Chamber Adopts Resolution On Tidewater Rates Increase
The Wilmington Chamber council approved a resolution urging the corporation commission to grant Tidewater Power a minimum rate increase for street car fares and gas charges. The action, tied to the Emergency Fleet Corporation shipyard expansion, cites national need and stresses immediate rate changes to support increased service and plant work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Taylor
Corporation Commission
Tidewater Power Company
Chamber of Commerce
Wrightsville Beach
Chamber
Edwin Metts
Robert Ruark
Roger Moore
Commission
Mr. MacRae
B. K. Bryan
Traction Company
C. C. Chadbourn
MacRae
Shipping Board and
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Carolina Shipbuiling Company
Woodus Kellum
Moore
Taylor
Shipping Board
Traction
Intelligents
Wilmington
Tidewater Power Co
Wlmington
Calendar of sports events opens across the nation
The calendar lists spring meets and classic tournaments across the United States. Events include Metropolitan Jockey Club at Jamaica New York, Trans Mississippi Golf in Kansas City, Pacific Northwest Golf in Seattle, Lumber Trade Golf at New London, Indian Shooting at Cedar Point, Idaho trap at Goffstown, women’s national tennis in Philadelphia, Texas and Carolinas tennis, Kid Williams vs Frankie Burns in Jersey City, Iowa trap in Mason City, New York trap in Rochester, Westchester Horse Show in White Plains, Maryland trap in Baltimore, Earl Caddock versus Strangler Lewis in Des Moines, Latonia Derby in Kentucky, and the Northwestern trap, Chicago Derby, and regional tennis championships in White Plains and Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Jockey Club
Jamaica
L. I
Trans-Mississippi Golf Association
Kansas City
Pacific Northwest Golf Association
Seattle
Lumber Trade Golf Association
New London
S. C
Kid Williams
Frankie Burns
Jersey City
N. J
Latonia
Chicago
White Plains
N. Y
Western Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Germans population estimate hints at war limit
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes an official estimate that Germany’s population by year end will reach 7 million, down from 1914 levels, suggesting a grim factor that could constrain the war’s duration.
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Germany
Cleveland Plain Dealer
War cruelty quoted by Toledo Blade editor
A Toledo Blade quotation laments the horrors of war noting that brave men die for the greed of tightwads, reflecting editorial grief over conflict and waste.
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Toledo Blade
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McMami
THA Lyk
Calendar OF Sports
Iowa
Maryland
Baltimore
Earl Caddock
Strangler’ Lewis
Des Moines
MEN Messenger Service
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Postal Telegraph
Wrightsville
G. B. Davidson
Gate City
C. H. Bornemann
City Laundry
North Second St
Mechanics’ Home Association
Walker Taylor
W. M. Cumming
Princess St
Chas. Finkelstein
Front St
Wascot
Hershey’s
Hooten’s
Runkel's
Greenfield
Welch’s
Bear Produce & Moise Co
Market St
Phone
Mazer
S. 5Th St
Philadelphia
Rocky Point
Wrightsville Sound
J. D. McCarley
L. L. Hanley
Schloss, Bear and Davis Co
South Second
Gordon
H. F. Wilder
Queen City Cycle Co
Carolina Beach
Greenville Sound
James I. Metts
Grace St
Castle Street Furniture Co
Castle St
Man
Princess Street
Robert Bell
Church St
Farris Bakery
Washington
J. C. Leonard
Civil Service Examiner
Kenois Bidg
THE
DU Pont Company
Hopewell, Virginia
Uncle Sam
Franklin
San Felice
Cinco
el Rees
Samuel Bear Sr
North Front Street
North Carolina
Wilmington, N. C
Sgune
American Bank & Trust Co
Y. M. C. A. War Secretaries
W. B. Cooper & Co
of New York
A. B. Croom, Jr
Southern
W. B. Thorpe
Southport
Fort Caswell
Citizens Bank, Corner Second and
Princess Sts
Murchison Bank
the Peoples Savings Bank
Front
Princess Streets
F. W. Dick
J. Holmes Davis
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