Second Largest U S Wheat Crop Forecast for This Year
The Department of Agriculture forecasts 931,000,000 bushels of winter and spring wheat combined, with oats at 1,500,000,000 bushels and barley at 235,000,000. If favorable conditions persist, total wheat could reach 980,000,000 to 1,000,000,000 bushels.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
OVO Fa Nll
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
North Dakota
Argentina
Australia
India
United States
North America
Europe
Seven indicted for treason in federal case in New York
Six men and one woman charged with high treason by a federal grand jury. Jeremiah O Leary an Irish agitator fugitive. Maria K de Victorica held at Ellis Island. Paul Rodicker. Albert Paul Wicke. W J Robinson. Emile Kipper. John D Ryan charged with spying for Germany, funding enemy propaganda, placing spies and financing bomb plots across the United States.
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New York
Jeremiah O'Leary
Maria K. de Victorica
Ellis Island
Paul Rodicker
Ayho
Albert Paul Wicke
W. J. Robinson
Emile Kipper
John D. Ryan
America
War Correspondent Wounded Near Chateau Thierry
Floyd Gibbons of the Chicago Tribune, reporting from American headquarters, was wounded by machine gun fire while following American troop operations near Chateau Thierry. The injury halted his battlefield dispatches as he received treatment.
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Floyd Gibbons
Chicago Bane
Chateau Thierry
Millions Registered as New Draft Call Targets 2 Million in Army
Washington reports 1 595 704 selective service men called by June 28 bringing the army to over 2 000 000 in camp. Crowder orders governors to mobilize 200 000 more this week as Arizona misses the call and age 21 registrants are expected to rise annually to meet first class needs.
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Washington
Crowder
Arizona
Congress
National Army
War to finish Lansing Lecture at Columbia University
Secretary of State Lansing condemned peace suggestions that praised Prussianism and criticized the war effort as not constructive. He argued Prussia seeks war and pledged that Americans will endure until war is abhorrent to the Prussian mind while delivering an honorary degree at Columbian University alongside British ambassador Lord Reading.
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New York
Lord Reading
General Michie Dies in France on Railroad Near Rouen
Brig. Gen. Robert E. L. Michie of the American army died suddenly on a railroad train near Rouen France on Wednesday. The death came as a surprise with no prior illness reported. In New York an experimental airplane mail service began with Lt Webb taking the initial flight from Belmont Park Long Island to Boston.
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France
Hunter Liggett
Paris
Robert E. L. Michie
Rouen
New York
Boston
Lieutenant Webb
United States Army
Belmont Park
L. I
Fire Sweeps Arizona Town in Jerome Incident
A June report from Jerome Arizona describes a severe fire that swept through the town, affecting more than a thousand people. Details remain fragmentary but indicate extensive damage and displacement.
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Arizona Town
Jerome, Ariz
McAdoo Urges $8 Billion War Revenue Plan and Luxury Tax
Secretary McAdoo in a letter to Chairman Kitchin proposes a new revenue bill to raise $8,000,000,000 in fiscal 1919. He calls for a high war profits tax, higher normal tax on unearned income, and heavy taxation of luxuries to fund wartime expenditures.
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Washington
McAdoo
Kitchin
House
Ways and Means Committee
Great Britain
Big 16 Million Coast Defense Plan For Balloons Seaplanes
The War Department asked Congress for 16 million dollars to establish 16 coastal defense stations to guard the United States against submarines and aircraft. Eighteen stations would be on the Atlantic coast and three on the Pacific coast. The plan includes movable coastal fortifications with rail transfers for guns to meet possible attacks.
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Washington
United States
Congress
War Department
Department
Atlantic
New York Fears Air Raid as Lights Dim Across Coast
New York and nearby Jersey and sound coast towns were dark except for street lamps as planes flew over the city after eight o clock to observe blackout compliance and to gauge effectiveness. The alarm of a German air raid faded when the flyers’ purpose was revealed.
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New York
Jersey
Sound
Hoover Opposes Prohibition Expansion On Beer and Wine
Food Administrator Hoover opposes banning beer and wine production while whisky sales continue, arguing the healthful and food saving impact is minimal. President Wilson has said he would not block food uses unless Hoover deems it necessary. Senate factions push to remove a house amendment tied to the emergency agricultural bill.
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Washington
Hoover
Wilson
Sheppard
Texas
Food Administration
Senator Sheppard
Senate
House
Browning Gun for Aircraft Tested for Aerial Combat Use
The Browning machine gun passed a test to synchronize fire with a tractor aircraft propeller. The system links to the engine, uses impulses to time shots between blades, and lets the pilot fire via a lever. Also notes London interest in baseball as Army and Navy teams draw crowds and gas defense training for U S troops.
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Navy
U. S
Army
Frank Bragwyn
Charles Warren Fairbanks Dies at Home in Indianapolis
Former U S senator and vice president Charles Warren Fairbanks died at his Indianapolis residence at 8 55 p m Tuesday night from nephritis a chronic ailment He was born May 11 1852 in Union County Ohio qualified as a lawyer in 1874 and moved to Indianapolis He married Cornelia Cole and served as senator from Indiana starting in 1896 and as Republican vice presidential nominee in 1904.
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Indianapolis
Charles Warren Fairbanks
United States
Indiana
Maj
Richard Fairbanks
France
Union County
Ohio
Ohio Wesleyan University
Cornelia Cole
Ohio Wesleyan
Farm labor furloughs canceled as Manning warns
Governor Manning told the state council of defense in public session that farm labor furloughs would be canceled and farm laborers called to the colors. He warned of possible U S trouble in Mexico and the need for a large army in Russia citing U - boat attacks as potential preludes to further events.
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Columbia
S. C
Manning
Washington
State Council of Defense
United States
Mexico
Russia
Cure Huns of Desire for War Statement by Wilson
In New York on June 10 Thomas A Wilson read a statement urging a final cure for Germany. He asserted there is only one result acceptable: Germany must be cured forever of the desire to wage war.
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War Department
New York
Thomas A. Wdison
Germany
Neal for New Fuel Post
Washington report states June 10 as administrator Garfield announces a new fuel post initiative. The fragment mentions fuel policy but lacks full context or details.
Italians Break Trenches at Monte Di Val Bella Front
Italian forces stormed enemy trenches on the Monte Di Val Bella front taking 50 prisoners six machine guns and a quantity of matériel the war office announced in Rome on June 10.
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Rome
Monte di Val Bella
Italian War Office
Found Guilty in Peoria Case
B A Strause found guilty in Peoria on June 10, with official notes naming Strause. Court records indicate conviction details and potential sentencing actions pending.
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B. A. Strause
Peoria
Chune
B. AS Strause
Gas defense masks for horses roll out to France
The gas defense service is producing about 5,000 horse gas masks daily for American expeditionary forces. A swift build up followed choosing a factory site in under three weeks, with riveting machines replacing heavy hand sewing to prevent chafing.
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Gas Defense Service
France
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