Funding of War Debts Completes Foreign Loan Settlement
Washington reports that funding of foreign debts totals 4 billion for France and reduces unfunded amounts to 317 million. Government projects 21.8 billion in receipts over 62 years with annual income between 209.7 and 420 million, directing payments to retire Liberty bonds rather than tax cuts.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury
Atlantic
Russia
Armenia
United States
School Heads Urge Changes in Laws
Olympia presided over by 39 county school superintendents adopts resolutions on federal education department and secretary in cabinet. Another calls end to restrictions on graduates of state normal schools teaching in grades and urges uniform nationwide textbook adoption funded by state taxes.
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Olympia
Wash
Department of Education
Washington
Senate
House Tables Rail Bill In Interstate Commerce Fight
The House committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce indefinitely tabled a proposed amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act. The measure would let the Oregon Trunk Railway extend southward from Bend to Klamath Falls without an ICC certificate. After Senate approval, railroads voiced strong objections delaying action for the session.
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Washington, D. C
Oregon Trunk Railway
Klamath Falls
Bend
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Senate
House
Glenn Dudley’s Candidacy Praised In Freewater Visit
The Freewater Times reports Glenn G. Dudley of Athena, Republican candidate for the twenty third district, visited Milton and Freewater. A native of Umatilla County born in Athena, he is a University of Oregon graduate and WWII veteran. Dudley, a wheat farmer, backs income tax reform with county revenue returns, and says he will work in harmony with Milton-Freewater representative Miller if elected.
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Glenn Dudley
The
Freewater Times
Glenn G. Dudley
Athena
Twenty Third
Milton
Freewater
Dudley
Umatilla County
University of Oregon
United States Army
American Legion
Sargent At Arms
San Francisco
New Orleans
Oregon
Miller
Milton-Freewater
Umatilla
Rubber Boots Save Man from Lightning Near Athena Farm
Lucien Gagnon, working by a creek on his Athena area farm, was struck by lightning that hit a nearby tree during a shower. The shock knocked a hammer from his hand and left him dazed, but his rubber boots helped him survive and he remains grateful for the protection he provided.
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Lucien Gagnon
Athena
Legion State Convention Heads to Coos Bay in August
The eighth annual American Legion Oregon convention will be in Coos Bay on August 5 6 7 with Marshfield and North Bend gearing up. A bathing beauty contest votes sold at one cent each and a drum corps contest on August 6 offer prizes totaling about 1000 dollars. Six destroyers with 759 men will visit harbor for a seafood dinner and related events on August 7.
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American Legion
Department of Oregon
Coos Bay
Marshfield
North Bend
Oregon
Convention Commission
Pacific Legion
Cranston Campaign Swing Hits Athena in County Treasurer Bid
Republican candidate Cranston C. K. Cranston visited Athena on Tuesday. He is known in Umatilla County for previously serving an unexpired treasurer term and vows to handle the office without a full time deputy or paid deputyships in any other county office.
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C. K. Cranston
Athena
Cranston
Umatilla
Boy Serious Injury When Wheel Strikes Car
Wayne Banister eldest son of Mrs Ida Banister sustained a compound fracture above the ankle and below the knee after his bicycle collided with a car driven by Orville Walden of Weston at the Main and Fourth street intersection Sunday forenoon. He was treated by Dr Cowan and later sent to Walla Walla for X rays before being returned home.
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Wayne
Ida Banister
Main
Fourth Street
Orville Walden
Weston
Walden
Main Street
Fourth
Miss Bateman Joins Athena High as English Teacher
Miss Mildred Bateman, daughter of Mr and Mrs J H Bateman of Milton, has been employed as English teacher in Athena high school. She will graduate in June from the University of Oregon where she has been prominent in debate activities.
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Mildred Bateman
J. H. Bateman
Milton
Athena High School
Miss Bateman
University of Oregon
Bull Attack Fatal in Crook County Pen
William French, 61, longtime Crook County resident, was fatally gored by a Jersey bull owned by Lloyd J. Powell four miles east of Prineville on the Ochoeco project. He died three hours after the attack.
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William French
Crook County
Jersey
Lloyd J. Powell
Prineville
French
Water shortage looms statewide amid drought and scarce snow
Oregon faces a summer water emergency as low rainfall and minimal mountain snow threaten supply. Portland may restrict sprinkling. Hermiston irrigation misses 2000 acre feet, forcing farmers to adjust. Athena relies on pumping with regular station idle. crops show moisture stress from heat and dry soils.
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Portland
John M. Mann
Public Utilities
City Water Bureau
Hermiston
Athena
Grasshoppers and Geese Damage Tule Lake Crops
Farmers in Tule Lake district Klamath county face heavy grasshopper infestations ravaging range and crops as northbound wild geese stop to feast on growing grain along migratory flyways.
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Tule Lake District
Klamath County
Athena High to stage commencement week exercises
Preparations for commencement week at Athena High School begin with a Sunday 11 a m Baccalaureate sermon at the Christian church by Evangelist Glenn Hutton. The Athena Etude club provides music as the sophomore class decorates in pink and white. Graduation for seven boys and seven girls will be held Friday evening, May 14, in the high school auditorium with Rev. Stover delivering the address.
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Athena High School
Christian Church
Glenn Hutton
Athena Etude Club
Gail Anderson
Genevieve Baker
William Campbell
Roma Charlton
Charlotte Gross
Wilbur Harden
Helen Hodgen
Dorothy Lee
Melvin Coppock
William Coppock
Phyllis Dickenson
Leonard Geissel
Lois McIntyre
Dean Pinkerton
Genevieve Rogers
Juanita Woodruff
Stover
Federated Church At
Freewater
City Council Passes Electric Franchise For Athena Mill
At Tuesday’s meeting the council approved Ordinance No. 185 granting Preston Shaffer Milling Company a 0 year franchise to build operate and maintain an electric light and power system within Athena. A second reading of a public dances licensing ordinance reached final passage next meeting.
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Preston-Shaffer Milling Company
Testimony Taken in Sapiro Ford Libel Case in Walla Walla
Attorneys for both sides conducted a deposition in Walla Walla in the million dollar libel suit by Aaron Sapiro against Henry Ford and the Dearborn Independent. Ford team led by Choate and Bruce, with Simmons, quote miles traveled and states visited, and 1600 depositions projected before trial in Detroit September 14.
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Aaron Sapiro
Henry Ford
Dearborn
Ford
Walla Walla
Mr. Ford
Ward N. Choate
J. G. Bruce
Ford Legal Staff
Detroit
William A. Simmonds
Ford Motor Company
Seattle
William Henry Gallagher
Supiro
Sapiro
Chicago
Walter I. Lynch
R. 5. Marx
Dearborn Independent
Oliver T. Cornwell
Ernest Freepons
J. J. Spencer
Carl Roe
A. J. Gillis
Frank Brewster
Ulrich Mauser
Harley J. Sprague
A. B. Adkins
Casey” Jones
N. B. Atkinson
Zoe Atkinson
Waitsburg
Glenn L. Bean
Detriot
Lewiston
Colorado
Idaho
Kentucky
Minnesota
Washington
Oregon
California
Delco Light Starts Cold Engines In New Plant
Delco Light engineers design a simple one adjustment carburetor for Model 750 Automatic light and power plant that starts in zero weather without batteries. Installations tested in 20 degrees below zero during 1926 winter. H. J. Cunningham, Delco agent, also selling Frigidaire cooling systems and several soda fountain and household appliances across multiple towns.
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Delco
H. J. Cunningham
Delco Company
Cunningham
McFadden Pharmacy
Athena
Milton
Pendleton
Umatilla
Hermiston
Helix
Parris and Bartlett Wed in Walla Walla Ceremony
Mr Sterling Parris of Athena and Mrs Laura Bartlett of Caldwell Idaho united in marriage at Walla Walla last Saturday May 1. Attendants and friends attended the ceremony and a wedding dinner followed. The couple reside on Mr Morris farm west of Athena.
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Sterling Parris
Athena
Laura Bartlett
Caldwell,daho
Walla Walla
Kteratives
Mrs. Parris
Mr. Morris
Walla Walla Man Undergoes Leg Plate Insertion After Accident
Elmer Merritt, hospitalized in Walla Walla, had surgery Monday to insert a plate in his leg to stabilize a recently broken bone after being struck by a car while driving a sheep herd along the valley highway last week.
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Elmer Merritt
Walla Walla
Merritt
Walla Walla Valley
England Faces General Strike as Nation Bends
London reports the gravest domestic crisis since the Stuart era as a general strike threatens to mobilize about 1.4 million men alongside 1.12 million coal miners. Prime Minister Baldwin says government subsidies to coal are unsustainable and Parliament approves a state emergency.
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London
Great Britain
Baldwin
House of Commons
Parliament Square
Increased offer for Pacific liners meets Senate inquiry
Washington reports W T Keen and Northwestern Interests propose over 4 million dollars for five Admiral Oriental liners from Seattle, widening the bid gap with Dollar interests at 4.6 million. Senate Commerce Committee probes sale legality and the board vows court review if sale is blocked. Senators Jones and McNary challenge claims of irrevocable board action as inquiry continues.
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Washington, D. C
Sacific Northwestern
W. TB. Keen
Admiral Oriental Line
Seattle
McNary
Oregon
Senate
Shipping Board
T. W. O'Connor
Ccalywian
Commerce Ecommitton
Benatera Jones
Washington
Iieo
Jesuoia
Wilcarson
Fla
President approves Spanish war veterans pension bill
President Coolidge signs a bill adding 19 million dollars to pensions for Spanish war veterans and dependents. He warns of higher taxes unless federal expenditures are trimmed. He pressured Congress with warnings of a 40 million dollar deficit in the coming fiscal year and demanded economies elsewhere to cover the cost.
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Washington
Coolidge
Nicaragua in Revolt Seizes Bluefields Bank and Rama
Reports from Managua state Liberal revolutionists have seized the Bluefields National Bank of Nicaragua and captured Rama, a town about 60 miles inland from Bluefields, as the country endures a crisis of war and upheaval.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Nicaraguin
I!ls
Bluefields National Bank
Rama
Bluefields
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