Government moves to curb living costs and sell surplus food
Washington Aug 2 The war department plans immediate sale of all surplus army foodstuffs at lower prices via parcel post as Congress discusses measures to lower living costs. President Wilson receives reports while a banking committee considers currency inflation and lawmakers push bills to cut food prices amid rail wage demands.
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War Department
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White House
Wilson
Senate
Banking Committee
Igoe
Missouri
Federal Trade Commission
Blanton
Texas
Four
Brotherhoods
Representative Flood
Virginia
Sumners
Riot zone sniper attack wounds captain in Chicago
Early today in the eastern riot zone three African American assailants fired on Captain M. W. Wehrheim of the Fourth Illinois reserve infantry as he conducted inspection duty. He was stabbed in the right side after firing at the trio, wounding one reportedly as he fled. The incident triggered a troop sweep of the area and intensified security in the stockyards aftermath.
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Chicago
M. W. Wehrheim
D Company
Fourth Illinois Reserve Infantry
Wehrheim
Britain to Buy Coal From HMS
The Associated Press reports London August 2 that coal will be purchased from Germany this winter to ease central European shortages and cut U S shipments if plans by the supreme economic council materialize A committee will meet with the reparations commission to design attractive immediate German coal production The plan aims to ease reparations strain on Germany through alternate channels and may offer clothing and food incentives to German miners to work The council may convene in Brussels on an undetermined date
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Associated Press
London
Germany
Europe
United States
Supreme Economic Council
Council
Reparations Commission
Council EU
Central Europe
Brussels
Hay prices in Twin Falls stack range $18 to $20 per ton
The county farms bureau reports hay in the Twin Falls section is priced from 18 to 20 dollars a ton in the stack, up from last year’s 12 to 14. Feeders exit the county to custody Nebraska draws many stock, with wild hay selling at 10 dollars a ton. Officials say the stock exodus won’t hinder local hay growers as better stock must be fed, and broader farming conditions, not methods, shape the county’s farming pattern.
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Twin Falls
Custady
Nebraska
Farm Bureau
House Not Quitting Work as Recess Ends
Washington August 2 The House after ending its five week recess at the presidents request refused to quit work for two weeks and adjourned until Tuesday Republican leaders said no business would be transacted for a while Mondell failed to obtain unanimous consent for a recess resolution
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Washington
House
Mondell
Public hearing on Versailles treaty economic sections
Washington Aug 2 The foreign relations committee heard economists Bernard Baruch and F W Taussig explain German customs regulations and indemnity as the peace conference decisions. Senate action focused on treaty issues with La Follette prompting Costa Rica’s signatory question. Republicans consider four reservations to back a league of nations and seek broader GOP backing to influence final terms.
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Foreign Relations Committee
Lansing
Bernard M. Baruch
F. W. Taussig
Senate
la Follette
Republican
Wisconsin
Costa Rica
League of Nationals
League
Ford
Aviator Sets World Speed Record At High Altitude
Dayton August 2 Major J M Schroeder army aviator today claimed a new world speed record for high altitudes by flying at nearly 87 miles an hour at 35 400 feet aboard a two seated Lepere biplane designed by Captain Lepere. Lieutenant G W Elfey was the passenger observer.
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Dayton
J. Mr. Schroeder
Norte
Lepere
Thieutenant G. W W. Elfey
Meronautic
World gliding record set near Ithica by Hex Marshall
Hex Marshall established a claimed world air plane gliding record near Ithica by climbing to 17 000 feet, cutting the engine and gliding 34 miles to Cayuga lake city, then restarting at about 4 000 feet. The prior record was 22 miles.
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Ithica, No
Hex
Marshall
Thomas Morse
Cayugre Lake
Aviator Roland Rholfs Aims To Break Altitude Record
New York aviator Roland Rholfs, who set a 30,700 foot altitude mark last Wednesday, announced plans tonight to attempt again Monday in a Mineola flight to surpass the 33,136 foot world record held by Adjutant Cassales of the French army.
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New York, Ave
Roland Rholfs
Mineola
Adjutant Casales
Foch addresses council on Russian prisoners and Bulgaria
Marshal Foch appeared before the supreme council to discuss the Russian prisoners issue and the Bulgarian army’s condition. The council ordered Germany to lift restrictions on Russian prisoners and take responsibility for their care, with about 200,000 to 260,000 Russians in German custody. Poland has blocked transit of Russians to Russia via Polish territory.
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Paris
Marshal Foch
Supreme Council
Bulgaria
Germany
Poland
Heiretofote
Russia
High Tariff Bill Passed By House
The House approved the first protective tariff measure since Republicans won control. It imposes 60 percent ad valorem duties on laboratory glass and porcelain wares and on surgical and dental instruments, and 46 percent on optical glass and related laboratory apparatus. It repeals duty free imports for government bureaus and educational institutions.
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Congress
Bacarach
New Jersey
Kitchin
North Carolina
Ways and Means Committed
Shopmen Vote Looms for Rail Strike Over Wages
Washington Aug. 2 Discontent with President Wilsons plan to let Congress create a body to judge or discuss the cost of living issues has shopmen preparing for an official strike vote. About 500,000 railway workers in the United States and 10,000 in Canada may strike if the Wage Board fails to grant wage increases. The shop crafts seek 85 cents hourly for mechanics, 47 cents for helpers, and 10 cents for apprentices, with strike vote results due by Aug. 24 at midnight.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Congress
Railway Wage Board of the
Railroad Administration
B. M. Jewell
Railway Employee’ Department
American Federation of Labor
Hines
Director General of Railroads
Jewell
Board of Adjustment of Railway
Exports Reach Record US Total for Year Ended June 30
Exports from the United States in the fiscal year ending June 30 rose to a record 7,226,084,267 dollars, surpassing the previous peak of 5,919,711,871 dollars in 1918. June exports alone totaled 918,262,148 dollars, while the year’s net trade balance favored the US at 8,095,878,582 dollars against imports of 4,129,207,875 dollars.
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ST. Ear
Washington
United States
Department of Commerce
Union Railroad Shopmen Vote Weighs Local District Action
Boston August 2 union shopmen of the local district weigh action as they vote guided by New York New Haven and Hartford advice. The fragment notes a union decision process affecting rail operations and local labor concerns in the era.
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Boston
Union
New York
New Haven
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