Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-08-02
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burners require less oil and give bet
ter lights.
Don't allow, q lamp. lantern, heater,
or stove to burn a minute longer than
is necessary. Don't light one you can
do without.
Don't use coal oil for cleaning pur-
poses Hot water %'l{ DO the work
ideals that Inspired Recent July Fourth
Celebration =
New ideals that inspired the recent
July Fourth celebration were outlined
clearly to the Division on Woman's War
Work of the Committee on Public In
formation by Miss Josephine Roche, di-
rector Of work with the foreign born.
I'VE proclaim new Declaration of
independence for the whole world,
which all people will share, instead Of
proud of Independence Day and the
ideals that brought it into being, and
on this particular Fourth, 1918. If the
women of 1875 could be here they
would realize that their descendants
have not drifted away from these ideals
and that the Americans who have come
more recently to this land have been
drawn by the same vision of freedom
which the founders of the Republic had.
'"These great groups of our foreign
born are the people who have been
hghtnE for tHn d f9 Wo,6 sf
our ancestors fought here A wonder
full faith in America, a trust that they
will here realize their ideals and find
them to US. We are beginning to un-
derstand we have much to learn from
them as we have to teach them, and
that altogether we must work for the
American Fourth or one which ex--
pressed so truly and fully the intent of
the signers of the Declaration of Inde-
al Of
globe America has drawn to herself
loyal citizens bringing her the best
from the old land. New faith and
strength will leap in the hearts of those
peoples fighting in Europe against au-
tocracy and terrorism, when they learn
the tiding Of this Independence Day on
which their former countrymen so over
whelmingly reaffirm the pledge Of +
America to the oppressed of the world" y,
secretary: Wilson Give. Reason for La
-: Dor Mobilization
Secretary of Labor Wilson makes this
explanation of the general mobilization
of labor for war industries. recruiting
for which is to begin August under
direction of the United States Employ.
beginning with common labor, this
service. will gradually. take charge Of
the mobilizing and placing Of all labor
more workers: This will profoundly
affect all other industries and all other
workers; It will correct the abuses and
the troubles growing out of the large
disruption of regular work.
=. Every safeguard must be taken to
protect the standard of living and the
m9Eale OF the waEe earners' Especially ny
age: limit of. those, who enter industry
at a high level, lest we rob our future
citizenship of its right to growth and
II Cd no Of a at nj ~ n.
on the large entrance Of women into
heavy and hazardous Industries.
- The exigencies of war times should
ing down of those standards of hours,
wages. and conditions of work which
are designed to protect the childhood,
the womanhood, and the motherhood Of
Experts tell us it takes from to
10 workers at home to keep one SOL
der on the firing line in Europe. What
ever. therefore. helps to mobilize, dis
tribute. and energize those who do the
work Of our war industries has become
as important a factor in winning the
war as the :prowess Of our armies in
the field Or our s@x X Sn he seas"
chiidren Must Piay to be Healthy and
!; A children's recreation drive is, on to
continue during July and August, un7
der the auspices Of the -Children's Blu.
%Woman's Committee Of the" councif Of
National Defense. 1T. will eliminate in
patriotic play week" September ~. in
which the work of II. 100000 women in
munities. will come to- an: end, i,
ITO be strong for victory the Nation
must let: her children play" said Char
les FEedsriGk Weller, assosiete see ere,
Association of America. No time nor
money can be spared from war-winning
activities. but the winning of the war
depends on man power and man Power power
without health and wholesomeness in
the children. =,
Far worse than exhausting Americas
financial capital would be the exhaus-
ton Of child life, which is man-power
capital .oo 49,
United States has been tempted to be-
gin-by letting the children pay too
heavily for the war in child labor, in
creased delinquency, overtaXed nerves,
weakened bodies and premature deaths,
but England and France turned to lift
ing them chance to play. There is
urgent need to give our boys and girls
an American square deal-their safety
valve of play"
Not Wanted
The minimum age limit for voluntary
enlistment in the United States army is
fixed by congress at IS years. There
have been SO many applications for re-
leases from the army Of boys under
this age who have enlisted. that Adjt.
Gen. Henry p. Mccain has issued the
following circular letter:
1.-The large number of applica tons
received from parents and guardians
for the discharge of minors under Is
years Of age, inclosing satisfactory:
evidence that the soldier is under this
age, indicates the necessity of more
care on the part of recruiting officers
in order to avoid unnecessary expense
to the government and annoyance to
troops in the field in the subsequent
discharge of such men, and to avoid
placing a blot for life on the record of
a boy whose offense of misstatement of
his age arises usually from a patriotic
desire to serve his country.
Thereafter no applicant under the
registration age will be accepted or en-
listed until he has proven to the COM
plete satisfaction of the recruiting Of
f1cer that he has reached the age of IS
years. The proof required will be (a)
birth certificate, baptismal record, or
school certificate, or, in case (a) is not
available, (b) affidavit of parent or of
guardian with legal evidence of guard
ianship."
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