Hoover Announces U S Sugar Ration Order For All Use
Washington June 26 194 something Hoover imposes sugar rations effective July 1 with a 50 percent cut for less essential users three pounds per month per person for private households a certificate system governs commercial distribution Candy soft drink makers limited to 60 percent ice cream 75 percent bakers cut to 10 percent and public eateries get three pounds per ninety meals served
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Necial
Tribunay
Washington
Hoover
Soapuin
Food Administration
Liberty Motors Win Approval of Allied Scientists
Sugar administration warns against hoarding as it outlines quotas and certificates for groups A to E. Dealers and manufacturers face penalties for stockpiling while households receive limited supplies and monthly certifications.
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Liberty Motors
Allied Scientists
Sugar Violators To Face Grand Jury
The Federal Food Board will send all cases showing false affidavits on sugar use under the rationing order to the District Attorney for grand jury action. The Haber Syrup Company of Brooklyn was ordered closed until July 10 after falsifying reports on sugar usage in early 1917. Star Syrup Company, Brooklyn, was closed ten days for misstating sugar usage from January to July 1917.
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Federal Food Board
Haber Syrup Company
Amboy Street
Brooklyn
Star Syrup Company
Belmont Avenue
Long Distance Matrimony Banned by Hampstead Official
Soldiers facing deployment faced a blow as Hampstead Long Island votes to stop marriages by wire. Town Clerk Harry Gilbert refuses to issue further licenses, a move likely to spread to other towns. Clergy support mirrors Deputy Attorney General Edward E. Griffin’s view that such weddings are only common law marriages.
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Hampstead
Long Island
St Camp
Mills
Harry Gilbert
Edward E. Griffin
Mrs Shonts Sued For 540 In Municipal Court
Mrs T P Shonts facing a $540 action filed yesterday in the 8th District Municipal Court by Silvie Montegut and Jeanne Detreillis owners of Boue Soeurs a dressmaking shop. The case was adjourned to September 1.
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Theodore P. Shonts
Silvie Montegut
Jeanne Detreillis
Boue Soeurs
Interborough
Rutherford Bingham
Copenhagen
Weir hails American engine aid as Allied boost
London reports Sir William Weir praising the Durand lecture on American aero engine progress. He says recent tests in France and Britain justify optimism, noting U S production will accelerate now Allied needs rise. He lauds American pilots and engineers and warns of teething troubles before large scale output.
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London
France
United States
William Weir
Wilbur Wright
Durand
West Mine
Sir William
Great Britain
William
Air Department
Sudtes
America
Mr. Durand
America Sun
Rate Reduction on N. Y. Canals Urged
Albany June 6. A reduction of freight rates on the New York State barge canal system was urged to conform with pre order differentials. A committee will study the issue and report July 6 in New York. Resolutions pressed canal routing by the Federal Railroad Administration to use canal facilities and relieve crowded rail lines. George A. Tomlinson of Duluth said rates would not be dictated to carriers. Lee Robins chaired the meeting with about 100 delegates attending.
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Albany
New York State
McAdoo
New York
Federal Railroad Administration
George A. Tomlinson
Duluth
Inland Waterwayy Committee
Canal Section
Railroad Administration
Lee Robins
New York Board of Trade and Transportation
Agreement Near for Exchange of Prisoners
The Hague June 26 It is learned from an authoritative source that indications point to an agreement by the Anglo German conference on the exchange of prisoners The conference has suspended sittings for a few days to allow delegates to confer with their governments.
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Hague
Men Leave City for Camp Wadsworth in June Draft
Final increment of the month's quota departs today as 995 men speed to Camp Wadsworth Spartanburg and Washington. Frog Hollow Bronx sends 270 with a hearty send off while Columb ia University and local boards contribute detachments. By nightfall 60 percent of New York City's 1918 registrants have questionnaires. serial numbers will be drawn in Washington.
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University Heights
Frog Hollow
National Army
Wadsworth
Spartanburg
D. C
Camp Upton
Bronx
Frog
Martin Conboy
New York City
Washington
Sfteen Ic
U S Refuses to Uphold Panama Election Delay
Panama unrest flared after President Arriola postponed elections for six months citing reform of vice conditions. The opposition accused the decree of violating the constitution, and a U S protest sought adherence to Panama’s constitutional framework per treaty. The United States declined to recognize the postponement.
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U. S
Panama
Anama
State Department
Colon
Canal Zone
Valdez
Ciro Arriola
Arriola
Washington
United States
Republic
Olon
Lynar Held by Federal Agents in Forger Trial Link
Max Lynar known as Count Max Lynar Louden testified in the Queens County forgery case of Emil Erik. Erik was found guilty after Lynar’s testimony and authorities said the Department of Justice should be informed. Lynar claimed he is in DOJ custody and under contract to build non sinkable ships for the government. He faces other charges including bigamy appeal and a New Windsor fraud claim involving forged Austro-Hungarian seals.
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Max Lynar
Louden
Emil Erik
Queens County Court
Long Island City
Erik
Lynar
Dennis J. O'Leary
Smith
Department of Justice
Lyner
Allied Shipbuilding Corporation
Sanders
Orange County
New Windsor
Touna
U. S
Mismatic Bank
Dept. N
Fort Worth
Tex
Saturday Evening Post
Star Coin Encyclopedia
Numismatic Bank
Nut . Bank
Curtis Publishing Company
Whitney Payne
Curtis Publi Company
Payne
Ci Company
Giese
Philadelphia
Curtis Publishing Teaves
Funeral of Dr W M Polk at Trinity Church
Funeral services for Dr William M Polk famed gynecologist were held yesterday at Trinity Church. Clergy Dr William T Manning and Dr C L Slattery led the rites with a large gathering including August Belmont Walter W Price Clarence Mackay Adrian Iselin Morton Paton and many notable figures and professionals from medicine and society.
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Trinity Church
William M. Polk
Frank Polk
State Department
William T. Manning
C. L. Slattery
August Belmont
Walter W. Price
Clarence Mackay
Adrian Iselin
Morton Paton
Lewis Conner
Egerton Winethrop
Alonzo Potter
Rank Bishop
Moses Taylor
Robert Ll. Harrison
Dr. Harper
Walter McCorkle
Oscar Straus
Sons of the American Revolution
Southern Society
Corneil Medical School
Bellevue Hospital
Grandfather Says Witches Killed Girl in Weird Happenings
Grandfather claims witches killed a young girl amid a string of strange events. Police say they are reviewing the allegations as part of ongoing investigations.
Victim’s Hair Cut in Sleep Fuels Ghost Story Claims
In the Bronx a twelve year old girl Helen Schmitzer dies from suspected gas as police and detectives investigate a string of nocturnal misfortunes. Her hair was cut, clothes ripped, and shoes repaired then damaged again, prompting suspicions of hexen or a death by own action while authorities weigh murder, accident, or self harm. Mrs Whitney addresses canteen workers urging diligent service and discipline.
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Nore
Franz Schmitner
Germany
Horseberg
Black Forest
Helen
Franz Schmitzer
Forest Avenue
Bronx
Gay
Frank Schmitzer
Morvisania Staion
Nelen
Bonhano
Brickman
Fifth Branch Bureau
Mtory
Tatil
Welen
Riegelman
Peter Hutting
Homicide Bureau
Schmitzer
Che
Geraun
Melon
Hexen
Tim
Red
Hatting
Andrew J. Vines
Fifth Branch Detective Bureau
Selen
Neighbborhood
Captain Vines
Tven
Convict Kills Mate In Clinton Prison
Plattsburg June 2 Arthur Mc Kennon of Schenectady a Clinton prison convict was stabbed and killed today by Frank Condle a Bronx sentenced felon from 1914. The murder occurred during a quarrel inside the prison yard. A pair of shears used in cutting the music was used to strike the victim. Condre was rushed to isolation by officers to protect him from other inmates. He will be charged with murder in the first degree.
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Plattsburg
Arthur McKennon
Schenectady
Clinton
Frank Condele
Bronx
Condes
Nivel Condre
Pand
Compulsory Drills Urged by Rotarians
In Kansas City on June 28 the Rotary Clubs convention unanimously approved a resolution backing universal obligatory military training for all young men before adulthood. It proposes using existing cantonments after the war for training and argues obligatory service would mentally and physically reform youth and unify a diverse citizenry.
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Kansas City
International Association of Rotary Clubs
Foundation Ends Industrial Relations Inquiry New Focus
The Rockefeller Foundation announced it will discontinue its trial investigation of industrial relations. W. I. Mackenzie King, retained since 1914, may publish his findings as his own property. The foundation will focus on medical education public health demonstration and war work cooperation.
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Rockefeller Foundation
W. I. MacKenzie King
Foundation
King
United States
Mayor Drops Libel Suit Against The World
The New York World reports that Mayor Mylan’s libel suits totaling $626,000 against the paper are ordered dropped after Justice Cropsey signed in Brooklyn Supreme Court. The ruling ends the late mayoralty campaign controversy over articles titled Who Is John L Mylan, preventing further action on those pieces.
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Mylan
New York World
Justice Cropsey
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Red Cross Grants 200000 to Italian Families
Rome dispatch reports the American Red Cross delivers one million lire or $200,000 to aid needy families of Italian soldiers who fought Austria. Major Robert Perkina, head of the American Red Cross Mission to Italy, presented the funds before sailing back to the United States.
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Rome
Italian Red Cross
American Red Cross
Robert Perkina
Italy
America
Food supplies to Petrograd cut off by Czecho-Slovaks
A cable from Stockholm to the State Department warns that Petrograd faces a very serious food shortage as Siberian supplies are interrupted by Czecho Slovak troops occupying key Trans Siberian Railway points, worsening European hunger.
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Petrograd
Washington
State Department
Stockholm
Siberia
Expert Fitting Claims in Van Hart Shoes Examined
Tribune investigators scrutinize Van Hart Shoes claiming expert fittings. Salesmen push foot manipulation and ill fitting sizes while the shop touts an expert system. The piece argues true expert fitting requires proper training in foot anatomy and shoe construction.
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van Hart, Inc
West Thirty-seventh Street
Houstomer
van Hart
Tribune
New York
Vanderport
Beaux Arts Subscriptions Questioned in 1917 Complaint
In August 1917 a reader describes being duped by a magazine subscription scheme run by the Publishers Circulation Company Beaux Arts outfit. Agents targeted men in offices to push Investing for Profit, charging 69 cents, with no delivery and promises to swap magazines. The piece notes many similar complaints, concerns over bystander agents, and a postal zone law critique.
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Aplus
Sli
Oy Leiter
Thomas Knott
Cleveland
New York
Beckman Street
Beaux Arts Company
Nassau Street
Mir. Knott
Beaux Arts
Bureau of Investigations
The
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Ilrs
Caspar Whitney
Cheirman
National League For Women's Service
Waldorf-Astoria
Mrs. Whitney
Marcela
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