AMERICA'S PART.
THE FOOD CONTROL MEASURE. THREE ADMINISTRATORS. PROHIBITION OF SPIRITS MANUFACTURE. Australian and N.Z. Oabla Association. ('Received .Tulv 23. 11 a..m.) WASHINGTON, July 22. The Senate passed the Aviation Rill with one dissenting vote. The Senate passed the redrafted Food Bill, providing for three Food Administrators, instead of empowering JV r r Hoover with full control. The Bill provides f-or the control of food and fuel, and of feed for animals: prohibits the manufacture of intoxicants, except beer and wine, for the duration of the war; directs President Wilson to commandeer the present stock of whisky; and fixes the minimum price of wheat at two dollars per bushel till July. 1919, in order to stimulate wheat production.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12066, 23 July 1917, Page 5
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118AMERICA'S PART. Star (Christchurch), Issue 12066, 23 July 1917, Page 5
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