Indiana Farm Leaders urged to back United War Work Campaign
H Wright Indiana state highway commissioner directs rural canvass for United War Work Campaign urging all farmers to support the drive through ninety Indiana Grange branches and the campaign’s combined fund of 170 500 000 to aid soldiers. Indiana quota five million dollars.
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H. Wright
Indiana
Indianapolis
Ind
L. H. Wright
Young Men’s Christian Association
Young Women’s Christian Association
National Catholic War Council
K. of C
Jewish Welfare Board
War Camp Community Service
American Library Association
Salvation Army
Wright
Bartholomew County
State Highway Bureau
Indiana State Granite
United States
Farmers Grange
United War Work
War Department
Navy Department
Pershing Calls for Prompt War Bill Payment for Morale
The article urges prompt payment of war expenses to sustain army morale. It compares the cost to a stock assessment, stating the U S stock is valuable and will pay dividends. Pershing aims to keep troops supplied with munitions and thinks victory is possible in 1919, with seven organizations in the United War Work campaign supporting troops.
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United States
Pershing
United War Work Campaign
London Stirred by Fuel Saving Measures and Traffic Strain
London households face tougher heating and cooking with new energy saving orders, pushing coal use higher. Traffic worsens as military commandeering cuts bus supply and fewer surface cars and subways run, leaving packed trains and streets during rush hours.
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London
Skill Essential in Airplane Work
The highest grade of workmanship is required in preparing metal parts for airplanes. Every part must be tempered and accurately fitted to prevent collapse under hard strains. These men weld parts of a navy hydroplane as the navy guards publication of any finished plane.
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Navy
Soldier breaks pole in nightmare crash at Camp Grant
Soldier Joseph McKinley Walker of Company C Eighteenth Infantry en route with colored troops from Camp Grant dreamt of the Huns, sprang from berth No 13 and struck an iron signal pole with his head breaking it. He was taken to Hammond Indiana hospital and later begged an agent to send him east to rejoin comrades fearing Kaiser retaliation.
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Joseph McKinley Walker
Eighteenth Infantry
Camp Grant
Hammond
Ind
Motor Cop Makes Good Joins Tank Squad After Task
Leo Hays a Omaha motorcycle cop completed a car theft arrest and returned with the stolen vehicle and two men. He then joined the tank service, saying enlisting would prove he is a good man. Hays is an expert gas engine mechanic.
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Leo Hays
Omaha
A. L. Gilinsky
Hays
Soldier seeks wife at Camp Beauregard sparks mail rush
A soldier at Camp Beauregard wrote to a Pine Bluff Arkansas newspaper editor saying he wished to correspond with a Pine Bluff girl for matrimony. The editor published the letter and the next day he received ten proposals from as many girls. Proposals continued to pour in.
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Camp Beauregard
Pine Bluff
Ark
Fire Prevention Day Proclaimed by Indiana Governor
Governor William A Roach announces Fire Prevention Day set for November 2 1918 to curb the nation s fire losses amid war time shortages. The proclamation urges schools churches civic bodies and officials to hold exercises on November 1st and promote hazard removal and prevention measures statewide.
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Chicago
Liberty Loan
Ihereby
State of
Indiana
Capitol
Indianapolis
Danger of Free Trade By Treaty Very Live Issue
Washington reports that Germany plans an industrial war once peace returns and markets reopen. Economist David Lubin urges allied nations to counter by protecting domestic industries and promoting home production of goods Germany once supplied. President Wilson’s peace terms stress removing economic barriers and creating neutral trade conditions.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Germany
David Lubin
International Institute of Agriculture
Europe
Lubin
Jubin
Wilson
von Hertling
Reichstag
van Hertling
America
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
Universal sugar rationing plan in wartime food drives urged
Officials promote sugar allotments for hospitals and institutions and a semi monthly purchase system to cut irregularities. Hoarding penalties and Red Cross donations accompany enforcement, while coffee import licenses are restricted to the sugar board. A political note warns against a postwar treaty removing economic barriers, urging Republican Senate control to block such terms.
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United States
United States Food Administration
United States Sugar Equalization Board
The
Food Administration
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Harry Ee. Barnard
Switzerland County
United States Food Club
HE. , P. Downey
D. A. Epperson
Princeton
Red Cross
Clarence Cook
North
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