Beaumont Among 118 Cities in Armor Plate Site Hunt
Secretary Daniels and a naval advisory board heard 118 communities bid to host an $11,000,000 armor plate factory. Texas towns including Beaumont touted ore deposits, rail access, and free ore and site offers as contenders alongside Birmingham Chattanooga and Northern cities. An early decision is unlikely before after the November election.
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Washington, D. C
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Naval
United States
Gastonia
North Carolina
Ashtabula
Ohio
Newton
Iowa
Elizabethton
Tennessee
Beaumont
Texas
Chambers of Commerce
Connecticut
Rhode Island
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New York
Massachusetts
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Cleveland
Cincinnati
Chicago
Louisville
Birmingham
Chattanooga
South
Morris
Cass
Marion
Texas Fields
Port Arthur
Orange
Atlanta
Naval Advisory Board
Highest Chimney to Crown Japanese Refinery
TOKYO September 23 The Kuhara refinery at Saganosekei Japan is nearing completion of the world’s tallest chimney stack at 567 feet high and 26 feet in diameter at its top. Japanese papers compare it with a 517 foot stack at Sulega wa and the 508 foot Great Falls Montana chimney as the next highest.
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Tokyo
Kuhara
Saganosekei
Japan
Sulegawa
Great Falls
Montana
Railroad probes move forward with nationwide inquiry
A joint Senate and House sub committee prepares a broad investigation into interstate railroad legislation and government control. Hearings begin November 20 with briefs from railroads labor groups shippers and others as the panel studies labor relations and public interests.
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Senate
House
Washington, D. C
House Interstate Commerce Committees
Congress
Newlands
Committee
Interstate Commerce Committee
Adamson
Robinson
Canon Newbolt Denounces Present Day Morals in Sermon
London Sept 23 Canon Newbolt of St Pauls Cathedral denounces wartime morals in a sermon criticizing gambling among women whose husbands are at the front. He cites mushrooming clubs and a police detective notes wives as chief offenders, including a major’s wife who lost 4000 in a week.
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London
Canon Newbolt
St. Paul's
Cholera Epidemic Spreads Across Japanese Ports
The cholera outbreak grows in Japan with shipping firms halting steerage passages from the country. Nagasaki reports the worst conditions while Yokohama Kobe and Osaka mills register cases as fear spreads among industry and ports.
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Japan
Tokyo
Canadian Pacific Ocean Services
Nagasaki
Yokohama
Kobe
Osaka
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