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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1919
Page
8
Uniontown Aug 18 a local paper carries an odd ad by AUSLANDER COMPANY offering sugar at 15 cents a pound claiming 3,000 pounds available. They boast books open to buyers and promise savings by sourcing at just over 14 cents, with a plan to sell at 11 cents per pound to move stock this month.
In Congress a bill seeks severe penalties for profiteering in food, amid price controls and talk of shipments. Representative Gard proposes fines up to 10000 dollars or five years' imprisonment, extending oversight to interstate commerce and sales in the District of Columbia. Senator McKellar urges strict cold storage laws, accusing the five great packers of monopolistic control and price manipulation. Moonshiners fatally shoot a deputy in West Virginia as a raid prompts violence.
Reports from Washington Chicago and Paris detail amendments to anti profiteering measures a push for early passage of a peace treaty and a day light saving law veto prospects. Other dispatches cover rail labor tensions in the South and military movements across Europe with Bolsheviks and Ukrainian forces in focus.
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