Senate Food Bill Appears Ready for Passage
Washington dispatch reports tentative agreements easing provisions of the Administration food control bill. House rejection of delaying amendments clears path to final action. Senators debate details, with Sherman denouncing parts and Gillett conceding supply and demand limits. Hoover appearances cancelled. Reed and others prepare speeches as time runs short.
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London
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England
Germany
Canada
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Ohio
U S Sues to Dissolve Boston Fish Combination
The United States files a Sherman act suit against Boston Fish Pier Company New England Fish Exchange Bay State Fishing Company Boston Fish Market Corporation and Commonwealth Storage Company alleging price fixing and market control in New England fish trade. Forty one wholesalers own the exchange stock and the suit seeks unlawful combination rulings receivers and injunctive relief.
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Boston Fish Pier Company
New England Fish Exchange
Bay State Fishing Company
Bosto- Fish Market Corporation
Commonwealthlee & Storage Company
United States
George W. Anderson
Atlantic
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Exchange
Anderson
Commonwealth
Boston Fish Market Corporation
Leasce
New England
Beam
Concamera
Protect the People From Unpatriotic Few Insists Bryan
Washington June 21 William J Bryan endorses the Administration food bill claiming a government that can commandeer the lives of youth and tax the old should have power to protect the people from an unpatriotic few He says he trusts the President to wield such powers openly and without selfish interests
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Washington
William J. Bryan
Administration
Beer Rations Hit South of England Villages and Saloon Kiosks
Beer rationing spreads across the South of England affecting country villages near major camps. Saloon keepers receive limited liquor supplies and many places cannot offer spirits or beer at all over weekends. London suffers patches of scarcity with Strand eateries serving only a half pint of beer at meals. Some central saloons report days without beer and one licensee weighed closing to avoid losses.
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England
South of England
London
Strand
LSS Board
Saving the Youngster Instructive Lecture Quip Recalled
A Lovinville Pourser Journal snippet quotes a muddled lecturing remark about food shaping character and a casual aside about a youngster. The garbled line appears to hinge on a proverb like what you eat you become, reflecting a faded local notation and informal commentary.
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Vienna Cabinet Crisis Aims for Polish German Coalition
A Reuters dispatch from Amsterdam reports Vienna’s cabinet crisis as Count Clam-Martinic seeks a Polish German majority by adding Polish Greek South Slav and Russian ministers. A coalition ministry plan would render Defence and Food Supply non-political with eight portfolios split among Germans Poles and Czechs.
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Greek King Agrees To Aid Allies For Unity of Country
The Official Gazette prints King Alexander’s letter to Premier Zaimis pledging to cooperate with the powers to maintain tranquillity and unity. The message frames the king as guardian of the constitutional charter and urges reconciliation among Greek factions. Berlin reports a purported Greek peace message to President Wilson from Amsterdam sympathizers, dated June 18, amid Entente actions.
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England
Coal Witness Admits Price Agreement in Trial
The government secured a key point in the federal trial of coal operators when David W. Allen of the William C. Atwater Company testified to a genuine letter in which coal prices were quoted as agreed by operators. The document, sent to Ennia Coal Company, aligns with a Berwind-White price quote prior to others. George W. Woodruff of Pocahontas Fuel Company described a 720,000 ton contract with Du Pont Powder Company and related market purchases to meet the contract.
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George W. Woodruff
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du Pont Powder Company
Coal Pooled for War Shipping Across Major Ports
An agreement announced today plans to pool soft coal shipments during the war. Bituminous coal will be pooled at tidewater ports including New York Philadelphia Baltimore and Hampton Roads to cut the number of cars used and speed deliveries at the waterfront.
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U S Aircraft Production Plan Across 3500 Planes This Year
Washington reports the Aircraft Production Board aims to produce 2500 airplanes this year in U S factories. Training schools will be expanded to man and sustain aviators for Europe. The board will coordinate with military departments to allocate sites, land, and buildings, and to prioritize deliveries and engine development for frontline use.
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Howard E. Coffin
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America
British officers plan US aviation training system
In Canada at Borden and Toronto, observers impressed with Royal Flying Corps training inspired plans to establish a similar American system. A prominent British general stated America's greatest war contribution would be aircraft and aviators.
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Canada
Toronto
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America
Sinn Feiners Attack Homes of Ex Soldiers in Dublin
About 500 Sinn Fein supporters demonstrated and attacked the residences of former soldiers in Dublin. Union Jacks were displayed, windows were smashed, police faced stones, and eight men and seven women were arrested as disorder continued after earlier uprisings.
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Steel Trust May Cut Price for U. S. Vessels
Washington June 21 discussion among James A Farrell Denman and Major General Goethals plus Emergency Fleet Corp committees centered on steel prices for the government fleet of merchant ships. No final decision, but indication that the government will not pay the tentative $95 per ton price in early contracts.
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