27 Feb 1918
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1918
Page
1
Washington announces commandeering of mills in Oregon and surrounding areas to boost supplies and plane output. Training of pilots and shipbuilding of airplanes are accelerated to achieve aerial superiority for the Allies. Government imposes restrictions within ten miles of the flytoe field to prevent collisions and enhance efficiency.
Spokane Feb Wish reports farmers unions of Washington Green and Idaho plan to form a property storage company capitalized at 4 million dollars. A A Elmore, president of the Washington and North Idaho Farmers Union, announced the scheme linking with Tri-State Terminal Company to grow into a merged enterprise. Local efforts include erecting new elevates at Pilr and Athonh with machinery purchases underway.
An athletic club known as Athletic Club 13 votes to formally organize and assume control of the county club water department. Officers Merle Chessnn and Wes Mckinney lead as president and secretary treasurer. Members discuss opening facilities and future management, with plans for a formal meeting four weeks hence.
Russian forces repel German assaults near Petrograd and Leningrad frontlines as an all night battle ends with Mikori w stoppage. Reports cite German advances halted several hundred miles south of Petrograd and Soviet proclamations urging resistance against occupation while revolutionaries mobilize toward the front.
Unclear OCR yields a garbled passage about a supposed latest photograph of a princess or royal figure. Disjointed names and places such as Ariel Rae and Teo Orr Ther appear, but details are missing or corrupted. No verifiable events or entities can be confirmed from the readable text.
Pervasive garbled reports from Washington and other cities outline a mix of political tensions, violence, and transportation disasters. Notable items mention secretaries, Senate actions, a funeral arrangement, arson and property damage, and a train incident with fatalities. The scattered text references committees, criminal investigations, and international concerns, with uncertain specifics.
Mrs Hutchison of Pilot Rock died. The widow of C. Hutchinson and sister of two Hutchinsons, she lived in Hardy Nebraska. She leaves a son Brent Hutchinson and Will Hutchinson, with two brothers Arthur of Olin Tate and Kid of Florida surviving. burial services will be held tomorrow afternoon at the Frown church, body to be transported to Ne tronekn.
In Bend and Washington the wheat price controversy surfaces as M Nary and union representatives confirm a proposed price change. Department officials indicate a $2.50 per ton rate for wheat from Pacific ports, aiming to standardize move to Atlantic markets.
A failed dynamiting attempt at the Corpressor shipyard was stopped when a tampered fuse failed to ignite. Police traced the disturbance to Willan Hogan, a shipyard worker, and an investigation is underway into the incident.
A report states former congressman Bartholdt will testify before the probe committee. The notice notes a witness identification and potential questioning related to investigations ongoing in Washington.
Fragmentary text hints at a biographical or literary piece involving Taran Witla and Bet Sosa de Toesiao-Geormian in an operetta context. Mentions of mindetee Mioterne and a global alliance backdrop appear, but the readable content remains disjointed.
Canners notified to retain peas corn tomatoes string beans and salmon for war needs. Officials emphasize mandatory control of canned goods for defense, with guidance issued from Washington.
January sees a two percent rise in retail food prices amid government figures, with notable increases in diapers wine and other staples. The Labor Department reported the gain as part of a broader consumer cost index and noted continued pressure on households.
Fire last night burned Henry Rosenberg home at Ship Rock Ranch 18 miles southwest of Pendleton, destroying the house and outbuildings. The blaze left the residence a total loss with the property valued around five thousand dollars. No injuries were reported.
An unclear news snippet describes a tugboat incident with 30 lost and crews unaccounted for near Washington. Readers are left with fragmented phrases about founders, officials, and recovery efforts, but key names and events remain obscured.
London reports an American destroyer rescued survivors from a hospital ship sunk near Glen Casie. Eight boats with survivors drifted. the vessel carried no patients. The details remain unclear as rescue operations continue.
Indications show telegraph use giving way to telephone at O. Woo. & WW. offices due to wartime shortages. Telephone workers arrive in the city to install headpieces and wires, moving the company’s communications to telephone lines as telegraph strains rise. Officials anticipate more telegraphers leaving the field as wireless and radiotelephony fill needs.
American Front reports sixty one soldiers and several gas victims in hospital after a night of horrors from a German gas attack. Five others were killed as chlorine and phosgene shells poured into American lines after an all day rain.
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