AMERICA’S ENTRY
FOOD CONTROL BILL PASSED. GIVING PRESIDENT WIDE POWERS. (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Gable Association.) WASHINGTON, August 8. Received August 9, 5.5 p.m. The Senate adopted the Food Control Bill, which has already passed the House. The measure git’es the President wide powers, which he will exercise through Mr Hoover. REDUCED WHEAT YIELD. WASHINGTON, August 9. Received August 9, 10.35 p.m. The Department of Agriculture estimates the total American wheat this year at 653,000,000 bushels as compared with a yearly average of 806,000,000 bushels between 1911 and 1915. THE NEXT CONTINGENTS, TO GO TO RUSSIA AND ITALY. WASHINGTON, August 9. Received August 9, 10.35 p.m. It was stated in the Senate that the next American troops embarking are going to Russia and Italy.
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Southland Times, Issue 17733, 10 August 1917, Page 5
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