Tariff Commission issues its first annual report findings
The United States Tariff Commission, formed in 1917, outlines its work on fiscal and industrial effects of tariff laws, proposes simplification of customs by codifying administrative acts, and plans a continuously updated tariff encyclopedia detailing imports, production, prices, and costs. It discusses free zones, readjustment for peace, and war related shifts in policy and international economic conditions.
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Credit for inventing British tanks belongs to many
London notes that no single person or department can claim credit for the British tanks. The effort spanned War Office Admiralty and Ministry of Munitions, beginning in 1914 with proposals, trials, and co ordinated work. The first tank was built in 1916, two main types emerged, and tanks saw action at the Somme and in Gaza.
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War Office
Admiralty
Ministry of Munions
Swinton
Winston Churchill
Committee of Imperial Defense
Ministry of Munitions
France
Cameron
Ruthven
Gordon
McTavish
Somme
Thiepval
Egypt
Gaza
Decision to add wine to soldier rations shocks readers
The New York Sun reports army medical authorities unanimously back Academy of Medicine in recommending a liter of wine per soldier daily. A Bordeaux journal letter by late Prof Landoury, a Prohibitionist, urges abstention as a heresy, while beer is deemed insufficient for wartime physical labor.
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Journal de Medecine
Bordeaux
France
President Wilson Urges Red Cross Membership Drive
President Wilson issues a proclamation urging all nonmembers to join the American Red Cross during a campaign from next Sunday through Christmas Eve. The aim is to add ten million new members to the five million existing, to support overseas relief and wartime efforts.
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Wilson
Red Cross
United States
American Red Cross
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Woodrow Wilson
Four Permits Issued For New Buildings Totaling 47675
Board of building commissioners approved four permits for new commercial and residential structures. Total value listed at 47675 dollars. Projects include a three story brick apartment at Stratford avenue and Miles street by Francis G. Frank. a brick addition to a storage building on Carroll avenue for William Broek. an addition to a two story building at Broad and John streets for Mrs. Mary Huggard. and an addition to a building at 936 Crescent avenue for Stanley Rule and Level Co.
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Francis G. Frank
Stratford Avenue
Miles Street
William Broek
Carroll Avenue
Mary Huggard
Broad and
John Streets
Stanley Rule and Level Co
Crescent Avenue
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