The Washington Post Subscription Rates August 1918
The notice lists mail subscription prices for daily, Sunday, and combined plans with annual and monthly options. It instructs subscribers to remit in advance, address changes must be processed, and renewals should occur before expiration. The date August 12, 1918 appears in the address label area.
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Washington, D. C
Paul Block
Fifth Avenue
New York
Mallers
Chicago
Little Building
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Kresge Building
Detroit
Washington Post Company
Unity of Command and Allied Victory Across Nations
The article argues for unity of command as the decisive factor in Allied victory, noting Germany’s coordinated staf? and the British resistance to one commander. It credits Gen. Foch with uniting forces, states that victory came when Allies acted as one army, and warns that political unity is harder but should seek shared principles and close dialogue.
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United States
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Turkey
Lloyd George
Foch
Robertson
Maurice
Col
Repington
England
East
Paris
Marshal Foch
Food admin blamed as Washington ice crisis grows
A public statement argues distribution failures and labor shortages caused the ice shortage in Washington amid the heat wave. It criticizes the food administration for failing to recruit 25 workers at $4 daily, while noting anecdotal ice shortages and the need for decisive action to restore service.
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Washington
Food Administration
United States Employment Bureau
Wilson
Public urged to supply ice for sweltering citizens
Fragmentary plea urges those in charge to show American efficiency and provide ice to the aged and sick battling for life under extreme heat.
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Lfe
Mr Warburg Retires From Federal Reserve Board Post
The retirement of Paul M. Warburg from the vice governorship of the Federal Reserve Board is praised as selfless. He declines renomination to avoid a bitter political fight and possible public irritation amid German birth and wartime tensions. The President commends his service and looks forward to continued esteem and friendship.
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Paul M. Warburg
Federal Reserve Board
Warburg
Senate
Germany
United States
Warbureg
Women Ticket Sellers to Be Trained by Federal Railroads
The Federal Railroad Administration will train young women as ticket sellers in major cities to fill posts formerly held by men. Schools opened with over 100 applicants, offering salaries around 125 to 150 dollars monthly. The move aims to address staff shortages as many agents join the draft or seek higher pay elsewhere.
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Federal Railroad Administration
Railroad Administration
United States
Daughter of Lord Rhondda Claims Peerage Vote
The daughter of the late Viscount Rhondda, formerly Lady Mackworth, seeks a seat and vote in the House of Lords as a peeress in her own right. She is known for suffragette actions and allied with Lloyd George. debate centers on whether peeresses in their own right may vote or be summoned to Parliament.
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Viscount Rhondda
House of Lords
Mackworth
Humphrey Mackworth
Rhondda
Lloyd George
Lord Rhondda
Lady Mackworth
Peereasea
Lord Peel
Taelf
Deeressea
United Kingdom
Emerald Isle
House of Commons
Viscount Palmerston
Charles II
Edward Knollys
Earl of
Banbury
Committee of Privileges
Crown
James II
Knollys
Lord I Knollys
Edward
Bargesses
Edwards
England
House of Lerda
Elizabeth
House of
Sultanaa
Thackeray
Lorda Az
Marquish DH Fontanoy
Labor Shortage Still Acute Across Federal Reserve Districts
Federal Reserve Board reports show an acute labor shortage despite high wages with New England most affected. Workers' higher spending on clothing and food is offset by fixed salaries, while districts foresee a potential fuel shortage next winter. The Labor Department notes unskilled labor shortfalls in war plants and authorizes interstate shipment and use of plant recruiting forces under strict control. Firms must report unskilled labor needs by next Thursday.
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Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Board
New England
Department of Labor
Department
Federal Reserve urges prudent use of credit during war
The Federal Reserve Board reviewed two courses for banks and businessmen to aid the war effort. It urged restricting loans to essential needs and concentrating gold and silver in Federal Reserve banks. Banks should shift credit to productive fields and not hoard money to expand national resources and fund war and postwar needs. The nation gained $1,078,000,000 in gold stock over four years.
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Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Board
Concrete ships vs steel output limits concrete program
Charles Piez of the Emergency Fleet Corporation argued that expanding concrete ship building would reduce steel and wood ship output. He noted 40 percent of ship work is machinery and skilled labor in short supply, and hulls alone won’t add ships. He said steel tonnage remains more efficient and the fleet should focus on steel while wood and concrete serve as emergency measures.
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Charles Piez
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Pier
Mr. Plez
Army clothing repair keeps growing in June
The conservation and reclamation division of the quartermaster corps reports June activity including 1,184,082 items repaired such as 284,111 shoes and 141,420 breeches. It salvaged over 4,000,000 pounds of waste and sold hay, straw and waste for 5,878 dollars while disposing of 11,000 dollars of fertilizer.
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Quartermaster Corps
Daredevil drops 3000 feet lands unharmed at field
Fort Worth Aug 11 Lieut James H Dales of St Louis jumped from a plane traveling 90 mph at 3000 feet with a parachute and landed uninjured before 20000 spectators at Taliaferro field He crawled onto the wing then descended along the fuselage aviation officials say a fourth parachute system is being rapidly developed and all fliers will be equipped
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Fort Worth
Tex
James H. Dales
St. Louis
Taliaferro Field
Dale
U S PAYS LOWEST SUGAR PRICE AROUND THE WORLD
The United States faces a likely 1 cent per pound rise in sugar DIR yet remains cheaper than most nations. Retail rates here run 8 to 9 cents a pound, with highs to 10 cents. Wholesale price in the U S stands at 7.50 per hundred pounds after a recent raise. The Cuban crop sold at 5.60 plus transport and refiners’ margin, with insurance and sea freight later added. Other countries show much higher prices. The Sugar Equalization Board will seize all raw outputs from sugar beets and cane and equalize the price across refineries and allocations.
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United States
Cuba
France
United Kingdom
Italy
Canada
Sweden
Spain
Brazil
Portugal
India
Sugar Equalization Board of the Food Administration
Navy invites ideas to improve airplanes and war tech
A naval consulting board pamphlet urges civilians to submit ideas on carburetion ignition engine parts self starters exhaust mufflers cooling radiators fuel systems propellers and gun synchronizers. It notes Liberty engines at 60 percent better than six months ago and foresees further gains, stressing quantity and quality in future airpower despite German lead in production. Night flying raises challenges in anti aircraft defenses searchlights tactics and new protective measures.
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W. B Stout
Aircraft Board
Naval Consulting Board
Stout
American banks plan foreign trade expansion after war
The federal reserve board says U S banks are laying the groundwork for expanding foreign trade finances. Three methods are cited including establishing foreign branches, forming foreign banking corporations, and discount companies tied to foreign business.
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Federal Reserve Board
American Foreign Banking Corporation
Rio de Janeiro
Cape Halden
St Mare
Haiti
Cali
Colombia
China
Italy
Alan
Target Practice Order For Ordnance Officers
An order issued yesterday requires all ordnance department officers up to the rank of colonel to undergo target practice with the 45 caliber automatic pistol. Attendance for officers above colonel is optional. Maj. Gen Williams announced that physically able men in the department will be sent overseas and must be ready to defend themselves on overseas duty. About thirteen hundred officers are affected by the order.
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Ordnance Department
Bes
Williams
Ordnance
War Machine
Fever CourT-martial Decline Stuns Panama Crusade
Panama August report shows a 70 percent drop in court-martial cases among American soldiers since the Panama vice crusade began. The Panama government has borne the crusade’s cost but, amid money shortages, will be forced to halt the effort.
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Panama
Imprisoned for Sermon in Espionage Case
Cleveland August 11 The Rev W A Werth of Winesburg Ohio has been sentenced to two years in Atlanta prison by Federal Judge Westenhaver for violation of the espionage act. He allegedly preached a funeral sermon over a soldier who died on the Mexican border and spoke against the American army calling it rotten and full of disease.
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Cleveland
W. A. Werth
Winesburg
Ohio
Atlanta
Westenhaver
Werth
Borland plans Senate bid amid Missouri party splits
In Washington a Kansas City figure, defeated for renomination, announces a challenge to Senator Reed for the United States Senate in 1927. The exchange notes fierce factionalism within the Democratic camp, Borland's war record, and the impact of prohibition politics on Missouri politics.
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William P. Borland
Kansas City
House of Representatives
United States
James A. Read
G. P. Thompson
St. Louis
Washington
Horland
Reed
Thompson
Borland
Berland
Congress
Hoa
White
Missouri
James Reed
United States Senate
Walliam Borland
Pond
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