Whilst the previous day’s paper may have concentrated on a recruiting campaign in London, it was the turn of those doing their big on the home front to feature in today’s paper, with two articles about how workers were assisting the manufacture of munitions on page 9. Firstly we have a scheme initiated by a chartered accountant for city businessmen to devote the Sundays to the manufacture of munitions at the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich, followed by “the patriotic salesmen of Smithfield” closing their market two hours early so that they can then spend the rest of the time engaged in munitions work. It makes something of a contrast with the continuous tales of strikes, with operative spinners in Manchester the latest to go on strike over non-payment of a war bonus (same page).