Legislation Aims at Equitable Food Distribution and Price Inquiry
Washington April 40 The administration's food control legislation was introduced in both houses. The House bill by Chairman Lever would grant direct supervision of food production and distribution to the Agriculture Department. The Senate resolution by Senator Gore seeks a joint inquiry with the Federal Trade Commission into high food prices and food conditions.
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Washington
House
Lever
Agricultural Committee
Agricultural Department
Senate
Gore
Senate Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Federal Trade Commission
Wilson
Agriculture Department
Country Party
Milliken
Maine
Frazier
North Dakota
Beckman
Rhode Island
Harris
Georgia
Bsume
A. E. Reynolds
Indiana
Sabath
Illinois
Army Draft Bill Returns to Senate to Resolve Legislative Tangle
Washington April 10 the army draft bill cleared both houses and will be considered again in the Senate to fix the legislative tangle delaying conference. The Senate must pass the oil again, with La Follette and others possible amendments. Chairman Chamberlain will reconvene at 11 tonight to push the measure through tomorrow.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
la Follette
Weather Forecast for New Mexico in Late April
Denver is reporting that for New Mexico the outlook for Tuesday and Wednesday calls for fair skies and little change in temperatures.
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Denver
Colo
New Mexico
Russian Army To Elect War Disciplinary Committees
Petrograd April 30 report states General A J Guchkoff orders that each army corps regiment and company elect a special committee to maintain discipline supervise food supplies curb abuse by officers resolve officer soldier disputes and prepare for delegates to a future assembly deciding Russia's government.
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Ymogning
Petrograd
London
A. J. Guchkoff
Russia
American Interviews Spark English War Interference Debate
In the House of Commons today May, John R. P. Newman raised whether America would tolerate interference on Britain’s Trish problem. Commoner Dalton asked if the American government should be asked not to interfere in the war. no answer was given.
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London
House of Commons
John R. P. Newman
America
Dalton
Alaska Legislature Greets Russia as Sister Republic
The Alaska territorial legislature adopted a resolution addressed to the president of the Russian Duma extending greetings to Russia as its nearest sister republic. The message was transmitted to Petrograd by the United States Department of State. Most Alaska officials hailed the democratic Russian government in a formal gesture.
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OY Momning
Ourmal Beeeint
Washington
Russia
Petrograd
Department of State
Duma
Territorial Senate
House of Representatives
Territory of
Alaska
Villa Escapes Murguia Troops for Third Time
Francisco Villa slips past General Murguia’s forces for a third escape as the Chihuahua campaign shifts southwest. General Murguia establishes a new base at Santa Ysabel and pursues Villa from the mountains south of Chihuahua City. Prisoners from Carmen battle are being processed in Chihuahua City.
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Juarez
Mex
Francisco Villa
Francisco Murguia
Chihuahua
Carmen
Chihuahua City
Carranan
Carranza Commander Executed After Villa Offer Evidence
El Paso reports Colonel Saenz a Carranza commander at Casas Grandes was executed after papers from Villa's secretary showed he offered to join Villa with his de facto command. Saenz helped pursue Salazar near Ojitos and captured and executed several of Salazar's men. He was a luncheon guest of General Murguia in Juarez. Home guards in Casas Grandes were executed for alleged friendliness to Villa.
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el Paso
Tex
Saenz
Carranza
Uacas Girandes
Villa
Saenes
Salazar
Ojitos
Casas Grandes
Lie
Fear Gun Crew Perioed When American Tank Ship Was Sunk
Captain and several sailors of Vacuum were known to have drowned after the American tank ship was sunk. Little information was obtained on the incident.
Vacuum Sunk as Warfront Trains On in Champagne Battle
The American steamer Vacuum was torpedoed by a German sub with possible loss of a naval lieutenant and nine crew. Allied and German lines exchange pressure in Champagne with French gains from Reims area and renewed artillery duels along the Chemin des Dames and Oise. British reports cite heavy casualties and prisoner counts in the Arras-Lens sector while air forces clash across fronts.
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Morning Journal
Champagne
France
Arras
Rheims
Reine
Mont Camillet
Mont Haut
Moronvilliers-Naurov Road
Paris
Monchy-Le-Preux
Scarpe River
Berlin
Oppy
Douai-Arras Road
Governorship contest extended another day
In Phoenix on April 30 the gubernatorial dispute stretched into a second day with discussions over proof in precincts showing mismatches between poll lists and counts. Judges ruled on striking returns from seven precincts with irregularities similar to Snowflake. A witness from Douglas was to be heard, and four rebuttal witnesses testified from Cottonwood, Keohane’s ranch, and Miami No. 3.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Sloan
Campbell
Ives
Hunt
Douglas
Cottonwood
Keohane
Ranch
Miami No. 3
Congressional Committee Proposes National Budget Plan
A joint congressional committee was proposed in a resolution by Senator Kenyon Iowa to report a plan for a national budget system. The idea aims to secure economy in vast war expenditures and has been debated in recent years.
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Oy Momnin
Washington
Congressional Committee
Kenyon
Iowa
Bastion Airmen Excel in Every Phase of Air Warfare
Maj. L. B. B. Rees of the English Mission describes the Allies gaining control of the air in vivid terms. He details strategic dominance, training, and cooperation that cemented air superiority in the campaign.
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Bastion
L. B. B. Rees
King’s Aviators Describe Allied Air Supremacy Over Front
Maj. L. B. B. Rees explains three levels of British aircraft and three classes of fighters. German raids over Allied lines have diminished as UK observers and air defenses improve. Balloons are knocked down, and British losses rise modestly amid improvements in fuel and training.
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Morning Journal
Washington
L. B. B. Rees
British Flying Corps
Kees
Rees
England
Germany
Major Rees
North Sea
Switzerland
Seed wheat shortage prompts cooperative conservation plans
In Santa Fe with the legislature to meet, plans emerge to extend agriculture and conserve crops. A war bond issue is under discussion as officials and financiers meet after midnight. A federal draft lists youths for farm labor mobilization, and poll tax records face scrutiny as grocers pledge aid to hold prices and conserve seeds amid a seed shortage, especially in native corn seed.
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Morning Journal
Santa Fe
W. H. H. Llewellyn
House
John S. Clark
Senate
W. D. Murray
Ramon Sanchez
J. Lea
Efafracio Gallegos
John A. Gordon
Ira Wetmore
Jose E Gonzales
Levi A. Hughes
First National Bank
Lindsey
New Mexico
Federal
Department of Commerce and Labor
Department of Education
J. H. Wagner
State Commission
Wholesale Grocers’ Association
War Committee
Villa's Diamo Medal Contested in Customs Condemnation
A government suit seeks to condemn diamonds and jewelry worth 15 000 to 29 000 for unpaid customs duties in a U S district court. Hipo lito Villa brother of Francisco Villa appears as claimant, with a diamond valor medal valued at about 16 000. The claimant argues the items were not smuggled and were brought openly with no intent to dispose of them in the United States.
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el Paso
Tex
United States District Court
Hipolito Villa
Francisco Villa
Villa
State Agriculture Push Aims to Boost Seed Crop and Recruiting
The state reports abundant seed corn and squaw corn supplies with San Miguel Colfax counties well stocked while San Juan and Santa Fe show uncertain crop needs. A drive to conserve produce and form canning clubs is planned alongside workforce by a farm labor expert. Santa Fe lists about fifty recruits across the National Guard Navy aviation corps reserve officers camp and regular army. Carlsbad reports twenty five recruits, others lag.
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Nebraska
New Mexico
San Miguel County
Colfax County
San Juan
Santa Fe
Valencia County
State College
National Guard
Navy
Aviation Corps
Carlsbad
Pennsylvania Leads in Army Recruiting Across States
Pennsylvania again leads in army recruiting with 176 Pennsylvanians accepted on April 28 and 29, vs 174 in Illinois and 118 in Michigan. The two day total nationwide was 1,436, bringing the year’s army additions to 37,706. Nevada added six more to its surplus, now 195 accepted on a quota of 1862.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Dlinois
Michigan
Nevada
President Wilson to Speak at Arlington Memorial Day
Washington April 40 The President accepted an invitation from the Grand Army of the Republic to address Memorial day exercises at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Washington
Wilson
Grand Army of the Republic
Arlington National Cemetery
Dauntless British Airmen Clash With German Flyers Above Front Lines
British aviators press a three-quarters hour duel against fourteen German planes, using speed and altitude to split the formation. two German craft are destroyed and a third crashes fatally. A second tale tells of a young British naval airman strafing a balloon near the lines, his engine hit, yet returning home limping to port.
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Morning Journal
France
London
Associated Press
Snecia
Kritens
Wilson Faces French Opinion on Sending Troops to France
The article reports a White House meeting between President Wilson and Rene Viviani amid conflicting French and American views on sending troops to France. It notes the general staff’s preference for fully trained forces, concerns over an early provisional volunteer army, and the possible moral impact of a small American force on French and German soldiers.
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Morning Journal
Washington
France
White House
Wilson
Rene Viviani
United States Army
Marshal Joffre
Baker
Congressional Committee
Roosevelt
War Department
Franre
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