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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1919
Page
2
Weston Oregon April 1 Sophomore class at Weston high school held a party for the freshmen. It was the first party of the year due to flu conditions, and the event was described as very enjoyable by attendees.
Purify the blood and cleanse stomach and bowels each spring to drive away germs. Holliater's Rocky Mountain Tea promises a spring cleaner purifier in tea or tablets.
The article describes residents recovering from Spanish influenza with one fatality in the extended family of a visiting relative. It notes quarantines at the Powell home, a move to Pendleton for a bank position, and visits by family. Additional items include bank and commercial club meetings, road improvements to the depot, and county victory loan committee activities.
Dr Cecile Oriel, practicing physician in Rome, aided Italy's war effort under government commandeering. She organized a hospital and the Red Cross, later returning to America. Survived torpedoing of the Ancona by clinging to an infeboat for seven hours and being the only American-born survivor aboard. As a W C A worker she lectures on Italy's war conditions.
SAN FRANCISCO April 2 Operation of a seaplane fleet between San Francisco and incoming and outgoing transpacific and coastwise shipping, carving belated passengers to departing vessels and rushing to shores for important messages timed with the arrivals. John Wilter, head of a towboat concern, announced plans by A E B Chmon former Canadian army chief. He contemplates alighting to meet the vessels with 200 gallon fuel and will meet them offshore.
Key West Pla April 1 Lieut H J Rowan commander of the Key West Naval Air Station H boat division plans a nonstop HS 2 seaplane flight from Key West to Washington with about fifteen hours flying time. Rowan and Lt J Ay MW recently flew Key West to St Augustine and back in under twelve hours without refueling, setting a record for the distance. The flight uses a new Aonic 650 cal engine with fuel efficiency improvements and reduced fuel burn.
King Albert arrives from Brussels to appeal at the world league conference for Brussels to be the seat. In Berkeley California April 2 the University of California football team trains hard under Coach Andy Smith as veterans return from military service. In Germany the Spartacans press the government amid unrest as spring begins.
London notes that the Girls of the Land Army will share facilities and small holdings with ex-soldiers in the government land scheme. Some thousand girls have confirmed their wish to continue farming, and authorities support their demand for active, remunerative work behind the plough.
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