Government resumes sugar price control amid profiteering risks
The United States government through the Justice Department and Food Administration announces resumption of sugar control. Prices aim at 11 cents per pound with board sales to refiners at 7.28 cents. Retailers face new penalties for profiteering, and a House agriculture committee amendment extends control to retailers and other goods. The policy seeks a fair consumer price and curbs profiteering as Congress weighs related living-cost measures.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Food Administration
United States Sugar Equalization Board
House
House Agriculture Committee
Palmer
War Department
United States
Congress
London Papers See Downfall of Lenin
The London papers report anti Bolshevik activity aimed at Lenin's ouster. They note Bolshevik fleet losses in the Gulf of Finland and Denikin’s advances, with Stockholm talks among anti Bolshevist forces and uncertain reports about Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich in England. News mentions Romanian moves and lack of confirmation on his status.
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London
Entente
Leniniam
Gulf of Finland
Denekine
Paris
Stockholm
Petrograd
Nicholas Nicholalevitch
England
Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard Strike Ends
Baltimore August 22 4000 union workers at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Sparrows Point yards call off strike and return to work ending a labor dispute at the facility.
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Naltimore
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Sparrows Point
Pardoned Soldiers’ Later Valor Proves Redemption
Washington dispatch reports two American soldiers pardoned by President Wilson for sleeping on outpost duty later proved their mettle. Forest D. Sebastian of Eldorado, Illinois, was killed in the Aisne offensive in July 1918, and Jeff Cook of Luttrell, Oklahoma, was wounded there, recovered, fought in the Meuse Argonne offensive, and was honorably discharged after a second wound. Secretary Baker’s note to Wilson recounts their records and President Wilson’s acknowledgment.
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Washington
France
Wilson
Aisne
Baker
Forest D. Sebastian
Eldorado
Jeff Cook
Lutte
Oklo
Argonne
Sebastian
Cook
Meuse-Argonne
No Profiteering In School Books Blair
Springfield UL August 22 Francis G Blair state superintendent of public instruction announced steps to curb profiteering in school text books He warned publishers and dealers about price fixing and the requirement to file official price lists for five years and during which increases are not allowed Attorney General Brundage assists in the effort
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Springfield
Francis G. Blair
Public Instruction
Blair
State Education Department
Brundage
Open verdict in Danele case shocks Danville crowd
Danville witnesses testify in a coroner's inquest into the Whitman murder and Holtz shooting. The jury finds Whitman died from a bullet wound inflicted by an unknown party as Holtz, an interurban motorman, was wounded nearby. Holtz and Whitman’s wives did not appear. preliminary hearings set for this morning.
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Danville
Charles Holtz
Walter Whisman
Heltz
Whitman
Vic
Whisman
Two Airmen From San Diego Camp Missing
SAN DIEGO Cal Aug 22 Colonel A J Hanlon commander of the army aviation force at Rockwell field North Island says two aviators from the ninth Aero Squadron based here have been missing since 4 p m Wednesday They are Lieutenants F B Waterhouse of Wieser Idaho and C H Connelly of San Diego The pair on border patrol duty started from Yuma Ariz at 1145 a m Wednesday Colonel Hanlon believes they were forced to land perhaps below the Mexican line near Jacumba Fifteen North Island planes searched but found no trace They flew a De Havilland with a 100 horsepower motor.
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San Diego
Cal
A. J. Hanlon
Army Aviation Force
Rockwell Field
North Island
Ninth Aero Squadron
F. B. Waterhouse
Wieser
Idaho
C. H. Connelly
Yuma
Ariz
Hanlon
Jacumba
Waterhouse
Conely
de Haviland
Mexicans Join Hunt for Fugitives at Mexicali
Mexicans dispatch all available soldiers from the Mexicali garrison in Lower California to search across the border for aviators Waterhouse and Connelly, said by Governor Bataban Cantu as of Wednesday.
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Calexio
Calif
Mexicali
Lower California
Bataban Cantu
Waterhouse
Connelly
Strikers Resume Work at McCormick Plant
More than 6,000 strikers at the McCormick Harvester Plant of the International Harvester company have returned to work. Wage demands were not posted in the announcement.
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Chicago
McCormick Harvester
International Harvester Company
Two Fresh Issues Up in Senate
Washington dispatch reports the Senate's treaty fight shifts as a compromise on reservations is dropped. Democrats deny forcing a vote while Republicans resist the Pittman plan, and key questions from Senator Fall prompt Wilson to explain his stance on a peace declaration and colonial trusteeships. Egyptian case to be presented to the foreign relations committee Saturday.
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Washington
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Wilson
Congress
White House
Pittman
Hitchcock
League of Nations Council
Thos
Fall
League of Nations
Joseph W. Folk
Wilson Answers Twenty Questions Asked by Fall
President Wilson replies to Senator Fall in a long letter dated August 22 presenting positions on peace terms and League of Nations. He argues against proclaiming peace before a formal treaty, discusses the league, trade, and trustee roles, and notes commissions on borders and plebiscites, preserving U.S. involvement. The missive covers questions seven through twenty with emphasis on national honor and postwar arrangements.
Hoover Seeks Oust Archduke in Hungary Crisis
Herbert Hoover, head of the relief organization, told American correspondents in Paris that decisive diplomatic action is needed within days to remove Archduke Joseph from Hungary's government. He warned bloodshed could erupt if delay continues and urged recognition policies to block a Hapsburg restoration.
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Associated Press
Paris
Herbert Hoover
International Relief Organization
Europe
Archduke Joseph
Gve
Hungary
Hoover
Hlapsburg
Supreme Council
United States
Hapsburgs
Palmer Confirmed By Senate Made Mistake
The Senate confirmed A Mitchell Palmer as attorney general but found the action was a mistake, raising the possibility of reconsideration. Despite opposition, the judiciary committee reported favorably and the Senate was expected to approve before reconsideration was postponed.
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Washington
A. Mitchell Palmer
Senate
Palmer
Judiciary Committee
Sterling
Freight Train Kills Woman on Grade Crossing
Hamilton Missouri report says Mrs. George Ballard died instantly and her husband was seriously injured when a freight train struck their automobile at a grade crossing Thursday night.
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Hamilton
George Ballard
Aviators authorized to carry tobacco for border troops
Mara Texas Aug 23 arrangements have been made for aviators to carry 100 pounds of chewing tobacco cigarets smoking tobacco and chewing gum to aid American soldiers across the border. The action follows a request from commanders of the punitive expedition.
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Mara
Texas
Interned Aliens Off To Their Old Homes
New York August 22 Count James Minotto son in law of Louis F Swift and Dr Karl Muck former leader of the Boston Symphony Orchestra both interned as enemy aliens sailed for Copenhagen Dr Muck said he was American not German but sailed for Denmark stating he was a man without a flag or country He arrived with his wife and a Justice department operative Dr Muck bitter at departure saying mob rule controls the country and the orchestra he once led is a thing of the past Twenty nine German born members had been interned
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New York
James Minotto
Louis F. Swift
Chicago Packer
Karl Muck
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Copenhagen
Denmark
Muck
Department of Justice
United States
Gennan
Expect Withdrawal Of Cavalrymen Soon
SAN ANTONIO Texas Aug. 2 Army officers anticipate early withdrawal of the Eighth cavalry troops pursuing Mexican bandits in northern Chihuahua. The move from Presidio near Marfa signals a westward shift in pursuit as air service updates rush special wireless equipment to the border for patrols and support of cavalry operations.
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H. C. Peterson
Hutchinson
San Antonio
Texas
Southern Department
Eighth Cavalry
Chihuahua
Presidio
Marfa
Rio Concho
Col. Fechet
Southern Department Air Service
Yanks in Pursuit After Bandits in Mexico
Marfa Texas August 22 American troops killed four Mexican bandits in a mountain pass adobe blockhouse after a siege two escaped. Capt Leonard Matlack reported 200 Carranza troops watched the pursuit and aviators Peterson and Davis praised the chase as they press toward the border.
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Marfa
Texas
Mexico
Leonard Matlack
Jesus Janir
Francisco Janir
Jose Fuentes
Marlack
Big Bend
Jesus Renteria
Peterson
Davis
Matlack
Carranza
Joseph T. Dickman
Rio Grande
Renteria
Dickman
George T. Langhorne
Leonard H. Matlack
Paul H. Davis
Lieutenant Davis
Captain Matlack
General Dickman
Langhorne
San Antonio
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