Cut Down Portions Profits and Prices to Conserve Food
A Northern Pacific dining car chief reduces portions and prices by half to conserve food during wartime. Potatoes and tea bags are standardized for waste reduction. Proceeds fund allotments to Mother Ryther's home for orphans, with gardens supplying produce for the cafeteria and commissaries.
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Echo June Zahl
Hazen J. Titus
Northern Pacific Railway
Northern Pacific
Washington, DC
Herbert Hoover
Titus
America
Mother Ryther
Spada
Londoners Go Wild At Sight Of U S Troops
Enthusiastic London crowds cheer as American troops march through central streets. Ambassador Page and King George review the forces from key locales while bands play The Star Spangled Banner. Filaga were waved and items thrown high amid the deafening cheers.
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United Press
London
Ambassador Page
King George
Buckingham Palace
South Africa
Disfiguring Growths of Hair Entirely Removed
Ad claims a new depilatory product Fhelactine removes superfluous hair instantly with roots, promising odorless non irritant formula. It asserts safety for children and offers a money back guarantee, urging readers to visit a druggist for purchase.
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Abe
Lumbermen Blamed by Marsh for Failing to End Strike
Ernest P. Marsh, president of the State Federation of Labor, denounces lumbermen for blocking settlement of the big lumber strike. He cites unions willing to negotiate and work ten hours on government contracts, while employers refused and attacked the eight hour standard amid wartime policy and patriotism debates.
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Marsh
Ernest P. Marsh
State Federation of Labor
State Defense Council
International Union of Shingle Weavers
International Union of Timberworkers
Key
State Council of Defense
United States
Confernece Waar
National Defense Council
Samuel Gompers
National Council
National Council of Defense
Germany
Isbor
Mfe
Horsferd's Nerves Acid Phosphate Ad
Nervous or tired individuals may take Horsferd's Acid Phosphate to restore the system and induce refreshing sleep per the advertisement.
Purifying Medicine Promises Vitality to Men and Women
An advertisement touts a medicine claimed to purify the system and eradicate disease causes. It asserts cures for rheumatism, kidney, liver, and bladder troubles and urges sending for a booklet, noting Tacoma, Washington as a selling location and listing leading druggists as distributors.
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Narvelay Pony
Tacoma
Wash
City slacker hunt probes 73 cases to net four
Police under the mayor’s direction investigated 73 alleged slackers on Tuesday. Four were arrested and turned over to federal authorities. 43 could not be located, while others were already drafted over age or enlisted. Some listed addresses proved misleading or fake.
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Uncle Sam
Donald James
Peter Olsen
Walter Laundstrom
Fourth Ave
McArthur
Fourth Aves
Thea
Henry Norton
22Nd Ave
Coleman Norton
Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Co
Victor Pott
Ninth Ave
Pott
George Mutchler
Queen Anne Ave
Chas. Wilkie
10Th Ave
N. B
J. Bernadino
12Th Ave
Joe Merrick
Haddonhall
W. H. McClure
Navy
San Diego
Malcolm Morrison
Fort Lawton
Milton Voeder
United States Army
T. G Winter
James Jr
13Th Naval Reserve
Arloys
Exemption Denied for Secret Service Operative Strange
Captain Foster announces an appeal to the district board to discharge Archie Alloway Strange from select service army duty. McAdoo had requested Strange's discharge. the district board refused. Strange, 21, has served as assistant operative since December and is deemed valuable to the secret service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capt
Thomas
Foster
Secret Service
District Board
Archie Alloway Strange
Strange
Foeter
Secret Service District
Division 1d No. 7
Secretary of Treasury
A. G. McAdoo
10Th Ave
W. H. Moran
Moran
McAdoo
Hurrows
Thomas Kennedy
Spirit Among Drafted Men Boosted by Publicity
Exemption division officials report a steady drop in the share of men claiming exemption as anti draft propaganda wanes. A joint board meeting was set to harmonize rules and ensure uniform treatment at all boards with local Y M C A workers seeking guidance from the provost marshal general. The Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club will host a luncheon Friday at the Masonic club rooms to honor officials and foster closer cooperation with the dates boards.
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Thos. Kennedy
A. H. Lundin
Y. M. C. A. Army
Whitney
District Board
War Department
Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club
Masonic Club
Ways and Means
Grain King 18 Gives Profits to Red Cross
Del Howard told a Los Angeles scribe that Rube Gardner is an ideal ballplayer. The Oak leader seeks fuel players like Gardner who plays hard and does as directed. We wonder if that influenced Cal's release last spring.
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del Howard
Los Angeles
Rube” Gardner
Gardner
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New York
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Washington
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