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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1918
Page
5
Amsterdam dispatch reports specialists and jobbers plan a conference to debate age pensions and increases for railway workers. A personal crisis involving Albert Palin, manager of the Hamburg tramship line, is noted in the same summary as the uncertain trmission terms.
New York Nov 22 towns and cities will be tapped for aerial mail routes as the post office maps hundreds of airways and routes. A Woodrow Wilson Airway from New York to San Francisco will link major cities across the belt. red marks will designate aerodromes and emergency landing places along the routes.
London reports a meeting of the British academy commemorating the Raleigh Tercentenary adopted a resolution urging collaboration between American and British scholars. It calls for cooperation in intellectual culture, research, and friendship across the Atlantic to promote progress and understanding in peaceful times.
Washington reports new wartime feeding costs with Uncle Bam as the basis. The War Department notes that twenty years ago in 1898 the daily ration cost 19 cents for a four man quartet, and today it costs 59 cents per dham to feed soldiers in camps and more in France, marking a 380 percent increase.
A brief note mentions ongoing schedule concerns for a teenager with developmental challenges, focusing on bowel management and daily routines. Names and precise locations are not provided. The item highlights care planning and parental or caregiver involvement in routine health tasks.
The text traces daily ration costs from 12.41 cents in an early period to 14.60 cents in 1908 and 25 cents during the Mexico campaign, then 46.57 cents in 1916. It notes a sharp rise with the Germany war and mentions July 1, 1997 to March 2 of this year averaging 40.46 cents, attributing the higher French logistics costs to overseas packing.
Vienna celebrated the armistice news with crowds in the streets, crying and embracing. While peace is expected to bring relief and food, interest in Emperor Charles's abdication was lukewarm, with the Austrian press urging calm and stressing the armistice terms are severe and demand sacrifices.
Eskimo wireless operators at Noorvik Alaska will soon receive messages from San Francisco as Debert Replogio, a government teacher, brings larger wireless gear. Equipment will be installed in Noorvik within two weeks, expanding contact with stations in major parks and linking to electric night systems.
A note from Oregon agricultural officials in Corvallin warns that some extra grade apples may be downgraded to cooking grade for home use. Growers push toward unifying apple grades, affecting packing and market expectations in the box trade.
Division of horticulture at Gregdk Agricultural College discusses fruit grading reforms. Advocates four grades here, urging discussion and agreement before changes. The Spokane convention and Oregon representation are noted, amid broader news on shipping and utilities rates in Portland.
Washington reports the Versailles conference approved cooperation with Austrian Turkish and Bulgarian authorities to apply food and other supplies to civilians in those nations after a recommendation from Colonel Hoos. The decision was cabled to the president.
An old advertisement touts S S S as a long used remedy for rheumatism, claiming the disease is caused by germs in the blood and that lotions cannot reach them. It invites readers to write to the Swift Specific Company for individualized medical advice and to seek relief through the product.
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