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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1918
Page
2
The Evening Current entered as second class matter April 16 1917 at the Carlsbad New Mexico post office under the March 3 1879 act. Published daily Sundays excepted by the Carlsbad Printing Co. Member of The Associated Press with rights to use news dispatches.
Secretary W A Wilson declares Labor Day 1918 a pivotal wartime call to national effort. He praises soldiers sailors and workers and urges total loyalty, higher production, and sustained home front support to aid France Belgium and Allied forces. He cites coal mining steel shipbuilding rivet records and immense industrial output as proof of resolve.
The text extols labor shaping national needs and unites workers and citizens to noble tasks. It speaks of a june in a grand alliance of a splendid army in Europe and an efficient industrial army at home, claiming militarism is doomed and democracy will triumph.
London reports emphasize air force as vital ally to the navy in the Atlantic anti submarine campaign. Airplanes and seaplanes, including submarine scouts and coast patrol types, locate subs from altitudes and attack with bombs and depth charges, supporting ship patrols and extending reach from land bases and ships.
The United States Food Administration asks households to limit sugar to two pounds per person monthly to conserve ships and aid France England and Italy. The Army and Navy issue an S O S call to save ships for transporting troops and munitions, amid a global sugar surplus but domestic ship shortages.
Aircraft from home bases sweep the North Sea patrol areas as coast ships and destroyers hunt U boats. Airships escort convoys in home waters spotting subs. The U-boat danger is being brought under control, while millions of Americans support the French war effort, and city folk aiding farmers benefits the nation.
Canton Ohio residents in the northeast form a stock venture to establish a community laundry with a dry cleaning shop hat and shoe cleaning and repair services. Shares at ten dollars draw over 800 stockholders. plant to operate as a profit sharing concern with prices expected well below standard rates.
Mrs Maggie Reed is connected with light housekeeping rooms at the Metropolitan hotel in a noted staff assignment.
Two room residence with sleeping porch and two additional porches. Owner offers papering and repairs if desired. Inquiries at Current office Ltd. Also available is a five room house on Alameda Street vacated this week. See owner N T Daugherty.
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