Food Bill Aims to Shield Farmers and Consumers
Oklahoma congressman Scott Ferris arrives for a three week tour to promote the administration’s wartime measures including the food bill and war appropriation. He predicts the bill’s success depends on executive discretion and notes a push to explain why the United States entered the war and the need for the selective draft.
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Scott Ferris
Oklahoma
Congress
Ferris
Okahomme
Senate
Barte
Hnlme
United States
Lawton
Retailers urge curtailment of delivery system and returns
The retailers association at noon today went on record in favor of curtailing the delivery system and abolishing the practice of allowing customers to return goods. They accepted a committee report and decided to wage an advertising campaign in the Times to urge the public to assist merchants in stopping deliveries and returns.
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Retailers
Ant
Times
Anelahoman
Governor Campbell Seeks Action in Arizona District
Wisree Arizona Aug 10 Governor Thomas E Campbell arrives in Bishee to stay in Warren district until Cochise county officers vow to enforce law or the citation is cleared. He says he will investigate NiCad conditions and determine if constitutional rights are being upheld.
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Wisree
Ariz
Thomas E. Campbell
Arena
Bishee
Warren District
Cochine County
Nicad
War Pact Reached With Seamen Over Wages and Work Rules
American seamen and employers report a full wartime agreement on wages and working conditions, government officials say addressing labor tensions and easing operation of merchant services during the war across the country.
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Wastiington
Ave
Pittsburgh Blast Kills Ten Men Near Artua Plant
An explosion at the Spang Challant Steel plant near Artua, north of Pittsburgh, reportedly killed ten men. The exact cause and circumstances of the blast remain unknown as authorities investigate the incident.
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Pittsburgh
Ang
Spang Challant Steel Company
Artua
Tobacco Fund First Summoned Agents Named Must Appear Next Wednesday
The Times reports the Tobacco Fund campaign expanding with twenty one designated collectors including Roach & Veazey drug store and several cigar stores and groceries. A second draft call lists 400 men for selective service districts No. 1 with notices to appear mailed over the coming days at a rate of 100 per day starting Wednesday morning.
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Tobacco Fund
the Times
Our Boys i France Tobacco Fund
Roach & Veazey Drug Store
P&h Igar
North Robinson
West Main
Cornee Main
Broadway
Majestic Raiding Cigar Store
Scott-Halliburton Dry Goods Company
Westfall Drug Store
Brown's
Cigar Store
Grand and Broadway
Grand and Harvey
Colcord
Crosby's Drug Store
Main
B. J Sartaing
Ifty
District Board
District No. 1
Army Insurance Bill Is Offered in Both Houses
Washington Aug. 1 Senators Simmons and Alexander introduced bills to insure armed forces at minimum cost with premiums paid by insured personnel. Family allowances, disability indemnity, and government rehabilitation are included. A new feature requires officers and men to allot at least $15 monthly to dependent wives and children.
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Washington
Congress
Senator Simmons
Representative Alexander
Warmer Tonight and SAT Forecasts
Local forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and warmer conditions tonight and Saturday. Western areas expect tonight to stay mild with continued warmth into Saturday.
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Saturda
Great Gala Day Planned for Draft
NEW YORK Aug 10 The government plans a nationwide mobilization first day with ceremonies. Deputy Attorney General Conkling says called men will be honored as citizen soldiers, a rare honor in this democratic military organization.
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New York
Conkling
Washington
Crowder
Insurance Firm Appeals District Court Ruling
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co appeals a district court ruling in its suit against AL Welch state insurance commissioner. Welch challenged a war rider clause. judge sustained a demurrer. The company has thirty days to perfect the appeal to the supreme court. An appeal was filed this week.
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Diet
District Court
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company
AL. Welch
State Insurance
Senate Takes Up War Tax Measure
Washington August 10 the drafted war tax bill moving to raise more than two billion dollars was taken up in the senate for consideration with debate expected to continue about two weeks before conference on the measure. Chairman Simon of the items committee will pilot the bill through the senate.
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Washington
Senate
Simone, Chaiman
Itmes Committee
Number 7 Plays Important Part in Draft Proceedings
Woodrow Wilson cited the number 7 as a lucky influence in his life. Halph DeWitt Burnham of Oklahoma City questions if the figure 2 will bring luck in his draft registration. The text notes 7 appears in seven letters of his last name and lists registration and examination numbers including 187, 739, and 137. He was the seventeenth examined on August 7, 1917.
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Woodrow Wilson
Hin
Halph DeWitt Burnham
Oklahota City
East Seeenth Street
War Industries Board seen as essential for war effort
Washington officials say the War Industries Board must coordinate U S industries behind the frontline forces. Frank A Scott, its chair, argues the body will develop supply for military needs, foreseeing long term requirements and shifting peacetime plants to war production with minimal disruption.
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Washington
New War Industries Board
Frank A. Scott
Army
Navy
Stewart boy injured in city area car crash
Manseur Stewart, 14, son of Judge A. Mo Stewart, was reported improved after a crash ten miles west of the city on Tenth street. The car rolled down a ten foot embankment when attempting to pass a wagon forcing the vehicle over. The wagon driver reportedly moved from the middle, causing the Stewart car to ride near the edge before tumbling. The boy sustained a fractured leg and is resting easily today.
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Manseur Stewart
Pli
A. Mo Stewart
Supreme Court
Tenth Street
Stewart
Notipr to Reader Postage Instructions Foreword Note
Notipr to reader reads in archival note urging readers to hand the paper to postal employees or keep it for soldiers at the front. Buried postmaster general guidance appears, citing wrapping and no address. Ends with instruction.
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Burleson
British Labour Party Conference Sparks Debates in London
A wartime style report describes disruptions at a Labour party conference in Westminster. The scene centered on Arthur Henderson and tensions over party unity and the idea of attending Stockholm as part of international labor discussions.
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London
Angel
Labor Party
Westminister
Tataw
Anmoreey
Arthur Henderson
Hritigh Tabor
Stockholm
Iesia
Henderson
French Town Mourns Death of American Soldier
Havas agency report from Paris notes funeral of a drowned American soldier. Locals stripped gardens for flowers and many followed the cortege. Americans are praised for simple open manner and kindly attention, drawing sympathy from both adults and children.
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Paris
Ava
Havas Agency
Three Men Fined for Running Dance Hall in Baltimore
Three men, Jesse Jones, Ben Williams and Charles Williams, were arrested last night for operating a dance hall. In municipal court today Jones received a $10 fine plus costs, while both Williamses were fined $8 and costs each.
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Jesse Jones
Ben Williams
Charles Williams
Baltimore
Jones
Mitchell
Williams
Red Cross ambulance volunteers wounded in battle front
Paris August 10 two Red Cross ambulance volunteers Price Mefjuillan of Overbrook Pennsylvania and Wayne Vetterlein of Philadelphia from section 22 were wounded by a shell while loading wounded at an advanced post on the battle front.
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Paris
Price Mefjuillan
Overbrook
Wayne Vetterlein
Philadelphia
American Red Cross Ambulance Service
Two Food Bills Signed by Wilson
Washington August 10 president Wilson signed two administration food control and food survey bills today. The action marks the administration moving to tighten oversight of food production and distribution. The measures specify new regulatory powers and set the framework for future inspection and reporting requirements.
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Wilson
Washington
Administration Food Control and Food Survey
Presient Wilson
Santa Fe boosts shopper's wages in 18,000 shop employees
Aug 10 Chicago reports the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe railway announced a wage increase for 18,000 shop employees. The hike ranges from 50 to 15 percent and takes effect in September.
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Santa FE
Chicago
Ite
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Illinois mines idle as 6000 strike halts work
Springfield Aug 1 10 coal mine workers refuse to work amid a wage strike. About 6000 miners in central and southern Illinois shut down ten mines after drivers demand raises from 50 to 75 cents a day. Walter Nesbit of the district Upstate Mine Workers organization comments on the stoppage.
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Springfield
Central
Soithery
Walter Nesbit
Histrict
Hogs at Chicago Reach New Record Price
Hogs at Chicago reach the new record price of 17 dollars per hundredweight as market trends show continued strength in demand and futures for pork producers. Strong buying interest and supply discipline appear to sustain higher bids across major markets.
London blast at chemical works kills and injures many
Aug 10 an explosion and fire at a large chemical works in Fast London wrecked the building and killed or injured scores of workers. Thirteen bodies of women have been recovered from the ruins and many more have been treated at police stations and other places as the search for victims continues.
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London
Spanish Railway Strike Ordered by Government
Madrid Aug 10 After long negotiations between railway employers and workers relations broke down A strike directed to begin at once tonight The government pledges to maintain traffic by all means while negotiations continue and efforts to avert disruption proceed
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Madrid
Federal board finds evidence of conspiracy in tomato trade
The Federal Trade Commission reports evidence of a conspiracy among Armour Morris and Libby to corner California tomato supplies. The three large canning firms allegedly bid to control the entire California output, with prices rising as a result. Armour and Libby officials commented on bids as usual for supply, while a broader Southwest flour industry probe noted ongoing investigations with states including Kansas and Oklahoma to follow.
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Washington
Pacific Coast
Federal Trade Commission
California
Armour & Co
Morris & Co
Libby, McNeil & Libby
Minneapolis
Minn
Southwest
Oral Trade Commission
Smilar
Kansas City
Kansas
Oklahoma
Snelson Named Interim Chief as Nichols Departure Looms
Interim arrangement set as Chief W. B. Nichols prepares for a trip to Missouri. Captain Weebl fills role temporarily with Jim Carter assisting and Snelson taking over duties during the transition.
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Snelson
Nichols
W. BR. Nichols
Missouri
City
We Ebl Scape
Jim Carter
Youll Be Interested Youll Be Interested weekly feature mix
A readable mash of Sunday features including a fifty nine mile gold tale in northeastern Oklahoma by a staff correspondent and Tulsa growth notes tied to the oil industry. Frank G Carpenter contributes a noted piece while Frank Simonds reviews the war situation. Sammy Hagel Carter explores Pershing era events with a trooper disguise. Sea Stag recounts a British diver in a German harbor. Merlin Tast samples the Sunday lineup and a forties United States ambassador narrative appears.
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Miami
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Frank G. Carpenter
Frank Simonds
Flanders
Pershing
Sammy
Met Hagel
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