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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1919
Page
5
London reports that Holland will keep importation under the Netherlands Society of Exportation acting as a purely administrative body in the future. During the war the society blocked imports and selected goods from Holland to prevent German seizure.
A dated advertisement urges mothers to treat a bilious feverish child with California Syrup of Figs. It promotes a gentle laxative effect to clear sour waste from stomach and bowels, claims quick relief, warns against counterfeits, and instructs to buy only the genuine product.
Prince John, youngest son of King George, died in Banmm last week after a long illness. He was famed for exuberant spirits and adored by workers and servants at Windsor. Born at Sandringham on July 12, 1906, he suffered epilepsy from infancy, with attacks increasing in severity before his death at 2:00 p.m. Saturday.
Archangel sees a rising Jewish population as Americans control the city. Before the revolution there were no Jews here. Jewish officers in the American force are entertained and Jews are allowed to receive commissions in the American army.
In Bellgarde, a border town of watchful waiting, the frontier to Switzerland opens only briefly and irregularly. Papers and baggage are checked, crowds gather, and hotelkeepers prosper while officials delay travel, leaving residents and travelers in limbo for hours or days at a time.
COBLENZ Jan.6 Twenty German girls at Andernach near here were arrested and charged with violating General Pershing's order forbidding talk with American soldiers. Similar number found guilty have been deported inside German lines. Provost guards will intervene if officers or soldiers attempt conversation with women in public places.
Walter B Reel of the Canadian forces admitted he never served in France and fabricated bloodthirsty war tales to entertain friends in Denver. He previously portrayed himself as Sergt Walter B Reel with three wound stripes, but shifted to the alias Walter George Hisenburg after being exposed as a bank convict in Nebraska.
Mr. Fr L Pittock is gravely ill with complications and poor progress after a brief improvement. The Northwest Mining Inspection convention, planned for March, is indefinitely postponed due to influenza in mining camps, likely rescheduled for early summer. Harry K E Greene in Portland received a one year jail term for a forged state accident commission draft, with conditions. Seed wheat aid program follows government steps, Spokane report notes Washington Seed Wheat Company involvement.
A cap of 160 dollars was set for a new scheme aimed at isolating farmers unable to qualify for government credit or obtain funds through regular banking channels. The note outlines intent to help desperate growers access necessary financing.
Mrs A M Grow of Honolulu acted as secretary to the city draft board and supervised 15 clerks during wartime calls. She was the only woman on the board, with 26,000 registered in the first call, 16,000 in the second, and 49,000 in the third.
Regina Canada January 24 Canadian soldiers from Regina form a company capitalized at 200000 to build 200 modest homes in a good district near air lines. They will apply for funds from the federal housing program to develop the project. Homes will be sold on the deferred plan.
A brief notice indicates a payment plan and polling preferences will be provided. It mentions evaluating options and determining priorities among plan elements and survey data to guide decisions.
Total force organized in Italy for transport to Poland reaches 39 000 volunteers from the Italian front. Part have been sent by sea to Danzig from a French port and part overland through Austria, as Home dispatches report.
British pilot Edmonds flew from London in a twin seater to Versailles in about forty minutes carrying urgent patches for the peace congress. The return trip was completed Friday in two hours.
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