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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1917
Page
4
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The Young Men's Christian Association accelerates war relief by shipping a large consignment to France. A Brooklyn pier delivered five tons of milk chocolate, 10,000 pounds of sugar, 20,000 chewing gum, and 75 cases of athletic equipment, with donations funding new camps and buildings for Army and Navy training.
The Rotterdam Courant notes a grim outlook for northwestern Germany with a poor harvest due to drought. Pots and hog feed shortages loom as potatoes fail and hay crops are uncertain, signaling potential food scarcity and fears of no second crop.
The report describes severe suffering and labor shortages across Germany and Denmark due to a protracted heat wave and drought. Wheat looks fair but vegetables fail, fruit yields shrink, and early potatoes are delayed. Livestock milk and butter production declines as cattle care becomes unclear. Prices rise. meat rationing and food cards spread, with Hamburg residents allowed to trade meat cards for fish.
Congress must swiftly approve a 600 million dollar expansion of the aviation service to speed a large American air fleet. Training camps will be established nationwide, with San Antonio housing the largest camp for about 20 thousand men. The plan envisions up to 40 thousand pilots and crews and production rising to thousands of machines monthly to support training, scouting, and fighting.
City officials in Laramie announce the closing of the red light district by July 1 following a state and local effort. Mayor Holliday supports the move citing the need for increased police protection and potential use of out of town detectives to gather evidence. The decision meets applause from local supporters after a month of campaigning by women’s groups and citizens.
A nineteen year old Chicago lad visiting Bastile Park was found with two 42 centimeter rifles and a bowie knife over a foot long. He admitted petty theft of a suitcase and was sent to serve fifteen days by Justice Lyons of Burov after his Burns arrest.
In Sheridan on June 27 a near fatal automobile accident occurred near Diets when Alex Petrie’s Buick met a car driven by a woman from Awe Tri an. Petrie turned right to turn around. the other driver, going fast, crossed to the wrong side and struck Petrie’s vehicle on the fender. A female passenger in the other car was thrown from the machine but sustained only minor bruises.
At noon today word reached Supervisor Peirce that the fire near Wyocolo, reported yesterday, was under control. Eight men remained on site, backed by forty from the forest service and railroad to prevent a rekindling, with timber loss only and no settlements affected in the region.
Chicago salesman HA Smith of Diamond Rubber Co asserts rubber outperforms steel in wear tests and tire tread can be strengthened without losing elasticity. He notes ten years of lab progress and dismisses substitutes, saying there is no substitute for rubber.
County Clerk Murchison laments liquor permit backlog as residents rush to import alcohol before July enforcement of a new rule requiring an oath for medicinal sacramental mechanical or scientific uses. The surge comes as demand rises and supplies dwindle, with many seeking permits via the courthouse route.
A bathers fatality occurred at Big Horn when Larsen drowned in a Willis Spear ranch reservoir as companions swam. Clifford Irvin attempted rescues but nearly drowned. Miles Huff recovered Larsen’s body about twelve feet deep. Funeral set for 8:30 this afternoon at Big Horn.
The First Church of Christ, Scientist in Cheyenne Wyoming announces a free lecture on Christian Science by John Randall Duan C 8 board member of the Mother church lectureship in Boston Massachusetts. The event takes place Thursday evening June 28 at the Parish house at o'clock. The public is invited to attend.
The resignation of First Lieut G L Barlow is accepted. Various officers are relieved from duty or reassigned in the southern department, Hawaiian Islands and other posts. Several dental and medical corps appointments and examinations are noted with locations including Fort Leavenworth Newark San Francisco and Fort Oglethorpe.
In Greeley Colorado on June 27 officials report a car shortage on the Union Pacific disrupting Sherman hill gravel shipments to Great Western Sugar Weld county and the city for street and highway work. Union Pacific notified Fort Collins and Loveland that contracted gravel cannot be supplied for the present with only a fraction of ordered Sherman hill gravel arriving.
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