Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-01-03
BOARDING Of wool
MAKES HIGH PRICES
NO SCARCITY IN WORLD SUPPLY
EXISTS NOW ASSERTS THE
WAR TRADE BOARD.
TEST FOR THE ARMY TRUCK

Delivered to Atlantic Seaboard Unde,
its Own Power-Liberty Theaters in
Cantonment Camps Are Completed
Naval Aircraft Factory.
lF'rom the Committee on Public Inforna
tiOn.)
Washington.-In recent statement
the war trade board declares that NJ
WOOL shortage exists, either in ,tha
worlds supply or in the amount on
hand In the United States, notwitu.
standing the increased consumptiu,l
Tor military purposes. The clip in
most countries has steadily increased
since the outbreak of the war.
The price of wool has advanced
IN the United States by a percentage
sreatiS III excess of such price adj
vances in other countries" says the
statement. The price in the United
States has advanced 200 per cent
above the prewar level. The price in
England is fixed at SIS per cent in
excess OF prewar prices.
Cloth manufacturers Tin the Unit
ed States) have been impelled by fear
TO carry abnormal stocks of wool. and
TO contract with dealers and i'm
porters for unusual quantities for far
forward delivery. manufacturers of
clothing have been infected by a like
"read' lnclflng the purchase of cloth
exceeding in volume their reasonable
needs.
The consumption of wool during
1918 will be little if any greater t..,n
II was during 1917"
Army trucks for Use in France arc
helhg Delivered to the Atlantic sea-
board from interior storage dcpots
under their own power.
II the plan is successful, the deiiy-
cry OF the 10000 war trucks under
construction under their own power
VIII release $4,000 freight cars which
would be required to transport them
ny rail. 1t will also provide ADEQUATE
effective corps Of transport drivers
ana officers, who will reach Fra,,ce
WIN minimum of training to be re-
CURED. Wear and tear on the trucks
will be slight compared with the ben
ehts derived from their use.
Inc government Liberty" theaters
ut the l6 National army environments
are all completed, and in few per-
1orinances have been given. The
puilulngs, which are supervised by
the war department commission ON
training camp activities, are 100 feet
wide and 179 feet long, made of pine
boards, implanted, but faced wlrl1
heavy building paper, which makes
the sides alright. Complete ventilat-
Ing systems have been installed and
heat is supplied by steam and small
stoves.
There are five large entrances and
10 exits, and the theater, seutipg
SOOO men, may be emptied in about
one minute.
The stage is IS feet wide. The floor
of the auditorium is saucer shaped and
sioping. so every seat provides a clear
view of the stage. The seats are
benches fitted with comfortable
backs, and sections will be reserved
SO tickets may be purchased in ad-
vance. The "smilage" books, soon TO
be placed on sale, will be good for
all these theaters, as well as chautau
qua tents.
The motion-picture booth, housing
two machines. is asbestos lined. The
stage has an asbestos curtain. Light
ing effects are similar to those of
standard city theaters.
The theater is placed on the highest
point OF ground in each camp. and In
many camps the post office, main
library building and hostess houses
are near by, making sort of town
center where large numbers of men
gather each night.
the tower on top of the stage loft
about Is feet from the ground serves
as signal tower for wigwagging.
The recently completed naval air.
craft factory covers three acres, the
buildings being 400 by 300 feet. The
Keel OF the first flying boat was laid so
days after building work was begun.
The plant, with equipment, cost
$l.OOO,OOO.
There is opportunity for employment
at the aircraft factory for 1000 skilled
w0rkmen from almost every trade.
Women can sew covers on the wings
and perform some of the lighter wood
working operations. and it is expected
that several hundred women will be
employed.
The post Office department has estab-
lished coastwise parcel-post water
routes to facilitate service for the can
tonments, which will operate to relieve
wartime railroad congestion.
The working hours of clerks in the
Interior Department building at Wash
ington have been changed to run
from S:45 to 4:15 instead Of 9 to 80
to relieve congestion in street railway
cars of the overcrowded capital.
Mrs. Jason Dole Of Mortified, VT, is
knitting for the soldiers. This is the
third cenhict she has been actively in
terssted in, as her brother was in the
Civil war, her son Arthur in the Span
lsh-Amsriean war and her grandson,
EFle Dole. 10 now in France.
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