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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-23

MFS. IL. IL. ballard OF Lakeland,
after pleasant visit of a month
here to her brothers, Richard S.
and Charley Windham, went
home Sunday evening.
Airplane visits have now be-
come so common that our people
have quit "going wild" over
them. But our admiration is as
warm as ever and will continue
so as long as we have any avia-
tors here or elsewhere.
Three Heralds go free to our
boys in Camp Wheeler and one
goes free to the Waltmire broth
ers on the battle front in France
and we feel that this is extreme
| ly little that we are doing for our
gallant boys who are offering
their lives in defence of our coun-
try.
Mr. and Mrs. John Wedlocher,
after enjoying a four-months So
| jurn here, which was spent chief
ly at their winter home in the
Willow Pens section, left, Friday
morning, for their home in Cleve-
land, Ohio. They are amongst
the most progressive and popular
of our winter residents.
DR.. Mcqueen leaves Sunday,
for Camp Johnston, Jacksonville,
where he will take up his duties
as surgeon and physician for our
soldiers. Before he leaves, ev-
cry one who owes him bill ought
to pay him, so that Mrs. Mcqueen
and the children will have some
thing to live on while the doctor
is away.
WARNING If this paper ac-
cidentally gets into your box at
the post office and some other per-
sons name is on tin other
words, if it does not really belong
to you and you do not Immediate
| ly return it to the post office, you
are liable to be arrested under
the postal laws and fined $4,000.
Ask Postmaster Rhode. -2l.- ct.
AT 8 o'clock, Monday morning,
all the church bells and whistles
about town made a beautiful noise
announcing the beginning of the
great Red Cross Drive. This is
written at 9:15 a. m, just after
the music ceased-and we will
wager that Punta Gorda's re-
Spouse will be not less than IS per
cent. cover the top"
we have exhausted all the ap-
Ipropriate adjectives at our COM
mand in thanking various friends
for gifts of vegetables and fruits,
and we want another dictionary
with some words in it that will
correctly express our admiration
of 40-lb. "Texas Sweet" water
Imelon and our gratitude for the
same, which was presented, Mon
day, by D. j. Meadows, manager
of the Meadow farm south of
town. If Mr.. Meadows can find
in the dictionary any words that
will do justice to this example of
his generosity as a friend and a.
bility as a farmer, he will please
appropriate them and sign them
with the name of this scribe. 1t
certainly was a superb melon
just like everything else that Dale
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-23

Surgeons agree that in cases of cuts,
burns bruises and wounds. the first treat
ment is most important When an eff
ficient antiseptic is applied promptly,
there is no danger of infection and the
mn man or beast. Borozone is the ideal
antiseptic and healing agent. Buy it now
and be ready for an emergency. Price
25c. soc. 81. 90 and $3.50. Sold by COCH-
RAN DRUG CO. (adv.)
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-23

Next Thursday, May Both, will
be Decoration Day, which is a ma
tional holiday.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-12-23

flags, of course, are easy to make.
Even il they had all been confiscated
by the Germans, it is simple enough
to make new ones. for they are only
parallel strops of color.
The Stars and Stripes and the Union
Jack are most difficult to cut and sew
together. Some of the British flags
ere only red fields with a blue and
white cross. Some American flags
are a solid red with a blue upper left
hand corning bearing a single white
star. We saw one with five white cir
cles instead of the star. We have also
seen many red and white stripes hang
ing from fiagpoles as if the blue and
white stars were accidentally covered.
The oddly improvised British flags
are most commonly seen, for the peo-
pie are more Immediately grateful to
British bayonets and ships for their
liberation. as well as for the food.
gas masks and medical attention
which British transports rush up to
them.
But you find people everywhere
ready to tell you of their everlasting
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-12-23
4 PRACTICAL CHRISTMAS

Christmas this year finds us plan
ming our giving to meet needs far
more practical than individual desires
Little extravangances in dress have
been eliminated by war fashions. Ex-
travagances in food have been elimin-
ated by Hoover, eXtravagances in
amusements have been eliminated by
influenza regulations, so that every
thing takes a practical turn.
The woman who last Christmas
bought lacy negligee to give her
best friend is this Christmas giving
her a dozen kitchen towels or an cleo
trio iron. The man of the house in
stead of getting a 81 tie will probably
get a twenty-five cent one but, as
they say in France, "C'est lie Guerre." B"
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-12-23

six. The clock. Furthermore, entirely
of its own accord, with the burst Of
speed which is somehow latent in such
mechanisms, increased the gap be-
tween apparent and actual time, until
the poor chap found one day that he
should really be getting up when he
was returning from work. This ad-
died his pate Keepers humor him
now by adding to his collection of
alarm clocks. His aim in life, he as
sures them, is to save twenty-four
hours at a clip by having all his con-
traptions go on simultaneously so
that he may get up whole day ahead
of himself
The super-early Christmas shopper
is like cur experimental friend. Orig
inally, "early" might have meant No
vember. Then the conscientious be-
gan constituting it to mean July-about
the time when sweltering editors start
collecting snOwstorm yarns for the
holiday trade Ultimately, it may lead
the really forehanded to purchase
gifts the day before Christmas-to be
presented with fitting pomp and cir
cumstance a year later.-From the
New York Evening Post.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-12-23
"PEACE on EARTH

Christmas. 1918, is the first Christ
mas since that of 1918 which finds
the world out from beneath the black
shadow OF war-not planning and
perpetrating destruction, but busy
with reconstruction.
Peace on Earth? Yes. Good will
toward men? Toward some men, yes.
But the din that is still reverberating
from the battlefelds is in our ears,
and hatred contends with the former
feeling of universal good fellowship.
Peace on earth cannot long endure
without good will toward men. Wheth-
er we shall have both or neither de-
pends largely upon the decisions of
the grave men in Paris. May the spir-
it of Christmas influence their con-
ferences and tincture their decisions.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-12-23
The National Livestock Market

NATIONAL STOCK YARDS. EAST ST
LOUIS. ILL.,. Dee. 23-The live stock mar
ket for today was as follows:
CATTLE: Receipts S 600; Market stead!
to low.
Native beef steers S17.JO@S1S.5O.
Yearling steers and heifers $9.5O6S1600
Cows $7.5O@$12.JO.
Stockers and feeders SS.JOGs12O0.
Fair to Prime Southern beef steers $40.
O06S17.1O.
Beef cows and heifers s7.JO@sl5OO.
Calves $7.T5SS1725.
HOGS: Receipts 1900; Market stead 1
Mixed and butchers $I7.25@S17.jO. :,
Good and heavy S17.40@$1TGO.
Rough S1JOO6Sl64O.
Light S16JO6S1T.4O
Pigs $12.OOM $16.OO.
Bulk Sl71jM$lT.JO.
SHEEP: Receipts 1000; Market steady
Sheep and ewes $SOOG$9OO.
Ewes S11OO6S12.OO.
Lambs S15.OOG$15.S5.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-12-23
CASUALTY LIST

The following MisSourianS, all prl-
Yates except where otherwise speci-
fed are on the Official casualty lists:
Killed i'm Action.
Cephes Estes, Advance.
VIM. F. Rauls, Hornersville.
Lieut.. John A. Long, st. Louis.
Died of Accident or Other Causes.
Charlie Hall, MorehOuse.
Died of Disease.
Wat Lawrence, Lowry City.
VIM. J. Brady, Conception Jet.
Ellis Caldwell, Fruitland.
Wounded Severely.
Lieut.. Z. r. Vanmeter, st. Louis.
Sergt. Coburn Wilson, Weston.
Sergt. S. D. AlmsgOurd, Sarcoxie.
Sergt. Leo A. Roels, Sarcoxie.
Corp. c. H. Hawkins, New Florence.
Corp. NIrytie Clark, st. Louis.
Corp. G. T. Farris, St. Louis.
Corp. Shorty Grayam, Matthews.
Cook f. c. Weaver, CarrOlltOn.
Cook ]. L. Rhinehart, McCOnnels-
vile.
tldIHtN NlChSl' Lev HlStOii-
Everett Hammond, Marceline.
Leland F. Coffin, St. Louis.
Jos. Krawinkel, Ferguson.
Barney P. Pryor, st. LOuiss.
Frank Lenceski. St. Louis.
Carl Opal. Springfield.
Maurice B. Thompson, Cameron.
Eugene Lewis, St. Louis.
Arthur c. Hughes, Greenville.
VIM. Mazanec, Louisiana.
Frank ]. Rogers, st. Louis.
VIM. r. VOss. st. Louis.
Earl A. Rice. Pleasant Hill.
R. A. Jackson, Climax Springs.
Jos. Ramschuh, St. Louis.
Henry ]. Wolff. St. Louis.
VIM. J. Wood. De Soto.
Martin A. Kreger. Fonfelt.
Leonard Franklin Neil. Columbia;
John Neil. next of kin.
Adolph NJ Richert, st. Louis.
Ernest F. Watson. Winfield.
Arthur Davis, Jefferson City.
Wallace Dupree, Greencastle.
Orin L. Foster, Green City.
Chas Gorda. Flat River
Wm. VI. Heron. Maryville.
Mike T. Allen, Kansas City.
VI. W. Bodenstein. GordOnville
David E. Bradley. ST. Joseph.
Harry L. Cottrell, Princeton.
Ernest Rodenberry, Neely's Land
ing
Walter VI. Forbis, Chillicothe.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-12-23

Robt. R. Lotspeich, Butler.
Lieut.. Jas. H. McCord, st. Joseph.
Chaplain A. G. Duenow, st. Louis
Sergt. c. E. Swearingen, Weston.
Corp. Fred Elton, Trenten.
Corp. Stevie c. Musser, Weatherby.
Arthur Neal, Bucklin.
Russell Hoskins, Lebanon.
Ed. R. Worley, st. Louis.
Otis Hutchisor, Princeton.
John Fisher, Greenville.
David McCance, Independence.
Chas. ]. Luck, Houston.
Geo. Macomber, Queen City.
Chas. H. Tucker, Higbee.
V. B. Linville, Weston.
John Zommerman (marine). st.
Louis.
Missing in Action.
James c. Adams, Mexico.
James l.. Watts. Huntsville.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-12-23
EXECUTRIN NOTICE

Notice is hereby given, that Letters Tee
tamentary on the Estate Of Ebeneger ..
Bewick deceased, were granted to the un-
dersigned on the l4th day of December
ty, Missouri. All persons having claims
against said Estate are required to exi
hibit them for allowance to the Execute
within six months after the date of grant
ing Of said Letters, or they may be pre-
Cluded from any benefit of said Estate:
and IL such claims be not exhibited with
in one year from the date of granting
said Letters they shall be forever barred.
Attest: JNO. F. MURRY.
Judge Of Probate.
MARGARET POPE BEWICK,
EXecutrlx.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-12-23

debt to America for the relief sup
plies upon which they have been liv-
ing-fiour, preserved meat and timed
milk. In many cases the Germans
took the American white flour and re-
placed it with a mouldy black kind.
Some of the flags, hidden since the
first months of war. were composite
of the banners of Britain, France. Bel
gium and Russia. 1t is typical OF
Belgian villages to find crazy quilts"
of Allied flags sewn together by
prayerfully thankful women.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-12-23

With only one day left between now
and Christmas the final preparations
are under way. The Christmas tur-
key has taken his final stroll around
the lot and Mrs. Housewife has had
the whole family from father to lit
tie brother picking out nuts for the
Christmas fruit cake.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-12-23

A negro man upon leaving for
France was given the following in
structions by Mandy, his wife: Don't
fall off of the boat goin' over and
for goodness sake. don't get lost aft
er you get there" The first letter
she received from him after this,
started out Somewhere in France" !"
Whereupon Mandy said, Now amt
it Just like that man to go and get
lost the fust day he's there?'
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-12-23
EARLY CHRISTMAS SHOPPING

There was once a man with a sin
gle-track mind, who set his alarm
clock for seven in the morning Being
afraid that he might oversleep, he ad-
justed the hands to point an hour
ahead of time. Thus, when the buzzer
went off at seven, it was really only
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-12-23
HARD TO RECOGNIZE U. S. FLAG
Refugees Have Trouble Making Ban
nerS of Deliyerers.

AMERICAN PRESS HEADQUAR-
TIERS, Dec 23.-Flags, which form
such visible sign of enthusiasm, ap-
pear in liberated towns of France and
Belgium with astounding suddenness
in fact, as soon as the Germans are
driven out.
The queerly contrived British and
American flags flap out to greet the
first of the Allied patrols are the Won
der of visitors. French and Belgian
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-12-23

This is the day when the ordinary
man decides to do his Christmas shop
ping early; and tomorrow is the day
when he buys his wife's present.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-12-23
Columbia Boy Wounded.

Leonard Franklin Neil, son of John
Neil of 321 Gordon street, Columbia,
is listed as severely wounded on to-
days casualty list.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-12-23
SOCIETY NOTES

Spencer Shore will entertain the
following guests a: an informal dance
at his home on College avenue to-
night: Misses Jennie Hockaday. Vir-
ginia Hale, Ruth Mumford, Anna
Katherine Sykes, Frances Carter,
Sabra Niedermeyer, Ruth Eckles,
Margaret and Marian Williams, Laura
Moss Stephens. Catherine Calvert and
Edwin Moss Williams, Mitchell Gray,
Joseph Thornton. Jerre Murry. Philip
Prather, Harold Greene. Lawrence
Babb. Henry Taylor. Hartley Banks.
Allen Belden. Kenneth Craig, and ].
p Estes.
Miss Catherine Ware and her moth
er, Mrs. ]. X. Ware, of 3O6 South Ninth
street, are visiting friends in Sedalia
and Kansas City during the holidays.
Miss Laura Moss Stephens. daugh-
ter of ]. l.. stephens of Kansas City,
arrived yesterday afternoon to spend
the holidays with her grandparents.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. W. Stephens.
Pierce Niedermeyer arrived yester-
day afternoon from Camp Taylor,
Louisville, KY, to visit his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. F.. W. Niedermeyer.
Lieutenant Roy Peet of Kansas
City returned to his home yesterday
afternoon after visiting Miss Helen
Adair.
Mrs. S. c. Robinson will return to-
morrow from Kansas City where she
has been visiting her niece and will
spend Christmas with her sister. Mrs
Humphrey Walker.
Mr. and Mrs John T. Johnston left
yesterday for st. Louis to spend
Christmas after a visit with Mrs.
Johnston's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben
NJ. Anderson.
Misses Frances and Helen Mitchell
and Porter Mitchell will leave tomor-
row for Kansas City to spend Christ
mas with their father, ]. T. Mitchell,
who is convalescing from an opera
tion there
Miss Lillian Downey of Tulsa, Okla.
arrived last night to spend the holi-
days with Mr.. and Mrs. II. NJ. Craig. !
1915 East Ash street. Miss Downey |
is a sister of Mrs. Craig.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-12-23

Miss Lillian Downey of Tulsa, Okla,
arrived last night to spend the holi-
days with Mr.. and Mrs. II. NJ. Craig,
1915 East Ash street. Miss Downey
is a sister of Mrs. Craig.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-12-23

Miss Catherine Ware and her moth
er, Mrs. J. X. Ware, of 306 South Ninth
street, are visiting friends in Sedalia
and Kansas City during the holidays.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-12-23

Miss Laura Moss Stephens. daugh-
ter of ]. l.. stephens of Kansas City,
arrived yesterday afternoon to spend
the holidays with her grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs E. W. Stephens.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-12-23

Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Johnston left
yesterday for st. Louis to spend
Christmas after a visit with Mrs.
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
NJ. Anderson.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-07-10
Standing Committee OF
Police Jury

The president of the Police Jury
at the regular July meeting of that
body named standing committees and
appointed the following members to
serve on same:
Finance-W. N. Gooch, chairman;
Oscar Boudreaux, Gabriel Haydel,
John A. Pharr, Sidney ]. Wolford.
Roads-John A. Pharr, chairman;
A. E. Calm, Sidney j. Wolford, T. B.
Kimbrough.
Court House-John R. Drackett,
chairman; T. Aucoiu, Arthur Olivier,
A. E. Calm.
Board of Health-Dr. Beverly w.
Smith, president; w. N. Gooch, T. B.
Kimbrough.
A motion by A. E. Calm was car
ried fixing the salaries of the justices
of peace and the constables at the
same rates as they are now being
paid,
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-07-10

tary service or will go into occupa-
tions more necessary for the national
welfare, where there is an untitled
demand for additional man power.
They will be replaced, to the extent
that they need replacing, by the
others not liable to military service.
Natural and Logical Consequence.
p This is a natural and logical conse-
quence of the vast Withdrawals for
the Army. Nearly three million men
are said to have gone into camp or
into the Navy. It is simple and OBJ
vious fact that if the Army is to be a
national one in the fullest sense, the
places left vacant by the fighters STEP
ping forward out of the ranks of civic
industry must be filled by new work
ers, and the places vacated by them
must be in turn filled by still others,
and so on, until the ranks have been
closed up and the whole man power
has been utilized in requirements.
The need is insistent and the de-
mand is universal for systematic, Ma
tion-wide organization of the man
power that is now either idle or non
effectively employed.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-07-10
Local Boy Killed In
France

News was received from the War
Department yesterday announcing to
Mr.. AMI Mrs. A. Haige the death Of
their son, Albert, in France. The
young man was a soldier with the
American Expeditionary Forces and
was killed in action. It was stated
to The Review that young Haige was
volunteer.
Albert Haige is the first of Nor
gam City's soldiers to make the "su-
preme sacrifice" and his name will be
given a place Of honor in the annals
of the city.
No details of the death has yet been
received by the parents beyond the
official statement from the authorities
at Washington that he was killed
fighting.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-07-10
U. S. CIVIL SERVICE ExAMINA-
TIONS.

An open competitive examination
under the rules of the U. S. Civil
Service Commission for the position
of clerk in the post office, Morgan
City, will be held on July 27, 1918,
commencing at 9 o'clock a. m.
Applications for this examination
must be made on the prescribed form,
which, witff necessary instructions,
may be obtained from the commits
sion's local representative, local Sec
retary, at the Morgan City post Of
fee or from the undersigned.
n All persons wishing to take this
examination should secure blanks and
file their applications with the under
signed at once in order to allow time
for any necessary corrections and to
arrange for the examination.
SECRETARY, TENTH U. s.
CIVIL SERVICE DISTRICT,
New Orleans, La.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-07-10

fighting. Every man who helps to set
free a fighting mar is helping to
fght and win the war.
And it is every mans duty to give
that share of help. That duty to
work, and to work effectively, is the
foundation of the new measure.
"Work or fight" There is nc other
alternative.
Now, many Of the men Of draft
age in deferred classes 2, 3 and q,
referred, that is, on grounds OF de-
pendency, are not engaged in effec-
tive industry. The spectacle is not q
satisfying one to contingent OF
drafted men from Class l being
marched down the street to camp
while other men of their own age,
watching them from the windows, re-
main behind to sell cigarettes or dis
pense soda fountain drinks, solely be-
cause they have received deferment
on grounds of dependency. If these
men of the same age are to stay be-
hind let them at least get into work
more effective to help the war. Their
deferment takes them out Of military
service and yet serves no economic
war purpose whatsoever. They are
of military age, and therefore have
the primary duty to do war work. II
their dependency gives them defer
ment from immediate military war
work, let them at least do something
economically useful to maintain the
Nations welfare while at war. They
should get into some useful and ef-
fective occupations or else forfeit
their deferment from military service.
The alternative is a fair one.
Persons Outside Draft Age.
This regulation, therefore, does not
affect any person outside of draft
age, except indeed that it will offer
him more opportunities Of employ
ment than before. The place left
vacant by the men within draft age
will now be filled by men Of older or
younger ages and by women. The
limited list Of non-effective employ
ments was in part selected with a
view to this very fact that the work
in those occupations could as well be
performed by older or younger men
or by women. These men who are Of
military age will either go into mill
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-07-10

land, the vim of Italy. They will
douse the Kaiser. After that these
ships means service to our neighbor
nations ranged on democracy's side
in Latin Am ,Sica. Thanks and hearty
good wishes from Mr.. Schwab and
myself. Let US all go back Friday
morning to work for greater records.
l believe you will share our satisfac-
ton in June figures of ships COM
pleted and delivered just compiled
showing 100000 tons steel ships, IT,
500 tons wood ships. Total of $780,
400 tons ships actually put in service
during June.
"EDWARD N. HURLEY,
Chairman"
To Other Shipyards.
To every shipyard engaged in
Emergency Fleet work but not
launching on July Mr.. Hurley wired
as follows:
"Our country is Jap years old to-
morrow, but our new shTpbuilding
industry less than year old. AS
we celebrate our first Fourth of July
by historic launching let US remem-
ber that it is the splendid American
shipyard spirit which makes such re-
suits possible-the spirit a 1918.
This is Americas idealism and energy
put behind the blow which will crush
Prussian militarism. Mr.. Schwab
and myself desire to thank every ship
worker for the enthusiasm that makes
our new industry mighty unit. We
are just beginning to fight and the
fleet we are building will win the war
and assure US place on the oceans.
l believe you will share our satisfac-
tion in June figures of ships com,
pleted and delivered just compiled
showing 262,90O tons steel ships, IT,
500 tons wood ships. Total of $780,
400 tons ships actually put in service
during June.
h.. "EDWARD N. HURLEY.
chairman"
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-07-10
Comrades In A Great
Cause President
Wilson S Greeting To
Men Who Built Big
Fleet
Chairman Hurley Also Tele-
graphs Congratulations To
Workers At All Yards
Over Splash That Will Go
Around The World"

The Shipping Board issues the fol-
lowing:
To every shipyard in the country
Chairman Edward N. Hurley, of the
United States Shipping Board, wired
verbatim the following letter from
the President:
The White House,
Washington, June 26, 1918.
My Dear Hurley:
l am very glad to take part in
celebrating the launchings of the
Fourth of July, and beg that you will
make use of the following message j:
81 join with you in feeling the
greatest pride in the diligence and
skill and devotion which the men in
the shipyards have exhibited in COM
pleting the fleet which is to be
launched on the Fourth of July, and
I hope that you will convey to them
my congratulations and my pleasure
in feeling that we are all comrades
in a great cause.
"Cordially and sincerely yours,
WOODROW WILSON"
Chairman Hurley's Telegram.
To every shipyard launching a yes
sci for the Emergency Fleet Corpora
ton on July Fourth Mr.. Hurley sent
the following telegram:
"Our historic launching today is 6
new declaration of independence. 1
is great. Yet it is only America
stride. The big splash will go arount
| the world. Your yard helped make
it. Your employees are behind Per
shing's men, behind the faith o:
France, the dogged courage of Eng