Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-16
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Basic prices on cotton are to be continued.
 An additional loan of $1oo,ooo,ooo was advanced to Italy.
 Chile Copper Co. produced 8,546,- 006 pounds III October.
 New Orleans will not hold it's Mardi Gras festival next March.
 New York's sugar ration will be in- creased Dec. 1 to four pounds per son.
 Special meeting of directors of In- ternationa Mercantile Marine post poned. .....
 American prisoners numbering 2,532, held in German prison camps, were
 Joseph Inez chaez Garcia, rebel leader of southeastern Mexico, died of influenza.
 Official returns from all but five counties in Ohio give prohibition a majority of 24,719..
 Authority for cancellation of gov- ernment contracts was given to the War Industries Board.
 A commission was appointed by Di- rector McAdoo to consider wage in creases to telegraphers.
 Railroad Director MeAdoo adopted the agreement for new board to handle railway labor problems. Plan for the reorganization of the Boston & Maine Railroad was ap- proved by Director McAdoo.
 Representative Harrison, of Missis- sippi, introduced resolution to have Nov. Il made a national holiday. Chairman Baruch of the War Indus | tries Board released the ban on all i exhibits, including automobile shows. | War Department announced the hon. ] orable discharge from grade of gen eral officer of seven colonels, now in 1 France on duty.
 Liverpool Cotton Exchange passed a 1 resolution prohibiting short selling 1 and reduced fluctuations to 100 Amer l ican points a day 1 British Labor Party, at a confer ence in London, decided to withdraw 1 it's members from the cabinet at the close of Parliament. 1 The names of t2 more American l soldiers, lost when the Otranto was sunk off the Irish coast, were an nounced by the War Department. Secretary Daniels announces that i 50 900 business men and students who desire to retire from the navy may do so within one month. 1 Copper interests will hold meet ing in Washington with the War h. dustries Board today to consider problems facing copper production. King Alfonso of Spain sent a mes 1 sage to President POincare of France congratulating the French army and nation for having reached a decisive victory over Germany. l A 1M-nch steel cable, 40 feet deer ! in Hudson River, was severed by ar electrically operated oxyde-acetelynt torch in less than seven minutes making a marine engineering. record i George Greet, chairman on public information, repealed the voluntar! l censorship under which the press O the country guarded from the enemy the military policies and troop move ment.
 i Philip L, SpauIding, president O the New England Telegraph and Tel ephone Company, returned to hi desk in Boston after thirteen months in the army.
 Three strikes of workmen employ
 ed in government construction il Brooklyn took place, today because o the termination of overtime and Sun
 day work.
 Henry B. Endicott rendered his res
 ignation as state food administrato to Governor Mccall of Massachusetts
 Fuel restrictions on the clay prod
 ucts industries, were cut in half b the fuel administration at the reques of the war industries board.
 Senators opposing child laoo
 agreed upon a proposed amendmen
 to the war revenue bill to replace tn
 labor law recently held unconstitu
 tional by the supreme court.
 Verd's opera La Eorza del Destino , was sung for the first time at the Ney , York Metropolitan opera house las nipht