Port of Portland talk outlines future growth and challenges
W D B Dotson of the Portland Chamber of Commerce gave a detailed address on The Port of Portland Past Present and Future. He urged less pessimism and outlined plans for river and harbor improvements, industrial expansion in St Johns lower Peninsula, and building coal facilities to compete with Pacific ports.
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James John High School
W. D. B. Dotson
Portland Chamber of Commerce
Columbia River
Here
Astoria
St. Johna
Dock Commission
Dotson
Lower Peninsula
St. Johns
Columbia Bar and River Development
Portland
Puget Sound
Pacific
Orient
Fe ‘Dotson
D. C. Lewis
Columbia
Port d
Oregon
Important Notice on Draft Address Changes and Questionnaires
All registrants must report address changes to their local draft boards. Exemptions and discharges are revoked after December 15 and questionnaires begin December 15 with seven days to respond. Noncompliance risks loss of exemption. Advisory from Provost Marshal General urges broad publicity and prompt action.
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Crowder
Washington, D. C
Adjutant General
Portland
Sammie boys ready for the fray to defend Liberty
Charley L. Gant in Seawide Signal urges readers that volunteers will fill the trenches to fight the Kaiser. The piece praises the Sammie boys, promising bravery, unity, and liberty as they march to war, with vivid wartime imagery of trenches, banners, and sacrifice.
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Bill
Berin
Willie
Sammie Boys
Lenin
Kaiser
Sammy Boys
Kaiser’s
Feedom
Nero
Charley L. Gant
Diet Fad Poem Expresses Wartime Food Woes
Wal Mason laments wartime rationing in a verse about meatless Mondays wheatless Tuesdays and stewless Fridays. He vows to curb appetite to aid the front and even jeers Kaiser while describing hollow cheeks and a starving body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithelm
Wal Mason
Trane Work Pleases Mr Rogers in New Jersey Note
Mr Rogers of a New Jersey street notes that his Trane work pleases him. The casual remark reflects satisfaction with the service and results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers
N. Jersey
Build a hospital in St Johns for safer care
A petition urging immediate funds to construct a modern hospital in St Johns is voiced. The plan envisions a compact operating facility near existing shipyards and mills to cut ambulance response times from Portland eight miles away.
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St. Johns
Folke
Portland
Nne
St Johns Happenings Roll of Honor and School Events
St Johns lists roll of honor recruits from the area with many names enlisted in Uncle Sam’s service. Coverage includes recent Latin contests, a paper drive totaling 11,286 pounds, a Girls Athletic Association meeting, theater tryouts for The Disappearance of Dora, and a student trip to Tacoma Seattle Everett American Lake with football team details.
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St. Johns
Girls’ Athletic Association
Eleanor Thomas
Association
J Social
Alice Gilstrap
Ruth Edmonson
Geneva Short
Idrys Weimer
Esma Griswald
Mildred Sparhawk
Dora
Ella Ries
Margaret Nelson
Moon
Della Vinson
Duseobury
Etta Patterson
Min
Ferva
Jennie McNiven
Mias Argus
Mia. Gash
Mary Boschero
Hypatia Cash
Maxine Likina
Asphodel Gash
Helen Story
Clarissa
Delbert Day
John ‘Tobin
Willis Vinson
Tickerpitcher
Louis Dunsmereicholas Knickerbocker
Merle Harrington
Lord Percy Flinders
Russell Meyers
Carpentter
Charles Spackman
Plumber
Edmund Kugel
Mugeridge
Edward Rood Haskins
Oliver Lee
Footman
Onear Anderson
Merritt Whitmore
Arthur Dunenbury
John Wulf—Constable
Everett Day
Robert Moon
Helsey Cook
Major Varey
Tacoma
Minneapolis
Seattle
Sound
Everett
Everett Thenka
Zoo
American Lake
Uncle Sam
Taylor M. Whitmore
Athill W. Irvine
Deane H. Knowles
Karl H. Knowles
Theodore Bogbee
H. Bye Poff
Armand Olin
Claude Harris
Russell Poff
R. P. Galloway
Chas
E. Garlick
Marne Donaldson
Glenn Haskell
Ray Clark
Benamin Swan
Hubert Martin
u@on Sorber
Donald Strickland
Lowell Anderson
John LaViliett
Frank L. Thompson
Orin Lear
Hal J. Davis
Donald N. Trowbridge
Bert Larnon
Alan Rutherford
Homer Plaskett
Henry Brendenbion
J. W. Welch
David Bowe
Clyde Heath
Walter Mayer
Fred Semalling
John Boggs
Ernest Johnson
Hiram Eatinger
Kenneth Simmons
Thornton Toole
Eugene Hiatt
Dave Walker
August Jensen
Ray Myer
Walter Pearson
Elmer Maples
Roy Gagnan
Harold
Arthur Holcomb
Lester D
Basil B. Smith
Bryant Kilkenny
Paul Rude
Emory Gillmore
Lewis Wirth
Harold Meredith
Ray Hawkins
Hugh Ward
Kindle C
Former Resident Dead Geo G Foster Pioneer of Peninsula
Former resident Geo G Foster died at home 684 Girard street University Park Friday November. He was born in Maine and came to Oregon at age two, living in the state for eighty years. Survived by widow Mary E Foster and several Portland Hood River and Port land relatives. Funeral services held Sunday at University Park Baptist church with interment at Damascus cemetery. Miller Tracy funeral directors.
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Geo. G. Foster
Peninsula
Girard Street
University Park
Bath
Maine
Oregon
le Creek
St. Johns
Spall
University Ik
Damascus Cemetery
Miller & Tracey
Golden Wedding of Mr and Mrs John H Rosa in St Johns
The golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. John H Rosa was celebrated with a mock ceremony conducted by Rev A P Layton. After fifty years of marriage they renewed vows, with six children born to the union. The event drew relatives from Pendleton and local friends, and a wedding dinner followed.
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John H. Rosa
South
Willamette Boulevard
A. P. Layton
Evangelical Church
John H. Rows
Isabel Cunningham
Dearsville
Ohio
Oregon
St. Johns
Rose
Hose
A. BP. Layton
C.T. Doherty
Walter Lynn
J. H. Harvey
Geo
Oman
Chas
Davis
Clarence Knight
This City
C. F. Kennedy
M. A. Rous
Pendleton
Red Cross Auxiliary Sees Growing Attendance and Sewing
The Red Cross Auxiliary is active with rising attendance. Evangelical church ladies will sew Thursday December 6 and Methodist women meet at the regular close Wednesday. Wool is supplied for knitting, wing machines loaned by Mr Clark, Mrs Stroud, Mrs Chidester, Mrs Butts, and the Congregational church. Another machine, some dressmakers, and folding tables are still needed.
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Red Cross
The
Evangelical Church
Methodist Church
Clark
Stroud
Chidester
Butts
Congregational Church
Deserving Family in Need of Community Help in St Johns
A mother with four children seeks assistance after moving to St Johns for work but health limits employment. The eldest girl aids younger siblings while the family faces debts, clothing shortages, and food needs. Donated furniture and dresses are welcomed, with cash contributions to be routed via the office.
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St. Johns
St.Johna
No News Is Good News On Service Letters This Week
The article notes that no news of casualties is withheld and that all casualty reports reach Washington immediately for public release. It explains mail procedures for soldiers in France, including address completion efforts, and reports 1,674 letters with insufficient addresses in one week, with 1,282 corrected and forwarded, 58 sent to the dead letter office, and the rest held for possible address completion.
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Washington
France
Adjutanteneral
Washington, D. C
Standifer to announce plant for 6800 ton steel ships
Guy M Standifer of Standifer Shipbuilding Co plans a Washington brief return announcement this week. He backs a proposed shipyard to construct 6800 ton steel vessels at a Vancouver Washington site. Vegetation work proceeds to fit 10 vessels valued at 16000 dollars, with North Portland and Vancouver yards active on wooden vessels.
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Guy M. Standifer
Standifer Shipbuilding Co
Washington, D. C
Northweek Fees Co
Vancouver
Wash
Standifer
North
Portland
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J. N. Edlefsen
Peninsula National Bank
St. Johns and
Linnton
Whitwood Court
Agores
East St. John
Kenton
Linnion Town
Smith
Agassis
Mt. Hood
Yellowstone National Park
Sibyl Bugbee
Ruth Reece
Loyal Holmes
Hazel Greene
James John Pennant
Philantheneaum Club
Girls’ Literary Club
James John
Camp Lewis
Mare Island
James John Boys
East St. Johns