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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1918
Page
4
Before the war a distinguished French officer General Maurot wrote articles in Echo de Paris warning France that plant use and refrigerating transport would worsen shortages and due to a deficit in the national herd.
A German submarine sighting off the Atlantic coast yesterday led to a belief that the cruiser San Diego was sunk by a torpedo. The captain notes no conclusive proof yet but cites a periscope sighting, lack of torpedo wake, and two hours near rescue ships as context. weather was calm and 1105 crewmen were safe, with 48 unaccounted for.
Tonight and Sunday generally mild with okay temperatures. thundershowers likely east and north portions this afternoon or tonight. No major temperature change expected across the area.
Miss Dorothy Melntgah, last at the Merchant ranch, returned home from there last night and will head to Roswell. She will be joined by Miss Mary White of Roswell, and the pair will spend a spell at the Joe Cunningham ranch in the mountains.
The American tank corps at Camp Colt Gettysburg Pa expands as recruits arrive and current men endure daily twenty mile hikes in heavy marching order. Officers school to continue. trained officers will lead advancing units as districts shift and new recruits fill gaps.
The bulletin lists weekly lectures for the Four Minute Men during July and August 1918 with speakers such as Mr. F. G. Tracy Mr. W. A. Craig Judge D. G. Grantham Rev. Mr. Pratt and Prof. W. A. Poore outlining topics like What Uncle Sam Says Everybody Up in the Air and Colored Men's Part in the War. Chairman John W. Armstrong requests notice if any speaker cannot fill a date or if substitutions occur.
An experimental test at Camp Sherman measured average shoe size and leather use. The Resco shoe fitting device is shown improving comfort and reducing leather waste. Each man wears two wool socks when fitted for shoes.
A late Christmas present mailed to Miss Jessie Perkins of Princeton West Virginia in 1914 while she studied art in New York arrived. Upon arrival Mrs Hartley Sanders telephoned Mrs T M Johnson Peters to thank them for the gift.
Reptile eggs are not attractive objects and are pale or white in color. Crocodile and many tortoise eggs resemble those of birth in shape.
The report notes total U S steel rail production in 1817 reached 2,944,161 gross tons versus 2,854,518 tons in 1916. It includes girder and high T rails for electric and street railroads. 1906 peak was 1,977,887 tons. 1914 dropped to 1,946,095 tons. post 1914 rise limited by war demands.
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