Corporation Tax Cut Date Fixed by House Committee
The House Ways and Means Committee voted 15 to 10 to apply the proposed corporation tax cut from 4 to 4.14 percent to payments due March 5, delaying beyond immediate effect. Chairman Green said Republicans favor prompt relief, while Rep Garner argued the tax was already passed to consumers through 1927 earnings.
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Washington
D.C
House
Ways and Means
Congress
Green
Garner
Texas
Earned income tax provision supported by experts
Washington officials report advisory experts favor retaining the earned income provision but favor simplifying its calculation. Treasury surveyed 41 revenue collectors who oppose it for added work. Tax experts argue reduced rates are fair, noting 2,501,166 taxpayers are affected and the provision saves about 15 percent on average.
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Washington, D. C
Joist Committee
Internal Revenue Taxation
Internal Revenue
Treasury Department
Folsom Deaths Shake Prison as Rioters Face Gallows
Folsom California reports 13 dead in the prison riot with two guards among the fatalities. Over 30 wounded include four officials and 26 convicts. Tony Brown, a 31 year old gangster, is named as the revolt’s leading factor wielding the revolver and urging others to resist surrender. Six convicts a lifer a killer three robbers a burglar and a forger are blamed as the hard core of the insurrection.
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Folsom
Calif
Tony Brown
Brown
Supreme Court Denies Rail Line Reorganization Review
The Supreme Court has denied the petition of the Chicago St. Paul and Milwaukee railroad boardholders defense committee. Lower court decisions approving the reorganization plan, accepted by majority bond and stockholders, stand.
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Milwaukee
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Boardholders’ Defense Committee
Chicago, St. Paul & Milwaukee Railroad
Farmer Held as Bank Robber in Opportunity Gap
Spokane reports a rancher B L Taylor near Chester was arrested about an hour after a bank robbery at Opportunity State Bank in Opportunity suburb. About $1000 was taken in the hold up.
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Farmer
Spokane
Wash
Opportunity State Bank
Opportunity
B. L. Taylor
Chester
McLaughlin High Accepts Medford Hi Football Challenge
McLaughlin Union high school accepts a post season state championship challenge from Medford for a game on Saturday Dec. 3 at Milton. McLaughlin, eastern Oregon champion, has been undefeated in Oregon for three years. Medford, southern Oregon champion, has been undefeated for five years.
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Milton
McLaughlin Union High School
Medford
Eastern Oregon
Oregon
Southern Oregon
Grant High School
Portland
Grant
McLaughlin
State-Athletic Board
Dalles
Washington High
Grant High
Dallas
Washington
Mv‘Caughlin
Former Athena Banker L D Lively Dies In Nebraska
L D Lively 65, formerly cashier of the First National Bank of Athena, died at Lincoln hospital after months of illness. He leaves widow Mrs M A Lively, a son E L Lively, and four grandchildren. Burial was at West Lawn Cemetery near Omaha after a funeral at Brewer Funeral Home in South Omaha.
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L. D. Lively
First National Bank of Athena
Nebraska
Lincoln Hospital
Lincoln Institution
Gilmore
M. A. Lively
E. L. Lively
Brewer Funeral Home
South
Omaha
West Lawn Cemetery
Weston Wins First Basketball League Game
The Blue Mountain league opened with Milton vs Weston in a tight 21 to 15 victory for Weston. The halftime score was 11 all and Jim Hodgen of Athena played for Weston in a close contest decided at the final whistle.
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Blue Mountain Basketball League
Milton
Weston Town
Weston
Jim Hodgen
Athena
Weldon Bell Undergoes Appendectomy in Walla Walla
Athena High School pupil Weldon Bell was rushed to a Walla Walla hospital Friday with acute appendicitis. Dr. Sharp and Dr. Keylor ordered immediate surgery. the appendix was removed and Bell is recovering satisfactorily.
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Weldon Bell
Athena High
Walla Walla Hospital
B. B. Richards
Sharp
Walla Walla
Keylor
Pendleton Pioneer Mrs. T. B. Wells Dies in Corvallis
Mrs. T. B. Wells a pioneer woman of Pendleton and noted in Umatilla county died last week at Corvallis. The body was brought to Pendleton for burial with funeral services held Monday afternoon from the Methodist Episcopal church.
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T. B. Wells
Pendleton
Umatilla County
Corvallis
Methodist Episcopal Church
Mrs Wood Injured in Fall at Imperial Hotel
Mrs Arnold Wood suffered a dislocation of her right elbow after tripping and falling down stairs at the Imperial hotel in Portland last Friday. She was taken to Good Samaritan hospital for treatment.
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Wood
Arnold Wood
Imperial Hotel
Portland
Good Samaritan Hospital
Pilot Rock Poultry to Ship Turkeys to Chicago and Coast
David Boyd of Pilot Rock plans a December 6 carload shipment of dresser turkeys to Chicago. Between December 14 and 16 the dealer will send two more carloads to destinations on the coast.
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Pilot Rock Poultry
David Boyd
Pilot Rock
Chicago
Far West radio audition winners named in records
Pilot Rock's Ted Roy and San Francisco's Emilia da Prato won the far western district radio audition. Ho ugh alternates include Hortense Mills Hough and Loran Pease. Ballots exceeded 100000 with wide judge support. finalists proceed to New York for the national audition in December.
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San Francisco
Emilia da Prato
Ted A. Roy
Pilot’ Rock
Far Western District
Roscoe C. Mtchell
New York
Atwater Kent Foundation
Italy
California
Hortense Mills Hough
Pasadena
Loran Pease
Reno
Nevada
Emma Woodland
Utah
Ernest Peed
Idaho
Donald Nevis
Southern
Catherine Green
Washington
Miss da Prato
Ted Roy
Sudent
Oregon Agricultural College
Far West
Coolidge
White House
Weston boards set auditorium rental terms for new high school
The Weston school boards approve renting the new high school auditorium for local paid entertainments. A flat $15 charge, with 30 percent of door receipts above that to the schools and 70 percent to lessees. The rate allows two nights of rehearsals. traveling companies are not planned for.
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Weston
Thanksgiving Home Wedding of Juanita Woodruff and Frank Williams
Juanita Woodruff and Frank Williams wed at the Coppock home on Thanksgiving Day. Rev Bollinger conducted the ring ceremony as Ruth Williams attended the groom and Kohler Betts served as best man. The couple departed for their farm home south of Athena after a generous dinner hosted by the Coppock family.
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Arthur Coppock
Juanita Woodruff
J. C. Riley
Coppock
Miss Williams
Bollinger
John Tompkins
Ralph Seagel
Clarence Hands
Margaret Lee
Myres
Washington
Athena
Indebtedness of Oregon Schools in Totals
The annual report of Oregon state superintendent C. A. Howard shows bonded school district debt at 17,791,402.15 dollars. School buildings and grounds are valued at 49,357,465.32, furniture at 5,211,208.77. Male teachers average 167.69 monthly, female teachers 117.05. Elementary enrollment 144,701. high schools 41,258. overall attendance 95.7 percent. Statewide income 26,942,454.26. expenditures 23,783,852.54.
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Salem
Oregon
C. A. Howard
Christmas Stocks Now On Display In Athena
Athena merchants display holiday stocks with four local firms offering inducements to keep trade home. Toys and mechanical items dominate the season with varied lines and new advances in production. Stores include Athena Department Store, Steve's, McFadden's Pharmacy, and Rogers & Goodman. Churches may stage Christmas trees as usual.
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Athena
Santa Claus
Athena Department Store
Steve's
McFadden’s Pharmacy
Rogers & Goodman
Clubbing a Husband at High School Auditorium Tonight
The Loyal Gleaner Sunday school class presents the play Clubbing a Husband at the high school auditorium to benefit the Sunday school. Admission is 25 and 6 cents with a cast including Mrs Blanche Newman Lorraine Pinkerton Henrietta Ashton Ruth Hackett Maud Ashton Edna McIntyre Belle Michener Bridget Haworth Ottoway Thompson Ferris Crawford Jordon Mary Harris Whitney Oletia Miller Reynolds Keen Myrtle Potts Venable.
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High School
Gleaner
The
Christian Church
Blanche Newman
Lorraine Pinkerton
Henrietta
Ashton
Ruth Hackett
Maud Ashton
Edna McIntyre Belle
Alta Michener Bridget
Mffle Haworth
Ottoway
Bessie Thompson
Ferris
Blanche Crawford
Jordon
Mary Harris
Whitney
Oletia Miller
Reynolds
Katherine Keen
Harry Hudson
Myrtle Potts
Skylark
Inola Venable
Cleaning plant sale shifts to T B Smith in Milton-Freewater
J. E. Snively sold the Twin City cleaning and pressing plant at Milton-Freewater to T. B. Smith formerly of LaGrande. Smith with fifteen years of experience now runs the plant and his delivery car regularly serves Athena.
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J. E. Snively
Twin City
Milton-Freewater
T. BE. Smith
LaGrande
Smith
Athena
Farmers Demand Muscle Shoals Uses For Fertilizers
Farmers press Congress to lease Muscle Shoals to produce cheap nitrates for fertilizer as the dam and plant sit ready. Government earns two mills per kilowatt hour while nitrates for explosives were the original wartime aim, and a plan to operate with American Cyanamid stalled. Congressman James pushes for early action in the new session after Madden bill stalled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ies
Coolidge
Muscle Shoals
Henry Ford
Congress
W. F. James
Michigan
Military Affairs Committee
House
Martin Madden
Illinois
Appropriations
James
Details of the New Ford Car to Be Shown Today
Public open houses at Ford dealers across the country will feature the new Ford car praised as a revolution in speed flexibility and economy. Otis Adams' Ford agency in Weston hosts a press preview and public reception, with Detroit promising a price in line with Ford’s low-cost policy.
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Ford
Otis Adams
Ford Agency
Weston
United States
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Detriot
Rex Ingram’s Garden of Allah at Standard Theatre
Tomorrow night the Standard screens Rex Ingram’s The Garden of Allah with Alice Terry and Ivan Petrovich on a grand scale. Also showing Sunday is Colleen Moore in Naughty But Nice, with Becky by Metro-Goldwyn’s starring Owen Moore and Sally O’Neil for December 11, and Lost at the Front, a First National comedy hit, arriving Saturday December 10.
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Rex Ingram
Alice Terry
Ivan Petrovich
Ingram
Garden of Allah
Colleen Moore
Metro-Goldwyn
Becky
Owen Moore
Sally O'Neil
First National
Three Escape Death When Plane Crashes
A International biplane piloted by Ed Ladue of Long Beach California crash landed at Eugene municipal flying field after takeoff. Ladue and two passengers survived with injuries to Ladue and minor shaken but unhurt others. A crowd of nearly 100 witnessed the crash as wind and a sharp bank contributed to loss of altitude.
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Eugene
Ed Ladue
Long Beach
Cal
Eugene Municiple
Ladue
Death of Mrs Staggs in Weston at 59
Mrs Martha A Staggs wife of George W Staggs of Weston died Tuesday at St Marys hospital Walla Walla aged 59 Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at the United Brethren church in Weston Survived by her husband three sons Emery Herman and Glen all of Weston and one daughter Mrs James Beamer of Weston.
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Staggs
Martha A. Staggs
George W. Staggs
Weston
St. Mary's Hospital
Walla Walla
Student Hodgen Pledged to Friars Honorary Society
Mari Beryl Hodgen of Athena pledged to the Friars, an upper class honorary society at the University of Oregon. The pledge occurs biannually for outstanding student leaders. Hodgen is active in student affairs and serves as captain of the college football team.
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Athena
Mari Beryl Hodgen
University of Oregon
Hodgen
Turkey Shoot Draws Pendleton Athena Club Winners
Marion Hansell and Athena Gun club members held a turkey shoot on local grounds last week. Pendleton and Athena shooters competed for trophies in the form of turkeys ducks and geese.
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Marion Hansell
Athena Gun Club
Pendleton
Athena
National Grange backs export debenture plan for farm relief
The National Grange closed its Cleveland convention endorsing the export debenture plan as the sound approach to farm relief. It calls for a tariff on corn, a tariff commission investigation on wool, and funding for agricultural research while favoring debt reduction over new taxes. It also urges repealing the war tax on automobiles if further tax cuts are pursued and seeks action to halt the dwindling number of country doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
National Grange
Congress
Tariff Commission
Department of Agriculture
Grange
American Medical Association
Federal Marketing Fund Proposed in Congress Hearings
Washington reports that agricultural leaders in Congress discuss creating a government revolving fund of 250 to 300 million dollars. The fund would support loans to cooperative marketing associations and cover losses from surplus crops, seen as an alternative to an equalization fee vetoed by President Coolidge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Congress
Coolidge
Meat Farm
Oregon Loses Sand Cash in River Royalty Split
Oregon and Washington agreed to split royalties from Columbia river sand taken in the past seven years, but future revenues will largely go to Washington. An Oregon land board member said most dredging has come from the Washington side and unlikely to shift to Oregon. Washington agreed to past royalties but will not operate under the same division in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Oregon
Washington
Columbia River
Oregon State Land Board
State of
Ritola Wins Fifth Cross Country Championship Title
Willie Ritola of the Finnish American Athletic Club won the national AAU cross country championship at Van Cortland Park for the fifth time since 1922. He covered five miles and seven eighths in 29 minutes 27 15/100 seconds. In India cholera deaths rise daily in Assam and Bengal amid the outbreak.
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Karachia
India
Assam
Bengal
Ritola
New York
Willie Ritola
Finnish-American Athletic Club
van Cortland Park
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McLaughlin High
Black Smith
Frank Williams
R. F. Bower
President Coolidge
Muscle Shoale
Standard Theatre
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