Seven Persons Lost In Hawaiian Flight
The Pacific swallows seven on a flight from Oakland toward Hawaii. Pilot Jack Frost, navigator Gordon Scott, Mildred Doran, John Auggy Pedlar, and Lieutenant Knope vanish after departure. Captain William Erwin and Alvin Bichwaldt search 2400 miles, aided by 58 naval vessels, but no trace of the missing planes is found after six days.
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San Francisco
Cal
Pacific
California
Hawaii
Jack Frost
Gordon Scott
Los Angeles
Golden Hogle
Mildred Doran
John Auggy
Knope
Oakland
James D. Dole
William P. Erwin
Dallas
Tex
Alvin H. Bichwall
Alameda
Honolulu
Dallas Spirit
Bill
Erwin
Hichwaldt
Will Present Basin Project to Coolidge
Spokane report says a Rapid City conference with President Coolidge is planned for August 30. Roy H. Gill, chairman, said a special Columbia basin irrigation league committee will present basic project facts and official reports condensed into brief statements of facts.
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Spokane
Wash
Pressent Coolidge
Rapid City
8. C
Columbia Basin Irrigation League
Roy H. Gill
Everett Sanders
State Moves Toll Bridge Transfer to Free Structure
Floods prompt Walla Walla and Franklin counties to seek state control of the Pasco Burbank toll bridge built in 1921 with $115000 bonds each. Tolls totaling $130000 have been collected, $15000 retired in Walla Walla, and funds redirected to road and bridge. Counties to share $10000 from the sale proceeds as transfer proceeds proceed.
Warship Plan Theft Suspect Arrested in Philadelphia
A Danish draftsman Sven Dan Serg, 24, formerly at Newport News naval base, is seized in Philadelphia. He is linked to a plot to steal cruiser plans from Newport News and sell them to a foreign power if the navy department refused to pay for their return.
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Philadelphia
Newport News
Navy Department
Sven Dan Serg
Newport News Bage
Freak Storm Strips Shade Trees, Hits Umatilla County
A severe electrical storm moved through Umatilla County Monday evening causing fires from lightning in fields and grazing lands. In Pendleton two buildings burned, 80 acres burned at Ralph Tachella farm, and Milton suffered major damage including a small cyclone uprooting trees and damaging sidewalks. Echo, Helix, Athena also reported fires and destruction with no rain.
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Umatilla
Pendleton
Ralph Tachella
Echo
Tony Cunha
Echo Rod and Gun Club
Walla Walla Valley
Milton
Helix
Peter Weidert
Athena
Kathren Froom Weds Lyman Cooley in Athena Ceremony
Kathren Froom of Athena married Lyman Cooley of Portland in a 2:30 pm ceremony at the bride’s mother's home. The ring ceremony used gladiola and fern décor. Rev. Melville Wire officiated. The couple plan to reside in Portland after a honeymoon at Long Beach Washington.
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Kathren Froom
Athena
Lyman Cooley
Portland
Laura Froom
Hazel Sanders
Rudy Mollner
Pendleton
Melville Wire
Cooley
Mildred Froom
W. 8. Ferguson
Pete Abercrombie
Athena High School
Newberg
Washougal
Mr. Cooley
Long Beach
Washington
Fire threatens garages after boys light grass in alley
Two boys Billy McFadden and Jack Miller carried matches that started a grass fire behind the McFadden and LeGrow residences Monday afternoon. Charles McFarland Claude Dickenson and others arrived quickly and prevented the flames from reaching a barn and garages. their swift efforts extinguished the fire.
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Billy McFadden
Jack Miller
McFadden
LeGrow
Charles McFarland
Claude Dickenson
Accident injures Pendleton woman on Cabbage Hill
Mrs Delbert Clore suffered severe bruises and was badly shaken when her car was driven off the highway on Cabbage hill en route from Vale to Pendleton Sunday. Other occupants, including Nellie Taylor and Clore’s two children, were uninjured. Mrs Clore rests at her mother's Pendleton home.
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Delbert Clore
Pendleton
Vale
Cabbage Hill
Bisulphide Treatment In Grain Fields Reported
Farmers Samuel Pambrun Alex McIntyre and Floyd Pinkerton describe using bisulphide on wild morning glory patches in grain fields. They drill 18 inch holes in soil and pour the treatment into each hole, citing ideal conditions for the process.
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Samuel Pambrun
Alex McIntyre
Floyd Pinkerton
Preparations Under Way to Open Athena Schools
Athena High School and Athena Grade schools prepare to start on Tuesday September 6 with Labor Day on September 5. Students must enroll August 31 to September 1 in the superintendent's office to select courses for the year. The district resumes manual training and extends union high school facilities to district No. 11 with bus service bids requested.
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Athena High School
Athena
Meyer
Here
No. 11
Bridge Guard Fatally Struck Guarding Crossing at John Day
Milton Baker of Arlington was fatally struck by a passenger train while guarding a bridge crossing the John Day River Monday night. His head was severely harmed and found about a hundred feet down the track. Survived by three children in Arlington.
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Milton Baker
Arlington
John Day River
Baker
Weston Opens New School Building on Historic Site
Weston completes a new school building on the former Eastern Oregon normal school site ready for acceptance by the school district. The project replaces the old structure with modern facilities aimed at expanding local education options.
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Weston
Eastern Oregon Normal School
Annual Cowboy Dance Opens Pendleton Round-Up Season
As the Round-Up season begins on September 1 in the Happy Canyon dance hall, a seven piece orchestra will headline the opening event. J. C. Olsen oversees dances and promises top attractions to start the buckaroo season with the biggest party of the year.
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Pendleton
Happy Canyon
J. C. Olsen
Apple Harvest Set to Start in Milton-Freewater Orchards
Apple harvest is underway with prune work finished and attention turning to apples. Work begins in Milton Freewater orchards about September 1. Fruit washers are being installed and packing preparations are under way. Growers expect smaller apples this year with C grade including fruit as small as 175s.
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Milton-Freewater
Forest fires renew in county causing timber damage
Forest fires that were checked by last week’s rains have flared again, damaging merchantable and growing timber. A pall of smoke obscured the sun in parts of the county on Monday.
Biography of Hugh McArthur Pioneer Leader From Oregon
James T Lieuallen Sr writes a memorial sketch for Hugh McArthur detailing his Scottish origins birth in Glasgow October 14 1840 migration to Canada and the United States arrival in Oregon in 1864 followed by mining and merchandising in Weston and Portland He notes his teaching early schooling in Rawhide school house marriage in 1870 and death August 15 1927 at age 87, urging respect for old pioneers and their hardship-fighting role.
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Teir
Hugh McArthur
James T. Lieuallen
Adams
Oregon
Glasgow
Scotland
Canada
United States
New York
Cape Horn
San Francisco
Umatilla County
Washington
Idaho
Montana
T .T. Lieuallen
Weston
Amanda J. Lieuallen
Plains
Josiah
Johanna Lieuallen
Rawhide
Athena
Pendleton
Portland
Unnoticed Reform on Oregon Highways Quietly Advances
The Oregon Highway Department quietly acquires land along highway right of way to remove billboards and hot dog stands. The State Motor Association notes this reform protects scenic and historic sections and preserves natural beauty for motorists now and posterity.
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The
State Motor Association
Oregon
Highway Department
Highway Commission
Commission
Jan Scott Pioneer of Walla Walla Dies
William Jan Scott, 85, longtime Walla Walla resident, died late Sunday at his brother in law B B Witt's home after a long illness and a flu attack. He first arrived in 1862 as a barefooted boy to aid settlers in the Grande Ronde valley and became a well known backaroo and freighter across the Northwest.
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The
Walla Walla
Weston Mountain Potatoes Hold Certification Back Due to Acreage
Officials from O. A. C. inspected fields in the Weston Mountain district as crop certification trails longer this season because of a largely increased acreage.
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Weston Mountain
O. A.C
Memorial for Mr McArthur Remembers A.rn
The obituary honors a man who owned a header and thresher in Umatilla county. He was admired for finance kindness and philanthropy and helped farmers during the 1893 panic by reducing interest and paying taxes until debts were settled. His funeral in Athena reflected community respect and a large local and regional turnout.
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Umatilla
Robert Jamison
Walla Walla
Robert Coppock
Umatilla County
Portland
Little Baptist Church
Athena
Bollinger
Carl McConnell
Multnomah
Pall Beavera
George W. Lieuvallen
Oregon
J.T. Lieuallen
Adams
Edgar Leonard
Wallaburg
Washington
Raymone Banister
Weston
Scott Mc.Arthur
San Francisco
Athens
Coolidge Aims to Authorize More Submarines and Cruisers
President Coolidge plans to seek authorization for additional surface ships and submarines at the next Congress session, while delaying immediate appropriations. He will set a general policy and have Congress work out specific numbers, and push private management of the government merchant fleet due to ongoing losses.
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Rapid City
S. C
Coolidge
Congress
White House
Executive
Great Britain
Sacco and Vanzetti Executed in Boston
The two anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti were executed in Boston after failed appeals. They issued brief statements in the death chamber as legal efforts to save them failed. The crime involved a 1920 double murder at Slater & Morrill in South Braintree when Paymaster Parmenter and guard Berardelli were shot and robbed of $15,776.
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Frederick A. Parmenter
Alexander Berardelli
Lyle Called to Capital for Immediate Conference
Roy Lyle prohibition director for the Pacific Northwest is urged to come to Washington at once for a conference with Dr. J M M Doran and superiors. Lyle prefers delaying departure a week but Doran says his presence is imperative. Officials refuse to specify discussion topics.
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Washington
D. C
Roy Lyle
Prohibition
Pacific North
Weat, Nae Hoon
Stronely
Seattle
J. MM. Doran
Intenioner
Lyle
Doran
Lowman
Pacific North West
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Walla Walla County
Miss Kathren Froom
Fenry C. Heinz
Henry C. Heinz
Atlanta
Kiwanig International
Memphis
Rumania
Perdinape
Ruminia
Etreeta
Bucharest
Michael
Jan Scott
Sacco
Vanzetti
Boston
Northwest
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