Le Houx Urges Greater Food Production In War Time
Governor Frank L. Hombes urged mobilization of food efforts explaining the need for local clubs and businesswomen to boost bread and supply chains. He claimed he could provide potato seed for 3000 acres at cost and would use available labor if wartime demands rise. He also proposed sending penitentiary workers to harvest fields with advance notice.
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Frank L. Homnbes
Oféty
Ana
Torrington
Pes
Wid
Heux
Lester Moritz Fatal Motorbike Fall Reported
Fireman Lester Moritz suffered a fatal neck injury in a motorbike fall. Authorities described the incident as a serious accident and reported the victim’s service as a firefighter. Further details were not immediately available.
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Lester Moritz
Wives of Cabinet Members Adopt Simple Living
Washington reports Mrs. Wise wife of President Wilson and Mrs. Marshall wife of the Vice President will curb entertaining and social duties to minimal levels. They plan to devote more time to dress relief work and set an example for other women nationwide.
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Wasmbigton
Wises
Wilson
Marshall
British Forces Take Wancourt and Heninel in France
British forces in France captured the villages of Wancourt and Heninel and adjoining positions. They advanced north of the Scarpe river and along the last stretch of the Vimy ridge still held by German forces, the official statement reports.
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London
France
Wancourt
Heninel
Scarpe River
Vimy Ridge
Government aims six million embargo on wool and livestock
R C McCullough of Byer Brothers Omaha says the government will impose a six million dollar embargo on wool hides and livestock and set fixed high and low price limits. He notes prices are dangerously high and warns producers would incur losses if regulation raises prices further. Speculators push for more, risking a market downturn. The plan may involve government buying wool and hides at a fixed price with no producer profit.
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R. C. McCullough
Byer
Brothers
4 Co
Omaha
Washington
Rics
McCullough
Three-Year Sentence for German Plotter
Fritz Kolb a German was found guilty of possessing bombs and received a state prison term of three years four months to five years. He was arrested March 5 in Hoboken.
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Jerbey City
N. J
Fritz Kolb
Kolb
Hoboken
Tariff Commission Members Confirmed in Senate Vote
Washington D C April 12 All members of the new tariff commission were confirmed by the Senate today.
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Tariff Commission
Washington, D. C
New Tariff Commission
Senate
Stockmen gather for Cheyenne meeting and ranch dinner
More than 260 prominent stockmen from across the state attend a successful state stockraisers meeting in Cheyenne. Alice Smith reads a year’s report as guests enjoy an Industrial club supper and a Wyoming ranch dinner at Hereford ranch with speakers on cattlemen's past errors, taxes, and homestead law.
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Alice Smith
Association
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Hereford Ranch
Raymond 8. Husted
Hereford Company
Ger. J. M. Garey
J. C. Underwood
Underweed
Wyo
W. B. Ross
Wyoming Weather Forecast Brief
Partly cloudy Friday with cooler conditions in the southern region. Expect light winds and a modest drop in afternoon temperatures across southern counties. No precipitation is indicated in the brief regional forecast.
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Wyoming
South
Avoid Our Blunders Lloyd George Urges
London April 12 Lloyd George told the American Luncheon club the US entry seals the war as a battle against military autocracy. He warned America to study Britain’s blunders and praised allied cooperation while stressing victory rests on supremacy of ships.
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London
Lloyd George
United States
America
Prussia
Keiser William
Lagendor Page
Packers Ready for Higher Prices and Government Action
Charles Thompson of Armour’s says livestock prices stay high due to demand and would remain elevated for years unless the government imposes maximum price controls. Domestic demand is strong and foreign demand has declined. even with lower cattle hog and sheep prices, producers profit due to by products and volume. Thompson forecasts increased meat demand postwar as emigrants arrive, keeping meat prices up unless government intervenes.
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Charles Thompson
Armour’s
America
Thompson
Cain
Six Paper Makers and Banker Indicted Under Anti Trust
Six men including George Mead of Spanish River Paper Pulp mills and Philip Dodge of International Paper were indicted by a federal grand jury for controlling about ninety five percent of U S newsprint production using power in violation of the antitrust law. Also named were Edward Baskus George Cahoon Jr Frank Sensenbrenner Alex Smith and G H P Gould. The executive committee of the News Print Paper Manufacturers Association is cited with the scheme.
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New York
Federal Grand Jury
News
Asociation
George Steel
Wittess
George Mead
Spanish River Paper Pulp Mills
Philip Dodge
International Paper Company
Edward Baskus
Minnesota-Ontario Power Company
George Cahoon, Jr
Expert Paper Company
Frank Sensenbrenner
Kimberly-Clark Company
Alex Smith
Chicago
G. H. P. Gould
Atlantic patrol to extend along the coast from Panama to Canada
Lines from Washington state American ships to guard major ports and deter a German submarine blockade. British and French fleets off the U S coast will withdraw once American ships are established. German campaign fears focus on New York Boston Delaware Chesapeake Bay Charleston and Savannah amid wartime supply routes.
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Washington
D. C
Atlantic Sea Board
Panama
South Atlantic
American
Germany
New York
Boston
Delaware
Chesapeake Bay
Charleston
Savannah
Europe
War Dept Offers War Service Only Enlistment Basis
Secretary Baker announced that men enlisting in the regular army or national guard during the present emergency would be kept in service only for the war period. Following a Baker Wilson conference the policy makes 517,000 enlistment spots available for those serving for the war, emphasising a wartime volunteer basis.
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Washington, D. C
Regular Army
National Guard
Waker
Baker
Wilson
Talks on peace with entente leaders and German overtures
Informal Bulgarian and Austrian efforts in Switzerland aim at ending the war with terms acceptable to entente powers. Reports from Copenhagen say the German foreign office seeks peace with the United States, with Lansing said to have received unofficial mediation overtures for a secret conference in The Hague.
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Washington, D. C
Switzerland
Bulgaria
Copenhagen
Foreign Office
United States
Lansing
Col. E. M. Homse
Hague
Germany
Recruits to be Mustered Out Soon After War Ends
Army and national guard enlistment policy to discharge all men who joined since the declaration of war or who enlist now at end of present emergency. Cheyenne officials expect a surge of new enlistments next week as the three year term in the guard and reserve aligns with volunteers in prior wars.
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Army
National Guard
United States
Germany
Noonan
C. N. Barney
Denver
Andrrsen
Brorutta
Andersen
B. A Turner
William M. Kennedy
Arnold L. White
Richard E. Short
Colorado
Arnold D. Krayer
J'buque
Glen W. Harmon
La’e L. Harmon
Kappelle
Har Ri
United
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Haading Cizcus
Frank L. Houx
Pri
Wreming
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U.S
WW News Print
Canada
Kaiser
U. S
Casper
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