Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1919 — U. S. SHIPPING IS RETURNED [ARTICLE]

U. S. SHIPPING IS RETURNED

Army Gives Up Nearly Three Million Tons—Retains 1,176,000. Washington, Aug. 8. —Return by the army to the shipping board of a total of 2,912,000 tons of shipping was announced by the war department. Included in 1,176,000 tons retained by the department on August 1 were 230,000 tons of cargo vessels.