Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-05-02
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pounds on cotton shipped from Allan
tic and gulf ports to Liverpool and
London was established by the ship
ping board in lieu of demurrage, be-
cause OF tedious delays in unloading
at the English ports.
The importance Of organizing Ameri-
can business so that long credits may
be extended to European buyers in
order to restore normal international
trade conditions, was the subject Of
an address in Chicago by Eugene My
er. Jr.. managing director of the war
finance corporation. After pointing
out that the war had changed America
from a debtor nation to world cred!-
tor.
Appeals to American newspaper rub
fishers to aid in fighting the spread Of
ultra.radical principles were made by
the heads OF two International printing
trades unions at the annual conven-
ton OF the American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association in New York.
Capt. Charles ]. Glidden. an officer
in the United States air service, mill
tary aeronautics, stated in Washing
ton this week: "All men who wish to
take part in the development of the
nations air service as an aviator OF
dirigible balloon pilot. chauffeur. me.
chanic or work at some thirty other
trades required in the air service, by
sending their name and address i'm
mediately to the department air ser.
vice office, 104 Broad street, New
York, N. Y, will receive an important
communication on the subject
Revised casualty totals announced
by the war department places the to-
tai Of dead in the army and marine
corps at 1894. Of which 33,SS7 were
killed in action. Prisoners reported
were 4,791, including 15 reported now
held by the Bolsheviki.
Sailing OF nine transports. the cru
User st. Louis and the battleship Ne.
braska, all loaded with returning
troops is announced. Eight vessels
are due at New York and the other
ships at Newport News, between April
20 and May g. Few Southern units
are aboard The transport Mercury,
which sailed for Newport News, has
changed its course, and will arrive at
Philadelphia.
The trade balance OF the United
States Tor the fiscal year will mass
5000 0O0, 900 this month II the nations
commerce continues its rapid growth.
At the end of March the favorable
balance was $2,70O0O0, 900.
Bishop Embree Hoss. Of the Me-
thodist Episcopal Church. South, died
at his home, Muskogee. Okla, follow.
ing a paralystic stroke two months
ago.
The giant troop ship Leviathan,
with 10000 soldier passengers, the last
of six transports to arrive in New
York, barely missed mine by only
30 feet while off the Grand Banks
of New Foundland, her officers re-
ported when she locked.
One hundred an dffty-nine cases
of whisky seized by federal officials
recently were ordered distributed to
various infant and other hospital in
stitutions in Mobile, Ala, The order
was issued by Judge Robert 7. Erwin
of the United States court.
Bids for the purchase of 431 wood
steamer nulls and thirty-one wood
barge bulls have been asked by the
shipping board. as part OF its pro-
gram for disposing Of surplus bottoms
contracted during the war emergency.
The telephone strike in the New
England states has ended. Several
thousand operators employed by the
New England Telephone and Telt
graph company who walked out ra
Gently have returned to work.
Three persons were shot to death
on farm near Laurel, Md, by Joseph
Laurel by Joseph F. Englehart, a
farmer who later killed himself The
shooting occurred when Englehart,
who is believed to have been tenn
porarily insane. returned home from
Baltimore. He first shot his sister Mrs.
Annie Sloates, aged As, then turned
the revolver on Thomas Smythe, so
years old boarder at his sisters
home, and when Mrs. Bradley. neigh.
Dor, called at the house a few min
utes later, discovered the murders and
attempted to flee, Englehart pursued
her and shot her to death