Regulatory Bill Empowers President Over Food Production
A White House push seeks rapid passage of a regulatory food bill giving the president power to establish a food administration with Hoover in charge. The measure would authorize government operation of food producing plants storage houses and coal mines and allow purchase and distribution of food if needed.
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Wester
Union News Service
Washington,p. C
Wilson
Congress
Sammel Gompers
House Agriculture Commmittee
Wit Power
Food Administration
Herbert C. Hoover
Period of grace ends for men who failed to register
Washington D C The leniency period ends for men aged 21 to 36 who did not register for the army. Provost Marshal General Crowder asks governors to enforce the penal clause of the selective service law against registrants. The penalty for failure to register on June 5 is one year in prison and enforced registration, though Crowder urged boards to offer further opportunities for delinquents.
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Washington, D. C
General Crowder
Crowder
War Aims Made Public London Note to Petrograd
Britain forwards to Petrograd a note approving President Wilson’s principles and stating war aims. The British government says its purpose at first was to defend its existence and uphold international agreements, later adding the aim of liberating oppressed peoples. The note calls for liberation of Poland under Russian and German empires.
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London
Great Britain
Petrograd
Wilson
Congress
Poland
Russia
Accused of Conspiracy in Tex War Draft Plot
Federal grand jury in Texas indicted fifty five individuals mainly from the Farmers and Laborers' Protective association for seditious conspiracy against the United States. The charges allege a plan to oppose with force the federal authority during the war with Germany and to organize military formations to defeat the selective draft bill.
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Italias
Tex
Farmers and Laborers’ Protective Association
United States
Crand Jarry
Germany
Texas
Alleged Dynamiter Released From Penitentiary
John Barry of St. Louis one of the alleged Indianapolis dynamite conspirators was released from the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth after completing a four year sentence.
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Leavenworth
Ken
John Barry
Indianapolis
English Socialists to Sark Aids Travel Ban
The government refused to cancel passports for James Ramsay Macdonald and Frederick W Jowett who were stopped from sailing for Petrograd to aid Russian socialists. The action followed requests by the Russian government on advice of Arthur Henderson and Izbor in Russia and the British ambassador.
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Sark
London
James Ramsay Macdonald
Frederick W. Jowett
Petrograd
Natonal Seamen’s and Firemen’s Union
Arthur Henderson
War Council
Izbor
Russia
Amiocisda Anor
American Ships Engage German Submarine in War News
The Sliver Shell from Wilmington sank a German submarine as naval gunners under William J. Clark were praised for leadership. American warships anchored off the French coast and a wheat transport sailed across the Atlantic under protection. Quezon offered 25000 Filipino troops for Wilson. Ribot and Lane voiced wartime resolve and advocacy for American involvement.
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Wilmington
Del
Navy Department
Washington
William J. Clark
New York
Atlantic
Paris
Panoramic WWI News Briefs Include Indemnity Offer and Tornado Toll
A Denver audience heard Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis claim Germany offered Entente powers an indemnity of 80 billion dollars to end the war and sought repayment from the United States. Washington says tin plate makers will supply can makers by August 1. A Cincinnati & Marietta train collision killed Mrs. Lemuel McCauley and daughter Annabel near Coal Ridge. Joliet prison riot leaves one dead and multiple injured as convicts, guards, and militia clash. Missouri and Kansas tornadoes kill 24 and devastate property. Rich Wright county tornado hits Missouri. many homes destroyed. Indictments in New York allege malls fraud involving Emerson Motors and 14 individuals including president George Emer. 0G. Charleston sentencing for Capt. J R Kratenhoff in espionage case.
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Germany
United States
Denver
Newell Dwight Hillis
Emerson Motors Company, Inc
George Emer
New York
Hill @f. sel
Drake
Labbe Creaty
Bota of Trustees
Bell
Dubuque
Des Moines
Phil Schlatter
Decorah
Harry Lewis
Walnut
A. C. Gregg
August Feldham
Hartley
St. Louis
Waterloo
Benjamin Schultz
Schultz
Eli Mosenfelder
Davenport
Ida
Iowa Red Cross
Chicago
Maurice Peakrs
Bes Moines
Red Cross
Franklin Township
Marion County
Tipton
West Branch
Donald Flynne
Joe Flynn
Mason City
Uncle Sam
Wilson F. Carpenter
Newton Gas Company
Raccoon
Roy Alen
Greene
Commercial Club
Ottumwa
Clarence
Carrell
Iowa City
Tri-City Railway Company
Bart
Newton
Paul R. Lockwood
University
Low
College For the
Vinton
Afary
Burlington & Quincey
Keokuk
F. J. Bauer
Liberty bonds funded by German inheritance reach Iowa
The Grumme Turner estate in Marshalltown left twenty thousand dollars in German money to fund Liberty bonds. Executor George A. Turner seeks court approval to invest the funds, while Iowa towns advance Liberty bond drives across eighteen districts.
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Iowa
Germany
Mary Grumme Turner
Marshalltown
George A. Turner
New Manchester
Liberty Band
Watkin N. Kneath
Liberty Loan Distributing Committee
Federal Reserve Bank
Liberty Bord Committee
Regular Army
Fort Des Moines
Tenth Cavalry
Carrizal
Mexico
Carroll County
Adolph Kotas
Glidden
G. Lathrop
War Department
M. C. Mumma
The
State University
Fort Russell
Wyo
Ersek
Des Moines
Otley
Bellevue
Bell Telephone Company
Greene Island
Nebraska
Charles Torrey
Alex Boyd
Boone
Edward G. Huber
Regular Army Medical Corps
Fort Snelling
R. J. Twitchell
James Thomas
Twitchell
Grand Jury
Maquoketa
Jackson County
Maquoketa River
Iowa Guard to Form Part of First American Exp EDition
Iowa National Guard likely to join the initial 100000 troops to France as the next big expeditionary force. Iowa’s brigade would supplement Illinois infantry to form a division, with mobilization and state camps planned before southern training.
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Des Moines
Iowa National Guard
War Department
France
State Guard
Persning
Iowa
Ilinois
National Guard
Heavy rainfall and storms flood county lands
Harrison county reports river and creek overflow and land submersion as rain and electrical storms hinder rural mail delivery. Grinnell marines trainees write home from Port Royal praising life. Coggon wins Linn County spelling championship. Des Moines naval station hits high enlistment on Registration Day. Adolph Kotas sells 80 acre Glidden farm for 230 per acre, up from 80. Cedar Rapids Socialist group disbands for war. Det C Free of near Vinton jailed briefly for treasonous remarks before bond.
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Grinnell
Port Royal
D. C
Meredith
Ross
Tuttle
Coggon
Linn
Des Moines
Adoipn Kotas
Glidden
Cedar Rapids
Oyer
Vinton
Det C. Free
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Philippine Senate
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Home Club of the Interior Department
America
Commerce Department
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Annabel
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J. R. Kratenhoff
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State News
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W. E. Camenter
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Rock Rapide
Iowa Guard
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George E. Call
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Alfred E. College
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Leon
R. B. Wallace
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W. H. Stellmacher
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Polk County
Office of
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Charlies Witt
Harding
Ft. Dodge Tile and
A. L. Urick
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