Oregon News Notes of General Interest
Oregon notes report Albin elected mayor of Bair and Marpula patriotic rally. Italian service day May 24, Ken Kesey era? No. Kept to historic events: railways promise ample summer service to Oregon coast resorts. City dedications, university summer school openings, and local improvements noted.
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Walter Fernald
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Destruction of Fruit Trees in Northern France Warns of Food Crisis
U S Food Administration officials warn that German policy of strict food conservation and sustained destruction of farming property severely threaten Allied food supplies. The brief notes German tactics include burning and hacking orchards, with few relief measures available where trees are completely cut down.
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France
U. S. Foot Administration
America
Allies destroy over 100 enemy planes on Italian front
Brief news of the war reports Allied air supremacy on the Italian front with over a hundred enemy aircraft destroyed in the last twenty days. French airmen claim 222 enemy planes down in March and April, while French losses run around 40. Polish troops arrive in France and are greeted by a band. American troops have reached the northern front zone around Le Treport and other areas, with increasing air activity against the Germans. British daylight raids hit Cologne and Metz with heavy bombing on railway stations, factories, and barracks.
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Channel
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Picardy
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Cologne
Koeln
American Troops Now in Flanders Reported in Training
Washington reports that American forces have reached Flanders and joined British lines near Amiens in training behind the front. Pershing’s troops have fought with French and British units before, and fresh U.S. battalions are to be brigaded with Haig’s divisions as the German drive continues.
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Flanders
Pershing
Amiens
Douglas Haig
Uniesa
Prague Under Siege as Bohemia Declares State of Emergency
A state of siege is proclaimed in Prague after anti German protests. Police and military reinforce the city to curb demonstrations in which Czechs and Yugoslavs denounced Germany and Austria Hungary while urging resistance and sacrifice for Bohemia. In Ukraine, peasants burn bread and provisions as landowners are branded outcasts. Twenty thousand peasants tried to assemble in Kiev but were dispersed by German forces.
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Prague
Bohemian
Zarich
Germany
Austria Hungary
Bohemia
Ukraine
Kiev
Two Killed by Tornado In Davenport Ia
A tornado in rural farming districts five miles north of Davenport, Iowa, killed two people and injured two others, one seriously, as a second twister hit within ten days. The report notes ongoing community recovery and local emergency response.
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Giants in the classroom tale from a boy’s confession
A teacher asks children about giants and a boy blurts that a giant is a big man and then admits most people know there aren’t any. The quirky line captures child wit and fear of mockery.
Market Prices From Portland Listing Goods and Animals
Portland market notes list oats corn timothy alfalfa at specific ton and hundred weight prices. Butter eggs poultry and dressed meats are noted with varying prices per pound or dozen. Local producers Beattie Egge Ranch Reese Zig and Beattie appear among the entries with differing rates for creamery butter eggs and live versus dressed poultry.
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Beattie
Egge—Ranch
Reese
American Ace Lufbery Killed in French Aerial Battle
Major Raoul Lufbery premier American ace of the Flying Corps and Lafayette Escadrille, killed in France after his plane was shot down by a German two machine gun crew. He had 17 confirmed victories and survived a prior crash with a thumb wound. Funeral procession included American band and infantry.
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Raoul Lufbery
Flying Corps
Lafayette
Lefbery
Air Service
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Teal
Army Corge
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