Oregon News Notes of General Interest
Oregon reports good progress in winter wheat acreage and says an increased crop is likely. It notes deaths of Mrs Miranda Smith and John Cary, a Liberty temple dedication in Astoria, a large Oregon reserve officers camp at the U of O, and various local issues from Hood River to Portland. The drought impacts prune drying and well water, and a cloudburst disrupts rail and roads near Huntington.
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Belem
John Cary
Wasco County
Dalles
Oregon
Miranda Bimith
Newberm
Astoria
New Liberty Temple
Arthouse Square
Oregon Reserve Officers
Hallrday
University of Oregon
Hood River
Multnomah County
Incluaive
Haveley
Toledo
A.M. Les
North Pacific International Livestck
Portland
State Board of Equalization
State Tax Commission
Salem
Tax Commission
Sinnott
Secretary of the Interior
Coos Bay
North Bend
Marshfield
Union Meat Company
Benson Polytechnic School
Nebraska
Oregon Public Service Commission
Railroad Administration
Oregon Commission
Mockmen
Uffe
Huntington
Snake River
Dairy Council
Herbert Hoover
George McDuffes
KM. Schutt
Brown
County Agriculturisr
Heppner
Willow Creek
Joe Handy
Linn
van Trump
Wella
Banke Will DB
Bennett
Banking Institut
Ime
Willamette Valley
Murphy
Gold Hill
Vancouver Barracks
Frankton
State
Industrial Accident Commission
Yamishita
Philomath
Joseph H. Hatheny
Andre Naykovich
Rattenbury
Meat Company
Walter Nelson
Dickenfield
Bull Run
Oregon National Forest Reserve
House of Representatives
Oregon @ California railroad
Federal Land Office
Tts
Atate Wl
Alfonzo M. del Camps
Guadalajara
Jal
State moves to sell unused flax machinery and expand timber operations
Governor Withycombe approves selling idle flax plant equipment from the state and J C Cady’s prior flax machinery purchase is noted. Plans push a new Amber In Coan county spruce tract with 250 workers, aiming to cut 600000 feet daily once mills run. Camp Lewis reports 128 influenza and 59 pneumonia cases last week.
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Waa
J.C. Cady
Withycombe
Boutin
Amber
Coan County
Camp Lewis
Tacoma
Washinty
WL Bishop
Camp Sanitary
American Troops Embark At Rate Despite Flu Epidemic
Washington reports the embarkation of over 259000 American troops per month despite Spanish influenza. Total embarked exceeds 1,860,000 with September shipments above 250000 while home camps report over 100000 flu cases. War department maintains health screening causing schedule adjustments but not reducing total departures. Germans continue harsh actions in occupied areas with mass labor conscriptions around Bruges and fires in Cambrai and Douai.
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Washington
March
War Department
War Time Sweeteners in Merica Diet
Wartime guidance outlines substitutes for sugar including maple sugar ps honey and molasses for dessert and cooking. It provides equivalences such as one half cup syrup replacing one cup sugar and notes fruit juices gels and fresh fruit as sugar alternatives while preserving flavor and nutrition.
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Merica
Allied Pushes Across Western Front and Balkan Fronts
Reports from the war front describe Allied forces driving Germans eastward from Deb Flam and pressing along the Arras to Verdun line with French American Italian and British troops. In the Balkans Allied powers compel Austrian withdrawals near Bilbasan and Vranje as French Serbian forces seize positions. A deadly explosion at the T A Gillespie Shell Loading plant in Perth Amboy New Jersey leaves many dead or injured. Brigadier General Charles A Doyen dies of influenza at Quan tlco Virginia. Durazzo naval base in Albania is destroyed by American British and Italian ships.
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Greund
North Sea
Arras
Verdun
Kheima
Argonne Forest
Laon
la Pere
Rheims
Champagne
Tranic
Aisne
Europe
Arnes
Bilbasan
Vranje
Serbia
Scores Periah
Perth Amboy
N. J
T. A. Gillespie Shell Loading Company
St Morgan
Here
Durazzo
Rome
Orlando
YANKees straighten front near Meuse in salient battles
American troops north of Verdun along the Meuse line repelled German reinforcements and tightened positions near Cunel and Money, with heavy artillery and infantry fighting. Germans moved machine guns forward in places, while allied shelling and assault reduced resistance in key woods. Crown Prince Boris takes Bulgarian throne after King Ferdinand’s abdication. At Seattle Camp four naval trainees died in a Sunday incident.
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Verdun
Meuse
Cunel
Money Woo
Ozone Wood
Alfies
Abateates
Zurich
Boris
Bulgaria
Ferdinand
Wilson Seeks German Clarity On Peace Terms
President Wilson sends a formal note to Germany seeking clear, specific acceptance of the U S terms for peace and questioning whether the chancellor speaks for the empire or just the military. He requests exact meaning of the German reply and demands withdrawal of forces from invaded lands before any armistice talks. Robert Lansing signs for the United States.
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Washington
Wilson Hes
Germany
United States
Switserland
Congress of the United States
Robert Lansing
Rheims Freed From Foe France Captures Fort Brimont Heights
The deliverance of Rheims appears final as Fort Brimont and its heights fall to French troops. The assault east of the city cleared the Champagne mounts of enemy gun nests with light losses and marked a decisive breakthrough after four years of combat. In U.S. shipyards September produced 100 seagoing vessels 46 steel 4 wood totaling 202433 gross tons and 78 more ships of 7057 gross tons.
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France
Rheims
Fort Brimont
Champagne
Washington
Sptember
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Marine Corps
Quantlco
Doyon
Seattle
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