Oregon News Notes of General Interest
Oregon residents hear updates on farm plants in Wemperation Albany shipping prune and hop harvest effects on school openings. Reports include Pendleton sheep shipping, canning shortages, highway bonds, and new Oregon road signs.
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President seeks wage talks pause amid rail wage dispute
The president urged a truce in labor conflicts until living costs and wages can be reconciled while backing a 2½ percent wage rise for railroad shopmen. Director General Hines joined in the decision as the workers push for 28 percent, with pay restructured to ten hours for eight.
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Hines
Memorial Hall Finances A Call For Subscriptions
Weston Memorial Association directs all unpaid subscriptions to be collected at once to finish and equip the building. A receipts and expenditures statement is presented. Watts and Rogers moved the Opera House cost to nine hundred pounds in exchange for the barn on the new site. Much work has been donated. they seek prompt cooperation to push the project forward.
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War Vessels to Visit Puget Sound and Columbia River
The Pacific Fleet will enter Puget Sound on September 12 aboard the fogship New Mexico. Admiral Rodman plans include the cruisers Birmingham Vermont and Nebraska plus two destroyers under Rear Admiral Williams. A possible Portland visit by Admiral Williams and Vermont awaits river pilots approval.
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Japanese Shantung title repudiated in senate move
Senate foreign relations panel extends its inquiry into the peace treaty with a plan to strike the word Japan from Shantung provisions and shift German rights to China. Hearings will probe territorial issues in Europe and colonies, with diverse witnesses from Hungarian Americans to Irish and Greek groups.
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Baker Upholds Military Courts Veneer In Wartime Reform
Secretary Baker defended the present military court system noting only minor changes. He endorsed General Mernin's proposal to use courts of armies for military justice and cited a War Department board report from 225 officers, showing majority approval with 43 disapproving and 60 raising concerns. The key defect cited is the lack of competent trial judges and counsel, with a recommendation to appoint defense counsel for each court and to encourage young officers to study law.
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Special War Department Board
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Mail Business Planned by War Department to Sell Surplus Supplies
The War Department will establish stores September 25 to sell surplus supplies and accept mail orders. Centers will be in depot locations and large cities with ongoing purchases of necessities to sustain these stores indefinitely. Prices will be fixed to prevent discrimination between in person and mail buyers.
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First Division Sends Farewell Letter to French Troops
Officers and soldiers of the first division of the American expeditionary force preparing to depart for France issue an open farewell letter to French soldiers. They express admiration for the French troops and say after America they love France best of all.
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Pari
Mime
Adée
America
Pranep
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