UNITED STATES.
MR. GERARD IN SWITZERLAND, United Service. Received Doe. 12, 0.-I6 p.C». London, February 12. Mr. Gerard Ims reached Switzerland, FIRE AT MUNITION FACTORY. New York, February 11. The machine shop of tho Union Switch General Company, the largest plant manufacturing switch signals in the United States, which has recently been engaged on European munition orders, iins been destroyed by Are. The damage :i mounts to £BOO,OOO. The fire is considered to have been due to spontaneous combustion. Frozen pipes prevented the water supply being available for halt an hour. Two thousand shells were de-. stroyed. UNIVERSAL SERVICE. Washington, February 11. The General Army Staff is drafting a Universal Service Bill providing for the enrolment and drilling of half % million youths of 10 years annually. DEFENDING PANAMA CANAL. Washington, January 11. Tho immediate creation of a «uto» murine base at the Atlantic entranoi to the Panama Canal has been recommended to Congress. The Secretary of the Navy has asked for 1,600,000 dollars for the purpose.
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 February 1917, Page 5
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