Record Pace in Shipyards Turns Out Freighters Fast
American yards race to 3,000,000 tons of freighters by year end. West Lianga and Tuckahoe set days to launch milestones, with three shifts and extensive rivet work. Fabricated ships, interchangeable parts, and sawmill tech accelerate timber carrier production.
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Pacific Coast
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Seattle
Skinner & Eddy Company
Tuckahoe
New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden
N. J
Skinner & Eddy Steamship
West Lianga
Atlantic Seaboard
Newark Bay
Four Chicago Cops Face Missing Pay Slips Mystery
Police officers Burke Nolan O'Brien and O'Donnell report missing payroll slips on June 15. The slips, later found cashed by unseen hands, total 243.76 in checks. supervisor Meehan stored them safely but the incident raises safety concerns for city officers.
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Central Bureau
Stephen B. Wood
Michael Burke
Thomas Nolan
Lewis O’brien
Walter O’donnell
Chicago Police Department
John Meehan
Leutenant
Messrs
Burke
O’brien
Noland
O’donnell
Simple and Pleasant Method of Reducing Flesh
A prize fighter trainer touts a weight loss plan promising 1 pound per day for 80 days with minimal exercise. Eat four tall glasses of milk with a raw egg daily and occasional orange juice to prevent biliousness. The trainer claims the man loses 30 pounds and advises sparing meals and orange juice thereafter.
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York
Clairvoyant Sees Love and War But Pays $100 Fine
In Kansas City a clairvoyant Mme Byrnes promised a sailor marriage to a French girl and visions of war. Police arrested her at 1204 McGee Street. Judge Kennedy ordered a $100 fine.
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Ansas City
Mme
Lou Byrnes
Mars
Venus
Mme. Byrnes
McGee Street
John M. Kennedy
North Side Court
Boy Wins Shoes After Arithmetic Bet in Philadelphia Court
In Philadelphia Eddie, a ten year old, correctly solved nine times nine as 81 to win a pair of shoes. His father Louis Gilchrist faced court for failing to send him to school. Eddie showed a worn sole shoe and explained he earned 70 cents selling papers. The judge ordered multiplication lessons and payment of fines.
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Eddie Tees
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