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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1918
Page
4
New hotel and bureau address fragment mentions Portland Oregon and Washington DC offices with unclear details. The readable text references a hotel stand and bureau locations including 909 Reourity Building and 661 Fourteenth Street. No clear event or outcome is stated.
The page lists subscription prices by mail and carrier, including daily and semi weekly options. Rates show 98.00 for daily by mail yearly, 1.25 for three months, 0.60 for one month, and 7.50 yearly by carrier, with various semi weekly and shorter-term terms.
Poem fragment reflecting on soldiers returning from danger, pondering how duty and pleasure intertwine with memory. The speaker considers whether veterans will appear unchanged or carry hidden truths, shaped by near encounters with peril and the unknown core of courage.
Pendleton proposes naming a street for Dell Blancett to honor soldiers and boost morale. The plan signals tribal support and remembrance for those serving, ensuring the town’s gratitude endures beyond the field of honor.
A Paris dispatch notes German papers fear a major American offensive in Lorraine. Analysts point to American strength abroad and limited prior combat, suggesting a potential northward push could threaten the German army in Belgium, risking cuts to communications and encirclement.
A brief wartime note hints the season remains open this year and bands of activity may bring the most interesting news yet to come.
The War Department backed draft reform to 18 to 45 with training for younger men, urging higher education to supply technically skilled workers. Secretary Lane’s committee of Callaway Fulton Alderman stresses engineering as vital for military and war industries, including agriculture, to sustain long-term national needs. Senator Lodge defends the Navy as in better times. Rev Cornelison in overseas cap gives a Caledonian look.
The article notes American forces approaching the Rhine with a view of the opposite bank likely soon. It hints at crowd interest rising and mentions the possibility of expanding the Round-Up grand stand to accommodate spectators this year.
Twenty eight years ago report from Pendleton says plans for a street railway by J M Montiey were not abandoned. Two large French plate glass panes for the Baer building were broken on unpacking, possibly by mice. Jallor Johnson, 17 regular boarders, Charles Foyer who taught Heppner, and Joan Bradburn from Upper Birch Creek are noted in the day’s return from relatives.
Sugar conservation remains a patriot issue as some buyers load up on candy despite price controls. The sight of wealthy women on Sixteenth Street feeding candy to poodle dogs sparks public commentary. A Food Administration order restricting candy sales to one pound is expected as the next government step in the campaign.
Los Angeles Aug 24 T M Michner plunged from the seventh floor of the Pacific Electric building amid a crowd of hundreds. He struck the sidewalk and was picked up alive as a nearby guy wire broke his fall. Reported no fair chance of recovery.
Washington Aug 24 News of shipbuilders achievements reached the war front in the words of General Pershing every American in France In the reply to Chairman Hurley of the shipping board pledging to put tonnage behind the American spearhead in FanoS
An elderly German man, 82, seeking overseas work for America, asks Henry Metoy for a chance to serve in the American press. He cites his father being driven out of Germany in 1868 due to anti-monarchy oppression, expressing a wish to aid the front in the war effort.
Washingtons Ave news item notes a predicted candy limit by the sugar administration. It suggests candy sales will be restricted to one pound per person as a response to the sugar shortage, with a likely implementation within the next thirty days.
Berkeley Col. Aux reports two thousand civil engineers are invited to join the Engineer Reserves at officer rank. Applicants must be in good health and over draft age. Write to the Military Information Bureau at the University of California Berkeley for an application blank. Training at Camp Lee or Camp Humphreys precedes field work with pay at officer rank.
Nov. 26 Aug. 26 report says 600 recruits reviewed by Lt Col Dinh, Minteln Aviation Station photographer flew over the camp and filmed maneuvers. Most men in camp a week, among them Nesroen. Cantonment laundry to handle reclamation for Camp Mille and the Quartermasters Depot in New York. Weekly wash 25,000 Khaki uniforms plus 15 each week thereafter.
Chairman Staley and Chairman Hurley of the Shipping Board sent congratulations to Moore Shipbuilding Co of San Francisco after the launch of the 9400 ton steamship BrZShel. The record was announced by the Shipping Board on September 19. A further vessel will be delivered by the same plant on August 29.
Nashville news reports Lt. John W. Overton formerly an air distances runner was killed in action at the Marne on July 19, according to a letter to J M Overton dated August 2.
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