Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-03-29

The total exports OF wheat and
wheat flour to the three principal
allies, Russia getting but a very
small per cent of the whole. were
equivalent to about 3Si 100000 bu
shells. or an average Of about no..
600 900 bushels per year. or this
total amount the United Kingdom
got i45,3iS. 900 bushels of wheat
and S,5l2,OO0 barrels of whea,
flour: France got 79.73S.000 bu-
shells of wheat and 5.462 900 bar
rcls of wheat flour; Italy S7,136,0OO
bushels of wheat and .S95, 900 bar
rcls of wheat flour. Russia receiv-
ed only 10000 bushels of wheat
and 5000 barrels of wheat flour.
The total exports of pork products
were nearly 1000. 100000 pounds,
a yearly average of about 57O.OOO,-
900 pounds. The total sugar ex-
ports were over 2,263,OU0 900 lbs.
a yearly average of about $4,000.
900. OF corn there were exported
23.332. 900 bushels; oats. 207.9Sl,.
900; rye. 3.4O7,000.
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Report Shows Increase
IN Wages Paid to
Iron and Steel Workers.
A report Of the Department of La :
Dor covering the six departments OF
the iron and steel industry shows
that. while not so pronounced as
the rise in prices. wages Increased
since May. 1915. as follows: In the
blast furnaces, SO per cent; in Bes-
semer cOnverters. 5S per cent; in
blooming mills. 35 per cent; in the
plate mills, so per cent: in sheet
mills. 95 per cent. In nearly every
case the Bureau found men working
approximately the same number OF
hours per week as in 1915.
Since the report was compiled
! there have been additional increases
of approximately l6 per cent.
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No Need for Agents
in Placing Claims for
War Risk Insurance.
Soldiers, sailors, or their benefic--
iaries under the soldiers and sailors
insurance law need not employ at
t0rneys or claim agents to collect
| the insurance, according to the
Treasury Department Circulars have
lately been sent out by claim agents
and attorneys offering 20 assist per-
sons entitled to the benefit, of this
insurance in collecting their claims
| The procedure for the prescnta-
tio nand collection of insurance
claims is simple. BLANKS may be Sc
cured from the Bureau of War Risk
Insurance at Washington. Tn" name
| a in h,
| killed or injured. AMI The relation
ship which he bore to the person
making the claim. should be given
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War Trade Board Finds
! German Submarines
Directed at Ncutral>.
Gcrmany's war leaders are using
the submarine to prevent illiillment
T Americas agreements to feed and
relieve European neut.9ls, accord
ing To statement by tie War Trade
Board. II says:
IA mass of cumulative evidence
and indications in the possession OF
he War Trade Board shows iha,
Germany is employing her submar-
in" menace to prevent ncighhOr nru
trails receiving any food or favors IT
he hands of the United States and
its associates in the war. and to co
ere" theS" ncutralS through starsa-
iion and political and economic d.
pcnd"ncc on Germany, quite as
much as to strike at the communica-
tions of its opponents Gcrmany'S
oStcnSibl" aim in proclaiming tn"
ruthless submarine campaign
Further Indications tend to show
that tn" submarine Sare being used
along similar dog -in-thc- -mangcr
lines. to destroy neutral shipping
without regard to lis employment.
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Increase or Meat
Animals in Year
Over G,OWO.OOO.
Reports based ON figures from the
department of Agriculture show tha;
januarv |. 1918. the number of
ucat animals in the United States
was greater by more than 5000 200
head than il was January |. 1917.
TIL" number of inspections for
slaughter indicate a decrease in con
sumption