Women Keep Pace as War Work Expands in Industry
Reported by Sariefied With Sufeaitce War-time employees, Chicago and other employers anticipate many more women joining the workforce. Questionnaires show firms, manufacturers, and unions ready to employ larger numbers, while one concern questions women's right to equal status. The conference chairmen note industry remains resistant to women in the most skilled roles, though many see women as essential to sustaining output during the draft era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiccagg
Aue &Clinote
Mea
Wildlarma & Mofferan
Commetter
Moet Industrie
Corning Power & Enalien
Wrapping Tables Handle New Roles Says Crom Everson
A fragmentary remark quotes Crom Everson noting there are no available positions beyond wrapping tables and that workers are already employed there. The brief hints at staffing limits and existing placements without detailing specific roles or dates.
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Crom Evershakers
Womans Faits Pleads For Parole Of Young Prisoner
A Galveston mother writes Sheriff Burnett asking parole for Henry C Siensed who is serving a three month sentence for petit larceny in the county jail. She praises him as well behaved and offers railroad fare if parole is granted, stating the boy is only 19 and has always had a good reputation.
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Oakland
Galveston
Tex
Frankarnt
Henry C Siensed
Bey
Pritomer
Derner
Parole Board Review Sought After Benedict Appeal
A fragment states Barnet will bring the case to the parole board for attention following an appeal by Mrs Benedict. The note mentions a parole tomar and suggests a formal review process is pending.
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Mra Benedict
Barnet
British Naval Control Evident In World War I Comment
Admiral Sir John Balfour notes British dominance in maritime communications and coastal defenses. He cites German base positions at Ostend and Bruges near Belgium as vulnerable to intensified bombardment from the sea, while the German fortifications stretch along the North Sea coast.
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London
Eald
John FB
Je Heo
Sea Ford
Nove Wteff
Yeserday
Beleluin
Owtend
Zarbrugee
Indh-Fringed
Ben
Taland
Helgoland
Troop D Sees Mounts and Uniforms at Fortland Training
Troop D soldiers rejoice over expected mounts at Clackamas and new rifles by the post. They prepare for a regular round-up, with many preferring to wear uniforms before departing Pendleton. Corporal Layne oversees recruitment, while Sergeant Coble warns against laughter during drills. The troupe trains amid roving animals on the Happy Cannon roof and lessons under Lt. Cooke.
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Forttand
Clackamas
Pendleton
Echo Wheat 15 Being Shipped to Flour Mill
Personal notices from EKehbo and vicinity record Delmas wheat shipments for milling. J W Durritt sent one car to Taco Wash and two to Kansas City. Local visits include Mrs Ralph Singer from Waltsburg and Mrs Orval McCullough’s Spokane trip. Other residents appear in passing notes of travel, work, and social calls.
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Echo Wheat
Ralph Singer
Waltsburs, Wash
Alex Malcolm
Orval McCullough
Spokane
Wash
Agnes Walton
Anacoila
Montana
Madre
J. F. Cook
Fitthy
J. H
Fred Miestraett
Milton
L. A. Exteb
Fee
Salem
Qire
Pendleton
T. &. Smith
Joe Hovton
Louis Houton
Echo
Morgan, Ore
Jennie Perry
Mra
A. B. Thomson
Mra Sloan Thomson
Rob Lewis
Mic
Florence Mahoon
Portland
Afr
Lewin
California
Beira
PF. Cesk
Cowar d'Alene
Jesse
Arnold
Young Chinatown youths join American Junior Naval Scouts
George Chini Lee Koon and another young Chinese American in New York's Chinatown plan to become members of Uncle Ram's Navy. The two boys, American born to Chinese parents, are forming the nucleus of a naval unit engaged by the American Junior Naval and Marine Scouts. George, a public school student, expects about forty Cobbette boys to enlist before long.
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George Chiani Lee Koon You
Siemens
New York
Chinatown
Uncle Ram's Navy
Naval
Marine Beom
New Yorks
George
Lome
German Paper Challenges Government Over Potsdam Revelations
Amsterdam dispatch reports the Deutsche Threezeitung demanding the German government prosecute Dr. Cohn a Reichstag socialist for alleged revelations about a Potsdam conference on July 6 1914. It claims London Times published letters from Stockholm and insiders to back claims and offers full evidence if court action occurs.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Deutsche Threezeitung
Cohn
Reichstag
Potadam
London Times
Stockholm
Martin
Colin
London Time
Emperor William
Potsdam
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Ione
Wolff Bureau
Berlin
Smeney Vold
Times
Reichwing
Denver Physician Ends Life in Chicago Hotel
Dr Bertha Pork, a Denver physician, suffered a prolonged illness and faced continual pain. After medical colleagues confessed they could not treat her, she died by suicide at the Morrison hotel in Chicago, ending her battle with a dreadful disease.
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Denver
Ave
Bertha & Pork
Chicago
Anleide
Morrison Hotel
de Parker
Tragic note links finger cut to disease death
The fragment indicates a woman named Enid died by suicide after contracting a dread malady. A small finger cut, overlooked at the time, is described as the means by which the disease became permanent for her. The report mentions women who suffer from the condition and implies a direct link between the minor wound and the fatal illness.
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Enid
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Satuday
Batiste
Peoples Warehouse
Capt. Caldwell
Ride
Cap
Ruring
Winwhiyg
Crom
Uoto
Wea
Sergeant McNair
Corporal Coleman
Pri Vates Layne, Inman and
Seélinskey
Coble
Layne Hee
Ratilomake Pem
Jess Willara
TL. W. W
Cooke
Happy Cannon
Tacoma
Kansas City
Ekehbo
U. S
Sern
Chevrolet
Carload
F. O. B. Pendleton
Royal M. Sawtelle
Jerwrelar
Weston
Walla Walla Road
Umatilla County
Tim
Dentists
Main and
Webb Streets
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