Oregon News Notes of General Interest
Oregon notes recount local plans for an athletic club in The Dalles a housing project in Mendleton a liquor licensing bill for automatic drivers and a January 21 23 dairy meeting in Eugene. Other items include a smallpox scare in Mapleton a fatal accident on the Coast Range Lumber road and a grand cornerstone ceremony for a Catholic church in Dallas.
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Benton County
Oregon
Eugene
Mapleton Ware
Pri
Cole
Eugens
Osco
Osco Gichard Company
Wasco County
Aricultural
Oregon State
Bike’ Association
Salem
Mary E Collina
Dallas
Cornerstone
Oregon Bankers’ Committee
Deschuten County
Peschutes Valley Seed Company
Lebanon Natons Farm Loan Association
Biian Williams
Tian County
Te Erdsend
Plains
Albany
Knappa
Clatsop County
Polk County
Albany Lumber Company
James Withycombe
Cascade National Forest
Macduff
Siskiyou Mountains
Barham Brothers
Ashland
Dental Societies
Lane, Linn
Marion Countlon
Lang County Dental Society
George F. Delos
Coast Range
Mabel
Wen
Linn County
Albany Chamber of Commerce
Use Old Documents to Fight Radicals in Washington
A government display at the State Department shows aged radical propaganda parchments removed for preservation. Officials fear fading and seek protection as public events are canceled due to a flu epidemic, with many meetings halted and the display restricted.
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Washington
State Department
Hell
Republic
Seattle
Union of Russian Workers
Department of Justics Atteale
VESSEL WITH REDS ON BOARD ARRIVES
The Buford carrying 240 radicals deported from America arrives at Hango Finland. US army guards supervise the group aboard a train car with benches and beds as they are moved to a border crossing. Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman vow to return to America. Yakima beet growers press for higher prices, demanding $15 per ton for 2020.
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Hango
Finland
United States Army
Buford
America
Haw
Mariovs
Pioniah White Coarde
Alexander Berkman
Emma Goldman
Yakima Valley
Toppenish
Teacher Shortage and Anti British Edict Sparks Crisis
The nation faces a severe teacher shortage as thousands resign and attendance falls. Normal schools can't meet demand, leaving many teaching posts unfilled or filled by underprepared substitutes. National data show about 14,689 vacancies and 24,006 teachers below standard, with over 52,000 leaving in the year. Seattle deportations and Bolshevik advances add to a volatile political climate.
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New York
Crisia
Cabinet Resigns. Millerand Asked to Form New Cabinet
Paris reports Premier Clemenceau's cabinet has resigned and President Poincare has asked Alexander Millerand, governor of Alsace, to form a new cabinet. In other news, standard oil withdraws distillate from the market in San Francisco.
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Clemenceau
Paria
Poincare
Alexander Millerand
Alsace
San Francisco
War Hits Swiss Fortunes Amid War Losses Across Sectors
Berne estimates Switzerland lost six billion francs because of the war. Depreciation hits German and Austro Hungarian securities, hotels suffer 400 million francs, and most private fortunes in foreign governments and industries declined 40 to 50 percent. Legislative adjournment followed with bills and amendments for a May 1 special election including taxes for schools and institutions and funding measures.
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Berne
Switzerland
M. Sarasin
Swiss Bankers’ Union
Senate
University of Oregon, Agricultural College
Monmouth Normal
King of the hoboes Remnant of royalty in meeting order
In the text the phrase king of the hoboes stands as a rare surviving remnant of royalty. When a meeting comes to order the presence of order matters who presides. There is plenty of sugar yet money remains scarce as the main contrast.
AFL opposition to anti sedition bills outlined by Gompers
Washington notes that Samuel Gompers announced the American Federation of Labor would oppose the pending anti sedition bills in Congress with all its power. He warned the Sterling bill and the Graham measure threaten constitutional rights and vital guarantees of free government.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Samuel Gompers
Organized Labor
Senate
Palmer
House Fulexs Committee
Gompers
Governor to veto straight party ticket bill in Oregon
Salem Oregon governor Olcott announced a veto of the straight party ticket bill passed in the special session. The measure would let voters approve an entire party ticket with one mark while allowing scratching a ticket if desired.
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Salem
Olcott
Influenza Sweeps Chicago Amid Rising Case Numbers
influenza continues to sweep through Chicago with 1100 new cases daily. In forty-eight hours 2278 cases were reported and deaths reached twenty six. There were 382 new pneumonia cases and sixty six deaths. A South African mob pelting home rate leaders with eyes. A French scientist claims a sure way to exterminate cooties, a pity it does not connect with psychology. The shah of Persia travels with eight chaplains on his European tour raising watchers' concern.
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Chicago
Persia
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