Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 110, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1918 — ITEMS OF NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS [ARTICLE]

ITEMS OF NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS

Signal corps officers yesterday stated that many Caproni biplanes will be made in. this country for the American army in France. Before the end of the year production in quantity of the new machine win be under way. Director General McAdoo yesterday ordered curtailment of transcontinental passenger schedules from Chicago west, effective June 2, to

save 11,728,000 train miles a year. The curtailment is expected to save about $18,000,000 a year. Gen.' Gaulers of the French general staff announced yesterday that information showed forty divisions (480,000 men) between the La Bassee canal and Ypres, or six men to every yard. The same ratio, he said, is maintained by the Germans between La Bassee and the Oise.