Neighbors discuss kerosene fuel shift for furnaces
Some neighbors advocate converting furnaces and heating plants to kerosene fuel, likening the move to natural gas heaters once replacing coal. They claim coal costs could be cut to one third and dirt and ash nuisances eliminated.
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Indiana Natural Gas Belt
Vessel's World Run Nets $135000 In War Time Profit
The steam schooner David Evans from Portland Oregon circled the globe via Cape of Good Hope in eight months. Chartered to Cape Town with lumber for 75000 dollars, then Manila in ballast and across the Pacific with copra for 60000 dollars. Total earnings 135000 dollars, running expenses about 48000 dollars.
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David Evans
Portland
Ore
Cape of Good Hope
Cape Town
Manila
Pacific
Plane Builders Await Getaway
The Aircraft Manufacturers Association representing about 80 percent of U S aviation awaits the Washington Aircraft Production board’s plan for 100 000 airplanes for allied air forces. Orders have been issued but none for quantity production, delaying contract talks on facilities supplies and labor.
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Aircraft Manufacturers’ Association
United States
Aircraft Production Board of
Washington
America
Government Pay Speeds Up Military Contractor Payments
The war and navy departments adopt prompt payment to contractors to avoid tying up working capital. They implement measures to ensure quicker settlements for materials supplied to the government, signaling improved cash flow and reduced delays in government purchases.
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War and Navy Departments
The New South Shines With Peace and Unity Across Regions
Fifty years after Appomattox the poem envisions a reunited nation. It praises Southern renewal from fields to cities, peaceable arts, and civic achievement. A thread of renewed patriotism binds Maine to Georgia as North and South share one flag and common purpose.
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Maine
Georgia
Mississippi
Penobscot
Miami
Magnolia Bowers
Dawson
Ormond
Record of Historic Profit Disbursements in July
More than 379 million dollars were paid in July to holders of American investment securities including stocks bonds and short term notes. The total surpasses any prior period in the nation’s history for interest and dividend disbursements.
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Minna Irving
Appomattox
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