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Pickens Sentinel in Pickens, South Carolina

10 Jan 1918

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Pickens Sentinel

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Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America

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Jan 10, 1918

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Wool hoarding raises prices and wartime transport plans

A War Trade Board release says wool shortages do not exist in the United States or world, but U S prices have surged 200 percent from prewar levels. Army trucks will move under their own power from inland depots to Atlantic ports, freeing 15 000 rail freight cars.

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Committee On Public: Information Washington War Trade Board United States England France Atlantic Seaboard Corps of Engineers Engineer Service Army Czernin Germany East Front Trotzky Bulgaria Ferdinand Russiaa Francis Kaledines Rostov Red Cross Russia Kolpashnikos America Kolpashnikoff Halifax Krylenko Japan China Harbin Manchuria Italy Piave Brenta Asiago Col de Rosso Monte del Val Bella Great Britain von Hindenburg Verdun Meuse Scheidemann Kaiser Jellicoe Wemysa Senate Francis G. Newlands Nevada
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Wilson drives national rail and ship control in war mobilization

President Wilson takes direct control of U S railways steamship lines terminals cars warehouses and related services to synchronize war mobilization. McAdoo named director general with broad powers to set rates direct operations and oversee all wartime transport and logistics.

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United States Wilson America William G. McAdoo the Treasury
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Wilson Seeks Legislation to Regulate Railroads and Guarantee Compensation

President Wilson urged Congress to pass bills creating a government rail operation and guarantee carriers a return based on three years of average operating income. A half billion dollar revolving fund would back the plan while Senate and House debates loom over postwar control, tax treatment, and exemption issues for railroad workers. McAdoo pledged fair treatment for employees as coal and freight flow pressures continue and trains are trimmed to meet wartime needs.

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Wilson McAdoo Railway Brotherhoods White House Washington Congress Pennsylvania New England Senate Smith South Carolina Interstate Commerce Committee
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Plans unveiled for two billion dollar ship program

Washington reveals plans for a government ship building push as the shipping board asks Congress for authority to place 701 million dollars in extra contracts. An immediate 82 million dollars is requested to extend shipyards and provide housing for workers as the board has 1.234 billion already authorized for ships.

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National Army War Department Commission On Atago Ag Aalgnnl McAdoo Interstate Commerce Comission State Railway Commission Senate Committee Baker Senate Committee On Military Affairs Wilson Congressional Committee Chicago United States John IB. Williams Streator Sherman Nelson and Bankhead Stevens The Shipping Board Senate Commerce Committee Washington Congress
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