Food Conservation Commission Formed in North Carolina
Governor Bickett names a state food conservation commission to mobilize idle acres across all 100 counties. Key figures include Major W A Graham and Dr B W Kilgore, with first meeting set for April 17 to assign county sub committees and plan a farm canvass. The plan targets idle tenantless farms and vacant city lots to grow pease and corn for people and livestock.
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Associated Press
Raleigh
N. C
Carolina
T. W. Bickett
Food Conservation Commission
Bickett
W. A. Graham
B. W. Kilgore
State Experiment Station
W. C. Riddick
State Agricultural and Engineering College
H. W. Alexander
State Farmers Union
J. Paul Lucas
State Farmers Convention
England Hails America as Comrade in Arms
Premier proclaims U S aid seals victory as Britain cites ships and liberty. He counters Von Hindenburg on submarines, praising American resolve and the allied effort after years of war.
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England
America
United States
von Hindenburg
América
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promised $100 Reward
Advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh and influenze via the blood and system surfaces. The Toledo Ohio-based firm F. CHNEY & Co offers $100 for any case not cured and invites readers to send for a list of testimonials.
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Hall
F. Chhney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Rou
Druggista. Tic
Delegates Represent Over Billion in Capital At Memphis Meeting
More than a billion dollars capital was represented by delegates at the Memphis session of the Southern Supply and Machinery Dealers Association the National Supply and Machinery Dealers Association and the American Supply and Machinery Manufacturers Association. Delegates came from all sections of the country to open their sessions.
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Southern Supply and Machinery Dealers’ Association
National Supply and Machinery Dealers’ Association
American Supply and Machinery Manufacturers’ Association
Memphis
Hearings Set on Southeastern Rate Adjustment Cases
The Interstate Commerce Commission will hold further hearings in the general investigation of the Southeastern rate adjustment cases in early fall at Montgomery Memphis Nashville and Cincinnati. The cases cover many increases from 5 to 55 percent granted in January 1916 on commodity rates in the Southern States.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Montgomery
Memphis
Nashville
Cincinnati
Brazil Breaks Off Diplomatic Ties With Germany
The first official word reached the State Department today via the American Charge at Rio de Janeiro reporting Brazil severing diplomatic relations with Germany.
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Brazil
Germany
State Department
Rio
South cut over land conference discusses agriculture use
The second session at New Orleans of the cut over land conference of the South focused on converting millions of acres of unused timber lands into agricultural and stock raising areas to boost the nation’s food supply and practical utilization strategies.
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South
Cutover Land Conference of the South
New Orleans
William C. Fitts Nominated for Assistant Attorney General
William C. Fitts of Birmingham was nominated by President Wilson today to be assistant attorney general.
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William C. Fitts
Birmingham
Wilson
NYSE Governing Board Sets Surplus Memoranda Deadline
The New York Stock Exchange governors ordered members to submit by 2 p.m. Friday a memorandum detailing surplus funds and money belonging to alien enemies in their possession.
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New York Stock Exchange
Exchange
House Military Committee Adopts Plan to Close Hearings
The House Military committee, after a general exchange on the administration bill to raise an army by selective conscription, agreed to close all hearings next Saturday when opponents of the plan will be heard. The bill will likely be reported to the House next week.
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House Military Committee
New Administration
House
Sinking of schooner M. D. Cressy near Sandy Hook ominous gale
The American schooner M. D. Cressy, departed New York on April 7 for Havana with general cargo, was sunk in a gale about 200 miles southeast of Sandy Hook last Monday. Second officer George Smith and two seamen drowned. ship cook died from exposure after the lifeboat launch.
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M. D. Cressy
New York
Havana
Sandy Hook
George Smith
Cook
Campaign A Teuton Undersea Boats To Be Big
The United States naval authorities estimate a large U boat campaign will be built to threaten Allied shipping. Officials foresee about 30 crew per vessel with six months to readiness and more than 1 000 boats afloat next year as they plot to exhaust Germany’s submarine fleet. The plan aims to force routing of merchantmen through many ocean lanes and to block any quick peace by starvation.
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Germany
Shipping Board
United States
Peace hopes and America’s rise at the peace conference
Premier Loyd George hails America for winning a seat at the peace conference and predicts real peace may dawn soon. He notes U S aid in winning battles like Arras and the role of American machines in rendering German trench warfare obsolete.
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America
United States
Battle of
Arras
British forces widen line north of Vimy Ridge
British troops pressed the offensive near Vimy Ridge taking two key positions north of the ridge and reaching the River Souchez. The war office reported heavy German counterattacks on Vimy were repulsed with significant losses, while weather remained wet and stormy and a number of prisoners were captured.
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Vimy Ridge
Souchez
War Office
Sharpe
New Brand of Swank in London War Economy
London reports a new Swank born of wartime thrift as citizens display modest acts and bare wardrobes. Harrow pupils pose in potato patches with silk hats, an earl admits no new suit since war, and papers note meager menus and cheaper shows as advertising, not swank.
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United Press
London
Harrow School
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Southern Woman’s Magazine
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