Labor Service Reshapes U S Employment Program in 1915
The War Labor Policies Board approved a plan centralizing war industry labor supply under the U S Employment Service. Beginning August 1, firms with payrolls over 100 will divert canyon labor recruiting to federal service. The plan aims to curb labor poaching, protect employers, conserve local labor, and raise production while extending rules to skilled labor as regulations develop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard
Fredericksburg
Texas
U. S
U & Employment Service
A Ofabor
U. 5 Employment Service
War Labor Policies Board
War, Navy
The
Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
War Industries Board
Food, Fuel, and Railroad Administration
Helix Frankfurter
Secretary of Labor
U.S. Employment Service
a_T
U. S. Employment Service
Labor mobility policy adopted for national war effort
Government outlines labor allocation rules to keep farmers supplied and prevent cross state movement by labor services. Quotas by state and locality will be distributed among industries and workers, with emphasis on farm and rail labor. The plan aims to protect local labor markets while supporting war production, noting transport of workers may occur to meet shortages. The announcement urges frank public understanding and cooperation from employers and communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ap_ S
Washington
War Partients
Department of Arrangement Agriculture
U. S
Em- Service
Liberty Loan Red Cross
Ces
Gov
Detroit
United States
Zod
Pittsburgh
Railroad Administration creates agricultural section
The United States Railroad Administration forms an agricultural section to manage relations between railroads and the Department of Agriculture. Its goal is to aid agricultural development nationwide and support the Agriculture Department’s extension and transport stimulation efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Railroad Administration
Agricultural Section
Department of Agriculture
War News Digest
Testimony and kidney remedy ad plus Texas constitutional amendment
An assembly of varied content including an arid remedy advertisement for Doan’s Kidney Pills praising relief for back pain and kidney strain, followed by a 1917 Texas constitutional amendment proposal. It covers petition prose, legislative sections, deposition testimony rules, voter ballot wording, and a $5000 funding clause. The piece blends medical testimonial, legal notice, and legislative action with dates and official approvals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Schmiedekind
Contractor & Carpenter
Castell St
New Braunfels
Texas
Doan
Mr. Sehmiedekind
Foster-Milburn Co
Migrs
Buffalo
N. Y
Texas constitutional amendment for school tax and free books
Texas moves to amend Article 7 Section 3 to levy a statewide ad valorem tax not to exceed thirty five cents per hundred dollars value for public school maintenance. It would fund free textbooks and allow deficits to be met from general funds. The measure includes district formation rules and election procedures, with passage noted as approved March 19, 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Texas
House of Representatives
Yeas
Senate
House
State of Texas
State Board of Education
State of State
Co. D. Mims
Indictments in Raincoat Procurement Scandal
Three individuals including Captain Aubrey W. Vaughan of the U S Army Quartermaster Corps were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiring to defraud the government in raincoat contract dealings. Felix Gouled a manufacturer and L Podell a lawyer face related counts alleging kickbacks and concealment of payments to officials. The case centers on supposed commissions and schemes to secure contracts through a new corporation, H R B Rosenfield Raincoat Company, Incorporated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Aubrey W. Vaughn
Quartermaster ’S Corps
United States Army
Felix Gouled
L. Podell
David
Vaughan
United States
Gouled
Washington, General
Greineogat
War Department
Podell
State of
H. RB. Rosenfield Raincoat Company, Incorporated
Aubrey W. Vaughan
Executors Notice for Emil K Eckhardt Estate
All persons with claims against the estate of Emil K Eckhardt deceased must present them within the legally prescribed time to the undersigned executors qualified as such. July 1st 1918. Residence and post office address Fredericksburg Texas. Reinhold Eckhardt Henry Mohr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil K K. Eckhardt
Fredericksburg
Texas
Reinhold Eckhardt
Henry Mohr
Loans To Allies Totals Seventy-Two Million? Wait
The Treasury Department announced loans to the allies totaling 112 million dollars. France received 100 million, Belgium 9 million, and Serbia 3 million. The cumulative total of loans to the allies reaches 6.49204 billion dollars.
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Iby Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Treasury Department
France
Belgium
Serbia
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S. Sylvania Woods
Clifton Mills
Gardui
Cardus
Department OF Labor
Ernst Schmidt & Sons
F. W. Arhelter
Moline Universal
Primrose
J. J. Case Threshing Machine Co
Canton
Moline Goods
the Railroad Administration
Farmers
Spahn
San Antonio
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