Senate Votes Bone Dry Prohibition Plan In Congress
U S senators push bone dry prohibition extending to whisky beer and possibly wine while a president could authorize wine making. The agricultural committee backed a strict ban with a later vote by the full committee rejecting wine authority and maintaining stringent prohibition amid debates on food control and national defense implications.
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Washington
Senate Agricultural Committee
Congress
Senat Agricultural Committee
Kenyon
Advisory Commission
The
Council of National Defense
Hoover
Agricultural Committee
Aye—Johnson
South Dakota
Thompson
Kendrick
Sheppard
Page
Brady
Norris
Grenna
Nay—Smith
Georgia
Smith
South Carolina
Chamberlain
Gore
Ramsdell
Wadsworth
Warren
Daylight Saving Bill Passes Senate Without Vote
The daylight saving bill passed the Senate without discussion or a recorded vote and moves to the House. It would take effect next year with clocks advanced one hour from the last Sunday in April to the last Sunday in September.
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Washington
Senate
House
Twenty nine plead guilty in draft case in Freeport
Freeport Illinois June 28 twenty nine men from Winnebago county jail admitted guilt for violating the draft registration law at Rockford on June 6. This group adds to a prior total of 103 cases disposed on Tuesday.
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Freeport
Ill
Winnebago County
Rockford
Shipyards on Great Lakes to Build U S Merchant Fleet
Washington informs that Great Lakes shipyards will join the wartime effort to construct merchant vessels. Major General Goethals reports a survey of lake facilities for ships to be built via the Welland canal and invites proposals from lakeside yards. Senator Lewis aimed to place yards at Chicago limits.
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Washington
Great Lakes
James Hamilton Lewis
George W. Goethals
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Lewis
Goethals
Welland Canal
General Goethals
Senator Lewis
Lakes
Chicago
American Troops Land in France as Parade Fetes Arrival
In a French seaport on June 28 the second contingent of American troops disembarked amid cheering crowds. Maj. Gen. Sibert receives them at a camp near the front, with Gen. Pershing arriving and troops moving supplies forward. The dispatch notes this as the epochal landing and outlines future operations under Pershing with all units as regulars.
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William L. Sibert
Pershing
Washington
France
General Pershing
Belgium
Wilson
American Woodmen Arrive to Uproot British Woods
Ten units of American woodmen sent from New England states and organizations reached English soil ready to set up sawmills and start felling forests. They arrived with full equipment including machinery and lubricants, and will rely on local raw food supplied for maintenance by their cooks.
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London
New England
United Kingdom
Submarine Toll Decreases in British Losses
London reports a weekly Admiralty tally showing twenty one British ships over 1600 tons and seven under that size sunk by U boats in the past week. No fishing vessels are listed. The count for larger ships fell by six from the prior week, with 331 British vessels sunk since mid April, including 240 over 1600 tons.
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London
Admiralty
Law son jailed after alleged registration interference
Kokomo Indiana June 28 John Law son is in jail awaiting action by federal authorities Lieutenant William E Kepner alleges Lawson interfered with registration.
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Kokomo
Ind
John Lawson
William E. Kepner Allees Lawson
Four Million Subscribe to Liberty Loan Totals Hit Record
Washington reports nearly four million people subscribed to the liberty loan. Subscriptions total about $3.036 million with $50 minimums and 21 subscribers including John D Rockefeller at $5,000 or more. New York led in over subscribing with $1.157 billion, while Minneapolis Kansas City and Atlanta lagged estimates.
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Washington
Liberty Loan
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve Banks
Department
John D Rockefeller
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Atlanta
San Francisco
St. Louis
New York
Metropolis
Buffalo
Syracuse
Rochester
Will Force Ships to Sail
President Wilson met with Secretary Redfield at the commerce building to discuss the export control act and licensing on bunker coal. Earlier Redfield met Shipping Board Chairman Denman to promote forcing idle ships into transatlantic service to deter submarine risk and restrict licenses for noncompliant countries.
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Washington
Wilson
Department of Commerce
Redfield
Denman
The
Shipping Board
House Passes Harbors Bill With 205 to 132 Vote
Washington June 28 The rivers and harbors appropriation bill totaling 26 million dollars passed the house by a 205 to 132 vote.
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Washington
House
Drowns as Promotion Nears
In Champaign Illinois on June 28 a telegram announced the death by drowning of Fred C. Hall a private in the coast artillery at Fort Howard Maryland just hours after relatives in Pesatum learned he was in line for promotion.
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Champaign
III
Pesatum
Fred C. Hall
Coast Artillery
Fort Howard
German gold shrinks report signals lower Germany gold stock
Amsterdam reports June 28 that the Frankfurter Zeitung says hints indicate the next Imperial Bank of Germany returns will show a notable drop in gold reserves.
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Amsterdam
Frankfurter Zeltung
Imperial Bank of Germany
Thirty Lives Lost in Latest U-boat Raids
An American schooner four neutral vessels and one British liner were destroyed by mines or submarines with at least thirty lives lost. Ships named include Galena Maggie Gunhild N Hadzikyriakos and Mongolia. casualties varied with some crews saved and others lost.
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New York
Galena
King Haakon
Maggie
Gunhild
N. Hadzikyriakos
Mongolia
Bombay
War Tax Bill Progress Amid Allied Reparations Efforts
Fragment shows discussion on war excess profits tax and Allied reparations with references to finance committee work and partnerships. Indicates ongoing efforts to finalize a war tax bill and related fiscal measures.
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Fors”. Droits
Tate Finance Committee
U S Will Cut Rail Luxuries for War Needs
Washington reports shifts in railroad service to boost locomotive supply for Russia. Luxuries such as dining cars barber shops and library cars will be reduced or eliminated as schedules are reorganized to prioritize motive power and essential freight for the war effort.
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Ita
Oery
Methodists Begin Traverse City Reunion Talks
Clergymen and lay delegates from the Methodist Episcopal and Methodist South churches meet at Traverse City Michigan to discuss reunification of the seven branches of Methodism amid a conference of millions of members.
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Michigan
Traverse City
Mich
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Church South
Scouting Clash Over Galician Lines Injures Lieutenant
Petrograd reports lively scouting operations between Russian and Austrian forces in Galicia. An Austrian attack in the Presovee region led Lieutenant Muravcev to rally his men with bayonet and grenades, breaking through and retreating without a loss among his ranks, receiving seven serious wounds.
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Petrograd
Galicia
War Office
Grad Kovce
Presovee
Muraucev
Muravcev
Cantonment Site Selected for Des Moines in National Plan
Washington reports Des Moines Iowa has been chosen as one of the fifteen national army cantonments after a supplemental report from Major General Garry. He states, after personal examination, the ground is suitable for military purposes and satisfactory for the project.
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Athens
Saloniki
Sarrail
Washington
Des Moiron
Baker
National Army
Garry
Central Department
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Great Liberty Fund
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Husband
J. H. Glennon
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