Hoover warns food prices to stay high amid rationing push
Herbert Hoover told U S senators food speculators have extracted 250 million dollars from Americans in five months. Allies will need more next year and the US can supply about 60 percent. remaining 40 percent to be saved or denied. Hoover says price stabilization is goal not a dictatorship and discusses a possible wheat commission to regulate storage and sale while avoiding broad consumption limits.
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Washington
Herbert C. Hoover
Congress
Hoover
North America
Germany
Mr. Hoover
Food Administration
Reed
Senator Gore
Wisconsin to Aid WWI Y M C A War Work for Soldiers
State Council of Defense approves Y M C A efforts to keep soldiers healthy and morally fit in France and at home. Wisconsin raised 100000 for national WWC War Work Council with a names list of executive members and officers.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
France
America
State Council of Defense
Standings Snapshot from National and American Leagues
Team records and percentages across the NL and AL divisions listed for several clubs including New York Cincinnati Chicago Detroit Boston St Louis Indianapolis Kansas City Philadelphia Cleveland Washington Evansville J Wayne Marshl'n Ft Dodge Mason City Dubuque Clinton Ced. pidS Waterloo La Crosse etc with wins losses and winning percentages.
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W.L.P.C
New York
Cincinnati
Chicago
Detroit
Boston
St. Louis
Indi
Apolis
Kansas City
Philadelia
Cleveland
Wash’gton
American Association
Evansville
J. Wayne
Central Association
Marsh'l'n
Ft. Dodge
Mason City
Dubuque
Clinton
Waterloo
la Crosse
Peoria
Bim’gton
Rockford
Quincy
R. Island
Moline
Hannibal
Alton
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
American League
Columbus
Minnapolis
Louisville
Toledo
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Gd. Rapids
Muskegon
South Bend
Des Moines
Lioux City
Joplin
Denver
Omaha
St. Joseph
Lincoln
Wichita
Baseball scores from multiple leagues include wide results
Western League games show Omaha 4 over Wichita 0 and Des Moines 0 at Joplin 6. Central League results include Springfield 3 over South Bend 0 and Muskegon 7 to 6 over Richmond with Fort Wayne 6 over Dayton 3. Other scores feature Cincinnati 1 Chicago 6 in two games and Brooklyn 12 Philadelphia 5.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Boston
New York
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Washington
Detroit
Rock Island
Bloomington
Hannibal
Peoria
Moline
Rockford
Alton
Quincy
Omaha
Wichita
Des Moines
Joplin
Lincoln
St. Joseph
Sioux City
Denver
Springfield
South Bend
Muskegon
Richmond
Fort Wayne
Dayton
Cedar Rapids
Fort Dodge
Clinton
Mason City
Dubuque
Waterloo
Babes in War Zone Brightens French Front Orphans
French children evacuated from northern villages by German forces under pressure from Allied offensives present a stark image of modern warfare. Many are orphans or grievously wounded, suffering shell shock and tremors. Underfed and confined to cellars near the front, they yearn for a quiet heaven.
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Paris
France
Somme
St. Vitus
Train Robbers Take $30,000 in Chicago Heist
Two masked bandits bound two express messengers on the Burlington flyer in the West side yards of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad last night. They opened the safe with a stolen combination dial and escaped with cash and jewels worth about $30,000. Messengers Ward R. Smiley and A R Andrews were detained by police and gave apparently straight accounts.
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Chicago
Burlington Flyer
West Side
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Ward R. Smiley
A. R. Andrews
U S Tanker Archbold Sunk by Submarine in European Waters
The Standard Oil tank steamship John D Archbold was sunk by a submarine while in European waters. Five crew members are missing while thirteen armed guards aboard were reported safe. Vice Admiral William Sims appointed to command allied naval forces in Irish waters during the British chief's absence.
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London
William S. Sims
Sims
Standard Oil Boat
New York
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
Archbold
France
Jose Lorenzo
Gregorio Soza
Domingo Lago
Washington
State Department
Timothy O’donnell
Warns Against Looting U S Treasury in Senate Clash
Washington June 20 Senator Stone urged resistance to cold blooded attempts to rob the United States treasury in a floor fight over the Denman Goethals shipping board dispute. He contrasted Goethals favored $95 per ton steel contracts with Denman proposed $56 tentative terms while noting government price fixing would follow. Meantime Senator Smith supported Goethals claiming $95 was a workable basis pending state price setting.
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Washington
United States Treasury
Senator Stone
Denman-Goethals Shipping Board
Senate
General Goethals
Mr. Denman
Denman
Stone
Goethals
Smith
Michigan
Called Traitor in House Sparks Confrontation on Draft Law
In Washington on June 20 Representative Mason of Illinois was accused of treasonable talk over the draft bill by Hastings of Oklahoma. Hastings charged Mason with treasonous speech as Mason announced plans to amend the law to bar sending the National Guard abroad. Mason retorted that he was as good an American as any man in the chamber. The clash ended with Hastings withdrawing the charges amid a disorderly session.
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Washington
Congress
Germany
Mason
Illinois
Hastings
Oklahoma
Draft enforcement order targets unregistered men
Boston report notes that all men of military age who failed to register under the selective draft law would be arrested after June 25. The notice was sent by Federal District Attorney George W. Anderson to Charles F. Gettemy, director of military enrollment.
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Boston
Federal
George W. Anderson
Charles F. Gettemy
Belgium King Albert Praises U S Role in War
A published Belgian royal letter to President Wilson through Baron Moncheur and General Leclercq commends the United States for justice and aid to Belgium. It expresses gratitude for American support against German occupation and hopes for shared happiness and prosperity.
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Washington
Wilson
Albert
Baron Moncheur
State Department
United States
America
Belgium
Leclercq
United States of American
Austrian cabinet resigns and Polish deputy reports hangings
A Vienna dispatch reports the Austrian cabinet has resigned. A Polish deputy in the Reichsrat says more than thirty thousand Poles have been hanged by order of German authorities per the Vienna Arbeiter Zeitung. Heine’s shouted remark triggers a riot leading to the session's suspension.
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Basel
Switzerland
Vienna
Zurich
Dazinski
Vienna Reichsrath
Vienna Arbeiter Zeitung
Reichsrath
Striberny
Heine
American unit arrives in France with 250 troops
A 250 person American ambulance detachment reached a French port safely. The same liner carried W. K. Van derbilt of New York. The report from Paris dated June 20 notes the arrival as part of U.S. military medical support in France.
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Paris
W. K. Vanderbilt
New York
Canada appoints W J Hanna food controller
Premier Borden in Ottawa announces the appointment of W J Hanna as food controller for Canada. The move was disclosed in the House as part of the government’s food administration measures.
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Ottawa
Can
W. J. Hanna
Canada
Borden
German Crops Sizzle as Heat Wave Rages Europe
Reports from Copenhagen say Germany faces severe grain losses from an unprecedented heat wave drought. Berlin records the hottest June in 70 years and rain prospects are slim. The second U S draft is planned within months with 1 625 000 men to be called before Christmas as Crowder urges registered men to stay informed.
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Copenhagen
Germany
Berlin
Weather Bureau
Oder River
Hamburg
War Department
Washington
America
Pershing
New York National Guard
United States
Wilson
Europe
France
Fail to Regain Trenches in Champagne Actions
Paris reports German assault on positions between Mont Blond and Mont Camillet repulsed with heavy losses. Berlin notes French penetration of German lines but heavy French casualties. London says British raiders attacked southeast of Le Verquier near the Bapaume Cambrai road, killing several of the enemy, destroying dugouts and taking 11 prisoners.
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Paris
Champagne
Mont Blond
Mont Camillet
Berlin
London
le Verquier
Bapaume-Cambrai Road
Captain Held For Murder In New Jersey Case
A warrant was issued for Dr. William J. Condon a captain in the U S Army Medical Corps at Chattanooga Tenn in connection with the murder of John V Piper a University of Vermont graduate whose body was found near Spotswood N J last Saturday Condon is reportedly held by military authorities awaiting New Jersey detectives and has been a practicing physician in New Brunswick for years.
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New Brunswick
N. J
William J. Condon
United States Army Medical Corps
Chattanooga
Tenn
John V. Piper
University of Vermont
Spotswood
Slackers Fill Duluth Jails in Minnesota Curbs
The Minnesota public safety commission announced a committee to investigate alleged lawlessness after reports of jail overcrowding in Duluth. Members include T. O. O'Brien, E. G. Hall, and Senator E. P. Peterson. The panel referred to federal authorities reports that about 200 people were arrested in St Louis County for failure to register on June 5.
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St. Paul
Minn
International Falls
Minnesota Public Safety Commission
T. O. O’brien
E. G. Hall
State Federation of Labor
E. P. Peterson
Litchfield
Public Safety Commission
St. Louis County
Duluth
French Airmen Reach U S for Training Roles
New York reports Capt. Achille Boyriven leading 12 French aviators who have served on the French front arriving in the city. They will be assigned to American aviation schools as instructors on their way to Washington.
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New York
Achille Boyriven
Washington
Vote to Women of England clears final reading in Commons
London June 20 The house of commons passed the final reading by a large majority of the clause in the electoral reform bill dealing with woman suffrage.
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London
House of Commons
Interned German Escape From Guard in New York
George Begeman, once second officer on the German steamship George Washington and interned at Ellis Island after the United States entered the war, escaped while en route to a dentist in the company of a guard.
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New York
George Begeman
George Washington
Ellis Island
United States
May Quit U S Training Camp at Fort Sheridan
Nearly 500 National Guardsmen at Fort Sheridan threaten a walk-out over pay and recognition. Spokesmen cite lax War Department status rules and broken promises of credit for prior service. Guardsmen, most paid about 100 dollars monthly plus subsistence, push protests to Colonel Nicholson or the War Department.
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Fort Sheridan
Ill
War Department
National Guard
Nicholson
General Scott Heads to Front Near Brusiloff in June
Petrograd June 20 General Scott left on the 18th for the front to meet General Brusiloff. He visited the First regiment guards barracks with General Pulottsoff where Cossacks entertained American troops with trick riding and Russian dances. Admiral Glennon may visit the Black Sea fleet at Sebastopol this week. The mission aims to build friendships while learning about Russian affairs.
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Petrograd
General Scott
Brusiloff
Pulottsoff
Regiment Guards
Glennon
Black Sea
Sebastopol
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UNAD
H. C. Hoover
U. S
H. A. Moehlenpach
C. A. Johnson
Fred Vogel, Jr
Walter Kasten
F. L. Norton
Racine
A. E. Matheson
Janesville
N. J. Ross
Beloit
F. J. Harwood
Appleton
F. E. Anderson
H. F. Lindsay
F. H. West
Harry W. Adams
E. L. Ainsworth
Chippewa Falls
G. H. Allen
Kenosha
Walter Alexander
Wausau
Charles Allis
H. E. Andrews
Portage
Fond du Lac
L. C. Colman
W. D. Connor
Marshfield
Geo. Copeland
Jefferson
F. L. Cross
J. S. Donald
Mount Horeb
A. R. Eads
Emerson Ela
J. M. Evans
Silas Evans
Ripon
D. C
H. F. Fuller
Ashland
Joe Funck
W. G. Gittings
E. J. Gittins
R. F. Goodman
Marinette
E. B. Goodsell
Lancaster
Miles Goodyear
Tomah
W. R. Graves
Prairie du Chien
Guy S. Gregg
C. L. Hill
Rosendale
Geo. Hilton
Oshkosh
F. P. Hixon
W. A. Holt
Oconto
W. S. Hovey
E. B. Hutchins
J. H. Hutchinson
Mineral Point
Orin H. Ingram
Rice Lake
Geo. A. Jacobs
W. D. James
Fort Atkinson
Herbert Johnson
B. F. Keeler
R. K. Rockwell
Fred W. Rogers
J. G Rosebush
Justice M. B. Rosenberry
O. P. Schlafer
F. Shattuck
Neenah
Z. G. Simmons
Menasha
L. J. Stair
Brodhead
M. Nekraseff
Russia
National League
Allied Fleet
Denman-Goethalts
Rep
Commander Andrews
Adolphus Andrews
U.S
King Albert
Justice of
Ally
General Pershing
Crowder
W. J. Condon
Minnesota
West Front
England
Commons
Steamship
George
Ton
May
Gen. Scott
Russ
General Brusiloff
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