Ice dealers seek action via price questionnaires
Ice dealers in Quincy must complete questionnaires on ice supply and price rises. John R. Wheeler, district food administrator, will act once responses return. Edgar Wisherd will enforce the law, while M. K. Weems of Pure Ice Co. explains pricing changes and coupon methods to keep ice affordable, notes Sunday delivery objections, and urges customer cooperation and prompt complaint reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
John R. Wheeler
Mr. Wheeler
Food Administration
Edgar Wisherd
Fce
Pure Ice Co
Postponed County City Sanatorium Meeting
Inability of some members to attend caused a postponement of the county and city council committee meeting with Dr. Joseph H. Blomer to discuss plans for a contagious disease sanitarium mainly for venereal cases under US government orders. Present were Mayor John A. Thompson Walham J. Cunnane Adam Hill and Alderman A C Bickhaus. Hoar and Germann were absent. A shared sanitation facility is planned with city and county funding. Government orders place the examination and treatment burden on the county and officials will enforce it with physicians and druggists aiding reporting. A new meeting will be scheduled for next week once all representatives can attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. Blomer
United States
John A. Thompson
Blomer
Wal Ham J. Cunnane
Adam Hill
Board of Supervisors
A. C. Bickhaus
Charles E. Hoar
Melinda Germann
Louis Melton
Roy Adair
John Coens
Charles Martin
Threshers Report Required as Wheat Harvest Nears
Government set requires threshermen nationwide to file periodic reports on bushels threshed and acres harvested. Adams county committee, led by Viervey Fry and Farmer Rusk, to organize distribution of blanks and ensure returns. Washington dispatch notes forms, daily records, and county agent aid to support a new crop data effort for the food administration. Flooding Piave river aids Italian gains, hindering Austrian positions along the northern front.
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Montello
Piave River
Italy
London
Conegliano
Zenson Bend
Rome
Piave
Adams County
United States
Bureau of Markets
Washington
John R. Wheeler
Viervey Fry
Rusk
J. G. Schnelbecker
Fall Creek Township
Washington, D.C
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Croup Estimates
United States Food Administration
Federal Trade Commission
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Bureau of the Census
U. C. T.s Have Annual Picnic This Afternoon
Members of the United Commercial Travelers Council No. 93 will hold their annual picnic in South Fork this afternoon. They plan an enjoyable gathering with contests games music and other amusements. A feature will be the annual baseball game between the Fats and the Leans.
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United Commercial Travelers
Council No. 93
South Fork
Quincy Banks to Close at 3 O Clock Sharp
The Quincy Clearing House members decide to close all Quincy banks at 3 o clock daily due to high business volume. Clerks cannot finish daily work when banks stay open until 3 30 or 4 o’clock as in the past.
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Quincy Clearing House
Quincy
Premier Aviator Of Italy Is Missing
NORTHERN ITALY June 21 Baracca Italy's premier aviator is missing after a battle with enemy airmen. His machine fell inside hostile lines after catching fire during the fight. He had taken the air five times that day to engage enemy machines.
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Associated Press
Italy
Ynor Baracca
German Army Fronts American Soldiers Near Chateau Thierry
A prisoner’s letter from Grenadier Landauer dated June 10 describes the German 28th division in front of American troops northwest of Chateau Thierry. He notes the Americans’ early success, the division’s insistence on steadiness, and constant artillery fire at night while in reserve in a small wood. Other letters from civilians report safety despite Allied air raids.
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Associated Press
France
Chateau Thierry
Grenadier
Landauer
Grenadiers
Germany
Demand That Sherman Be Interned For War
Springfield sub district miners meeting with fifty delegates representing 12,000 coal miners passed a resolution urging that United States Senator L. Y. Sherman be interned for the duration of the war. The demand cited his tactics of stirring class hatred and aiding the enemy.
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Springfield
United States
L. Y. Sherman
Sherman
United Mine Workers of America
Lincoln
Ill
New Crowder Order Threatens Major League Baseball
Cincinnati June 22 Chairman August Herrmann of the National Baseball commission says 258 of 309 reserve major league players will have to seek other jobs if amended service rules are enforced. He warns the plan would crush a business with $8 million capital and cites club book values and Liberty Bond subscriptions to argue the impact. Herrmann notes 17.1 percent of 531 reserve players had volunteered and 11.8 percent drafted as of October 1 1917.
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Cincinnati
August Herrmann
National Baseball Commission
General Crowder
Washington
Herrmann
Praises Heroism of Ambulance Workers in Italy
Corriere Della Sera correspondent Arnaldo Fraccaroli reports from northern Italy on the Piave battle lines. He praises young American ambulance crews for their courage amid shell fire calling their work authentic living poetry and a gift from the American people.
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Associated Press
Italy
Arnaldo Fraccaroli
Corriere Della Sera
Milan
Burnham Named Federal Manager of CBQ and QOKC Railroads
Chicago dispatch reports C B Burnham appointed federal manager of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy and the Quincy Omaha and Kansas City railroads with jurisdiction over all departments. B B Greer named assistant regional director of the United States railroad administration.
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Chicago
C. B. Burnham
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Quincy
Omaha
Kansas City
B. B. Greer
United States Railroad Administration
Church Review Says German Morals Lax
Amsterdam reports the German quarterly Church review, issued by Kreuz Zeitung in Berlin, warns Emperor William that German morals are slipping. It says church work is harder due to lack of discipline and religious feeling, with widespread confusion in government departments over right and wrong. Profiteering and amusement seem to govern.
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Amsterdam
Church Review
Kreuz Zeitung
Berlin
William
Austrian Cities Put On Half Bread Ration
Paris dispatch reports Vienna and other major cities placed on half the present bread ration to ease Galicia and Bohemia distress. Temps cites Vienna Neue Freie Presse saying strikes could be averted by the measure, with cities faring better than the countryside where bread is scarce.
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Paris
Temps
Geneva
Vienna
Galicia
Bohemia
Vienna Neue Freie Presse
Navy extends reward offer to Atlantic zones
Secretary Daniels announced extension of a $1,000 reward for information locating an enemy submarine base on the Atlantic coast to all naval districts. He cautioned there is no evidence of such a base, but coast patrol officers believe the reward would boost vigilance among residents near bays and inlets.
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Washington
Atlantic
Daniels
Coast Patrol
Jap Aviator Kobayashi Dies in French Service
Paris dispatch reports Sergeant Kobayashi, a Japanese aviator serving with France, was killed June 7 during a battle with German planes. He engaged several enemy aircraft, his plane ignited by incendiary bullets, and he reportedly jumped from the burning craft to escape midair death.
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Paris
Kobayashi
Petit Journal
McCormick Fines Turnout in McDonough County
Republicans of McDonough County boost support for Medill McCormick in his U S Senate bid while he tours Macomb Carthage and Quincy. He speaks at the Orpheum Theater and attends a Kickapoo club luncheon at Newcomb Hotel with stops in Loraine Mendon and Ursa and a women attended dinner.
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McDonough County
Medill McCormick
United States
Macomb
McCormick
Carthage
Quincy
Kickapoo Club
Newcomb Hotel
Orpheum
Loraine
Mendon
Ursa
Pope Benedict to Pray for World Peace
Pope Benedict plans a 2 hour kneeling prayer at St Peter's Basilica on the eve of St Peter's Day June 28 and will celebrate a special mass for Catholic clergy worldwide seeking the cessation of evils tormenting humanity and world peace.
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Associated Press
Rome
Pope Benedict
Basilica of
St. Peters
Peter and
Paul
Rainbow Division Cited In France Recognition
In Lorraine on the hundred days of front line service American Rainbow division troops were cited by the French general for their good work and steadfast performance on the front.
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Associated Press
France
Lorraine
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