Austrian Premier declines new cabinet. Charles II to William talks
London June 26 Baron v Seydler Austrian Premier declines invitation to form a new cabinet after a Crown Council meeting in Vienna on a critical food situation. Emperor Charles I addresses William about food conditions as Premier Seydler proposes Herr Bahnhaus as successor. Georgia legislature opens with national prohibition amendment support and work or fight bills. Senate 35 2 House 129 24 adopted bone dry resolution.
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Associated Press
London
Baron v. Seydler
Charles
Paul
Seydier
Herr Bahnhaus
Atlanta
Georgia
Senate
House
Transfer of Sgt Stehling Shifts Supply Role at Camp Travis
Sgt Benno J Stehling moves from 51st Company to Lirst Company as supply sergeant at Camp Travis, praised as highly efficient and a loss to the unit. Miss Edna Stein of Fredericksburg visits Boerne, with Prof Ed Dabney and Hugo Hopf of Harper in town. Eckert W S S meeting over the top of quota by more than $300.
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Benno J. Stehling
51St Company
Lirst
Stehling
Edna Stein
Fredericksbuer
Boerne
Ed. J. Dabney
Hugo Hopf
Harper
Eckert
Watkins
British Advance at Bailleul in World War I clash
British troops advanced along a 3.5 mile front east of the Nieppe Forest between Bailleul and Bethune. West of Morris Australian forces seized enemy positions and captured prisoners and six machine guns. The assault, launched at dawn on a 6,000 yard front from Vieux Becquin to Tournai, aimed at the Play Beque stream and achieved its objectives securing valuable ground. About 200 prisoners were taken.
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Iby Associated Press
London
Nieppe Forest
Bailleul
Bethune
Morris
Flanders
Hazebrouck
Ypres
Vieux Becquin Tournai
New Assistant for Food Administrator Crow Selected
R F Crow director of the grain and milling division of the Federal Food Administration for Texas is named first assistant to replace Herbert Godwin who has resigned Crow has served with the Texas food administration since its early days and is among the first to receive a commission He is a member of the Texas Cotton Seed Crushers Association.
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R. F. Crow
Federal Food Administration For
Texas
Herbert Godwin
Crow
The
Food Administration For
Godwin
Texas Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association
Peden urges use of wheat substitutes in Texas
Fort Worth report states the State Food Administration urges Texans to switch to wheat substitutes as a patriotic duty during wartime. With flour scarce, merchants hold limited stocks into July and beyond. breakfast foods made from wheat substitutes are promoted to prevent spoilage and aid grocers. Farmers may retain wheat for self and dependents, with limited exchanges for flour through October 1, twelve pounds per person monthly.
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Fort Worth
Texas
State Food Administration
Food Administration
Peden
Kerensky Arrives in London on Way to America
Former Russian provisional Premier Alexander Kerensky arrives in London and is introduced to the British Labor conference where delegates greet him with loud cheers. He travels on to the United States after the London stop.
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Associated Press
London
Alexander Kerensky
Russia
Kerensky
America
Four desertion cases court martialed at Camp Travis
Three men received life sentences later reduced to ten or twenty years each for desertion. One twenty year term for refusing medical treatment was cut to ten. Court convened June 21 and tried June 24 with Maj. Cresson directing records. Names: Emry Dixon, Atwell Carson, Bates White, Melvin Embry. Parallel item: Paris attacked by German bombers. no casualties reported.
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Caimp Travis
R. C. Williams
Williams
Camp Travis
C. C. Cresson
Washington
Emry Dixon
165Th Depot Brigade
Atwell Carson
Bates White
Melvin Embry
Veterinary Corps
Gerton
Measuring Meat Ration At Two Pounds Per Week Guide
Federal Food Administration in Texas urges cooperation to implement a two pound weekly meat ration. Distributors and retailers should track customer purchases by household size, aiming to distribute meat within the set limits while supporting wartime efficiency and patriotism.
Texas eating places go wheatless in Fort Worth and El Paso
R A Parker head of Texas hotels and restaurants for the federal food administration cabled John Mc Bowman of the U S food administration that Fort Worth and El Paso public eating places are on an absolutely wheatless basis. Other Texas cities use some wheat bread. Restrictions on bread without wheat have been loosened with rice bread using wheat allowed.
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R. A. Parker
Federal Food Administration For
Texas
Wired John Mc Bowman
United States Food Administration
Fort Worth
el Paso
Does the Food Administration Pay The Answer
The Food Administration explains its chief role is to feed the allies and soldiers while saving consumers money by curbing speculation profiteering and stabilizing prices. It cites price drops in flour from 16.75 to 9.80 per barrel and sugar price reductions, arguing that its actions saved the public billions and funded drives like Red Cross and liberty bonds.
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The
Food Administration
Herbert Hoover
F.o.b
Minneapolis
Jacob and
Joseph
Wheat Harvest Advances Under Hot Southwest Weather
The International News Service reports hot dry weather favors harvesting of mature wheat in the Southwest while unripe wheat suffers. About half of the wheat from Kansas City to Lexington, Missouri, has been harvested and is of fine quality. Oklahoma harvests are well along.
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International News Service
Chicago
Southwest
Santa Fe Road
Kansas City
Lexington
Kansas
Oklahoma
Bribery Charges Preferred in Gov Lifeboats Case
Five men including a buyer with the army transport service were arrested in New York on Federal grand jury indictments for offering and taking bribes in a sale to the Government of lifeboats and rafts. Washington reports the indictment of five men in New York and Washington on the same day.
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Associated Press
New York
Army Transport Service
Grand Jury
York on bribery charges tied to special probe
The report notes a special investigation related to bribery charges not directly connected to the DOJ inquiry into contingent fee agents and government buyers. An assistant editor at the Standard cites a letter from Mrs. M. B. Harris, formerly Miss Mattie Lambert, inviting Fredericksburg friends to San Francesco and recalling her Texas roots. The Harris family, with husband a Y M C A worker at Presidio camp, resides at 3101 California street, corner of Lyon, telephone West 3817, and Mrs Harris attends the Christian church seeking a warm West Side welcome.
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York On
Department of Justice
Standard
M. B. Harris
Mattie Lambert
Harris
Fredericksburg
San Francesco
Y. M
Presidio Military Camp
Bro. M. Bb. Harris
Still Greater Army Planned by Baker
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker told the Senate Military Affairs Committee that new and enlarged plans for the United States Army will be ready for presentation to Congress in two to three months. The program envisages a bigger army with expanded shipping for European deployment.
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International News Service
Washington, D. C
United States Army
Congress
Newton D. Baker
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Europe
Saloonmen Test Prohibition Law Before Two Courts
A civil case to test the state wide prohibition law was brought by the Attorney General in the Third District Court of Travis County. Judge Calhoun issued an injunction against Frank Howard restraining him from violating the new law.
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A. Express
Austin
Texas
Travis County
Calhoun
Frank Howard
Dual Court Review Tests War Law Provisions
The text notes habeas corpus actions in two courts Espering civil and criminal avenues to test the law on the war side. A Bexar County plaintiff began in the Court of Urim Appeals to challenge the provisions, with the matter to be decided by both courts of resort.
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Court of
Urim Appeals
Bexar
Kiev Dispatch Claims Nichol Murdered by Bolshevik Troops
A Kiev dispatch dated June 26 reports the assassination of former Emperor Nicholas II. The report, filed by the Associated Press in Paris, says Bolshevik troops killed Nicholas during their retreat from Yekaterinburg, confirming earlier rumors.
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Kiev
Nichol
Associated Press
Paris
Nicholas
Russia
Bolaevik
Yekaterinburg
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