Jews Buy Up Land Across Russia Amid Revolution
Special cable from London reports Harold Williams noting a widespread Jewish role as shrewd land buyers during the turmoil. Amid Bolshevik upheaval, Russian peasants seek land reform while local committees struggle to maintain order, and widespread expropriation calls fuel unrest.
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NEW York Times
London
Harold Williams
Petrograd
Russia
Lattle
Barytsin
Volga
Liiador
Census shows draft population exceed initial estimates
Washington reports a rise in men aged 1 to 30 registered for the draft, with about 9,009,882 counted, or 95.9 percent of the Census Bureau’s May estimate. After allowances for those in military service, the total exceeds the bureau’s projection by roughly 200,000, reflecting a surge in wartime production centers.
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New York Times
Washington
United States
Céengus Bureau
Sam L. Rodgers
Census Bureau Today
Niagara County
N. Y
Wyoting
Census Bureau
United 4
Stirsintat
Tatatia
Wilson Signs Bill Porexport Councils
A fragmented report describes a bill signed by Wilson creating a Division of exports under the Department of Commerce. It mentions international offices in New York, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, Louis, New Orleans and a Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce to handle issuing exports policies and related expert support.
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Department of Commerce
Bureau of Foreign
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Tow
New Tre
Chicago
Seattle
Fran- Louis
New Orleans
Cisco
Food Administration to Lower Bread Meat and Sugar Prices
One of the first moves by the Food Administration is to lower prices for bread meats and sugar. The effort follows the creation of an Exports Council and new powers anticipated in the Food Administration law. Investigations into current price levels and the causes of inflation have been conducted to justify these actions.
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New York Times
Washington
Food Administration
Grimm Affair an Entente Plot Rumor Swirls
Amsterdam dispatch outlines a German theory that the Grimm Hoffman affair was an orchestrated London conspiracy involving Grimm and Hjalmar Branting. It claims Grimm’s Russia expulsion was a preplanned theatrical coup linked to a failed separate peace maneuver.
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Grimm-Hoffman
Hoffman
Robert Grimm
Russia
London
Grimm
Hjalmar Branting
Berlin
Karl Wilhelm Wolfgang Heine
Reichstag
Komische Volksseitung
Rio
Alacano
British Recruit 1301 in Boston From June 7 to June 24
Canadian and British forces have recruited 1,301 men in Boston since June 7, with pipers Guthrie and others announced to depart tonight for Fredericton New Brunswick as part of the British and Canadian recruitment drive.
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Boston
Pipers
Guthrie
Fredericton
N. B
Trade council actions to stabilize grain markets urged
The Exports Council aims to stabilize the market and curb a drain on the nation's grain supply. Reports indicate inflation in consumer prices for commodities and inquiries into margin practices. Authorities promise stronger steps once full powers are granted, including possible controls on grain futures, sugar, and related prices.
Merchants Association Pleads for Aid to Reduce Freight Rates
In an appeal to Chairman Denman of the United States Shipping Board the Merchants Association argues freight charges are prohibitively high, crippling foreign trade. Mead urges measures to ensure military needs and preserve trade, noting rates up to 120 dollars a ton and dwindling tonnage. The letter cites British action on England South America trade and asks for similar American facilitation.
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Huairmen
Desmaal
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Asa
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South America
Pacific Steam Navigation Company
Shipping Board
Draftspinning Physicians for Army Favor Draft System
The New York Committee for National Defense urges a federal medical census to classify physicians for the Medical Reserve Corps. Officials warn volunteer recruitment is failing and draft selection could preserve public health needs while filling war needs. Progress on standardizing medical instruments and apparatus is reported, favoring rapid manufacture and minimal styles. A conference proposes a permanent committee to plan rehabilitation for maimed soldiers.
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New York Times
Washington
New York State
Medical Reserve Corps
Karl Connell
Richard Derby
Frederick van Buren
New York Committee For National Defense
Council of National Defense
General Medical Board
Council
Connell
United States
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Regigianien
Tanger
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England
France
Canada
Rermee Bordley
Baltimore
John Staige Davis
Timore
R. Poeay
Pittsbur
F. B. Gilbreth
Providence
Boston
Ifn P. Mosher
Philadelphia
W. A. White
Ashington
Iperetts
Edwin W. Ryerson
Chicago
Botha Opposes Republic in Robertson Speech
General Louis Botha, premier of the Union of South Africa, denounces republican propaganda in a Robertson speech. He argues South Africa depends on cooperation of both white races and warns a republic would trigger civil war, urging continuation of constitutional ties with Britain.
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Cape Town
Louis Botha
Union of South Africa
Robertson
Cape Colony
House of Assembly
South Africa
Botha
Great Britain
Africa
Dam breaks flood Utah town four towns in danger
Fairview Utah June 24 The main core of the Price River Irrigation Company reservoir broke late this afternoon releasing about 11 000 acre feet of water through a fifty foot wide gap with five feet over the dam top. Four towns lie in the flood path as residents seek higher ground.
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Fairview
Utah
Mammoth
Price River Irrigation Company
Varmere
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