The daily morning oasis., 1918-05-03

licenses for raw cotton to Spain In
quantity sufficient to load several
Spanish vessels. This action PRO
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.
servation policies, the export to Spain
of necessary supplies Of cotton and
other commodities to cover genuine
Spanish requirements.
Congress has authorized 5000, ,000-
600, of which sum $1,135,OO0,OO0 has
been appropriated, for the United
States shipping board and Emergency
Fleet corporation; on March 1, $685.,
247,955.37 Of this sum had been ex-
pended. The Emergency Fleet cor
poration had reQuisitioned March 1.
425 steel vessels and contracted for
720 steel vessels, making total Of
1,145 steel ships, Of an aggregate dead
weight tonnage of S,164,50 tons; It
had let contracts for 400 wooden yes.
sells, aggregating approximately 1,715,-
600 dead-weight tons; 1t had repaired
and put In operation 7S8,0O0 dead
weight tonnage seized from Germany
and Austria. On March 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 81, 100000
pounds of prunes and dried beans /;
273,000,000 cans of tomatoes, con-
densed milk, and baked beans; 40-
100000 yards of mosquito bar; 49,
100000 yards of olive drab; 10000
900 woolen blankets; 50,000,000 pairs
of heavy stockings; 100000 wool
coats. The ordnance program in
cludes the purchase of 23,000,000 hand
grenades, 725,000 automatic pistols,
25O,000 revolvers, 23,0OO,OOO projectiles
for heavy artillery, 427, ,246,0 900 pounds
of explosives, 240000 machine guns,
and 2,4S4,000 rifles.
A war emergency course to train
selected men for machine-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
Nos.
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-
cerning the advisability Of producing
more beef cattle and sowing less
acreage to wheat, according to a 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
1O9,4S7 men have been transferred
cut Of army divisions into technical
units to function according to indi-
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,OOO,OOO.
The Norwegian government has ap-
propriated 100000 to assist inten-
sive agricultured development. OF
this amount, $4.5OO,OOO ia to maintain
low maximum prices for cattle feed
and fertilizer.