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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1917
Page
1
The senate committee rejected the sub committee's coalition plan in the food bill, then adopted the house provisions with changes to manufacture controls. The proposal bans intoxicants including spirits and malt beverages but would allow presidential discretion to permit wine production.
A June 27 report notes the Senate committee considering extending government control over copper lumber and related products during the war. The move would regulate rents and prices to stabilize essential supplies.
In erhagen on June 27 officials inform that fat rations next winter will be less than last winter's fifty weekly allowance. Citizens must conserve oils for marmalade preserves and daily bread.
Copper electrolytic spot near term trades at 32 and a half cents with nearby contracts steady while other values hold. Market observers report no change in the wider bid and ask for the remaining copper grades.
Wheat prices logged at £2.05 and rupees 1.505 per bushel with oats noted at 63 34. Market ticker from June 27 lists currency and commodity figures.
Washington June 27 representatives of hard and soft coal interests argued for government and public coal at reasonable prices during a meeting with the National Defense council coal committee today.
General Haig presses toward Lens as British plans to capture the coal city loom. French actions under Petain suggest pauses before a wider push. A major French thrust at Hurtebise near Craonne felled German positions, including a sizable fortress taken in the action.
Police nabbed L S Saeselli and L E Kin ney near the Home hotel with two sacks of beer. A punk bottle and eight remaining bottles, plus a heavy trunk checked to W J O Keefe, linked to a baggage room find, lead to more items. All three were turned over to county for arraignment.
From Copenhagen on June 27 a German military writer, citing war press insight, says Britain may plan a new offensive likely north of Ypres, signaling intensified action on the Western Front.
Loans to allies pass billion dollar mark as Treasury credits Britain and France. Kline, deputy in Pure Food, is discharged for refusing to contribute 3 percent of salary to a political fund, amid claims administration seeks to tax all employees for campaign purposes.
Two men joined the medical department during Marine Corps Week and were sent to Salt Lake. Leslie W. Monroe of Lowan Utah and Vere S. Monroe Marti of Lava Hot Springs. In Pocatello station a solid showing occurred as 290 men enlisted in the western division during the campaign week. The navy continues to receive many applications though most seek only wartime service. over 3000 sailors are at home awaiting orders.
Washington confirms Des Moines Iowa as one of sixteen national cantonment sites after Major General Barry reports the ground is suitable and the secretary of war Baker endorses the selection following field inspection by the general.
Bisbee June 27 nine hundred to one thousand miners members of the Metal Mine Workers union are idle as a strike hits Copper Queen Calumet Arizona Shattuck companies in the Warren district union representatives picketed the mines with no violence reported.
Spokane reporter notes Mrs. Frank Robinson of Oakesdale Washington has added a baby girl to her 12 children. At 38 she previously bore seven children in twenty months, including twins and two sets of triplets, and remains in strong health endorsing Roosevelt’s race death stance.
Eight men before Judge Gilheen received sentences after guilty pleas. Jack Miller faces five to fifteen years for burglaries in Pocatello and led authorities to stolen goods. Samuel Roberts gets two to five years for hotel room break ins in the city. Elmer Chronister draws four to sixteen years for auto theft. Joe Murphy, Inkom liquor dealer, fined 350 dollars after pleading guilty. Carlson Scannon Dimmick fined fifty each for liquor charges. George Carpenter on liquor charge under suspended sentence.
The second contingent of American troops landed at a French port on June 27 amid nationwide excitement. Transports and convoys passed a submarine zone and were directed to a camp near Major General Sibert, with General Pershing expected the next day and vast supplies moving to the front.
Washington reports that all troops under General Pershing are regulars and form the division ordered to sail to France at the earliest time. Cable signals mention yesterday’s surprise landing, indicating a contingent’s arrival not recorded previously, with ship precautions unseen by press. The landing’s morale impact on Germany is noted if disclosed.
Ten units of American woodmen sent by New England groups have reached Britain to convert forests into lumber. They arrive fully equipped with lubricants and gear and are ready to set up sawmills and begin work at once.
The liner Mongolia struck a mine near Bombay on June 27. Passengers and crew have arrived at Bombay reporting the incident and its aftermath.
Washington June 27 The administration food control bill passed the house was rewritten by the senate agriculture subcommittee to give President Wilson authority to decide if the nation shall be bone dry during the war and to place iron and steel and other projects under government control. The plan could prohibit manufacturing intoxicating beverages during the war and empower the president to commandeer distilled spirits with discretionary permits for varied beverages. The measure faces a tight vote with debate centering on prohibition. If enacted without altering malt and vinous beverages, a bone dry policy could strip federal revenue by four to five hundred million dollars and reduce local revenue as well.
Washington reports Major General Pershing has completed preparations for American forces in France. A base camp south of St. Quentin is ready, with detailed reception and transport plans. Navy and Shipping Board coordinate a transport system using seized German vessels for voyages to the front, aiming for 375,000 troops by September 1 and the spring start of overseas drafts if needed.
Mexico City reports that by government order all import duties were removed from prime necessity items including foodstuffs for six months from June 1 to December 31. Duties were also lifted on gasoline and higher petroleum derivatives.
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