Reichstag Adjourns to September Reelection Watch
The Reichstag has adjourned to September and if still in office Dr. Michaelis may have remarks on the reassembling.
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Reichstag
Michaelis
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1917
Page
4
Food control bill conferees push for one man in charge
President pressures conferees to unite on a single administrator for food control and to set a maximum wheat price with a fixed minimum at two dollars. Debate centers on congressional expenditure supervision and possible delays or defeats as partisanship and incompetence are criticized.
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Senate
Hoover
Congressional Committee
The Shadow of the Flag by Mary Putnam Hart
A reflective poem praising sacrifice in war and the flag. It laments exhausted soldiers and survivors, notes the shadow and glory of the banner, and calls for divine steadiness amid chaos and mortality. The piece anchors on patriotic imagery and invokes Sinai as a symbol of enduring power.
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Sinai’s
Aegg
Mary Putnam Hart
the Vigilantes
Congressman Britten’s German birth service bill sparks debate
The proposal H. R. 5184 would allow optional service in French trenches for men of German birth or German parentage. Critics call it un-American and inhumane to force family members to fight each other, noting England and France oppose German-American volunteers. The debate features prominent figures and a split national opinion, with supporters arguing it keeps German-Americans within U S borders for duties and future battles.
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Britten
France
America
Red Cross
New York
Treason Debate in Congress Sparks Constitutional Clash
Congressman William E. Mason of Illinois cited Wickersham and Webster to argue militia use limited to enforcing national laws and suppressing insurrection, opposing Wilson’s European policy. He warned of amendments to the conscription act and possible repeal if defeated, as Oklahoma’s Hastings called his remarks treasonable. The exchange highlights divergent views on oath and constitutional limits during wartime.
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William E. Mason
Illinois
Congress
Wickersham
Daniel Webster
Wilson
Europe
Hastings
Oklahoma
Mason
Northern Senators Oppose Deploying National Guard to the South
Senate debates reveal eight northern Senators protest sending National Guard to southern states for winter training. Plan calls for six cantons ments, each a city of 2000+ houses and 50 000 men. Plattsburg camp reportedly moved to Atlanta. Harvard OC unit training French instructors face commission barriers.
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War Department
Congress
Senate
Europe
France
Texas
Georgia
Mississippi
Carolina
National Army
Knox
Plattsburg
Atlanta
Fort Myer
Fort Niagara
Maddison Barracks
Wadsworth
New York
Harvard University
Officers Training Corps
Harvard
Draft quotas set for states under National Army plan
Secretary Baker lists state by state quotas totaling 687000 with New York 69241 and Pennsylvania 60359 leading. Examinations start next week with Warren county men to be tested locally. Local boards may override physicians and drafted men cannot claim sickness or minor defects to escape service.
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Baker
Congress
National Army
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ohio
Texas
Michigan
California
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Missouri
Minnesota
Indiana
Oregon
District of Columbia
Wyoming
Warren County
Warren
Wilson Urges Youth to Master Sciences for War Effort
President Wilson asks colleges and technical schools to maintain standard courses in applied science during the war. He warns that limiting training would hinder America's war and postwar needs and urges high school graduates to enroll to ensure a steady supply of skilled men and women.
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Wilson
Interior Lane
Lane
America
Lucia
Housewives Must Do Duty as Government Cuts Waste
The statement urges housewives to act while demanding government control reduce food waste by transport and storage firms. It warns that demurrage costs threaten more than the garbage and stresses accountability.
Embargo Declared by President Wilson Aims to Guard American Supplies
President Wilson issues a broad embargo on all countries to protect American resources. Supporters praise the move as a clear stance of America First, while critics warn of harming neutral nations and the global food supply.
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Wilson
Northcliffe
Tommy Atkins
America
Congress Should Not Adjourn Without Grounds for Reassembly
The text argues against adjournment and favors scheduled recesses or a standing locum tenens in Washington. It promotes a permanent presence via the Weeks Madden joint committee on the conduct of the war, suggesting representatives on duty to avoid dependence on presidential favor. It clarifies this need not imply distrust of the President.
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Congress
Washington
Joint
Sean
Weeks Proposal on War Expenditures Corralled in Senate
Senator Weeks floated a food control bill section creating a joint five senator five congressman committee to study wartime problems and meet with the President. He denounced food pirates and speculators as never seen before in U.S. history, but the measure failed as the President had not requested it.
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Weeks
Congress
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