Oregon News Notes Of General Interest From Pendleton
Pendleton's tax levy this year will fund many county and state services. A wide range of items are reported including county deaths, weather impacts on farms, local industry plans, a Portland store fire damage estimate, and preparations for upcoming fairs and conventions. The piece records regional woes from cold weather to agricultural losses and notes public works and land sale plans for early 1920.
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Marton
Alhnoy
Jang
Amallilh County
Edward Warner
Portland
Mage
Mears Danke
C. 0
Luecke
Plymouth
Wie
Harriaburs
Oregon State Dratenge Association
Corvallia
Dalles
E Closovn
Mbes Herder
Mock
Medford
Rogue River Valley
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Claen
Oregon Duroe Jersey
Ameodiation
Balen
Jack Wumiphryr
Murteyy
Moyonee
Olympia man killed by robber in holdup
A Spokane area report states F. Schultz was killed by a robber during a shop holdup Monday evening at a local store. Witnesses describe the robber threatening clerks, firing a pistol, then fleeing while customers chased him. Schultz died from a gunshot wound.
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Behulte
J. A
Wioh Bellue
Lierhune
Schultz
Train Derailment Near Junee Injures Many
At Junee two people were killed and 48 injured when a passenger train derailed four miles east of the town. The service was en route from Oklahoma City to St. Louis when it rerailied.
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M Fee
Here
Oklahoma City
Okla
St. Louia
Grout Out to Test Pershing Standing in Oregon
Malheur county and Harney County in Oregon report land and tax details amid discussions of government contracts with private interests for land reclamation. The annual totals show taxable property valued at about 990 million and an increase of over 200 thousand from the prior year, with county landholdings and public land issues noted.
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Oregon
Mhite
Malheur County
Hlee Juat Thade
Congress
Harney County
Malheur
Remelulye
Stair Tax Commission
Veoh Lovell
Commission Asked to Reinstate Finley
Governor Henry Meott forwards the executive letter urging reversal of the commission's action to remove Finley. He argues Finley's value to the educational and biological departments warrants reinstatement and independent authority in appointing staff.
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Fiere Midaghet
Wiliam Ly Pivley
Stair
Henry Meott
Twomlay Sennto
Dane Finley
Educational and Biological Department
Commission
Deportation Bill Passed By House Targets Anarchistic Aliens
Washington report notes the immigration committee approved a deportation bill for aliens involved with anarchistic groups, with a unanimous house vote. Senate foreign relations ordered an inquiry into Russian propagandists led by Senator Kenyon. Representative Johnson urged probationary entry for newcomers, signaling potential future laws.
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Immigration Committee
House
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Kenyon
Iowa
Johnson
House Immigration Committee
United States
Tis
Pershing Declines Politics During Chicago Visit
General Pershing shows little interest in a political future and rejects any presidential nomination bids. He avoided discussions favoring any party while in Chicago, maintaining a neutral stance during the stay.
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Pershing
Chicago
Federal Sugar Control Measure Reaches White House
Legislative move extends federal control of sugar through 1920 and creates a sugar equalization board to end next June 30. The measure, approved by Odmeress, now heads to the White House for signature.
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Washington
Feder
United State
Odmeress
White House
Women in Japanese Factories and War Work Reform
A World War I era feature describes women in Japanese factories and war work, detailing harsh factory conditions, dormitories, long hours, and tuberculosis risks. It highlights reforms by the Your Women’s Christian Association to build dormitories and create recreation, and notes Mia Sumuki as a leading female industrialist with an $11 million bean export business and a women’s training school to prepare women for business.
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Mia Sumuki
Japan
America
Susaki
Women and international friendship through play and work
In Washington, officials discussed how friendship between nations hinges on women’s well being and cooperation between men and women. The World Confidence Association promotes Japanese women’s recreation and sports to foster ties with the United States and other nations amid postwar shifts. The Swedish government announced 1920 measures on married women status, employment, arbitration, penal reform, railroad electrification, and open voting.
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Washington
Japan
Ameri
Yemen
WCA
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State Department
Aft
Russians Deported From Ellis Island On Army Transport
New York dispatch reports a group of radicals including Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman along with 24 men and two women were shipped from Ellis Island to a northern port aboard a U.S. Army transport for deportation amid secrecy. The transport carried them toward Soviet Russia as crowds on deck shouted against the propagandists and the men who had spread revolutionary views.
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New York
United States
Jenaport Hufond
America
Acca
Soviet Russia
Alexander Berkman
Emma Goldman
Ellis Island
Raddie
Railway Bill Passes Senate Washington
The Carmine bill to restore railways to private operation passed the Senate by 46 to 90, ending prolonged discussion and enabling a holiday recess. It moves to conference with the Exch bill, with a January 1 return target. House conferees may seek instructions if labor sections align.
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Senate
Congress
House
House Bite
Wilson
Poktia
Congressional Tradera
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Interstate Commerce Committees
Laws Must Be Upheld Says American Legion Leader
Indianapolis, Ind. National commander Franklin D Olier warned that no national state or local American Legion bodies may take the law into their own hands and cautioned members that such acts threaten the organization s guiding principles. The statement came as he addressed reports of regional member activities prompting a clear policy on maintaining law and order.
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Franklin D'Olier
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American Legion
York women students join Nath Training School of YWCA
York women from many countries including China France Bulgaria Heiao Rue Arment Canada and Mexico register in the Nath Training School of the Young Women’s Christian Association in New York. The program studies writing positions and aims to expand YWCA work abroad and locally.
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