Lindbergh Receives Distinguished Flying Cross in Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh, celebrated for his solo Atlantic flight, is honored by President Coolidge with the Distinguished Flying Cross in a grand Washington ceremony. The crowd cheers as Lindbergh, dubbed ambassador without a portfolio, delivers a brief message from Paris to Americans.
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Washington, D. C
Atlantic
Charles A. Lindbergh
President Coolidge
Presidenta
Coolidge
Lindbergh
Paris
Brussels
London
Europe
America
France
Pennsylvania Avenue
Ocean
White House
Memphis
DuPont Circle
President Coolidge Heads to Black Hills for Three Months
President Coolidge travels from Washington with 85 White House aides photographers and newspaper men aboard a special train to the Black Hills South Dakota for a three month stay. Mrs Coolidge Postmaster General New Secretary and Mrs Sanders Major General James F Coupal and Col Blanton Winship accompany him along with staff and secret service. Twenty six newspaper men and six photographers join.
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Washington, D. C
White House
Coolidge
Black Hills
South Dakota
New
Sanders
James F. Coupal
Blanton Winship
Coolidge appoints Seymour Lohman as assistant treasury secretary
President Coolidge formally names Seymour Lohman former New York lieutenant governor to be assistant secretary of the treasury succeeding Lincoln C Andrews who has resigned as director of prohibition enforcement. The appointment becomes effective August 1.
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Washington, D. C
Coolidge
Seymour Lowman
New York
the Treasury
Lincoln C. Andrews
Funeral of Mrs Booher Largely Attended
The funeral of Mrs Minnie D Booher who died at Walla Walla last week was held at 11 o'clock Saturday at the Christian church in Athena. Many floral offerings appeared as friends gathered to pay tribute. she leaves her parents Mr and Mrs Alvin Johnson and brothers and sisters A M Johnson Tom Johnson Elmer Johnson Alf Johnson Lee Johnson Grace Catron Ethel Montague and C O Henry. Mrs Booher was born October 10 1870 in Mount Pleasant Iowa and was 56 years seven months and 28 days old at death. She moved to Oregon in 1874 and later married W H Booker on December 6 1898. he died November 27 at Athena.
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Minnie D. Booher
Walla Walla
Christian Church
Booker
Alvin Johnson
A. M. Johnson
Athena
Tom Johnson
Nevada
Elmer Johnson
Marshfield
Oregon
Alf Johnson
Lee Johnson
Bend
Grace Catron
Ethel Montague
C. O. Henry
Mount Pleasant
Iowa
W. H. Booker
Miltion Sills and Ken Maynard at Standard Theatre
Milton Sills appears at the Standard in First National’s Pup pets with Gertrude Olmstead and George Arch ainbaud. Sunday night Renee Adoree and Conrad Nagel star in Heaven On Earth. Next Wednesday Ken Maynard debuts at the Standard in Senor Daredevil with regular admission.
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Milton Sills
Standard Theatre
First National
Fine Picture
Gertrude Olmstead
George Archainbaud
the Standard
Renee Adoree
Conrad Nagel
France
Heaven On Earth
Ken Maynard
The
Standard
Banister Car Collision Wounds Banister Family Member
John Banister and his party were in a serious two car crash Tuesday afternoon while returning from the upper country. At a point about 20 miles beyond Dayton their vehicle collided with another in dust reduced visibility. Mrs. Vern Smith, Banister’s daughter and driver, was wounded by flying glass, an artery severed and heavy bleeding occurred before aid arrived. she is now convalescent. A female occupant in the other vehicle also suffered injuries.
Bishop Rescues Child From Umatilla River Rescue
Rt. Rev. William P. Remington bishop of the Episcopal diocese of eastern Oregon rescued 10 year old Martha Isaacson from the treacherous Umatilla River current last Thursday. He heard screams from his nearby home and plunged into the water fully clothed to pull her to safety several hundred yards downstream.
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Umatilla
Martha Isaacson
William P. Remington
Episcopal Diocese
Oregon
Remington
Forest Service Starts Road From McDougal Springs
Forest service crews begin this week a six mile road from McDougal Springs to Toll Gate following a recent survey by the Bureau of Public Roads engineers. The route will have a maximum grade of five percent and forty men will go into camp to perform the work.
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Forest Service
McDougal Springs
Toll Gate
Bureau of Public Roads
Pendleton man elected Umatilla County Pioneer president
Thomas Thompson of Pendleton is the new president of the Umatilla County Pioneer Association, chosen at the pioneer picnic. Weston members Elected officers include T. L. McBride as vice president and A. Barnes as secretary with Charles L. Pinkerton as treasurer. The executive board will serve another term.
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Pioneer Association
Thomas Thompson
Pendleton
Umatilla County
Weston
T. L. McBride
A. Barnes
Charles L. Pinkerton
Wheat yield seen at 6 million bushels in Umatilla County
Henry Collins grain man and miller estimates Umatilla County 1927 wheat production at about 6,000,000 bushels. He says recent rainfall benefited light wheat lands and counties west of Umatilla also show good prospects.
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Umatilla
Henry Collins
Collins
Thomas Kay backs proposed Oregon income tax measure
State treasurer Thomas B. Kay, a Kay Woolen Mills owner, urges approval of the June 28 income tax plan and accompanying property tax amendment. He argues the current finances require revenue, that the plan is fairer than earlier proposals, and that passage would shift real tax burden from property to incomes while enabling state obligations to be met.
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Thomas B. Kay
Kay
Kay Woolen Mills
Oregon
Band Music in All Schools Aims for National Inclusion
The Federation of Music Clubs seeks a band or orchestra in every public school in the United States. National president Mrs. Edgar Stillman Kelley says instrumental music belongs in education, not as mere accomplishment, and schools should credit both executive and theoretical music to train future leaders.
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Elkhart
Ind
Federation of
Music Clubs
Conn Music Center
Edgar Stillman Kelley
Federation
Federation of Music Clubs
America
Mmuste
Boy Scouts to Attend Camp Umatilla Training
Boya Sign for Camp Umatilla county sends 17 boys to the Citizens Military Training camp at Vancouver Barracks opening June 17. Pendleton sends Winchester Allen Elmer Phal William Arnold Forrest OConnell. Freewater sends Roland Bean Jennings Beard Howard Hardesty Ray Williams George McKenzie George Davis Raymond McKenzie Sumner Robinson. Milton sends Bob Steward Burdett Walker Max Walter. Hermiston sends Sumner Robinson. Stanfield sends Hugh Roberts.
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Boya
Umatilla County
Citizen’s
Vancouver Barracks
Winson Allen
Elmer Phal
William Arnold
Forrest O'Connell
Pendleton
Roland Bean
Jennings Beard
Howard Hardesty
Ray Williams
Freewater
George Mc.Kenzie
George Davis
Raymond Mc.Kenzie
Sumner Robinson
Hermiston
Bob Steward
Burdett Walker
Max Walter
Milton
Hugh Roberts
Stanfield
Government ships go on sale as Pacific lines ordered sold
The United States Shipping Board voted to auction 41 Pacific coast freighters totaling 875000 gross tons, ending government operation of lines from Los Angeles to Seattle. Key disputes focus on guaranteed service, term length, port terminal transfers, and price expectations while a San Francisco banking group plans a takeover bid.
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Pacific Coast
United States Shipping Board
Washington
United States
Oregon- Oriental
American-Oriental Mail
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Portland
Seattle
Shipping Board
Linea
Moon in total eclipse for 22 minutes Monday night
The moon entered total darkness at 9 34 p m and reemerged after midnight, marking a 22 minute total eclipse observed Monday night.
Athena Sends Aid to Mississippi Flood Relief Fund
Athena residents contribute to the Mississippi Relief Fund with a check to Red Cross headquarters in Pendleton. Donations come from Mignonette Rebekah Lodge, Baptist church Ladies, and other groups, totaling about $52, plus two large clothing boxes and a cooked food sale raising funds. The W C T U president thanks locals for aid.
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Athena
Mississippi Relief Fund
Red Cross
Pendleton
R. B. McEwen
Mignonette Rebekah Lodge
Ladies of Baptist Church
Beedagsen Eee
Neenenemensene
Cowan
Eastern Star
Dentist Accuses Former Milton Resident of Office Fires
A. D. Woodmansee filed suit for 14600 damages alleging J. C. Kenyon, formerly of Milton Oregon, twice set fire to his dentist office in Milton. He says the first blaze on November 8 1923 ruined fittings and a second on January 1 1924 followed by losses including a watchman hire and relocation. he now resides in Portland.
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J. C. Kenyon
Milton
Oregon
A. D. Woodmansee
Woodmansee
Kenyon
Portland
Stunt Contest Slated for Oregon Legion Convention
La Grande Oregon hosts the American Legion State Convention July 21 22 23 with posts staging diverse street stunts including cannibals and a circus A $100 purse awaits the best entry The three day event expects 2000 visitors and strong spectator turnout from the post rivals
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la Grande
Ore
American Legion
183 Acres of Wheat Land Sells High in War-Time Sale
George Sheard paid 45000 dollars for 183 acres of wheat land on the W P Willaby estate near Athena. The land sold for 246.90 per acre with no buildings. The sale included estate shares of Mrs 0 M Castleman and Goldie Bacon, while Mrs Wred Kershaw retained her share.
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W. P. Willaby
Athena
George Sheard
Marion Keys Visits Athena Friends Before San Francisco Trip
Marion Keys and his wife son and Mrs Nancy Jacoba his mother stopped in Athena for several hours Tuesday while en route to San Francisco where Keys works in the Chinese mission. They had been at Walla Walla for Whitman college commencement where Keys is an alumnus.
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Marion Keys
Tle
Nancy Jacoba
Old Athena
San Francisco
Keys
Walla Walla
Whitman College
Dances Scheduled at Bingham Springs by Rogers Band
Dolph Thompson announces weekly dances at Bingham Springs in the recreation season. Rogers Strand Theatre band of Walla Walla will perform. Dances run Saturdays from? until midnight and Sundays from 2 to ? and 9 pm to midnight.
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Bingham Springs
Rogers’ Strand Theatre Band
Walla Walla
Dolph Thompson
Whitman College Grants 95 Degrees in Amphitheatre Ceremony
A class of 95 graduates, the largest in the college’s history, received degrees and diplomas Monday afternoon in the Whitman natural amphitheatre setting.
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Whitman College
Whitman Natural Amphitheatre
Weston Couples Tie the Knot in June Weddings
Two Weston marriages highlight the month with Misa Evelyn Sowers wedding Cecil Greer on June 2 and June 1 nuptials of Helen Johnson to Elsie Brown. Both ceremonies drew local notice and marked joins of longtime residents.
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Weston
Misa Evelyn Sowers
Cecil Greer
Helen Johnson
Elsie Brown
D Autremont Twins Arrested In Ohio Under murder charges
Ray and Ray D Autremont twins, 27, were jailed in Ohio awaiting transfer to California to face murder charges linked to the 1913 Southern Pacific robbery and mail car explosion. They denied involvement, revealing altered appearances to hide their identities during a year in hiding. A wife and child separation followed their Steubenville arraignment.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ray
Ray D'Autremont
Jacksonville
Moase
Soviet War Commissioner Voroshilov accuses Britain of aiding murders
Moscow reports Clemence Voroshilov, Soviet war commissar, directly accuses the English bourgeoise of organizing the murder of Pierre Voikov and of planning to provoke war against the Soviet Union. He cites the execution of 20 monarchists and other incidents as linked to British opposition and espionage inside the USSR.
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Moscow
Great Britain
Clemence Voroshilov
Pierre Voikov
Poland
Voroshilov
Volkov
Warsaw
Soviet Union
Polaand
Owyhee Project Favored by Government Oversight
Dr Elwood Mead United States commissioner of reclamation told a delegation of Owyhee land owners in Portland that the government will reclaim 80000 acres in Oregon with owner consent and no cost to land owners. The sale would be government controlled to deter value speculation and speed reclamation. Approval by Secretary Work of the Interior is required.
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Portland
Ore
Owyhee
Oregon
Uncle Sam
Elwoot Mead
United States Commissioner of Reclamation
Dr. Mead
Work
Department of the Interior
Idaho Names Bolsa as New Education Commissioner
Idaho appoints Bolsa to lead state education duties. Wilbur PD reports Vincent, after seven years guiding the Idaho Industrial Training school at St. Anthony, elected by the late board of education in Moscow.
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Bolsa, Waho
Idaho
Wilbur PD
Vincent
Idaho Industrial Training School of
St. Anthony
Educelion al Moscow
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Thomas Kay
Aim
Mrs. Kelley
Portland Lines
Pacific Ports
Sylvan Lake
Red Cross Fund
Legion Post Stunts
Marion
Whitman
D’autremont Twins
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