Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1918-06-06


an announcement by the department Of
labor. The states first reporting were:
California, $4,000; Indiana, 1S,845; H.
linois, 25,OO0; Ohio, $4,000; Tennessee,
4,2OO; Wisconsin, $4,000.
In Rhode Island high school boys
are being enrolled in the reserve,
trained in handling farm machinery,
and sent In groups by automobile to
farmers to demonstrate their ability.
Mems colleges and universities are
making prompt response to the re-
quest of Secretary Of Labor Wilson
that their students be enrolled In the
public service reserve and placed on
farms this summer to assist in food
production. They will be placed with
farmers through the United States
employment service, with the aid Of
the county agents of the department
of agriculture.
Swimming is to be taught soldiers
in some training camps this summer
as a military requirement, according
to the commission on training camp
activities. A statement by the COM
mission shows that $4,000 soldiers in
camps participated in organized bas-
ket ball last season.
A war emergency course to train
selected men for machine-shop occu-
pations, blacksmithing, sheet-metal
working, and pipe fitting has been
prepared by the federal board for vo-
cational education and will be distrib-
uted to the schools throughout the
country. It is known as Bulletin
No. 8.
The board is acting with the war
department in preparing these courses
Of study and in dealing with the state
authorities In charge Of the school
work.
Recently there has been consider
able discussion through the press and
at public meetings in Australia con-
corning the, advisability of producing
more beef cattle and sowing less
acreage to wheat, according to a re-
port to the department of commerce.
Several hundred submarine chasers,
built since the war, have been deliv-
cred to the navy by 81 private con-
Germs and six navy yards; many of
these boats have crossed the Atlantic,
some in severe weather.
Through a card catalogue system
109. .4S7 men shave been transferred
out Of army divisions into technical
units to function according to indi-
vidual educational, occupational and
qualifications.
There are now four times as many
vessels in naval service as a year ago.
The estimated pay Of officers and men
In the navy for the first year of war
was $125,OO0OOO.
The Norwegian government has ap-
100000 to assist inten-
sive agricultured development. OF
this amount, $4,500OO0 is to maintain
low maximum prices for cattle feed |
and fertilizer.
New Japanese concerns numbering |
over 100 are reported as having en- !!
tered business at Shanghai during |
1917. The japanese population is rap !
idly increasing, now being about A.
BOO.
During II months the army hospit-
ais increased from to 63 in number
and from 5000 to 5S,400 beds; 10000
more beds are being added.
More than 10000 acres of land in
this country has been planted with
plants to produce oil for
aircraft. >
American troops permanently took
over a part of the firing line as an
American sector In January, 1918.
|
The navy now has in its possession
/ stock of supplies sufficient for aver
age requirements for one year.
Our 14-inch guns weigh nearly 95
.ons and are over So feet long, cost
ng $11S,000.
Our 35,OOO-ton cruiser, capable of
IS knots, will be the fastest in the
world.
The two picric acid plants to be
built at Little Rock. Ark, and Bruins
wick. Ca, contracts for which have !
been completed by the war depart
ment, will cost approximately $1,000
600.
Men Of selective service age who
leave the United States to evade mil
itary duty will have to. stand trial on
charges of violations of the selective 4