War Labor Board policies and home front notes from 1917
War Labor Policies Board outlines principles supporting union rights collective bargaining and living wages while preserving wage stability. Articles cover aerial bombing history, platinum shortages, potash supply for 1918, and a new storage lumber depot at Gilmer ton Virginia to cut army construction costs by saving on lumber prices.
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Committee On Public Information
Washington
War Labor Policies Board
National War Labor Board
Felix Frankfurter
Labor Wage Adjustment Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Arsenal and Navy Yard Standards
Cantonment Adjustment Board
War Department
Gilmerton
Army
Government urges kerosene conservation this winter
The United States Fuel Administration urges wartime kerosene savings. Keep lamps and lanterns clean, burners and wicks in order, and avoid unnecessary burning. Use hot water for cleaning, and light only what is needed. H. E. Miles notes girls aid airplane production by wiring cables and other tasks.
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Oil Conservation
United States Fuel Administration
H. E. Miles
The
Council of National Defense
Secretary Daniels commends H. E. as chief machinist
Secretary Daniels commends H. E. for service as chief machinist and cites notable leadership qualities and contributions to the department. Further details specify recognition of technical skill and dedication in overseeing critical operations.
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Daniels
H. E
Peace offer ignored by United States senator warns against German propaganda
Senator Lewis of Illinois denounces a German peace offensive and urges Americans to reject new propaganda. He says Germany aims to spike allied resolve, gain influence in the East, and force concessions from Belgium Romania and Serbia while keeping the seas open. He warns the United States would pay the penalty if it yields to German duplicity.
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Lewis
Illinois
Washington
Senate
Germany
Russia
East
America
William
Sherman
Mlinois
Far East
Italy
Belgium
Roumania
Serbia
Great Britain
France
United States
Rail shopmen get raise under McAdoo plan
Wages of railroad shopmen rise to 68 cents an hour with similar boosts for assistants and mechanical workers. Back pay starts when calculated. The pay scale, retroactive to January 1, affects about 500000 workers nationwide and sets August 1 as eight hour standard day with overtime one and a half.
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Washington
McAdoo
Envoys View Huge Shipyard at Hog Island
Latin American diplomats toured Hog Island shipyard as Hurley affirmed that the new merchant fleet will aid Americas neighbors. He said ships will serve peace and war aims, building a bridge to the fighting front in France and after the war connect with nearby nations.
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Philadelphia
Shipping Board
Hog Island
Hurley
United States
America
France
Swiss famine averted through aid convoys landed
Washington reports complete success in moving a large quantity of food to relieve famine in Switzerland. The supplies have been landed from convoyed merchant ships, marking a successful relief effort.
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Washington
Switzerland
House Members in Europe Thirteen Avushington July 29
Thirteen House members in Europe are noted with limited context in a July 29 dispatch from Avushington. The brief item records a group traveling abroad and hints at ongoing legislative diplomacy.
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Europe
Avushington
Huge U S War Budget
Washington reports the second session of the Sixty fifth congress will be remembered for record cash authorizations totaling 29.791 billion dollars as part of ongoing wartime expenditures. Representative Sherley notes further department requests will push needs beyond initial estimates though next year’s spending may fall short of the authorized total.
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United States
Washington
America
Europe
Sherley
Kentucky
House
Congress
JAP TROOPS TO AID RUSS
The United States Japan and entente powers reach an agreement to intervene in Russia to aid the Russian people. Japan will provide the major military forces while the United States and allies contribute troops. Economic aid to Russia will be vast and allied forces will withdraw after peace is reached.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Russia
Wilson
Siberia
Girl telegraph operator commended for fatal shooting act
Miss Ber Nice Jennings seventeen telegraph operator for the Frisco railroad received a letter of commendation from a road official after shooting and killing James McGraw eighteen at Eureka Missouri. She has been transferred and will receive a merited vacation before another station assignment while officials plan a clean up of towns from St Louis to Springfield.
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St. Louis
Bernice Jennings
Frisco
James McGraw
Eureka
Intern Gen. de Castelnau's Son Arrives in Interlaken
Berne July 27. Among the last convoy of French prisoners arriving from Germany for internment at Interlaken was Lieut. de Castelnau, son of Gen. de Castelnau former chief of the French general staff. Three of the general's sons have been killed in the war.
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de Castelnau
Berne
Germany
Interlaken
Lieut. de Castelnau
Graft Charged to Packers and Employees
Twenty one Packers and employees indicted by a federal grand jury for complicity in a scheme alleged to have defrauded the government of more than one million dollars.
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New York
Federal Grand Jury
Bold Theft Stuns Chicago Jewelry Store
Masked robbers held up the jewelry store of Louis San in Chicago on a July 29 incident, escaping with an estimated $30,000 in valuables. Police launched an investigation, tracing footprints and surveillance clips to identify three suspects.
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Chicago
Louis San
Baseball Adjusted as War Drives Play to September
Secretary of War Baker ruled that the work or fight requirement does not apply to baseball players until September 1. Major leagues may finish the season or host a world series but must adapt to a war footing. Officials praised the ruling as preserving a wholesome recreation.
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Washington
Baker
National Commission
CHECK FLOUR PROFITEERING
The Food Administration announced a plan to fix fair prices for flour and milling products at all milling points across the United States to curb profiteering. Seaboard basis prices set the standard, with local, jobber, and retailer markups capped to specific amounts per barrel.
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United States Food Administration
Washington
United States
The
Food Administration
Seaboard
Bolshevik Government Calls Allied Landing on Murman Coast a War Declared
Moscow dispatch to Lokal Anzeiger reports the Bolshevik regime in Russia views the Entente troop landings on the Murman coast as a declaration of war and says it will take counter measures.
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Arctic
Berlin
Amsterdam
Moscow
Lokal Anzeiger
Murman
San Diego Casualties Update After Sinking
Washington reports six dead or missing from the cruiser San Diego sunk off Fire Island New York last Friday. Secretary Daniels announced the revised tally.
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United States
Fire Island
Washington
San Diego
New York
Daniels
Aviator Killed in Fall Over Buffalo
Buffalo July 29. J Lawrence Dunham a Brockville Ontario pilot was killed in a fall while flying here. James Ralph Doolittle a resident of the University club in Buffalo was probably fatally injured in the same incident.
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Buffalo
N. Y
J. Lawrence Dunham
Brockville
Ont
James Ralph Doolittle
University Club
To Aid Coal Production. Washington July 29-Administrative fuel plan
The United States fuel administration announced measures aimed at boosting coal production in the wake of shortages. Officials outlined policies to prioritize coal output, stabilize distribution, and support key industries during the summer period.
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Washington
United States
Fuel, Administration
Wilson Would Stop Lynchings and Defend Democracy
President Wilson denounces mob rule as a betrayal of American democracy and urges all Americans to end lynching. He links lynching to German deceit and calls governors, law officers, and citizens to actively suppress the disgraceful evil.
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Washington
Wilson
Germany
Robert B. Praeger
Collinsville
America
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Prohibition Aims to Halt Steel Shipments Abroad
In Philadelphia on July 27 the Emergency Fleet corporation outlined a plan to stop all steel shipments to foreign countries. The move aims to free steel for U S ship production and enable 10,000,000 tons of ships yearly from domestic yards.
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Philadelphia
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Stettinius to Tour Paris Front in July
Edward R. Stettinius Jr., second assistant secretary of state, plans a tour of the European front to review Allied military and diplomatic progress. The trip aims to strengthen coordination with French leaders and Allied commands during a pivotal phase of the conflict.
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Stettinius
Paris
Edward R. Stettinius
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