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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1918
Page
2
A poem laments wartime shortages and the burden on civilians to ration food. It contrasts starving families with soldiers abroad, noting emotional strain as loved ones ask for aid while food is scarce. The speaker questions duty and sacrifice amid conflict.
Bennett Thompson, a life term convict who escaped the Oregon State Penitentiary on July 30, was recaptured near Rainier by Deputy James Jom of Columbia County. Thompson claimed he would have fled to Canada and rejoined the army, and denied his identity briefly before identification by Sheriff EC Stumrosd's deputy. He described a planned breakout by associates and provided details of his escape and prior crimes, including the Jennings ranch murder.
An inquest will determine responsibility for a Chicago street car crash that killed five, as 29 were injured when a freight train struck a street car at a crossing. The accident, described as a right-angle collision, involved a Chicago belt line locomotive. Three of the victims were infants. Officials expect a coroner’s inquiry in Chicago.
New York Aug 13 Henry Mc Donald director general of the mirp ers committee on national defence said yesterday that hhe committer remains to be named and no details on the wounded were released.
Washington August 12 The federal employment service says 1,461,232 persons were found work in the year ended June 30. The program, still rapidly expanding, has seen offices operate freely as a nationwide system with Chicago leading in employment figures.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a claimed German soldier item and a 99 mark price. It references a beverage and power claims, with garbled phrases about efficacy and supply hardships. Details are unreadable, limiting reliable extraction of facts or entities.
Aug 12 Monterey and Carmel faced water shortages as a forest fire spread near Were be Henikeedd, forcing emergency measures. Firefighters battled the blaze thirty miles south of the city, amid reports of reduced water pressure and precautionary restrictions.
A vintage guidance piece promotes using vegetables and legumes as meat substitutes amid high meat prices. It lists beans peas vetch and lentils as options, suggests white sauces and cream soups like salmon pea and bean soups, and outlines a basic oats and potato porridge style dish with tomato flavor for five servings.
A garbled collection of cooking instructions mentions milk, eggs, tomatoes, beans, and cheese with steps for mixing beating folding and baking. References to oven times and baking powder appear amid unclear measurements and fragmented phrases.
A curious mixed page item describes a butter coconut stew with cheese, coconut, tomato juice, onion, celery, and rice. It includes cooking steps to soak wet rice, simmer with tomato and coconut milk, mold, steam, and serve with cheese topping. It shifts to a terse dispatch about a California labor leader en route to San Quentin and then lists war era notices, personnel counts, and a long garbled assortment of names, places, and headlines from Spokane and beyond.
The Northwest report discusses wartime leave policies with talk of indefinite furloughs and the right to keep service roles, plus references to hearings and officials in Portland and Vancouver. It notes concerns over classification delays and requests for information sharing among agencies and departments.
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