War department probes Eddystone plants and housing needs
The hearing disclosed estimates of rifle production shortfalls and urgent housing for war workers. Major Hay cited frightful living conditions at Eddystone near Philadelphia and the need to boost to 6,500 rifles daily. Officials urged rapid funding for facilities, storage centers, and housing to sustain full wartime output into next year.
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Hay
War Department
Eddystone
Iphia
Enis
Stymes
Hidlitz
Department of I
Clark
Blitz
Idlitz
Navy
Philipsburg
Ich
Ward S. Childs
Jamie
France
Non-War Construction Plan Firms Connecticut Districts
The War Industries Board non-war construction program outlines Connecticut being divided into twenty six districts each with a local director. Samuel Ferguson of Hartford chairs the state council of defense committee overseeing permits which pass from local directors to Ferguson for review and then to Washington for final approval. The Middletown district lists C A Campbell as local director with jurisdiction over Middletown and nearby communities including Chester Clinton Cromwell East Haddam East Hampton Haddam and Portland.
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Middletown
War Industries Board
Connecticut State Council of Defense
Samuel Ferguson
Hartford
Connecticut
Ferguson
Washington
District of Middletown
C. A. Campbell
Chester
Clinton
Cromwell
East Haddam
East Hampton
Haddam
Portland
Fewer Frocks but the War’s Cotton Crunch Hits Home
The Chicago Evening Post notes cotton shortages loom after a government September report predicts a 4 million bale drop in US yield due to drought. Oct futures rise about 13.75 a bale, forewarning higher stockings and fabric costs while praise for fuel, bread quality, and dwindling meatless days offers contrast as the Hun is on the run.
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Chicago Evening Post
United States
Illinois’ Bad Distinction in Renomination
In an editorial note from Charleston News and Courier the piece argues no congressman should be renominated on party lines. It suggests replacing democrat with republican keeps the claim intact, citing refusals in Mississippi Texas Georgia Missouri and Illinois where war records affected renomination choices.
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Ilinois
Charleston News and Courier
Congress
Mississippi
Texas
Georgia
Missouri
House
Senate
Illinois
Franco Americans Make Big Advance Near Rheims
Paris reports a Franco American drive in the concee district forcing evacuations at Estreart and Monts de Rheims. French and American forces press along the Aisne canal north of Rheims, cross at multiple points, reach Bermericourt, and claim 2,500 prisoners and 31 guns in five days. In the Balkans, Serbs repulse German Austro-Hungarian attack with about 100 prisoners.
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Paris
Concee
Eastart
Monts ‘Cae
Rheims
War Office
Aisne Canal
Argonne
Tiis
Bermericourt
St. Quentin
Chardonvert
Champagne
Estreart
Monts de Rheims
Balkans
London
Serbian War Office
The Gay Dog
A young London clerk, visiting the capital, stays at an expensive hotel beyond his means. While eating in a park he is spotted by friends who tease him as a “gay dog” dining out, exposing his pretensions and economy.
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London
George
Adelaide
Australia Chronicle
Gasless Sundays Continue Sees Savings in Connecticut
Federal Fuel Administrator Thomas W. Russell announced that gasless Sundays have yielded substantial savings in Connecticut thanks to the loyalty and sacrifice of automobile owners. He said no withdrawal date has been set for the Garfield request and the program would continue until further notice.
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Connecticut
Thomas W. Russell
Russell
Garfield
Kansas Doing Its Bit in Wheat Planting Prospects
Kansas schedules its largest fall wheat sowing to date with last year’s nine million acres and six million harvested, yielding about 100 million bushels. Favorable rains and guaranteed 1919 prices spur expectations of a bumper crop, with early sowing also promising winter pasture for livestock.
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Kansas
Kansas City Times
Florida Should Make Sugar
Florida should develop a sugar industry to produce etherized alcohol from molasses, a by product of the 1,898,000 tons of annual sugar. Hawaii plans this use to replace gasoline in automobiles and power machinery, and Florida could also make paper from cane waste to aid the government with three key products.
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Florida
Florida Times Union
Hawaii
Happenings In This Set Updates From October June 98
A patchwork of small town notes. Portland water works extension along East Main street is planned by Superintendent J Alen Butler. Pension rolls show 33 years since the war with a near total count. New hitching posts appear on Main street while fall foliage glows bright. A tug voyage to New York witnessed the Vigilant and Valkyrie yacht race. Officials discuss unemployed aid modeled after Ansonia. Legal concerns arise about detaining arrested persons in Pamecha jail without hearings. Old lockup torn down as General Jameson and wife head to Connecticut’s World’s Fair. A new six wheeled locomotive arrives for the switch yard. Sportsmen report bagging partridges and quail. Firemen’s parade impresses with elaborate hose wagon decorations. Bands from Colt’s, Popes, Hartford city, and others enliven Main street. Also noting Americans in Germany and future shifts in French soil population per Concord Monitor.
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Ansonia
Pamecha
William Jameison
Connecticut Ay
Wyman Barrows
John Hutchings
T. P. Bill
Louis Robinson
Durham
Colt’s
Popes
Third Regiment
Hartford City
American
Waterbury
New Britain
D. L. Briggs Band
Bushnell’s
Drum Corps
New Haven
Main Street
Tired? Liver Sluggish No More With Mandrake Pills
This old advertisement promises a tonic effect from Schenck's Mandrake Pills to revive a tired liver and restore energy. It touts 80 years of vegetable composition as a safer calomel substitute and sells uncoated or sugar coated boxes for 25 cents via druggist or mail from Dr. J. H. Schenck & Son in Philadelphia.
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Schenck
J. H. Schenck & Son
Philadelphia
Buy Bonds Boston Post victory rally cry
The Boston Post urges readers to support the war effort by purchasing bonds now that the army is advancing. The call underscores unity and financial backing as the troops gain ground.
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Boston Post
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Concord Monitor
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Arthur L. Allin
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Middletown Liberty
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Might and Main
Tion
Annie A Ando
Keen Kutter
George F. Redford
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First Methodist Episcopal
Lieut
H. Gordon Manning
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