U S Steel to Enlarge at Six Plants
United States Steel plans about 10 million dollars in improvements at six plants in Gary Indiana Youngstown Ohio and Pittsburgh Pennsylvania to meet rising demand. Elbert H Gary says Gary plant will add two blast furnaces open hearths a blooming mill and a duplexing plant with costs over seven and a half million dollars. Additional work at Youngstown and Pittsburgh is expected to cost one to two million dollars and should begin soon.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Elbert H Gary
Gary
Ind
Youngs
Town
Pittsburgh
Bethlehem loss shrinks as rebuild plan outlined
Bethlehem Pennsylvania November 12 Charles M Schwab chairman of Bethlehem Steel met with top executives to map rebuilding of machine shop No 4 burned in a fire. Estimated loss will be under one million dollars and the damage spared larger equipment as most tools were small caliber items or minimally damaged.
Italian steamer Ancona sunk by submarine in Mediterranean
London reports the Italian steamship Ancona, flying Austrian colors, sunk by a submarine after departing Messina for New York. Captain Pietro Messardo, once reported missing, says the attack occurred Monday afternoon. About 27 Americans believed lost and 336 people missing from a 656 passenger ship. Suspicions arise that a German crew manned the U boat, with survivor accounts differing.
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London
Ancona
Pietro Messardo
Mediterranean
Messina
Naples
New York
Sicily
Lberia
Tunis
Africa
ORRINE Ad Promises Home Treatment For Drinking
An advertisement urges wives to use ORRINE to help with a drinking husband or son. It claims the remedy has saved thousands, costs $1.00 per box, and offers a money back guarantee after a trial. Free booklet available at Williamson, MN Market Street.
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Orrine
Williamson
Berlin Confronts Food Shortage With Government Control
Berlin reports the imperial government will seize and evenly distribute the national food supply. The move follows rumors of shortages and expands controls to more items. A War Office note says German forces advanced twenty miles into Servian territory amid ongoing conflict.
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Berlin
Federal Council
War Office
Germans Give Way Russians Halt Advance On Riga Front
Petrograd dispatch says Russian counter offensive along the Riga Dvina line gains momentum with a powerful detachment along the river and a major battle rages near Kolki on the Styr river. Berlin reports German forces evacuating a forest district west and southwest of Shiok due to swamp conditions after rains.
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Petrograd
War Office
Kolki
Styr
Berlin
Shiok
Riga
Becawe
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