Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 30, 1918, Page 3

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Tele, shone 38-3 | AIRPLANE PRODUCTION INQUIRY CCNTINUED No Indication When Scnate Commit- tee Will Complete Its Investigation Washington, Mar 29.—Inquiry n- e production was continued the senate military ttee to- behind closed do ed for several hours and later Major Geperal Squier of the signal corps, cofiferred with Senator Chamberlain o Oregon, "chairman of th The Imvestigation, ording to va- rigis senators, who have not.already been m: ments by army officers show, ANCE, the kind that can be| Thames | Lo Both Top Other Champions by Several Inches—They Have Prowess.. i New York, March 39—The fact Jess Willard and Fred Fulton will meet in the ring during the present year, in a battle for the World's heavyweight championship, calls at- tention anew -to these extraordinary exponents of modern pugilism. Big men have been by no means uncommon “|in the ring during-past decades but never in the history of fisticuffs have two boxers of the height and reach of Willard and Fulton faced in they squared circle. The present titleholder is the big- L man who ever won prominence ugh his ability to -outpunch an opponent but, in this respect, he has very little advantage over his pros- pective_competitor. In the matter’ of height 'Willard is just about one inch taller than the foymer plasterer who hails from Rochester, Minn. Previous %o the advent of these Goliaths Jim Jeftries, standing 6 feet, 1% inches| the tallest man who ever held the heavyweight champi . Jim Corbett and Jack Johnson both srew into the six-foot or better class while two of the greatest heavies the prize ring ever knew—Fitzsimmons and John L. Sullican—were under six feet in & , 1t is not alone in height that Fulton and Willard stand apart when com- pared with the former champions in this class. They are also heavier and have longer reaches .and in all prob- ability in the heat of action pack a more crushing blow, although this is purely a matter of opinion because *here is mo way Of comparing their punching power with that of those wh ave gone befcre. ‘Willard in his battle with Johnson at ., 1915, entered the Ting hing about 225 .pounds. Fulton given his normal fighting weight t about 225 Ibs, When the pair meet for the championship it is likely that the titleholder will not train much be- 0 pounds, while his challenger will carry more than the usual amount of flesh, in view of the long battle that is generally predicted’ before a winner is evolved from the fiying fists of the combatants. With the possible cption of Johnsom's weight against lard the pair would be the heaviest who ever fought.for the title. John- con tipped the scales at a trifle over 220 pounds at Havana, which was ¢ twenty pounds more thmn he weiched when he won from Jeffries in 1810. No other heavyweight in his prime, excepting Jeffries. ever weighed ovar 200 pounds while at his best. ve-inspiring as i the- size of Wil- or Fulton they appear to be very evenly matched in general phy- sical make-up. The champion is an nch tafler ang weighs some twenty - |pounds more., In.reach, an important et of the boxer, they are about say. that while training machincs have they |2 equal. Willard is larger throush the body but Fulton has the greater ex- been. going over and many fighting planes have been made in France by Amefican mechanics ‘rom American ! only about American-made airplanes w™l be deliversd in France by July 1 instead of about 12,- . A8 proposed under the original w Two fls’hmx planes , and .ahout. dosen others are in the final m ang_ should be r mmuy. £ machines sufficlent to com- pose three squadrons of eighteen ma- chines each, have been constructed in Fremeh factories from American ma- “terials and by Ameriean mechanics | semt abroad for that purpose, | _ Statements made on the floor of the | semate that the Liberty motor so far| has been used enly in bombing ma- peed extraordinary speed of the single-scated fighters, are u to have been confirmed by pesses, though they praiseq t of the motor. Criticism of the airplane sitnation | was ‘renewed for a time in the senate | today, guring an upon the cofttmittee on publ rmatfon be- canse of items published in the offi- cial Bulletin which senators claime ading and flambuoy- | i Members of the military committes | will again visit the war con mogrow at the war departm, A man may have plents of money and :yst be unhappy, to be unhappy wit out it. | | NOTICE | THE PONEMAH MILLS SALESROOM WILL NOT| BE 'OPEN FRIDAY OR! SATURDAY OF THIS WEEK, MARCH 25th AND 30th. ! | DR. F. C. JACKSON DR. D. J. COYLE 'DENTISTS Office Mours: | | { 9a mt?dp m Telephons swhitg- THE AETNA - Billiards ALLEYS Phone Conn. 6 TABLES ajestic Building, Shetucket 8t Norwich, Conn. Bowl and play Billiards for exercise and recreation |3. Collonan pansion. Tn the various measure- ments of arms and legs Willard is a trifle larger but Fulton is the sinewy . type of athlete who possesses great power without the accompanying briging muscles. Youth s also on his side for he is at least elght years vounger than the titleholder. QUINEBAUG. CHAMPS. DEFEAT BROWN ALL STAR FIVE. Fine Playing Nets Plainfield 27 Points to Their Opponents’ 10. (Special to The Builetin.) Plainfield, March 29.—The Plainfield High school basketball team, cham- ons of the Quinebaug Valley league, defeated the Brown All Stars in a fast and exciting game in Milner hall last evening. The game opened with a snap and_after five minutes of hard playing Collonan dropped the ball through the basket for two . points. Daggett a moment later duplicated this good_work with, two more points. The All Star players then took a hand in the scoring part of it with Denison making a pretty basket, which was on followed by arnther thrown by rgstrom. =~ Witis ccore 4 to 4, Daggett of Plainh started the score upward wit .other basket. From that time on thc Plainfield boys shot often, but were way off in the of shooting. A free try for the et was nicely carried out by and the half ended with the of 7-4 on the right side of the the Plainfield boys began to display a little pa ork which resulted in- bas- made by Daggett and, Burby. Winsor of the All Stars did all scoring for the visitors in the second the whistle was blown ‘for the final Plainfield had completed her basket- hall season in the right way, winning 7 the score of 27-10. Field baskets, for Plainfield, Daggett 5, Potter 4, Burby 2,.Allen 1; Brown ANl Stars, Winsor 3, Denison 1, Berg- strom. The lineups: P. H. S Daggett Brown All Stars. Denison H. Collonan T Genter. Potter, iiocsaesstoce san Téft Forward. Jouret ... Right Ferward. 2 Referes, Chapman; scorer, Seguin. : EMMET WILL HEAD HARVARD'S VARSITY: CREW. Decrease in Attendance at College Has Not Affected Rowing Greatly. R. €. Emmet, "19, of South Salem, N: Y., hos been élected captain of the Harvard university crew of this eea- |son. Emmet prepared .at St Fuui's re he stroked his mecond c In the first year at Har. verd he wae captain and stroke of (%e 1910 eight, which defeated the Yale frechmen, setting up a record for the course. Last seasor Emmet rowed school, whes crew club, |stroke in the second varsity boat and | early this scason was advanced to that position in the varsity shell. Emmet ucceeds E. Parkman, 13, who was appointed acting captain in the fall, ‘The entire crew squad, comprising 14 varsity and freshman shells, went on the Charles river' Monday for the first time this season. -Despite the decrease in attendance at the univer- sity since last year, there are only BELL-ANS Absolutely Removes Indigestion.’ Druggists refund money if it fails. 25¢ Longer Reaches and Pack Heavier Blows ‘Than Other Fighters—Willard Has a Little On Fulton in Physical| — three less cfews rowing now than there were last spring. Coach William Haines directed -the first varsity shell in its longest row of the season. No changes were made in the eeating of crews. Prior to ‘the practice session, the coach outlined preliminary train- ing rules for both the varsity and the freshman squads. A modified training schedule will be inaugurated, starting this week. The last few days have seen a con- siderable change for the better in the track eitoation. -The interest shown has steadily increased and while many more candidates axe needed, the ‘de- ficiency is' not so serious as it seemed at first. One upper classman has re- ported for the pole vault and more are expected. High hurdle work and broad jump practice have Degun. PALACE LEAGUE. Murphy’s Bowlers Take Three Straight Landing Them Within One Game of First Pla In the Palace league Friday evening Team 5 took three games from Capt. McCarthy’s bowlers and by so doing crept up to within one game of the leaders. In the last 12 zames Tesm No. 5 has only lost one game, and with their present stride should land first mone: Friday night's match was fast and furious, both - teams ‘rolling in_ top form. The first string was close, Team No. 5 winning by only 12 pins, and the second string was even more exciting with Murphy's pin smashers nosing out by 1 maple. The last game wwnt to Team 5 by a wide margin. they hitting the pins fof a team total of 551. Clark took high single with 28 and Murphy {The scores: Team No. 4. ‘Hoyt Barry . Bolton . Neyins 90— 500 1 i i {Anderson 551 1501 SPORTING NOTES The report that Albert arm is bothering him is good news in Pittsburgh, but wait a while! Joe Sugden, the famous ball player, is spending his annual spring’ vacation at the Cardinals’ training camp. Joe Dugan, the Athletics’ young shortstop, Is “another Dick Barry in the gpinion of Quaker baseball Sharps, Fritz Maisel is playing with new' enthusiasm now that he is glated to cover third base regularly -for the Browns. A 15-round mill between Dave Pow- ers of Malden and Phil Bloom ought ito be a drawing card for the next ex- hibition here. Larry Doyle's return to the Giants jmeans that he will get a big recep- tion when he shows for the first time in the Brush stadium. If Clark Griffith had secured Pratt and Ping Bodic when he had | the jchance, the Washingtons now would be considered dangerous. Barring accidents and ill luck, Clark Griffith expects the Senators to give a 2ood account of themselves in the 1918 American league pennant race. Connie Mack's new “Athletics are shaping up well at Jacksonville except in ‘the box. Mack is on the lookout for at least three capable pitchers. Coach' Tim Sullivan has some little task before him to whip that bunca ipto anything that resembles a ball club. Rube Marquard has asked to be sent against his old friends, the Giants, Wwhen they open with the Brooklyns af :.lhae Polo grounds three weeks from to- y. Jack Hendricks, manager of the Cardinals, and the great Hornsby have become close friends, which mwvans that Hornsby has forgotten that he couldn’t get a $10,000 salary. The wrestling game in this city has been sadly neglected, but there is a rumor current that a’' lightweight wrestling champ*is in our midst. Per- haps he may be able to start something in this) line. Now that Jess Willard and Fred Fulton are matched ito - meet match. Judging by Fulton's past per- exceed that of the Johmson and Jef- fries battle. When _Jess was -asked what he thought of Fulton as a chai- lenger, he said: “Fulton is about the biggest man and about the best boxer who could give me a hard battle, and that iz one reason I consented fo lei Fred box me, but I don't expect him to igo more than ten rownds with me.” ARE ADVOCATING PRISON LABOR FOR FARMS. Together on Propesition, | At a Tuncheor. Tucetay at'thc City club in FHartford there wers present sbout 30 men ‘representing the penal institutions and the agricultural inter- ests ‘of our state. Hon. J. K. Light of South Norwalk Was unable to be pres- ent, and Rey. W. O. Keirstead acted as chairman of the meeting, and Prof. C, A. Wheeler, lecturer of the Connecti- cut State grange, as secretary. . E. Duffy of West Hartford was the first speaker and made a patriotic appeal for help for the farmers. He said: “In order & win the war we must have help on the farm. We can use the women, the high school boys and the convict labor.” H. J. Baker, director of the exten- sion service of the Connecticut Agri- cultural college, emphasized the fact that the labor problem of the country, which had been grbwing acute for years, is even more serious now be- cause we must feed our army, our. navy and the civil population of our allies, “The farmer will plant ‘more if he can be sure of labor, and theréfore 2 nlan should be worked out for the 1 {transportation and dinner. The outside took high total with 348.} Mamaux’s | of candidates for the Academy team ! formances, the gate receipts should | Agricufturisty amd Prison Officialc Get | labor produced $13,000 in revenue, be- sides growing on their farms $5,000 worth of products. The prisoners were transported as far ‘as 18 miles from the institution. They lost but three prisoners in two years. Sheriff Gates said that the plan had been in use for several years and had worked weil, Sherift Simeon Pease of Fairfield county represent the larger jatls, where the problem Is somewhat more difficult. Sheriff Pease said: “Fairfleld &m:: averages 200 prisoners, and of about 40 to 60 could be used for farm laborers. 1 am ready to help supply labor in gangs of 10 with guards.” Sheriff Dewey stated that they were under contract with the Metropolitan men Iast year for work on thge farms, Arrangements woul ve to made with them if a larger mumber were used this year. The farmers trans- ported the prisoners, furnished dinner and paid $1.50 each per day fora seven hour day in the field. No guards were lused and only ‘one man was lost. He jadvocated selecting the men carefully and eending them - out in smaller gToups without guards. Hartford av- erages 386 prisoners and will use some of them on its recently purchased farm at Newingtop. Hx-Ward Claughry of ihe Conneciicy on both spoke of the limitations to the use of prison iaber itom Wethersfield ibecause of the la restricts a prisoner 10 o two-mife radius except on road work on in vase of paroled prisoners, and they said the paroled imeén - natirally seek empleéyment in: {factorics rather than on farms becadte {of_the higher wages pa:d. | Dr.J. W. Barford {spoke of the state’s large e i for dependents and the: po: igreater agricultural production ere available. Others who participated in the dis- cussion were leonard H. Healy, sec- te 1o of cgri€ul- ture; E. A. Brown, agent for Harttord county farm bura A. Sherwood of Schultz of X ; H . Cort of ) Grosvenordale, Sheriff F. H. Turking- ton of Litchficld Fravk E. Blakeman, master of Connecticut State grange, (county and Sherift Dewey of Hartford |o Chair company, which had released 25 |been everything poséible eliminate the boys who they the farms this year. un-sod land, iabor needs, seed suply and corn plans for the coming year. One result al- || w. has been uncovered due to the survey. At the conclusion of the report two counties - immediately asked the food committee to assist them in' a simi‘ar census. Other “counties expressed a desire to takes up the work but felt it necessary to take the matter.up with; . their executive, council. % i Mrs. Samuel Russell, of Middletown, | who reported on the Junior Food Army for the food committee, declared that i {praciicaliy assured for the state. The ! counts club leaders who ‘are in charge of thi work for the committee have {received a very hearty response in| {every _county. Enrollment, which {to be conducted through the schools, {is to be begun very soon.: Every boy lor girl who are willing to do " their vart, will be siven a badge showing ~~nibership at the time of their ‘en- | # lment and, when their gork s sompleted, will receive ‘a certificaie from the Governor. The local fairs arc without/ exception planning to hold local exhibits - the winners at these lan army. of 50,000 boys and' girls is |} TALKING MACHI fairs to then go to the county fairs and to finally compete at the State fair at Berlin, & . . The marketing situation was re- portedported upon by Professor Buy C. Smith, of the Conn. Agricultural College, and according to him great in- the development of this work. Bridge- port was declared to be highly pleaecd terest is being shown in the State in e 6RD"E§ N and A. B. mpton of Middletown. FOOD SITUATION 1S RAPIDLY IMPROVING Boys Tc Be Enrolled Fer Form Work Through Schools This Y L% The Committee of Food Supply of the State Council of Defense with its S | various sub-conumittees discussed the food situation with an enthusistic {gathering of represgntative . farmers and farm bureau men of the State at {the Hartmord Club Saturday after- {noon and from the opinions expressed lat the meeting it was generally felt that from a production standpoint, the food situation in Connecticut is rapidly improving. Arthur How? who reported upon boy labor for farms, declared that every boy in the state who will be worth WAR NEW England and italy Reduce Shoe Prices by ‘Standardization. There has already been a drop in the prices charged by retailers for footwear in England in view of the Government's action in placing on the market standardized shoes made at controlled {:tes of profit, accordinf to a report to the United States De- {partment of Commerce. At a recent exhibition of “war-time” boots 39 samples were shown, ranging from heavy boots for carters and la- Iborers to shoes for. ordinary street |use, 'and children’s - ehoes. Prices range from $2.06 to $6.38 a pair. The shoes are made entirely of leather and {the retailer’s price is stamped on the sole, { ltalian shoe Factories are manu- |facturing standardized shoes, using {leather furnished by the Government, which controls the system of sales to the public. In England the manufacture of | standard] cloth for men's suits has {made rapid progress, 24 patterns being iincluded in the first goods = shown. |As now planned, provision is made for 750,000 to 1,000,000 suits ready for delivery from ‘June to August, The project may later include pro- {duction of certain classes of cloth for women's wear, with .a gradually widening range of production under Government standardization. Agricultural Department Shows Range of War Emergency Work. Of the total of nearly $20,000,000 ask- ed for war emergency activities by ithe Department of Agriculture it is: proposed to use $8,000,000 for the pur- chase and cooperative agricultural ex- tension work in cooperation with the State agricultural colleges; $1,269,655 for combining animal diseases, stimul- ating the production pf live stock, and encouraging the conservation and util- ization of meat, poultry, dairy, and {other animal products; $11,300 for the prevention, control, and eradication of insects and plant diseases, and the | conservation and utilization of plant { products; $2,368,958 for extending and {enlarging the Market News Service of {the Bureau of _Markets, ~preventing { usie of food in storage, .in tranist or | held for sale, giving advice concerning the market movement ‘or distribution of perishable products, making. inspec- tions and certifications regarding the |condition of perishable agricultural products, and gathering information in connection with the demand for and |the production, supply, distribution, ‘and utilization of food; ang $1,080,980 jfor dealing with the farm-labor prob- ilem, enlarging the informational work iof the department, printing and dis- |tributing em'ergencyn‘ , posters, and other publications, &nd-extending the work of the Bureaun of Chemistry, the Bureau of Entomology, and.the | Bureau of Biological Survey. \ Only 8.18 Per Cent of Men Cafled Falil to Appea Of the 3,082,949 persons called und- er the gelective service act, 262,294, or 8.18 per cent, failed to appear for ex- amination, according to a statement issued by the Provost Marshal Gene- ral. This number, however, included men who had previously anlisted or been commissioned and had failed to notify their boards, some who had died, and many who were transfered to other boards but by mistake had heen carried on the books of their local boards—estimated at 100.000. Many of the remaining 150,000 were aliens, a number of whom left the ‘country to enlist in their own armies. The statement estimates' the num- ber of real “slackers” at not more than 50000, or an average of less than 10 for each local board. Public Health: Service Studies' Means to Check Disease Near Army Camps. An investigation for the purpose of prevent inproving methods for tion and | Fruif' Growers' Exchange, which Is in Stories of Activities and Conditions Throughout the United States and on the-Battle Fronts, s with the market supervisor furnished them by the Cemmittee of Food Supply and the U. S. Bureau of Markets co- operating during the 'past 'season. Several Conn. cities are.contemplating takinz up this work during the coming season according to him. Professor Smith mentioned the New England the process of formation at the present. time. . Fourteen co-operative: buyifig organizations have purchased * ovcr: $100,090. worth of cupplies in the.state Guring the past year. Professoor |<mifll olso reportzd evn the short term B hicl i ) of Food Supply and which has been accepted by twenty banks of the State. You never know what you can do until you try to undo what you have done. ‘ : S DIGEST was inau- | Columbia Grafonolas as low as $18.00 control of communicable disease,, espc- mear Army camps, is being made by the: United. States Public Health Service. . The work will relate ‘largely to the.standardization and preparation of serums. . - Russian Developments Worry Editor of German Newspaper.' Translations of editorial comment in the German press made public.by the Committee on - Public Information, in- clude the following from the Berliner Tageblatt: 2 . “The terms of the ultimatum to Rus- sia_will please even the ‘most unre- lenting advocates of violerice. It would be interesting to hear Hertling, Who accepted Wilson's second principle that people are mnot to be bartered about from sovereign ‘to sovereign, tween the political methods of- the past and those of today. It may be conceded that today the . German Reichstag 5 = informed of - coming changes, but not until the matter has been settled without it. We' all ‘hope this ‘policy will bring peace and pros- perity, but we'camn fot conceal our anxiety at the birth of these new States.” Vast Amount of Food Goes to Allied ‘Countries ‘From United States. Statistics compiled by the Food Ad- ministration show that the grand tatal of all food exported to the four allies —the United' Kingdom. France, Italy, and Russia—from July 1, 1914, to January 1, 1918, would furnish com- plete yearly rations. for 57100933 adult persons, with a surplus of pro- tein capable of supplying this por- tion of the diet for 22,194,570 additional men. Since the beginning of the war the United States has averaged to supply the allies with food enough each year to export 16,314 552 persons and with an excess of both protein and ‘fats sufficient for several millions more. ' The total exports of wheat d wheat flour to the three principal al explain just what differéfices exist be- Pay insurance, according -to the Treasury Department. Circulars = have -latély been sent out by claim agents and at- torneys offering to assist persons en- titled to the benefits of this insurance in_collecting their claims. The procedure for the prescntation and collection of insurance claims. is, simple. * Blanks may be-secured from the Bureau of War-Risk Insurance at Washington. The name of the per- son in service who was killed or in- jured, and the relationship which he bore to the person making the cloim, should be given. / War Trade Board Finds German Sub- marines Directed at Neutrals. Germany’s ‘war leaders are using the submarine to prevent fulfillment of America’s agreements to feed and re- lieve European neutrals, according to a stitement, by the War Trade Board. 1t says: . “A mass of cumulative évidence and indications in the possession of the War Trade ‘Board shows ‘that Ger- many is employing the submarine men- ceiving and food or favors at the hands ace to preyent neighbor neutrals re- of the United States and its associates in the war, and to coerce these neut- rals through starvation and political and economic dependence upon ' Ger-' many, quite as much to strike-at the communications of its opponents— Germany’s ostensible aim in’proclaim- ing the ruthless submarine campaign. | “Further indications tend to show that the submarinés: are being used along similar dog-in-the-manger lines, to destroy neutral shipping without regard to its employment.” ' t l Increase of Meat Animals Over 6,000,000 ; Reports based on figures_from ‘the in Year lies, Russia getting but a very small per cent of the whole, were equivalént to about 384,000,000 bushels, or an ave- aorage of about 110,000,000 bushels’ a year. Of this total amount the Unit- ed Kingdom got 145348000 bushels of wheat and 8,512 000° barrels of ‘wheat flour; France got 79,798,000 bushels of Wwheat and 5,462,000 barrels of: wheat flour; Italy 87,186 000 bushels of wheat and 1,895,000 barrels of wheat flour. Russia. received only 130,000 - bushels of wheat and 25,000 barrels of wheat lour. - The total experts of pork products were nearly . 2,000 000,000 pounds, a yearly average of about 570,000,000 570,000,000 pounds. The total sugar exports were over 2.269,000,000 pounds, a yearly average of about 648 000,000, Of'.corn there:was exported. 23,332,000 béx"lhall: oats, 207.981,000; rye, 8,407 Reports Show Increase in Wages Paid to iron and Steel Workers. A report to the Department of Labor covering the six departments of the fron and steel industry-shows that, while not so pronounced as the rise in prices, wage8 increased since May, 1915, as follows: In biast furnaces, 52 per cent; in Bessemer converters, 58 per cent: in open-hearth furnaces. 36 per cent; in blooming mills. 35 per cent; in plate mills, 50 per cent; in sheet mills, 95 per cent, In nearly every case the bureau found , mén working opproximately the same num- ber of hours per week as in 1915, Since this report was compiled there have been addition increases. of ap- proximately 16 per cent. - . - No Nead for Agents in Placing Claims for War Risk Insurance. Soldiers, eailors, or their: bemef e law need not em| attor- neys or 5 . the Department of Agriculture show that and Easiest Payments . THE BEST VALUE SAY THOSE WHO KNOW Be sure of yours for Easter [he Pla Main Street, Norwich Talking Machine Owners—Join Our Record Club $10.00 WORTH OF NEW RECORDS NE (0)\'4 ut-Cadden Co. | = Telephone 3, 800 - (;ta“,¢ only -ONE-DOLEAR ‘o1 délivesy, balance on weekly terms are being built at. the Ford plant will be known as “Eagles’ and will con- stitute the'Eagle class of boats. Wheat farmers in some of the grain districts: of the Northwestern States are buying advertising in newspapers, urging consumers to save food. There is.no Fedral legislation re- gulating the playing of the national anthem but some States have statutes forbidding playing it.as a part of a medley. Although bakers who use less than 8 barrels of flour and meal a month are not required to secure food admin- istration licenses a recent rule gives them the right to come under license. ed is under consideration by Congress. Sales of war-savings stamps have run as high as $3,006,000 a day. This amount” provides ' the . Treasury with about one-tenth of the entire améunt now being expended by the Nation for the war. While $3000000 is only 3 cents a day for every man, woman, and child ip the country,sthe entire cost of the war is but 30 cents per capita a day. Over $41,000 in 5-cent,Smilage cou- pons has come in from ‘the big camps to headquarters at the Commission on Training Camp Activities in Wash- ington. These coupons represent ad- missions to theatrical events at the camps. Soldiers from the smaller ‘The “service flag” is not official, but | towns receive their books early, be=" its general use is encouraged by the|cause of the prompt response of these . Govérnment. It has been patented by | places when Smilage books wera private parties. The matter of having | placed on sale, and in many cases = an official service flag not so.controll- | have used the mup. 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When canvas or cloth is used the address should be written on a shipping tag, ‘with the name and address of the send- er on the reverse side. Given. names sho be_written in fill, instead of initials. The title of the addresses and the full name of the unit or num:d fl‘:d. w’I:k-.h he is assigned should be a ¢ being sufficient'in the way of further address to use the w “American Expedi- tionary Forces" . The sale of British and Irish wool to persons other than thosé authorized by the Government has been forbid den. S Arrangements are being made to keep a complete record of all -who serve in the Army or Navy dur- ing the war. F.8.2.C0. Aiodkntour:elecfionwfllcmvince you that we have just the Hat at just the price you were looking for. BATES-STREET SHIRTS that are sure to please. CUSTOM-MADE CLOTHES Our Spring Woolens have more than met our expectations and we are pleased to take your measure. Fit and ] manship guaranteed. 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