Shipyards Grow Fast as War Effort Expands US Merchant Marine
The United States mobilizes a vast expansion in shipyards with half a million skilled workers and 250000 others in related machinery, aiming to rival world fleets. Training centers in Newport News Hog Island Chester Schenectady and New York City educate yard instructors to produce 300 skilled mechanics weekly.
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Washington
United States
Shipping Board
Newport News
Hog Island
Chester
Newark
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Schenectady
N. Y
New York City
Nebraska Potash Production at Risk Over Court Ruling
Val H. Manning director of the bureau of mines asked Senator Hitchcock to urge Governor Neville to find a method to prevent interference with Nebraska potash production. He notes Nebraska supplies about 45 percent of U S output and stresses maximizing capacity.
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Nebraska
Washington
Nebraska Supreme Court
State Board of Education
Val H. Manning
Bureau of Mines
Hitchcock
Neville
Alaska Rail Line Nearing Completion to Susitna River
A House appropriations committee backed more funds to continue the Alaska railroad work. About 3,000 laborers would stay on, with enough money to push the line toward Fairbanks and towards the Nenana coal fields via the Metanuska branch. The full $7,300,000 estimate awaits sub committee approval.
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Alaska
Washington
Alaskan Railway
House Appropriations Committee
Fairbanks
Susitna
Metanuska
Nenana
Praise for American Fighters Paris Debut Impresses
The debut of the Americans in Paris drew strong praise, noted for surpassing expectations in courage and performance. The feature highlighted their unprecedented display, marking a significant moment in the recent fighting coverage.
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Paris
Chelsea Flood Drives Refugees Into Belle Plain Homes
Two hundred fifty residents from Chelsea near Belle Plain arrive seeking shelter as eight feet of floodwater from Fiyer and Otter creeks overwhelms the town. Thousands of dollars in property ruined and many cattle drowned.
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Belle Plain
Chelsea
Iowa
Fiyer and Otter Creek
German crews to man Russian ships in Black Sea harbors
The remaining Russian fleet in Odessa and Sebastopol will be crewed by Germans to fight Allied forces in the Mediterranean. German engineers and mechanics are at work at Se bastopol’s Nikolaioff arsenal, according to Delo quoted by Daily News correspondents in Stockholm.
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London
Odessa
Sebastopol
Mediterranean
Delo
Stockholm
Daily News
Nikolaioff Arsenal
Dying Man Gifts Liberty Loan Money to Uncle Sam
A gravely ill man at a Liberty loan booth in Philadelphia declares he will die in weeks and hands over $450 in bills as a gift to Uncle Sam, saying he drew the money from the bank to fund bonds but prefers gifting cash and leaves no identification.
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Philadelphia
Liberty Loan
Sam
Health Improves at Camp Dodge after April Epidemic
The Camp Dodge death rate fell 60 percent from April to May. April saw 112 deaths while May had 55. The April spike was linked to a Spanish flu epidemic that killed about 106 soldiers.
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Camp Dodge
Rifles Produced for U S Army in War Effort
War department states that since entering the war over 1.5 million rifles have been produced for the U S Army. Of these 1,140,595 are modified Enfields, 176,796 Springfield models of 1903 and 251,270 Russian rifles.
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Washington
United States Army
War Department
Private Hutchinson Arrested After Disguised Salute
Private John Hutchinson forgot himself and saluted while dressed in a woman’s attire including a low-cut gown high-heeled shoes white stockings summer furs and a large picture hat. He was arrested and turned over to the military for punishment.
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John Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Loafers to join industrial Army in Cleveland
Mayor Davis orders no indolent loafers in streets pool rooms or lounges while labor is needed for war effort. City forms industrial army to mobilize workers for production and support.
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Cleveland
Industrial War Army
Davis
Omaha War Fund Drive and Nebraska War Efforts
Nebraska reports show 70,000 Omaha residents contributing to a war fund. Beatrice to build a 125000 hospital in eight months. 20000 Nebraskans enrolled in home guard units. Nine UP trains cut. state totals from Red Cross, Liberty bonds, and war savings paint a busy home front.
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Latherand
Beatrice
Clapp
Union Pacific
Nebraska
McAdoo
Crowder
University of Nebraska
Lincoln
Red Cross
Lietenant Grosvenor P. Cather
Bladen
Omaha
Saunders County
United States
E. L. Rhoades
Liberty Bonds
Y. M Goa
Neville
War Department
Birds and Insects Interaction Noted in Pest Control
A fragment discusses birds as natural pest controllers, citing species that consume gypsy moths and other insects. It mentions a variety of birds in relation to canker worms and caterpillar populations, highlighting observed eating rates and timing in winter and other conditions.
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Bob White
Sam
Dove
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