Public Needn't Be Damned says McAdoo on railroads policy
Washington dispatch notes Director General McAdoo rejects the notion that the public must bow to the railroads under government control. He insists on courteous and efficient treatment, as wage increases and rates affect the public. Labor groups call the measures conscription, while the War Labor Policies Board seeks state and federal cooperation on industrial issues.
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McAdoo
Uncle Sam
Democratic
Republican
American Federation of Labor
Morrigan
Samuel Comper
Congress
War Labor Policies Board
Washington
Orders for Telephone Consolidations Across United States
The Postmaster General issues orders toward consolidating telephone companies nationwide. Thousands of independent firms exist alongside Bell lines in competition, as Postmaster General Burleson outlines the plan.
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Postmaster General
United States
Bell Lines
Burleson
Unification Talks Between Telephone Firms Amid War Controls
Nathan Kingsbury of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and George W. Robinson of the Tri-State Telegraph and Telephone Company are named to investigate and negotiate unification of local firms. The Post Office Department directs restraint on extensions to meet wartime needs while maintaining essential commercial flow. Telegraph and telephone companies cooperate with government control policies.
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Nathan ©. Kingsbury
American Telephone’ and Telegraph Company
George W. Robinson
Tri-State Telegraph and Telephone Company
Post Office Department
I W W Convictions and the Skip Stop Plan
The conviction of about one hundred I W W leaders in Chicago supports the government effort to control wartime disruption. Sabotage attempts aimed to slow production, spoil materials, and provoke strikes, while the skip stop plan would speed urban transit and save coal and energy through block-skipping on electric lines. Washington advances toward wider adoption if Fuel Administration goals hold.
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Chicago
IW. W
LW. W
War Trade Board
War Finance Board
Esks
Washington
The
Fuel Administration
Seven Cent Newspapers Raise Prices in 1917 Shift
Sunday Philadelphia editions rise to seven cents while most Washington papers go to two cents for weekdays. Groceries such as bread soap fruits and candies move to seven and eight cents signaling higher living costs as Liberty Loan preparations begin.
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Philadelphia
Curtis
Washington
Kennedy shows set for Inter State Live Stock Fair Sioux City
Contracts signed for a seven day Kennedy program at the Sioux City Fair September 15 to 21 includes Autodrome motorcycling feats with Miss Betty Ross Gallery of Oriental life in Garden of Allah and Liberty shows with Miss Hillie Harmon. The bill features trained animals, Coney Island acts, a sand of side shows and a spider web Peggy from Paris illusion and a whip act.
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Kennedy
Sioux
Joe Morton
The
Fair Association
Garden of Allah
Coney Island
Betty Ross
Ahah
Amarita
Dher
Hillie Harmon
Aline Potter
Pharoah's
Irene
Mise Dolly Castle
Dan Riley
New Mexican Plains
Peggy
Paris
Kennedy Company
Gas Fiends After Record at Woodland Park Races
The Interstate Live Stock Fair association schedules two days of dirt track auto races at Woodland Park Sioux City during the fair week September 15 to 21. Big events include a 10 mile road match for $1,000 and several $600 prizes plus time trials and track records.
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Interstate Live Stock Fair Association
Woodland Park
Sioux City
International Motor Contest Association
Snarl
Wild
Bill Nde
Larry Posie
Rarpey Oldiwrd Alutedahl
Eddie O’donnell
Lajals Utsbrow
Earl Cooper
Emmet County Asked to Furnish 28 for War Work
Emmet County faces a labor shortage as Iowa and the nation mobilize for war. Floyd County’s chair, Dave E Darrah, explains Emmet’s quota of 28 men for Hart-Parr Co. in Charles City, near home, with wages from 34 to 50 cents hourly and potential piece work up to 7.50 daily. Volunteers will be processed through G A Nichols and the War Emergency Employment Bureau, emphasizing keeping workers in-state.
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Towa
Emmet
Charles City
Geo. Nichols
Estherville
Iowa
State War Emergency Employment Bureau
Des Moines
Davenport
Taft-Parr Co
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Navy
Liberty
States Office
Hart-Parr Co
U. S
Hart- Parr Co
War Emergency Employment Bureau
Middle West
Employment Department of
Hart-Parr Co A
Bill
Hyn
Tam
Dave E. Darrah
Floyd County
Hart-Pa. Co
G. A. Nichols
War Emergency Employment Service
Emmet County
Stop Egg Waste to Save Millions
United States Food Administrator F Deems requires Iowa egg purchasers who sell to grocers to obtain licenses and count all eggs bought. The rule aims to prevent shipment of bad eggs, saving money and space, and encouraging tighter egg production regulations.
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United States
F. Deems
Iowa
Deems
Beca
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National Capital
E. E. Jones
Washington, D. C
Sanitary Bakery
Estherville Steam
Estherville Tire Co
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