War Era Federal Jobs And Misused Funds Exposed
An investigation reveals how the U S Employment Service claimed broad credit for job placements during WWI and kept funding through Congress. C J Drennan of Sun Shipbuilding cites inflated figures and shows misused travel and nepotistic staffing, criticizing the service for monopoly seeks and improper hiring.
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Congress
Federal Employment Service
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Federal Employment Bureau
U. S. Employment Service
Department of Labor
Philadelphia
Government
C. J. Drennan
The
Sun Shipbuilding Co
State Bureau
Mr. Drennan
Pennsylvania
Drennan
Uncle Sam
Inquiry into the Expenditures of the $5 Million U S Fund
An inquiry investigates how the $5,000,000 fund made available to the U S employment service was spent. Officials review allocations, disbursements, and project outcomes to ensure accountability and proper use of federal resources.
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U. S. Employment Service
The Dairy Cow Brings In Money Every Day
A farm families economic advice extols dairy cows as a steady income source. The piece asserts every landholder should own cows and contrasts dairy wealth with butter purchases, citing Washington state’s dairy region west of the mountains as the richest agricultural sector.
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Washington
Protect the Manufacturer Against Foreign Goods
Opinion argues that labor demands high wages and short hours clash with free trade and warns that without protection domestic industry cannot compete. It notes cancelled orders due to lacking ships and high freight, cites rising artificial costs, and urges a return to normal supply and demand with tariff or protection. It references Mr. Gompers and wage fixing boards.
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Gompers
What’s the Matter with the Light What’s the Matter with the Light
About 127 households questioned why the city lighting failed on New Year’s day and yesterday. They pressed officials on high profits, alleged mismanagement, and potential takeovers while noting past winters’ outages. Residents protested delays in safeguards and questioned why preventive measures weren’t installed last summer.
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McAdoo
Moses
Leavenworth
Local Man Buys Thermometer For Cold Nights
A town resident bought a thermometer this week to gauge night chill. He read 60 degrees indoors in the evening and 63 degrees at seven o clock morning, prompting a noted hot under the collar reaction.
United States poised for postwar business revival
The article argues the United States will lead a global postwar boom as war losses are rebuilt. It notes Europe’s destruction, shipping losses, and the need for raw materials, timber, and manufactured goods, with American industry ready to supply a recovering world once peace terms are announced.
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United States
Europe
Asia
Africa
Central America
England
Washington
Globe
Influenza Claims Another Victim At Local Railroad Yard
Alonzo Joseph Ettenborough died after a ten day influenza illness that progressed to pneumonia. Born 1878 in Kansas, he moved to Washington in 1898 and worked as a mechanic for Wilbur, the mill, and the railroad. He married Viola Richards on March 18, 1912 and is survived by his wife, parents, two sisters, and four brothers. Burial will take place in Wilbur.
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Joseph Ettenborough
Railroad Roundhouse
Judah
Mr. Ettenborough
Wilbur
Wash
Big Mill
Railroad Company
Alonzo Joseph Ettenborough
Kansas
Washington
Viola Richards
Leavenworth
Everett
The
Odd Fellows
U. S. Navy
Pupose
McAdoo
Federal Trade Commission
Costs Less to Live in East ern Washington
Spokane cost of living for a four and a half person family is 1251 dollars yearly. Federal coast cities list Seattle 1569 Tacoma 1536 Portland 1838 San Francisco 1441 Los Angeles 1288. Costs cover rent fuel light food clothing insurance amusements and incidentals. medical and dental are not included.
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Spokane
Pacific Coast
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
Seattle
Tacoma
Portland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
United States
No Work In Idaho For Those Who Renounced Citizenship
A Spokane newsletter reports Idaho will not employ foreign born men who renounced US citizenship. Atlas Tic Co of Coeur d Alene bans such workers. Blackwell Lumber and others follow, discharging those who renounced. Shoshone county officials consider action under state law barring noncitizens from private employment.
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Spokane
Echo
Idaho
United States
Atlas Tic Company
Coeur d’Alene
Blackwell Lumber Company
Shoshone
Northwest
Europe
Intermountain
Inland Empire
Labor and production lessons from wartime policy
The article analyzes postwar pressure to make wartime labor and price controls permanent. It quotes Miss Christabel Pankhurst on democratic control of industry, praises Uncle Sam's food administration and the rail wage commission, and highlights the packers led by Thomas F. Wilson for sustaining supplies. Edward N. Hurley elaborates a Robinson Crusoe analogy to justify productive expansion and new commerce.
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Christabel Pankhurst
Miss Pankhurst
Washington
Railway
Telegraph
Telephone
Express
Uncle Sam
Sam
Navy
Food Administration
Army
Packers Committee
Thomas FE. Wilson
Wilson & Company
Wilson
Packers’ Committee
The
Edward N. Hurley
Robinson Cruso
Desert
Ranchers Build Silos and Form Cooperatives at Wenatchee Valley
County Agricultural Agent Meikel notes ranchers are erecting numerous affordable silos from rough undressed lumber and many clubs have formed to jointly buy ensilage cutting outfits. This cooperative activity spurs dairy barn construction and a rise in dairy cows.
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Meikel
Ensilage
Dorothy McClure Returns Home From Spokane
Miss Dorothy McClure came back Monday from Spokane where she spent Christmas with her sister Mrs. Skeffington.
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Dorothy McClure
Spokane
Mrs. Skeffington
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B. C. Rutherford
Iola Oleson
Catherine MacBain
Leavenworth Hospital
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