Amazing progress in building ships in wartime
In Ames Iowa March 15 K G Smith director of engineering at Iowa State College praised Uncle Sam’s shipping program. He noted 150 000 new shipbuilders being trained with emergency textbooks and 70 000 aviation technicians to follow. He described how standardization and classroom limits slow learning but now thousands are being trained for skilled shipbuilding and aircraft work. He warned allies rely on American air power to win the war and that the postwar impact on industrial training will be positive. The piece also includes a light anecdote about remount training and mule packing in the army.
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Ames
Uncle Sam
K. G. Smith
Iowa State College
Washington, D.C
Washington
Mr. Smith
New England
Smith
New
Kidney Pills Claim Strong Kidney Benefit
A reader testimonial from Mrs. 8. Clayton New Mexico says Foley Kidney Pills have done more good than all other medicines. They strengthen weak kidneys and banish sleep disturbing bladder ailments. For sale by Lemmons Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Small
Clayton
N. M
Foley
J. KE. Lemmons Pharmacy
Udvt
Camp Dictionary Definitions From Clifford Lewis War Camp
Clifford Lewis of Carlsbad New Mexico serving near Ft Kearney California shares a camp dictionary of rustic war terms. Sample entries redefine Remount Station as 101 Ranch and Taps as The End of a Perfect Day while others lampoon crews and duties such as Engineers as The Steam Shovel Cheaters and Infantry as Human Pack Animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Lewis
C. C. Lewis
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Ft. Kearney
California
Anarelisis
Kearney
Amy Lavaliers
Iowa Regiment Earns Clemenceau Praise For Valor In Lorraine
Premier Clemenceau hailed the fighting quality of American troops after the Iowa One Hundred Sixty Eighth infantry held three German assaults in Lorraine on March 4. Captain McMenry of Des Moines and fourteen Iowans died. fifteen were killed and twenty wounded in the engagement. The report notes American bravery under fire and the unit’s decisive stand, marking a turning impression of fresh American troops in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clemenceau
France
Iowa
McMenry
Des Moines
Lorraine
Towa Boys
National Guard
Unite
One Hundred -Sixty-eighth
Des Moines Register
College Girls Glee Club Plans Iowa Tour and Concerts
Monmouth College Glee Club of twenty eight singers will start a tour of Iowa towns on March 25 with concerts in Washington Keota Newton Indianola and Albia plus a April 1 show in Alexis. Led by Prof Wisdom manager A L Graham and Mrs TH McMichael the group will also perform at United Presbyterian churches in Kirkwood and Biggaville before the trip.
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Monmouth
Mareh K
Monmouth College
United Presbyterian Church
Kirkwood
United Presbyterian Church of
Biggaville
Iowa
Washington
Keota
Newton
Indianola
Albia
Alexis
Little York
Caldbrook
Sugar Tree Grove
Glee Club
M. Wisdom
A. L. Graham
TH. McMichael
Iowa libraries remove pro German war books from shelves
Des Moines and other Iowa libraries report removing about sixty volumes and many pamphlets deemed pro German. Public officials including Forrest B. Spaulding and Grace D. Rose note efforts to purge materials seen as aiding German aims since the war began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Council of Defense
Forrest B. Spaulding
Lafayette Young
Iowa Council of National Defense
Grace D. Rose
Davenport
Frank Harris
England
Germany
J. W. Burgess
Dr Hand's Teething Lotion Claims Bold Baby Benefits
A vintage advertisement promotes Dr Hand's Teething Lotion claiming it reduces slobber fuss crying and helps babies sleep by easing teething pain. It urges mothers to apply the lotion to the gums with a finger and notes it is prepared by a famous baby specialist and costs 0 cents at druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Hand
Food Aid To Allies Surpasses Allied Soldier Volumes
United States Food Administration figures show exports from July 1, 1914 to January 1, 1918 supplied complete yearly rations for 57,100,923 people among the United Kingdom France and Italy, with Russia receiving far less. The report details wheat, pork, sugar, oats, oils and dairy exports, and notes the UK received the largest allocations while France and Italy also benefited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
United States Food Administration
United Kingdom
France
Russia
The
Food Administration
England
Italy
Calorie Export Totals and Ration Basis for War Time
The article details 611,656,154 pounds of food exported for feeding cattle and analyzes calorie distribution by country. It explains the standard ration of 8000 calories per day, with per man yearly protein fat and carbohydrate amounts, to assess how many men can be supported by allied food exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Kingdom
France
Italy
Russia
The
Food Administration
Information Service
Average Cotton Production
The article states the world’s annual cotton crop is about 2,500,000 tors. It notes a demand or want implication but the text is incomplete and unclear.
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America
Department of Army
Clifford
Camp Dictionary
American Soldier Boys Under the Stars and Stripes
Iowas Regiment
Dust Teuton Books
IS General Movement
EN State
Friedrich von Frantizus
von Mach
Benson
Fritz Kreisler
Luther College At
Decorah
Town Council of National Defense
Luther College
E. L. Kinney
Public Library
Waverly
Hojbjerg
Grand View College
F. F. Dalley Corporations, Limited
Buffalo, N.Y
Hoover
Allies
Britain
Fed
Moline Knight
Louck & Boehme Comp’y
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Nebraska
Ss. BR. Howard
Isa
Omaha
Neb
West Side
T. R. Phillips
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