Food Control Bill Clears House in Night Session
The Lever Food Control bill passed 163 to 5, creating a food dictatorship for Allies and barring use of foodstuffs for explosives. Five Democrats and one Republican voted against. The measure heads to the Senate Monday for action amid rapid amendments and debate on funding, drafts exempt, and enforcement details.
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iBy United Press
Washington
Herbert C. Hoover
Senate
House
McLemore, Slayton and Young
Texas
Meeker
Missouri
Ward
New York
Gaullagher
Sabath
Ilinois
Hulbert
Gordon
Olio
Lureau
Sherley
Kentucky
Wife turns on confessed man in Cruger murder case
New York reports Mrs Maria Cocchi, shaken by her husband Cocchi’s confession of killing Ruth Cruger in February at his Bologna shop and burying her body in the cellar, now tells district attorney all she knows. She alleges private detective Edward Fish sought to stay in the shop alone after Cocchi fled.
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United Press
New York
Bologna
Italy
Ruth Cruger
Maria Cocchi
Cocchi
Cruger
Fish
Big Four War Board to Guide U S War Effort
Washington reports a sweeping wartime reorganization with a forthcoming big four war board to advise the cabinet on rail, industry, materials, and purchasing. The move aims to centralize powers, potentially enabling government seizure of coal oil steel and other essentials.
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United Press
War Board
Wilson
Congress
United States
Daniels
Red Cross Drives Toward 100 Million Triumph
United Press reports America nears the 100 million Red Cross fund goal with about 80 million raised. New York City leads contributions among cities, while Ohio and the North Central states show strong support. The drive ends Monday and appeals for continued generosity.
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United Press
Washington
America
Red Cross
New England
New York City
North Central
Ohio
Middle Atlantic
Liberty Loan
Lincoln
Neb
William Jennings Bryan
Kansas City
Chicago
Denver
St. Louis
Dallas
Two Monarchies Tremble as Censorship Masks Change
Reports from Vienna say Emperor Karl may appoint a new ministry after the Clam-Martinic cabinet resigned amid Polish and Slavic dissent. Madrid dispatches note a general strike among workers with mining towns like Bilabo showing tension as Spain moves toward possible reform under Premier Dato succeeding Romanones.
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United Press
London
Spain
Austria
Zurich
Vienna
Carl
Clam-Martinic
Perso E
Madrid
Russia
Germany
Dato
Romanonos
Suffragists Arrested as They Rally for Peaceful Picketing
Six women were arrested in Washington as suffragists defied police with bannered protests at the White House and Capitol. Misses Mabel Vernon and Elizabeth Arnold face a Monday preliminary hearing. others were released on personal bonds. The group vows daily demonstrations while pursuing a peaceful rights campaign.
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United Press
Washington
White House
Capitol
Mabel Vernon
Elizabeth Arnold
North Carolina
Lawrence Lewis
Philadelphia
Gladys Greiner
Baltimore
Lucy Burns
Catherine Corey
Suffrage
Government mobilizes all departments for war material
Industrial plants run at top speed manufacturing all kinds of war material. Big contracts set and rush work on Cantonments. Preparing to consummate the Army draft along all lines.
Members grow red in the House verbal clash
Washington notes a heated exchange among lawmakers as Representative Miller accuses Representative Kelly of lying and Meeker calls Kelly a bar room bully. The quarrel arose during debate over the wartime prohibition amendment to the Food Control bill, with interruptions and oaths, then wiped from the record.
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United Press
Washington
House
Kelly
Pennsylvania
Miller
Missouri
Meeker
Net
German Plot Unearthed as Arrests Hit Birmingham
Birmingham officials arrest F. C. Rosenbaum a guard at the waterworks in a suspected German plot. Do lor me and L. J. Hirsch also detained, one in New Orleans, as authorities spread word of the ramified scheme.
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United Press
Birmingham
Ala
F. C. Rosenbaum
Dolorme
L. J. Hirsch
New Orleans
Atlanta Plans Red Cross Week Campaign
Atlanta Will launch Red Cross Week to raise 250 000 toward a nationwide 100 000 000 fund. A mass meeting at the auditorium opens the drive with Major General Leonard Wood Dr John Witherspoon and Mayor Asa G Candler to speak and a patriotic organ recital planned.
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United Press
Atlanta
Humanity
Red Cross
Leonard Wood
Department of the Southeast
John Witherspoon
Nashville
The
American Medical Association
Asa G. Candler
Head and Heart in Wartime Patriotism Campaign
A wartime public appeal contrasts democracy and autocracy, urging loyalty and sacrifice. Led by J. A. Taylor and a committee including Rev NOE H Lacy Hunt W A McGirt J W H Fuchs W H Sprunt and others, the message condemns disloyalty as inaction and defines patriotism as active service.
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United States
Germany
J. A. Taylor
United States to Supply Allies Vast Auto Assistance
Washington reports America will furnish the Allies tens of thousands of motor cars and 35,000 to 70,000 trucks in the first year. The plan includes 3,000 messenger cars, 10,000 motorcycles, 5,000 ambulances, and specialized ammunition trucks. Armored trucks and tractors for farms may also be provided to support logistics and food production.
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United Press
Washington
America
Auto Transport
Governor declines pardon for Milledgeville murderess
Governor Harris refuses to pardon Mrs Edna Perkins Godbee who is serving a life term for the 1913 murder of her former husband Judge Walter S Godbee and his third wife at Millen Georgia.
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United Press
Atlanta
Harris
Edna Perkins Godbee
Milledgeville
Walter S. Godbee
Millen
Draft Exemption Rules Set as War Effort Accelerates
Washington reports massive mobilization steps for World War I era army preparation. Contracts for cantonment camps proceed, exemption boards for 36 states are formed, and the draft lottery system is readied with numbered registration cards. Officials aim to complete preliminary drawing by early July.
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War Department
National Guard
Australia
Seaboard
New England
Wilson
Washington
General Crowder
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