Vast Crop Report Effort Reaches 4 Million Mail Pieces
The Division of Crop Reports handled over 4,000,000 pieces of mail in the year, a rise from 8,200,000 the prior year. Field agents expanded work, issuing monthly state crop reports and aiding agencies from the Food Administration to Congress with data on yields, stocks, prices, and agricultural programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nents
United States Grain Corp
Field Agents
Department of Agriculture
Treasury Department
Northwest
Southwest
Committee
War Trade Board
Committees On Agriculture
Congress
Bureau
House of Representative
The
Food Administration
War Industices Board
Military Intelligence Office
War Department
Tariff Commission
Federal Trade Commission
Council of National Defense
Washington
Centenarian says fashion harms women no more
Catherine Tibball of Brookly n Manhattan celebrated her 100th birthday and defends modern dress trends. She cites Doctor Copeland saying silk stockings high heels corsets and low neckline gowns do not harm women and claims she wore such attire and still lived a century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Catherine Tibball
Lafayette Avenue
Brook
S. Copeland
Thomas Tibball
Ely
Copeland
Germany’s Energy Boost Affects Recovery Of Its Trade
Berlin reports stronger industrial pace and staffing as Germany restructures after the war. German factory owners say made in Germany gains hinge on limited materials, low exchange, and credit access to buy cotton and copper from America. American observers note friction with U S policy while German zones in the Rhineland remain open to French and British commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold E. Bechtol
Chicago
Berlin
Europe
Ofriva
Germany
America
Sam
Berty
France
England
Arca
Rhine
China
Catch Two Legged Whale At Kyu Got Station
Victoria B C reports a female humpback with two hind legs about 50 inches long was caught at the Kyu Got whaling station. Manager Buck of the Consolidated Whaling says in 20 years he has never heard of such a find.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B. C
Kyugot
Consolidate! Whaling Company
How Coal Supply Was Cared For During Miners Strike
Article explains how the six week bituminous coal strike was managed by the railroads and government. It covers stock surveys before and during the action, the central coal committee, priority distributions, regional and local coal committees, and the goal to conserve coal while keeping essential services and key industries supplied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
United States
Sar
Con
Walker Hines
Railroad
Coneenees
Iliat
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Alabarma
Wyoming
Great Central
Middle West
Railroad Administration
Central Coal Committee
Indianapolis
United States Railroad Administration
Washington
Fuel Administration
Harry B. Spencer
The
Southern Railroad
Harry A. Garfield
Spencer
Hhis
Regional Coal Committee
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Paris
Paria
Wilks
Ent Bureau
APTS
Bureau of Crop
United States Department
Ulure
Cannes
Macy Live Stock Survey
Tates Food Administration
Elnasen
Tock
Gor
Tage
Winter
Nations
Belgium
Auce Clagett
Railroads
Bowe Industries
Wilhelm
Constantinople
Bagdad
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