Federal employment service to supervise war labor
After August 1 no employer with war business and more than 100 workers may recruit common labor. all such employers must use the federal employment service. Edgar C. Snyder will head the service for Washington Oregon and Idaho with offices in Seattle and Portland. The plan aims to curb private labor agencies and ensure war production priorities while protecting workers.
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Federal Employment Service
Edgar C. Snyder
Seattle
United States
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Fust
Washington, D C
Wilson
The
Employment Bureau
Bcheuniman
Firet and
Cherry
United States Employment Service
Beautiful Voice Exempts a Tenor
A London collier dodged the draft after letters showed his fine tenor voice and wartime charity concerto singing. He was exempted.
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London
Soldier returns as wife plans to wed
Joan Maunders of Twickenham, after three years at the front, returned home on July 5 to stop her intended remarriage. The War Office had informed her he was killed in action, but he was badly wounded and found alive on the field.
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Pearl Linton
14Éth Infantry
Duthie
Sergt. Hedlund
Corp. Pickerel
Tinton
Linton
Cheadle
Mont
Fort Lawton
Snyder
Mutual Life
Beattie
Portland
Ore
St. Anthony
Idaho
W. F. Smith
M. J. Kerr
Lawrence Wood
Washington State
United States Immigration
White
London
Joan Maunders
Twickenham
War Office
Masters U and Boy Discuss Patriotism and Service
A father speaks with his son Tad about age nineteen heading toward twenty, potential service against U boats and trenches, and the burden of family expenses including Liberty Bonds. The dialogue weighs whether Tad should head east to aid his family and nation during wartime.
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Tad
Dad
Liberty Bonda
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