British Shipping Output and Submarine Sinkings Reported
Announcement in the House of Commons notes Great Britain produced 1 163 474 tons of shipping last year with the United States adding 901 223 tons for a total of 2 064 697 tons. Submarine sinkings were about 6 000 000 tons, while 1918 projections foresee expansion of shipbuilding by the US and Britain to curb the submarine threat this summer.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Japan
Italy
France
Daniels
Sir John R. Jellicoe
Naval Staff
Shipping Board
Old Museum Actor Dead
Charlies Barron, longtime lead of the old Boston Museum stock company, honored figure among Boston theatregoers, died after a career as a leading man in American stage circles.
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Roxbury
Charles Barron
Charles Harrison Brown
Ihe
West End
Portland
Jerry Clip
Mac Varland
Dramatic Company
Howard Atheneum
Boston
Edwin Booth
Richelieu
Springfield
Groyver
Dubuque
Julia Marlowe
Charlies Barron
Old
Boston Museum
America
Advertisements for Hood s Sarsaparilla Peptiron and Pills
Three medicines named Hood s Sarsaparilla Peptiron and Hood s Pills are marketed as a superior blood purifier iron tonic and family laxative. The ad urges that most people need at least one and many need all three for blood issues anemia nervousness constipation and scrofula.
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Hood
Boston
1 333 474 Tons More British Shipping in 1917
In 1917 Britain built 1,168,474 tons of shipping and secured 170,000 tons abroad, as announced by Mr. Bonar Law.
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London
Great Britain
Bonar Law
Tuscania Loss Not Over 170
War Department reports indicate few American deaths from the liner Tuscania disaster beyond 164 buried on the Scottish coast. Latest figures show not more than 170 of 2179 aboard, with seven more survivors officially reported and about 260 yet unrecorded as saved. The AP tally of unreported remains 171.
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Washington
War Department
Joss
Department
Associated Press
British Prisoners Arrive From Austria Exchange Near Buchs
The first exchange of prisoners of war between Austria and the Allies occurred near the Austrian frontier at Buchs. Three hundred twenty four exchanged prisoners arrived at Geneva including two American volunteers, one English officer, and 70 British colonials, all captured on Turkish service.
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Geneva
Austria
Buchs
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