Federal Aid Assured For Repair of Dikes
President Coolidge will open the federal treasury funds to repair Mississippi River dikes. Hoover urged immediate aid for flood relief, noting state legislatures and local communities cannot bear levee bond taxes. Senator Smoot hinted at a possible special session, though no conclusion was reached on scheduling before December.
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Rapid City
S. D
Coolidge
Mississippi River
Hoover
Mississipi River
Smoot
Utah
Senate Finance Committee
White House
Congress
Spencer to head Washington State University
M Lyle Spencer elected president of the University of Washington in Seattle. Regents say salary will be 12000 dollars annually, replacing Dr Henry Suzzallo who was removed by Governor Hartley. Spencer, 46, born in Batesville Mississippi, educated at Northwestern Chicago and Kentucky Wesleyan, formerly head of journalism at UW and leader in Seattle Chamber of Commerce.
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Seattle
Wash
M. Lyle Spencer
University of Washington
A. H. B. Jordan
Board of Regents
Spencer
Henry Suzballo
Roland H. Hartley
Suzzallo
Kentucky
Wisconsin
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Batesville
Miss
Northwestern University
University of Chicago
Kentucky Wesleyan College
U S Relinquishes Air Mail to Private Firms
The Post Office Department hands over the western half of the transcontinental air mail from Chicago to San Francisco to Boeing Airplane Company of Seattle on June 30, as part of a plan to privatize the service. The eastern division to Chicago to New York will go to National Air Transport on July 31. Boeing operates 21 planes for mail and two passengers.
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Washington, D. C
Post Office Department
Chicago
San Francisco
Rocky Mountains
Boeing Airplane Company
Seattle
Wash
New York
National Air Transport, Inc
Boeing Company
Oregon's Oldest Lawmaker Lafollett Dies at Home
Oregon's oldest legislator Alex M. Lafollett died at his home Monday after months of ill health. The longtime Galem resident, aged 84, served in the state House and was known as a veteran of Oregon politics.
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Oregon
Galem
Alex M. Lafollett
Monay
Car theft claim tied to Marion Harrington in Pendleton arrest
Marion Harrington a harvest field worker is jailed at Pendleton facing a charge of taking and using Carl Sheard’s Buick sedan without permission. The stolen car was found ditched west of Athena with a damaged generator after a Saturday night joy ride. A laundry package found in the car aided detectives who traced Harrington to an arrest by the sheriff at Reith and filed the charge in Pendleton justice court.
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Marion Harrington
Harvest Field
Pendleton
Harrington
Athena
Sheriff's Office
Reith
Justice Court
Tucker Brothers
Weston
Rogers & Goodman
Kilgore
Record Ship 207 Cars of Onions From Walla Walla
The Walla Walla Union reports 207 cars of onions were shipped with U S certificates last week, about 90 percent of all shipments. District horticultural inspector Wayne B Garrett notes an average of 34 cars per day across six days, beating the 1926 daily high of 28 cars. Week totals by day: Mon 27, Tue 40, Wed 33, Thu 37, Fri 34, Sat 34.
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Walla Walla
Accountant Reassignment at Preston-Shaffer Milling
Ernest Zerba, head bookkeeper at the Athena mill, is transferred to Waitsburg to supervise the company’s entire accounting system. Fred Kershaw returns to fill his Athena vacancy, while Clarence Zerba replaces Victor Hirsch at Freewater. Mr and Mrs Zerba will relocate to Waitsburg to start their new home.
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Preston-Shaffer Milling Company
Ernest Zerba
Athena
Waitsburg
Mr. Zerba
Athena Mill
Fred Kershaw
Clarence Zerba
Victor Hirsch
Freewater
Freewater. Mr
Mrs. Zerba
Wyaitsbury
Stillman Found Dead in Vehicle Near Pendleton
Horace J. Stillman, a noted Athena sportsman, was found dead at the wheel of his automobile at Pendleton last Thursday. The cause was coronary neuralgia. He had attended an exhibition shoot and was last seen alive on the shooting field two hours earlier.
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Horace J. Stillman
Athena
Pendleton
Mr. Stillman
Special election to fill congress vacancy in Multnomah
County Auditor Sweeney announced a special election to fill the congressional vacancy caused by Maurice Crumpacker's death. He warned the move would exhaust Multnomah county's emergency fund and push the count into the red. The election cost is estimated at 45000 dollars with 9508.33 dollars remaining in the emergency fund to cover expenses through January 1, 1928.
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Congress
Maurice Crumpacker
Multnomah County
Sweeney
Berry Pickers Meet Turners and Gilletts in Berry Patch
Berry pickers from Half Way, Mr. and Mrs. T F Turner and Mrs. Eula Gillett with son Elton, gathered huckleberries on Boulder Creek near Cornucopia. They encountered bears and a deer but felt no alarm as all shared the same berries and there was plenty for everyone.
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T. F. Turner
Eula Gillett
Elton
Halfway
Boulder Creek
Cornucopia
Huckleberry
Heat Wave Hits Pacific Northwest Over Weekend
Athena endured a hot wave Saturday through Monday with thermometers from 4 to 8 in the shade. The heat aided grain ripening ahead of the harvest season.
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Athena
Pacific Northwest
Miss Arlene Myrick Returns From Visit
Miss Arlene Myrick spent a couple of weeks with her aunt Mrs. Dora Anderson near Helix and returned home Sunday.
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Arlene Myrick
Dora Anderson
Helix
Legion Delegates Voted to Paris at Oregon Convention
Athena's C L McFadden elected as District No 2 delegate to the National American Legion convention in Paris. Oregon officers chosen include George E Love as state commander and Vic McKenzie as national executive committeeman. Parade attendance nears 5000 visitors. Salem drum corps wins contest. wedding and entertainment events wrap up La Grande gathering.
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C. L. McFadden
Athena-Weston American Legion Post
Oregon
la Grande
Legion
Earl McSheary
McMinnville
Thomas Stokin
Portland
Schuyler Partt
Hood River
Vic McKenzie
Salem
Dapartmest
Rose Wilcox
Antelope
Oregon Legion
Albert Lamb
Blanche Riece
Oregon Trail
Bucks Defeat Bend For Blue Mountain Pennant
Bucks of the Blue Mountain league edged Bend Pendleton Buckargos 6 to 5 in Bend on Saturday afternoon. Harrop and Bettles pitched for Bend in the loss.
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Bucks
Bend
Pendleton
Buckargos
Mrs. Margaret Winship Dies in Salem After Illness
Mrs. Margaret Winship wife of William Winship a former Athena resident died at her Salem home after a lengthy illness. She was born near Walla Walla daughter of the late John and Mrs Martin pioneers. Survived by husband three daughters and two step sons. Funeral held at Salem with relatives from Pendleton and local area traveling for services.
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Margaret Winship
William Winship
Athena
Salem
Winship
Walla Walla
John Martin
Walla Walla Valley
Dp, DB
Jarman
Paul Clayton
Oregon
Audrey Winship
Dick Winship
George Winship
Union
Gholson
This City
Sam Haworth
Pendleton
Blue sedan hits intersection near noon injures two tourists
A big blue sedan ran a Third and Main intersection after noon Wednesday and bumped a Ford traveling Main. Effective brakes prevented disaster and possible injuries to a man and wife from the Ford. The Ford continued toward Pendleton. the sedan, with four women aboard, veered toward Waterloo.
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Third and Main
Main
Pendleton
Walla Wallaward
Man Kills Massive Pine Creek Rattler
Ralph McEwen killed an immense rattlesnake on Pine Creek Saturday night. The reptile was about five feet long, as large around as a man's wrist, and had eleven rattles and a button.
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Ralph McEwen
Pine Creek
Wheat Crop Yields High Across Oregon Districts
Wheat production in Oregon's 1927 crop year shows strong yields with light soil districts averaging around 80 bushels per acre and Athena-Adams-Weston heavy soils delivering rising Federation quality. In Athena the average exceeds 45 bushels with several fields at 50 or more including 58 bushels at Jesse Myrick's McArthur place. Harvest proceeds amid favorable weather and ample labor as bulk grain arrives at Athena warehouses.
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Oregon
Athena-Adams-Weston
Federation
Athena
McArthur Place
Jesse Myrick
Myrick Station
Emil Dohnert Dies After Weeklong Illness At Pendleton
Emil Dohnert longtime head chef at Hotel Pendleton died at his home on Pendleton Tuesday after a weeklong illness from congestion of the lungs.
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Emil Dohnert
Hotel
Pendleton
Pioneer Woman Leonora Hunt Dies at Home in Portland
Mrs. Leonora Gaylord Hunt died at her Portland home. Born August 9, 1849 in Magnolia Illinois, she came to Oregon in 1853 and married George W. Hunt in 1866 at Bluff Ferry Idaho. Survived by sons Charles W. Hunt Clyde C. Hunt Guy L. Hunt a daughter Lillie M. Latourette and brothers Edwin B. Gaylord Clarence E. Gaylord.
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Northwest
Leonora Gaylord Hunt
Portland
Hunt
Magnolia
Illinois
Oregon City
George W. Hunt
Bluff Ferry
Idaho
Payette
Walla Walla
California and Subway Sadie slated for Standard Theatre
Kyne's California featuring Tim McCoy and Dorothy Sebastian opens tomorrow night at the Standard Theatre. Sunday night First National presents Subway Sadie with Dorothy MacKaill and Jack Mulhall in lead roles. The Standard also screens a Lindbergh flight one reel feature for Saturday and opens mid week with Rookies on September 7.
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Peter B. Kyne
California
Big Tim McCoy
Dorothy Sebastian
Standard Theatre
Kyne
McCoy
First National
Dorothy MacKailll
Jack Mulhall
The
Standard
Lindbergh
New crossing alarm siren added to Union Pacific locomotives
One locomotive on the Pendleton Spokane passenger train now carries a new crossing alarm siren. The system is being installed on all Union Pacific locomotives and is operated by the engineer independent of the regular whistle.
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Pendleton-Spokane
Union Pacific
Dorothea Gibson and I J Cooper Wed in Williams California
Miss Dorothea Gibson formerly of Athena married Mr I J Cooper in Williams California on June 2. The couple will reside in Williams.
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Athena
Dorothea Gibson
I. J. Cooper
Williams
California
Cooper
Medicine's Early Days and a Medical Debate
A historical excerpt discusses late medieval and early modern medical practices. It notes surgeons bleeding patients on the painful side, then Descartes? No, Deesset proposed feeding cone to the hurt seat, sparking a debate among learned men of the period that led to Bressot’s temporary ban and later recall after the emperor Charles died a relative treated under old theory.
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Deesset
Mibid
Bressot
Charles
Within Reach of All On a Sunday Sermon
A vege prrson attempts high minded dialogue during a Sunday sermon but the crowd, including the congregation, reacts with confusion. He switches to simple language as a valve from the rest chorus approvingly exclaims a colloquial line about putting cookies on the lowest shelf.
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Pihaon
Chhristian Science Monitor
Charity Needed
A reader laments male mistreatment of women and urges more charity between sexes. The writer questions reciprocal burdens and urges self-examination and kinder behavior toward others.
Grumpacker Commits death by own action in San Francisco
M. E. Crumpacker, Oregon congressman from Portland, died by drowning in San Francisco bay after a struggle with mental illness and fatigue. Autopsy cited drowning as the cause. notes described his dark thoughts and plots as he left a Seattle journalist companion.
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San Francisco
Cal
San Francisco Bay
Maurice BE. Grumpacker
Congress
Portland
Nicholas Longworth
House of Representatives
Crumpacker
Thomas F. Smart
Seattle
Smart
Oregon
Wisconsin beer bill vetoed by governor
Governor Fred R Zinmerman vetoed the Duncan bill to repeal penalties under the state dry law allowing beer up to 2 75 per cent. Assemblyman Thomas Duncan Milwaukee wet leader called the veto outstanding prohibitionist move. Senator P J Severson argued the governor could not veto such a measure. The veto said the bill would permit beer production and sale without sanitary regulation and mislead people into thinking beer making was legal.
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Madison
Wis
Fred R. Zinmerman
Duncan
Thomas Duncan
Milwaukee Wet
P. J. Severson
Iola
Love Heads Legion. Oregon Names George Love State Commander
George K. Love of Eugene was unanimously elected department commander of Oregon at the 1928 American Legion state convention, held in Portland. The drum corps contest was won by Salem, with Bend second and Portland third. Portland secured the 1928 meeting in closing session.
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Salem
Bond
Portland
Eugene
Hand River
Cottage Grove
Medford
Caps Bay
Pendleton
McMinnville
H. M. Elder
Bend
la Grande
George K. Love
Oregon
Lumber Rates Equalized for Northwest Shippers
Shippers to Washington and Oregon receive the same lumber rates as those to Minneapolis St Paul Sault Ste Marie routes and Montana, the Dakotas, and nearby territories. The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled similarly applies to other railroads.
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Northwest
Washington, D. C
Washington
Oregon
Minneapolis, St. Paul
Sault Ste. Marie
Montana
Minseeds
Dakotas
Interstate Cututieres Copa
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U. S
Carl Sheard
Joyriders
Zerba
Horace Stillman
Legionnaire
Paris
Athena- Weston Post
M. A. Waterhouse
Mary A. Waterhouse
Maine
Saco
Scarborough
Thiaucourt
Ajerlaam
Thomas OL Ello
Sadie
Beng
M. E. Grumpacker
Love Heads Legion
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