Convoy and camouflage aided merchant ships in WWII
A U S Shipping Board official describes how convoy tactics and camouflage protected merchant ships from U boats. He recalls formation, escorts, and the naval support that kept ocean lifelines open, noting camouflage deceived submarines about a ship’s course and speed.
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Washington, D. C
United States Shipping Board
Hiurden
Shipping Board
New K
America
New World
Bay of Biscay
Broadway
$40,000,000 Crop in Yakima Valley Under Irrigation Projects
Seattle dispatch reports that since 1918 the Yakima valley irrigation lands have produced a commercial crop valued at 40 million dollars. The Sunnyside and Treton projects covered 120,000 acres yielding 15 million dollars in crops, with two and a half times the cost recovered. The plan envisions a new high line project extending from Ellenburg to Kennewick costing about 20 million dollars and employing up to 3,000 workers next year.
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Seattle
Wash
Yakima Valley
Washington
R. K. Tiffany
Yakima
United States Reclamation Service
Sunnyside
Treton
Tiffany
Ellenburg
Kennewick
Billboards Not Allowed Today in Los Angeles
Los Angeles reports show 840 billboards and signs removed since an ordinance barred advertising in the residence district. A few remain due to differing interpretations of the law. If laid end to end, removed signs would span six miles.
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Los Angeles
Prosperous Fairbanks Region Reports Planned 1919 Cultivation
In Anchiorage Alaska Oct 29 farmers in the Fairbanks region report a short harvest this season yet strong marketing conditions spur them to clear more land for cultivation in 1919, according to a report to William C. Edes, chairman of the Alaska committee.
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Anchiorage
Alaska
Mall
Fairbanks
William C. Edes
Alas
Fractured Snippet Describes Cold Remedy Offerings
Fragmentary text references a patient with cold symptoms and visits to a doctor in a distant city. It hints at treatment costs and a mysterious remedy price range, suggesting a clinic advertisement or medical guidance.
Farbanks Region Crop Report Highlights 190 Tons Grown
The Farbanks region produced oats and wheat hay 350 tons seed oats ten tons seed wheat 30 tons potatoes 450 tons cabbage 35 tons carrots turnips and rutabagas 80 tons tomatoes cucumbers and other hothouse vegetables 25 tons. About one third of the crop was marketed in Pairbanks with the rest sold in Nenana Tolovana Roby Hot Springs and Iditarod.
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Kan Engineering
Farbanks
Pairbanks
Nenana
Tolovana
Roby
Hot Springs
Iditarod
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Baron Munchausen
Larimer Street
Denver
Akhttara Pomfory
Sageer
King
Bahare
Rock Springs
G. S
Bissinger & Co
Jack McCarty
Salt Lake City
Utah
Santab
S. Ban Company
W. 17Th St
Oil Company
Colorado
E. E. Horn
Opportunity Management
Wyoming
Oklahoma
Texas
the Opportunity Oil Company
R. C. Kimbrough
Suite 417
Exchange Building
Telephone
Champa
Colorado, U
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