Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-12
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7 An additional credit of $5,00o 900 was extended to Belgium. I
 New York City's budget for 1919 will be $6,S00,00O higher than last year. II
 The War Industries Board declared no necessity exists for fixing the price l of cotton.
 4 meeting will be held in Chicago on Oct. II on the proposed new oats standards.
 Capital of the Keystone Tire 6 Rub. Der Co. was advanced from sl.5o0 'OOo to s2,000,000.
 Total sales of War Saving and
 Thrift stamps in New yasl s~. -a--- Ir==r0,r-v5 -rO -T51--=u-r-v. 1
 Contracts for 4o,ooo additional freight cars, for overseas shipment l
 will be distributed. in a week. Private Royal C.: Johnson, former,
 representative of South Dakota, was wounded in France. Ten New York State banks and trust companies joined the Federal Reserve system in September Registration of 500 women enemy aliens began in the United States marshalrs office in Brooklyn. Thirty thousand beds are ready fors | American wounded in southern
 France. the Red Cross announced. | The United States Steel Corporation l reported unified orders on it's books flor September S,297,9e5 tons. 1 The War Department announced the Econversion of Fort Sheridan, H., into l a base hospital of 4O00 beds.
 1 Missouri farmers added 9o0,o00 1 acres to their winter wheat croH in-
 creasing the States yield to 149.221,- 1 440 bushels.
 i Resources of the national banks of
 the United States at the close of busi-
 ness on Aug. 31 amounted to SIS 043, i 605, 900.
 1 William Graves Sharp, American Ambassador, was the first civilian after the mayor, to enter the captured city of St. Quentin.
 Manufacturers of leather cloves and
 mittens will be put on a conservation program to prevent unnecessary use of material and capital The Senate Finance Committee favorably reported the nomination of Albert Strauss to be a member of the Federal Reserve Board.
 President Menoca of Cuba offered to the United States through the
 Cuban Minister a detachment of troops for service on tbe battlefield. The Japanese steamer Hirano Maru was torpedoed and sunk by a German
 submarine while bound for Japan. The loss of 300 lives is feared. The War Department announced that every American flyer that goes over the German lines in combat 1T bombing planes will carry oxygen tanks.
 Two army captains were killed and six officers badly injured as the re- suit of a fire at officers quarters Base Hospital No. 8, Colenia, near 9 Railway. Lieut.. Rene Fonek, according to an announcement in Paris, is credited with downing four airplanes in 2C minutes on the same day. making his total 70 victories. Former Supreme Court Justice S U Joseph A. Kellogg, of Glens Falls I was elected by the New York Demo \ 1 cratic State Committee as Stat' Chairman to succeed Edwin $. Harris Ef Labor troubles and disputes be tween employers and employees il many quarters of the country are. tt
 Isettled in the next. week, according tt : the schedule of the War Labor Board | Chairman Baruef of the War Indus U tries Board asked manufacturers, re y tail and wholesale clothing dealers t
 supply him with full details on tn,
 cost of manufacturing and distribu
 tion
 Three hundred packers will discus = possible government control of pack y ing houses among other question n when the convention of Americal . Meat Packers Association opens 8 : Chicago, Oct. IA.
 e The Swiss balloon shot down by S German aviator had two large Swis = flags on it and two Federal crosse = painted on the envelope. The Gerna
 Minister expressed regrets to th l. President and promised an investiga e tion.
 s Measures taken by big Gerna e banks to stop a panic on the Berli V! stock exchanges had little effect. ,e1 A. M. Willard, painter of the famou ,- picture The Spirit of '76,'' died at hi 10 home in Cleveland yesterday, aged