Steel and wooden ship launches rise for Emergency Fleet week
The shipping board reports an average of two steel ships daily launched by U S shipyards for the Emergency Fleet Corporation in the week ending May 14. Wooden ships averaged one launch daily for a total of 25 000 tons while steel launches reached 32 100 tons. One completed ship per day was turned over to the board, delivering about 48 150 tons that week. Five cargo vessels two tankers and one refrigerator ship were delivered. The Portland Shipbuilding Company of Maine launched the first government contract wooden ship last week.
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United States Shipyards
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Shipping Board
Portland Shipbuilding Company
Maine
Skinner Eddy Subscriptions Lead with 660 350 Victory
Skinner Eddy corporation won first prize for subscribing to more Liberty Bonds than any shipyard in the city. Subscriptions totaled 660 350 with Skinner Eddy employees contributing 160 000 of that amount. J F Duthie company took second in Class A, Pacific Coast Steel Works led Class B, Patterson McDonald yard second, and Ballard Marine Ways topped Class D. Seattle Construction Dry Dock posted 410 000, while Skinner Eddy’s total rose above other firms.
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Skinner & Eddy Corporation
Skinner & Eddy
J. F. Duthie Company
Pacific Coast Steel Works
Patterson McDonald Ship
Clases C
Pacific Construction and Engineering Company
Puget Sound Bridge and Dredge
Ballard Marine Ways
Claus D
Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Company
Skinner & Faddy
Skinner & Eddy to Take Over Seattle Construction & Dry Dock
Skinner and Eddy will assume control of Seattle Construction and Dry Dock on June 1 after negotiations ended Tuesday. They will build 8,600-ton vessels for the Shipping Board on a large scale under Dave Rodgers. A new $100 million contract between Skinner and Eddy and the Shipping Board follows the transfer. William H. (Beatt)le of the Seattle Construction Deck Company will arrive within a week to decide the disposition of four 7,500-ton vessels and the old yard’s repair and jobbing equipment.
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Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Company
Skinner & Eddy Corporation
Shipping Board
Dave Rodgers
Skinner 4 Eddy
Wiliam H. 32
Beattle Construction
S Deck Company
Seattle
Seattle firm leads emergency fleet list in steel output
The Skinner & Eddy corporation of Seattle tops the Emergency Fleet News chart by producing more steel tonnage in a month than any of 46 other yards. Bethlehem Steel Shipbuilding is second, Union Iron Works third, with Seattle Construction and Dry Dock fourth and Ames Shipbuilding sixth. Shipping board officials note Skinner & Eddy far ahead of rivals.
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Skinner & Eddy Corporation
Seattle
Man
Emergency Fleet News
Bathlehem Steel Shipbuilding Corporation
Union Iron Works
Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Company
Ames Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
J. F. Duthie Company
Shipping Board
Speaking Tour Promotes Inspira tion in Seattle Shipyards
F L Cann pastor of Grace Baptist church New York says Seattle shipyards show 100 per cent American workers who have proven patriotism by faster ship production. Cann with Crawford Vaughn and Sergt C H Smith is in Seattle as a speaking party under the U S Shipping Board to carry Inspira tion to other shipyards. A program is planned among Seattle shipyard workers.
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Seattle
F. L. Cann
Grace Baptist Church
New York
Cann
Crawford Vaughn
South Auustralia
Sergt. C. H. Smith
United States Shipping Board
Patriots Rally Planned by Ames Shipyard Group
The Boiler Shop War Savings Society of the Ames Shipyard will stage a patriotic rally Saturday evening at 7 30 at the Ames commissary department.
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Boiler Shop War Savings Society
Ames Shipyard
Ames Commissary Department
Shipyard Workers Enroll In Free Steel Shipbuilding Class
Over 400 shipyard workers joined a free steel ship construction course at Broadway High School to gain skilled positions and higher wages. Alex Steele of Skinner and Eddy leads the program with A Briggs of Seattle Construction & Dry Dock guiding Thursday sessions at 7:30. The auxiliary schooner Ypres, reported aground at Port Royal Tuesday, was refloated with harbor tugs and is now safe in Savannah.
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Broadway High School
Alex Steele
Skinner & Eddy Corporation
A. Briggs
Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Company
Ypres
Port Royal
Savannah
City Chamber Urges Temporary Bridge Permit and Postponed Waterway Opening
The Seattle Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club board of trustees adopted a resolution urging the government to issue a temporary permit for a bridge over the East waterway without a draw and to postpone the waterway opening to navigation until after the war.
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eSattle Chamber of Commerce and
Com Aercial Club
Basement Salesroom Offers Uniforms and Workwear
Unionalis in blue and khaki color 3.75 canvas gloves 20¢ Leather work gloves 1.25 1.50 2.00 men s work clothes overalls with jackets blue black 2.25 white 1.75 half hose 25 35 45 shirts chambray blue gray 1.00 1.50 black lateen 1.25 1.50 flannel shirts blue gray khaki 2.50 3.50 4.50 boys school caps 6% to 7 14 sizes 50 65 Basement Salesroom.
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Unionalis
Women's suit offered at basement salesroom price
Simple, easily laundered women's suit in firm twill, neatly finished. Available sizes 36 38 40. Price 1.75. Basement Salesroom.
Flouncing Embroidery 75c Yard at Basement Sale
A basement salesroom offers flouncing embroidery at 75 cents per yard. The ad highlights affordable trims and yardage for sewing and craft projects.
Children's Black Sateen Bloomers
Black sateen bloomers for children ages 2 to 14 years sold at 39 cents. Available in basement salesroom.
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Children’s Black
Dainty Net Waists Advertised At 1.95 Each
Advertisements offer cream color and white net waists with embroidery and lace details. Models feature black satin buttons and bow or lace inset cascades. Sizes 38 to 44 sold for 1.95 each.
Army plan seeks three day miniature encampment in Seattle
Maj. Gen. N A Greene offers full cooperation to stage a three day encampment beginning July 4 in Seattle to boost patriotism. Mayor Hanson District Attorney Saunders and others visited Greene to outline plans. Greene ordered officers to bring equipment and he and Mrs. Greene will attend the Fourth of July without fireworks.
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Seattle
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Robert Saunders
C. Allen Dale
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Club
Charles PD. Davis
Greene
Casque Combs 35c Casque Combs 35c
Jewel studded combs attract buyers with high and low hairdos priced 35 cents.
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HESE
Bargain Basement Sale on Women’s Union Suits
Reasonable weight white cotton union suits with low neck and sleeveless design. Available in sizes 36 and 88, cuff knee length, priced at 35 and 39 cents. Basement Salesroom.
Hair Brushes at 45 Cents Each
Hair brushes described with durable bristles in metal and wood backs priced at 45 cents each. The note emphasizes quality and value for shoppers in a compact rural or small-town ad style.
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HESE
Dress Woolens At Attractive Prices
A catalog of fabrics lists 42 inch wool suiting with a narrow black stripe on navy wistaria and green at 1.00 per yard. 42 inch French Serge offered in navy blue Copenhagen blue medium green brown wine and black at 1.15 per yard. Mixed cotton and silk shirtings 32 inches wide priced at 1.00 per yard.
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Wistaria
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