Honor Roll of Local Men Serving in War
A printed honor roll lists local boys who have joined the colors to defend democracy. The compilation aims for completeness and invites corrections if any names are missing, naming numerous residents such as Otto Anderson and Howard Blankenship among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Otto
Ahearn
Harry
Altman
A. W
Carl
Blankenship
Howard
Briggs
Boyce
Clyde
Byron
John
Booth
E. C
Brender
Brady
Eldridge
Beam
Hood
Lester
Hathaway
Charles
Harris
Frank
Hoxsey
George
Edwin
Claude
Ralph
Harding
Gus
Hesterline
Lawrence
Johnson
Victor
Kidd
Geo
Lamb
James
McRae
Kenneth
Maston
Merrill
McDonald
Dominick
Mahoney
Jack
Meineke
A. L
Meredith
Stanley
Mischke
McNett
Roswell
Mayor
Julian I
Nicholas
Nugent
John L
Newell
Poepmuller
Henry
Potter
Ricker
Sam
Richardson
Horace
Ramsdell
W. F
Severson
Ernest
Stevenson
W. H
Simons
C. E
Sharpe
Stahl
Swan
aJs
Smith
Will
Towne
Clint
Taylor
R. F
Westcott
Wunder
Wilder
Arthur
Wilson
Woodrow
Harrison
Hints to Auto Owners from Spokane on Gas Savings
The Spokane office of Standard Oil presents suggestions from the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce to save gasoline and improve car efficiency. Rules cover storage, leakage, idle running, carburetor care, timing, and driving habits to reduce fuel use and wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Standard Oil Company
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Washington Week in Review of Washington state industry
Major bond vote planned in Toppenish for a 75000 dollar high school. Rail and shipbuilding policy calls loom to support postwar merchant marine. Grays Harbor Motorship plant procurement begins. Yakima to get a three story labor temple. irrigation works start for 452000 acres. sugar beet acreage expanding in Walla Walla valley. Camp Lewis to add 12 buildings at 500000 dollars. Aberdeen selling 10000 acres to dairymen and farmers. Yakima county beet sugar factory cornerstone laid. Tacoma trims 26 city employees to fund raises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toppenish
Washington
Aberdeen
Grays Harbor
Yakima
U. S. Reclamation Service
Yakima Valley
Walla Walla Valley
Camp Lewis
Yakima County
Tacoma
Drafting Farm Labor in War Effort Sparks Exemption Debate
The piece argues for complete exemption of farm labor from military draft to maintain food production. It criticizes exemption boards for drafting farm managers and skilled hands, warns of reduced wartime efficiency, and calls on the War Department to issue clear guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
America
Public Spirit and Unions in San Francisco Address
Fredrick J. Koster urges characterful leadership to unite business and civic duty against unrighteous union actions. He exposes city officials failing in duty and calls for public service as duty, not profit, while noting broader wartime and economic commentary from various papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
California
West
Montana crowds back death penalty for disloyalty
After a speech by Dan A. Reed of the U S Food Administration, about two thousand Missoula residents approved a resolution calling for swift justice against those who undermine wartime effort. The measure seeks the death penalty for actions aimed at hindering the armed forces, enlistment, or war production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan A. Reed
United States Food Administration
Missoula
Blessings at the Front Sock Gift Mystery
A wounded Tom Myer in the trenches receives anonymously gifted socks from England. After a brutal march he removes his boot and finds a pulp stained note inside the toe. A bold feminine hand reveals the illegible blessing God bless the wearer of this pair of socks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punch
London
Tommy
England
Suppressing Sabotage Policy Ordered by Secretary Wilson
Immigration officials in the northwest report orders from Secretary Wilson to vigorously suppress anarchists and saboteurs as well as those who advocate lawlessness. Employers and civic groups in Seattle and nearby cities urged action. Wholesale internment or deportation is advised for those responsible for industrial unrest, especially in logging camps. Probable next step includes suppressing radical propaganda by aliens to stop extremists from interfering with the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Wilson
Seattle
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Federal Trade Commission
Swift & Company
Food Administration
Council of National Defense
U.S. Army
Navy
The
Trade Commission
United States
Had Efuips
U.S.A
Washington Weekly Industrial Review
Carranza
Mexico
New York World
McAdoo
T. R
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Mary
Seattle Post- Intelligencer
Austria
Germany
Louisville Post
Wall Street Journal
Trotsky
New York Sun
New York
Cleveland Press
von Hindenburg
Paris
New York Evening Post
Pittsburg
Boston Transcript
Kansas City Star
Ohio
Henry Ford
North Sea
Nashville Southern Lumberman
Mr. Farmer
Great Northern Lumber Co
Leavenworth, Wash
Wenatchee Milling Co
Wenatchee, Wash
Brunswick-Balke-Collender CO
FIRST
Wash
Western Truck
Ford
Geer Drive
Western Motor Sales Co., Inc
East Pike Distributors
Westers
ECHO
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