenson
Misa Stephenson
Gladys Workman
Anna Hmphrey
Kate Wifiston
Martha Gearhart
Pat Dickinson
Lena Fisher
Sue Carpenter
Frank Boies
Unkrich
Gertrude Casswell
Ottumwa
Winchester School House Fire Destroys Local Landmark
The Winchester school house, a longtime center for Van Buren County students, was destroyed by fire in the early afternoon. No injuries were reported among pupils. Also noted, Miss Agnes Swift departs for Fort Worth Texas to serve as a nurse at a military base hospital with the Red Cross Unit RK, Southeastern Iowa.
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Winchester, Dee, &8
Winchester School
van Buren County
Washington Journal
Agnes Swift
Fort Worth
Texas
Red Cross
Iowa
France
Champion Fat Bullock Sets Live Stock Price Record
Merry Monarch the champion fat bullock sold to Armour & Co for 210 per pound at the International Live Stock Exposition. Weighing 1610 pounds, the total price reaches 358, with proceeds to the Red Cross. The sale was held at Dallas area exposition events and includes other cattle records and an aviation accident in Duncanville.
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Chicago
Dee
Merry Monarch
Heropion
Armour & Co
Red Cross
Agricultural College of Purdue University
M. P. Hall
Mechanicsburg
For Rent Four Rooms Furnished Water and Lights
Vacancy listing notes four modern rooms for rent with water and electric lights furnished at 12 dollars fifty cents per month. Contact Russell Smith at 739 for details.
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Russell Smith
Belgium prisoner asks Louden Machinery for agriculture catalogs
Adrien Van Hecke, a Belgian POW at Hardewuk camp in Holland, writes Fairfield Iowa firm Louden Machinery Co seeking catalogs and explanations on agriculture tools and machines to help rebuild Belgium after the war. He notes teaching agronomy and English in a self‑styled school and praises American aid.
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Hardewak
Holland
Antwerp
Hardewuk
Louden Machinery Co
Fairfield
Iowa
Tam
United States
Canada
Fairfield Rebekah Lodge to Meet Next Monday Evening
The Fairfield Rebekah Lodge No. 96 will meet next Monday evening with initiation on the agenda. Members are urged to attend and bring their own bread and butter sandwiches. Mrs D F Spratt hosts O BK 8S Club Tuesday afternoon at her East Burlington home. all members invited.
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D. F. Spratt
O. BK. 8S
East Burlington Street
Presbyterian Church
Clarence Hague
Women’s Home Missionary Society
The
Judgment House to Play at Orpheum This Week
Commodore J Stuart Bladen adapts Sir Gilbert Parker novel Commodore J Stuart Bladen works day and night to screen The Judgment House for Paramount. Parker has visited during production and shown strong interest. The Judgment House opens at the Orpheum theater on Monday and Tuesday December 10 and 11.
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Orpheum
Gilbert. Parker
Commodore J. Stuart Bladen
Paramount
Commodore Bladen
Gilbert Parker
Orpheum Theater
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