February 1, 1919.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



Echoes of the Great War. 



SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION SHEET X-2 NO LONGER 

 REQUIRED. 



THE War Trade Board announced under date of January 4, 

 1919 (VV. T. B. R. 477), that applicants for export licenses 

 will no longer be required to attach to their application Sup- 

 plemental Information Sheet X-2, except in the case of applica- 

 tions for the exportation of arms, ammunition or explosives. 



PROCEDURE GOVERNING EXPORTS TO HOLLAND AND 

 DENMARK. 



The War Trade Board announces in a new ruling (W. T. B. 

 R. 500) that exporters in the United States, before filing appli- 

 cation for export licenses must obtain from the prospective 

 importers in Holland or Denmark advice by mail or cable that 

 there has been issued by the Netherlands Overseas Trust, in 

 the case of Holland, or by the Danish Chamber of Manufac- 

 turers, or Merchants' Guild of Copenhagen, in the case of Den- 

 mark, a certificate permitting the importation of the proposed 

 consignment. The number of the certificate should be forwarded 

 by the importer in Holland or Denmark to the American ex- 

 porter, by cable or mail, either directly or through the Nether- 

 lands Legation, Washington, if for Holland, or the Danish Trade 

 Commission, Washington, if for Denmark. 



Henceforth the details of all the import certificates issued in 

 Holland or Denmark will be transmitted by the Netherlands 

 Legation or the Danish Trade Commission in the United States 

 to the War Trade Board, Washington. All inquiries regarding 

 import regulations and certificates should be addressed, for 

 Holland, to Dr. W. H. de Beaufort, Counsellor of Legation, 

 1800 Connecticut avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C, or, for 

 Denmark, to -Mr. N. P. Arnstedt, Danish Trade Office, 1838 

 Connecticut avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C. Inquiries con- 

 cerning Denmark can also be addressed to the Danish Consul 

 General, 8-10 Bridge street, New York City. 



PROCEDURE GOVERNING EXPORTS TO SWEDEN. 

 The United States War Trade Board has been advised that 

 the Swedish rubber import association will accept, on behalf of 

 the Swedish importer actually interested, consignments of rubber 

 and rubber goods, when the shipment is covered by a certificate 

 of the said association. All inquiries regarding the numerous 

 Swedish import regulations and import certificates should be 

 addressed either to A. R. Nordvall, Special Commissioner, 1325 

 18th street, N. W., Washington, D. C, or else to the Swedish 

 Commission Trade Office, 60 East 42nd street. New York City. 

 All Swedish import questions or difficulties relating thereto 

 should be settled before filing applications with the United States 

 War Trade Board. 



PROCEDURE GOVERNING EXPORTS TO NORWAY. 



In accordance with War Trade Board Ruling 497, exporters 

 in the United States, before filing applications for export licenses, 

 must obtain from the prospective importer in Norway advice 

 by mail or cable that there has been issued by an appropriate 

 import association, or by the Norwegian Finance Department, 

 a certificate permitting the importation of the proposed consign- 

 ment. This certificate must be either issued or confirmed sub- 

 sequently to May 10, 1918. The number of this certificate must 

 be forwarded by the importer in Norway to the American ex- 

 porters, either directly or through the Norwegian Legation in 

 Washington. 



Hence the details of all the important certificates issued in 

 Norway will be transmitted by the Norwegian Legation to the 

 War Trade Board in Washington. All inquiries relating to 

 regulations and certificates should be addressed to the Norwegian 

 Legation, Commercial Department, Washington, D. C. 



EXPORTATION TO RUSSIA. 



In accordance with War Trade Board ruling No. 470, export 

 licenses will henceforth be issued to approved consignees for the 

 shipment of all non-conserved commodities to Siberia. It is 

 no longer necessary to consign shipments to that country to the 

 War Trade Board representative at Vladivostok. 



Applications should be submitted on Form X, to which should 

 be attached such supplemental information sheets as are re- 

 quired by the rules and regulations of the War Trade Board 

 for the exportation of certain commodities. No other supple- 

 mental information sheets are required, and no import licenses 

 need accompany the application. 



SERVICE NOTES AND PERSONALS. 



Corporal John D. La Flesh, former factory cost clerk of The 

 Fisk Rubber Co., Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, has been cited 

 for gallantry in action by Major-General Clarence R. Edwards, 

 formerly commanding the 26th Division. 



Ellis Harlow, son of Robert C. Harlow, the president of the 

 Monatiquot Rubber Works Co., South Braintree, Massachusetts, 

 is particularly commended for bravery in Major Carroll Swan's 

 new book, "My Company." This company, before the war. was 

 of the well-known military organization, First Corps Cadets, 

 and is now part of the famous 101st United States Engineers, 

 still overseas. 



Corporal Charles Marston, of the Loyal North Lancashire 

 Regiment, has teen awarded the Military Medal for gallant 

 conduct and devotion to duty on the field. He was formerly em- 

 ployed by the Leyland and Birmingham Rubber Co., Leyland, 

 England. 



Auguste Choteau, vice-president of Bittel^Leftwich, Lindell 

 Boulevard and Grand avenue, St. Louis, Missouri, a tire repair 

 and service organization, is a lieutenant in France. 



Lieutenant A. Klipstein, Jr., lately attached to the General 

 Staff, having been discharged from the Army after 18 months' 

 service, has taken up his former connections with A. Klipstein 

 & Co., dealers in chemicals, 644-652 Greenwich street, New York. 

 Sergeant Edward Martin, son of A. W. Martin, plant manager 

 of the Chelsea, Massachusetts, mill of Everlastik, Inc., has been 

 cited for bravery by Major-General Clarence R. Edwards, for- 

 merly commanding the 26th, or Yankee Division. After all the 

 stretcher-bearers attached to B Company. 102d Machine Gun 

 Battalion, had been killed. Sergeant Martin volunteered to go out 

 into No Man's Land and bring in the wounded. Although badly 

 gassed he escaped otherwise unharmed. While convalescing in 

 the hospital he volunteered for a blood transfusion which saved 

 another soldier's life. 



MARTYRS TO THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY. 

 Major F. A. Robinson, M. C. (with bar), 10th Tank Battalion, 

 has been reported killed in action at Catillon, near Le Cateau, 

 France. He was formerly in the electric light department of the 

 India Rubber, Gutta Percha and Telegraph Works Co.. Silver- 

 town, England. 



John J. Connolly, a private in the 327th Infantry was killed 

 in action on October 12, 1918. He was employed at the Vallej 

 Street plant of the Revere Rubber Co. before enlisting. 



Eugene F. Laforest, a member of E Company, 301st Engineers, 

 died of bronchial pneumonia in France on December 12. 1918. 

 Prior to entering the Army, he was employed by the Glendale 

 Webbing Co. 



Corporal Ernest Munroe, who is reported to have died in 

 France of bronchial pneumonia, was a clerk with the National 

 India Rubber Co., at the time of his enlistment in A Battery, 

 103rd Field Artillery, Rhode Island National Guard. 



