Public safety and roads urged for McMinnville and Yamhill
The piece condemns letting youths carry revolvers and cites a Salem dealer fined five dollars for selling to minors. It warns that neglecting gun safety harms children and calls for immediate road improvements in Yamhill county, urging the Pacific Highway be advanced with county and highway commission guidance to complete Belle vue to Sheridan and Rex to Newberg segments.
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McMinnville
Salem
Justice of the Peace
Yamhill
Oregon
Moe- Minnville
Newberg
No Man's Land
The
Highway Commission
Bellevue
Sheridan
Rex
Interior urges end to ethnic slur nicknames in schools
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Education seeks to discourage nicknames that designate foreign born Americans. It cites terms like Da go Kike Wop Greaser Mick Paddy Shey Spaghetto as harmful and unacceptable.
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Department of the Interior
Bureau of Education
Mick
Paddy
Shey
Spaghetto
Pledge Proposed to Curb Nativist Slurs in Schools and Factories
The bureau will issue suggested pledge forms urging Americans to stop ridiculing others for foreign birth. Schools and factories will receive the pledge to prompt reflection on the undesirability of making sport of anyone not born in this country.
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Bureau
Revenge not justice the mob’s dangerous pull
The piece argues against mob vengeance and torture as penalties beyond law. It warns that urging cities burned and lands laid waste mirrors the enemy’s crimes and corrupts justice. It questions whether victory should foster revenge or preserve justice and honor.
Letter from Corporal H E Griffey on furlough in France
Letter dated October 28 1918 from Corporal H E Griffey describes a 14 day furlough in a French summer resort near Grenoble at Uriage. He notes warm weather, comfortable beds, paid expenses, a large contingent of soldiers on leave, and plans to return to duty. He mentions a good service record and keeping a diary of all moves for postwar memory.
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France
Grenoble
Uriage
Griffey Unit Notes France Army Recreation Facilities
Corp. H. E. Griffey of Co. H 138th Infantry A E F in France describes a canteen light lunches pool tables and a place to get anything they want as part of army recreation facilities during wartime service.
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Corp. H. E. Griffey, Co. H
France
The Lawyer Lloyd George and the Silent Ride
A young Lloyd George, then a country lawyer, gave a girl a ride home in his buggy. She spoke only in yes or no, and later her mother joked that Lloyd George would charge for talking, noting the girl had no money.
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Lloyd George
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Konklin and Waterman
Ideal Fountain Pens
Ansco
Hodson
Corporal H. E. Griffey
Weckweaer
Miller Mercantile Co
Yamoreg Collection Agency
Wnville
E. L. Evans
1St St
John Gower
Turner & Christensen
Overland
BUICK
Republic Trucks
Mcminnville, Ore
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