Government to file war fraud suits target $21.5 million
Attorney General Daugherty initiates a broad wartime fraud case against contractors for four Army cantonments. Initial suits seek $21.5 million for Camp Upton, Camp Jackson, Camp Sherman, and Camp Funston with potential for a dozen or more actions and total recoveries estimated above $75 million.
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Washington
D. C
Daugherty
Camp Upton
Yaphank
N. Y
Camp Jackson
Columbia
8. C
Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
Ohio
Camp Funston
Fort Riley
Kana
Taxes Dip Sharply in Fiscal Year 1922 Across U S States
Federal tax collections for the year ending June 30 1922 fell about 1.4 billion dollars or 80 percent from 1921. Income and profits taxes dropped 1.141 billion dollars or 85 percent while total receipts were 3.197 billion versus 4.695 billion in 1921. State by state totals show New York leading followed by Pennsylvania and Illinois with Alaska California Hawaii Idaho Montana Oregon Washington Wyoming among those listed.
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Washington, D. C
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Alaska
California
Hawaii
Idaho
Montana
Oregon
Washington
Wyoming
Opposition to federal irrigation legislation at this session
Congress members from the middle west oppose further reclamation activity as President Harding seeks economy. After talks with active irrigation and public lands committee members, officials expect no reclamation bills this session due to budget restraint and regional opposition.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Middle West
Harding
Committee On Irrigation and Public Lands
Thief Rings Involving 40 Postal Clerks exposed
Washington authorities report that thefts from the mails were detected at the Council Bluffs Iowa railway mail terminal. Evidence links 40 postal employees with confessions from more than 25. Warrants for arrest of the others have been issued.
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Washington
D. C
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Post Office Department
Venizelos Agrees to Act as Greek Envoy
Paria M Venizelos telegraphed Athens his acceptance of the Argentina revolutionaries offer to assume Greece's interests abroad in a diplomatic envoy role aiding the empire.
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Veinizelos
Paria —M. Venizelos
Athens
Greece
Watts Files Damage Suit Ties to Famous Athena Liquor Case
Homer I. Watts of Athena filed a $50,000 damages suit in circuit court against George Gerking Alf Oftedahl N H Desper District Attorney R I Keator and Mrs Charles Betts alleging a 1918 raid over liquor stored at Watts home caused personal indignities and public shame. The case ties to Watts liquor prosecutions and a vanished evidence locker amid prior court losses and appeals.
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Pendleton Tribune
Homer I. Watts
Athena
ER. C. Prestleye
George Gerking
Athena Farmer
Alf Oftedahl
N. H. Desper
R. I. Keator
Charles Betts
T. D. Taylor
Joe H. Parks
Justice Court
Watts
Circuit Court
G. W. Phelps
American Legion Post Heads Red Cross Drive
Athena-Weston American Legion Post has assumed management of the Red Cross Membership drive for Athena and vicinity. Work of soliciting for members began Tuesday. The county quota is $4,000 with $3,116 subscribed to date. Hermiston is the only town to exceed its quota at 300. The legion post will undertake to raise Athena’s quota in the coming week.
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Athena-Weston American Legion Post
Red Cross
Athena
Hermiston
Legion Post
Taxpayers League to Meet in Pendleton Circuit Court Room
The Taxpayers League of Umatilla County will hold a meeting Saturday afternoon at 1 20 o clock in the circuit court room Pendleton Oregon with members urged to attend.
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League
Taxpayers’ League of
Umatilla County
Circuit Court
Pendleton
Wayne Swaggart Triumphs at Stock Show
Wayne Swaggart and his family moved from eastern Oregon to Portland and won multiple prizes at the International Live Stock Show in north Portland. He earned first prize in district three for pigs, first for a pen of one, third for open fat hogs, and total earnings of 204.20 from six pigs, plus weight and breed details.
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Montavilla Times
Wayne Swaggart
Oregon
Rt. 1
Portland
Cascade Mountains
President Pierce
Poland
China
A. L. Swaggart
George M Froome Dies After Long Illness In Pendleton
George M Froome a pioneer resident died after eight years bedridden following a paralytic stroke. He was 70 born in Ontario Canada and lived in Athena before running a livery stable. Funeral services were held at St Marys church Pendleton with burial at Waitsburg beside his late wife. He leaves four children Mrs Roy Raley Pendleton Moscoe G Froome Wrentham Mass Mrs Mabel Wessel Jamaica West Indies and Miss Hattie E Froome San Francisco. Two brothers survive John E Froome Athena and James I Froome Los Molinos California.
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George M. Froome
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Pendleton
St. Mary's Church
Waitsburg
Mr. Froome
Ontario
Canada
Athena
Roy Raley
Moscoe G. Froome
Wrentham
Mass
Mabel Wessel
Jamaica
West Indies
Hattie E. Froome
San Fancisco
John E. Froome
James I. Froome
Los Molinos
California
Legion of Oregon to hold five district conferences
At Portland the executive committee of the American Legion of Oregon decided to hold conferences in five districts to maintain interest in the organization. Harry N. Nelson, temporary adjutant, was made permanent adjutant.
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Portland
The
American Legion of Oregon
Harry N. Nelson
University of Oregon Alumni Gather in Pendleton Reunion
University of Oregon alumni from Umatilla County plan a December 20 meeting in Pendleton to form a county alumni organization. President P. L. Campbell will address the gathering.
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University of Oregon
Umatilla County
Pendleton
P. L. Campbell
U. of O
Trees Set Out In Athena City Park
The Civic Club planted 69 purchased trees and about 30 locusts in the city park under County Agent Fred Bennion. The selection included Carolina poplars maples walnuts mountain ash horse chestnuts sycamores catalpas and privet plants costing 70 dollars. Eight men and Bennion provided labor and the club expresses thanks to E Prestleye John Benson A H McIntyre J H Ridenour Fred Beckner Sam Haworth Geo Richardson and E A Merritt.
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Civic Club
Fred Bennion
Mr. Bennion
E. ©. Prestleye
John Benson
A. H. McIntyre
J. H. Ridenour
Fred Beckner
Sam Haworth
Geo, Richardson
E. A. Merritt
Tax Exemption Rules For Admissions Outlined By Collector
Clyde G. Huntley announces that many organizations claiming tax exemptions for admissions fail to file required advance affidavits proving eligibility. penalties range up to 10 000 dollars and possible imprisonment. eligible groups include religious charitable educational societies and other listed organizations, with proceeds benefiting them.
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Clyde G. Huntley
Internal Revenue
Huntley
The
American Legion
Societies For
Societies For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children and Animals
Agricultural Fair Associations
Ritner Serves as Acting Governor During Olcott Trip
Governor pro tem Roy Ritner, president of the state senate, will act as governor while Governor Olcott spends a month in West Virginia for a governors meeting. Ritner will handle duties including the next biennium budget.
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Ritner
Protem
Olcott
West Virginia
Roy Ritner
State Senate
Ellen Pambrun Becomes Bride of Percy Wilson
Miss Elena Pambrun daughter of Mr and Mrs Samuel Pambrun married Percy Wilson in a home ceremony south of Athena Rev F B Russell officiated bridesmaid Belle Pambrun best man Fay Pambrun Sadie Pambrun sang O Promise Me Mrs 8 H Forshaw played the wedding march Bride studied at Whitman college member of Sigma Gamma sorority Groom WWII veteran with honors They will reside in Pilot Rock where he works as a state highway inspector
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Elena Pambrun
Samuel Pambrun
Percy Wilson
Athena
F. B. Russell
Athena Christain Church
Belle Pambrun
Fay Pambrun
Sadie Pambrun
8. H. Forshaw
Pendleton
Evalyn Williams
Delta Morse
Blanche Wilson
Whitman College
Sigma Gamma Sorority
Wilson
Pilot Rock
State Highway Service
Glassy Cutworm Damaging Wheat in Oregon City Area
The glassy cutworm, a pest that cuts young wheat below the surface, is at work in the Sunny Side district near Oregon City. A farmer reported damage to fall wheat, prompting a survey. Experts note unusual activity this season and advise crop rotation off grains. Information on other districts is sought by county agent W. A. Holt.
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Sunnyside
Oregon City
United States Department of Entomology
W. A. Holt
Milton Freewater Farm Bureau Plans Demonstrations
The Milton Freewater district held its third annual farm bureau meeting on Tuesday outlining extensive demonstrations on orchard meetings soil management spray equipment repair disease control fertilizers and thinning. C L Long of Oregon Agricultural College spoke on pruning and Fred Bennion county agent summarized the year’s work.
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Farm Bureau
Milton-Freewater
C. L. Long
Oregon Agricultural College
Fred Bennion
Athena Helix Market Road Request Aimed At 1923 Plan
Delegation of Athena Helix area farmers urged the county court to include part of the Athena Helix road in the 1923 market road program. They want construction from Athena toward Helix, citing about 100000 bushels of wheat moved over the current road. Delegation members include George Gerking D H Sanders Dean Dudley Clay Jackson Louis Keen Sheldon Taylor D R Mike Hunt Joe Cannon and Ed Potts.
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Athena
East Oregonian
Athena-Helix
Helix
George Gerking
D. H. Sanders
Dean Dudley
Clay Jackson
Louis Keen
Sheldon Taylor
D. R
Mike” Hunt
Joe Cannon
Ed Potts
Hig ers par dro from Fee wo cep thr Pin arc
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Pierce clubs mobilize in Grande Ronde for tax relief drive
Pierce clubs organize across the Grande Ronde valley to aid the next governor in his tax reduction program. Farmers granges unions and societies cooperate to assure relief if the path proves difficult. Pleasant Grove Grange outlines aid plan for its former leader Walter M Fierce.
Weston man dies after lingering illness at 52
George Preebstel Jr a lifelong Weston resident died Sunday evening in Weston of heart disease after a lingering illness aged 52 He was the son of the late George W Proebstel a pioneer miller and hardware merchant He is survived by his widow two sons and two daughters four brothers and three sisters
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George Preebstel Jr
Weston
City
George W. Proebstel
Seasons first snow greets Athena residents
The first snow of the winter woke Athena residents on Tuesday morning. An inch covered the ground but the surface was not frozen.
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Athena
U.S. Jolt to Allies at Lausanne Open Door Policy Asserted
In Lausanne America declared its opposition to secret treaties and zones of influence as Britain France and Italy pressed for oil and railway rights. Richard Washburn Child restated Hughes aims and the open door policy for the Near East while Turkey’s Asiatic boundaries were discussed.
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Lausanne
America
Great Britain
France
Italy
Richard Washburn Child
United States
San Remo
Near East
Turkey
Tremors Felt Across Midwestern States Sunday Night
Tremors affecting St. Louis and nearby areas shook homes and rattled dishes Sunday night. Seismic readings from Saint Louis University observatory indicated moderate intensity with a sudden, soft tremor causing minor window damage and no major destruction reported in Eldorado and surrounding towns.
Clemenceau Criticised In Senate Debate On His US Tour
Senate debate Monday attacked M. Clemenceau over his remarks during a United States tour. Senator Hitchcock led the charge against the French leader and French policies with other dissenting voices joining in. Senator Myers defended Clemenceau, while Senator Owen expressed sympathy yet criticized French policy.
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Washington, D. C
France
Senate
United States
Hitchcock
Nebraske
Foreign Relations Committee
M. Clemenceau
Myers
Montana
Owen
Oklahoma
America
New American Forces in China Established
Army orders announce a new command titled American forces in China with Brigadier General W. D. R. Connor to establish a Pekin headquarters and serve as commanding officer. The move creates a separate American command in China under Connor.
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Washington, D. C
China
W. DR. Connor
Pekin
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American Legion Post
Legion Conference
U. OF O. Alumni
Ellen Pambrun
Ask
Claiy Buil
Ile
George Proebstel
U. S
Shakes Dole
Eldorado
Eys
Clemenceau
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