Western hotelmen plan coordinated Pacific tour traffic
The Oregon association will visit Seattle and Tacoma in late May with California in June. The group aims to influence tourist traffic. Southern hotel men seek to persuade travelers to return via Puget Sound and Alaska, while Washington and Oregon push for California.
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All Coast Hotel Men
Oregon Association
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California
Southern
Puget Sound
Alaska
Washington
Oregon
Battery B Men to Be Guests at YMCA Dinner
Battery B coast artillery to host officers and men with a dinner and reception at the YMCA Saturday evening. Battery E women to contact the YMCA for reservations. The program features the Battery B Jazz band and a double quartet. Dinner served at 5 15.
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Japanese women workers join munitions effort in Tokyo war plants
Japanese women enter munitions factory work as war demands create male labor shortages. Despite wearing kimonos, they perform skilled tasks in shipyards and naval arsenals, with navy plans to deploy hundreds more in major facilities like Kure. From coal passing to shell polishing, women increasingly contribute to Japan’s wartime industry.
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Orient
Nippon
Japan
Naval Arsenal
Navy Department
Great Woolrich
Kure
Big Harbor
We Must Share Our Bread to Help the Allies
A Washington article urges Americans to ration wheat to aid Britain and France in World War I. It argues the United States must overdraw domestic supplies by 120 million bushels, replacing loaf with cornbread and potatoes to feed Allied soldiers and civilians.
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Lees
Lees Bread
United States
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
England
Italy
Australia
New Zealand
Russia
South America
Melbourne
Liverpool
Canada
Tiz Foot Remedy Ad Promises Pain Free Feet
An advertisement urges readers to buy a 20 cent box of Tiz from druggists and department stores to end foot misery. It claims the product makes feet comfortable, never swell or hurt, and warns to beware of imitations.
German Submarine Tolls Overstate Allied Losses
New York reports show camouflaging by the German admiralty as sinking claims rise while actual sinkings fall. British figures say half the German total, with 46 percent average exaggeration over the year. In the last quarter ending Feb 1 world losses reached 980000 tons versus 2010000 in the prior period.
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New York
War Office
Teuton Admiralty
12000 Will Talk On Conservation Of Food
Washington April 19 Booking 12000 speakers to teach food conservation is the plan led by Mrs. Van Winkle veteran woman suffrage campaigner and another of Hoover era aides. Nine star performers recently returned from a European tour are on the road now under contract with Van Winkle the booking agent.
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Washington
van Winkle
Herbert Hoover
Census Reveals Early Marriages Across United States
The census bureau reports hundreds of American girls married at 14 to 16 each year and about eleven of every hundred women marry before turning nineteen, highlighting widespread early nuptials nationwide.
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Census Bureau
Post Office Official Marks Milestones in Service
William J. Colbert celebrated the 61st anniversary of his birth and the 38th anniversary of his appointment as assistant postmaster, observed Thursday in a local ceremony.
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William J. Colbett
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