Rise in Shoe Prices Sparks War Behind Leather Conflict
Washington dispatch reports forecasted fall price hikes in shoes from 50 to 100 percent, with examples of current retail costs rising from 10 to 12 dollars to 16 to 20 dollars. The piece surveys Federal Trade Commission findings of profiteering, calls for price labeling, embargo debates, and Capper’s push for anti profiteering measures amid a leather shortage and wartime market distortions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washingon
D. C
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
United States
Senator Capper
Kansas
Wilson
Shoe and Leather Reporter
Boston
Europe
Russia
Commission
Akers Resigns From Police Post to Join Long Commission
Earl Jerry Akers, longtime motorcycle policeman with the city police, has tendered his resignation effective September 1. He will become a traveling representative for Long Commission company. Akers served under Mayors Thompson and O'Brien, except during navy service, and was noted for enforcing traffic laws impartially and performing various police duties beyond traffic duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl
Jerry) Akers
Police
Long Commission Company
Akers
Thompson
O’brien
Navy
Landscape plans for Adams County Sanitarium grounds
Landscape Architect O. A. Simonds of Chicago with President Grant Irwin and Secretary Will Wall prepared a survey of the Adams County Tuberculosis sanitarium grounds on Wednesday and Thursday. Grading will begin soon and as much work as possible will be completed before October 1, with Mr Simonds returning to Chicago Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plan Sanitarium
Adams County Tuberculosis Sanitarium
O. A. Simonds
Chicago
Grant Irwin
Will Wall
Simonds
Legion Supports A Bill to Deport Alien Slackers
The American Legion backs the Johnson bill in Congress to deport enemy aliens interned during the war and bar them from reentry. Representative Roscoe C. McCullough argues exempted aliens harmed morale and that many slackers avoided service, while honoring those who did serve and warning that inaction would stain war preparations. The piece cites wartime bias, legal questions, and international concerns in a period spotlighting alien slackers.
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Congress
America
Roscoe C. McCullough
Ohio
American Legion Weekly
Victor Dillon
United States
Mr. McCullough
State Department
Exemption Claim Based on Alienage Stirring Debate
A quoted line discusses a claim of exemption from military service solely on the basis of alienage and argues it deserves no consideration from anyone. The source presents a legal or political debate over eligibility criteria and civic duty.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Weilers
Quincy
Legion
102D Pioneer Infantry
Italy
Hart Schaffner
Marx
Kaffner & Marr
Manhattan
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Fourth and
Maine
4Th
Maine Streets
Gainey’ S
Prcgrassics Dry Goods
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