Beer and Wine Face Battle Over Prohibition in Congress
In Washington on June 28 the fight over government control of food nears a decision on prohibition. The Senate debates a substitute allowing wines while aiming to stop distillation. Supporters frame it as war policy, while opponents warn of economic impact and German American sentiment.
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Congress
Senate Agriculture Committee
Lodge
Johnson
California
Kellogg
Minnesota
Hardwick
Committee On
Chamberlain
Herbert C. Hoover
Senator Judge
America
Rich Lumberman Ends Life as Grief Over Wife Deepens
Melvin R. Short, 34, wealthy lumberman of 2823 Madison read, killed himself after grieving over the death of his wife Edna. A note dated June 13 explains his despair and wish to be buried beside his wife. He died at his Madison Road home after firing a 32 caliber bullet to his temple. a maid found him early Thursday and doctors arrived too late. The case intersected with a looming suit by Margaret Farleigh over a marriage agreement, which may be dropped following his death. Short was a member of the Chamber of Commerce. funeral planned for Saturday at his residence.
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Madison Read
Mary King
A. M. Countryman
Frank Fee
Hk. E. Francis
Short
Dr. Countryman
Edna
W. W. Prather
Melvin
Bauer
Spring Grove
Mt. Washington
Madison Road
Margaret, Farleigh
Milford
Daniel Murphy
Lexington
Farleigh
Parks Board Grants Fourth of July Park Permits
The Board of Park Commissioners issued permits to Councilman Daniel Bauer for McKinley Park and to the Camp Washington Business Men's Club for Taft Field for a July Fourth celebration. Fireworks use was not approved.
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Board of Park Commissioners
Daniel Bauer
McKinley Park
Camp Washington Business Men’s Club
Taft Field
Weather notes and temperatures across states and cities
Ohio Friday and Saturday expect fair skies and warmer temperatures. Tennessee shows showers in the east with fair conditions to the west Friday and Saturday. West Virginia clears Friday with fair and warmer weather Saturday. Indiana fair on both days with increasing warmth. Temperatures at major stations include Montreal 66/76, Denver 86/90, Jacksonville 76/86 with rain in some areas, Pittsburgh 66/82, Seattle 42, Los Angeles 74, Memphis 01, Cincinnati records for June 28 show high 88 and low 67 with light rain in the evening.
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Tennessee
West Virginia
Indiana
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Denver
Jacksonville
Phoenix
Etee
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San Diego
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Kamloops
Oma
Salt Lake Cy
Cincinnati
S.W
6000 Loaded Coal Cars Sidetracked Near Cincinnati
The Governor Cox committee and Railroad War Board agents report about 6000 loaded coal cars sidetracked near Cincinnati for months. Coal operators show little sale activity with yards nearly empty while two major firms received carloads this week under demurrage. Dozens of towing steamboats are laid up between Cincinnati and Charleston and near Louisville with crews paid off.
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Railroad War Board
Cox
Cincinnati
Charleston
W. Va
Louisville
Sewing Girls Advised To Learn Special Work
The Textile Sewing Trades Association urges girls in sixth to eighth grades to prepare for good wages through a two year training program at a free Findlay Street school. It offers half time work and half time industrial training for fourteen year olds, with shorter options for older girls. Courses cover dressmaking embroidery and millinery, with eighth grade to first year high school level work. Civic groups will fund transport for distant pupils and a welfare committee guarantees suitable positions on certificate. A summer school will accept enrollments anytime.
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Textile Sewing Trades Association of the Chamber of Commerce
Findlay Street
John Street
Time Extension Granted for Liberty Bond Installments
The second Liberty Bond installment due date extended to July 3 for individuals. Assistant Treasurer Epsy notified, to help those unable to collect semiannual dividends before June 30. Several settlements occurred at the Subtreasury Thursday.
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Liberty
United States
Epsy
Attempted robbery at French Bros Bauer store reported
Edward Ellis, cashier at French Bros Bauer, counted seven thousand dollars when two youths entered from Clay Street. They fled after being spotted by Margaret Deaner. Police, including Night Chief Pettebaum, searched the store but found no trace of the robbers. Both suspects wore light clothing.
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Edward Ellis
East Liberty Street
French Bros.-Bauer
Main Street
Clay Street
Margaret Deaner
Hopkins Street
Ellis
Pettebaum
Regulate Insurance for Fighting Men
Washington officials report strong interest from life insurance firms invited by Secretary McAdoo to a conference on insuring officers and men in naval and military service. The administration aims to provide some form of government backed or cooperative war insurance, noting current private rates are too heavy for soldiers and sailors.
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Washington
McAdoo
America
Concede Cut in Coal Price Moves by U S Operators
Secretary Lane lauds coal operators for their co ordinated response to lower bituminous coal prices east of the Mississippi. Four hundred operators agreed to set mine prices effective July 1 with government oversight and limited commissions, saving the public and government substantial costs while excluding anthracite.
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Mississippi River
Lane
Defense Council
Fort
Federal Trade Commission
Smith
Geological Survey
Altho
Clearfield
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Illinois
Indiana
Coal man urges low navy coal bid to avoid collusion appearance
In New York on June 28 the government introduced a letter from W. W. Willett proposing a $2.98 per ton bid for 50 000 tons of navy coal to prevent any appearance of collusion, sent to J. M. Wright of Raleigh Coal and Coke. The trial also heard a "London agreement" claim about bunkers priced at $5 per ton, with a judge ruling it admissible to show intent.
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Navy Coal
Virginia
West Virginia
W. W. Willett
Boston
Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Agency Company
J. M. Wright
Raleigh Coal and Coke Company of
Cincinnati
Navy Department
Jones
Willett
London
United States
Grubb
Ohio Coal Prices Seen Cut After Friday Meet
Columbus June 28 A Friday meeting of coal operators railroad officials Governor Cox and Ohio Council National Defense committee is expected to illuminate the state coal situation. Cox says prices will be cut materially and the conference may set a basis for action to secure lower maximum prices regulate robbers and address transportation issues blamed by producers.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cox
Council National Defense
Rock Creek Dam Breaks Swallowing Oregon Town
Rock Creek near Killmacue Lake in the Elkhorn range was flooded when a fifty foot dam failed. Haines reports say almost every building at Rock Creek was destroyed with communication cut, leaving possible loss of life unknown. The dam's failure flooded ranches and disrupted a key grain and hay region. Killmacue Lake supplies power to nearby towns via the Eastern Oregon Light and Power Company.
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Ore
Haines
Rock Creek
Killmacue Lake
Oregon
Elkhorn Mountain Range
Eastern Oregon Light and Power Company
Golf Instruction by Chick Evans Begins Series
Chick Evans will start a weekly golf instruction series in the Commercial Tribune next Sunday. The United States Open and Amateur champion will cover the first principles and fine points of the ancient Scottish game in readable lessons for all ages and skill levels.
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Commercial Tribune
Chick Evans
United States
Judge's Daughter Engaged to Boston Manufacturer
Evelyn Hollister, daughter of Judge and Mrs. Howard C. Hollister of Cincinnati and Little Boars Head, announces engagement to Roland M. Baker Jr. of Boston and North Hampton. Baker, Harvard 1915 alumnus, is vice president of Bancroft-Walker Co. in Haverhill and member of Phoenix DKE, Hasty Pudding, and Owl Club. Wedding planned July 14 at St. Andrews by the Sea Rye Beach.
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the Commercial Tribune
Boston
Mass
United States
Howard C. Hollister
Cincinnati
Little Boars Head
N. H
Evelyn
Roland M. Baker, Jr
North Hampton
Baker
Harvard
Bancroft-Walker Company
Haverhill
Phoenix
Joyce Chosen President of Buckeye Teachers
Cedar Point O June 28 Darrel Joyce superintendent of Hamilton Ohio schools was elected president of the Ohio Teachers Association. The resignation of W E Kershner of Columbus as secretary was announced with F E Raynolds of Wapakoneta considered for the post.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Cedar Point
Darrel Joyce
Hamilton
Ohio Teachers’ Association
W. E Kershner
Columbus
F. E. Raynolds
Wapakoneta
Brazil Revokes Neutrality With Germany and Entente
Major General Pershing promotes Frederick Palmer of New York City to the army intelligence staff with the rank of Major. Palmer, noted for front line work in Europe, will head relations with the American press and assist with broader war responsibilities as the service seeks specialists. The caption notes Palmer exiting a captured German dugout observed by Canadians.
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Pershing
Frederick Palmer
New York City
Intelligence Department
Palmer
Brazil Revokes Neutrality in War Between Germany and US
Brazil ends neutrality after Congress acts in May allowing the shift. Foreign Minister Nilo Pecanha says Brazil can no longer stay on the fence as the United States enters the war and Germany’s actions prompt a change. Diplomatic exchanges with Entente powers were under way with possible naval visits to Brazilian ports.
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Congress
Brazil
Germany
United
Nilo Pecanha
United States
Rio Janeiro
Women Teachers Die and Wounded in New Hampshire Tragedy
Miss Alice Black Richards head teacher at the Lake Winnisquam school for the feeble minded was found dead from a throat wound in a cottage. Assistant matron Miss Elizabeth Suess and teacher Miss Dorothy Davis were found severely wounded. Morris P. Bradford, a manual training teacher, walked into the police station and urged his detention, and he is held for investigation.
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Laconia
N. H
Alice Black Richards
Lake Winnisquam
Elizabeth Suess
Dorothy Davis
Morris P. Bradford
Bradford
Councilman Mullen Falls From a Car Injury Mild
Michael Mullen, Eighth Ward councilman, fell from a street car at Eighth and Plum streets Thursday morning. His heel caught a loose metal strip on the running board, jarring his nose and skinning knuckles. Health officers provided first aid.
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Michael Mullen
Eighth Ward
Eighth
Plum Streets
Mullen
Landis
Peters
Conservancy Board Denies Allegations on Flood Bonds
The Miami Conservancy District board answered suits seeking to block bond issues and expenses for flood protection. They claim $75,000,000 in benefits and up to $27,000,000 in costs, with engineers estimating near $23,000,000, and say objecting property owners along the route have remedies.
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Board of Directors
Miami Conservancy District
Miami River
Piqua
Ohio Electric Company to Install New Cars Without Delay
The State Public Utilities Commission granted suspension of rules for the Ohio Electric Railway Company to purchase and install four motor express cars sixteen flat freight cars and sixteen box freight cars costing 130000. President Schoens also sought permission for the Cincinnati Traction Company to buy 100 double truck pay-enter cars at 550000. Mayor Puchta approved the plan.
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State Public Utilities Commission
Ohio Electric Railway Company
Schoens
Cincinnati Traction Company
Puchta
Conscription Begins Soon In Cincinnati
Colonel William Zimmerman receives orders for three members of the Third District Conscription Board John Clements H F Stoddard and Dr Robert Ingram the examining surgeon The board prepares to meet within 24 hours at the Hotel Savoy and wire Washington with updates The Elections Board has registration cards ready to dispatch as telegraphic orders come from the War Department and the draft may begin within days
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Cincinnati
William Zimmerman
Board of the Third District
John Clements
H. F. Stoddard
Robert Ingram
Zimmerman
E. H. Crowder
Washington
Springfield
Conscription Board
Hotel Savoy
Board of Elections
War Department
Woellner
General Selective Draft Board
Board of Elections Force
Treasury Aims Short Term Notes for Liberty Loan Payments
Washington June 28 Treasury officials sought to have a large share of today’s payments to Federal Reserve banks in certificates of indebtedness tied to the Liberty Loan. Secretary McAdoo urged banks to pay half the total in these short term notes as the Treasury must redeem 268 million dollars of them Saturday alongside 50 million dollars of other indebtedness certificates.
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Washington
Treasury
Federal Reserve Banks
Liberty Loan
McAdoo
Survivors in lifeboat fired on by submarine
The Elders Dempster steamer Addah, a 4397 ton vessel built in 1905, was torpedoed without warning by a German submarine on June 15. The captain's boat was hit, eight men killed, the master's boat wounded, and survivors were rescued by a French steamer at 5 pm on June 16.
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London
Elders Dempster
Addah
Canadians Storm Front Line Near Avion Lens
Canadian troops under artillery cover early today stormed and captured the German front line before Avion, a suburb of Lens, France. The action marks a bold assault in the ongoing operations on the Western Front.
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France
Avion
Lens
Danish Vessel Ivigtut Sunk By Submarine Outside Zone
The Danish steamer Ivigtut, 456 tons, was torpedoed outside the prohibited zone and then sunk by artillery fire after the submarine fired without warning. The captain reported the ship escaped the torpedo but was later destroyed. the crew were left in boats about 150 miles from land.
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Copenhagen
Ivigtur
Ivigtut
Pershing Reports Delayed On France Landing
Washington reports say Major General Pershing has not yet provided a full account of the first expedition's landing in France. Navy officials await word from the convoy commander as plans to deploy troops are closely guarded. Officials note a lengthy acclimation and strategic logistics will shape any front deployment.
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Washington
Pershing
France
War Department
Navy Department
Tropics
Mexican
Coal bids rejected by Board of Control
The Board of Control rejected coal bids about $100 000 higher than last year's contracts. City Purchasing Agent Ernst Von Bargen said the action aimed to wait for expected price reductions due to government pressure on producers, enabling the city to realize substantial savings by reissuing bids later.
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Ernst von Bargen
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