Senate Passes Food Control Bill With War Powers
Washington reports the Food Control Bill, a key war measure, cleared the Senate 31 to 6. Provisions grant the President power to establish government control, appoint a three member food administration board, regulate prices and supplies, requisition food and fuels, fix wheat at a minimum price of 2 per bushel, and regulate exchanges and production facilities. The administration seeks to strike out a section on liquor provisions and minimum wheat pricing may affect producers and consumers.
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Massive aviation bill allocates 640 million dollars
The aviation bill approved by the Senate authorizes 640 million dollars for about 22 000 airplanes and nearly 100 000 aviators. President Wilson is expected to sign. details of the expenditure remain withheld after swift passage.
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Limit of Smuggling Reward Set at Five Thousand Dollars
Washington reports a $5,000 reward limit for information leading to prosecutions and duty recoveries in smuggling cases. An informant recently aided five cases yielding $100,000 in duties, which would have earned $25,000 in reward under prior rules.
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Kaiser Calls 2,000,000 To Colors To Face Americans
Washington reports 2,000,000 more German troops to March 1 and 2,200,000 reservists preparing for the front as Allied spring offensives loom. Conditions in Germany worsen with bread shortages and crop failures in East Prussia and Pomerania. Requisitions bite, cattle losses rise, and rumors claim some American relief provisions were diverted to a Belgian hospital.
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Observers Say German Front Impregnable As War Rages
Nine American officers returned from France reporting to the War Department that German lines on the western front appear impregnable under current forces. They noted Allied power cannot break the line without decisive U.S. help and that Germany holds ascendancy in the air with large reserves ready for spring operations. Washington.
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England Foils Big Luftwaffe Raid Over London
England's reorganized air defences repelled a large Prussian air force squadron bound for London and seven or eleven bombs killed eleven people. Russian retreat in Galicia becomes a rout as troops disobey guard orders. Germans seize Tarnopol and swing south to trap Russians between Brzezany and the Dniester while loyal Russian troops strike Prussians. French deter Crown Prince at Chemin des Dames as they repulse the fortieth Prussian assault. Rome reports Austrian-front successes.
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Kerensky Becomes Absolute Dictator in Free Russia
London reports Alexander F Kerensky as the new absolute dictator after seizing extraordinary powers. The Russian front collapses, with morale ruined, troops fleeing Galicia toward Tarnopol and Sereth as Kerensky seeks to halt defeat and quell internal chaos.
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Colt wins huge wartime arms contract in Hartford
The Colt Patent Fire Arms Company of Hartford secures one of the largest government orders, including 20,000 machine guns, 500,000 automatic pistols, and 100,000 United States army revolvers. The latest model guns will be produced under exclusive patent rights.
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Dry Zone Around Military Camps Enforced By Order
Secretary Baker announced a five mile dry zone around all military camps and a half mile zone if camps are near towns or cities. No sale of liquor allowed within these zones and saloons will be forced to close.
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Jersey Guards Prepare for War Duty at Sea Girt Camp
The Adjutant General moves from the State House to Sea Girt as over 400 New Jersey Guardsmen from the South Jersey infantry and artillery units prepare for federal service exams and possible deployment. General Barber expected to command brigades and all Jersey troops in foreign service, with pride in state identity and potential nicknames like Jersey Blues. The Sea Girt camp will be a serious, wartime drill zone, far from peaceful past trainings, as Gov. Edge limits social events and soldiers face France. Hotelier Charles J. Pury offers hotel facilities to support camp commissary plans at Wrightstown, signaling broad wartime cooperation.
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New Jersey Briefs Highlight Local War and Civic Efforts
Alfredo Lezio, lieutenant in the Italian army, drowned at Greenwood Lake. Westville gardeners fear crop losses from pests. Paulsboro volunteer life-saving corps receives its palmotor. Rev J Harienbeck Townsend of Camden funds four children for country service. Malaga to form a fire company. steel wheel rim donated for a fire alarm. Paulsboro youths enlist to avoid draft. Glassboro installs shower baths at NJ Gas Co central plant. Swedesboro adopts tag system. neighbors questioned for wrong-side parking. Paulsboro alarm siren tested. fire and police boxes planned citywide. Trenton police seek housewives’ cooperation in food conservation. some refuse to sign cards. Woodbury area home gardens yield 73–99% produce. high local prices persist. North Jersey Rapid Transit fare rise to six cents approved. Shad season weak. reduced net usage and marketing. Army trucks haul lumber to Camp Dix. Boy Scouts camp near Burlington. Woolwich Township buys a tractor. Woodbury Creek mouth to be dredged. Delaware Valley shad decline report by Warden Morton. Selective draft hits three Heppe sons. Salt pork theft from Walter Garwood’s cedar. Mount Holly MFE church hosts reception for Company E, Third Regiment. Weights scales needed at wharves. Woodbury weighmasters seek corrective action. Freeman, Trenton prison deputy, dismissed for parole bribe. Woodstown Red Cross opens headquarters. Naval Reserve orders May beach trolley to Sewell’s Point. storage battery cars and gravel trains planned for parade route work.
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Seek the Lord While He May Be Found Lesson
A July 29 lesson on Isaiah 65 emphasizes God’s forward looking promises and invitation to all, especially the thirsty and needy. It explains coming to God, the covenant of mercy, and transformation through His word, with emphasis on timely seeking and fruitful living.
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