Hoover Warns Against Delay in Food Bill Passage
Washington July 11 Hoover warns delay in passage of the food bill will push wheat to speculative hands raise prices for consumers and dampen farmer production He cites world market instability shipping bottlenecks and need for a governing agency as causes Written at Wilson's request the letter is seen as criticism of congressional action.
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Washington
Senate
Herbert Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Hoover
Food Administration
Congress
Wilson
White House
Chamberlain
Smooth
Utah
Core
Oklahoma
Norris
Nebraska
Agricultural Committee
George Creel’s Censorship Battle Takes Center Stage
George Creel faces renewed scrutiny as a wartime propaganda head in 1917. Critics label him a censor while defenders argue his committee guided morale and unity. The controversy highlights tensions between free press and national security during World War I.
Indictment in Indiana Harbor Spy Case Exposed Munition Plans
Karl Kaufman, 38, arrested in Indiana Harbor on suspicions of being a German spy. Authorities found detailed plans for Inland Steel and Harbison Walker Refractories factories and registered mail receipts showing Germany contact. He appeared before U S Commissioner Charles Surprise at Hammond and was bound over to the federal grand jury.
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Chicago
Calumet
Indiana Harbor
Karl Kaufman
Inland Steel Company
Harbison Walker Refractories Company
Germany
Cincinnati
Kaufman
United States
Charles Surprise
Hammond
Federal Grand Jury
Gary
Pittsburgh
New Duluth
Wis
Youngstown
Live Stock Markets and Commodities Report
Market report from multiple exchanges shows hog and cattle receipts with varied quotations. Kansas City prices reflect softer hogs and steady to strong cattle values, while East Buffalo lists mixed cattle and hog prices, along with wheat corn oats butter eggs and assorted produce figures.
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Kansas City
Russians Push Deep in Eastern Galicia with Prisoners Taken
General Korni loff’s offensive in eastern Galicia continues with energy, as more villages fall and over 1,000 prisoners are reported. Russians seize three field guns and numerous mortars while driving enemy lines toward the Lomnica river near Stanislau.
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Petrograd
Korniloff
Galicia
Russian War Department
Teutons
Lomnica
Stanislau
Paris
Aisne Front
War Office
Hurtebise Monument
Laffaux Mill
Ailles
Corbeny
Courcy
Auberive
Baseball results feature Fisher Alexander and Plank Severeid
Baseball results show Detroit and Chicago games with runs hits and errors. In Detroit Washington defeated Detroit 5 to 4 with Dumond Henry Boland Stan age credited. at Chicago Philadelphia beat Chicago 8 to 7 with Noyes Schang Faber Schalk noted.
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Fisher
Alexander
Plank
Severeid
Detroit
R. H. E. Washington
Detroit Coffce
Dumond
Henry
Boland
Stan
Age
Chicago
Philadelphia
Noyes
Schang
Faber and Schalk
Big Industries Seek Broad Exemptions From Conscription
Industrial sectors press for wide exemptions for food production and related work. Exemption rules are being drafted and kept secret pending appellate boards. City dwellers favored as soldiers, with start of draft steps outlined and a target of listing names publicly as the process moves toward a first call of 500,000 by Sept. 1.
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Washington
Chicago
New York
General Crowder
Wilson
War Department
Appeals Board
Lightning Sets Oil Tanks Ablaze on Indiana Harbor Canal
Lightning struck a storage tank on the Indiana Harbor canal igniting thousands of barrels of crude oil owned by the Indiana Pipe Line company. Firefighters battled the blaze as oil spread between tanks along the canal in Hammond Indiana.
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Hammond
Ind
Indiana Harbor Canal
Indiana Pipe Line Company
Pigs to Scavenge Camp Waste at Rockford Bridge Site
In Rockford Illinois on July 11 Company A First Illinois engineers survey a pontoon bridge over Rock River linking to the west side road. The 165 men at the camp work on plumbing fittings and a pumping station for a new swimming pool while a hog disposal scheme funds four pigs to dress and store as company larder meat.
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Rockford
Ill
Company A
First
Illinois Engineers
Rock River
Saner
Chuck
Boy Snatched From Cistern Narrowly Saved In Shelbyville
In Shelbyville Indiana on July 11 John Hirschauer two and a half years old nearly drowned after slipping toward a cistern lid. Neighbor Mrs. A M Thompson grabbed the lid as it caught the child by the neck and held him suspended saving his life. Had she not acted quickly the boy would have fallen into the water.
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Shelbyville
Ind
John Hirschauer
Ed Hirschauer
A. M. Thompson
Knights Templars in Session Openin g in Cedar Rapids Iowa
The fifty fourth annual conclave of the Knights Templars of Iowa opened in Cedar Rapids with about 400 Knights present. Erection of new buildings is a key issue to be discussed as James E. Bromwell of Marion Iowa delivers the grand commander's annual address.
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Cedar Rapids
Knights Templars of
Iowa
James E. Bromwell
Marion
Wilson expected to tighten blockade against Germany
Washington reports a strong belief among high officials that the embargo law and presidential proclamation will soon intensify the blockade of Germany. The move aims to protect neutrals near Germany while sharply reducing imports to Germany by a broader embargo approach than Britain used before U S entry.
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Washington
Germany
Wilson
United States
Great Britain
Pew
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George Creel
America
American Press Association
HIND
Man Held
Zimmerman
Berlin
Prussia
Zurich
von Bethmann- Hollweg
Empire
Reichstag
Mathia Erzberger
Herr von Batocki
Batocki
Teuton
London
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
Karl Helfferich
Alfred Zimmerman
William
Hollweg
German National Liberal Party
East Buffalo
Cash Grain
St. Louis
Frank L. Polk
Secretary
Lansing
Polk
State Department
St. Lawrence
San Rafael
Cal
Carlos Gardella
National League
Eel W. L. Pet WL
Chi
Phil
Brook
St. L. Re. Cin
the Pitts
R.uu Kk. N. Y
St. L
Rockford Bay
Baby
Knights Templars
N.Y
Brooklyn
J.S
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