Packers Doom Threatened by Control Plan
The commission warns five big meat packers, led by Armour and Wilson interests, use transport, storage, and marketing control to dominate the meat trade and related food industries. It recommends government ownership of rolling stock, stockyards, refrigerated cars, and key storage facilities to ensure open markets and fair charges.
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Heney
Fecal
Congress
United States
Railroad Administration
Raiload
Reilrord
Bru
Industr
Commi Om
Iron Commission
Offic
J. Ogden Armour
Sirers
Morris Brothers
Th Wilson
Chase National Bank
Guaran Trust Company
D.onk
Salem and Company
Hallzarten and Energy
New York
Cudahy Banks
Wilson and Company
Ing
Allied Forces Open Vesle and Flanders Fronts in WWI Push
Allied troops across the Vesle River and in Flanders push advance against German positions. French and American units cross the Vesle, with early gains on a five mile front near Braisne and Vismes. British advances near the apex of the Hyliens surpass half a mile, while artillery duels rage along the front from the Somme to the Aisne as German resistance stiffens and diversions continue.
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Ynited Press
Divear
Aisne-Marne
Picardy
Weonihesg
Amiens
Csarobeni
Moutdidier
Albert
Sommie
du Noyou
Oiseon
Somme
Sfourdini
Marshal Fach
Tefins-Soiasong
Goissons and
Reinny
Aisne
Soissons
Tor
Lys
Clarence
St. Venant
Vesta
Fy Flanders
Marshal Foch
Berlin
Bray-Carbie Road
Vesle
Albania
Semeni
Bankers in Packing Industry Reported as Consulted Figures
The article notes bankers in the country are now joining the growing influence in the packing industry. It states bankers participated in resolutions concerning acquiring an interest in the industry, with figures like J Ogden Armour and Louis F Swift often consulted during discussions.
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Raygly
Tig Packers
J. Ogden Armour
Louis F. Swift
Relationship of mother and son in district exemption case
The Cedar Falls case centers on a registrant from Black Hawk County and a foster relationship with his aunt’s son. The board considered affidavits in a questionnaire and faced questions over proper classification. The nephew’s care by the aunt and the registrant’s two-year-old start shaped the debate on deferment.
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Cedar Falls
Black Hawk County
Distr
Tipmbcher
Rafueee
Phat
Teather
Sid
3000 Acres Wheat Should be Planted in Black Hawk Co
Government urges Black Hawk County farmers to plant winter wheat where feasible with an estimated 2000 to 3000 acres to be sown. County Agent A A Burger notes about 200 farms in the county and that if each grew five acres, the crop would notably boost the grain supply. The county lies just north of the winter wheat belt yet can yield well, and damaged ground could be replanted in spring with other grains.
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Black Hawk
A. A. Burger
Black Haw
Altering Size of Dollar on Card Convicted as Forger
Amsterdam July 27 A German justice curiosity ends with three days imprisonment for August Simon a mechanic who altered figures on his linen tag to misstate collar size The case noted as a forgery in major offenses reported by Dusseldorf Nachrichten via Associated Press correspondence
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Amsterdam
August Simon
Degras
Dusseldort Nachrichten
Women Work In Gas Engine Shop Labor War Efforts
J. 5. Johnson of Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company announces hiring 40 women for machine shop work to address labor shortages for railroad shops shipbuilding and munition plants. Preference given to relatives of enlisted men in army. Government instructs non war industries to avoid wage competition with war work and to maintain efficiency for national defense.
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J. 5. Johnson
Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company
Waterloo
Army
Last Night's News in Brief
Secretary McAdoo backed an 80 percent war profits tax in a message to Representative Kitchin. Judge John M. Becker of Monroe, Wisconsin, was found guilty of making unpatriotic remarks in federal court, with a sentence deferred. In Harmanville, five miners were killed and five injured in an explosion. Miss Alice Wilson, niece of the President, married Rev. I S McElroy Jr of Columbus, Georgia at the White House.
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Associated Press
Chicago
McAdoo
Kitchin
Eau Claire
Wis
John M. Becker
Monroe
Pittsburgh
Harmanville
Washington, D. C
Alice Wilson
White House
I. S. McElroy, Jr
Colum*bus, Ga
British Casualties Drop in Week Totals 9,866 Killed and Wounded
London reports a weekly total of 9,866 British casualties for the week ended yesterday, down from 12,893 the prior week. The breakdown lists 2,105 officers and 1,609 men killed or died of wounds, with 374 officers and 7,778 men wounded or missing.
Jerusalem Post Office Thrives Amid Growing British Presence
Sergeant Frank Smith of the revolt engineers, the first British postmaster in Jerusalem, reports 44,000 men in the city glad to welcome them. He notes poverty is appalling, but business is improving as the post office experiences thriving activity.
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Frank Smith
The
Revolt Engineers
Jerusalem
London
Mirre
Fragmented Language Statistics Report
Fragmented OCR text attempts to list language counts by region with several numeric errors. Notable mentions include Anglophone values for Asia Europe and languages such as German Russian French Spanish Italian Portuguese. The data is inconsistent and likely corrupted.
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Sumarica
Asia
Ilea
CDU
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