Great Britain Faces Urgent Need for Men and Munitions
Urgent call from Britain for a larger army and more workers for munitions factories. Authorities emphasize manpower shortages and the need to boost production to sustain war effort.
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05 Oct 1916
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1916
Page
1
Allies Winning War and Draft Pressure Grows
London reports Britain's urgent need for men and munitions workers as the national service plan expands to cover more labor. The imperial staff warns that mobilizing every man and woman is essential to sustain armies and factories, with women and older workers pushed into munition plants. Parliament faces pressure over extending conscription to Ireland amid a broad government push for full employment of available manpower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiralty
War Office
Minister of Munitions
Oher
George
London
William Robertson
Imperial Staff
Army Headquarters
Palderby
Lincolire
Ireland
the Times
How Old is Ann Who's Got the Sugar Why the Price
Shreveport papers advertise 19 pounds sugar for a dollar with a six dollar grocery purchase and 16 pounds for a dollar without extra buys. Alexandria reports eleven pounds per dollar. Monroe offered 12 pounds per dollar a week ago. Why the disparity across cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann
Shreveport
Alexandria
Monroe
Ireland Conscription Debate and Military Staffing Pressure
The Man Power Distribution Board and General Sir William Robertson warn that more men are urgently needed and could aid agitators allied with Sir Edward Carson. Carson argues Ireland must provide up to a half million militarily eligible people to sustain Irish regiments, while politicians deem compulsory service in Ireland inappropriate without home rule. The war context strengthens the conscription advocates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Er Distribution Board
United Kingdom
Man Power Distribution Board
William Robertson
Imperial Staff
Edward
Sir Edward
Ireland
Dayton Commissioner Switner to Lecture on City Managers
Dayton city commissioner J. M. Switner arrives from Shreveport to deliver an 8 o'clock tonight at the courthouse address on city business managers. He notes progress under the law and invites the public to hear the talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Switner
Dayton
Ohio
Court House
Shhreveport
Milk for Sale Disorder Strikes Harlem Stations
Disorder at Harlem health department milk stations prompted police reserves to disperse over five hundred women many with babies as they stormed two milk stations. The unrest reflects milk shortages and mounting public frustration as stores fail to supply milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associatedreal New York
Harlem Health Department
London Raids Continue Amid German False News
London remains under Zeppelin threat as Earl of Derby tells AP raids will persist to pressure Germany. He notes improved British air defenses and a marked decline in German reporting accuracy, citing Thiepval and Combles as cases of delayed admissions. Derby, now under secretary of war, declines to predict an end to trench warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Associated Press
Earl of Derby
England
Germany
Lord Derby
Thiepval
Combles
Saved From Jail By Cupid With a Marriage License
Dorothy Bornholz, 21, pleaded guilty in New York General Sessions to stealing 5000 from a lace maker where she worked as bookkeeper. Judge Wadhams heard a suitor, Harry Richard Mattison, a clerk, declare love and a marriage license, prompting sentence suspension as partial restitution was made and the rest promised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dorothy Bornholz
Court of General Sessions
Wadhams
Harry Richard Mattison
Wilson Given Noisy Welcome in Indiana Ohio and Illinois
Thousands of people greet President as he arrives in Indiana Ohio and Illinois. Crowds cheer during a noisy welcome across multiple states, signaling broad support for the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Indiana
Ohio
Illinoes
Wilson's Midwest Tour Draws Loud Welcome Across States
President Wilson rode the rail line through Indiana Ohio and Illinois receiving hearty crowds at stations. He avoided speeches, spoke briefly at times and praised eight hour work limits for railroad employers. In Fort Wayne Warsaw and other towns he thanked supporters and noted hospitality. Adolph Flasdick accuses Moran and Marshall of taking payments to run a postmidnight dance in Clio street Turn Verein hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wilson
Middle West
Omaha
Indiana
Ohio
Illinois
Sam
Lima
Mr. Wilson
Fort Wayne
EF. G. Hoffman
Hoffman
Long Branch
N. J
Baker defends eight hour act for railroad men
Newark in October 5 report quotes Newton D. Baker secretary of war defending President Wilson's eight hour day for railroad workers. He recalls rail injuries from exhausted engineers and notes Wilson urged Congress to pass the eight hour law to protect workers and ensure safe, alert operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Newton D. Baker
Wilson
Woman’s Bureau
Democratic National Committee
Doar
Marne
Verdun
Baker
Congress
British Speculate on Bremen's Fate
London officials study the missing German submarine Bremen believed overdue after reports it sailed toward the United States. Naval circles fear renewed German U boat activity and a potential ten-for-ton policy in peace terms if Germany continues sinking merchant tonnage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Amercan
Germany
Britain
Two Men Die In Pennsylvania Railroad Wreck
An express freight collision at Lewistown Yards, Altoona reports two men killed and many injured including the engineer a dozen mail clerks and passengers as the Pennsylvania Railroad Mercantile Express struck the rear of a stock train and wreckage caught fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad Mercantile Express
Lewistown
Legal Battle to Recover Her Children in New Orleans
Mrs. Alice De Carlos Darragh and husband C L Darragh filed in civil district court for writs of habeas corpus against Mr and Mrs Philip Gleason claiming James Gleason and Philip Edward Gleason are their children detained under an adoption agreement not carried out. The case follows graft rumors about New Orleans police and detective forces amid handbooks, baseball pools and lotteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Alice de Carlos Darragh
Caddo Parish
C. L. Darragh
Civil District Court
Philip Gleason
Darraghs
James Gleason
Philip Edward Gleason
Gleason
Gleason's
Gleasons
John
Goethals and Clark Chosen for Adamson Board
President Wilson arrived in Omaha for Nebraska's statehood celebration and announced two appointees to investigate the Adamson eight hour law. Major General Goethals, governor of the Panama Canal Zone, and Interstate Commerce Commissioner Clark were named, with a third member to be announced tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Frese
Omaha
Wilson
Nebraska
Statehood
Goethals
Panama Canal Zone
Interstate Commerce
Clark
Inconclusive Battles Across Dobrudja Front Reported
Associated Press dispatches from London on October 5 describe conflicting outcomes in the eastern theater. Sofia claims Bulgarian forces repelled all Russian and Roumanian attempts along the Dobrudja front south of the Tehernovoda Constanza railway, while Roumanians suffered a disastrous crossing near Rahove with reported annihilation and retreat toward a destroyed pontoon bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sofia
Dobrudja
Associated Press
London
Bulgaria
Danube
Rahove
Ruestchuk
Turtukai
Tehernovoda-Constanza
Hueherest
Black Sea
von Mackenzen
Woman shoots brewer then kills herself in Cincinnati
Mrs. Helen Houck, 30, fatally shoots Alphonso Wetterer, 50, vice president and secretary of Wetterer Brewing Co., at Houck residence after leaving a note accusing him of wronging her. She then commits suicide. Houck was recently divorced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Helen Houck
Alphonso Wetterer
Wetterer
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Sextent
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Edward Carson
Asquith
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Cupid
Wal
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Saulsbury
Delaware
Senatorial Committee
Walsh
West
Pittsburg
Lam
Orrville
Valparaiso
Ind
Hughes
Warsaw
Secretary Baker
Lyceum Theatre
Triangle
Chas Ray
THE
Pathe Weekly
Frank Keenan
Pippin
Keystone
Frank Daniels
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