Shipping Board charts 1500 merchant fleet in wartime logistics
The Shipping Board plans ship usage as a railroad timetable guiding a 1500 vessel merchant fleet. E H Gay heads the Planning and Statistics Division coordinating with War Industries, War Trade, Food Administration, and War Departments to forecast monthly and ten day shipping needs for Europe and domestic ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Atlantic
Europe
Army
Shipping Board
The
E. H. Gay
Harvard Graduate School of Business
War Industries and
War Trade Boards
Cast
Food Administration
War Department
Western Front
War Industries Board
War Trade Board
War Industries and War Trade Boards
Ship Control Committee
Submarine threats and marine insurance shield U S shipping
Washington reports nine ships sunk by submarines, while Emergency Fleet Corporation losses total about 15.5 million and premiums set aside near 30 million through July. Four former German vessels and five commandeered ships account for 9.6 million in value, with insurance covering marine losses between Atlantic and European ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Insurance Bureau
Actaeon
Lincoln
Shipping Board
Hendon Crabb
H. F. Eggert
New York
W. R. Hedge
Boston
Orleans
Germany
Grand Army of the Republic Holds Its Encampment
Portland hosts the fifty second annual encampment with delegates from most states. Commander in chief Orlando A. Somers presides at the opening session at the municipal auditorium as Governor Witchcombe and Mayor Baker welcome attendees. Women veterans groups convene and Sons of Veterans prepare for their meeting. Local committees organized luncheons banquets and tours while business sessions begin tomorrow.
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Union
Orlando A. Somers
Indianaplis
Ind
Grand Army
James Witchcombe
George L. Baker
Daughters of Vetrans
Army Nurses
Society of the Sons of Veterans
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Washington
Florence
Lake Moore
Caroline
Pinar del Rio
United States
Lotlin’s
Grand Army Republic
Portland
Grand Army of the Republic
Nterprise
Terprise
London
Reliable Store
H. A. Moffitt’s Old Stand
N. Main
Utica Knitting CO
Broadway, New York
Nelson Chesman & CO
St. Louis
Chicago
Chattanooga
Buffalo
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