World News Briefs From The Week In Focus
A digest of diverse items: Columbus floods new rainfall records in Portland. U.S. Senate actions on cadet numbers. Turkey clarifies submarine status in Mediterranean incidents. Vancouver and Kalama rail calm. Canadian editors arrested for peace disturbance. Kelly’s workhouse sentence saga. Mann Act case in Chicago. literacy tests for aliens. Villa train search. U.S. Congress wary on Mexican questions. Yuan Shi Kai’s throne renunciation contested. Arizona National Guard mobilization ordered.
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Vancouver
B.C
Union Central
Oregon California land grant bill alters receipts split
Washington reports the Oregon and California land grant bill approved by the house committee on public lands. Land grant counties receive 90 percent of net timber and land sale receipts, Oregon 20 percent for school funds, 40 percent for reclamation, 10 percent to the Federal treasury. Executory contract holders are left out. section 7 rejected. A new provision relieves homesteaders who cut over land from the 2.50 per acre payment.
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Washington, D. C
Oregon & California
House Committee On Public Lands
State of
Oregon
General Reclamation Fund
Federal Treasury
John Lind
Allies Decline to Disarm Vessels
Alleged disregard of Germany for treaties cited as the basis for rejection in the Belgium case.
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Germany
Belgium
Entente Powers Reject US Plan on Unarmed Merchant Ships
Washington reports that all Entente powers formally rejected Secretary Lansing’s proposal to have their merchant ships under U S protection, arguing doubts about treaties and safety guarantees. The move, tied to restrictive wartime measures, follows German orders and ongoing Congress debates on related policy.
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Washington, D. C
Lansing
United States
Fiale
Aia
Belgium
Vivendi
Ferris
Beagle Bee
Interait
Secretary of Agriculture
Howre
Three Americans Slain on New Mexico Border Frontier
Three Americans, two women and one man, were killed near Gibson's line ranch on the New Mexico Mexico boundary. A party of Douglas area residents said soldiers removed the bodies after dawn, and a troop from the Twelfth Cavalry guarded the survivors at the ranch house through the night. The group planned to continue toward Hashita without stopping for details.
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Douglas
Aziz
Gibson
Line Ranch
New Mexico-Mexico
United States
Gibson Ranch
Hachita
N. M
Hashita
Roosevelt urges immediate naval buildup to rival world powers
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt told the House Naval Committee the United States should restore naval power promptly to second place among world powers. He argued the U S could outstrip Germany in a naval race and favored a larger program this year than the administration’s five year plan. He noted his views in private as a personal stance while deferring formal policy to Secretary Daniels. Separately in London, munitions shortages and a strike policy were discussed, with Sir Edward Carson noting potential justification for harsh measures amid wartime needs.
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Washington, D. C
Secrretary Roosevelt
House Naval Committee
United States Navy
United States
Germany
Peaceey
Daniele
Ward
England
London
House of Commons
Ion
Edward Carson
Wne
German Loan to Success in Reichstag Speech
Berlin via Sayville wireless Dr Karl Holfferich secretary of the imperial treasury told the reichstag on Saturday that the German war loan had been a brilliant success with subscriptions surpassing 10 billion marks not including overseas and frontline subscriptions.
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Berlin
Sayville
Karl Holfferich
Reichstag
Steamer Englishman Sunk by Dominion Line Disaster
A Dominion line steamer named Englishman was reportedly sunk. The report, sourced from Portland, notes missing details and conflicting fragments about the vessel’s fate and survivors, with early indications of a maritime disaster near Nasairo and A.
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London
Dominion Line
Portland
IBM
Soma
Farmers Week Planned in McMinnville June 21 to 24
Farmers’ Week is planned in McMinnville from June 21 to 24 under the Oregon agricultural association. Organizers invite candidates from the Republican, Democratic and Prohibition parties to participate in the program and discuss farmers’ issues.
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Mchlinnville
MecMinnville
West Side
McMinnville
Cererengee Seearmen Orguaier Tons
Oregon Agricultural Tt
Republican
Democratic
Dillon
Labor commissioner criticizes Oregon for labor opportunities
O P Hoff, Oregon labor commissioner, told University of Oregon students that the state offers less opportunity for laboring men than others. He suggested using idle time to work small stump land tracts, arguing many men could gradually build a livelihood rather than wait for manufacturing jobs.
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Oregon University
Oregon
Eugene
O. P. Hoff
University Nethod of Commerce
Portand
Rees
Massachuset
Portland
Electric Line Proposed to Walla Walla via Pendleton
A proposed electric road linking Pendleton to Walla Walla and extending through to Bingham is outlined by investors including G. W. Let, a Coldier farmer, and McComas of Pendleton. Backers say ample capital supports the venture and the plan calls for rails on concrete ties as a feeder to the river line.
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Pendleton
Walla Walla
Pendle Pendleton
Roetnas
Bingham Ee
Tareems
G. W. Let
Coldier
McComas
Cold Springs Landing
Mining Property Bought in Sumpter District
Baker secures a major Sumpter mining deal in a two mine project. A gravity system will enable economical operation and substantial expansion of equipment this season. The purchase price for Bald Mountain mine is not disclosed.
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Baker
Sumpter District
Inland Empire to get first guaranteed cotton sacks
Pendleton reports the first guaranteed sack delivery offer of the season, with a carload of 60,000 cotton sacks eyed at 11 to 12 cents each. Farmers Wesley Harrah John Mumm and Henry Hudeman are building portable elevators to move the 1946 crop from field to car for loading in Umatilla County.
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Pendleton
Inland Empire
Eratearoweesa
BalfourGuthrie
H. W. Collins
Umatilla
Wesley Harrah
John Mumm
Henry Hudeman
$50,000 Moters Deal Made In Dallas News
Dallas audience learns of a major transfer as Lew A. Cates publisher of Polk County Observer and K N Wood former owner of Dallas steam laundry complete a transaction valued near $50,000. The move marks a significant shift in local business ownership.
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Dallas
Lew A. Cates
Polk County Observer
K. N.wood
Dallas Steam Laundry
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