A Freak Gun for a Foolish Purpose, Wheat and Ships, and more
[Editorials on
the giant German gun shelling Paris
the shipment of wheat to Europe
Germany's plans for mining the ocean
and more]
Volume 118, Issue 14
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Features
One Year of War
Some Details of Our Military Contribution to the Allied Cause
By Hon. Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War
The Fight for Public Opinion
Meeting the German Offensive on American Soil
By George Creel, Chairman of the Committee on Public Information
The U. S. Navy Strips for Action
How Our First Line of Defence Expanded from a Peace to a War Footing
By Hon. Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy
The Department of Labor and War Production
The Agency for Dealing with the Problems of Human Engineering
By the Hon. W . B. Wilson, Secretary of Labor
Bridging the Atlantic with Ships
The Fight for Our Line of Communications with the Battlefront
By dward N. Hurley, Chairman of the United States.Shipping Board
The Council of National Defense
Its Purpose, Its Significance, and Its Contribution to the Great War
By Grosvenor B. Clarkson, Secretary of the Council of National Defense and of the Advisory Commission
The Fuel Question
Readjustment of a Great Industry to the Drastic Demands of War
By H. A. Garfield, Fuel Administrator
Motor Trucks in the Great War
The Whole Face of Modern Warfare Changed by these Traction Giants
By H. L. Horning, Chairman of the Automotive Products Section of the Council of National Defense
The German Long-Range Gun
A Development of Long-Established Principles of Design
[article on the German gun bombarding Paris]
Food for All--A Fundamental War Problem
Results Accomplished During Eight Months of Work in Food Control and Distribution
By the United States Food Commission
Timing Shrapnel with the Camera
How the Shells Were Made to Take Their Own Pictures
The Government and the Railroads
The Coördination of Two Hundred and Sixty Thousand Miles of Railroad for the Winning of the War
By J. Bernard Walker, Editor of the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN