Temporary organization of Malem branch of Insurance Federation
Oregon notes report a new temporary Malem branch of the Insurance Federation of Oregon. Lane county hog market pricing at 20 cents per pound, plus varied items on federal employment, Portland drydock construction, and multiple county and state updates on shipping, taxation, forestry, and labor amid wartime conditions.
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Waconda
Malem
Pendimoon
Federal Employment Service
Portland
Oregon
Peain
Edward Harris
Department of Agriculture
Pendleton
Internal Revenue Office
Secretary Baker Calls End to Guessing Troop Numbers
Secretary Baker urges the American public to stop guessing the troop count in France and says guessing should be left to the German people. He asserts official figures are needed to prevent misjudgment and bolster war information.
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Baker
France
Americans Cross During July In France Drive
Washington reports Major General Huw Liggett commands the first American army corps on the center of the Allied drive in the Aisne Marne salient. General March says eight American divisions actively engaged and 1,000,000 under Pershing. July embarkations exceed 700,000 with total over 1,300,000 by month end. June prior record was 276,000.
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Washington
Huw Liggett
Aisne Marne Salient
March
War Department
Liggett
France
Pershing
Mona
Allies Prepare for Another Battle on Aisne Marne Front
Allied forces including Americans French and British concentrate for a renewed clash along the Aisne Marne line from Rhelinn to Solemons and toward the Marne. The pursuit of German forces following the July 18 retreat continues with German artillery in Vesle region and light resistance near Fismes as Foch’s armies slow to allow outrunners to close the gap.
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Aisne Marne
Rhelinn
Solemons
Marne
Vowle
Foch
Alene
Fismes
French Troops Advance North of Montdidier Front
Paris reports French troops reached the Avre bank between Braches and Morivsel north of Montdidier as German efforts to push back allied guards north of the Vesle fail to shake the Vesle front. China plans to send troops to Siberia with a $100,000 appropriation for Vladivostok deployment.
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Paris
Avre
Braches
Morivsel
Montdidier
War Office
Vesle
Marleel
von Hutier
Rupprecht
China
Siberia
Pekin
Vladivostok
Hospital Ship Torpedoed in World War Sea Disaster
London reports the torpedoing of the British hospital ship Warside, a harrowing naval disaster with 106 to 120 dead and many wounded. Among the dead were several women and seven Americans, two officers and five enlisted men. The explosion damaged the engine room and dynamo, plunging the ship into darkness and trapping dozens in the wardroom, where most refugees perished.
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London
Lip
General March seeks six million soldiers in war bill
General March urged enactment of the administration manpower bill to raise 18 to 45 year olds, saying the War Department plans an army of five million men as soon as possible. In Washington and Oregon oversubscriptions to U S certificates of indebtedness were reported by the twelfth federal reserve bank, with Washington at 2,640,600 and Oregon at 1,416,500.
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March
Washington
Administration
General March
Senate Military Committee
War Department
Oregon
San Francisco
Twelfth
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve District
United States
Pershing Honored by French and War Front Notes
General John J. Pershing receives the grand cross of the Legion of Honor from the French government. The war report outlines Allied advances south of Soissons to Rheims, German retreats toward the Vesle and Aisne, and expected alignments along the Chemin des Dames. Also listed are early autumn farm prices and broccoli crop progress in Oregon amidst dry weather and reduced acreage in Roseburg.
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Pershing
Paria
John J. Pershing
Csty
Roseburg
Submarine sinks U S Light Ship Washington report confirmed
The Diamond Shoal lightship off Cape Hatteras was shelled and sunk by an enemy submarine. Navy officials say the crew reached shore safely after the vessel came within about a half mile of the shore according to a telegram to the Navy Department.
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U. S
Washington
Diamond Shoals
Cape Hatteras
N. C
Navy Department
Draft ages widened to 18 through 45 for manpower plan
Washington reports the war department recommends extending the draft to ages 18 to 45 to secure sufficient manpower for victory. Secretary Baker says the bill allows the president to call men from class 1 by age, with 18 to 19-year-olds possibly deferred until older men are in reserve. The same exemptions for married men with dependents and essential industry apply. About 1.6 million were taken from class 1 in the first call.
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Pongres
War Department
Pew
Ermenase
Baker
Jie
Congress
Germany
U S and Japan to Enter Siberia
Washington releases official statements outlining a joint American and Japanese plan to aid Russia in Siberia. Each nation will send a few thousand troops to Vladivostok to protect the Czecho Slovak forces and guard the city. The initial role focuses on aiding and stabilizing Russian self governance with later U S merchants, agricultural experts, labor advisors, Red Cross, and M. CA representatives to follow.
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Washington
Russia
Siberia
United States
Japan
Vladivostok
Prisenere
Red Cross
M. CA
Big Flour Mills Sold to Max H. Houser in Oregon Deal
Portland flour milling empire changes hands as Max H. Houser and associates gain control of Portland Flouring Mills, Puget Sound Flouring Mills, Puget Sound Warehouse, and Pacific Coast Elevator. The combined group runs 11 mills with over 12 000 barrels daily capacity, led by a Portland plant of 4000 barrels.
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Max H. Houser
Portland
Ore
Portland Flouring Mills Company
Wilcox
The
Grain Corporation
Mr. Houser
Portland Flouring Mille Company
Puget Sound Flouring Mille Company
Puget Sound Warehouss, Company
Pacific Coast Elevator Pany
Northwest
Wilson Urges Buffrage Reform in Suffrage Letter
President Wilson calls the federal suffrage amendment a great and crucial reform in a letter to New Jersey Senator David Baird urging him to vote for the amendment. The message frames the issue as a significant national reform affecting constitutional rights and gender equality.
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Wilson
Washington
David Baird
New Jersey
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