Great Need for Marine Firemen States Hurley
Edward N Hurley chairman of the U S shipping board says a great need exists for coal passers and firemen on new merchant ships 1500 men per month are needed. Training ships will supply crews with wages from 65 to 75 monthly plus 50 bonus in war zones. Applicants ages 21 to 30 in good health may enroll at local stations or at the Boston customhouse.
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Chicago
Pacific Coast
Edward N. Hurley
U. S. Shipping Board
Shipping Board
Boston Customhouse
American Firemen Recruit Americans for Merchant Ships
As ships push for American crews, young men are trained for fireroom work. The United States Shipping Board funds engineering courses and free schooling at technical colleges. Each month 1,500 recruits are sought through 6,000 drug store recruiting stations nationwide to join training ships and advance from coal passer to licensed marine engineer.
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United States Shipping Board
Government Department
Merchant Marine
Charles M. Schwab
Shipping Board
Has His Own Mess How Does a Marine Fireman Live Aboard
An article explains how modern merchant marine firemen enjoy better conditions aboard ships. They receive good quarters, fresh food, bathing facilities, regulated hours, and higher pay with overtime and danger pay when in European waters, challenging the old view of firemen as lowly workers.
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Freman
How Firemen Are Trained For Merchant Marine
Recruits for coal passers and firemen undergo up to two months on a training ship before going to sea. The Boston base offers a full program with Y M C A support, a hostess house, open air theater, ball field and canteen. Weekly schedule includes masses, services, patriotic nights, boxing, moving pictures, vaudeville, religious talks, educational sessions, and extensive onshore and sea recreation.
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Boston
San Francisco
Seattle
United States Shipping Board
Shipping Board
Atlantic
Army
Navy
Merchant Marine
All American Crew On Monongahela Signals Maritime Shift
The four masted ship Monongahela now sails under the American flag with a 100 percent American crew, formerly the German Delbeck. The United States Shipping Board trains 3,000 men a month to build a new merchant marine and lead such all American deep water crews. Captain R. P. Rasmussen heads the American officers, and the vessel operated from Portland after the war began.
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San Francisco
United States
Aim Os
United States Shipping Board
Monongahela
R. P. Rasmussen
Delbeck
Portland
Ore
Housewives urged to use Graham flour before spoilage
The U S Food Administration asks housewives to use graham and whole wheat flour due to approaching heat. Purchasers must buy only six tenths of a pound of substitute and store flour in small quantities in cool dry places. Sterilize before storage and avoid mixing lots. Breakfast foods and macaroni from wheat are also urged.
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United States Food Administration
Food Administration
Manufacturers Find New Uses for Cane Sugar Substitutes
The United States Food Administration rules on May 15 1918 limit cane and beet sugar but permit substitutes like corn sugar glucose honey maple sugar molasses corn sirup and refiners sirups. Manufacturers report risk taking with substitutes expanding options for non edible items and easing supply constraints.
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United States Food Administration
Charles Stevenson
Diiness Division
Patriotic Chicagoan shares sugar saving syrup recipe
Chicago business owner S A Fisher submits a sugar saving recipe to the U S Food Administration Ditnots division. The plan uses 20 pounds light corn syrup 8 pounds granulated sugar and 144 gallons water to yield four gallons of heavy syrup. Cost details show 1.30 for corn syrup and 0.48 per unit with total around 1.78 and 44% cents per gallon.
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Chicago
S. A. Fisher
South Wells Street
U. S. Food Administration
Ditnots
Farmers Urged to Dry Wheat Before Thrashing
Mr Hoover warns farmers to dry wheat thoroughly in shocks before thrashing to avoid rapid deterioration in elevators and cars. Wet or damp grain heats and spoils, risking mill readiness and war food supplies, with Allied leaders urging prudent farming to conserve resources and honor.
Decatur Sets Record in Sugar Conservation
City food administrator Frank L. Evans reports June sugar consumption in Decatur was 40 percent of June 1917. Grocers’ sales were audited. mail-order figures from Montgomery Ward and Sears Roebuck. Total sugar sold dropped from 460000 pounds in 1917 to 194000 pounds in 1918, a saving of 206000 pounds in one month.
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Decatur
Frank L. Evans
Evans
Montgomery Ward & Company
Sears, Roebuck& Company
Reasons for the Sugar Shortage
The document lists causes of the sugar shortage: loss of beet sugar factories in territories occupied by German forces, shortage of the sugar crop in the West Indies, direct losses from submarine activities, ships used for transport with none spare to bring Cuban crop to the United States.
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West Indies
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Hurley
Keloleeka
Tategs Food Administration
Mr.Hoover
Lloyd George
the City Drug Store
North Side Square
Chas, M. Sullins
Optician and Jeweler
N. Side Square
France
Maurot
Echo de Paris
Swift & Company
U.S.A
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