Delays in Steel Hit U.S. Warship Construction
Government steel shortages hinder navy yard progress on ships under construction. Officials at New York Philadelphia and Charlestown yards report year long delays as private yards secure steel more quickly. Critics fault navy yards while private suppliers exploit bidding and rail delivery practices, delaying keel laying and jeopardizing schedules.
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United States
Navy Yards
New York Yard
Philadelphia
Charlestown Navy Yard
Steel Plant Owners Ignore Bid Requests
Private steel plant owners appear to pay little attention to the government's requests for bids on steel, delaying procurement and exposing gaps in the bidding process.
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Iment
Spanish Steamship Mayo Destroyed Off London
The Spanish steamship Mayo of 1180 tons gross was sunk near London. The crew was saved.
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Mayo
London
Doctor Tells How to Strengthen Eyesight in One Week
An advertisement claims Bon-Opto tablets can strengthen eyesight up to 40 percent in a week. It describes user testimonials of improved reading without glasses and recommends dissolving a tablet in water to bathe the eyes twice daily.
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Philadelphia
Lewis
Pies to Come on Tin Plates In Boston Wartime Shift
Wholesale bakers in Boston decree end of paper pie plates used for apple lemon squash and other pies. War costs of paper flour and milk drive shift to tin plates with pies delivered in better condition to households.
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Boston
Bamboo as Future Wood Pulp Source Cited by Visitor
F A Quayle of Powell River B C says bamboo will be used for wood pulp in 20 years. He notes spruce and hemlock shortages push substitutes, bamboo proving successful but Western Canada lacks enough supply to ease eastern and midwestern demand.
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F. A. Quayle
Powell River
B. C
Minneapolis
Minneapolis Tribune
Western Canada
United States
Young Men to Protect Girls Organize Senior Police
New York forms Senior Police to guard girls with 18 to 21 year olds joining the movement. Harry H. Schlacht leads the East Side effort and Captain Jack Pollack is sworn in as chief inspector. Inspectors assigned to blocks will monitor dance halls cafes and theaters with whistles and badges.
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New York
East Side Protective Association
Pitt Street
Harry H. Schlacht
Jack Pollack
Hooper Street
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Judge Howe Hosts Caledonia Bar Dinner at Mt Washington
In Bretton Woods New Hampshire Judge Warland B Howe of St Johnsbury hosted a Caledonia County Bar dinner with 24 guests including Judge Henry C Ide ex ambassador to Spain Judge Leighton Slack and several Vermont judges. Lord and Lady Aberdeen visited from Crawford House and joined luncheon with Mrs George Ff Barnard of Ipswich while Henry W Taft and his wife arrived and the ex president in golf attire enjoyed a late afternoon round before nightfall.
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Bretyon Woods
N. H
Caledonia
George Ff. Barnard
Ipswich
Henry W. Taft
New York
Tafts
Bretton Woods
Woman burglar linked to West Roxbury robbery in Brookline case
Ethel Simpson alias Miner and other names is connected to the August 3 700 dollar burglary at H D Skinner 40 Landsteer Street West Roxbury. Police report same method used in both break ins a door lock saw and bit used to reach inside. Goods recovered from a Cambridge room include furs and valuables. Simpson to be tried in Boston after Brookline Court acts on her latest arrest.
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Ethel L. Simpson
Brookline
H. D. Skinner
Landsteer Street
West Roxbury
Boston
Gustafson
Skinner Break
Ethel Simpson
Miner
Delmore
Murphy
Egen
Cambridge
Skinner
Brookline Court
Chief McGarr and Gustafson investigate West Roxbury break
Inspector Gustafson led a scientific inquiry into the West Roxbury burglary. He collected fingerprints and tabulated the methods used by the robber.
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McGarr
West Roxbury
Gustafson
Food Jar Traps Prowl Skunks In Winsted
Skunks escape from a Lovely street skunk farm trouble residents. They enter Daniel Ryan’s cellar and lift a stone jar to eat contents. A miscalculation caused a skunk to fall into a crack and be imprisoned when the cover slid back. Ryan will not patent the trap and says anyone may use it.
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Winsted
Conn
Lovely Street
Daniel Ryan
Ryan
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