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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1917
Page
9
A description notes a large room and basement one block east of Suburban Station, four doors from Washington Avenue, on the sunny side of the rapidly expanding Ogden business area.
Washington Oct 26 The draft plan near completion will likely be sent to President Wilson for final approval. It sets five classes by availability with the lowest class called first until exhausted, then next class, using draft numbers in order. Nearly 600000 registrants’ numbers will be allocated accordingly, potentially shifting expected service timelines.
Fragmentary text lists various names and phrases about asthma remedies and cures. Mentions places or people like George, Moorer, Maines, and a sequence of unclear terms that resemble made up or garbled notes. Overall, unreadable and not coherent enough to identify a clear event or report.
A Washington dispatch reports serious consideration by President Wilson of curbing output of nonessential materials. Two paths are discussed: voluntary cutbacks by manufacturers via the War Industries Board or a general government request to producers, backed by authority to halt coal shipments and control transport. The debate centers on defining nonessential goods and enforcing patriotic production shifts.
President Wilson urged New York voters to back woman suffrage as a wartime democracy issue. He told a 100 strong delegation from the State Woman Suffrage Party that men of all parties should vote for equal rights on election day, arguing woman suffrage rests on foundational democratic principles and wartime calls for reform.
An 1890s style report notes enormous fortunes once created in oil fields and ongoing expansion. It cites the New York Morning Telegraph on buoyant opportunities for investors, widespread derrick activity, and strong demand from government, foreign buyers, and domestic consumers as oil production surges.
Copenhagen reports German forces under French pressure on the Alene may retreat to a new Hindenburg line well behind current positions. German sources hint at a fortified barrier between Lagu and their former front as they prepare for an orderly spring withdrawal amid advancing French attacks.
An advertisement promotes Marmola Prescription Tablets as a simple fat reducing aid. It touts tiny tablets taken after meals and at bedtime, claims quick disappearance of fat, and urges purchase for 75 cents or mailing to the Marmola Co. in Detroit for mail order.
Washington, Oct. 26. The Shipping Board launched a nationwide effort to recruit ancient labor for shipyard AML plants to support the government shipbuilding program. Officials estimate 200,000 more workers are needed to ensure five to six million local tonnage can be launched by year’s end 1918.
The article notes that 20,000 Jacks are adequate labor, and the plan relies on alluring incentives to attract yard workers who would not normally enlist. Training schools are active and a board formed efficiency estimates that one man should produce about one ton of shipping monthly to meet the program with an extra 300,000 employees. Several shipyards are already running eight hour shifts.
An advertisement extols a diapanene based cream called Ice Mint for foot troubles. It claims to lift out corns and calluses, relieve soreness, prevent infection, and leave feet cool and odor free. It targets women with high heel wearers and promises painless application with immediate soothing effects.
Rio Janeiro reports President Wenceslau Bee states Brazil cannot avoid noting Germany’s war. He sends a message to the congress proposing seizure of German ships and assets as part of wartime measures. The draft note cites unavoidable hostilities and aims to act swiftly against German commerce.
Dispatches report Brazil and Argentina tensions rising after Brazilian steamer Faas was torpedoed. Germany revoked neutrality decree affecting U S relations. Anti German riots erupted in several cities as German ships seized in Brackian ports. Reports from Buenos Aires mention interference to incite a wider conflict among Brasil, Argentina and Uruguay.
Washington reports say pro German elements in San Francisco hinder food conservation by letting beef display lure patrons from larger restaurants observing beefless Tuesday. John Tait, head of California food administration advisory group, cites Greek and Portuguese eateries, cafeterias, and small places as undermining the effort. He telegrammed officials in Washington noting the unrest and claims of patriotic opponents.
A large Mineral Products potash plant near Margavale, southwest of the city, was destroyed by fire after a coal drier exploded at 6 tonight. Two workers, Ted Oltta and John Alder, were severely burned. their exact injuries were not known. The facility, the nation’s largest, employed about 600 people and had been guarded for weeks. Company officials said the explosion and fire were accidental and followed by an improvised firefighting brigade.
The Christian forces of Europe are bankrupt of money and men for two generations, Captain George P. Lange, French military chaplain, told the national convention of the Christian church in Kansas City. He said Europe will look to the United States for aid and manpower to sustain Christianity after the war, noting the convention voted to add 7,000 missionaries to their ranks. A second item reports Frederick von Beethoven, an Oregon National Guard private, shot dead in Charlotte after fleeing military police during a wartime warrant arrest.
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