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Weston Leader

Location

Weston, Oregon, United States of America

Date

May 09, 1919

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Subscriptions Hit 11 Million at Hippodrome Rally

An audience at the Hippodrome subscribed to victory notes totaling 11,260,000 dollars breaking record for Liberty Loan rallies.

New York Hippodrome

Dentist Opens Modern Weston Office in Merchants Building

Dr. N. P. Bennet announces a new dental office in the Weston Mercantile Building Weston Oregon. The practice will use the latest methods with strict instrument sterilization and sanitary care. Telephone 83 hours 9 to 12 and 1 to 5.

N. P. Bennet Weston Mercantile Building Weston Oregon

Bolshevik Military Situation At Peace Conference Update

Specialists at the peace conference foresee changes in the Russian front within weeks. Finnish forces under General Udenitch, aided by thousands of Russians, threaten Petrograd. Kolchak advances toward the Volga, while Kiev sits with anti Bolshevik troops. The Bolshevik position appears precarious as northern China gains railway access via Japan in Shantung.

Paris Petrograd Udeniteh Samara Kolcbak Volga Udenitch Kiev Moscow Archangel

United States helps avert famine in Serbia

Washington reports a food famine and typhus outbreak in Serbia have been averted by the U S Food Administration and American Red Cross. The news came via a message from Red Cross headquarters at Saloniki to its headquarters.

U. S Washington Serbia United States Food Administration American Red Cross Forces Red Cross Saloniki

China protests decision at peace talks substitution of Japan for Germany

The Chinese delegation at the peace conference issued a statement criticizing the council of three for replacing Germany with Japan in the decision concerning Kiso. The protest reflects Beijing’s stance on the scheduling and participant choices shaping postwar arrangements.

Japan Germany Paris Council of Three

Deficit of Railroads Large in First Quarter

Government operating losses from the major railroad systems in the first quarter of the year totaled 150.6 million dollars. The figures, reported to the Interstate Commerce Commission and compiled by the Bureau of Railway Economics, show substantial deficits for the three months.

Washington Interstate Commerce Commission Bureau of Railway Economica

Aviator Leaps 1000 Feet For Prize Across Sky

French aviator Jean Orts won a $500 plane by leaping from an airplane 1000 feet above the Chelsea flying field as it sped at 60 miles an hour. He descended with a parachute clutching to a white parachute.

Antic City N. J Jean Orts Chelsea

Hungarian Soviet Rule Nearing End

Vienna reports the Hungarian government denies acceding to demands of Czech, Romanian and Serbo French troops. Allies say Budapest builds a red army of about 100000. many soldiers hungry with limited willingness to fight. Romanian forces enter Arad and seize bridgehead on the Thouls river. 2000 prisoners taken along front. Portland leads district in war bond drive as Ruth Garrison goes on trial for murder in Seattle.

Vienna Budapest Geneva Arad Tholss Bucharest Hermannstadt

Italian Delegates to Return to Paris

Italian delegates including Sonnino are to return to Paris for the peace conference. Italy’s status as a great power is challenged by withdrawal, while the Kiel canal's future is debated with Germany likely retaining ownership but tolls under national control.

Steplace Ler Baron Sonnino Paris Japan Shooting Peninsula China Germany Taingt Baron Makino Italy Council of Three Kiel Canal Council of Foreign Ministers Supreme Economic Council

President May Gall Congress June 1

Washington dispatches say President Wilson may call a special session of Congress around June 1 if Paris situation worsens. Officials note the session could occur sooner, with return to the United States possible before month’s end.

Washington Congress Wilson Paris Paria United States

United States Rejects German Credit Restoration Plan

American delegates oppose a proposed German bond issue of 5 billion dollars as a joint restoration effort. Britain had proposed an international guarantor group including Great Britain France the United States and others, but the U S delegation refused to participate.

United States Paria Great Britain France

Labor Conditions Show Improvement in Week Ending April 26

Unemployment conditions improved across 58 cities per federal employment service reports. Thirty five cities reported a total surplus of 2600, down from the prior week, six reported a shortage of 2450, and 26 showed supply equals demand, with the Pacific coast states noting the first surplus decrease.

Albany Jefferson John Walden la Grande Hoemabker Union Wallowa State Pacific Coast Los Angeles Department of Labor Portland Brooka L. C. Herrold State Highway Commission Reappoose Door Island C.V. Johnson Corvallia Harvey Wolfe Eanters Oregon Pacific Northwest United States Northwest Steel Company Grant Wheeler Senator McNary Oregon State Bureau Minga Theodore Roosevelt Jr Salem Harvey Wells Roosevelt Oregon Mike Columbia River Tive Washington Federal Employment Service Pacific

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