Government urges use of U S Employment Service during war
The U S Employment Service is organized to place workers only in ready jobs. With 500 branches and 20 000 enrollment agents it aims to prevent premature recruiting that wastes time and money. Workers are urged to seek local offices when seeking work and to support maximum war production.
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U. S. Employment Service
Department of Labor
U. S. Public Service
United States
France
U.S
President Urges Unified War Labor Recruitment Policy
The President calls on war employers to recruit only through the central agency after August 1, 1918 and asks labor to respond loyally to voluntary enlistment calls. He emphasizes industry and military effort as essential and urges spontaneous cooperation of a free people.
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U.S. Employment Service
Notable Seattle Businesses and Institutions Listed
A compiled roster highlights prominent Seattle hotels restaurants banks manufacturers and real estate and transportation firms. The list includes The Washington Hotel The Bon Marche Fraser-Paterson Co Boeing Airplane Co Puget Sound Traction Light and Power Co and H. Cobb among many others, reflecting a broad local economic map.
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Seattle
Washington Hotel
Seattle Hotel
Washington-Annex
Boldt’s Restaurant & Bakery Co
Standard Furniture Co
the Rhodes Co
Frederick & Nelson
The
Bon Marche Fraser-Paterson Co
M. A. Gottstein Co
MacDougall-Southwick Co
the Grote Rankin Co
Nut House
Kilbourne-Clarke Co
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co
Black Manufacturing Co
Crescent Manufacturing Co
Lang Manufacturing Co
Hendricks Manufacturing Co
C. C. Belknap Glass Co
Boeing Airplane Co
Centennial Mill Co
Bemis Bros. Bag Co
Bonney-Watson Co
Railroad
Puget Sound Traction, Light and Power Co
Seattle Rainier Valley Railway Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
United Xmip
Otters
Seins Pelvies
WB. Wilson Secy
Committee On Public Information
Henry Suzzallo
H. C. Henry
A. W. Leonard
C. J. Smith
F. K. Struve
M. F. Backus
D. Hoge
E. C. Hughes
Dr. T
Lipp
Elbridge
Stuart J. D. Lowman
C. H. Cobb
Chas. A. Kinnear
Frank B. Cooper
Reginald Parsons
Robert P. Oldham
Frank Waterhouse
Ole Hanson
William Pigott Moritz Thomson
John Murphy
A. Keenan
Jas
Q. Clemmer
John T. Casey Lee H. Wakefield
F. J. Martin
Joshua Green
Insurance Companies
Northern Life Insurance Co
Northwestern Mutual Fire Asse
Northwest Trust & Savings Bank
National Bank of Commerce
American Savings Bank and Trust Co
Yokohama Specie Bank
State Bank of Seattle
National City Bank
Seattle National Bank
Union Savings & Trust Co
Scandinavian-American Bank
Dexter Horton National Bank
Seaboard National Bank
First National Bank
Western Smelting & Power
Western Smelting & Refining
Dairy and Milk Products Companies
Carnation Milk Products Company
Pure Milk Dairy A. Mristoferson, Inc
John Davis & Co
G. Kinnear Co
Portland Cement Association
Automobile Companies
Fidridge Buick Co
Overland Pacific, Inc
Frank Waterhouse & Co., Automobile Dept
Seattle Automobile Co
White Automobile Co
Pacific Motors, Inc
Seattle’s
J. F. Duthie Company
Sloan Shipbuilders Corporation
Patterson-McDonald Shipbuilding Co
Ames Shipbuilding Co
Meacham & Babcock Shipbuilding Co
National Shipbuilding Co
Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Co
Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co
Rogers Brown Griffin & Co
Galbraith, Bacon & Co, Inc
Northwestern Fruit Exchange
the Bradner Co
Augustine & Ryer
Schwabacher Bros. & Co
Groceteria Stores Co
Mitsui & Co
Oriental Trading Co
Cho Ito & Co
Azuma Bros
T. Takiguchi
Bak
Seattle Baking &.Oe
Roslyn Fuel Co
Pacific Coast Coal Co
Pacific Shipping & Fue Ca
United Coal Sales Co
Wellington Coal Co
Central Coal Co
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