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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1917
Page
10
Copenhagen reports that German finance officials consider using state monopolies to raise funds for the vast war budget. Minister from Württemberg indicated profits from production and imports would fund the effort, signaling a shift from traditional taxation to government control at the source.
Amsterdam dispatch reports Dutch newspapers approve a treaty with Germany on wartime commerce losses. Netherlands will pay Germany a sum equal to merchant marine insurance costs, while Germany will compensate by ceding ships from the Dutch East Indies. Telegram describes the agreement as a pleasing surprise for Dutch diplomacy. A separate note mentions a court case where an intoxication charge led to ten days in jail.
Washington June 27 Iowa delegates and leaders in the House backed the Levy food administration bill. Sen Kenyon and Herbert Hoover in the Senate expect little opposition and a decisive vote this week. An amendment protecting workers right to organize may be included if adopted, as demanded by labor unions and farmers associations.
London reports from Rotterdam that German shipping is rising with twenty two German ships from Hamburg and Baltic ports entering last week. Two German vessels were torpedoed or mined by British forces, but overall traffic remains steady and unaffected.
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