Polk County Guards Provide Home Guard Force
In Polk County Oregon the security court authorized funds to recruit about 260 Home Guard volunteers, two thirds stationed at Buena Vista with the remainder at St. Pullen. The plan includes tests and a broader regional linkage to nearby states. Fire and forestry updates cover Montana and Idaho districts, with worsening conditions. Camp Lewis hosts women nurses trained in gas mask use, marking a historical first. Farmer meetings in La Grande discuss surveys and equipment for Grand Ronde drainage efforts.
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Polk Guard
Dallas
Polk County
Katherine
Buena
Grounded at Camp Lewis as German advance nears
The report describes car drivers losing tires and a German push threatening Allied positions at Camp Lewis. Infantry regroups as fire is exchanged with advancing enemy. The piece also notes Washington State Federation of Labor president Beattie returning from Europe where he served on an American labor delegation.
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Camp Lewis
Beatle
Pune
Wullinga Miert
Beattihe
Washington State
Wederita of Labor
Todey
Europe
Three Men Sentenced to Indeterminate Prison Terms
Baker Oregon June 7. G Pook J F Montrose and Fred Spark were sentenced to indeterminate terms at the penitentiary for burglary. Pook received one to two years while Montrose and Spark received two to four years each. Judge Anderson imposed the sentences.
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Baker, Or
G. PL Pook
J. F. Montrose
Fred Spark
Ferma Tnat Wiate Penitentiary
Montrose
Sparky
Anderson
Mails Burdened As Mother's Day Posts Surge Overseas
Advices from overseas say mail from American soldiers on Mother's Day May 12 more than doubled. Thousands of letters to mothers were written in Y M C A huts, dugouts and even in trenches.
Tenants barred from renting to families with children
Juris 12-81 Louis faces a dispute as landlord Holmes plans to convert a Seattle apartment to Sunshine Court and refuses to rent to tenants with children. He cites a letter from St Louis and laments changing times while proposing a child friendly yard and six months free rent for the first child born.
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Juris
Louis
Furve
Beattle
Py Ncent
St. Louis
Holmes
Japan
China
India
Tome
Sunshine Court
Motion Picture Hints at Wartime Secrets in Theaters
The article promotes Theaters as a window to war thrills and political intrigue. It highlights fiction about German espionage, a Berlin embassy ball, and an American diplomat’s near murder on a ship. It notes sensational plot elements and patriotic twists in upcoming films.
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Narriots’ Club
New York
Berlin
Standard Oil Company
California
Mooney Death Warrant Seen For San Quentin Execution
Superior Judge Griffin signed a death warrant today for Thomas J. Mooney with San Quentin as the execution site. The document was in the clerk of court’s hands, dated August 23, and specifies the lethal oxygutton take gilkey. A troop-train wreck plot was disclosed as a separate item, with authorities urging newspapers to withhold troop movement details to protect security.
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San Prancisco
Griffin
Thomas J. Mooney
Weinentar
Tiake Gilkey
San Quentin
Alto
Washington
Uwiat
Author in France in wartime letter notes
Charles M. Towne, famed author of The Foolish Dictionary, writes from France about his wartime experiences. The piece notes Towne’s role near the front as a war work secretary, detailing his impressions and activities during duty in the theater.
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France
Charles M. Towne
Front
King George attends Sunningdale baseball games
LOXBOON June 12 King George in a baseball fan note from O Me Price a porty officer of Bunningdale Canadian hospital to the Anglo American League asking for a Whee in the league for the sun ningiale team. He notes that His Majesty the King makes a practice of attending games at Sunningdale.
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Loxboon
King George
Price
Bunningdale Canadian Hospital
Sunningiale
Sunningdale
Duncan and Stagh Read Fight 1 Ore Camera
In the Pastime Theater today a melodramatic fight scene stars William Duncan and Holt as rivals in a rugged, realistic on screen brawl. The sequence leads to a perilous struggle with Carol Holloway as the prize, amid dramatic knockouts and stunts. George Walsh, famed for athletic roles, appears in Brave and Bold, promising another high energy performance.
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Duncan
Stagh
Pias Bineaenls
Vitagraph
William Duncan
Henry Blake
Carol Holloway
Besie Blake
Mountsine
Holt
Arcane
George Walsh
Wiliam Fox Athletic
Brave and Bold
Sullivan
Arcade Theatre
Walsh
Promie
Qeorse Walsh
Robert Booth
Wilson Company
House of Firkins & Firking
Wisin Company
Chester Firkins
Fort Penn
Pittsburgh
Arive
Aia
Firkins
Paris Unshaken as War Confidence Holds Firm
Paris shows steadfast mood amid the Marne battle with shops open streets lively theaters and crowds in assurance. The French army’s morale remains unshaken after four years of war, while civilians resume daily life despite danger from air raids and distant battles.
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Paris
France
Marne
Stresta
Hatie Cardint
Midinettos
Cummer Cinery
New York
Iermaniier
Navy Officer Tells of Transport to France in War Era
A United States Navy officer Robert Hote describes convoy transport to Prades aboard ships grouped in a dangerous voyage. He recalls vivid scenes of ships maneuvering, a right angle turn and evasive actions as wreckage appeared, and the effort to calm crew and protect the convoy from threats.
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Chicago
Deean
Robert Hote
United States Navy
Sherman
Hbere
Hindenberg
Prades
Timber workers union bid foiled by army at Idaho town
June 7 Idaho town saw an attempted local union formation among woodmen blocked by army officers who presented a letter from Colonel Brice P. The scene painted a tense view of labor organizing in a militarized setting with small town dynamics.
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Vorlesem Tokes Hland
Land Point
Idaho
Titer National Union of Timber Workers
Woodeman
Brice P
Unclear license terms spark tense labor contention
Fragmentary report notes U S A unit controlling price production for an unnamed corps in Loyalist territory. Government stance on unions remains unspecified while references to Red Crom nurses and beauty examinations appear in convoluted phrasing.
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