Priority in Labor Demands by War Industries Board
Lists of industries eligible for labor priority under the War Industries Board rules were released. Class 1 includes ammunition plants, arsenals, gun manufacturing, pig iron plants, explosives, food and coal facilities, hospitals, utilities, and rail systems. Class 2 covers wire, tool, street railway, electric equipment, milling and food preparers, and related manufacturing sectors.
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Tires Maines
Federal Employment Service
A. L. Uricr P Comnissionen
Vaah
Etate
Sitet Industries
Washington
War Industries Board
Supmind
Ma G Iron and Steel Chain
King Farm
Abe
Flour package weights ordered by Iowa department
Des Moines reports State Food Department Commissioner W Z Barney has issued an order effective October 1 requiring flour to be sold only in sacks of 12 44 12 49 or 88 pounds or larger, with small lots allowed for grocers. The goal is to curb short weighing and protect consumers from underweight bags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Department
W. Z. Barney Ioder
Runaway Girls Sought After Sioux City Visit
Parents chased leads as two teenage girls vanished after arriving in Sioux City from Yankton on Friday night. Shomi Case and Olive Seeles, both from Westhorpe, were last seen at a hotel before disappearing Saturday afternoon. police traced possible sightings but no confirmed location.
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Westhorpe
Murs Westhorpe
Olive Seeles
Pa Sears
Rene Hanlin
Yankton
Showa City
Jackson
Whe
Mr. Westhorpe
Tow
South Dakota
Sugar fund raises $373.82 for Shriners drive
Davenport Iowa Sept 27 Shriners collecting for a sugar fund at a pilgrimage to Iowa City report one pound of sugar sold for $370.82 after $242.28 was raised. Proceeds will aid the old ladies' home and the Red Cross chapter in Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Iowa City
Shriners
Old Ladies’ Home
Red Cross
Towa
City
Des Moines Hospital Designated as United States General Hospital
Des Moines is named a United States general hospital under Army supervision. About 200 soldiers from overseas and German prisoners wounded in battle may be treated there. The change places the facility under the surgeon general and adjutant general, with direct federal oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Art Des Moines
Seus Te Nowson Valeseing
Uailel States General Hospital
General Auctioneering Sale Notice in Waterloo
Auctioneer offers sales of merchandise real estate and live stock with specialty Harm Sales. Terms and dates available at DH. E. McDOUGAL F.D. Nowb Ith IPhone Waterloo Tol7 Dumberton THI4. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DH. E. McDougal
F.D
Waterloo
Dumberton
Sugar kept in cellar costs hotelkeeper $300 seizure
Des Moines dispatch reports H C Hangen Wellington hotelkeeper faced a $300 assessment after 400 pounds of sugar stored in his cellar at 20 East Ninth Street were seized by federal authorities in July. The sugar was nabbed during a federal raid on the Wellington property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
H.C. Hangen
Wellington
East Ninth Street
Han
Woman credits faith and remedy for health return
A husband praises a newspaper advertisement for Mayr's Wonderful Remedy claiming it cured years of stomach and intestinal trouble. He credits his wife’s faith as key and calls the medicine a godsend, with local druggists carrying the preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayr
Wangler Bros. Sievers
Drug, Hansen and Stangen
Faomenty
Sugar sacks turned over to Red Cross amid protests
W T McElroy head of the sugar division of the state food administration says the punishment for Zen’s action is too lenient. He calls for fines and uses of sugar for a cafeteria. A Des Moines man faces a $300 fine payable to Polk county Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zen
Red Cross
W. T. MeElroy
State Food Administration
McElroy
Hanskeep
Food Administration
Wang & Miller
Weillington, Co
Des Moines
Polk County Red Cross
Hansen
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Smata
Victor Records
Stroebel’s
Sioux City
Rodauehters
Yorkton
Beaver Soap Company
Dayton, Ohio
Wang & Miller Shoe
Lib. L
Mays Leath
East Fourth Street
Gary
Cole’s
Lua
Cole
Davidsons
Waterloos Center
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