Labor Service Plan Centralizes War Labor Recruiting
The War Labor Policies Board approves a drastic shift placing unskilled labor recruitment for war production under the U S Employment Service starting August 1. The plan creates federal districts and local labor boards to allocate quotas, protect communities, and prevent labor poaching while ensuring farm labor and essential industries receive needed workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard
Fredericksburg
Texas
LA. E
U. Employment Service
Hay
U. 5 Employment Service
e@ War Labor Policies Board
War Labor Policies Board
War, Navy
The
Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
War Industries Board
Food, Fuel, and Railroad Administrations
Felix Frankfurter
U.S. Employment Service
U. S. Employment Service
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Liberty Loan
Red Cross
Pittsburgh
Detroit
United States
Railroad Administration Creates Agricultural Section
The United States Railroad Administration formed an agricultural section to oversee relations between railroads and the Department of Agriculture. Its aim is to aid agricultural development and extend Agriculture Department efforts, especially in transportation, with support from the railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Railroad Administration
Agricultural Section
Department of Agriculture
War News Digest
Michelin tires heavier than average by weight
Michelin tires run 12 to 15 percent heavier than the typical tire according to the report, with potential effects on vehicle handling and fuel efficiency.
Executors Notice for Emil K. Eckhardt Estate
All persons with claims against the estate of Emil K Eckhardt deceased must present them within the legal time limit to the undersigned Executors, qualified July 1 1918. Residence and post office address Fredericksburg Texas. 47
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil K. Eckhardt
Fredericksburg
Texas
When the Kidneys Fail and Back Pain Relief
Readers learn about kidney strain from hard work and fatigue and how Doan's Kidney Pills offer relief. A Texas contractor T Schmiedekind reports lasting back and kidney improvement after using the remedy. Foster-Milburn Co. is listed as the manufacturer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
T. Schmiedekind
Contractor & Carpenter
Castell St
New Braunfels
Texas
Doan
Indictments in Raincoat Scandal Target Army Captain
Federal grand jury charges Aubrey W. Vaughan a U S Army captain in the Quartermaster Corps Felix Gouled a manufacturer and David L Podell a lawyer with conspiring to defraud the United States in raincoat contract schemes Indictments allege kickbacks commissions and use of the mails to defraud with schemes to conceal payments and contracts through a New York incorporation and other devices
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Aubrey W. Vaughn
Quartermaster’s Corps
United States Army
Felix Gouled
David L. Podell
Vaughan
Gouled
Vaughn
United States
War Department
Podell
State of
H. R. Rosenfield Raincoat Company, Incorporated
Taking of Testimony in Criminal Cases and Proposed Amendment
A legislative note records H J R No 2 proposing to amend Section 10 of Article 1 of the Texas Constitution to grant defendants speedy public trials, rights to counsel, confrontation, and optional deposition testimony under certain conditions, with voter ballot wording, funding, and approval history dated March 10, 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Texas
House of Representatives
Yeas
Senate
House
Texas proposed tax amendment for public schools and free texts
The document details an 1917 Texas constitutional amendment proposal to create a 35 cent per $100 tax to fund public schools and provide free textbooks. It outlines revenue sources, district formation, and authorizes additional local ad valorem taxes with voter approval, plus publication and appropriation specifics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Education
State of Texas
State of
Texas
House of Representatives
Yeas
Senate
Co. D. Mims
Treasury Announces 112 Million Allied Loans
The Treasury Department announced loans to allies totaling 112 million dollars. France received 100 million, Belgium 9 million, and Serbia 3 million. The overall loans to the allies now stand at 6.49204 billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Treasury Department
France
Belgium
Serbia
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Sylvania Woods
Clifton Mills
Gardui
Cardus
Department OF Labor
U. 8. Employment Service
Irie
Ernst Schmidt & Sons
F. W. Arbelger
Moline Universal Tractors
J. J. Case Threshing Machine Co
Canton
Moline Goods
the Railroad Administration
Farmers
Ent
Star Lord
Spahn
B&b
San Antonio
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