Congress Moves On Food Bill Amid War-Era Dictatorship Fears
Congress began debate on the Lever-Chamberlain food control bill to shift power from speculators to the government. Key points grant the president power to create a food dictatorship under Hoover, license business, set prices, requisition resources, and store or sell essentials with a $152.5 million appropriation. President Wilson urged swift passage to shield Americans from exploitation.
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Herbert C. Hoover
congressional call to pass measures to curb food prices
The speaker urges timely legislation to prevent unreasonably high food costs in the United States. He hopes Congress acts by July to secure protections and keep the country safe from rising prices.
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United States
Wilson
Borland
Missouri
Food Administration
French President Bravely Confers Decorations At Rheims
Paris June 18 The French President Poincare visited Rheims despite shellfire and conferred four Legion of Honor decorations. The honorees included Gardinal Lucon Deputy Mayors de Bruignac Charbonneaux and the editor Dramas of a local paper that kept publishing under bombardment.
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Neva Service
Paris
Rheims
Poincare
Legion of Honor
Gardinal Lucon
de Bruignac
Charbonneaux
Watches in Salina County Townships Tally
Four townships in Saline County show only one silver and one gold watch each in assessor returns. Four others report no watches. No records indicate what happened to watches taxed in prior years.
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Salina
Kan
Controversy Over Steel Cost Nears Final Settlement
Washington reports cost plus a ten percent profit may define the settlement of the steel price dispute for the U S merchant fleet. President Wilson may gain power to commandeer steel and set prices to end friction between Major General Goethals and the Shipping Board. Goethals notes contracts for ten steel cargo ships and twenty four wooden hulls, with Seattle Construction & Drydock as steel ship contractor and delivery milestones across 1918.
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Washington
United States
George W. Goethals
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Federal Shipping Board
William Denman
Goethals
Denman
Wilson
White House
General Goethals
Seattle Construction & Drydock Company
Seattle
Explosion injures two hundred at Vienna munitions depots
Vienna reports show one hundred people injured in a blast at the military munitions depots near Wiener Neustadt, about 31 miles from Vienna. Unofficial tallies suggest six killed and eight hundred wounded.
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Vienna
Wiener-Naustadt
British Fall Back From Advanced Positions On Arras Front
War Office reports British retirement from a few advanced posts on the Arras front while main positions remain secure. German counter attacks sought to recapture Infantry hill east of Monchy as French reconnoitering detachments penetrated German lines in the Vosges. On the Macedonian front British withdrawals and eight villages occupied by German allies were noted with possible Entente retirement rumors.
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Monchy
Arras-Cambrai Road
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Drecourt- Queant
Belgium
Scarpe River
France
Vosges
Leintry
Senones
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Butkovo
Tuhinos
Struma
Orbanli
Parakli
Jumelkumli
Koupri
Prosnik
Beglikmah
Kakarassa
Salmah
Macedonia
Salonika
Constantine
Greece
Chaplin Offered Higher Pay Sparks Satire in London
London papers mock Chaplin after reports he declined enlistment and is offered more film work. The Daily Express dubs the move lighting for millions while noting Chaplin remains a figure of British cinema as recruitment continues overseas.
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Chaplin
Britain
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Daily Express
Charlie Chaplin
Atlantic
Giant Bible Built by Oxford Press for London Crusade
In London the Oxford University Press has constructed a colossal Bible five feet two inches tall and seven feet ten inches wide when opened. A wooden stage and iron pulley system support the binding for display during the Bible crusade. The binding back reaches ten inches, emphasizing the vast scale of the volume.
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London
Oxford University Press
Swift
Brobdingnag
Red Sox Rally To Beat White Sox 6 4 In Morning Game
Boston reports the Red Sox, after surrendering two early runs, rallied to defeat the White Sox 6 to 4 in the morning contest. Key moments include strong hitting from Boston and solid pitching to close out the win.
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Boston
Red Sox
White Sox
Wooden city in France to house American troops
Paris June 18 report says a wooden city is being built in France to shelter U S soldiers from the expeditionary forces. American engineers begin surveying a railway line to speed supplies and plan to enlarge a chosen port for increased shipping. General Pershing leads by example, pushing energetic work at headquarters.
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International
Nebcs Service
Paris
France
Gaulois
John J. Pershing
Berlin Explosion Produces Three Deaths and Twelve Injured
An explosion at Frederickstrasse station in Berlin claimed three lives and wounded twelve, sparking panic among residents who feared an Allied air raid. The incident occurred Sunday and was reported from Berlin.
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Basle
Frederickstrasse
Berlin
Revolution in Spain May Bring Republic
Paris reports a Madrid dispatch says a movement to establish a republic has begun in Spain with monarchist reformists backing a republican form. Deputies from Republicans socialists radicals and reformists plan a coalition while labor unrest and food shortages worsen the crisis as Dato loosens army ties.
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Paris
Spain
Madrid
Senor Alvarez
Dato
Model of Commodore Hotel To Tour the Country
A $2,500 scale model of the Commodore Hotel in New York, a twenty eight story, two thousand room structure by the New York Central Railroad, has been completed by Francis T. Gillings. Six workmen and six months produced the display, faithful to the colors and materials, to be shown in principal cities.
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New York
New York Central Railroad
Francis T. Gillings
Denver traffic cop heads church choir
In Denver Colorado on June 18 the Central Presbyterian Church choir elected officers with William E Wolf a traffic policeman chosen as president Wolf is a popular choir member and a leader of the Marathon Young Men's Bible class at the church.
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William E. Wolf
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Marathon
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Presbyterian Church
Treasury aims to finish Liberty Loan tabulation soon
Washington reports the Treasury Department is pushing to complete the subscription tabulation for the Liberty Loan with firm expectations that figures should be ready by tomorrow. Subscriptions are running high with estimates suggesting eight hundred million in over- subscriptions and a possible exceedance of 900 million. Legal probes are examining an early price-depressing effort as a possible German-influenced act. The September loan will target a two-week window for subscriptions, while premiums on the next issue are anticipated to be attractive.
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Treasury Department
Liberty Loan
Legal Department
Government
United States
Liberty Isan
Treasury
Villa Forces Plan Attack on Chihuahua and Torreon
An impending Villa assault on Chihuahua City and Torreon is inferred from orders to cut railroad links. A courier from Villa’s headquarters near Santa Rosalia relayed the plan, with Torreon earmarked as the first target once two leaders from lower Mexico join.
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Villa
Chihuahua City
Torreon
Santa Rosalia
Mexico
Wall Street's Bishop Ends Open Air Ministry Retirement
The Rev. Dr. William Wilkinson known as the Bishop of Wall Street retires after years of noon hour sermons from Trinity Corporation. He earned five thousand dollars a year and was famed for wealth of generosity aiding the needy in the financial district. He was friends with J. Pierpont Morgan and supported by Trinity as their missioner.
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Wall Street
Broad and
Wall Streets
William Wilkinson
Financial District
Trinity Corporation
Canyon of
Trinity
J. Pierpont Morgan
Argentina Allows U S Warships In Waters To Keep Neutrality
Buenos Aires quotes authorities saying Argentina will follow Uruguay in allowing United States warships access to its territorial waters without violating neutrality. The stance mirrors Uruguay's policy announced today.
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Uruguay
United States
Iit Wen
German food crisis feared to mid August
Travelers arriving from Berlin report Germany drawing on food reserves as anxiety grows for the population. The gravest food crisis yet known is forecast between now and mid August, with higher rations only possible if a harvest arrives to bridge the period.
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International News Service
Copenhagen
Germany
Berlin
United States
Royal Italian mission sights Chicago before Pittsburgh trip
The Royal Italian war and finance mission visited Chicago with hundreds of Italian community members. Enrico Arlotta led the group in Prince Udine's absence due to illness as Senator Marconi drew keen attention. A boulevard and park tour followed tours of stockyards and packing plants after the arrival on Sunday.
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Chicago
Royal Italian War and Finance Mission
Pittsburgh
Udine
Enrico Arlotta
Guglielmo Marconi
Great Physical and Mental Culture at Fort Harrison Camp
Fort Harrison near Indianapolis trains 13 000 soldiers in an army camp hailed as a vast physical and mental culture school. Prohibition and outdoor life have cut social ills, improved efficiency, and kept arrests low. Officers' Reserve Corps size fell from 5200 to 4078 as many left for aviation and other trainings. A new physical exam is set for this week with many facing results.
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International News
FT. Harrison
Indianapolis
United States
Glenn
West Point
Coast Artillery
Three Lives Lost as Santa Barbara Fires Rage
Three women are dead as brush fires in the Santa Barbara National forest burn through Ojai destroying homes and crops. More than 1,000 people are reported homeless as flames creep toward Sheppard's Inn and Stanley Park in a spreading disaster.
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Santa Barbara National Forest
Ojai
Sheppard’s Inn
Stanley Park
Oldest French Private Montsar Rat Seeks Vengeance
Paris reports Private Montsar rat, 81, possibly the world’s oldest soldier. Captured in Belgium by Germany, he spent over two years in captivity, was liberated as harmless, then reenlisted in Paris and longs for vengeance.
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Paris
Montsarrat
Belgium
Patriotic Wave in Petrograd Presses War Apace
A patriotism surge follows Elihu Root's American mission to Petrograd as Germany peace overtures are rejected and the Duma votes for an immediate offensive. Root conducts briefings from the winter palace while Gen. Scott coordinates with Russia's war leadership over the war’s next phase.
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Elihu Root
Duma
Anton Lang Called to Bavarian Army From Oberammergau
Berlin reports Anton Lang the Christ of the Passion Play has appeared in field gray before Augsburg garrison authorities to enlist in the Bavarian army. Lang, a potter by trade, was once believed killed in 1915. the Passion Play covenant historically shielded players from military service.
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Anton Lang
Oberammergau
Aner Nns
Augsburg
Lang
Maximilian
Bavaria
Has income, he says, why should he work
In Huntington L I June 18 William Ross claims an income and a private library while giving his wife most of his earnings. Mrs Ross accuses him of not working to support her and their child. Justice Hendrickson contemplates the case after Ross explains his $850 monthly income and his $80 remittance to his wife. He pays $15 monthly rent and keeps the rest for himself.
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