AMERICAN SHIPPING BOARD.
RESIGNATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received July 25, 12.50 p.m.) WASHINGTON. July 24. General Goethals and Mr Denman will resign. Admiral Capps will succeed Mr Denman as chairman of the Shipping Board and Mr Edward Hurley will succeed General Goethals as head of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. (Received July 25, 2.35 p.m.) WASHINGTON, July 24. President Wilson took drastic action in order to end the controversy and speed up the carryino; out of the shipping programme. He accepted General Goethal's resignation, and requested Mr Denman also to resign. The resignation of Mr J. B. Whate, Mr Demnan's friend on the Shipping Board, was also accepted, Mr Bainbridgo Colby replacing him.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12068, 25 July 1917, Page 5
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