U.S.-British Ship Tonnage Methods Show Different Results
The article explains that British use gross tonnage and Americans use deadweight tonnage. A Liberty ship rates about 7,100 gross tons and 10,800 deadweight tons. Gross tonnage measures cargo capacity by volume, not weight, using 100 cubic feet per ton, while deadweight tonnage equals cargo plus crew and supplies, minus hull and machinery. Lloyds uses gross tonnage, the U.S. uses deadweight. The distinction matters for shipbuilding news and losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyds of London
Flower Party Ideas For Family Fun At Home
A home activity guide from a Western Newspaper Union release suggests a flower themed party to warm a chilly day. Invitations feature cut out flowers and matching place cards with a flower dictionary, games, and flower meanings to guide interactions.
Patriotic Kids Party Decor Ideas and Budget Tips
Plan a low cost celebration with a red white and blue color scheme. Use a white tablecloth red napkins and simple centerpieces like small flags. Serve syrup iced spice cake blue icing and light refreshments. Keep decorations simple and age appropriate to delight children without overspending.
Egg producing girls train at Farmingdale Institute
Adah Polak, one of the girls in the Farmingdale State Institute of Applied Agriculture program, learns to care for livestock and milk cows. She sorts and grades eggs as part of the agricultural production line.
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Babushkaed
Adah Polak
Farmingdale
Mrs Pfantz Reports 30-Year Fuel Savings from Wood Use
Mrs Adolph Pfantz of Tazewell County Illinois says she saved about 1200 dollars on fuel costs over 30 years by cutting timber into stove lengths for kitchen and two heating stoves in winter. She notes wood heating keeps ashes lower and soot reduced while a furnace is now installed.
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Adolph Pfantz
Tazewell County
Ill
Jim" Davis
University of Illinois College of Agriculture
Fortresses Ride Out Lille Raid Firestorm
Eighth Air Force reports B 17 bombers from England returned safely after the October 9 1942 raid on Lille France amid heavy anti air fire. Capt James J Griffith Jr of Princeton West Virginia commanded one bomber with flak tearing wing fabric and a 12 inch fuselage hole.
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England
Eighth Air Force
War Department
Lille
France
James J. Griffith Jr
Air Corps
College Avenue
Princeton
W. Va
New Housewives To Fry Eggs In Pottery Skillets
Mrs. Bernice Claytor of the A and M college extension service predicts 1943 housewives will cook with pottery earthenware glass and fiber pans as metals go to war. She warns against rapid temperature changes and empty heating and urges careful washing and drying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Claytor
A. and M. College Extension Service
Marine Corps Origins of Many Officers Traced to Privates
Former privates in the Marine Corps rose through the ranks to become many officers. The article traces how initial enlistment as a private shaped later leadership roles across divisions and campaigns.
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Marine Corps
Classification Drives Army Air Forces Technical Training
The Technical Training Command classifies and trains 185,000 1943 air force personnel across roles from mechanics to weather forecasters. Each recruit takes tests at reception, with a full biography kept on a permanent qualification card that travels with him, enabling precise placement and career tracking.
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Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Technical Training Command
Tion
Army Air Forces
Puppet Star Kukla Sells War Bonds At Victory Center
Six year old Kukla the puppet stars in Burr Tillstrom's war savings campaign at Marshall Field’s Victory Center. He headlines a series of skits promoting stamps and bonds with the line The clinking of dimes and quarters at the stamp booth.
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Chicago
Kukla
Nobbynosed
Marshall Field & Company
Victory Center
Young Kukla
Burr Tillstrom
Hitler
Ukla
Fran Allison
Radio
Emmie
Eddie Dunn
Mary Ann Mercer
A-1
Uncle Sam
Minute Make Ups For Spring Beauty Clean Up
Prepare for spring with a real clean-up of beauty aids. Group preparations and tidy bottle necks and powder boxes. Freshen dressing table and keep items at hand for a swift make-up job with coordinated essentials. Ledger Syndicate WNU Features.
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Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Army Navy E Pennant Flies Over Anaconda Plants
A new Army Navy E pennant awarded to Anaconda Copper Mining Company reduction plants at Anaconda and Great Falls honors excel lence in producing vital metals for the war effort. Undersecretary Robert P. Patterson and Navy officers presented the flag and E pins amid remarks by Col Lloyd T. Jones and D M Kelly. Gov Sam C Ford and others spoke at the Jan 28 ceremony at Anaconda Junior High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Robert P. Patterson
War Department
Navy
Anaconda Company
Anaconda
Great Falls
War and Navy Departments
Army
Col
Lloyd T. Jones
San Francisco
Naval
Bert H. Creighton
Seattle
D. M. Kelly
Anaconda Junior High School
Sam C Ford
George C. Heikes
Army Navy E Pennants Awarded to Anaconda Plants in Montana
The Army and Navy presented the Army Navy E pennants and insignia to Anaconda company plants in Anaconda and Great Falls, honoring 106 veterans with 40 years of service or more. George Bertsch, 58 years with the company, was the first Montana man to receive the E pin, praised by Commander Creighton as a champion of the home front.
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R. B. Caples
Great Falls
Herbert L. Donaldson
John Clark
Ed L. Shields
Electric City
Anaconda
George Bertsch
Montana
Creighton
Army
Montana Senate Advances Repeal Of Hitler Law And Other Measures
The Montana senate passed a bill repealing the Hitler law granting the governor hire and fire power over state appointive officers. It reports three memorials urging farm youth draft deferments highway 2 completion and mustard seed as war crop. An appropriations committee resolution seeks summary dismissal for heads overspending appropriations. Voters may still vote in primaries without declaring party. A closed primary bill was moved in committee of the whole after debate. The house killed Aronson’s term-staggering alderman bill 34 to ?. A two-division department for financial and property matters would be created under the state board of examiners with the accountant and purchasing agent heading divisions. The senate rejected a measure to abolish the board of entomology. Favorable reports approved $26 000 deficiency for agriculture and moving bond fund interest to the general fund. Governor Ford says he signed four senate bills and two joint memorials. Six bills passed final vote including vital statistics and permit officeholders to run for other offices without resigning. A bill would substitute gas for the hangman’s noose with executions on prison grounds. The house committee of the whole Uied a measure for a minimum wage for policemen in second class cities.
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Senate
Appropriations Committee
House of Representatives
State Board of Examiners
House
Board of Entomology
Board of Health
Agriculture Department
Ford
State Board of Prison Commissioners
House Committee
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J. J. O'Neil
Randolph Field
Xas
MISS
Abbie Condit
National Recreation Association
China
Oracle
Union
Eggsport Farmer
Illinois
Ying
America In Action
U. S
Gabrielle
Royal British Air Force
United Nations
Africa
Army-Navy
A.C. M. Co
McNeil Bros
Saco
Leggat Hotel
Ee Cease
Minot
North Dakota
Bones
Welsh Mineral CO
13Th and
N. P. Crossing
Billings, Mont
Thos. A. Busey
Chester, Mont
Prince Albert
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Waewplaeyst
Bfgoodrich
Wil
Doaz
Doans
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