Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 6, 1918, Page 12

BTN One year ago (R Hflmmmmumphedm the bitterest struggle ever staged ‘between roads and tires, a con- flict of 4,178,744 tire miles, Goodrich™ Tested Tires. Mmd-mflfimwflm Goodrich, challenging the Mdmmntmo{mg‘h,mt The roads did their worst. East, west, north and south, as the Test Car Fleets whirled from state to state, the teeth of The quuero Conquerers of The Road Hail SILVERTOWN CORDS, and BLACK SAFETY TREADS, proved themselves masters of the road. The spiral-wrapped, the road gnawed at Goodrich Tires. cable-cord tire body; and the tough, q But the tires conquered with phenom- close~clutch, cross-barred black safety v qnlmfln@athatdoublededrich;mddgfiedmroushm pride. From that test covering millions . e, oGP o iy, 4222 by oy e anmfimmndzd,theTESTEDof“memmmaudfim' Goodrich Tested Tires, Py ’ ’ ‘ested mean certainf i 3 fir:m-v: sennc?: o::;w‘::’t Reap the benefits of this means a lot to a tire user. nation-wide victory of It means long life in a tire, Goodrich Tires, the sure & and dependability on the mileage and dependability 5 road, for no hidden weak- ofaprvvenfixeservice,b}" ness could conceal itself in demanding tires that won that year long test of the title, “America’s Tested Goodrich's Test Car Fleets, Tires.” | & { g THE B. F. GOODRICH RUBBER COMPANY i__ a Providence Branch: 60 Broadway, Providence, R 1, Employment Service Plans to Supply Farm Workers. A special farm-service division is eing established in most of the 100 offices of the United States Employ- metn Service as one of the plans for meeting the labor reqairements of the farm Special fleld agents are into districts where acute shortage exists or where ! large numbers will be farm-labo ugii§ually needed A weekly bulletin will be jssued fm which opportunities for farm employ- ment and the needs of certain districts will be listed. Posters announcing the location of Federal and State em- ployment offices are bing hung in post offices, Tailway ms, and other public. places. All third and fourth class post offiess, of which there are 55,000, are dow authorized farm-labor employ- mebt offices. During the harvest saif’in’ éertain States temporary offices will' be opened in a number of cities for “the purpose of furnishing ac- surate Information as to where har- vest hands are needed. A weekly report of farm-labor con- Sitions is being sent to the main office it Washington by all branch offices @ by many Stats employment Sffizes Amesican Army Rifle Superior "That Used by German Troops. American troops are armed th a to A TEACHER OF “NEW THOUGHT" - Believes 'FRUITATIVES" Highest n—n&-n..wm.m.sm.. I‘R.A.LYOUHG *T am not in the habit of praising any msterial medicine as I am an sdvocate of New Thought (akin to Cthuuee)bmmmehmem, Thad such & bad attack of Liver and Stomach Trouble that I gave up thinking I did not bave it, and took &nstural medicine, ‘Fruit-a-tives’ or Fruit Liver Tablets. Most gralifying was the resnlt. 1t relieved myliverand stomach trouble, up my yellowish complexion £2d put new blood in my body. ‘While I am no backslider from Thought’, I feel there may be ftimes when & help to nature may be and if 90, I believe that |‘Fruit-a-tives’ is the highest result of 80e.a box, 6 for $2.50, trial size 25c. mdu-q-'n-mnunm e S L T o3 VIRV THE CITY OF GOODRICH - AKRON OHIO Y82 e $AT RUCEABT O PO 04T B L E A ANOQ R O WAR NEWS DIGEST Stories of Activities and Conditions Throughout the United States and on the Battle Fronts, faster firing and more accurate' rifie |than used by the Germans, according 1o our expert designeds, manu- facturers, and marksmen, says atement by the Bureau of Ordnance. One military critic and writer claims the German Mauser does not permit the most ekilled user to get more than 50 per cent. of the firing speed of the imodified Enfield adopted for the United States service. 'he superiority claimed for the American weapon supported on three counts: Quicker firing as a result of bolt-handle design, easier |and quicker sighting as a result sigit design, greater accuracy of b let flight resulting from bullet design and greater mechanical accuracy of chamber and bore. Gun Division of Bureau of Ordnance May spend $2,000,0000. 1 A summeary of the work -of the| Gun Division of the Bureau of Ord- ance shows it has been necessary, to large plants for manufaciure of mobile artillery cannon. The total program of the Gun' Division calls for | an_expenditure of nearly $2,000,000,00 The major projects have inciuded: struction of smokele: powder nmnh in face of the necessity of now_underway. 000,000 for plant facilities to manu- facture artillery cannon, with an esti- mate that $300.000,000 wili be spent for annon alone ithin two years after the beginning of the war. Preparations for the - erection . of plants to extract toluol. from the AIlumm:lung gas being furnished cities private gas companies. “onservation of the supply of am- monium nitrate and acids and con- struction at Government expense of a plant for.the fixation of nitrogen and its final conversion into ammonium nitrate. Construction, now undertaken, of ‘a gas filling plant to cost approximately, $1500,00 and five large shell filling plxn'.n with a total cost of $25,000,- Uso of Coal Gas in Motor Vehicles Ingreases in England. The use of gae as a substitute for| gasoline for motor traction is in- creasing in’ England. According to a report to the United States -Depart- ment of Commerce about 4,500 com- mercial vehicles have already beeen equipped to run on coal gas, with an estimated saving of gasolene of 3,000~ 000 gallons a year. ! As a provision to maintain the supply of gas in districts where it is urgently needed for national work an order has been tssued under which the use of gas manufactured or sup- plied by any specific undertaking may be prohibited in motor vehicles other itself. German Factories Made .Wooden Soles for Shoes. There are now 180 firms employed in Germanyin the manufacture of Whole-wood soles for new footwear Wwith an output of 400,000 pairs week- ly. Beechwood has been chiefly used, but any hardwood, with the exception of oak, will serve equally weli. Of the German boot and shoe fac- tories which were in existence ‘befotre the war only 400 are nmow at work; of these 25 per cent. are working for the army administration alone, 25 per cent. are employed in connection with the manufacture of gloves and similar articles, and the remaining $0 per cent. have the task of meeting the civilian boot and shoe requirements. Review of War Lists Achievemants of Army and Navy. the Official Review of the First Year of War, made public by: the Committee’ on_Public Information: added. The following_ statements .are tml Of §3,208 - candidates oranauEvie 2 | Establishment - exceeds 425,000. doupling the present output. 'rnesc,' Expenditure of approximately $40,- |0} ‘436..129,7’5& than those used by the undertakingi allies, Is $12,067,378,679.07. During the ‘first year of war - the United States Army has increased. in actual strength from 9,524 officers and 202,510 _enlisted men ‘to 123,801 officers and 1,528,924 enlisted men. Strength of the ‘Navy today is nearly - 21,000 officers and 330,000 - enlisted men; strength a year ago was 4,792 officers and 77,946 enlisted men. The total number of persons now in the Naval The first contingent of the ex- peditionary. forces landed safely at a French port 83 days after war was:de- clared. American troops went on the e for their baptiem of fire 187 days after war was declared. 73,000 mechanics and other civilian employees are working _ at na rds. and_stations. More than 700 privately owned ves- sels have been purchased or chartered by_the Navy. Some 300 woolen mills are working on Army contracts. Over 20,000,000 pairs of shoes have been ordered for the Army. Treasury Department floated $6,- 616,532,300 subscriptions to Liberty bonds. Toans to a total of had been mad to end of 1 Total weight ofsteel thrown by a single - broadside m . the- Pennsyi- vénia to-day is 17,508 pounds; maxi- mum_broadside of largest ship during Spanish - American -War was" 5,660 pound Two weeks after war was declated cts had been made covering the ements of an Army ‘of 1,000,000 material compriéing 8,700,- $3,882,900,000 to cobelligerent nations han 11,000 manufacturers:bid Business, 1 deaths in the Army Mom Apfil | 6 191., to March 14, for all causes;, wae reported Dby The Adjutant Generals Office to he 1,191. Of this number, 132 were reported as killed inaction and, 237 died or were lost at sea. The total number wounded in. action was 404. Thiriy-five men have been. re ported as missing; 28 of them are said to have been captured: Cas- ualities in the Navy and Marine Corps from April 6 to December 31, 1917, in- clude 5 naval officers and 139 enlisted men, killed or died from wounds. No officers were reported as wounded in action, but 10 enlisted men were 50 re- ported. Government now operates - 260,000 miles of railway, .employing 1,000,- 600 men and representing investntent of_$17,500,000,600. Bonds, certificates of indebtedness. war-savings certificates. and = thrift stamps issued by the Treasury up to March 12 totaled $8,560,802,052.96. ted in the war on March 12, 1918, $4;- To March 12, the War-Risk-In- surance Bureau had issued pelicies for a total of $12,465,116,500 to the armed forces. Aliotments 'and #®owances to soldiers’ and sailirs’ dependents paid by the Government in February amounted to $19,976,543. The Ordnance Department manufac- tures about 100,000 items. One type of gun with its carriage has 7,990 varts, exclusive of accessorfes. For training troops in tantonments 1,000,000,000 rounds of ammunition have been bought, The.Navy has developed an Ameri- can mine believed to combine all the good points of various types of mines, and is manufacturing them in quan- tities. Army medical training schools have been created with capacity’ of' 21,000 officers and - men—15,000 -enlisted men and 6,000 officers aready trained had graduated. Naval communication service op- erates all radio service; 5.00 youths aré studying radiotelegraphy at two naval schools. Medical officers numbering 1,675 are length of 4§.3-inche: bayonet of '10".pounds and. 5 omunces. | The breech mechamism fs of the bolt | States. H from the material ‘i’ these bulletins {liver theém The United States Government had j loaned to foreign Governments associa- ! takes .80: h-filel&vl.nh‘! ich. ofl::rfl::‘@ British Enfield of béing rim- less. It has Been found that unless the nnu immediately ‘below, jams are likely to occur. The. model of 1917 has an_over-all a _total .weight including ofler vand thong case snd type. Jurgior rwr-m Men: W Aid Campaign for Third L«hfly .oan. Pizns have been onfigu or the ‘organization of - “Junior mnrr-mnm Men” in every schoof in the: coumtry. According to the Division of Four- Minute Men of-the Committee on Pub- Hic Infornition, , 'bigl esgecially prepared for school. children will "be sent - during the third Liberty loan campdign: for distribution by superin- t!ndents to'a\ll #chools’ in the United Adaregses will prepared just’ as regular Four-Minute epeakers in_motion-picture "house. prepare’ their own speeches’ from' Bulletins supplied by the Government. In " each sckool ‘the children sub- mitting the best speeches are’ to de- in public. © Accordirg ‘to plans’ the boy or girl awarded first Dprize is to get a certificate from the United _States Government ~ as 'a Junior Four-Minute' Man, Special License ‘lssued to Cover Ship- ments_ to. Troops ,Abroad. According to ‘an announcermert by the War Trade Bdard. a special li- cense has been issued coveririg ship- ments made by persons in.the United | States to, and for the personal .use of, individuals serving in the United States Army. or. Navy. or the, Ameri- can Red .Cross abro: ments by persoms in fhis country’ fo American prisoners. of -war, but has issued to facilitate small per- ors and Red Cross. workers. by doing away with the necessity of securing an Individual export license in each case. ‘Shipments by mail under_this. license must .be made in accordanc: with the rezulations of the Post Office Department. 1If it becomes necessary later to limit’ this notice will be given through the press. Lack of Knowledge of Gas Defense Fatal -to Soldi The . necessity for continuous . training \of . troops i gas defense is ehown by a statement proved by capliired - German docu- ments: « The. Germans .at a certain position on-the western front knew the British were planning to' deliver a gas attack on a German division equipped .with masks, but poorly trained in their {use. In spite of the fact that. they had ‘several days o drill before con- ditions were “suitable for the British attack, when it was finally »made hundreds- of, German casualties re- sulted. Many kinds of gases are used modern warfare. S the oyes tomparai inconvenient - than , serious. Other gases ‘are terrible in their cffect uni| Jes . proper . phdtéction “is available. They are emp!eved in. clouds, .or in} shells, bombs, and hand_grenades. It is the work of the Field Training Section of tihie Gas Defense Service 0 bring home to the American soldier the importance of his. gas mask, to thamug“hl) drill_him in' its use .and to inspire confidence. in its efficacy. thorongh and in me merely affect and .are more Gifts for Men Serving in England. Packages contalning: dutiable: zifts sent to members of the Expeditionaty, Forces tempararily serving in England will_be delivered free of duty, pro- vided' the contents 'are bona - fide gifts, the quarmtity ‘is not beyond' the personal requirements of the addressee, and that the parcels are addréssed for delivery “to the. regimental ad- dress of the reciplent. Signal .Corps School for ‘Aerial Photo- Graphy Opened at Rochester, N. Y. In the new school. opened at Rocl N, Y. to train photographers for ¥he 'Signal. Corps, thie primary training will cover four weeks alonz highly specialized developments: brong‘l-n out in the war. - At its ‘close the successful graduates will be sent on for a month's advanced' training, after. which: they will be organized into_unfts. and sent overveas. Men with the highest grades. will Se |given stm further training for come. missions _as: photographic intelligence officers, first at a school and then in actual flights at the flying fields. Farmers Borrow: Over $50,000,000 from Farm Loan Banks. During the month of .January $11,- 787,517 were paid -out to farmers .of the Upited States by the.Federal fand . banks ‘on long-time first mort- gage loans, according to a.statement| Dby_the Federal Form.Loen Board, . On February 1 the total amount . of money paid out to farmers. since the establishment . of the: Federal -land| banks was $50782431 covering 34, 020 loans closed. ‘he total amount ot This license does not' permit ship- || sonal shipments to soldiers .and sail-} . {statement there will be THE Columbia Grafonolas $18 to $240 iof war-savings securities in dry goods and department stores. H A Navy flying boat cquipped With a Liberty _engine, flew Roads, Va, to Washington, a distance of about 180 miles, in two hours. Cigarett papers in sulate at Nantes, France, United States during 1917 were valued at nearly $1,000,000. Reports are .received every iwo weeks by the Food Administration from the 19 binder twine establishments of to a recent an ample {suply of twine for the.1918 harvest. The Australian wheat crop for the season of 1917-18 is estimated at 114,- {020,600 bushels, compared with last |years- yield of 162,565,000. The 25 i|Der cent. decrease is a resulit of re- lducéd acreage and unfavorable ditions Tndia leads. all countries.in the im- portation of cotton goods. Enlistments in the. Regular Army since April 1, 1017, have been merc the ~country. . According *{ than . 579,000, The War Department Commission on Training Camp Activities' now has 55 women deputy sherifls working in vicinities of camps in all parts of the country. The period during which rye flour may be used as a wheat flour sub- stitute in Victory bread has been ex- tended to March 31, "sections of the country other sub- stitutes are not yet availabie. The campaign to $aise a .second $100,000,000- has been -announced by the American Red Cross for the we¢i beginning May 3. To date nearly $90,0000,000 has been appropriated for war relief work. wood is being-largely used in place of celluloid, ivory, and other subsiances for the manutaéture of combs. Fx- icellent - toilet combs “are made from thinly cut bdirch ‘and ‘beechwood. Only the 13-cylinder type of Lib- ‘berty. motor ' for airplanes s now Ibeing " built, it having bedn thought best in view of developments abroad to concentrate. on the - high-pewered engine instead of the -eight-cylinder. Massachusetts and Michigan chap- ters of the Daughters of the Revolu- tion are estabfishing “mending rooms" in cantonments. These departments are m for hospitals, where hun- dreds of garments are mended each . A Navy base hospital with a ca- pacity of 500 beds has reached the war zome. It wiil take caré of Navy personnel, both ashore and ‘afloat, and i’ accommodations _exist will also De avellable for the Army and aliied loans. applied for-.up to -] members of the Medical Department of the Navy. Navy maintains 12,000 hospital beds "and 5,000 are ' being for ‘commissions at two officers’. training camps 44578 were aticcesstul. o series is now in progress wi Total estimated expense - of the United States Government in the first y-:otnr,vlthmtlumwthe atiendance. ~“During the year the latest m‘l!l- was ~ $260,556,981, . representing Tt 146 applications. Feod. cards for horses are mow re- quired in Copenhagen. - Since the declaration of w employees of the ] % Comn: merce have entered military. nnil naval | services. dc.k -and wounded. | Near beer and temperance : drinks coming within the designation of malt Higuor are included in the President's to 70 per cent..of ithe amounts ‘were. umed last year. total MACHINE MONEY CAN BUY from Hampton tporting, con- | as_in some! Tt is reported from Germany that| grains and other tood murhll that | BEST VALUE TALKING restrictions’ at Vladivestok. All persons or firms engaged in im- manufacturing, _storing, or gredlents must eecure licenses on or | before March 20. Applications must be made to the Law Department, Li- cense Division, United States Food Administration, Washington, D. C. AC the Iast meeting of the National| Educatioral Asscciation a program wlm proposed to better rural schools and | asking Federal aid to the extent of| $140,000.000. The plan would be car-| ried out:in 10 years, one-tenth of the money being ®pent each year, the Goveinment to co-operate with the! States and countles. A Canadian order in council provides for the free admission into Camada of meat cattle until February when imported by bona fide of Canada under regulations by th minister of customs, ex for breeding purposes, ‘are ordina duttable at WHAT HAPPENS.TO State | Food .Administrator Citss Two _Instances In Other States. In view of ‘the narrow margin of safety, said to surround Connecticut wholesale commisston houses and consignees of potatoes and other per- ishables, the' Federal Food ‘Adminis- tration Friday gave out the two fol- {lowing instances.of what happeds to |profiteers and wanton wasters of {fod in other states. . I" “The United States Food Adm | t{.tion has closed the business of B, Baff & Son, New York poultry and ege dealers, and of three other firms in which Baff wes.active. Prof- itéering and speculation in eggs led to_the ‘revocation of all fopr licenses The four concerns comprised a little tamily trading group which was used to boost the price of eggs and add a few extra sources of -profit between |their receipt .and fnal dleposition. { None .of thé Baff copcerns will be al- lowed to do business so: long as the Food, Control, Act remains, in effect. “Failure to accept br refect two carioads of potatoes.and allowing them fo free in the railroad yards, caused the Wetner Frult and Produce Com- pany, Ft. Wayne, ‘Indiana, to Jase its food Iicense, - “For more than a week the cors stood in the yards and after more than half the ‘potatoes spotled, the company notified the comsignors that would .not_accept the shipment. theso offenses -the Food Administra- tion ordered the Welner Company to close fts business February 23.” BOY SEA CAPTAIN OF CON- NECTICUT FOUND CONTINENT. distributing fertilizers or fertilizer in- | PROFITEERS AND WASTERS | ‘mm?w THE PAYMENT OF ONLY oufi'nomn DOWN YOU MAY HAVE. Easiest terms of payment ‘Np interest—no war tax—no extras of any kind Place Yyour order early The Plaut-Cadden Company A “MAIN STREET, NORWICH, CONN.: is atiributed,to congestion and import | supported a progpero a all Captain.. Nathaniel . B. Palmer ‘Made Discovery: in the Antartic. Noanl: the name of Palmer, the traditions of th ing out ships for marine, gramme of the United Board. 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