Overman Bill Expands President Powers In War Shuffle
Washington Feb 1 A bill by Senator Overman to give the president wide powers to redistribute work among executive agencies was introduced and referred to the judiciary committee It would authorize coordination and consolidation of bureaus agencies offices and officers and suspend normal laws during the war and the year after. The measure faces stiff opposition from Republicans who call it a radical reorganization of government and expect a parliamentary clash next week.
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Chamberlain
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Judiciary Committee
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Gailinger
Senate Republicane
Senate Democratic
Labor Problem In Far West Serious
New York reports a looming race and labor crisis as California and other Pacific states face a severe farm labor shortage. Migrant workers desert camps as land ownership concentrates wealth, threatening harvests of wheat and dried fruits. Calls grow to import Chinese labor to avert economic turmoil and food shortages.
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Pacific Coast
California
Pavise
California State Council of Defense
Koods Mend
Ie University of California
Herbert Quick
Federal Farm Loan Board
Department of Agericulture
Spring style talks at Great Northern Merchants' meet
Chicago February 7 1918 discussions at the Great Northern Merchants association session cover summer and spring fashion. The group includes merchant tailors and garment makers from central and northern states.
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Chicago
Great Northern Merchants’ Association
Middlewest
Northwestern States
Agricultural Crisis to Be Taken Will Make Co operation Possible
Washington news notes a plan to aid farmers with money seed transportation and labor to ease the harvest drive. President Whison says the food problem is the Allies' pressing issue, with wheat and meat in short supply and home production urged for corn and beans. A nationwide agricultural census will map labor seed and livestock needs, matching buyers and sellers via county agents and state authorities, while exempting farmers from deployment to preserve farm output. The Toledo Commercial Club banquet featured Wilbur W. Marsh of Waterloo as a principal speaker.
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Washington
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United States
Whison
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John Jones
Smith
Jones
Agricultural , College
State Council of National Defrange
Federal Department of Agricultura Tm
War Department
Toledo Club
Toledo
Toledo Commercial Club
First Methodist Church
Wilbur W. Marsh
Waterloo
Hoover
Young men called for examination under liberal new rules
Twenty three more registrants are summoned for 20 p m Friday as local boards apply revised physical standards. The list includes Gatton, Elliott, Fetherkile, Kopel, Walker and others. Many may be held for limited service due to relaxed criteria, including ear hearing, dentition, and skin conditions, with more to follow.
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Lewis O. Gatton
L. M. Elliott
Seth Fetherkile
MW. Kopel
A. D. Jackson
Ray Beebe
E. W. Smith
Peter Blaze
Medical notes on physical qualification and palan sugar reference
The document discusses how skin disease can be non disabling if mild and notes that registrants over 75 inches tall may be accepted when well proportioned. It mentions a medical advisory board classifying individuals as physically qualified for limited service and references sugar extraction from palps varieties in Ceylon.
Waterloo Red Cross War Fund Short by Unpaid Pledge
Waterloo and nearby pledged about 40000 dollars to the Red Cross war fund last June, with roughly 700 dollars still unpaid. An auditing department notice orders collection of the unpaid balance at the office, warning subscribers to pay promptly or the organization will take further steps. Also includes an unrelated medical advertisement for a bromide quinine laxative.
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Red Cross War Fund
Red Cross
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