Remarkable Navy System of Business Efficiency
The congressional investigating committee concludes the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts of the Navy has expanded greatly during wartime yet retained its core organization and methods. It now purchases almost all Navy needs from steel to uniforms and pays crews, with no major changes to its structure despite a 25fold rise in turnover in a year.
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Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Sy Dames H. Collins
Congressional Investigating Committee
Navy
Admiral McGowan
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts of
the Navy
Washington
Corcoran Court
Corcoran Art Gallery
Yeomen
Yeor
Bureau
Con Feress
United States
West Indies
British Isles
Philippines
Chile
New York
Norfylk
Ann
Atto
Raye
Emerson
Admiral McGowin
Hirst
Paymaster's Corps
Sam
5. R. Fuller
Chicago
U.S
W. E. Hooper
Ins Cotton Mill
Liberty Bonds
Benjamin T. Young
Iig
Ocean Transport
York
O. M. Ellsworth
Uncle Sam
Donald Riley
C. S. Ashkdown
FF. A. Tillman
C. M. Mor
J. W. McIntosh
Bureau of Supplies For Accounts
State, War
Navy Building
Riztt
Department of Agriculture
Thrift Stamp Day Amid War Effort Highlights
A wartime feature urges Thrift and War Savings Stamps sale with a weeklong price reductions plan. It details Navy supplies centralization under Admiral McGowan, open bidding, publicity, and inside talent guiding massive war procurement growth and efficiency.
California Syrup of Figs Promoted for Child Health
An old advertisement urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs as a gentle liver and bowels cleansing remedy for sick or irritable children. It describes symptoms of constipation and feverishness and claims the product safely cleanses the system, ending with a sales pitch to buy the genuine formula from the California Fig Syrup Company.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Chinese Daily Urges Allies to Act in Siberia
The North China Daily News calls for a strong allied expedition to Siberia to support loyalists, curb Bolsheviks, and prevent Germanization. It warns that vague forces and limited interventions risk failure, urging Japan to act decisively with Allied backing and cooperation with China.
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Siberia
Tandon Times Service
San Antonio Light
Philadelphia Public Ledger
The
Public Ledger Co
Shangilai
China
North China Daily News
Wlies
Far East
Germany
Russia
Siberian
Loys
Red Guards
Vladisvostok
Rag rag dyeing tricks and a tiny town sales note
Rag rags can be made attractive by dyeing rags before weaving or weaving rags in contrasting borders. Color blends such as red with yellow or blue with white borders yield vivid effects. A Boston Transcript fragment recalls a treetop car passenger. In Little Basin Montana a one room school with eight pupils set a sales of war savings stamps record, averaging 42.02 per pupil.
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Little Basin
Mont. Nehdol
Whiel Haw
United States
Science Governs Stone throwing as Well as Shooting of Cannon
Garrett P. Serviss muses on ancient stone throwing and the physics of flat stones. He recalls sider throws, gyroscopic stability, and the potential application to long range cannon projectiles. The piece links boyhood experiments to imagined modern ordnance, citing Caesar and trench warfare.
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Garrett P. Serviss
Achilles
Carthage
Danderine Promises Soft Lustrous Hair and Dandruff Cure
An old advertisement extols Knowlton's Danderine as a quick fix for dull lifeless hair and dandruff claiming it doubles beauty after one application. It warns untreated dandruff weakens hair, causes itching, and hair loss, urging readers to buy a small bottle from drug stores for a few cents and see immediate results.
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Knowlton
Tomaress
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