AMERICA'S MIGHTY EFFORT.

North Otago Times, Volume CV, Issue 13939, 24 July 1917, Page 6

AMERICA'S MIGHTY EFFORT.

COMPREHENSIVE . VOTE FOR AERIAL WARFARE PASSED'. STRINGENT MEASURES AGAINST FOOD EXPLOITERS. 'Australian and Now Zealand Cable Association.) . WASHINGTON, July 22. The Senate has passed the Aviation Bill,, with one dissenting vote " - ' (Australian and Nmv Zealand Cabin Association.) • WASHINGTON, July 22. The Senate has passed the re-drafted Food Bill, providing for three food administrators instead of endowing Mr Hoover with full control. The Bill provides for the control of food, fuel, and feed, and prohibits the manufacture of intoxicants, except beer and wine, for the duration of the war. The Bill directs Mr Wilson to commandeer the present stock of whisky and fix the minimum price .of wheat at two dollars until July, 1919, in order to stimulate, wheat production, - (Australian and New Zealand Cable Association.) WASHINGTON, July 19, . *The United States has declined an invitation to participate in the Allied conference at Paris, as the principal raatfer for discussion is the new Balkan policy to be adopted as a result of the entry of Greece info the war. The State Department.oificcrs explain that the United States is not directly interested in the Balkans,

5 • i, CONSCRIPTION ; OP' AMERICA'S , MANHOOD.' ; . EXCITEMENT THROUGHOUT TIIE, ' | ' > ■'v . country. , r~ jAijstralljm a'i)'ij"»,oji;',Zcal#n4 UaWo ABioclatlon.) % _ • ; NEW YORK, July 20. - r -Intense, interest centres i/i the selection of drafted men, which Hvifl r comiiionco"at the State Building, this morning. : Throughout the country there is an unprecedented demand ior ,tlie newspapers, wlricluaw-brtoging out scores'of editions. These .were JougliOip as;SM'n Uify ''('ached the streets. Instead of the usual striking ilews the front pages are devoted to a mass of figures showing the order in which the recruits Will be drawn. Crowds.fight in the streets to obtain editions. The drawing .is unlikely to he completed until Saturday morning.