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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1918
Page
6
Mrs Merle WR Chereman presides over a ceremonial gathering in Pendleton while volunteers assist with a long list of wartime drives. Local households receive visitors, travel plans are noted, and club activities including Delphian and Red Cross efforts are detailed alongside court attendance and town social writes.
T. P. Gilliland arrives from Filot Rock while J. T. Livmallen comes down from Walls Walla this afternoon. Roland Oliver plans to reach Chicago tomorrow evening with wind toward other western points including Indiana where Mrs. Oliver has relatives.
The annual United Spanish War Veterans convention set for Pendleton July 3 4 and 6 has been postponed for a year. J C Murin commander of Malnben camp reports a shift to a Portland meeting for officer elections. A 2918 site visit by Heath Ortons Dr Robert Holt Col G G Magrinder and Attorney David Robin discusses public health and control of a disease in a government program site tour.
Federal Attorney Robertson Kin recommended interment of Fred Fthinn, a former officer released from Leavenworth, for allegedly directing Carman and others to produce 60,000 faulty shells at an American munition plant dating to 1904.
Miss Helen Taft, niece of former President Taft, ascended an eighty five foot aerial ladder in City Hall park during two trips. Spectators watched as the athlete and graduate of Weptover academy prepared for a daring record jump to honor a Liberty bond fundraiser. Witnesses urged caution yet offered support as she stood at the top awaiting the signal to jump.
Washington reports Public Lands committee approves a bill granting the president broad authority to commandeer and operate all lands or properties. The measure aims to address a sudden, year’s food shortage, with war demands stressing supplies.
Fragmentary report describes a night accident injuring a 14 year old girl at 2829 Carratreet. The injured girl, deaf and dumb, was struck by a vehicle and later died, with a possible earlier misidentification by a passerby.
The University of Oregon Women’s League passed a resolution to finance a canteen and nurses hut with a target of 2600 dollars. Twelve senior women may travel to France to operate the canteen behind the front lines, serving hot drinks and sandwiches to soldiers. Col. Johny Leeder has written to the French government seeking feasibility, while Red Cross authorization will be sought for permission to establish the canteen.
Aix les Bains May 7 Before Roman soldiers paraded the narrow streets the army of Julius Caesar was a famous sight. Now United States troops occupy the town center as the High Command picks a dawn for arrival and locals prepare with commerce ready.
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