Food regulation as war measure and need for reform
The author argues Congress faces strong opposition from food speculators and middlemen who profit from high prices. War exposes the system’s flaws, justifying rewrite of distribution into a public service. War prices could prove the benefits of regulated food markets, replacing private monopoly with cooperative efficiency.
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Thomas Jefferson
Congress
President Roosevelt
Hoover
Senate
Washington
End of war speech urges focus on future deals
In wartime rhetoric the speaker stresses the need to move from mere governance to national unity and efficiency. He argues that many lawmakers have yet to treat government seriously but will learn. he calls for embracing nationality and unity as the deals of tomorrow.
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Congress
Moratorium for Soldiers Urged Amid Draft Burdens
The article argues for a moratorium on civil processes for servicemen during active duty and thirty days after, citing Pennsylvania law and the need for a national statute. It warns that enlisted men and their families face rent and mortgage pressures, with no easy remedy under current rules, and notes real estate lenders would resist such changes.
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Pennsylvania
Voth
Mortgues
Pantheon of Unknown Dead To Survive The War
A wartime column extols France’s plan to honor unknown dead at Rheims with a national pantheon. It condemns German actions, especially the bombardment of Rheims, and argues a lasting stain on Germany from such folly. The piece evokes Joan of Arc and Parisian memory as France preserves a tribute to unseen saviors.
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Belgium
England
United States
Germany
France
Rheims
Roche
Paris
Joan
Before Their Shrine the Maid Will Still Be Stride
The passage argues that emotion guides humanity more than cold theory, praising sincere brotherhood over artificial solidarity. It claims Rheims will cause pause for those who feel and think, and declares the Kaiser must repent. only then will his blasphemous destruction lose its weight.
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Rheims
Disappearance inquiry probes police errors and ghost of crime
New York City faces a call to overturn assumptions as Ruth Cruger case and related disappearances prompt scrutiny of police work. Commissioner Woods endorses investigation into alleged gang predation on young girls and efforts to uncover the full truth behind the troubling pattern.
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Ruth Cruger
West Eightieth Street
Woods
Hamiston
Impatient Inventors and Anti-Submarine Delays Across Nations
A Tribune piece profiles an inventor who offered three simple anti submarine devices to authorities, alleges neglect by Washington and allied governments, and notes widespread inventor frustration with official delays. It cites British inquiries about reforming the Admiralty Invention Board and highlights the flood of submarine cure ideas received by governments.
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Pripune
Navy Department
Washington
House of Commons
Admiralty Invention Board
Tribune
John Jellicoe
British Admiralty
Delayed Trials for New Inventions Prompt Cited Red Tape
A correspondent notes officials are slow to recognize merits of new inventions and red tape slows business. It argues patience is required as many inventors seek trials, and responses can take more than a fortnight.
Beasts and letters from the Great War readers note
A wartime letter from New York dated June 18 1917 praises America’s entry into the fight with France and Britain, describes frontline scenes near the Hindenburg line, and contrasts German cruelty with Turkish soldiers. It closes by noting plans to send snapshots from England and laments the devastation of villages and churches witnessed in France.
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France
America
Hindenburg Line
Johnny Turk
England
Tribune
Murray
Great Britain
Skeat
Frank H. Vizetelly
New York
Treat Anarchists Too Kindly to the Editor
Lewis Nickerson of Attleboro Massachusetts condemns leniency toward anarchists in the New York case. He argues for harsh punishment and calls for eliminating Prussianism and anarchism, citing the phrase est delenda ike Carthage of old and urging “do unto them first.” He cites June 17, 1917.
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the Tribune
New York
Goldman
Berkman
David Harum
Ike Carthage
Lewis Nickerson
Attleboro
Mass
War Census Registration Question From Elsie Burton
A reader from South Orange New Jersey asks if the wartime census registration is compulsory in every state or only New York State. The letter notes this as a New York State affair and is dated June 18, 1917.
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The
Tribune
New York
Elsie Burton
South Orange
Social Democrats split over war votes and by elections
The Social Democratic Reichstag deputies and rank and file largely opposed August 1914 war aims, while factional leaders backed pro Bethmann policies. By-elections showed growing dissent among minority Social Democrats lipinski and Mehring, despite martial law and mobilization suppressing dissent.
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Social Democratic
Reichstag
Hmase
Karl Liebknecht
Suedekams
Heines
Oschatz-Grimma
Saxony
Social Democrats
Eduard Giese
Scheidemann
Dr. Wildgrube
Lipinski
Mr. Giese
Social Democratic Party
Mr. Lipinski
F. Stahl
Potsdam
Kaiser District
Dr.Liebknecht
Stahl
Frans Mehring
Mehring
Oschate-Grimma
Soeish Democratic
Dr. Liebknecht
Franz Mehring
Liebknecht
Berlin
Brunner
The Flag Day speech and its timely warning
Gutzon Borglum of York reflects on President Wilsons Flag Day address of 1917, praising its clear plan against a bogus peace and the insistence that no negotiations occur while German invaders hold Belgian and French territory. He argues America must reject any terms that concede occupation or future power to the enemy.
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Prussia
the Tribune
Wilson
Congress
Germany
America
Balfour
England
Hohenzollern
Amer- Jca
Wilton
William
Belgium
France
Gutzon Borglum
York
Faitor Calls for Grace Humiston Fund to Aid Cruger Case
Marguerite A Salomon of Brooklyn urges New York citizens to back a fundraising drive named the Grace Humiston Fund. She praises Mrs Humiston for her investigative work on the Ruth Cruger case and argues for private funding to support continued police oversight and anti crime efforts in the city.
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The
Tribune
Ruth Cruger
New York
Woods
Mrs. Humiston
Cruger
New York City
Leitizens
The White Man Problem in Civil Rights Debate
Elwin C. Walker argues in 1917 that the so called negro problem is a white man problem. He urges fair civil rights, condemns lynching, and challenges northern whites to oppose southern social domination and Jim Crow practices.
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Tribun
Sirs
H. L. Jacobs
Jacobs
Booker T. Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Cosmopolitan Club
New York
Virginia
Gulf
Kelly Miller
W. E
du Bois
Carter Woodson
Elwin C. Walker
Letter to the Editor on Deportation of Emma Goldman
Malcolm R. Matheson of Brooklyn argues that Socialists including Emma Goldman seek deportation to Russia to cause harm or aid Germany. He warns the press to counteract thoughtless deportations and suggests severe action against internal agitators.
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Russia
the Tribune
Stockholm
Sweden
United States
Emma Goldman
Malcolm Ross Matheson
Brooklyn
Mr Pfalsgraf recalls world leaders at settlement
An old reader letter from New York dated June 15 1917 praises Mr Pfalesgraf for urging the President to remember Germany and American allies Tee land India and Egypt in final settlements. The missive argues Pfalsgraf has a good heart and should not be forgotten.
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Pfalegraf
Teeland
India
Egypt
Pfalsgraf
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