Oregon notes on industry war effort and labor mobilization
Oregon data report industrial accidents and wages for 1918 shipyards and rail labor. It notes labor district mobilization, use of women on highway work, and a push for war time efficiency. It also covers prune pools, state fairs exhibits, and a Looming liberty loan outlook.
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Oregon
Prineville
Wuehunlve
Aitka Horace Company
Ce Quite
Piehiiag Dietetet Henpirat
Jan Teing
Labor Council of
Cerne Bay
Sistyone
Oregon Agricultural College
John M Hobsow
Ewan Lake Valley
Kinmath County
Polk County
Dallas
Inwa Association of Oregon Wll
Bwlem
George Perry
Tockerork
John J. Kelly
Meppoer
Marrow
Gillam
Oregon Munday School
Portland
Oregon Sunday School Association
Columbia River
Santiana River
Dover
Talbot
Ling
Marion County
Mountain
Milles
Camas Valley
Melvin Murphy
Robert Benham
Murphy
Benham
John M. Parson
Senator McNary
Railroad Administration
Withycombe
James K. Lynch
San Francisco
Federal Reserve Bank
Oregon Historical Society
Ite
Department of Public Istruction
Historical Society
Department of Public Instruction
Teures
Hoffs
Nunn
Rey
Gas Attack Off Carolina Coast
Washington reports a gas attack off the North Carolina coast possibly by a German submarine. The coast guard station and lighthouse at Perangel on Smith Island were temporarily affected. six men were gassed with no deaths, and several acre sized gas plumes were seen drifting inland toward Wilmington.
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Washington
Navy
Nort
Caroline
Coast
Amith Teland
Fear River
Wilmington
Coast Guard
Yankees Repulse German Attacks Near Veale River
American forces on the Veale Fresit-In front repulsed repeated German counterattacks north of the Veato river on both sides of Fismos. In Basoches region the Germans attacked, but were driven back. Americans captured several prisoners at Flemrite and wounded at a field station.
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Veale Fresit
Veato
Fismos
Fiametir
Basoches
Flemrite
Ines
Mismetie
Casualties rise as American forces in France tally 20112
Washington reports 20 112 total American casualties since landing in France with 4883 soldiers and 85 marines killed in action and 10 874 wounded across the army and marine corps. The week’s toll includes 945 soldiers and 87 marines listed Sunday. Marshal Foch’s offensives in Picardy push Germans back as Allied forces combine British French Australian Canadian and American troops.
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Marine Corps
France
Joseen
Marne-Alnne
Lenine and Trotsky Flee Moscow for Kronstadt
A Wolff Bureau dispatch reports Premier Lenine and his chief assistant Leon Trotsky fled Moscow and headed for Kronstadt near Petrograd. Zurich papers reprint the Paris source detailing the escape.
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Leaning
Trotsky
Moscow
London
Lenine
Leon Trotsky
Kronstadt
Petrograd
Wolff Bureau
Berlin
Zurich
Paris
Finns Reject King Bill in Diet After Third Reading
The bill to elect a king of Finland was rejected on the third reading in the Finnish Diet as it failed to secure the required majority of five in the vote.
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Amateriam
Finland
Crossing Conflicts on Veale River Reach Village of Fismetts
Reports describe limited combat on the Veale river with reciprocal artillery duels. American forces crossed the Veste again and captured the village of Fismetts, north of Fay.
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Veale River
Veste
Fismetts
Fay
Amiens Out of Gun Range Amid Allied Push
Landen at a Newport luncheon quoted Premier Lloyd George on pushing back the Germans from Amiens railway gun range. He said headway of trains through Amiens disappeared briefly but 20 trains daily are now running, linking Amiens to safety due to allied victories. In Flanders the British advanced slightly at the center as war talks continue. President Wilson has abandoned plans to visit the Pacific coast for many months, likely until war’s end.
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Kevrenne
War Industries Board
Innatt
Jessie
Snake River
Industrial Accident Commission
State Tax Commission
Withycomba
Oregon
Wil Jamette
Rogue River
Henry L. Corbett
Portland
State Council of Defence
Withycombe
William F. Woodward
Corbett
Military Training Campas Association
Lesien
California
Washington
Oregon Agricultural College
A. L. Lovett
Landen
Newport
Monmouthshire
Llnyd George
Amiens
Premios
Marne
Somme
Wilson
Pacific Coast
Submarine Attacks Near New York Sinks Tanker
German submarine nears New York harbor sinking the oil tanker Frederick R. Kellogg off Ambrose Channel. Thirty five crewmen reported missing. A Stockholm dispatch says Germany issued an ultimatum to Finnish authorities demanding mobilization against Entente forces on the Murmansk coast within two weeks.
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New York
New York Harbor
Frederick R. Kellogg
Ambros Channel
Sever
Washington
Stockholm
State Department
Fisolah
Murmansk
Allies Press On In Somme Advance As Germans Retreat
Allied forces push along the Somme front breaking stiff rear German resistance. Americans Brits and French reach near the pre retreat line driving large German prisoners toward cages as 33 divisions identified amid signs of exhausted enemy reserves and limited flanking moves.
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Marshal Foch
Solasone- Rheims
Picardy
Hindenburg Line
Paris
Atatementa
Somme
Reitiah
Prasce
Dray
Chipilig
Eilnehem
Hildesburg
Market Prices and Commodities Report from Seattle
The Markets section lists prices for feeds and grains including Portisan oats and Harley-Standard feed at 59 and 54.5 dollars per ton, corn at 75 to 76 dollars per hundredweight, Timothy hay at 14 dollars per ton, and alfalfa. Butter from Creamery at 49 cents per pound, 53 cents in Seattle. Poultry items include hens and broilers with various prices, plus dressed and live poultry notes and miscellaneous livestock prices.
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Seattle
Kege
Bbc
First American Field Army Formed for France
The first American field army has been organized under General John J. Pershing. Corps commanders announced include Major Generals LIGGOTT Bullard Bundy Reed and Wright. It marks coordination of American forces in France while units may remain under British and French commands for now.
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France
John J. Pershing
Liggot
Bullard
Bundy
Reed
Wright
First Field Army
Long Range Gun Falls Silent Over Paris Crises
German long range cannon that had been shelling Paris has been silent for several days. Allies advance toward Noyon and Guise targets are cited as the reason for the halt in firing.
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Paris
Noyon
Guiscard
War effort urged with Unity and Rainbow division feats
Washington reports Chief of Staff March calling for speedier US action in the war effort. He cites allied gains in France and highlights the Rainbow division’s eight day river crossing and enemy losses. State finances are outlined with expected increases in treasurer fees and Public Service Commission costs. Florence Crittenden Home to receive state receipts.
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Washington
March
America
France
Congress
Marshal Foch
United States
Rainbow Division
Foch
Americas
Kaiser
Rainbow
Ourey
Kay
Tax Commission
Gervice Communission
State Grain Inspection Department
State Weather Board
Bureau of Mines and Eclogy
Florence Crittendam
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Oregon News
Nantucket
Masa
George's Bank
Colonel Churchill
Marlborough Churchill
United States Army General Staff
General Graves
Graves
Carolina Coast
Pershing
Geneva
Flanders
Field Marehill Halg
Hindenburg
U.S. Field Army
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