Centralizing war labor recruitment to U S Employment Service
War industries will shift unskilled labor recruitment to the U S Employment Service on August 1. Independent recruiting by manufacturers with payrolls over 100 will end. Local labor boards will oversee community quotas, with state and local distribution to prevent disruptions, while farm labor remains protected for industrial needs.
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U. S. Employment Service
Department of Labor
War Labor Policies Board
U. S
U.S. Employment Service
Washington
Ean
Department of Agriculture
Abor
Bor
Liberty Loan
Red Cross
For Sale Finest Residence in St Johns Corner Lot Nine Rooms
For sale one of the finest best located residences in St. Johns. Modern nine room house with bath on a 100 by 100 foot corner lot, street improvements, abundant flowers berries and some fruit. Large quantity of furniture included. Price for a short time. For further particulars call at this office. Vacation models of victrola take up little room and afford abundant pleasure Currin Says So.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Johns
Currin
Tyler Street
Plain George Nelson a St Johns motorman becomes sergeant
Tele gram special correspondent recalls George Nelson, longtime St Johns Line motorman, who earned the nickname Plain George in the army. Portland resident from 1900 to 1916, he served at the Mexican border and rejoined in 1917 with the Oregon regiment, never causing a serious accident in his streetcar years, while expressing restraint toward civilians in wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David W. Hazen
Telegram
Rance
George Nelson
St. Johns
Portland
Third Oregon Infantry
Nelson
Plain George
Portland Society Girls Risky Joy Ride With Army Escorts
Portland society women and Army officers were cited for speeding after driving civic and country roads at 40 to 50 mph. The practice drew police action and fines, with officers and riders facing district court attention as officials plan to curb the trend. Prominent socialites were among those in the party. Oregonian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Army
Geila
Multnomah County
Dayton
Portland Society
Oregonian
American Troops Ready for Front as War Pushes On
In a letter from France Albert Hyde writes of steadfast Germans still resisting and optimism among American soldiers. He notes bands growing to 40 men, anticipation of front action, and a resolve to brave danger. The writer believes longer war favors the Allies and pledges readiness to join the fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Hyde
Albert
France
Germany
A Splendid Thing to See Our Spare Cash Take Wings
A Walt Mason poem reflects on public charity and war relief fundraising. It praises voluntary giving to Red Cross Belgians Serbs and starving Russians, noting donors move from anger at hat passes to cheerful donations. It contrasts wealthy critics with donors whose wealth “vanishes” for a grand cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Thomas Cate
James
Walt Mason
Pearl Button Misfire At Opera Night Reveals Prank
A doctor takes a young woman to the opera. A tasteless tablet given to calm her, later found to be a pearl button. Under electric light she reveals the trick, and the girl faints but recovers. The incident surfaces as a cautionary tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera
Han
Narrow Escape for Portland Photographer in Balloon Flight
Photographer from Angelus Studio in Portland ascended 2700 feet to photograph the Northwest Steel yards and Columbia River Shipbuilding Corp. The balloon jerked and plunged, a gasbag cable touched an 11,000 volt line and burned in two, ten men narrowly escaped electrocution, the craft landed in a tree, and Tice exited unharmed after securing his panorama on the descent. Kodak is promoting the story nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tice
Angelus
Portland
Northwest Steel Company
Columbia River Shipbuilding Corporation
Tribute to a Kansan editor mother in Osborne memorial
Berton P Walker, a prominent Kansas editor and citizen, writes a warm tribute to his mother Mrs Melisen A Walker who died in Osborne after pneumonia while visiting for the holidays. The piece recalls her devoted life after her husband’s 1880 death, her care of three children, and the family’s early years in a new country.
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Berton P. Walker
Kansas
Melisen A. Walker
Osborne
Peabody
Walker
Santa Claus
Aed
Mother
Sister
Tipe
When advertising ends, buying fades and earnings halt
The fragment suggests a chain reaction: cessation of advertising leads to reduced buying, price or supply constraints appear as someone stops selling, production slows, and earnings decline. The text includes a jumbled exclamation about Breyat and an exchange note, indicating disrupted commerce and a call to continue.
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Breyat
Your Flag and My Flag War Chant
War poem exhorting citizens to support the Allied effort in World War I. It frames the conflict as a shared duty between “your flag and my flag” urging backing of American troops in Europe and the fight against Germany, Austria, and the Turk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Fritz
Kaiser Bill
Belgium
Rome
Pershing
August 3 4 9 11 18 24 28 film schedule by Metro
Chronological list of attractions at Multnomah including BIG BILL HART in The Tyrant, MARGUERITE CLARK in Paramount features, and RAY in Its Own Tome among others. Notes dates August 3 through September with multiple showings at Weitherlay and Thusalay venues. program subject to changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tor Ali Eelia Talmadge
Marguerite Clark
Paramount
LL Hart
St Johns Honor Roll lists enlistees in Uncle Sam service
A long list from St Johns names many men enlisting with notes inviting any omissions to be reported. The roster includes Taylor Whitmore Athill Irvine Dean Knowles Earl Knowles Theodore Bugbee H. Poff Armand Olin Claude Harris Russell Hall and numerous others. An advertisement follows offering a four room house on East Polk Street for 1250 dollars with 350 down and payments of 15 dollars per month.
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St. Johns
Uncle Sam
Taylor M. Whitmore
Athill W. Irvine
Dean H. Knowles
Earl HH. Knowles
Theodore Bugbee
H. Rybi Poff
Armand Olin
Claude EB. Harris
Russell Hall
K.P. Galloway
Chas
BE. Garlick
Marne Donaldson
Glenn Haskell
Nay Clark
Benajah T. Swan
Hubert Martin
Leon Sorber
Donald Strickland
Lowell Anderson
John la Villett
Frank L. Thompson
Oron Lear
Hal J. Davis
Donald N. Trowbridge
Bert Larson
Alan Rutherford
Homer Plaskett
Henry Brandenberg
J. W. Welsh
David Bowe
Clyde Heath
Walter Mayer
Fred Semalling
John Hoyes
Ernest Johnson
Hiram Eatinger
Kenneth Simmons
Thornton Toole
Eugene Hiatt
Dave Walker
August Jensen
Ray Meyer
Walter Pearson
Elmer Maples
Roy Gagnon
Lester D
Basil H. Smith
Bryant Kilkenney
Paul Rude
Emory Gillmore
Lewis Wirth
Harold Meredith
Ray Hawkins
Tlugh Ward
Kindle C
Satterlee
Gordon
Wilbur Hellinger
Zelta Rice
Leslie B. Moulton
Harry Truman
Frank Green
Walter Rickson
Frank Whitney
Carl Smith
Sprague HB
Marah
William Ward
Bert Sundatrum
Glen Weiser
Louis St. Johns
John F., Brownley
Joss Gatton
Thos
Cochran
Dewey Brown
Henry J. Amala
Alva
Ralph Smith
Eugene Thurmond
Haney Baichnenger
George Schmidt
William Sneed
Alec 5. Cokalas
Louis Fletcher
Roy Muck
Paul Irvine
R. L. Smith
Frank Steichen
George I. Letson
Merle Andrew Teeling
Guy Edwin Heeling
Albert Wrinkle
Eneas Small
Raymond Sproule
Robert
Roy Andrews
Leonard H. Gagen
Frank Carlson
John B. White
Donald M. Mea
Raymond Smith
Tony Halicki
Fred Marlett
Albert V. Marey
John Blake
Edward Crassion
Anton Picklip
F. E. Wright
Vernon C. Scott
Emil Brondert
Lester B. Ellis
Fred He Villette
Elmer Sneed
Harry W. Fassett
Polk Street
Lightning Kills Four on Ephrata Road in Washington
Seven men riding in two teams were struck while driving home six miles northwest of Ephrata on July 23. Don William Powers Higginson J Higgins Alfred Vowers died or injured. Roy Billingsley survived. The bolt felled their four horse teams. one lead horse died and another was knocked down. Powers was fatally burned. Higginson and Williamson, prominent local farmers, died at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Williamson
J. Higgins
Alfred Vowers
Ephrata
Wash
Roy Billingsley
Powers
Hillingsley
Higzine
Williamson
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Metro Super Picture
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ME Ane
Setuniay
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Lou
Sessue Wayakarva
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Gawl Uncle As
Tes, Lowes E.cea
Georgia
Columbia
North Kellogg Street
Gabriel Pullin
London
Lombard Street
Corner Wall Phone
Frank A. Rice
Thacn
Maire Dame Studios
John Street
Theodora Bushnell
John Claire Monteith
WJ. Gilateap
KK. Seely, M.D
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First National
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Ewart P. Borden
Peninstra Bank
Herbert F. Jones
Jersey Street
Columbia 690
Joseph McChesney
M.D
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J. Vinton Scott
Chice Howes
Lee
Sumlay Sit Pevinsula Monk
Colmatin
Drs. Mulkey & Pickens
Um. Wiest
Columbie
Lewis Caldwell
Heckel Wilert
Burlington Street
Davis
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Jersey St
Perry C. Stroud
First National Bank
Oregon
John Post
J H Harvey
P. & H. Transfer Co
Jersey
St. Johns, Ore
St. Johns Undertaking Co
Columbie Me
My Mother's
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St. Johns M&s
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