Labor Edict Forces Idlers to Work or Enlist in War
Washington May 1 General Crowder unveils the work or fight regulation extending after July 1. Registrants idle in poolrooms or employed in entertainment, hotel service, and clerical jobs may be drafted unless they prove active employment contributing to national industry. The rule aims to curb labor shortages and speed production, with boards empowered to reclassify and compel service for those failing to switch to useful work.
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Washington
Iowa
York
Belm
Crowder
Helm
Wilson
Department of Labor
Mar Shageverh
Matcral Gener
United States
Chicago
New York
Ike
Propaganda War Accuses Germany of Spreading Lies Abroad
A wartime government official warns that German propaganda aims to discredit the United States in Mexico and South America with a book titled Vampire des Continents. He cites extensive funding and a coordinated effort by pseudo journalists and scholars to undermine Allied leadership and sway public opinion in favor of Germany.
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United States
Spain
Diecredit
Megiew
Cemtri Am
South America
Continents
Wilken
Liegsd George
Igh
Silied
Ind
Germany
Lig
Fies
Berlin
Undefined historical note on venues and people
A compressed OCR fragment mentions Diene Doebler and Velmaened in relation to a shop and a track event. It references Joevatot operators at clubs, Ilheres Club and hotel dvermes Vallere, theater Able Tale, Pereone in domestic service, Clerks in Shores, and Riemer Actors.
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Diene Doebler
Joevatot
Dvermes
Vallere
Forele
Alee Pereone
Riemer
Propaganda Reach Reported From Carolinas to Georgia
A wartime briefing describes Allied loan anxieties and enemy propaganda penetrating U S mountain areas. It warns of rumors of another Civil War, claims Halabow division losses, and notes disinformation efforts including pamphlets and forged documents circulated in South America and the Americas to undermine the United States.
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America
Carolinas
Georgia
Vielen
Continent
Betance
Staten
South Americ
Cannes
Italy War Expenditure Reaches Ten Million Daily
Analysis shows Italy's total wartime outlay by three ministries over two years grows with period length. Estimated cost near ten million dollars daily, rising from early 1915 to late 1917. Figures include war related spendings and ignores external payments, highlighting economic strain and calls for stricter controls.
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Italy
Admiralty
Ministries of War
Navy
Munitions Te Addal
Jane
Arguet
RAISE MORE SHEEP DECLINE IN THE US INDUSTRY
The report by the Chamber of Commerce committee on the sheep and wool industry urges action to reverse a long decline. It recommends using cut over lands for grazing, expanding farm sheep farming, and utilizing western ranges to capacity, arguing education and will can restore self sufficiency in wool.
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Washington
United States
Committee of Statistics and Standarde
Chamber of Commerce of the
Rubber shortage feared as rubber makers align with war dept
Major tire and rubber makers have agreed to supply the government with their entire output. The War Department urges rapid deliveries and will override monthly quotas to rush contracts to completion. Major concerns nationwide shift focus to producing boots and footwear for front line troops.
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New York
I's
Inn
Chuldren Sui
War Department
War Department i
Power plants to transform Columbia salmon industry
McGowan packers seek Deschutes river water rights for eight thousand cubic feet use to run new canneries and tin plate plants. Proposals include two massive domed dam structures, one 118 feet high, the other 24 feet, with water power aimed at boosting salmon packing from Oregon’s Deschutes area. Other text includes unrelated satirical remarks from the Rehoboth Sunday Herald.
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Columbia River
McGowan (Wash
Aites
Deschutes River
Oregon
Change in Woman Life and Remedy Promised
A vintage advertisement touts Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for menopause like symptoms including heat, nervousness, backache, irritability, and "the blues." It claims forty years of experience, urging women to write the Philadelphia Medicine Co for guidance and support.
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Lyon
Fragmentary WWII Era Navy Injury Tale
A garbled wartime account references Henry M. Hetbinasa of South Orange and Retinson, a twenty-one year old submarine boat chaser in the navy, burned in a January accident at a New York hospital. Eyelids and part of an ear were burned. he remained in a Portsmouth hospital for a week.
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Henry M. Hetbinasa
Soath Orange
Mean Thing in a Quizzical Kitchen Exchange
A puzzled exchange shows a couple debating a makeshift pod ding from a cookery book with one partner joking about valor and a wristwatch. The fragment hints at humor and affectionate teasing in a domestic moment.
Deadly Parallel Descriptions Echo Beehive Attacks
In Hesston Evening Transcript the soldier recalls a Hun assault with stark vivid similes likening enemies to bees and thorns. The passage depicts fear and the eerie image of enemies who threaten yet are swiftly quenched by fire and fate.
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David
Heston Evening Transcript
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