CONSCRIPTION AND HOME FRONT ISSUES IN PAYETTE EDITION
Payette Enterprise editor Will Wells publishes weekly. a 1907 Payette issue laments conscription burdens, criticizes labor turnover and profiteering in war plants, and urges government action to protect workers while calling for fair wages and housing reforms alongside national defense. It cites English policy, labor mobility, and public notices from the era.
Ships are the key to Europe, says Colliers report
The editorial notes the federal reserve board findings and a parliamentary committee's agreement on costly lessons of the past three and a half years. It argues England must boost shipbuilding to supply Europe, urging maximum yard capacity and immediate keel-laying for new ships, warning against strikes delaying 1918. Portland, San Francisco, Seattle and other coasts back increased output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davie
Davis
Inper
Mag Itland
United States
France
England
Mom
Cilkee
Philadelphia
Congress
Dennis
DuPont
Virginia
Europe
Atlantic
Portland
San Francisco
Seattle
Navy Board to Examine Enlisted Men for Warrant Roles
A board in svUND wash will meet the first week in April to examine enlisted men of the Naval Reserve Force for appointment as Warrant Officers and Ensigns. The move aligns with Navy Department policy to promote from within. Many petty officers will advance to warrants and some will receive direct commissions. T. C. Ellingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Svund
Wash
Naval Reserve Force
Navy Department
T. C. Ellingham
Constructive policy call to speed up industries
A call for broad constructive policies uniting leaders from manufacturing, grange, bankers, and labor to accelerate industrial growth. Emphasizes avoiding factional divides, promoting joint leadership, and balancing labor rights with industry and farmer interests to harness the Commonwealth’s resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manufacturers Association
Grange
Grange, In the Fedperated
Farmers Equity Society
Bankers and Business Men's
Commonwealth
Liberty Loan Appeal Calls for Home Bond Buyers
Secretary McAdoo urges nationwide support for the Liberty Loan. He frames the third loan as a duty of every patriot to back American soldiers in France, insisting workers at home and bond buyers abroad sustain victory against German Kultur. He warns delay harms freedom and justice.
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Europe
McAicotay
Avery
France
America
The Honor System film promoted for prison reform
William Fox presents The Honor System a moving picture exposing prison conditions with scenes from Yuma and Florence prisons. It contrasts brutal methods with a humane reform approach and includes a letter from Governor Hunt praising its message. Also a probate notice in Payette Idaho orders sale of estate realty with court date April 24 1918 and four weeks publication.
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U. S. Land Office
Yale
Ore
Joseph A. Fry
Weiser, Maho
Range
Willamette Meridian
Hag
Clay M. Stearns
Ontario
Oregon
Albert D. Hayden
Perry Hayden
Charles P. Billups
Frank 8. Davis
Welser, Idaho
William Fox
America
Emma
Penal Institut
Yuma
Florence
Ariond
Hunt
Arizona
William Wox
United States
Oll
Payette
Idaho
Bla M. Lewis
C. G. Lewis
Elia M. Lewis
Courte House
Payetic Enterprise
Martin C. Luther
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Imalce
Paysite Idain
Manhattan
Nev
Magnet
Oden Examner
Ter
Andrew Carnegie
David
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Thousatia
Nephi Purcell
Navy Yard, Puget
Dad
Payette, Idaho
Liberty
Payette County
Willie Martin
Boise
Will
Payette High School
Wood AT
Tfams Cash
E. W. Pease
the Star Barber Shop
J. L. Smith
Prop
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Masonic Hall
Thurston-Crighton
E. Barnes
Luce, Weiser
Western Seed and Irri. CO
Mch
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Nebr
Long Valley
Donolly
Maho
John A. Lindsay
Weiser