Local Motor Corps recruits visit Rahway area and more
Rahway Motor Corps of America recruiters, Corporals Edgar, Roberts, Dunhan and private Miller, toured Plainfield seeking members with good prospects. A noon entertainment at International Motor Company featured banjoist Alfred Farland, while Saurer plant expansion aims to raise workforce to about 1,500. Millard McAfee of Liberty Band bid farewell ahead of Camp Dix, and state light restrictions preserve energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Edgar
Eleanor Roberts
Alice Dunhan
Melvina Miller
Rahway Organization
The
Motor Corps of America
International Motor Company
Alfred A. Farland
East Second Street
Farland
Plainfield
Pennsylvania
Emergency Fleet Corporation
James Hallard
Millard McAfee
Liberty Band
Camp Dix
Arthur B. Cole
Band Association
Cole
McAfee
John Y. Brock
Elmer Volk
Mr. McAfee
Milk prices set for August and September by Federal Milk Board
The Federal Milk Commission announced August and September prices for Grade A and Grade B milk in the Middle Atlantic States. Grade A bottled milk will cost 16 cents a quart and 9 cents a pint. Grade B 14 cents a quart and 8 cents a pint. Prices vary for loose milk and for restaurants, hotels, and clubs with different per quart and per pint rates. Private William McClinton of Pond Place enjoyed a five day fur lough this past week while stationed at an unspecified location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Milk Commission
Federal Food Board
Middle Atlantic States
William McClinton
Pond Place
Joseph Maguire
Providence
R. I
Maguire
Blake B. Tatham
Newark
Detroit
Tatham
Michigan
Dupont Company
Wilmington
Del
Dave Rogers
Park Avenue
Camp Billjack
Haleer Island
Lake Hopatcong
Florence Smith
Stanley Vardon
Fred H. Firstbrook
M. L. Shannon
Ohn Oswald
Clarence W. Munay
C. W. McCutchen
Rockview Avenue
Lake Placid
Edward Dacey
Fort Totten
S. L
Wallace Place
C. G. Williams
Crescent Avenue
Lynchburg
Catherine Ryan
Mannine Avenue
Wissahickon
Paul M. Pope
Pope
Fort Hamilton
Frances McCarthy
Mary Kane
South Second Street
Youth of 19 Enlists to Fight for Liberty
A Plainfield recruiting station report publicizes a nineteen year old man who passes the A1 examination and joins the fight against the Hun. Corporal Ernest D. Peck notes the youth’s departure, a comfort kit given, and hopes to meet him later to offer gratitude for serving Uncle Sam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest D. Peck
Plainfield
Fire at Mountain Inn Office Room Sparks Bed Blaze
An employee at the Mountain Inn on Somerset Street and Greenbrook Road used gasoline for cleaning. Fumes ignited Tuesday morning, setting a bed on fire. Borough fire department arrived and extinguished the blaze before it spread. Damage estimated at about twenty five dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain Inn
Somerset Street
Greenbrook Road
Stev ens Named Secretary of State Trust Company in Plainfield
Theodore Stevens of New York has been appointed secretary and treasurer of the State Trust Company in Plainfield to succeed B. Veghte who left for a post with the State banking department. Stevens, a former junior officer at Guarantee and Columbia Trust Companies, brings broad experience to benefit the Trust Company's patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Stevens
New York
State Trust Company
B. Veghte
State Banking Department
Stevens
Guaranty Trust Company
Columbia Trust Company
Plainfield
New York Machine Company
Isabelle
David J. Scott
Walter Scott
Scott Printing Works
Hollingswort
War Costs and Revenue Gaps Signal 1919 Fiscal Strain
The article reports on Appropriations Committee estimates by Mr. Sherley predicting next year’s war-related expenditures around 24 billion dollars, with total potential costs near 30 billion. It breaks down past year appropriations and actual outlays, revenue sources including taxes and bonds, and notes a projected revenue shortfall of about 2 billion for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Appropriations Committee
Congress
Shelley
Ssherley
Jhen
Sherley
Ways and Means Committee
Navy Secretary Roosevelt Heads to Europe on Warship
Assistant Secretary of the Navy F Roosevelt arrives in Europe aboard a destroyer to review naval administration. He will study contracts leases expenditures and coordinate with other departments while gathering firsthand overseas conditions. L MeL Howe will lead Roosevelt's office during the trip as part of a government program to inform officials with direct abroad experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Roosevelt
Europe
Roosevelt
Naval L. Mel
Howe
Thnt
Engagements and Travels of Local Residents Noted
Announcements report engagements and travels of residents including Mars M Fountain and Harold Sandford, with families headed for Lookout Point Nassau L I and Newark Michigan moves. Other items list military postings, vacations, and relocations of individuals and families across multiple streets and towns.
McCarter Apologizes to Utilities Board Over Fare Delay Claim
Thomas N. McCarter of Public Service Railway reads a statement to the Board of Public Utilities Commission in Newark retracting earlier remarks about the commission while reiterating views on the fare increase decision. He asks no withdrawal from prior criticism of the ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Common Pleas
Elizabeth
Carlton B. Pierce
Benjamin
Braider
Harold Bowman
West Front Street
Pierce
Anderson Place
Watchung
Thomas N. McCarter
Public Service Railway Company
Board of Public Utilities Commission
Newark
Commission
Copany
Plainfield Suits Include Standard Aircraft Pendente
Plainfield cautions filed two suits against the Antepy Company trading as Standard Aircraft pendant. The actions seek 4256.88 in shipping charges and war taxes for shipments between May 6 and June 2. Judge George S. Silzer will preside at the October circuit term in Elizabeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Z. K. Norman
Elizabeth
George S. Silzer
Amoun ‘Eme
Standard Company
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Richard C. Jenkinson
North Plainfield
Triangle
Myrtle and
Willow Avenues
Ralph D. Matthews
Crane Street
That City
James Shepherd
Harry Bowyer
Eugene Hill
Harry Smith
Hencewood Pollard
Charles B. Lufburrow
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga
Lufburrow
Norman W. Currite
Norman H. Probasco
H. B. Hubbard
Sam
Joseph Perrie
North Avenue
Theodore Lane
West Third Street
Hersh
Jacob Burakoff
Morris Perenik
Brooklyn
East Third Street
John J. Flynn
Burakoffs
State Association of the Fraternal Order of Eagles
Perth Amboy
James Mahoney
John Street
A. W. Clayton
Plainfield Lodge
Order of Beth Abraham
Joseph Rothstein
Gilberg
N. Berger
F. Binn
D Berkowitz
R. Goodfriend
J. S. Fass
M. Rosenthall
J. N. Levine
R. Luria
NAVY
Mars M. Fountain
George H. Fountain
Seventh Street
Harold
Sandford Avenue
Frank Battie
Edward
I Fifth Street
Lookout Point
Nassau
Bennie
Adelberg
Hoboken
Johnie. Carty
Washington Avenue
Atlantic City
Carty
Eileen Fraser
Nepmanm Brothers
Ave Avenue
Patrick Mottley
Second Street
F. S. McCarthy
Spruce Street
Misa Florence Mora
Philadelphia
Charles Mort
Ellen Fistier
East Front Street
Edwin Addis
Elmwood Place
Marine Corps
Paris Island
S. C
William H. Addis
Te Plainfield
Beane A. Love
Scott Company
M’carter
Utilittes Board
Mr. McCarter
Heation
Plainfield Cancerns
Antepy Company
Ryder & Graves Electric CO
West Second ST
the Central Publishing Company
North Ave
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