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Familiar Ring. In Memphis, Tenn., Mrs. Ruby Barber Gresham sued for divorce, asked custody of the family telephone...
...When Gresham (Ore.) citizens started an "Oregon Property Owners' Protective League, Inc.," Ritchie and a friend named A. E. McCroskey dropped in to help. The name was soon changed to Japanese Exclusion League. Said Organizer Ritchie, "Oregon Property Owners' Protective League, Inc. is a hell of a long name to sign on a receipt." The League charged $10 initiation fees, $1 a month dues. Soon it had hundreds of paying members...
Certain Expenses. Ralph Hannon, the League's treasurer and a Gresham grocer, naively put all this in a different light: "Why, the initiation fees go to Mr. Ritchie and Mr. McCroskey. They turn in expense accounts every month and get the balance for education...
...Portland. Ore.. R. Tsubota. a truck farmer, brought a truckload of vegetables to the Portland Farmers' Market, found himself virtually boycotted. At nearby Gresham, citizens circulated a petition asking that all persons of Japanese blood be deported to a Pacific island...
December 9 Gresham Coast Guard...