Wilson seeks remedies to curb high living costs and profiteering
President Wilson urged Congress to extend the food control act to peacetime use, seal interstate shipments that violate provisions, and create penalties for profiteering. He called for a federal licensing system for interstate corporations, price marking on goods, and stronger measures to ease shortages while warning that some remedies require time and political will. Chile plans $10 million housing push to curb unemployment amid cost of living unrest.
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Drought Drives Down U S Crop Outlook July Output
Washington reports July weather and conditions cut the nation's crop by 27,052,000 bushels. August forecast shows all wheat at 2.40? but details list major drops in wheat and oats with state condition indices for spring and winter wheat across several states.
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Department of Agriulture
Ite
Ohio
Indiana
Minnesota
Iowa
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Kansas
Government price plan sparks farm relief debate
Washington officials discuss repealing the wheat price guarantee to raise farmer income as senators and representatives fault the United States grain corporation for restricting prices. Julius Barnes discloses grain plan to sell flour at 10 per barrel amid claims of inflated profits and market manipulation.
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Texas
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Norris
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Grain Corporation
New York
Julius H. Barnes
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States set wheat price plan with regional restrictions
The plan limits wholesale pricing and retail markups for flour in defined regions west of the Illinois and Indiana line and west of the Mississippi, Cairo to the Gulf, with a higher rate elsewhere. It also specifies packaging rates and a weekly export purchase program totaling about 1.08 million barrels at about $9.80 to $10.40 per barrel.
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Belgium Ratifies Peace Treaty with Germany
Brussels reports the chamber of deputies unanimously ratified the peace treaty with Germany, marking a key step in postwar reconciliation and the formal end of hostilities between Belgium and Germany.
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Belgium
Brussels
Chamber of Deputies
Germany
Chicago Packers Antitrust Prosecutions Planned
Chicago prosecutors return from Washington with plans to pursue Sherman Act charges against five major Chicago packers. Jail terms and large monetary penalties are sought as counts and venue decisions loom. Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis expected to preside with the support of the attorney general and a special grand jury to convene in September.
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Plumb Plan Debate Flags Government Rail Ownership
Glenn E. Plumb tells the House Interstate Commerce Committee that organized labor rejects government operation of railroads. He says operation should stay in private hands to avoid political control while offering equal opportunity for railroad workers. He cites claims from railway unions and notes widespread letters urging pro-Plumb action.
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Fabor
Glenn E. Plumb
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House Interstate Commerce Committee
Sweet
Mr. Sweet
Rayburn
North Dakota Buys Flour Mill To Cut Living Costs
Nemark North Dakota announces state purchase of a flour mill by the State Mill and Elevator association. Four large mills and terminal elevators will be built to reduce the high cost of living and push construction forward.
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State Mill and Elevator Association
Senate hearing details war department plans for future army
Gen Peyton C Marek tests a 576000 strong army and universal training for youths while Gen March counters that permanent general staff appointments would create a bureaucracy. War plans favor rotating staff after four years and equal air service staffing, and oppose chemical warfare service consolidation with engineers.
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Army General Staff
March
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Air Service
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Mareh
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Spain to join World League proposal approved
Parliament approved today the plan for Spain to join the League of Nations. The decision follows debates on Spain expanding its international role and aligning with allied nations in the World League framework.
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Spain
Mai
Government Seizes Food Stocks Amid Rigid Wages
Government officials plan vigorous action to confiscate food stocks as part of economic measures. The move signals strict enforcement and potential shortages shaping daily life for citizens and businesses.
Pershing Recalled to United States in Sudden Move
Washington reports General Pershing has been recalled to the United States amid a government push to curb profiteering. The justice department orders special agents nationwide to aid district attorneys in uncovering profiteering in foodstuffs and other necessities and to dedicate full time to lowering living costs.
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Evening Journal
Washington, D. C
Department of Justice
Pershing Recalled Abruptly From Belgium Visit
Paris dispatch reports General Pershing recalled to the United States with possible early return from a planned audience with King Albert of Belgium to discuss imminent events and strategy.
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Evening Journal
Paris
General Pershing
United States
Albert
Belgium
Tonhorrow
Chicago Stock Yards faces near shutdown as workers walk out
The Chicago Union says up to 40,000 workers quit at the stock yards over police presence. They threaten to stay out until all officers are removed, risking a near total closure of the yards. Nonunion workers also joined the walkout amid the halted operations.
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Ave
Double homicide attempt and suicide in Peoria store
In Peoria on August 9 John Pickeprrell of Des Moines is hospitalized with a bullet wound while Pause, 24, is dead in the county morgue. Doctors weigh which of three shots struck her as she left the Peoria Dry Goods store for lunch. A failed love affair is cited as the motive.
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John Pickeprrell
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St. Pranels Hospital
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Pieterrell
Demand for General Kruska Surrenders Amid War Crimes Claims
London reports Allied demand for General Kruska commander of Kaiser camp to be surrendered for violation of international law. Copenhagen dispatch via Ballindelgraph quotes charge that Kruska was responsible for typhus outbreaks causing French prisoners to die.
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