Parents Organize to Shield Soldiers Amid War Effort
Wenatchee World reports the new Organization of Parents of Our Soldier Boys will unite families across Washington to advocate for servicemen. Dean Priest, based in France, represents the group with government backing to ensure care, legal protections, and home support for veterans and their families.
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Wenatchee World
State of
Washington
France
Board of Regals
Pries
Priest
Department of War
Department of State
Seattle
Olympia
Wisconsin
R. C. Saunders
United States District Attorney
Herbert Condon
University of Washington
Mr. Skinner
Skinner & Eddy
Death of Little Jack Heinrichs
After a two week illness the seventeen month old son of Mr. and Mrs Randolph Heinrichs died Sunday evening and was buried Monday in Leavenworth cemetery. A fall dislocated his left elbow leading to blood poisoning and complications. doctors at Leavenworth Hospital lanced the arm but the poison had spread, and after ten days of suffering he died.
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Red Cross
Leavenworth Teachers Club
J. Hartley Manner
A. S. Jensen
Mr. Osborn
Sir John Cotswold
Mrs. le Gros
Ulrica
Mr. Jensen
John Cotswold
Osborn
Cecil
Waldtvet
Isaac Jacobsen
Jensen
Adrian
Hylton Be
Sok Hee
McIntosh Cap’t. Trevor
Putman
Lady Margaret Cotswold
Pearl McClure
Randolph Heinrichs
Leavenworth
Leavenworth Hospital
Death of Leavenworth Box Co worker after leg amputation
Ransom Harris son of Wm Harris died last Saturday following an operation after an ankle injury in fall while working at Leavenworth Box Co. initial sprain was misjudged, leg later removed between ankle and knee, leading to blood poisoning. He was buried in Leavenworth cemetery. remembered as a well liked youth with many regrets over his untimely death.
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Ransom Harris
Wm. Harris
Leavenworth Box Co
Leavenworth
Leavenworth Box Co Wins Wenatchee Forest Timber Sale
The District Forester at Portland awards about 800 M. ft. B. M. of timber in Wenatchee National Forest to Leavenworth Box Co. The timber lies south of town in sections 26 and 36 Township 24 North Range 17 East. Pine sells for 1.75 per M. ft. B. M. and Douglas fir for 0.50 per M. ft. B. M. Lumber will be sawed at the Mountain Home road mill and shipped to the Box Factory across the Wenatchee river for box manufacture.
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Wenatchee National Forest
Portland
Oregon
Leavenworth Box Co
Mountain Home
Wenatchee River
Fruit agencies merge Spokane County joins Seattle co
A major Northwest fruit industry deal closes this week with Spokane Co operative Fruit Co merging into Northwestern Fruit Exchange based in Seattle. J B Adams, former Northwestern field manager, aided the deal. The Northwestern firm has grown into a leading selling agency, promoting Skookum apples and paying growers fair, satisfactory prices.
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Northwest
Spokane Co-operative Fruit Co
Northwestern Fruit Exchange
Seattle
J. B. Adams
Northwestern
National need for more poultry urged for wartime meat
The nation must boost poultry production and consumption to feed troops overseas and allied partners. A Agriculture Department report urges larger productive stock on farms and in backyards this year to increase white meat output and safeguard food supplies during the war.
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United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Yakima Marine Receives Novel Honor in France
Ridge Sly of Yakima Washington a U S Marine serving with General Pershing in France enjoys a furlough on leave in a hotel used by American soldiers. He describes sleeping in a bed once occupied by the King of Greece and being attended by a velvet clad valet.
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Greece
France
Ridge Sly
Yakima
Wash
U. S. Marine Corps
Pershing
Sly
Leavenworth Tops War Bond Drive During Honor Week
The Leavenworth district surpassed its quota in Honor Week after four days and urged residents to finish the push toward the final line. Readers were encouraged to read the Yellow Dog story in the Saturday Evening Post. Mrs. Frank Reynolds and her son Edward left for Nason Creek to visit her father, accompanied by her brother.
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Pershing O'Er
Leavenworth
Saturday Evening Post
Frank Reynolds
Edward
Nason Creek
Cc. W. Hastings
Legislation Aims to Ban Organizations Advocating Force
Draft bill proposed for Congress to outlaw during the war any group pushing for changing government or social and industrial norms by force. Supporters cite common sense but suggest making the measure permanent, arguing force has no place in U S governance and is a German idea to end with Germany.
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Congress
King, Walsh
Committee On
Leavenworth Surpasses Liberty Loan Quota in Early Drive
Leavenworth oversubscribed its Liberty Loan quota of 28100 in the first four days after opening on April 6. Secretary McAdoo urged rapid fundraising, warning the nation may need all possible money for the war effort. Northern cities lead oversubscriptions while Southern cities lag. St Louis oversubscribed after McAdoo skipped a speaking engagement.
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Leavenworth
McAdoo
St. Louis
Idle Citizens Targeted in War Time Effort
State urges county councils to enforce laws against vagrancy and habitual idleness as citizens are urged to aid the nation in its crisis. The State Council of Defense notes widespread idleness and calls for community enforcement of existing ordinances to compel work.
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State Council of Defense
Jay Adams Receives Army Commission
Jay Adams, who left Wenatchee two months ago for Balloon Observation training at Fort Omaha Nebraska, has passed and is now a second lieutenant.
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Mr. Adams
Wenatchee
Ft. Omaha, Neb
Drafts and Enlistments Reported in Local Notes
Fred Getsman departed for American Lake to start training as a drafted man from Chelan County. Alfred Frank arrived in Seattle today after four months there and says he has enlisted in the navy.
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Fred Getsman
American Lake
Chelan County
Alfred Frank
Seattle
Navy
The German Horror as Told by Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt denounces German warfare as barbaric and in violation of Hague rules. He cites bombings of churches and hospitals, killings of women and children, poison gas use, and attacks on noncombatants. He urges America to stay united and fight to victory to ensure a lasting peace.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Hague
Germany
France
Red Cross
America
Store Eggs Now Says Hebbard
Housewives are urged by the Food Administration to store eggs in May using water glass or other preservation methods to secure egg supply for winter. The administrator notes prices rise in winter and urges storage to aid allies and reduce use of other foods.
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Food Administration
Charles Hebberd
First of May recalls Battle of Manila Bay
Washington remembers the 20th anniversary of Dewey's Manila Bay victory. The piece recounts Dewey's decisive action against the Spanish fleet, his handling of German provocations under von Diedrichs, and remarks on his steadfast policy in the Philippines shaping American naval history.
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Washington
Washington, D. C
Admiral Dewey
Theodore Roosevelt
Phillipines
Manilla
Dewey
Manila
Manila Bay
von Diedrichs
Germany
United States
von Died
Philippines
Spain
Philippine
Dewey Asa
Interior Secretary Warns of War Material Shortfalls
Secretary Lane tells a congressional committee that a water power measure will boost and safeguard war material production by substituting water power for coal, arguing the bill is essential for sustained wartime needs.
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Lane of the Interior
Mrs Smyth Travels to Seattle for Week with Friends
Mrs. Chas. G. Smyth left today for Seattle to visit friends for a week.
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Chas. G. Smyth
Seattle
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Berth Hall
Ester Jacobsen
Clare Beardsley Sarerleo
Mr. Bickel
Maxine
Myrtle Hayden
W. F. Bickel
Walter Koerner
Cashmere
Little Jack Heinrichs
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Fruit Angencies Combine
Spokane
J.B. Adams
Yakima Marine
Jay Adams
Hebbard
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