Washington Legion Elected Alexander Washington Legion Elected
Alexander Spokane veteran General Alexander retired ex commander of Camp Lewis was elected department commander of the Washington American Legion at the ninth annual convention in Centralia. Welsh Chadwick and others were named officers. delegates to Paris named. resolutions urged naval buildup universal conscription and a national flag salute code. Mrs. William Scales of Centralia was elected state president of the Legion Auxiliary.
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Spokane
Wash
Alexander
Camp Lewis
American Legion
Centralia
William D. Welsh
Port Angeles
Navy
Stephen M. Chadwick
Seattle
Storrey
Fort George Wright
Owen Taylor
Kent
Paris
S. BE. Rosenthal
A. F. Brunkow
Sol Zwang
Marcus
R. C. Angle
Shelton
Raftis
Colville
Bremerton Navy Yard
Canadian Legion
Mre
William Scales
The
Legion Auxiliary
Escaped murderer Sickles killed by sheriffs in Washington
Edward Sickles, 24, who escaped Snohomish county jail while sentenced for hanging, died in Everett after a gun battle with deputy sheriffs trailing him for weeks. He had killed Sultan marshal Percy Brewster in Sultan jail on March 2 and was to be hanged May 13.
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Everett
Wash
Edward Sickles
Snohomish
Sickles
Percy Breweter
Sultan Marshal
Sultan
Youngblood
Johnson
Ryan
M. B. Waller
Seattle
Auto killings exceed World War I army deaths in eight years
Washington reports that 137,017 people died in automobile crashes from 1915 through 1926, surpassing 120,050 American army deaths in World War I. Injuries since the armistice reached 500,000, with 26 percent of the dead and injured under age 15. Last year saw about 23,000 fatalities, up 1,000 from 1925, the highest yearly toll yet.
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Washington, D. C
United States
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Ireland Honors Frederick Sterling US Minister in Dublin Escort
Frederick Sterling, the United States first minister, received a formal welcome in Dublin with a ceremonial escort and buildings draped in American flags as he presented credentials to Governor Timothy Healy.
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Dublin
Ireland
Frederick Sterling
United States
Sterling
Timothy Healy
Mrs John Walker Died After Long Illness at Athena Area Home
Mrs John Walker died at her home south of Athena after a long illness due to paralysis. Born in Ontario on August 12, 1862 she was 64 years old. She leaves husband Clifford Walker two daughters Miss Jennie Ma Walker and Mrs J R Booker a son and a sister and several brothers in Canada and Montana. Funeral services were held at the Christian church in Athena with interment at Weston cemetery.
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John Walker
Athena City Limits
Clifford Walker
Athena
Jennie Ma. Walker
J. R. Booker
Pendleton
R. Richmond
Walla Walla
F. Snyder
Canada
Montana
Walker
Christian Church
Weston Cemetery
Lindbergh Comes to Standard Tomorrow
The Standard Theatre offers a one reel Lindbergh non stop Atlantic flight feature at 8 15 pm before Peter Kyne's The Understanding Heart with Joan Crawford Rockcliffe Fellowes and Francis X Bushman Jr. Sunday night Cosmopolitan Captain Salvation stars Lars Hanson Pauline Starke and Ernest Torrence. Newsreel and short comedies follow.
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Standard Theatre
Lindbergh
Atlantic Flight
Peter By
Kyne
Joan Crawford
Rockcliffe Fellowes
Francis X. Bushman, Jr
Cosmopolitan
Lars Hanson
Pauline Starke
Ernest Torrence
State to Buy Bridge for Northwest Celebration
Wal la Walla and Pasco residents moved forward Monday with plans to celebrate the states purchase of the Pasco Burbank bridge. The 1921 toll bridge, built by Walla Walla and Franklin counties, would become toll free as funds approved by the legislature are used to finalize the sale.
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Walla Walla
Pasco
Pasco- Burbank
Franklin
Superintendent Meyer Returns to Athena After Surgery
Lee A. Meyer superintendent of Athena schools arrived in the city from Marshfield where he spent the summer. He recently had an appendicitis operation and will return to Athena with his family about August 28 after securing the Sherman residence on the West side.
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Meyer
Lee A. Meyer
Athena Schools
Marshfield
Sherman
Vein
Athena
Meteorite Sparks Forest Fire in Walla Walla District
Umatilla forest rangers report a flaming meteorite ignited timber in the Walla Walla district. The rock split a tree about 20 feet high, lodged in the stump, and the fire, attributed to lightning, spread before being contained.
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Umatilla
Boy Keeps Pledge to Report to State School
Roy Biggins, 17, was arrested for theft but honored by County Judge I M Schannep who allowed him to go alone to the state training school after reporting he had arrived safely. The judge placed him on his honor and he fulfilled the pledge.
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Roy Biggins
Stexing
Faith County
I. M. Schannep
Waterspout Hits Blakeley Station Area Briefly
A cloudburst near Blakeley Station west of Athena flooded the highway briefly Monday afternoon. Only minor crop damage is reported in several fields where water cascaded across the area.
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Blakeley Station
Athena
Coolidge Declines 1928 Presidential Run
President Calvin Coolidge cards circulated to newsrooms reveal his statement that he would not seek the 1928 presidency. The slips read I do not choose to run for president in 1928 and captured widespread attention as summer capitol news.
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Cal
Coolidge
Grain dust explosions in threshing mills warned by US agri bureau
Grain dust explosions, once a half million dollar farm hazard, have dropped to an estimated 15 000 to 75 000 dollars annual risk. Most blasts occur in the Pacific Northwest during threshing, often with loss of life and destroyed separators. Expert theory links smut particles in fall wheat to static ignition behind the cylinder, with 50 000 volt charges common and blasts two detonations. Prevention relies on eliminating dust clouds or ignition sources and reducing atmospheric combustibility.
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United States Bureau of Chemistry
Pacific Northwest
Department of Agriculture
Pendleton Player Wins Eastern Oregon Women’s Title
Misa Jeanne Bell of Pendleton defeated Mrs. Fox of Union to win the eastern Oregon women's singles tennis title, taking the match 8-6 3-6 6-3.
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Misa Jeanne Bell
Pendleton
Oregon
Mrs. Fox
Union
Manual Training Re-established at Athena High School
The Athena school board plans to reestablish the manual training department next year. Harold Frederick of Chehalis Washington will instruct the classes. The district will purchase new equipment and use existing gear to build a thorough practical program for high school and seventh and eighth grade students.
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Athena High School
Harold Frederick
Chehalis
Washington
Frederick Elcusee
Athena
Athena High
Wheat Theft Charged Near Mission by Maynard Brothers
Two Maynard brothers are under arrest near Mission on the Umatilla River for alleged theft of sacks of wheat. Identified victims include John Todd and Sam Jitter.
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Maynard
Mission
Umatilla
John Todd
Sam Jittner
Captain Sumpkin Leads Cayuse Talk Over Oregon Trail Roadland
Captain Sumpkin, 89, a Cayuse elder, addressed Oregon highway talks in Portland about preserving land along the highway and timber sales near Pendleton. Arbitrators proposed terms rejected by the Cayuse, who refused leasing or exchanging land as negotiations continued after a courthouse council.
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Umatilla Reservation
Leo Sampson
Highway Commission
Shillal
Pendleton
Captain Sumpkin
Allen Patawa
Tom Shallal
Commission
Wiseman
Oregon
Blue Mountains
Pendleton Bride Weds Fred Merryfield at Pendleton
Pendleton girl Miss Mildred Berkeley, graduate of the University of Oregon and member of an eastern Oregon pioneer family, became the wife of Fred Merryfield, an instructor at Oregon Agricultural College.
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Pendleton
Mildred Berkeley
Fred Merryfield
Oregon Agricultural College
Berkeley
University of Oregon
Oregon
Combine Engines Fires Grain Near Myrick Station
A grain fire started by the backfiring gasoline engine on John Planting's combine destroyed about 75 acres of grain near Myrick station west of Athena on Monday. The blaze scorched standing wheat on the Mumford place and a small portion of Mrs. G W Planting's farm. The machine and 700 empty grain bags burned. grain averaged 387 bushels per acre and 100 plus people helped fight the fire.
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John Planting
Myrick Station
Athena
Tube Feeding Restores Appetite for Prisoner Frank Lewis
Frank Lewis a Washington Penitentiary inmate who has been unable to eat due to a cancerous esophageal growth now receives nutrition through a stomach tube after an x ray by Dr. J W Ingram. He reports his appetite is the best in his 66 years and he enjoys meals. He was sent to the prison from Spokane in 1921.
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Frank Lewis
Washington
Lewis
J. W. Ingram
Spokane
Two Local Couples Tie the Knot in Walla Walla Church
Lorain Shick of Athena and Miss Helen Whited of Portland wed Sunday at the Christian church in Walla Walla. The groom, A B Shick’s only son, works for Pendleton Trading and the couple plan to reside in Pendleton after the ceremony.
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Lorain Shick
Athena
Helen Whited
Portland
Christian Church of
Walla Walla
Round-Up Prospects Bright for Cheyenne Frontier Days Show
R and Chioupek secretary of the Round-Up Association states he secured contracts with nationally famous performers for next month’s Round-Up. Irwin and McCarthy supply racing and packing stock plus riders ropers bulldoggers trick riders and drons busters. Independent rodeo stars also engaged.
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Cheyenne, R
Chioupek
Round-Up Association
Irwin
Grain thieves hit Umatilla county fields at night
East Oregonian notes grain thieves active in Umatilla county missing sacks from recently threshed fields. Growers report thieves back a truck into fields under cover of darkness and steal several sacks, with one farmer losing 47 sacks.
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The
East Oregonian
Umatilla
Pendleton Round-Up Names Mabel Strickland 1927 Queen
Mabel Strickland a skilled cow girl in relay and trick riding and bronco busting is named the Pendleton Round-Up queen for the 1927 event to be held September 14 through 17 by the directors announcement.
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Mabel Strickland
Pendleton
Spokane athlete killed near La Grande in truck crash
John Mackenzig aged 22 a college athlete from Spokane was found dead beneath his overturned truck six miles west of La Grande on the Old Oregon Trail highway late Saturday authorities reported.
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John Mackenzig
Spokane
la Grande
Pool Hall Robbery Probed by Sheriff at Frew Wieter
The sheriff's office investigates a pool hall robbery at Frew Wieter. Fingerprints left at the scene provide the main clue as detectives pursue suspects.
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Sheriff's Office
Frewwieter
Hunnish Invasion Ruled Central Europe in Fourth Century
The Hunnish invasion involved a Mongolian group striking Europe in the fourth century AD. They fought the Goths and raided central Europe driving peoples south toward Spain and the Balkans, contributing to the decline of the Western Roman Empire. The invaders pushed toward Gaul and western France.
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Europe
Spain
Maly
Balkan Peninsula
Gaul
France
Coolidge Declares He Will Not Seek Re election
Rapid City reports that President Calvin Coolidge issued a handwritten statement saying he does not choose to run for president. The note was distributed at the summer White House on the fourth anniversary of his presidency, with no further comment.
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Rapid City
Coolidge
White House
United States
Calvin Coolidge
Harding
Airman flies from Leviathan deck in experimental flight
Curtis Field witnesses a dem on aviation achieving a trans Atlantic time cut. MP Parence D Chamberlin lifted off the Leviathan at 8 14 am and landed at 9 30 am in a Fokker biplane after fog diverted him to Hasbrouck Heights New Jersey. Officials praise the flight as a potential precursor to ship to land services.
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Curtiss Field
N. Y
New York
Europe
Parence D. Chamberlin
Chamberlin
Long Island
Hasbrouck Heights
N. J
United States Lines
Ine
Churches Lose Yearly Membership Across Denominations
A report to the Interchurch conference notes a yearly loss of about 400000 members from church communions. Dr W H Carroll, conference secretary, says the erosion could reach nearly half a million if other denominations join the trend. The conference met April 14 and covers 19 communions with a grand total around 15 million members.
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Philadelphia
Interchurch Conference
Presbyterian Church
United States of America
Wh, K. Carroll
Plainfield
N. J
Oln
Altunion
Supreme Court Affirms Death Penalty for Gaines Murder
Olympia hearing confirms Wallace C. Gaines must die for killing his daughter Sylvia on the night of June 16, 1026. Supreme Court writes the opinion with Justice John I. Maur affirming the King County court verdict of first-degree murder.
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Olympia, Wash
Wallace C. Gaines
Sylvia
Supreme Court
John I. Maur
King County Court
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Leningrad
Ben
Oregon Trail
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Oregonian
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State Highway Commission
Pony Express
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Mmack Mills
South Dakota
Frank G. Ewer
Wyowing
Cheyenne
Clyde Jones
Cutter State Park
Summer White House
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