Goethals Announces Ship Yard Contracts For Four Hundred Steel Vessels
Major General Goethals, head of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, says on Monday contracts will be offered to build government shipyards for 400 steel merchant ships. He outlines plans to commandeer 1,500,000 tons for private account, with wooden ships built under design approved by the corporation. Contracts total for 425 ships already let. costs given per ton.
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Washington, D. C
George W. Goethals
Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Denman
The
Fleet Corporation
Wilson
General Goethals
Congress
Mr. Denman
Naval
Hough
Lloyds
Goethals
Port O Connor Methodist Assembly trip offer
An advertisement notes a trip to Port O Connor for the Methodist Assembly priced at $6.95 with travel via Southern Pacific and includes a beverage offer from Ju Cy Wine priced five cents per bottle.
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Port O’connor
The
Methodist Assembly
Southern Pacific
Bulletins Guide Men Registered for Nation in War Era
Broad guidance from Brigadier General Crowder on registering for the draft outlines Local and District boards, red ink numbers, and the draw by lot to determine call order. It explains examination, exemptions, and discharge grounds, plus notices and appeals procedures for industrial claims and the path to military service.
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Washington, D. C
E. H. Crowder
United States
Lot
Board
District of Columbia
Germany
Custom House
Navy Yard
District Board
Try This for Fat Reduction
An easy fat reduction method emphasizes outdoor deep breathing and a small daily dose of oil of korein after meals and at night. The plan promises safer weight loss, improved vitality, and longer life with simple directions and a druggist available product.
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Korein Company
Ee 28Th St
Arcade
New York
Baby Applies for Passport Youngest American Seeks Mexico Move
The six month old child of Mrs Nellie Booth Lantz becomes the youngest American to apply locally for a passport to join her husband in Pachuca Mexico. Clerk A T Campbell rules a baby passport is needed and several other applicants, mostly women seeking to join husbands in Mexico, filed on Saturday with estimates of ten days to two weeks for State Department issuance.
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United States
Nellie Booth Lantz
Pachuca
Mexico
A. T. Campbell
Federal Court
Lantz
St. Anthony
Campbell
Republic
Jean Crawford
Nellie Booth Lants
Minnie May Kirkwood
Irene
Gladys
C. KE. Smith
State Department
Washington
Texas Commercial Executives to Meet at Marlin in August
The Texas Commercial Executives Association plans its annual convention in Marlin from August 16 to 18. Secretary George J. Roark of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce organizes a program on war support, Liberty Bond subscriptions, food and farming topics, with P. A. Whaley of Amarillo as president. Also noted are military police arrests and soldiers absented without leave after 11 pm.
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Texas Commercial Executives’ Association
Secretaries of Commercial Organizations and Chambers of Commerce of Texas
Marlin
George J. Roark
San Antonio
United States
P. A. Whaley
Amarillo
Roark
Thirteen Arrests Mark Patch-Up Drive by Police and Military
Police and military authorities led a Friday night clean-up campaign that ended in thirteen arrests. Detectives Norton Hopkins and Klaner arrested a white male salesman on whiskey selling to soldiers. Four soldiers were also detained for liquor possession as investigators sought liquor sources.
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Norton, Hopkins
Klaner
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