Uncle Sam's Great France Work Impresses Paris
Don Markin reports in the New York Herald on rapid American wartime construction in eastern France. He notes forests cleared for sidings, vast structures rising, and a growing network of telephone lines and barracks as American engineers and troops pour into France for swift, decisive training and front-line deployment.
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France
Uncle Sam
Don Mragrtin
New York Herald
United States
Baker
Atlantic
America
Pershing
Cha
Red Cross Ships Razors to Aid TB Stricken France
The American Red Cross collaborates with French authorities to fight tuberculosis. They have recently shipped thousands of safety razors to France and other European countries as part of relief efforts during ongoing suffering of prisoners and civilians.
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American
Red Cross
France
French captain mistakes wreck for German sub off Spain
Captain Chevalier of the Bretagne fired eleven shells at a supposed U boat three miles away before realizing the target was an American torpedoed hulk. The lifeboats were missing and no crew remained aboard. The vessel bore the name plate fragment "R-essy" before sinking.
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San Francisco
Abel Chevalier
Chevalier
Captain Chevalier
Bretagne
Market Report New York Provision Market Summary
New York market report shows Butter Creamery prices higher than extra at 45 54, Eggs Fresh gathered extra firsts at 46 cents, and Cheese State fresh specials at 24 to 25 cents. Prices reflect general market movement for dairy and eggs.
Buffalo Provision Market winter wheat and other grain prices
Market notes list commodity prices for Buffalo provision trades including winter wheat No 1 red at 2.39, corn around 1.45 to 1.56, oats 84 to 90 cents, flour 11.35 per barrel, butter numbers from 38 to 47 cents, cheese at 25 to 27 cents, eggs from 40 to 48 cents, dressed poultry prices for fresh and frozen, live poultry ranges, potatoes white No 1 at 3.00 to 3.25 per 100 pounds, Southern No 1 at 4 to 6.25 per barrel, onions white at 2.00 to 2.50 per crate, onions yellow Texas 1.75 to 2.00, beans Marrows 14.50 per 100 pounds, medium 15.50, pea 18.50, kidney 13.00 to 13.50.
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Buffalo
Southern
Texas
East Buffalo Livestock Market Sale Prices
Cow and steer prices listed for CATYTLE shipping steers 16.25 to 17.00 and butcher steers 14.00 to 17.00 plus heifers 10.00 to 13.25 and veals 16.00 to 18.50. Sheep and lambs show choice lambs 18.50 to 19.00 with mixed sheep 13.00 to 13.50. Hogs report yorkers 18.75 to 18.85 pigs 18.85 to 19.00 heavies 18.50 to 18.66.
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East Buffalo
Hay Prices and Lot Numbers Listed
A partial OCR shows price figures and lot identifiers for hay: No. 1 timothy at 18.00 and 19.00, No. 2 at 16.00 and 67.00, and another No. 2 at 14.00 and 15.00. This fragment lacks context and full details.
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Timty
GE Cranemen Wage Rise Made Permanent After Board Order
The General Electric Schenectady plant cranemen receive a 20 percent wage increase made permanent by the national war labor board. Workers returned to duty May 8 after a strike, with the raise contingent on the board's final decision.
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General Electric Company
Schenectady
National War Labor Board
War Labor Board
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Ekil
Pratt’s
Pratt
Pratt’s Animal and Poultry
Blue Ribbon
Blatchford Eye
Sterlingworth
Yours Truly
Pickett Hardware CO
Market Report
New York
Buffalo, Hay Market
First National Bank
Warren, Penna
Warren Trust Company
Liberty
Citizens National Bank
Warren
Pennsylvania
Liberty Loan
The
Treasury Department
Third Liberty Loan
Warren National Bank
Warren Mail
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