Prohibition Lobby Clash Deepens as War Ties Stir
A sharp clash erupts over the Antisaloon League tactics and a Chilean-like stance toward war era policy. Senator Chamberlain and Rep Meeker attack the lobby while calls for a formal probe arise, amid tensions over a food control bill and wartime prohibition provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Agriculture
Senator Chamberlain
Th House
Meeker
St. Louis
Prohibition
Legislative Committee
The
Antisaloon League
Washington
Mr. Meeker
Congress
Congress of the United States
League
BE. ©. Dinwiddie
Deer Lobby
House’ Committee
Man and Wife Cut to Pieces in Nashville Murder
Nashville police learn of a double homicide at a northeast city home. Walter K. Hamilton, a painter, is found dead with his wife fatally wounded across him. Albert J. Hunter, a cabinet maker, confesses after presenting himself to police and says a fight began over Hamilton’s relation to Mrs. Hunter.
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Nashville
Tenn
Surg
Walter K. Hamilton
Albert J. Hunter
Hamilton Aground After Fog Off Craney Island
The Old Dominion liner Hamilton ran ashore in dense fog off Craney Island near Norfolk at 3 AM while bound for an Eastern port with a cargo of perishable truck farm produce. Wrecking tugs are on site, no immediate danger, and no passengers were aboard due to ticket refusals amid expected delays.
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Norfolk
Old Dominion
Hamilton
Craney Island
Mobilizes the Movies for War Effort and Public Use
President Wilson commissions William A. Brady to organize the motion picture industry for national needs. Films will aid recruitment, show wartime food saving, fund raising for Red Cross and liberty bonds, and accompany troops in France. Brady pledges full industry support as the government links with the public information committee. A note from Mexico bearing Carranza’s message to the State Department arrives.
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Hoover
United States
Washington
Wilson
William A. Brady
Mr. Wilson
White House
America
France
War Department
The
Food Administration
Red Cross
Brady
Committee On Public Information
George Creel
Mr. Brady
A. Garte
Mexico
Carranza
State Department
Patriotic Sunday Observed in DC Schools for Red Cross Fund
Washington teachers and pupils joined nationwide Patriotic Sunday observances in the District of Columbia with songs, addresses, and Red Cross fund collections. Chairman Macfarland urged large gifts for the Fourth of July war relief, noting the firework display will be omitted for safety. Names for 24 destroyers were announced by Secretary Daniels, while Sherman Dumont of Company F died swimming in the Rio Grande at San Pedro.
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Herbert C. Hoover
Washington
Great Army of Women
Hoover
William H. Baldwin
District Council of Defense
Lane
Department of Justice
Baker and Daniels
Secretary of the Interior
Fort
Federal Trade Commission
Peabody
Coal Production Committee
Wilson
Red Cross
United States
District of Columbia
War Service Fund
Macfarland
Anance Committee
Washington Monument
Bute
Columbia
Daniels
Naval Service
Tittle
MeKes
Stevens
Philip
Bell
Stribling
Kirriaberry
Robinson
Murray
Wickes
Israel
Ringgold
Woolsey
Sigournay
Gregory
Evans
Colfhoun
Stringham
Gridley
Dyer
Harding
McKean
Fairfax
Taylor
Brownsville
Tex
Sherman Dumont
Sixteenth
United States Cavalry
Wee
Rio Grande River
San Pedro
Fivart. Mieh
James L. Parsona
M T. Xon
Ata
District National Bank
Regulas
Edmund
Glaser & CO
Warned to Curtail Orders for Steel
The United States Chamber of Commerce cautions manufacturers using steel to curb demand to avoid shortages. Navy and merchant marine orders will take priority, and government work will be favored. Substitutes like lumber and concrete are urged, with a planned distribution system to end the scramble for future steel deliveries.
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United States Chamber of Commerce
Stes
Pulletin
Milig
Brownlow Urges Economy at Citizenship Services
Grace Bible Church hosted Representative Stewart F. Read speaking on The Great ness of America and Her Duty. Fifth Baptist Church featured Commissioner Louis Brownlow urging how to preserve democracy and urging economy at home to save food. Read emphasized the value of services to the world and ourselves.
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America
United States
Robert Wood Coe
First Congregational Church
Wallace Radcliffe
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Grace Baptiet Church
Stewart F. Read
Fifth Baptist Church
Louis Brownlow
Brownlow
Reed
Europe
Rankin presses inquiry into women workers at bureau
Miss Jeannette Rankin of Montana leads an inquiry into working conditions at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. She and women workers report twelve hour shifts and emergency wartime demands. Director Ralph defends the press schedule as essential to war work, while Rankin plans a thorough investigation with women’s committees input.
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Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Jeannette Rankin
Montana
Congress
California St
Miss Rankin
Bureau
Misa Rankin
Ralph
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Antisaloon League of America
Senate Special Lobby Committees
Cardinal Gibbons
Percy F. Hall
Dr. Kelly
C. C. McLean
Douglas Memorial Church
Epiphany Church
Hall
Red Cross Fund
Pastor
Joseph T. Kelly
Fourth Presbyterian Church
D. H. Martin
Wenley Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church
Harry D. Mitchell
Metropolitan Methodsal Episcopal Church
Paul Sperry
Church of the New Jerusalem
John Co. Palmer
Washington Heights Presbyterian Church
Cornelius S Abbott
Church of the Good Shepherd
Charles
Busineas
Senate
House
Senate Finance Committee
Ales la
Senate Agriculture Committee
Herbert Hoover
Capitol
Senate Chamberlain
Senator Gore
la Follette
Jor Reor
Crusaders
Baker
Saga Defense Council
New York
Counti] of National Defense
Council of National Defense
Tiam
Gifford
Blayer
Wey Louth
W. H. Brady
Film World Patriots
Children Swell Fund
Capital Sunday Schools
Rio Grande
Mert E. Trenig
Stav
Federal Finance
John Pools
Liberty Loan
Federal National Bank
Fourteenth and
G Streets
American Security and Trust Co
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Charles J. Bell
Mercantile
Tor
F. Reed
Grace Church
Ralp
Nat E
Sige Company
Piembing
Ieagew and Sowhny.’ T
Southern
15Th
H Streets
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Standard Sanitary
Infs
Palm Beach
Mount Alto
Wis
Ave
Davis St
Corcoran Gallery of Art
C. Powell Minnigerode
M. Luther Dicus Optician
15Th St
17Th End
Gsis
McCray
McCray Refrigerator Co
F St. N. W
Toea
Palm Beach Suits
Ames
Norris
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