Hoover to Taking Charge of Food War Controls
Washington reports President Wilson will sign the Lever Food Bill this week and Herbert C. Hoover will take full control of the food administration. Officials aim to conserve supplies and prevent price rises, with wheat sugar and meat as first targets as winter nears.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Herbert C. Hoover
Germany
Hoover
Federal Trade Commission
Food Administration Department
The
Trade Commission
Pomerene
Northwest
Congress
President Wilson Plans Price Regulation Efforts
President Wilson consulted with the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice to shape price control for war materials. He focused on costs of coal steel and lumber and the copper inquiry near completion with a report due within two weeks.
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Washington
Wilson
Federal Trade Commission
Department of Justice
The
Trade Commission
Millionaire Ends His Life in Exclusive St Louis Apartment
J W Lambert 43, vice president of Lambert Pharmaceutical, shot himself after separation from his wife Bernice Kendall Lambert, former Webster Groves heiress. The prominent sportsman and billiards enthusiast, nicknamed the Broad way Jones of St Louis, left wife and six month old child in New York.
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St. Louis
J. W. Lambert
Lambert Pharmaceutical Company
Lambert
Bernice Kendall Lambert
Webster Grove
New York
Broadway Jones
Clerks in Butte Accept 60 Cent Raise to Avert Strike
Butte Montana workers in the city clerks union accepted a wage increase of 60 cents per day, tied to the price of coal, averting a potential strike. The concession was granted by employers and took effect immediately.
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Butte
Mont
Sheep Fire Threat Near Warland Montana
Warland Montana on August 8 reports approximately 1,000 sheep out of a 20 000 head flock affected by a blaze or incident prompting concern for herd safety and local response efforts.
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Warland
Mont
North Dakota Highlights Health, Law, and Weather Notes
William Behrmont of New Salem faces federal embezzlement charges after indictment. Crops in Richland, Sargent and Ransom counties look strong amid good moisture. Wild weather and rail actions mix with local incidents from Fargo to Minot. Community notices urge school calendars aligned with farm labor needs.
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William Behrmont
New Salem
Federal Grand Jury
Hankinson
Great Northern Railroad
Minot Association of Commerce
Minnesota
Richland
Sargent
Ransom
Paul Leslie Whitman
North Dakota
Roy Whitman
France
Albert Gray
Sarah Dalton
Fargo
North Dakota Supreme Court
Ransom County Court
Haig
Haugue
Western Lumber and Grain Company
Bownan Equity Exchange
Griffin
District Court
Grand Forks
Sam
R. E. Fish
Milroy
Bismarck
Mann
Militia Bureau
Washington
Barry
Central Department
Chicago
Northwest firms face first North Dakota antitrust indictment
Draft examination opened as defendants pleaded not guilty before Judge Amidon to Sherman act indictments. The case, likely to go to Fargo for term, marks North Dakota’s first antitrust suit. Prosecution says wholesale houses with branches in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, the Dakotas, Nebraska, and Kansas control Northwest fruit markets.
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Northwest
C. F. Amidon
Grand Jury
Fargo
M. A Hildreth
North Dakota
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
North
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Red Cross Reorganizes Fargo Chapter Leadership
Attorney Scott Cameron is named chairman of a new five member executive committee to lead the Fargo Red Cross chapter Judge Young favors a leaner, more mobile leadership. Briggle becomes secretary with Miss Frances Petrie resigning. Senators and attorneys from Braddock Hazelton and Linton will join to boost efficiency in handling a heavy workload.
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Scott Cameron
Fargo
Red Cross
Judge Young
Cameron
Young
Briggle
Frances Petrie
Allen
Braddock
Armstrong
Hazelton
Coventry
Linton
DRIVE IN WEST TO BE RENEWED AND EXEMPTIONS LISTED
A long roster of individuals from Linton Kht George Huber to Clemens Scherr is named as rejected for physical disqualifications in the draft process. The report details examinations in Linton and nearby towns with many placed in the pending exemption queue or awaiting final medical review.
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John Plagel
Linton
George Huber
Kintyre
John Reidlinger
Temvik
Jos. Jochim
T. James DD. Liedmond
Hazelton
Jos. Gefre
Strasbur
Gerrit van Boren
Hull
Clarence Wasen
A. Kay Pettis
Linton Co
Wm. van der Vorste
Pollock
Cyril S. Haug
Strasburg
Albert Leroy Payne
Jude
Oscar S. Olson
Morris Cheit
Hague
Anselm Sehn
Peter Sochim
Simon Werlinger
Zeeland
Eric Nathaniel Ferm
Braddock
Henry Dornbush
Harry Hadden
Clifford Kurtz Hazelton
Jacob J. Fuhrer
Frank J. Henry
Glencoe
Wm. H. Ulienkott
Heerend Veltkamp
Don Tracy
Gus Permann
Peter DeBoer
Wenfield Winkener
John A. Allensworth
Anton Wickenheiser
A Frederick
Anton
Kraft
John Hoff
Renslie A. Hank
John Volk
Johannes Sanders
Wishek
Alfred Emil Becker
John
Assembly of America
Europe
Bismarck
Court House
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Bowman
Mberty
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M. E. Hall
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Dickinson
J. H. McKenny
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East Grand Forks
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Thirty
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C. A. Klaus
Jamestown
Louis Backes
Grafton
Backes
M. Marks
St. Paul
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Camp Reeve
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Grand Forks Commercial Club
D Company
Second
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Mandan
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Rube” Schauer
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Belgium
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Oxcar A. Nordstrom
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FlUx Zacher
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Thos. Witchick
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Lorenz Miller
Frank Holzer
Ludwig Senger
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Mike J. Jahner
Frank J. Sahli
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Bauman
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Geo. W. Anderson
Hert van der Vorste
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Delbert R. Bassert
Evan Heglund
Leon V. Lesher
Henry Visser
Weastfield
Adam Gabriel
John Schiermeister
Frank Beck
Norcrosse
Minn
Clarence H. White
Covington
Harry W. Hanson
Ignatz Wolf
Mike K. Bichler
Richard Preutzenreuter
St. P
Isaac Blore
Wendelin Wickenheiser
Stras
Adam Baumstark
Napoleon
Peter Kraft
Clarence W. Wilmot
Dale Wm. Woodland
John Meter
Anton Schwahn
George A. Nolt
Jos. Marquardt
John van Beek
August Dirk
Maurits van Soest, Jr
Benajah Orthmeyer
Ernest Wurm
Constantin Dietrich
Bert Johnson
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Robert P. Biaco
Frank Poklish
Jacob K. Mastel
Henry Hemmerick
Wm. Butschat
Harry Beal
Ole Halsne
Arthur G. Lewin
Roy Tennant
Dale
Fred Rice
Boo City
Iowa
Jacob Wok
Onttic
Clemens Scherr
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