Ship plans a mistake says Rear Admiral Bowles
Rear Admiral F A Bowles told a Senate committee the wooden ship programme was a mistake and could not keep up with demands or timber supply. He took responsibility for design changes and said most labor could be used in steel shipyards. Committee questioned steel contract profits.
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Shipping Board
F. A. Bowles
Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation
Naval Constructor
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Senate Committee
Bowles
Admiral Bowles
Incomplete Programme Tells Committee of Delays
The programme cannot be completed on time, he told the committee, because essential steps are still underway and key milestones have shifted.
Switzerland rationing agreed by War Trade Board
Washington Dec 27 The War Trade Board confirmed overseas reports of an agreement to ration Switzerland and outlined exporter shipment procedures. No specifics were released but the pact reportedly fixes U S food shipments to Switzerland with guarantees that none will reach Germany.
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War Trade Board
Switzerland
United States
Seltegeavi
Germany
Osteopaths Seek Free Treatment Hall for Soldiers
Dr. R. Kendrick Smith urged using a Boston hall for free osteopathic care for charity patients and soldiers. He argued allopathic control blocks osteopathy and a national certificate is not recognized by the War Department.
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Boston
R. Kendrick Smith
Ladies’ Physiological Institute
Tremont Temple
Smith
Veterans Hall Proposal Prompts Boston Civic Debate
In Boston a proposal seeks temporary use of a hall or building where soldiers may receive free treatment as a patriotic duty. The plan argues such spaces could support medical care and bolster army size by improving welfare for servicemen.
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Boston
Sugar plan ties allies to Western Hemisphere supplies
Sir Joseph White Todd and J Ramsay Drake, allied representatives on the international sugar committee, told Hoover in Washington that next year the allies will depend on the western hemisphere for sugar due to shipping constraints. The plan envisions half normal consumption as American sacrifice continues to support allies.
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Sir Joseph White Todd
J. Ramsay Drake
International Sugar Committee
United States
Hoover
New York
Cuba
Stranger Dies On Way To Hospital
A well dressed man about 60 collapsed in front of 1 Court Street. He was taken to a nearby store then rushed to Relief Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Police describe him as five feet nine inches tall and 137 pounds with dark brown hair and gray eyes. He wore a
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Relief Hospital
Mead
New England Drive Forecasts 1,200,000 Red Cross Members
New England's campaign chief B W Trafford telegraphed George S Fowler that New England has 1,100,000 members so far and expects a final total of 1,200,000 as returns continue through the weekend. Reporting areas are slow and a precise tally is pending.
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Nets
New England
Red Cross
B. W
Police warn captains to blanket horace left in cold
Superintendent Crowley ordered station captains to ensure dogs left outside are properly blanketed in cold weather. Dr. Francis H. Rowley of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals alerted him that some drivers were not complying.
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Trancis H. Rowley
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