Skilled Workmen of This State to Aid Shipyards As War Effort
The United States Shipping Board announces three shipyards under construction to be finished in under 60 days, needing 600 workers per shift to build ships for America and allies. New Mexico hopes to enroll 700 skilled workers, with a 500-man yard quota, by filling a simple blank form and awaiting orders. Local directors and town coordinators in Santa Fe Albuquerque Roswell and others report strong enrollment and readiness to exceed quotas.
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America
Stain
France
Belgium
Nnion
United States Shipping Board
New Mexico
J. H Ver
Santa Fe Albuquerque
United States
England
Mexico
Spain
Mber Io
Germmany
Germany
McAdoo appoints railroad staff and officials
Director General McAdoo announces the organization of his railroad staff. Appointments include Walker D. Hines as Assistant to the Director General, John Barton Payne as General Counsel, Carl R. Gray as Director of Transportation, Edward Chambers as Director of Traffic, John Skelton Williams as Director of Finance and Purchases, W. S. Carter as Director of Labor, and Charles A. Prouty as Director of Public Service and Accounting. Frank McManamy named manager of the locomotive section, attached to Transportation Division. longtime Interstate Commerce Commission inspector will remain chief inspector of locomotives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAdoo
Walker D. Hines
John Barton Payne
Pis
Carl R. Gray
Edward Chambers
John Skelton
Williams
Labor
W. S. Carter
Public Service
Charles A. Prouty
Frank McManamy
Division of Transportation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cheers for sinking of Tuscania lead to jail time
Flint Michigan February 7 1920 two foreign workers Renz R Heyse German and FE Beck Austrian cheered news that a German U boat sunk the Tuscania with American troops. A riot call sent police to rescue the two aliens from a crowd. They were jailed for safety reasons, fearing hospital harm.
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Flint
Midh
Tuscania
Ruick
Renz R. Heyse
FE. Beck
Bluecoats
Camp Cody Y W C A House Is A Success
Letters from Y W C A secretaries at Deming report that the Hostess House at Camp Cody is a conspicuous success. It fills a great need by caring for the relatives of soldiers and provides a reading room always open to soldiers.
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Deming
Camp Cody
Burns Canyon Man Fined for Offseason Killing
Deputy sheriff seized three quarters of venison in Burnt canyon on Friday with a game search warrant. RT Lewis pleaded guilty in Indae Reddings' court after eluding the sheriff, facing a $30 fine imposed by Judge Del Red Ling on Saturday, February 2.
A First Lesson On World War Governed By Ideals
Mrs HJ Hammond from Clayton reports a wartime essay contrasting war government and religion with democracy, including Captain A P Simmons recalling German atrocities in Belgium and urging American mobilization. It traces war chief origins from Prussia under Bismarck to current Kultur doctrine, praising liberty and condemning autocracy.
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HJ. Hammond
Clayton
Tel Weaman
United Ed
Kites of
America
Alleged Slackfprs Kill Three Peace Officers in Gatelock
In Safford Arizona on February 10 John and Tom Powers allegedly killed Sheriff Fo Moltelle Deputies MR Renton and Kane Waoran in the Galurie mountains. United States Marshal Frank Haynes reached Safford at 4 PM as investigators pursued leads. The article names Mowers brothers and an Tom Sisson in connection with the incident.
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Safford
Aria
Fo Moltelle
MR. Renton
Kane ‘Waoran
John
Tom Powers
Gatelock
Galurie
Ely
United States
Frank Haynes
Sher
Safford and, He Metaoninhicta Hana
Tom Sisson
Women’s committee urges avoid new societies now
Dr Anna Howard Shaw, chairwoman of the Council of National Defense women’s committee, warns against forming attractive but unnecessary groups. She calls for coordinating existing organizations to prevent duplication and ensure focused wartime service. Every able woman should work now or prepare to fill roles in the selective draft.
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Washington
Feb
Anna Howard Shaw
Council of National Defense
Shaw
Woman's Committee
Training Telephone Operators for Service in France
Women with fluent French and English, aged 23 to 35, are being trained in cities including San Francisco New York and Chicago to serve as telephone operators in France. They will join in groups as needed, wear a standard uniform to be furnished, and no wives of officers or enlisted men may be accepted. Applications should be sent to the Chief Signal Officer in Room 82 percent Mille Rideline Annex Washington DC.
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San Francisco
New York
Chicago
France
Sienal
Lineral Corps
Signal Corps
Mille Reldine Annex
Washington, D.C
Germans in America and Propaganda Across War Fronts
War correspondent L I Marcossen warns that German spies and covert propaganda in the United States threaten patriotism. He calls for decisive action against spies and a strong publicity campaign to counter the “End the War” literature aiding the enemy.
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Teutonic Machine
United States
I. L. Marcossen
War and Religion Clash as Civilization Battles Tyranny
The text quotes fiery war sermons urging violence against enemies while contrasting Christian values with conquest. It invokes biblical imagery and proclaims that civilization must defeat tyranny or Germany will rise on global ruins. It links modern conflict to ancient trials and religious duty.
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Kultar
Tiantind
Heaven
Gethseman
Michael
Satan
Christ
Germany
Records Open to Correspon dents at Washington
Washington February 12 David Lawrence objects to Secretary Bakers time being wasted by Senate Military Affairs Committee testimony. He suggests if the country could read the executive session record it would prove the committees incompetence. The piece implies Lawrence has access to such records and warns he may be summoned to testify.
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Washington
David Lawrence
Baker
Senate Committee On
David Wrethe
David
Senate
France Not Bled White Says Mish Commissioner
André Tardieu, France’s Mish Commissioner to the United States, challenges the claim France is exhausted, noting losses and manpower in 1918. he cites 5,000,000 French in military roles, 1,000,000 killed, 1,000,000 wounded, and robust ordnance capacity to equip Allied forces. The piece contrasts German prisoners and front-line strength with France’s steady defense across the Western Front and in Italy and Salonika. It ends with a note on food production efforts in New Mexico via the state council of defense.
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A. P. Simmons
United States
Germany
New York
Belgium
Sirsnons
New York Tribune
André Tardien
France
M. Tardieu
Izes
West Front
M. Tardien
North Sea
Switzerland
Italy
Salonica
Allisto
Ithe
Marne
Namwe
New Mexico
State Council of Defense
Las Cruces
Aged Steers Shortage Forecast By Senator Pankey
Senator T Pankey of New Mexico predicts a coming summer beef shortage as aged steers are scarce. He notes high grazing costs, rising pasture prices, and strong demand that will tighten supplies despite normal young cattle movements. He cites Kansas pasture rates around 1200 per steer and widespread high land values, urging attention to future markets.
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Chicago Live Stock
Denver
T. Pankey
Lamy
New Mexico
T Pankey
Kansas
Missoniri
Develon
Panker
Mexico
Chase
Senator Panker
Crass
Senator Pankey
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Clay, Robinson & Co
City
Robinson & Co
FL Paso
Livestock Committee
The
Food Administration For
Catton
Meat Department of the
Food Administration
Young Officer Arrested for Revealing Ship Details
War Department reports a young officer is held in arrest for trying to publish the vessel name and departure date. A telegram from his cousin at the port of embarkation disclosed information that could aid the enemy, violating General Orders and warnings to keep troop movements confidential.
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I Tin
Department For Action
Avkation
Asceetain
Oiheul Multerin
The
War Department
Ord- Pershing
Pittsburge
Secretary McAdoo's Heavy and Increasing Duties
A critical overview lists Secretary McAdoo holding multiple high profile roles. It portrays him as a central figure in Allied finance, treasury, central banking, railways, war effort coordination, farm lending, Red Cross fundraising, and international commissions, highlighting the breadth of power concentrated in one official.
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McAdoo
Huuiker
Treasury
United States
Federal Reserve Board
Rankine
Visk. Dnsarante Oroni
Wworld
Farm Loan Board
Charig
Federal Finance Corporation
Anil
AY del Gevebor
Soldiers of U S Stood Fast In Cruelest Test
National mood shifts as troops endure a grim underway in the Tuscania disaster. Stories mark steadfast Americans from Hone Island to Wisconsin marching shoulder to shoulder on deck, singing the Star-Spangled Banner amid rising water and peril.
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U. S
Iro
National Guard
Hone Island
Wisconsin
Hp Shouder
Vernon Bundy
Mack
Storecliffe
England
Farmington Red Cross
Americs
Practical Coal Man Wade Assistant to College President
A fragmented editorial bemoans delays in war leadership and criticizes Dr Garfield for appointing a "Practical Coal Man" as War Department chief. It argues the nation, relying on industry, risks paralysis amid coal and supply crises and questions presidential judgment and accountability.
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Wade
Gnesight
New York
Garfiet
Conutists
Cole Lee
Teuton Hiner
Fragmentary wartime lines on Farmington and Canadians
A garbled OCR snippet mentions Farmington, unions, and Canadians with phrases about defense and trenches. It references May and a debate over who is safe and who fights, but the text is heavily distorted and lacks coherent facts or clear subjects.
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Abraham Lincoln
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San Juan County
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Taylor
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