Shipbuilding ties bring change to Gloucester N J
From a quiet country town to a shipyard center Gloucester New Jersey transformed by war. Two large yards built for Norwegian owners were seized by the U S government and now build merchant ships with Delaware yards contracting thirty five percent of the fleet. Housing booms as workmen flood the town and real estate rises while German officers are interned and observe shipyard activity.
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Glowester
N. J
Delaware River
Glenester
Uncle Sam
Glencester
United States
Delaware
Gloucester
Shpyards
Swiss Internment Camps Hold Many War Wounded
Paris reports 24,136 invalided soldiers of warring nations interned in Switzerland as of October 31, 1917. French 12,376. Germans 8,594. Belgians 1,822. Austrians 228. Hungarians 1,142. 4,746 returned home under interwar agreements. Major Favre’s report outlines negotiations and repatriation, with early 1916 arrivals and skilled work for the injured.
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Paris
Associated Press
Switzerland
Federal Council
Edward Favre
M. Millerand
Gustave Ador
International Red Cross Committee
M. Hoffman
Foreign Office
Swiss Federal Council
France
England
Belgium
High Point Ministers Lead Guilford Welfare Board Push
Greensboro March 5 Special three High Point ministers join a committee to urge Guilford county commissioners to create a county board of charities and public welfare with a full time superintendent. The group cites North Carolina’s model and outlines duties from overseeing poor funds to managing dependent children and parolees, promising cooperation and urging prompt action.
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Greensboro
High Point
North Carolina
Cuiliford County
County Board of
State Board
Jail
Gospel of Christ
Guil
County of
Guilford
Board of Charities and Public Welfare
A. L. Brooks
State Bar’ Association
R. D P. Douglass
A. W. McAlister
Guilford County
A. Wayland Cooke
Legion of Honor nominations approach prewar limits in France
Paris reports that nominations to various Legion of Honor ranks since the war began have nearly reached the prewar membership limit. New legislation will be needed to legitimize nominations beyond legal allowances. By June 1, 1955, 156 military medals had been awarded in the French army.
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Paris
Legion of Honor
Frrand
Cemirmahders
Puta
SAS
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Thomas Lee Trott
St. Marys Episcopal Church
M. B. Williams
Kk. C. Murray
J. Clyde ‘Turner
P. H. Flemming
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Varius Social
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Southern
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Jennie Cushing
Broadway
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Elsie Ferguson
Mary S. Watts
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City Transfer CO
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Selznick Pictures
Wachovia Bank & Trust
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