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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1919
Page
16
Reports describe a broad campaign to combat typhus in Siberia with quarantine stations and delousing facilities. The Red Cross plans bathing and clothing provisions, depots for convalescents, and extensive shipments including sweaters and hospital salts to curb spread of the disease this winter.
In Juneau Alaska the salvage operation plans to attempt rescuing a treasure ship. Officials announce the by mail report describes the project and aims to recover valuables and artifacts from the submerged vessel.
The Islander struck an iceberg southwest of Alaska and sank with 39 lives lost. It was valued at 175000 and carried cargo worth nearly 1000000, according to the report.
An army camp has been established at Cloudcroft New Mexico where each regiment and detachment of the border district will rotate in for a few days to enjoy a change in altitude and cooler weather.
The $5,000,000 Pearl Harbor drydock is expected to be completed by month’s end. It will not be formally opened until Secretary Daniels arrives with the Pacific fleet.
Col Arthur Woods announces that disabled service men can enter vocational training in shipbuilding while earning good wages. Programs focus on submarine shipyards in Newark offering roles such as chippers calders drillers and linemen with six weeks to two months of training. On the job instruction and production work support skilled worker pathways and wartime labor needs.
London reports that Brenaly cost and wage rises in Britain push up production costs while Magner prices for raw materials rise, heightening fear that American competition will harm British exports. Sir Auckland Geddes notes steel prices in the United States versus England, signaling growing concern over trade competitiveness.
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