Oregon Sees Heavy Wheat Yield Across State
Field Agent F L Kent estimates Oregon will boost winter wheat acreage by 62 percent and spring wheat by 11 percent over 1917. Umatilla County shows 20 percent more winter wheat but 3 percent of the state’s spring wheat acreage. The Farm Help Specialist uses about 22,000 reports covering 2,371,000 acres to project planting, with county figures listed for winter and spring wheat, barley, oats, and potatoes.
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F. L. Kent
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Department of Agriculture
Omregon
Umatilla
Keted
Oregon
Burney
Annes Seo
Cutty
Klamath
DORE
TARO
Hiiscetevenens
Lanccimeinen
Morrow
Multnomahan Goo Polk
Bhetman Nose
Tillammak
Wallowa
MMO
Washington
Kents
Umatilla County
Iowa Tornado Toll Reaches Ten Across State
Crippled wires report ten dead and up to fifty injured as a tornado sweeps northeastern Iowa with widespread property damage estimated at $506,000. Central Iowa towns report three fatalities and hundreds injured. Chicago reports sixteen killed in Illinois storms. Military dog guidance story notes Airedales favored for war work due to bravery and hardiness.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Central
Ilinole
Man Who Closed the Gap and Saved British Army
Brigadier General Carey is praised as a great hero of the British Army for closing a critical gap before Amiens. He organized an improvised force of signalmen engineers labor battalions and Chinese workers behind the line, arming them to repulse a German breakthrough and protect the frontline.
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Carey
Amiens
France
Troop Train Plunges Through Trestle Killing and Injuring
A troop train crashed through a trestle near Colomba Jackson Plains this morning. Twenty soldiers were killed and many injured as two cars were demolished. The train carried an advance board of infantry headed to Camu Jackson for Casu Servier. Seven soldiers died immediately and many more were injured. A bridge collapse followed, causing chaos as witnesses described the wreck and victims.
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Columimia
South Carolina
Colombia
Ifiet
Casi Servier
al Dreen- Ville
Third Loan Bonds Go Virtually At Face
New York May 10 Linary Loan Donde appeared today on the open market Thor opened at 1970. running an tow fs 95.00 The value totalled £1 584 2.00 Samples tablets Tomes Rample bullets for the primary election to be held week May 17 are now ready and to the hands of the county clerk.
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New York
Donde
Thor
Frentelias
American Guns on Pi Cardy Front Reported Frontline Bombardment
May 10 dispatches describe American artillery demolishing German positions at Pi Cardy Front Lorraine with heavy rocket fire. German counterattacks fail, no American prisoners taken. Lieutenant Osidy of Wichita awarded Croix de Guerre for actions including capturing a position and taking four prisoners. Messages praise patriotism ahead of Mothers Day.
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Lorraine
Oesidy
Wichita
Orely
Porvniog
Aircraft Expenses Exceed Appropriations Report Says
A Senate report shows expenditures for aircraft surpassed the authorized appropriations. The figures indicate total spending at 740, and the report cites Thomas of Colorado as the source.
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Washington
Thomas
Colorado
Round-Up Park track meet draws regional entrants
Tomorrow at Round-Up Park the Eastern Oregon Track and Field Steel hosts a local meet with Bend, Echo, Herbieton, Haker and Enlen entries. Events include sprints, hurdles, distances, jumps and throws with notable Bendieten high school athletes aiming for medals and prizes at local jewelry stores.
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Oregon
Bowen
Toms
Bendieten’ High School
Towma
Echo
Herbieton
Haker
Enilen J
Treme
Managerielean
Navy orders affect Boston port crowd uncertainty
XTRA BOSTON reports the Navy Department ordered the Boston port crowd, likely for a temporary measure, with the directive unclear and its duration not specified.
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Boston
Navy Department
Revolution if not peace is German future
Cuypenthag Germany dives May 10. If you achieve peace there will be a revolution. This statement was made by a traveler recently returned from a tour of central engineering centers. The German fieldmarshal says honest effort to peace must be based on Wilson's program Austro-Hungary will have pre at any price. The Casss are determined upon a southern republic of the Slav mbey opposed to the Hoyehirs. The Poles in the dival era le for an hl- Hed victory. Theory is long live Wilton. Stitiken are fre qvent in Vienna and Prague. The huge western front viewed century bicycles 660,000.
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Cuypenthag
Germany
Wilson
Viena
Prague
War News From London and Trenches Report
London reports German reserves may renew attacks as Allied command assesses German strength. Haig notes artillery gains and cautious progress along the Somme, while British troops continue limited operations amid ongoing shelling and reconnaissance. A separate Detroit police investigation links a new suspect to a local missing person case.
Draft Figures Show 46 Percent in Clans One Affected
Washington and Oregon figures from the war department announce that about 46 percent of men in Clans One will be culled this year. The draft board lists 2,013,600 men for physical rejections, with 265,600 or 13 percent failing. Oregon’s Clans One 16,717 and Washington 19,4. emergency work quotas include Maine and Washington totals, while lowered standards exempts many from service.
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Washington
War Department
Oregon
French Forces Recapture Grivesnes Park. Take 225 Prisoners
Paris reports French troops have recaptured the park at Grivesnes and taken 225 prisoners along with war materials. Allied operations claim success as German offensives near the Ailette and Messines are repelled. Lieutenant Foulk reportedly shot down a German airplane in two nights of action.
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Grivesnes
Paris
Messicen
Sheims
Alliy Wood
Foulk
Evidence in Library Can Hearing to Start Monday
Taking of testimony in the theory case is to begin the first Monday with 4.8 Beckwith as referee and Judge Andreon of Baker to try the case.
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Jone
Beckwith
Andreon
Baker
France introduces Solmces cards amid rationing chaos
Paniz reports on March 1 that France is enforcing rationing with Solmces cards for the population. Both women and men receive rations including cigars and Feretic products, as shortages prompt government controls.
Wedding Follows Hospital Romance in London
In a Red Crowe hospital in London, Mins Daris Kiteen daughter of Lord and Lady Ajredaln met Captain John McNaugh ton M Cucf the Chaadian Highlanders as he recovered from wounds. A friendship grew into love and marriage, closing the tale with a wartime romance.
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Mins Daris Kiteen
Lord
Lady Ajredaln
Red Crowe Hospital
London
John McNaughton
Chaadian Highlanders
Train and Auto Collision Injures Two Men near Pasco
A freight train crash in Pasco injured two men, one with a broken hip and the other with a broken arm, after a car struck a freight flatcar and pushed into the street. The victims were knocked from the vehicle and rescued from the wreckage.
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Pasco
Sute
Degu
Unfilled Tonnage Drops From April to May
NEW YORK May 11 The United States Steel Corporation's report shows a decline to 14,622 tons of unfilled capacity on April 20 from March levels, indicating a reduction in unfilled tonnage.
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New York
United States Steel Corportation’n
Government to Use Western Labor for War Plant Work
Washington May 10 The government will use western labor for war plant work to relieve eastern congestion seen as a menace. The plan aims to forbid new war plant construction in eastern states and reduce reliance on eastern fiber and water power.
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Washington
Old rival railroads plan unified city depot
Wasteful duplication may end as W. R. & N. and Northern Pacific consider consolidating depots and yards. A Spokane link would join near Wild Horse Bridge with routes rerouted over the O W R&N and G W H H N lines. Officials from both roads discussed this possible war-time consolidation and its timing, while opposition and track removals loom.
Lloyd George Wins Victory Over Critics In Parliament
London May 10 The government led by Lloyd George scored a major victory as the vote to sustain the administration stood 208 to 197 in the Commons with a large majority. The premier received cheers and an ovation as supporters hailed the turning point in the Maurice affair debate amid sharp opposition charges.
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Lloyd George
London
Maurice
Thetery
Theofar
Novas
Aewarts Linnd-Geore
Criemain
Commons
Mirrestied
Thegor Twee
Tom
Old Cruiser Sunk Near Ostend Harbor Entrance
British forces raided the Ostend Uboat base sinking the old cruiser Vindictive between the piers and harbor entrance. One motor launch was lost after being damaged to prevent capture, and British casualties were light.
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London
Ostend
Admiralty
Ostend-Zeebrugge
Borglum Charged With Promoting Private Aircraft Firm
May 11 government sworn evidence linked sculptor Guta Borglum to promoting a private airplane production company while pursuing his probe of the aircraft production board. President and Attorney General consult. witnesses allege Borglum sought to influence personnel and undermine the board to favor his interests with the new company.
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Washington
Guta Borglum
Genera Gregory
Borgium
Wileer
Henry Harrison Suplee
Dodge Master Car Company
Botetum
Borghum
Wilson
Aircraft Board
Aircraft Board and Signal Corps
Kenjon Mix
Dodge Company
Buplen
Mix Asversa
Borglan
Borstum
Senate Committee Seeks Expanded War Oversight
The Senate plans to enlarge its military committee into a full war conduct panel. Led by Hoke Smith and Pennsylvanian Know, the group would probe all war department activity, spend money, and appoint subcommittees to oversee craft, quartermaster, and other divisions. The panel would stay active until the war ends.
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Senate
Congress
Hoke Smuth
Pennsylvania
War Department
Pitnemer
Aenater Chamberlain
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