Price Fixing Must Be Extended Across More Goods
Ochington Dec 12 Price fixing must spread to food and other products the Federal Trade Commission says in its report to Congress. It urges disclosure of trade associations and probes into cartel activity to curb inflated war prices and protect consumers. It also recommends abolishing common stock in firms tied to anti trust enforcement and holds owners responsible for anticompetitive behavior.
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Senate
Ie Commission
Wrade
Nesson
Arkansas Man Guards 900 Interned Germans
Fayetteville dispatch notes acting major Robert W. Brown a University of Arkansas 1916 graduate now commanding a battalion guarding 900 German prisoners at MacPherson Georgia. Brown served with an Arkansas National Guard regiment on the border in 1916, earned his commission at that time, and was later stationed at Fort Leavenworth. University friends recall his 1914 Lake Mohonk Peace Conference prize oration.
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Fayetteville
Robert W. Brown
University of Arkansas
MacPherson
Brown
Arkansas National Guard
Fort Leavenworth
Lake Mohonk
Short Course Offered In Home Economics In Arkansas
In Fayetteville on December 10 the State University of Arkansas and the Federal Food Administration plan a four week short course for home demonstration agents and interested women starting January 7. The program focuses on foods and cookery with lab work using Arkansas farm products and includes bacteriology hygiene gardening poultry care house decoration nursing and first aid.
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Etteville
Arkansas
Anil Fh
Universite of Agriculture
Federal Food Administration
Red Cross Campaign Aims to Enlist 2 Million in St Louis District
St Louis dispatch reports a district campaign to recruit 2,000,000 new Red Cross members. Missouri Texas Oklahoma and Kansas coordinate efforts hoping to lift national membership by fifteen million before Christmas Eve.
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St. Louis
Red Cross
Missouri
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Korniloff revolt in Russia tests Kerensky resolve
Stockholm, Oct 25 By Mail Kerensky defeated Bolsheviks in the July uprising but spared Levine and Trotsky. He later freed all Bolshevik prisoners, boosting front line morale. Korniloff pressed for capital punishment, sought dictatorship, and Kerensky faced mutinies, aristo crats, and famine of support. Kerensky arrested Korniloff but spared him, fueling later political collapse as Leninites and Korniloff loyalists joined to dethrone him.
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Stockholm
Kerensky
Levine
Troteky
Svery Russiaev
Tree J
Nhut
Korniloff
Moscow
Petrograd
Russia
Kornilof
Winter Palace
Botchkarava
Kronstadt
Lenine
Trotsky
Leninites
War Service Bureau Plan For St Louis Chamber
The St Louis Chamber of Commerce proposes a war service bureau with three departments led by committees to handle war tax, war service, and the quartermaster function. A Washington center will list St Louis products and facilitate government negotiations for rapid supply movement.
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St. Louis
Central States Nulisance Department
War Service
Washington
Ax’ Amonte
Arkansas Adopts Wheatless and Heatless Days
Little Rock December 10. The wheatless and heatless day program is being adopted statewide with support from food purveyors in homes and hotels. The State Council of Defense condemns those who refuse federal food regulations as unpatriotic. Hoover says conservation helps meet allies' needs. Arkansans pledge part in the effort and expect low slackers as thousands serve the government.
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Little Rock
State Council of Defense
Hoover
America
Arkansas
State Defense Council drives county organization drive
Little Beck December 10 Members of the State Council of Defense tour counties to inspect local councils. Some groups lack activity, chairs fail to answer letters, yet officials aim to activate all counties and educate residents on government needs and how to help. The state is divided into sixteen districts and a council member plans visits to ensure effective county units and public instruction.
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Little Beck
State Council of Defense
Ayo Deine
Atfurt
Couneil
Appeal for Volunteer Services on Local Boards
Little Rock December 10 Arkansas must redeem itself in the second selective draft. The first draft cost nearly nine dollars per man for those enrolled in the National Army. An appeal seeks volunteer service on the total and appeal boards to speed enrollment and classification of six million men by January 15. The State Council asks the realty and chancery courts to adjourn afternoons and grant continuances for cases involving board legal advisers.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
National Army
Total and
State Council
Wrist watches feature at Nelson's Jewelry Store
Advert reads wrist watches at Nelson's Jewelry Store and urges buying from a jeweler. It mentions Hot and Thermos Bettles and all sizes at Hesterly Drug Store, concluding with the slogan If it isn't an Bastion, it isn't a Nodak.
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Nelson's
Hesterly Drug Store
Nodak
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Sori
Bank OF Prescot
Prescott, Arkansas
Wm. G. Shepherd
U. P
Luok
Tszarky Selo
WAR Servir “E Bureau
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Westerly Drug Store
the Quality Shop
Guthrie Tuug
Prescott Hardware Company
Buchanan Drag Store
Goungil Hiefense
Belcher
Saturday Evening Post
Qran Mercantile Company
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