Woodmen officers seek rehearing on insurance rate ruling
Denver officers of the Woodmen of the World petition the state supreme court for rehearing over a 1928 Oakland head camp session that adopted new insurance rules without a roll call. They urge that members in good standing before April 20, 1925 or whose policies lapsed be kept in the benefit class and that beneficiaries can collect by paying premiums, while requesting clear voting procedures for constitutional amendments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Woodmen of the World Fraternal Order
State Supreme Court
Oakland
Cal
Mey
Supreme Court
Old Line Company
Norblad Seeks Post of Minister to Netherlands
Oregon Governor Norblad pursues the minister to the Netherlands with support from Senator McNary and Representative Hawley pressing the president. Rumors place him as a potential 1932 congressional candidate with moves between Astoria Portland or Multnomah district, possibly facing Hawley.
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Norblad
Netherlands
Garret J. Diekema
McNary
Oregon
Hawley
Congress
Portland
Multnomah
Astoria
Marion
Oils Replace Lard Shifts Hog Weights in Market
Oregon Experiment Station reports oils cut lard use leading to demand for pigs weighing 160 to 180 pounds instead of 200 to 225 pounds. The bacon type hog is favored for cheaper market placement, with a new bulletin by A W Oliver summarizing feeding results in accessible form.
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Oregon
Pew
A. W. Oliver
Two Montreal Aviators Dead in Northern Quebec Crash
In a northern Quebec snowstorm, Pilot W F Bill Cannon and mechanic Leonce Lizotte, both from Montreal, were found dead in their aircraft north of Roberval after 15 months missing. The two were last seen together during a flight earlier.
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Quebec
Montreal
W. F. Bill Cannon
Leonce Lizotte
Roberval
Early Congress Hesitates on Umatilla Rapids Dam
Washington dispatch says Congress unlikely to act quickly on the Umatilla rapids project due to stay with Muscle Shoals and Boulder Canyon disputes. Oregon delegates push for action while power, irrigation, and transportation goals compete with broader policy debates. A state-wide committee is formed to advance the project with Portland and Salem members.
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Morning Oregonian
Washington, D. C
Boulder Canyon
Umatilla Rapids
Oregon
Congress
Muscle Shoals
League of Nations
Columbia
Tennessee
California
Umatilla
Reece Meier
Matilla Rapids
Five Year Plan Nears Goal With Factory Surges
Soviet factories report surpassing the special quarter targets of the five year plan. A Stalingrad plant says a new tractor is used every ten minutes. Under Stalin's leadership the government aims to finish the plan in four years.
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Stalingrad
Toseph Stalin
Memorial Services for Portland Attorney Harry M Cake
Memorial services for Portland attorney Harry M Cake who died in Los Angeles from injuries after an automobile accident will be held at 10 a m tomorrow January 3 in the courtroom of Presiding Circuit Judge Hewitt in Portland.
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Harry M. Cake
Portland
Los Angeles
Hewitt
Oregon and Washington Lead Nation in Canned Berries
Oregon leads U S berry canning with Washington close behind. Together they account for 74 percent of berries canned in the United States. The 1929 Oregon study shows 19 300 acres of raspberries loganberries blackberries gooseberries and strawberries valued at about 3 800 000. The report predicts continued growth in the cold pack industry.
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Oregon State College
Oregon
Washington
United States
George Sulerud
Milton N. Nelson
Agricultural Economics Department
Pacific Northwest
This is a Bird Story and Not a Fish Yarn
County detective chief George Helms recounts a cold Bay area spell when robins found a frozen bird bath. A woodpecker cracked the ice to let robins bathe, repeated for several mornings, and the birds now demand hot water at Helms’s back door until the thaw arrives.
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Oakland
George Helms
Helms
Bay District
Pushed by Wild Bill in highway quarrel leads to fatality
Joe Wild Bill of Umatilla Indian Reservation is jailed in Pendleton charged with murder. Peo Sol Louie died at St Anthony's hospital from injuries after Louie was pushed into a speeding car on a highway near Mission. Delbert Doan of Cayuse drove the vehicle involved.
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Joe Wild Bill
Umatilla
Pendleton
Peo Sol Louie
Sol Louie
St. Anthoney’s Hospital
Wild Bill
Mission
Louie
Delbert Doan
Cayuse
Disease dubbed duck disease traced to bacterial origin
A two year study by the United States biological survey and the bureau of animal industry identifies a bacterial cause for the duck disease killing millions of ducks and other waterfowl in the West, correcting earlier alkali poisoning theories. Foreclosure suit filed in Pendleton court by Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance seeks foreclosure on about 918 acres.
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United States Biological Survey
Survey
Bureau of Animal Industry
Agriculture Department
Circuit Court
Pendleton
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Berman C. Rosenberg
Norblad Refuses to Call a Special Election for Marion Vacancies
Governor Norblad says he will not call a special election to fill two Marion county vacancies in the legislature caused by the deaths of Senator Lloyd Reynolds and Representative W. Carlton Smith. The Marion delegation may seek appointments by the governor under a Bennett bill, with possible names including Frank Settlemeier and Mary Paulson.
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Salem
Norblad
Lloyd Reynolds
W. Carlton Smith
Marion County
Reynolds
Smith
Bennett
Marks
State Senate
Frank Settlemeier
Woodburn
Mary Paulson
Silverton
Settlemeier
Paulson
James Mott
Meier
Lonergan
Portland
Mott
Double Locking of Cars Urged by State Traffic Division
State traffic division advises motorists to lock both transmission and door locks when leaving cars unattended. Reports indicate thieves break windows and steal cars not protected by mechanical safeguards.
Driver Fatally Injured Near Christmas Crash
A driver from Walla Walla was killed Christmas Day when his car upturned and pinned him. A passing motorist saw the overturned vehicle and brought him to a poste where he died shortly after.
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Ben
Scholtens
Walla Walla
Radio Improvements Signal Progress Since Recent Months
The Federal Radio Commission figure A. La Poe notes rapid scientific gains will boost radio reception soon. He says a greater call and heterodyne reception are anticipated as improvements unfold.
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Federal Radio Commissioner
A. la Poe
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Walla Walla. Wash
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Rogers @ Goodman
Mercantile Trust
Athena Beauty Shop
Sadie Pambrun
C. M. Jones
Peterson & Lewis
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Athena Hotel
Mrs
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Stock Land
L. L. Montague
Arlington
H. A. Frick
Bell & Gray
B. B. Richards
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