Big Sum For Mobile Cannon Aids War Production Drive
The Gun Division of the Bureau of Ordnance plans nearly two billion dollars in gun plants and allied facilities. Farm labor Service expands with 100 offices forming a national network to recruit harvest workers and place them via posters and weekly bulletins.
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Bureau of Ordnance
Gun Division
Employment Service
United States Employment Service
Washington
United States Army
Navy
Naval Establishment
Treasury Department
Liberty
Pennsylvania
Adjutant General’s Office
Marine Corps
Naval
Treasury
United States
Ordnance Department
Army
Naval Communication Service
Medical Department of the Navy
Congress
Australian Wheat Crop For 1917 18 Estimated At 114 Million Bushels
The Australian wheat crop for the season 1917 18 is estimated at 114 020 000 bushels, compared with last year s yield of 152 565 000. A 25 percent decrease results from reduced acreage and unfavorable conditions.
Jesus and the deaf man and Christian liberty
Lesson outlines Jesus stance toward rabbinical traditions versus God’s law at Capernum. It contrasts Pharisee hand washing with inner purity, labeling hypocrisy and defining defilement as what comes from the heart. It urges heart change over mere ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Capernaum
Jerusalem
God
Make No Limit on Sacrifice for War Effort
An earnest call urges women and men to end trifling reservations and fully support the war effort. It argues against withholding bread, bacon, and Liberty bonds, urging ungrudging, patriotic sacrifice modeled after Christ and soldiers. It praises Red Cross workers and families aiding victory.
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Virginia Terhune van DE Water
Vigilantes
Food Administration
Red Cross
True Respectability and Living Within Means
A concise moral note asserts that true respectability comes from the courage to live within one's means, framing financial restraint as a core social virtue.
Building a Character Like Granite Not Shale
The speaker urges shaping character as durable granite for future generations. It emphasizes steadfast virtue over unstable traits and warns against weak, shifting values. The message frames character as lasting material for life’s temple and calls for disciplined, principled conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple of Life
Famous Writer Poor Physician in Prussian Guard
Recounted remark on Schiller, author of William Tell, serving as medical officer in the Prussian guard before turning to literature. He proved a poor physician and was expelled from his regiment amid disappointment with the medical role.
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Jesus
Schiller
William Tell
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BIG Sum
Committee On Public Information
Mauser
Enfield
England
United States Department of Commerce
Federal Land Banks
Farm Loan Board
Com‘merce
Germany
Raat
Party
Roa Re Sey
Sellers
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Western
Union
Isaiah
The
Wrigleys
Mr. Brawl
Mrs. Brawl
London
Dept. X
Boston
Nixon-Nevada
United Verde
Eastman & Co
Canada
Western Canada
U. S. Employment Service
Department. OF Labor
Indianapolis
Indiana
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