Oregon News Notes of General Interest
Portland hosts rose show on June 13 and 14 while Linn county pioneers hold a three day reunion at Browneville. Oregon officials report bond sales, prune expansion, and war effort ties across the state with mills, schools, and tribal dates.
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Portland
Oregon Bankers’ Association
Dend
Linn County
Browneville
G. E. Boenes
Oregon City
Oregon State Grange
Balom
Oregon Association of Tithe Men
Coos Bay
Labor Council
State Time Board
Emergency Board
Department of Oregon
United Spanish War Veterans
Oregon Normal School
Monmouth
State Highway Commission
Capital Justice Committee
Washington O
Oregon
Wold
Union Stock Show
la Grande
Red Cross
Fischer Lumber Company
Marcola
Mohawk
Southern Pacific
Eugene
France
Food Administration
Frank Ransom
War Industrias Board
Polk County
Oregon and California
Bull Run
Commissioner of the Land Office
Congross
Milis
Washington
Vancouver
Wash
Abbott Lawrence
Westport
Warings
Churchill
Bennett
Fincal
Chris R. Rowe
Sumpter
The Boy in Khaki 1 and the Red Cross Mother
A poet recalls a boy in khaki and a mother as Red Cross work unfolds across seas. Shadow figures fade beside portraits and a mother’s tears are wiped away by returning soldiers. The dream closes with a Red Cross banner waving over a valley.
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Goodby
Red Cross
Seas
Mim
Wheat crop near billion bushels forecast
Washington. The agriculture department projects total wheat production at 931,000,000 bushels, far above average since 1911 and about 30 percent above last year. If realized, it would be the second largest in U.S. history after 1,015,000,000 bushels in 1916.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Marines Advance in Belleau Wood Capture Large German Weapons
United States Marines attacked Germans in Belleau Wood northwest of Chateau Thierry, penetrating about a mile on a 600 yard front. They took two large minenwerfers and other matériel, plus numerous German prisoners. Major Edward D. Cole personally aided in capturing several enemy soldiers.
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France
United States
Bellew Wood
Chateau Thierry
Washington
Edward D. Cole
General Flannery Receives Croix de Guerre for Marne Swim
General Pershing’s communique states Lieutenant William J. Flannery infantryman earned the Croix de Guerre for swimming the Marne on June 3 and rescuing a wounded French soldier.
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Dedtrac
Marne
Washington
Pershing
William J. Flannery
Brief News of the War German offensive near Montdidier Noyon
A new phase opens Sunday with a 20 mile front from Montdidier to Noyon. German plans aim to bend the Allied line toward St Just and Compiegne, while French troops resist on the flanks. The center reports some gains for Germany, and US Marines halt counterattacks northwest of Chateau-Thierry as 300 prisoners are taken and the line extends about six miles.
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Olcott
Pendleton
Oregon Retail Jewelers’ Association
Salem
A. Hartmaan
F. M. French
Albany
Columbia River
Consolidation Commission
Saiom
Klamath Falls
Dairy
Inter
Oregon
William G. McAdoo
Public Service Commission
Portland
John W. Harris
Eugene
Hendrick's Park
United States Shipping Board
Astoria
James T. Channock
The
Cascades
Withycombe
Percy A. Cupper
Mr. Chinnock
Cupper
Desert Land Board
C. A. Prouty
Government Railroad Department
Montdidier
Noyon
St Just
Compiegne
Olne
Gury
Ressons-sur-Mare
Mareuil
Chateau-Thierry
Chateau Thierry
Offensive Alone Wins Says Foch Declaration
General Foch, commander in chief of the allies, argues in a weekly journal that victory comes only to the army that takes the offensive. He discusses the soldier’s role and the path to final victory in the ongoing war.
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Foch
London
United States to Manufacture 64 Million Nickel Coins
Argentina signs contract with the United States to produce sixty four million nickel coins. The Krupps previously minted the coins now in circulation. The agreement marks a shift from Krupp manufacture to U S production under Argentine government approval.
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Buenos Aires
United States
Krupps
Government spends vast sums as April tax take totals rise
A treasury report shows April tax collections totaling 169,395,000 from corporation and individual income taxes. Daily government outlays run about 54,000,000, with more than 2,000,000,000 expected in the next ten days. Also noted is a Holstein calf sold for 106,000 at the Wisconsin state fair park, seller A.C. Mardy of Brockville and buyer E. A. Stuart of Oconomowoc and Seattle.
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Washington
Treasury
Milwaukee
Wis
Sylia Johanna
State Fair Park
A.C. Mardy
Brockville
Ont
E. A. Stuart
Oconomowoc
Seattle
Wash
Japan Denies Control of China in Military Accord Report
Tokio officials refute a published report claiming the China-Japanese military agreement grants Japan control over China's military forces finances railways and mines. The denials stress the absence of any surrender of sovereignty and reiterate Japan's adherence to its stated policy.
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Japan
China
Tokio
Drafting of Men to 45 Proposed in Senate
Senator Cummins of Iowa and France of Maryland offered amendments to extend the army draft law to all men aged 18 to 45 as the senate military committee began reviewing the 12 billion dollar army macropristian bill approved by the house.
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Washington
Cummins
Iowa
France
Maryland
Senate Military Committee
House
French Th Semis Drive Gains on Front Near Oise
Paris reports a major French advance along a front from Rubescourt to St. Maur recapturing Belloy Genlis Wood and heights between Courcelles and Mortemer. German losses are heavy with over 1000 prisoners and guns taken. Marines gain near Chateau Thierry carving out new prisoners and matériel.
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Paris
Rubescourt
St. Maur
Belloy
Genlis Wood
Courcelles
Mortemer
War Office
Bessons-sur-Mars
Oise
Beck
Teutons
Noyon
Chateau Thierry
Bellew Wood
Germans Attack Along New Front Near Montdidier
Paris reports a German thrust along about a 30 mile front between Montdidier and Noyon with ground gained up to two and a half miles in some areas. French left wing resistance held, center saw reinforcements reach Cuville wood and Resson sur Mats, and Allied counterattacks regained some lost ground as the advance was checked at resistance lines.
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Paris
Montdidier
Noyon
War Office
Cuville Wood
Resson»sur Mats
Oise
U.S. Casualties Totals 7315 In Expeditionary War
General Pershing’s weekly casualty summary reports 7315 American expeditionary forces casualties. Deaths in action and disease total 2027, 4046 wounded, 2423 missing in action including prisoners. Recap shows killed in action 1093, died of wounds 310, died of disease 1192, died of accidents 392, wounded 4046, missing 2423.
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Washington
Pershing
War Department
Germany
Pershing Leads American Advance at Cantigny
General Pershing personally commanded the recent American movement that captured Cantigny with heavy German losses. Senate military affairs committee heard the report at a weekly conference with the war council in Paris. French counter attacks on the Oise front drive Germans back across the Mats river.
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Pershing
Washington
Cantigny
Senate Military
War Council
Paris
Oise
Mats River
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