Great expansion of U S shipyards
Washington reports a dramatic wartime surge in shipyard labor with over 300000 skilled workers building ships and an additional 250000 producing engines boilers and machinery. The Shipping Board created training centers and yard instructors to lift efficiency, turning untrained men into skilled shipbuilders and expanding wood shipbuilding as a lasting achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Shipping Board
Newport News
Hog Island
Chester
Newark
N. J
New York City
Hurley
Pilot and officer killed in crash near Scott Field
Lieut. Randwell of New York City was instantly killed and Major Brooks, commanding officer at Scott Field, was fatally injured when an airplane they were in crashed from about 400 feet while circling above the Belleville airfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belleville, LI
Lieut. R. Randwell
New York City
Brooks
Scott Field
Souheast
Here
Widow Glows Over FoLey's Honey and Tar Help
Mrs A Walden of 460 Glenn Ave Fres no Cas writes that a fever left her with a winter cough. She praises Fo ley's Honey and Tar for bronchial coughs and similar ailments. The note, though brief, underscores the product's claimed relief for croup and whooping cough.
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A. Walden
Glenn Ave
Fresno
Cas
Foley
Mann Drug Co
Curtail Making of Alcoholic Drinks
The United Kingdom has reduced materials for alcoholic beverage production from 1,850,000 tons to 511,000 tons since the war began, all now used for brewing beer. No spirits for human consumption have been produced in the past year and no plans for more exist. Rations include meat 1 1/4 pounds weekly, sugar 1/2 pound, butter or margarine 1/4 pound weekly, with hard labor supplements and other food and livestock restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Kingdom of Great Britain
British Victoria Service
British response to Lincoln statue debate in London
London officials and Sir Alfred Mond signal willingness to accept any Lincoln statue plan the American donors approve. Mond notes no veto of replicas but favors an original design tailored to the site to maximize impact, leaving the final choice to the American committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Associated Press
Great Britain
United States
Alfred Mond
Department of
Barnard
St. Gaudens
Swatting Flies and Huns in War Camps
The National War Work Council of the YMCA aids American troops by distributing fly catchers. P F Jerome, director of equipment and supplies, sent thousands of fly-katchers to camps. The first batch went today to Atlanta for division among camps in this region.
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National War Working Council
P. F. Jerome
Atlanta
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Randwell
England
United Kingdom
Lincoln
R. L. Loflin & Son
N. Main St
Annie W. Keith
High Point
Oxfords
The
Atlantic Store, Inc
Sepola
Home Banking Company
High Point Saving & Trust Company
Bank of Commerce Wachovia Bank & Trust Co
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