Food Control Bill Faces War Time Limitation Debate
Washington reports show Democratic critics Gore Reed and Vardaman challenging the food control bill as Congress pushes to a final vote within weeks. House leaders keep long debates and aim for a final vote by Saturday with a war duration limit under consideration. Senator Chamberlain remains hopeful of enactment by July 1 though most expect at least two more weeks of debate in the Senate.
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Vardaman
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Senate
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Bethlehem Steel Works Angaun War Munitions Plant Chronicle
Scenes from the Bethlehem Steel Works in Bethlehem Pennsylvania show the production of naval rifles armaments shells and mortars for the American army and allies. Workers operate giant lathes casting rooms and heavy machinery as day and night output continues for Uncle Sam.
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Atlantic
Senator Kenyon Seeks Amendments on Food Seizure Limits
Senator Kenyon proposed senate amendments to bar seizure of food by producers or rationing bodies and to prevent limits on individual meals, aiming to protect producers and institutions from compulsory seizure or restriction.
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Kenyon
New York National Guard at War Strength Says General Ryan
Major General John Ryan announces the New York state division of the National Guard is nearly at war strength with few exceptions. The latest fully recruited regiment is the Third infantry located in the central parts of the state.
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New York State Division
National Guard
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British Recapture Key Positions East of Arras in World War I Front
British forces under Field Marshal Haig retook important German positions east of Arras while Canadians seized trenches near Lens to block access to the coal city. Austrian attacks slowed by weather as Italian forces push on Asiago plateau. Rome reports over 1,000 enemy casualties and many captured officers. Front near Cerna river bend and Monastir shows rising artillery activity.
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Moulin de Lettaux
Lens
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President proclaims week of enlistment for regular army
President Wilson designates June 23 to June 30 as recruiting week for the regular army and calls unmarried men ages 18 to 49 with no dependents to enroll to fill 70,000 ranks for war service.
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Washington
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
IN SERVICE AT LAST Patriotic Youth Becomes Marine
Philip Daugherty, a New Jersey youth from Hordentown, after four enlistment rejections, finally gains temporary acceptance at League Island Marine training. He first tried after war with Germany was declared, faced repeated tests failures, and persisted until his successful enlistment attempt.
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N. J
Philip
Pryor Daucherty
Young Daugherty
League Island
Philadelphia Breaks Income Tax Record
Philadelphia reports that the city district collected 9,665,285 in individual income taxes last year, surpassing all prior marks. The figure for 1915 was 2,756,186, according to the internal revenue collector.
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Philadephia
Internal Revenue
Secrets of the ROSENZULLE articles expose Kaiser's court
The Warren Mail begins publishing a series by Count Ernst von Heltzendorff, former adjutant to the Crown Prince, revealing German court intrigues and diplomacy. The first installment appears this week and aims to counter Allied narratives about the war’s origins and aims.
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William Lequeux
Germany
Kaiser Wilhelm
Count Ernst von Heltzendorff
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Kaiser
Heltzendorff
Warren Mail
Brusiloff Vows to Lead Free Russia Armies
General Alexis Brusiloff replies to congratulations on his appointment by General Robertson with a pledge that in honor bound, free Russia's armies will not fail to do their duty. The message comes after his designation as commander in chief at army headquarters in London.
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London
Alexis Brusiloff
Robertson
Army Headquarters
Russia
Peaceful settlement eyed for China's internal troubles
Washington reports an official dispatch from Pekin forecast a peaceful end to China's internal troubles. Yunnan and Kwantung provinces pledge cooperation and readiness to clear up the situation. Several other provinces may follow. President Li Yuan Hung orders a new election as the old parliament is dissolved. The interim government will stay in power with Chang Hsun remaining in Pekin.
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Washington
China
Pekin
Yunnan
Kwantung
Li Yuan Hung
Ankwei
Cincinnati Slacker Estimate From Draft Registration Board
Cincinnati officials estimate 5 000 to 16 000 men of draft age did not register under selective service. The board compared last election registrants with the recent registration day data and will arrest repeat refusers after giving another registration chance. The odd precinct average shows 24 slackers per precinct.
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Cincinnati
Board of Elections
Mexican laborer causes locomotive wreck in Peuble yards
A Mexican laborer believed to aid enemies of the United States sent a locomotive running wild in Peuble Colorado yards. The engine reached 40 miles an hour before crashing through a turntable and wrecking itself. Fourteen passenger engines were blocked in the round house by debris.
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Col
United States
American ambulance unit reaches French port with Vanderbilt
Paris June 21 a New York led ambulance detachment of 250 soldiers has arrived in France aboard the same liner carrying W K Vanderbilt who cried upon disembarking as newsreel crews filmed the moment at the port facility
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France
Paris
W.K. Vanderbilt
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