Government to control telegraph and telephone lines
Washington papers report President Wilson signed a war measure placing telegraph telephone radio and cable lines under government control. Congress approved the power for the war period with 46 to 16 in the Senate and 221 to four in the House. Debate spanned amendments and quotes from Senator McCumber Wadsworth Poindexter and Watson regarding risks of permanent ownership and socialism.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Senate
House
Watson
Indiana
Gore
Oklahoma
Reed
Missouri
McCumber
Wadsworth
New York
Poindexter
Western Union
Louisville
Executive Department
Organization to sell German assets under enemy act
New York July 16 announcement of a selling organization to dispose of 160 German concerns seized under the trading with the enemy act valued around 250 million dollars. A Mitchell Palmer alien property custodian said forty firms with over 100 million in capital are ready for sale and the rest will be sold as ready. Joseph I. Guffey of Pittsburgh named sales manager of the Federal Selling Corporation to oversee disposal with an advisory and Washington committee.
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New York
A. Mitchell Palmer
Palmer
Joseph I. Guffey
Pittsburg
Natural Gins Association of America
Federal Selling Corporation
Guffey
Washington
Gelling Organization
Mr. Palmer
Americans Now On Battle Front In France 4 100 000
Washington reports three army corps totaling 675 000 to 750 000 men organized in France. Chief of Staff March says 1 100 000 Yankees are there now with 331 000 on the fighting line. More than 250 American airplanes have been shipped to France.
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France
Washington
States
President vetoes wheat price bill over $2.40 minimum
President vetoes a $28 million agricultural appropriation bill because it fixed a government guaranteed minimum wheat price at $2.40 a bushel. He says price controls are not practical, noting how fixed minimums would raise costs for flour and burden consumers and nations abroad.
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Washington
Congress
Farmers of America
Germany
Canada
Wilson Veto Stands on Agricultural Bill Survives House Vote
The House sustained President Wilson by defeating a motion to pass the agricultural bill over his veto, 172 to 72. The measure was referred back to the agricultural committee with house leaders aiming to pass it without the wheat price fixing provision.
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Washington
House
Wilson
Agricultural Committee
Prohibition Legislation Delayed to August 26
Washington reports that national prohibition legislation was postponed by Congress to August 26 as part of a unanimous consent agreement for mid-summer recess. The measure includes an $11,000,000 emergency food production bill with a bone dry wartime provision and guarantees the bill will have right of way after recess. Supporters push for a decisive war-time production clause, while opponents hope for defeats or modifications with possible presidential involvement next month.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Wilson
Berlin Claims Capture of Six American Planes
Berlin reports all six American aircraft attempting to bomb Coblenz have fallen into German hands. Five were said captured on Thursday and the last was shot down according to an official report issued yesterday.
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Berlin
Coblenz
Death of Hindenburg Reported After Spa Interview
Amsterdam reports Field Marshal von Hindenberg is dead, per Les Nouvelles. The death follows a stormy discussion with the German emperor at headquarters in Spa, amid reported rifts over the German offensive toward Paris. the field marshal died from brain congestion.
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Amsterdam
von Hindenberg
Les Nouvelles
Spa
Paris
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