Morality concerns loom as German war effort frays
Associated Press from Amsterdam reports Lutheran Synod in Berlin holding special meeting on youth immorality and misuse of wages amid wartime hardships. Observers note widespread street danger, public suffering, usury by producers, and rising profiteering as Germany nears harvest strain.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Lutheran Synod of
Berl
Germany
Cologne
Ealoo
Ritung
Army Needs Keymen for Signals Posts
Southern Department signal officer seeks trained telegraphers and radio operators with experience. Physical tests and age limits waived. seasoned workers preferred. Colonel Daniel Carr says urgency requires veterans barred by age or disability, not new trainees. Organize Food Conservation Units Saylor to tour 40 counties to streamline county food administrations and set up price committees and fraternal and religious order liaisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Department
Army
Daniel Carr
Department
GE. Saylor
Taylor
Thur
County Fool Administration
Cotton seed price deemed too low by Texas official
Austin Texas August 23 Commissioner of agriculture Fred W Davis says cotton seed at 50 dollars a ton is too low arguing seed should bring at least 60 dollars based on prices of prime crude oil and other fats and feeds He notes higher crusher costs and lower yields justify higher prices and cites future market trends and regional highway talks in Corpus Christi to boost trade connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Fred W. Davis
Mr. Davis
Federal aid on county roads urged to support military mobilization
County Judge J R Davis asks the Rivers and Harbors Congress to press federal help for road maintenance around San Antonio military camps. He cites doubled traffic and costly surface repairs, warns of county bankruptcy without aid, and notes limited tax gains amid troop mobilization. A youth theft case adds minor local crime notes.
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Bexar County
San Antonio
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
J. .R. Davis
8. A. Thompson
Thompson
Rivers and Harbors Congress
Davis
Rivers and Arbors Congress
Congress
Texas
Ana Hlarbors Congress
Connty
Coal Dust and Torches on a British Warship Coal Uphaul
A vivid 1918 style scene describes coalers loading 5000 tons of South Wales coal alongside a warship. Men labor in dust and heat, hoisting coal with donkey engines and shovels as bells and pipe calls mark shifts. The scene shifts to public health as Maj. HC Gardner requests a steady typhoid serum supply for clinics to avoid interruptions.
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London
South Wales
Jonen
Wrighteneh
Shere
Jack
Betsun
Sewis
HC. Gardner
Washington
Majoe Gardner Bay
Bargain Textile Finds From Second Floor Sales
White bath towels 22x44 inches priced at 39 cents 50 cent grade. Yard wide cheese cloth 11 cents the yard. Various sizes self checked striped patterns and second floor specials. Nainsock white and flesh priced at 1.25 dollars. Regular $1.50 to $2 goods included in assortment.
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Copenhagen
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Lutheran Synod
Cologne Gazette
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Lydia E. Pinkham
B. B. Zieninska
Weiss Street
Portland
Ind
Josepnine Kinate
West Race Street
Lydia Llpinkham Medicine CO
Lynn
Mass
Secretary of Rivers and Harbors Congress
Harvey
Villanueva
Fle
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Tim
Rte
Wolfson’s
Bangkok
Woodbury’s
Morocco
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