AMERICAN NEWS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17788, 13 May 1918, Page 5

AMERICAN NEWS.

TROOP TRAIN MISHAP. /' MANY SOLDIERS KILLED, NEW YORK, May 10. ... Two carriages of a troop train, near Columbia, South Carolina, fell through a trestle bridge. Many soldiers were killed. _ ’•BRAZIL AND THE WAR. WILL SUPPORT ALLIES TO. THE END. NEW YORK, May 10. Tho United Press correspondent at Rio do Janiero interviewed the new President, Alevs, who declared that Brazil would follow the course of the United States till tho end of the war. “The change in our Administration, ~ L ho said, “ docs not alter our determin- ; ation to help the Allies, and to most thoroughly support the United States’ • war policy. Brazil, like the United \ States, does not dosiro territorial ex- • . pansion, hut upholds international ius- ; tice.” ' _ EXPORT OF PAPER. REQUEST FOR PROHIBITION. NEW YORK, May 10. The newspaper publishers carried .1 resolution urging the War Trade Board to prohibit tho export of news print paper. The leading paper merchants have protested, pointing out that this would bo a hardship for Australia anti other Allied and neutral nations.

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Mr C. S.. Gray, chairman of til# United States Steel Corporation, announces that the corporation, at the Government’s request, will build ann. equip a huge plant for the oonstruo tion of lareo cannon and projectiles*. The plant will he one of the largest ufc the world, and the company will carry, on the work without profit.