Timelight plans ready for war transportation expansion
The transportation division of the quartermaster corps led by Col Chauncey B Baker says it prepared four years ago for a surge in rail and waterway movement to support armies and supplies. It aims to coordinate closely with railroads to move men and freight without disrupting navy, munitions, food, or Allied needs. It has mapped capacity, cars, engines, switches and staff for every U S railroad and water carrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quartermaster Corps
Army
Chauncey B. Baker
United States
Navy's Big Boss and The Atlantic Fleet’s Burden
The piece discusses Admiral William S. Benson as the navy's symbolic head while Admiral Henry T. Mayo leads the Atlantic Fleet. It highlights Mayo's duty to patrol from Maine to Florida and protect both danger zones and unguarded coastlines from enemy actions. The author contrasts Mayo's tasks with Benson's theorizing role in Washington.
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William
Benson
Josephus Daniels
Admiral Benson
Washington
Atlantic Seaboard
Henry T. Mayo
Atlantic Fleet
Maine
Florida
Admiral Mayo
Atlantic Coast
British Islands
United States Atlantic Coast
Irish Sea
U-Boat’s Days Numbered By Naval Invention
The U S Navy, using a panel of top inventors led by Elmer Sperry, claims a radical new anti submarine device is theoretically sound and can be tested within weeks. It promises direct offensive action against submarines and could eradicate U boats with summer deployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Consulting Board
United States
Lama
Cen
Elmer A. Sperry
Navy Department
Navy
Red Cross Volunteer Leaders Stir Patriotism in War Effort
The article highlights Eliot Wadsworth and Herbert C. Hoover guiding Red Cross war work. Wadsworth, a noted civil engineer, serves as acting chairman of the central Red Cross committee with offices in Washington. Military relief is led by Col. Jefferson R. Kean, U.S.A., under the two-division structure.
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United States
Herbert C. Hoover
Eliot Wadsworth
Wadsworth
America
Red Cross
Central Committee of the Red Cross
Washington
Central Committee
Jefferson R. Kean
Global upheaval and wartime finance dominate reports
Reports from across the globe describe soaring food prices in New York as dealers see a golden opportunity, violent mobs in East St. Louis, and tornado devastation across Kansas Illinois Indiana. War measures, coal pricing actions, and massive tax bills shape U S policy with Rockefeller philanthropy and large Allied loans noted.
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New York
New York City
East St. Louis
European War Crisis and Global Reactions Report
The piece surveys Russia's internal industrial turmoil and socialist views on peace, warns most defense industries may close, and notes blame on workers for front delays. It also covers Brazil urged to act against Germany, US troops joining Europe, Transylvania’s rescue by Japan, and Lloyd George praising US Navy aid as German submarines suffer.
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Russia
Petrograd
Jare
London
France
United States
Braz
Brazil
Germany
Tokyo
Transylvania
Mediterranean
Great Britain
Lloyd George
United States Navy
England
Good Qualities of Dwarf Hegari Kafir Sorghum
The Oklahoma A and M agronomy department summarizes government findings on Dwarf Hegari Kafir a sorghum from Sudan introduced in 1908. It describes plant height 4 to 40 feet, 90 to 100 day maturity drought tolerance and dual crop potential in the Great Plains, with seed size intermediate between blackbulla kafir and feterita and fodder yield between blackhull kafir and dwarf milo.
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Agronomy Department
Oklahoma A, and M
A. Duane
Department of Agronomy
United States
Sudan
Africa
Chillicothe
Texas
Great Plains
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Velvet beans touted to curb anthrax losses in livestock
United States Department bulletin urges vaccination and safe carcass disposal to prevent anthrax in cattle and sheep. It notes wool sorters are at risk and recommends lime burial or thorough burning of infected carcasses. Velvet beans praised as a valuable feed and fertilizer crop with high yields and economic value for hogs and horses.
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Europe
United States
BE. R. Lloyd
Mississippi Experiment Station and Extension Department
Mississippi A. & M. College
Hull
McNeil
Plan a Permanent Pasture
The article advises starting a Bermuda pasture this spring to provide grazing when crops aren’t ready. It notes a pasture is essential for rotation, green food, and exercise, and even a rough hillside can be used if needed.
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Bermuda
Healthy demand for mules in eastern Kansas
A prominent eastern Kansas farmer says he has bred mares to draft stallions this year due to strong calls for heavy horses. He notes no established mule market yet, but there is competition for high prices on any creditable colts his mares may produce.
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Roanoke
Virginia
Kansas
Illinois
Indiana
Alabama
Tennessee
Arkansas
Kentucky
Matton
Broomcorn
Charleston
Ill
Andale
Kans
Dyersburg
Liberty Loan
George W. Goethals
Goethals
Navy
Harvey
Sedewick
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller Foundation
Minnesota
J. C. Mohler
Weight of One Quart Dairy Feed Weights Listed
Dairymen seek weight per quart as ration mixes use pounds. The list shows Cottonseed meal 1.5 lb, old process linseed meal 11 lb, gluten meal 1.7 lb, gluten feed 1.2 lb, wheat bran 0.5 lb, coarse wheat middlings 0.8 lb, fine wheat middlings 11 lb, mixed wheat feed 0.6 lb, cornmeal 1.5 lb, oats 1.2 lb, rye bran 0.60 lb.
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Queenstown
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Pekin
Wu Ting Fang
China
Daniels
Poe
Roa
Senate
Department of Agriculture
Houston
Havana
Cuba
Lansing
Social
Treasury Department
Wilson
Sweetwater
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