Food Plea in Churches Urges More Playgrounds and Waste Savings
A national drive urged clergy to preach food conservation and reduce kitchen waste under Hoover's campaign. Over 250000 clergymen across the nation were mobilized with help from AT&T and church groups to hold sermons and patriotic services promoting rationing and reusing resources.
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Herbert C Hoover
Office of Food Conservation
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Department of Justice
Close Private Bank Doors in Chicago After Collapse
The Graham & Sons private bank in Chicago closed its doors as police guarded the premises after an involuntary bankruptcy filing. Andrew Graham founded the firm. his sons Ralph and J lead the business. The bank’s assets are described as safe, with no fraudulent mortgages reported. Federal authorities appointed Chicago Title and Trust Company as receiver and seized bank records after a forceful entry by detectives.
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Wiliam C .Niblack
Ambulance Corps members cleared in Rittersville case
Charges against Eliphalet Andrews Allen and fellow Essex Devereux ambulance corps member were dismissed. Grand jury declined indictment. Allen was present in court as the case against his chum Allen proceeded. Witnesses included Bishop Alfred Harding and Richard Ford of Washington and Mrs Andrews.
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Alfred Harding
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Reform Camps Urged To Shape Fat Nurses In Chicago
A group of Chicago women urged the Council of National Defense to establish camps for intensive weight reduction of nurses. They argued smaller sizes ease care of wounded soldiers and save space on transatlantic ships, proposing two to six month courses followed by deployment to France or field service readiness.
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New York Hotel Men Meet in Washington on Menu Reductions
Leaders of New York Citys top hotels and restaurants traveled to Washington to discuss wartime food conservation with the food administration. They met with Mark Requa rather than Herbert Hoover, who had not yet received Requas report. Hoover said the conference would continue today and a big reduction in menu dishes citywide is expected. The delegation arrived by special train.
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Washington
The
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Mark Requa
Hoover
Requas
New York
Coal price controls to be enforced by industry and state
Coal price reductions agreed Thursday by the nation’s bituminous producers with government officials will be enforced with industry approval and government backing. The Coal Committee of the Council of National Defense will act quickly to curb any deviations, warning operators at Decatur Ill who raised prices beyond the limit that the industry will not tolerate such actions.
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Dollar potatoes predicted as prices vary in Chicago market
In South Water Street Chicago buyers forecast small price shifts for potatoes with wholesale rates cited around $1 a bushel. Onion prices at 15 to 20 cents a pound last winter are now down to about 2.5 cents. Cabbage and fruits show downward movement while receipts rise.
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South Water
Stocking Tops Proposed To Aid War Effort
Mrs J S Cargile of Arkadelphia asks the Council of National Defense how women stockings could help defeat Germany. She estimates a million dollars worth of stocking tops wasted annually and suggests a mobilization of all women’s stocking tops, though she admits she does not know their use.
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Arkadelphia
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Council of National Defense
Germany
New York Loses Hetty Green Tax Hit
New York appellate court confirms that Mrs Hetty Green, resident of Bellows Falls at death, owed no transfer tax on an estate estimated at 150 million dollars, ruling against surrogates and triggering a six million dollar loss in transfer taxes.
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Mra Hetty Green
Supreme Court
Mra Green
Bellows Falls
Gibbons Urges Food Saving in Wartime Message
Cardinal Gibbons asks Catholic priests to read a food conservation message at Sunday masses in the diocese. He urges women to do their utmost to conserve food and to cooperate with the government to meet wartime needs.
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Baltimore
Carolinal Gibbons
Herbert Hoover
Mexican forces chase pirate schooner Mariscal
Mexico City reports land and sea units pursue the pirate schooner Mariscal, accused of preying on small towns and fishing boats along Veracruz and Tabasco. The vessel, tied to Campania Explo tadora de Dorantes, was seized by rebels and operates near Tonala bar with raids into the gulf coast towns.
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Mariscal
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Tabasco
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Run From Storm Ends in Tragic Auto Fatality
Seven year old John Boehman, son of Mr and Mrs John Boehman of Bladensburg and Queen Chapel roads northeast, was killed when struck by a car driven by James Lomelo of the same area. The vehicle, owned by James Hinton Graves of Orange New Jersey, was on the wrong side of the road. The boy died at Casualty Hospital with neck and skull injuries. Lomelo was arrested and held by order of Judge Nevitt.
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John Boehman
Bladensburg
Queen Chapel
Casualty Hospital
Frank T Chamberlain
James Hinton Graves
Buller Terrace
Orange
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Sarah Place
J. Ramsay Nevitt
Dutch Warship Zeeland Arrives in New York for Pacific Route
The Dutch armored cruiser Zeeland docked in New York on June 29 en route to the Dutch East Indies via the Panama Canal. Commanded by Commander Foch, she will serve as a patrol ship in Holland possessions waters after refueling and resupplying. The voyage from Holland to the Indies bypasses the Mediterranean Suez route due to mine and submarine dangers.
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American War Victims Reported in Overseas Casualty List
Ottawa reports two Americans died of wounds and a third is missing in overseas service. The deceased are E G Lester and W R Nichola, with J A Murphy of Ridgeway, Pa listed as missing. The casualty list was issued today and includes Seattle, Washington resident W Murphy among others.
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KEEP BEER URGES GOMPERS AT PROHIBITION ADDRESS
New York June 29 Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor endorsed President Wilsons nation wide prohibition stance He argued war should not force a change in public habits and that workers are entitled to beer and light wine Bowdoin College President Dies Brunswick Me June 24 58 year old William Yam De Ett Hidehead of Bowdoin College died suddenly today
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Prices fall as Virginia potato shipments flood markets
Vegetables including potatoes, string beans, onions and cabbage drop in price across Washington markets as Norfolk and eastern shore supplies flood local stock. Potatoes ease from 7 to 5 a barrel wholesale, retail around 60 cents a peck. onions and beans also ease, while beets and cabbage show declines. Community notes include a food administration inquiry into whether farmers may leave crops to rot, and local Scout youths securing summer work at Potomac Yards with pay of 1.50 a day.
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Prohibition Battle Shifts as President Seeks Authority
The article reports President Wilson seeking authority to suspend manufacture of malt liquor, beer, and wine to aid food control legislation. Senate debates center on beer and wine, with some leaders agreeing to concede to presidential power while others vow to continue the fight. Also noted are debates on extending government control to paper, copper, and other materials, plus criticism of the press and discussions of fertilizer additives.
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President may postpone American Jewish Congress date
Rabbi Stephen S Wise said in Baltimore that President Roosevelt learned of the congress and may delay the September 2 date due to urgent public business. Wise, after Zionist conventions in Baltimore and a White House meeting in Washington, stated the president is persuaded the congress will serve Jewish interests and align with U.S. arms and policies.
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Anarchist trial set to begin next Monday in New York
The jury for Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman, charged with conspiring to interfere with the draft law, completed in the United States district court. The trial will commence next Monday.
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Week Indiana Investigator Funds
Chicago June 29 Barbers should stop giving age shampoos to customers in order to assist in conserving the food supply of the country James D Himmer of South Bend believes and in support of the idea he has collected statistics which he yesterday forwarded to Herbert C Hoover food administrator at Washington Himmer says there are about 200000 barbers in the United States and that they average two egg shampoos a week with two eggs for each shampoo This he points out means the use of 200900 eggs a day of 1 200000 4 week.
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Herbert C Hoover
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