Jersey Soldier First Buried at Camp McClellan
Private Edward B Roskey of the 114th Infantry became the first Jersey soldier buried at Camp McClellan. A caisson carried his body from the base hospital to the grave near the reservation center as Red Cross workers notified relatives. CampMcClellan plans rapid expansion with housing for 60 000 men, a $1 000 000 sewer system, new warehouses, a bakery and refrigerating plant, and other facilities underway under Brigadier General T N Horn and Captain Edward J Rehmann.
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Edward B- Roskey
114Th Infantry
de Jamey
Its &S
T. N. Horn
New Jersey
Red Cross
McClellan
Edward J. Rehmann
Camp McClellan
Twenty-ninth Division
Camp Hancock
Augusta
Edward R. Sieulen
Seventy-Ninth Field Artillery
Curt O. H. Kayser
Lakewood
Robert E. Scott
Alabama
Jacksonville Pike
Cane Creek
National road program unites agencies for war effort
The War Department and other federal agencies coordinate highway and road material planning for military and economic aims. The Office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering will guide state highway authorities, while the Fuel Administration, War Industries Board, and Rail Administration assist with materials, priorities, and transport.
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Unitedetates Ny Council
Qziture
War Department
Road
Fuel Administration
War Industries Boards
Highe
Department
State Highway Commission
Office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering
Adt
Highways Council
War Industries Board
Ba Irqad Administration
Office
Public Roads
United States
Department of Agriculture
State Highway Commissions
Standard Officials Plan Bombing Plane Flight Tomorrow
Standard Aircraft Corp prepares for the first Handley Paige bombing plane test flight at its Bayway aviation field with a 3 pm schedule. Hundreds invited including Elizabeth Plainfield officials and city residents. luncheon at 1 pm and factory tours offered.
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Standard Aircraft Corporation
Standard Corporation
Elizabeth
Wilson
Plainfield
Mingle
Bayway
Broad Street
Standard
War Department and Aircraft Board
Washington
W. H. Workman
Handley-Paige
France
Workman
Aero Club of American
Atlantic
New Foundland
Azores
Portugal
Fraternal Group Supports Wheatless Campaign in New Jersey
Passaic Falls Council, Royal Arcanum of Paterson, acknowledged its wheatless plan participation to William S. Tyler, Federal Food Administrator for New Jersey. The letter notes a resolution adopted by fraternal societies to cooperate with the Food Administration’s request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Tyler
New Jersey
Passaic Falls
New York Telephone seeks merger permit in PUC hearing
A Public Utility Commission hearing last week examined New York Telephone Company's plan to merge three New Jersey subsidiaries into a single Jersey corporation for bookkeeping. The entities involved include the New Jersey division along with Atlantic Telephone and Telegraph Company and Atlantic Coast Telephone Company.
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Public Utility Commission
New York Telephone Company
New Jersey
Jersey Corporation
Telephone Company
The
Atlantic Telephone and Telegraph Company
Atlantic Coast Telephone Company
New Jersey Council Backs Wheat Conservation War Effort
A wartime letter from the council pledges loyal support to the Federal Food Administrator for New Jersey. It commits to conserving wheat products and not using wheat or white flour in homes during the war period.
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New Jersey
Aircraft Industry Meets War Board Demands in Wartime Effort
President Mingle defends aircraft production as a remarkable wartime achievement. He cites rapid mobilization, nationwide plant building, and diverse labor from forests to factories, noting minor errors but total loyalty to the nation and the duty to satisfy the War Board.
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War Board
Post
Mingle
United States
Germany
America
Elizabeth
Oregon
Minnnesota
Maine
Pennsylvania
Buffalo
Detroit
Dayton
Jess Heads State Tax Board as party shifts
Frank B. Jess of Haddon Heights assumed leadership of the State Board of Taxes and Assessments when the board switched from Democratic to Republican. Retiring President Lucius T. Russell of Newark and Dr. Isaac are noted in the report.
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Frank B. Jess
Haddon Heights
State Board of Taxes and Assessments
Lucius T. Russell
Newark
Isaac
Barber and Herrick Succeed in Regional Election
Barber of Phillipsburg and Herrick of Hackettstown are replaced by Senator Harry W. Muchler and Assemblyman Alonzo C. Herrick Democrat in the regional results.
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Barber
Phillipsburg
Harry W. Muchler
Way
Alonzo ‘C. Herrick
Hacketts
Governor Asks Lower Fares Be For Soldiers Furloughs
Governor Edge urges reduced rail fares for soldiers on furloughs, noting war demands require smooth transitions to military life. He says civilian tariffs recent change raises costs, but ultimate policy rests with military authorities and should avoid burdening transport.
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McAdoo
Edge
McA
Aircraft Plants Under Scrutiny by Senate Committee
A Senate committee on aircraft production reports profiteering in some government contracted firms and says others operate on a shoe string. It urges direct government supervision of all aircraft factories and plans to present recommendations after Congress returns from summer recess.
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Army
Starfl J
Senate
Hughes
Military Affairs Committee
Congress
Reduced excursion fare rates promised by railroad administration
Reduced excursion fares to seashore and inland resorts will be put into effect soon. Passenger train committees working on local rates will report to Director General Mc Adoo within a week. Rates will be ten to twenty percent lower than the straight fare, replacing pre June 10 specials. Local railroad officials have no information yet on the plan.
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Railroad Administration
McAdoo
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Paul R. Collier
Fila
Auto Distributing CO
Sycamore Street
Allen B. Laing
Mgr
Plainfield, N. J
Ryder & Graves Electric CO
West Second
S&t
Jersey
Central Publishing Company
North Ave
Wheatless Plan
New York ’Phone Company
Jess
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