Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-04-12

The war trade board has granted
licenses for raw cotton to Spain in
quantity sufficient to load several
Spanish vessels. This action pro-
vides cotton necessary to fill the nor
NAL requirements of the Spanish
mills.
Under the agreement with Spain
that nation permits free export to the
allies of certain commodities in re-
turn for which the United States per-
mits. so far as consistent with Its con-
servation policies. the export to Spain
of necessary supplies Of cotton and
other commodities to cover genuine
Spanish requirements.
Congress has authorized $2.034. .000.-
600, of which sum $1.135. 100000 has
been appropriated. for the United
States shipping board and Emergency
Fleet corporation; on March 1, $685.
247,95537 of this sum had been ex-
pended. The Emergency Fleet cor
poration had requisitioned March /.
425 steel vessels and contracted for
| 720 steel vessels. making a total of
Las steel ships. of an aggregate dead
weight tonnage of S,164,508 tons; II
| had let contracts for 400 wooden ves-
sells, aggregating approximately 1,715.-
600 lightweight tons; 1t had repaired
nd In
weight tonnage seized from Germany
and Austria. On March 5 the build
ing program of the Emergency Fleet
corporation was being carried on in
151 plants.
Among the purchasers of the quar-
termaster's department are 61000,000
pounds of prunes and dried beans;
273,0000O0 cans of tomatoes. con-
densed milk. and baked beans; 40
100000 yards of mosquito bar; 75,-
100000 yards of olive drab; 10000
600 wooden blankets; 50,000.000 pairs
of heavy stockings; 100000 wool
coats. The ordnance program In
cludes the purchase of 23,OO0000 hand
grenades. 725.0OO automatic pistols.
250.O00 revolvers, 23OOO000 projectiles
for heavy artillery, 427.246, 900 pounds
Of explosives. 100000 machine guns,
and 2,4S4,00O rifles.
A war emergency course to train
selected men for fnachine-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. 1t is known as Bulletin
| No. s.
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 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
| 109,487 men have been transferred
out Of army divisions into technical
units to function according to indl-
vidual educational. occupational and
military qualifications.
There are now four times as many
vessels In naval service as year ago.
The estimated pay Of officers and men
in the navy for the first year of war
was $125.000.000.
The Norwegian government has ap-
propriated $7,O00.000 to assist inten-
sive agricultured development. OF
| this amount, $4,5OO,OOO 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.
600.
During IL months the army hospit-
ais increased from z to 63 in number
and from 5000 to 58.400 beds; 10000
more beds are being added
More than 10000 acres of land in
this country has been planted with
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