The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-06
NORTHWEST CITIES
PUT UP BIG FIGHT
Portland Inspired BY War
Hero, Grits Teeth to
Give Her Best in Wip-
ing Out "Kultur."

PORTLAND. Or. April s.-That
was a Portland boy who flew over
Verdun early last January and. cir
cling three miles above Ludwigs-
have sent eight American bombs
down upon the kaisers big NUM-
tions plant and returned with his
riGdled airplane amid constant
shower of shrapnel to a point of
safety behind the allied lines.
George M. Kyle is the flyers
name. There's a service flag hang
ing In a window out at 543 L. 37th
st. n. that bears evidence that Kyle
Is still doing gallant duty on the
Western front.
His was the first achievement of
its kind performed by an American.
His observer was unconscious when
the plane dropped to safety, having
tainted from cold
Since that day Portland has con-
tributed her share to the honor
rolf of heroes who won't come back
and has settled down with gritted
teeth to give her last dollar and her
last life, II necessary, to wipe out
Hun "kultur" and end the war.
Make n Record.
When Portland got the news OF
Kyle's flight over Germany, the
rattle OF the rivetlng gun in the
shlpyards increased 100 per cent and
more, until the worlds record for
turning out a completed hull was
broken by the boys in the Columbia
River Shipbuilding Corporation S
yards.
They did IL In 81 days. beating the
Skinner & Eddy boatbuilders at Sc
attic. former record holders, who
who built the same kind of a hull
In IS days.
This was after Mrs. Charles Hill
ton, of Portland. captured the Pa
cifie Coast championship for knit
ting wool socks for the Red Cross.
ers take her 10 hours.
Three thousand other Portland
women are knitting for the Yanks
in France. using $1,000 worth of
wool yarn every month, turning out
more than 5000 sweaters and be-
tween 5000 and 5000 pairs of socks
every 80 days.
cover Top I'm Week."
A corps of $50 girls and women
working in the Red Gross work
room are turning out 100000 sur
glcal dressings every month, while
ESQ other auxiliaries turnout the
city are engaged in the same in
dustry.
Oregon citizens subscribed s1,o3s.-
220 in the Red Cross drive last June
when the quota was $500, 900, fol-
lowed by a Red Gross membership
drive in which $4,000 was cleared
last December.
Right now Portland has adopted
the slogan lover the top in a week
or the third Liberty Loan drive. In
which Oregon's quota is $1,000. 900.
In the first and second loans Ore
gon took s36.051,5 500 worth OF bonds
or SO la per cent over-subsorip-
tion.
Portland Jews have bested all
others in buying bonds, and in the
Red Cross drives they out-gave the
Caucasians. They have sent SOC
young men into the army, navy and
marine corps, and have pledged a
bond of the third issue for every
member of their families.
10000 Men Enlist.
10000 men have enlisted in the
army thru the local recruiting Of.
flee.
5.429 national guardsmen from
state are now in federal service
3s3 naval militia men have beer
mustered into the national nava.
volunteers.
$500 men have enlisted In Uncle
Sans navy thru the Portland sta
ton.
400 others are in the naval re-
serves.
1.1ss seiective service men have
been called to the national army.
$500 are registered or call at a
moments notice.
Since January It has been found
necessary to intern 81 enemy aliens.
out of 176 arrested for violation OF
the espionage act.
Altho the internal revenue office
is making up its estimate of re-
ceipts thru the income tax. these
figures will not be available until
they are given out by proper au-
thorities at Washington, d. c.
The same is true Of the amount
of money derived from the sale OF
war savings stamps and certificates
Oregon's income tax is, however,
said to be sum that would stag
ger old w Hohenzollern. and there
is probably no home In the state
without its savings certificates and